The History of Pre-Modern Yoga

Speaker: Dr. Jason Birch, Managing Editor, The Journal Of Yoga Studies

 

The programme marks the India launch of the journal

 

The lecture will examine the myth that widely assumes that yogis have been practising innumerable ?sanas since time immemorial. Dr. Birch will present and discuss much of the important textual and material evidence for ?sanas in contexts of yoga and asceticism (tapas). Early references to ?sanas and its role in various religions and systems of yoga will be discussed

 

(Collaboration: Studio Abhyas)

THE IIC  DOUBLE BILL CONCERT 

 

Kathak Recital 

By Sarita Kalele from Thane, Maharashtra, disciple of Pandita Uma Dogra

 

Followed by

 

Mohiniattam Recital 

By Anjali Krishnan from Delhi, disciple of Guru Dr Jayaprabha Menon

Palestine – Israel Issue

 

Speakers: Dr. Fazzur Rahman Siddiqui, Fellow, Indian Council of World Affairs; and Prof. P.R. Kumaraswamy, Centre for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies, JNU

 

 

 

Chair: Ambassador K.P. Fabian

 

 

Sacred Places: Russia and India

An exhibition of paintings by fifteen contemporary artists from Russia

 

Inauguration on Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 17:00

 

(Collaboration: Embassy of the Russian Federation)

Azadi’s Daughter: Being a Secular Muslim in India

Discussion on the new book by Seema Mustafa (New Delhi: Speaking Tiger, 2018)

 

Speakers: Shri Pavan K. Varma, Author-Diplomat, National General Secretary and National Spokesperson of the Janata Dal (United); Prof.  Zoya Hasan, academic and political scientist; and Ms Seema Mustafa, print and television journalist, Founder-Editor, The Citizen

 

(Collaboration: Speaking Tiger)

Concert – Piano and Cello Recital

By the Ebony Duo from Hungary – Virág Kiss on the piano and Sándor Dezs? on the cello

 

The artists will present compositions by Sándor Dezs?; Miloslav Ko??nek; Ferenc Liszt; Bohuslav Martinu; Béla Bartók; Frédéric Chopin; and Zoltán Kodály

 

(Collaboration: Embassy of Hungary; and Balassi Institute, Hungarian Information & Cultural Centre)

 

Transparency International India – 8th Annual Lecture

To be delivered by Justice Shri Swatanter Kumar, former Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal and former Judge, Supreme Court of India

 

(Collaboration: Transparency International India)

 

The Ambassador Series

 

 

 

India-Saudi Arabia Relations: Celebrating 70 Years of Friendship

 

Keynote Address by H.E. Dr. Saud Bin Mohammed Alsati, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia

 

 

 

Introduction and Welcome: Ambassador Sanjay Singh, former Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Ananta Aspen Centre)

A Musical Offering

Students of Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar will offer a musical tribute to their Guru

 

AT 17:15

Film – A Montage of Reflections

Film on Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar

 

AT 18:00

Dhrupad Recital

By Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar

 

To celebrate the 50th birth anniversary of Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar

 

(Collaboration: Dagar Brothers Memorial Trust)

The Vanishing Lines

The changing and merging urban spaces

An exhibition of photographs by Amruta Dhavale, Arindam Thokder, Lokesh Dang, Siddharth Behl, Surabi Janardhanan, and Syed  Adnan Ahmed

 

Curators: Aditya  Arya & Parthiv  Shah

 

Inauguration on Friday, 4 May 2018 at 18:30

 

(Collaboration: Neel Dongre Awards/Grants for Excellence in Photography; and India Photo Archive Foundation)