Seminar on Simultaneous Elections for Lok Sabha and State Assemblies

Inaugural Session

Chair: Shri Soli J Sorabjee

Introduction: Dr. Subhash C Kashyap

Keynote Address by Justice Shri M N Venkatachaliah

 

Presentations by Shri Salman Khurshid; Shri Shivraj Patil; Shri Jagdeep Singh Chhokar; and Shri Harishankar Brahma 

Chair: Dr. Subhash C Kashyap  

WORLD DANCE DAY 2018: 28 & 29 APRIL 

Curated by Smt Geeta Chandran

 

From 10:00 to 13:00 in Multipurpose Hall

Theatre and Movement Workshop

Led by Anuradha Kapur, well-known theatre director and innovator

 

At 16:00 in C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium

Serpent Worship and its Influence on Indian Iconography and Art

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Shreedevi Nair Pal

 

Display of Paintings and Sculptures 

From the Jaya Appasamy’s Archival Collection, curated by the Rasaja Foundation

 

On view in the Foyer adjoining the Auditorium

 

At 18:30

Natya Vriksha Lifetime Achievement Award

To be presented by Shri Avinash Pasricha, legendary dance photographer

 

Followed by 

Young Dancers Festival

Bharatanatyam

By Shweta Prachande, disciple of Guru Priyadarsini Govind

 

Odissi

By Monami Nandy, disciple of Guru Sharmila Biswas

 

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Polish Institute, New Delhi; and Polish Army Museum)

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

 

India’s Heritage of Gharana Music: Pandits of Gwalior

By Meeta Pandit (Gurgaon: Shubhi Publications, 2018)

 

Discussants: Ms AshaRani Mathur, former Music Producer, Author and Editor; Ms Manjari Sinha, Musicologist and Critic; and Ms Shailaja Khanna, Musicologist

 

Chair: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, well-known Hindi poet 

 

 

Play – Sara Ka Saara Aasmaan (90 min)

Play by Danish Iqbal

Directed by Tarique Hameed

Presented by Wings Cultural Society

 

Play based on the life of Sara Shagufta, better known as the Sylvia Plath of the subcontinent, a Pakistani poet. Her brief, but tragic life and poetic work embodied the lives of many women across times and boundaries in a world that failed to understand her

 

Inauguration of Seminar on Planning Urban Spaces for the Future

Keynote Address by Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State for Urban Development

 

Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President IIC

VIDHI DIALOGUES

 

 

(Collaboration: Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy)

A Gender Atlas of India

A discussion around the new book by Radha Kumar, Marcel Korff and Karthika Sudhir (New Delhi: Sage, 2018)

 

Release of the book and a panel discussion

 

Panelists: Sushmita Deb, MP and Head of Mahila Congress; Sonia Singh, NDTV; and Radha Kumar 

 

Moderator: Farah Naqvi

 

How does India rate in comparison with other Asian countries when it comes to the status of its women? Which are our best and worst-performing states when it comes to gender? Is India changing for the better or worse in treatment of its women? These questions and more are addressed in A Gender Atlas of India, using both government and independent data, and illustrated with over 200 charts, graphs and maps

 

 

Born to be Hanged: Political Biography of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

By Syeda Saiyidain Hameed (New Delhi, Rupa: 2018)

 

Release of the book followed by a discussion

 

(Collaboration: Rupa Publishers)