INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY

 

CREEDS OF OUR TIMES

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

 

Journey of Man (120 min; 2003; dvd; English)

Directed by Clive Maltby

 

A scientist attempts to answer the question of how humanity spread itself across the globe. The film focuses on the research of geneticist Dr. Spencer Wells, who wants to prove his theory that the global migration of man began with a tribe of Africans who, battered by famine and drought, left their home literally searching for greener pastures some 60,000 years ago. Wells leaves his laboratory behind and sets out on a research mission in which he attempts to trace the common genetic thread which connect such varied travellers as the Aborigines of Australia, the Bushmen of Namibia, and the Native Peoples of North America

 

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)

 

Haveli Dharampura

An exhibition on the restoration and conservation of the two-hundred year old haveli, located in Gali Guliyan, Chandni Chowk which has recently received the prestigious 2017 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation Award

 Inauguration by Shri Prakash Javadekar,Hon'ble Minister for Human Resource Development,GOI and Shri Vijay Goel,Minister of State Parliamentary Affairs on Wednesday, 16th May 2018 at 10.00am

 

Russia Versus the West: A New Cold War

Speakers: Ambassador Balakrishna Shetty, former Indian ambassador to Sweden, Latvia, Bahrain, Senegal and Mali; Ambassador Arun Kumar Singh, former Indian Ambassador to USA and Senior Fellow,  Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States; and Prof. K. P. Vijayalakshmi, Centre for Canadian, US and Latin American Studies,

School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Chair: Ambassador K.P. Fabian

Balasaraswati and Bharatanatyam – A Birth Centenary Lecture

By Veejay Sai, award-winning writer, editor and culture critic 

 

An illustrated lecture on the life and times of the greatest Bharatanatyam icon of the 20th century, Sangita Kalanidhi Padma VibhushanThanjavur Balasaraswati

Rabindra Jayanti Celebrations

 

Bismillah

A  play in Bengali highlighting the social evils prevailing in the 19th century

 

Presented by Green Room Theatre

Playwright: Sumana Kanjilal

Direction: Anjan Kanjilal

 

(Collaboration: Impresario India)

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)