BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP A State in Denial- Pakistan’s Misguided and Dangerous Crusade
28 March 2016, 04:00 pm
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP A State in Denial- Pakistan’s Misguided and Dangerous Crusade
Programme Type
Discussions,
Webcasts
Venue
C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building
Dr. Shashi Tharoor, MP; Shri Shivshankar Menon, former Foreign Secretary, National Security Advisor and High Commissioner to Pakistan; and Shri Prem Shankar Jha, senior journalist and columnist will discuss A State in Denial – Pakistan’s Misguided and Dangerous Crusade by B.G. Verghese (New Delhi: Rupa, 2016)
Moderator: Shri Shekhar Gupta, editor and columnist
Piano Recital
22 March 2016, 05:30 am
Piano Recital
Programme Type
Cultural
By Dr. Raul M. Sunico, award-winning Master Pianist and composer from the Philippines who is President of the Cultural Center of the Philippines
The artist will present a concert of works by Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Debussy, Gershwin, Abelardo, Liszt and others
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
21 March 2016, 05:30 am
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions
Prof. G.C. Tripathi, Director, Bhogilal Leherchand Institute of Indology; Prof. R.N. Misra, Art Historian; and Prof. K.D. Tripathi, scholar of non - dualistic philosophy will discuss Kalatattvakosa: A Lexicon of Fundamental Concepts of the Indian Arts, Vol 7. Substratum/Abode Sthana/Ayatana by Kamaleshadatta Tripathis, Sukumar Chattopadhyay and Pranati Ghosal (New Delhi: IGNCA, 2015)
Chair: Prof. Bettina Sharada Baumer
Carnatic Violin Concert
20 March 2016, 05:30 am
Carnatic Violin Concert
Programme Type
Cultural
By Delhi R. Sridhar, disciple of Gurus Shri V.S.K. Chakrapani and presently Smt Akhila Krishnan
Accompanists: N. Padmanabhan (mridangam); and J. Vignesh (kanjira)
The artist will present a musical homage to past violin maestros – Lalgudi Jayaraman, T.K. Jayarama Iyer and others
Sounds of the Sufis
19 March 2016, 05:30 am
Sounds of the Sufis
Programme Type
Cultural
An interactive performance tracing the journey of Sufism from the 8th Century AD to the present, touching upon the lives of the Sufi saints. Through narrations and live music the performance explores the essence of Sufism and how it continues to impact on our everyday lives
Presented by The Looking Glass, Mumbai
With Anuraag Dhoundeyal (singer, composer and performer); Priyanka Patel (storyteller); and Karan Chitra Deshmukh (tabla and multi-percussionist)
Narratives performed in English and Hindi
Indian “Inner Science” (adhy?tmavidy?): Is it “Science”? Was the Buddha a “Scientist?” Can it Contribute to “Modern Science?”
18 March 2016, 05:30 am
Indian “Inner Science” (adhy?tmavidy?): Is it “Science”? Was the Buddha a “Scientist?” Can it Contribute to “Modern Science?”
Programme Type
Talks
Speaker: Prof. Robert Thurman, well-known contemporary scholar-teacher of Buddha Dharma and Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Columbia University
Chair: Dharmacharya Shantum Seth
