Concert – Classical and Jazz

By Enrico Zanisi, young talented Jazz pianist from Italy

 

(Collaboration: Italian Cultural Institute)

 

 

Spiritual Ecology Lecture

 

Buddhist Awakening in the Middle of the Climate Crisis

Speaker: Dr. Deane Curtin, Hanson-Peterson Endowed Chair of Ethics and Professor of Philosophy at Gustavus Adolphus College. He is the author of several books and many articles. His research now focuses on Buddhist social ethics and the ethics of climate change, supported by a Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship. He is based at Tibet House, Delhi.

 

This talk sketches out a Buddhist environmental ethic, the path of an eco-sattva. It then delves into Buddhist social ethics in search of practical advice on responding to planetary suffering. Questions include: what does the climate crisis look like from a Buddhist perspective? And, does the cultivation of traditional Buddhist “perfections” (such as patience as the antidote to anger) help us see what a practical Buddhist environmental ethic might look like? 

 

(Collaboration: Tibet House)

 

 

Inside the Painting

Three works of the iconic Lithuanian artist of the late 19th century, Mikalojus Konstantinas ?iurlionis (1875 – 1911), have been recreated in a 3D reality, and are presented in a virtual form. The visitor can view the paintings in different dimensions, offering a new way of experiencing. Though short for a short duration, the exhibition nevertheless unveils the future potential of new technologies being applied to the world of arts

 

Inauguration by H.E. Mr. Laimonas Talat-Kelpša, Ambassador of Lithuania on Friday, 25 November 2016 at 18:30 

 

The exhibition will include an A Capella Concert by the Lithuanian group, Where the Backs Come From

With Berta Timinskaitè (soprano); Silvija Pank?naitè (soprano); Algè Matek?naitè (alto); and Eglè Gadeikytè (alto)

 

(Collaboration: Embassy of Lithuania)

 

 

 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

 

Performing Shakespeare in India: Exploring Indianness, Literature and Culture

Edited by Shormishtha Panja & Babli Moitra Saraf (New Delhi: Sage, 2016)

 

Discussants: Dr. Angelie Multani, Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Delhi; Prof. Christel Devadawson, Dept. of English, University of Delhi; Prof. Bishnupriya Dutt, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Prof. Jonathan Gil Harris, Ashoka University

 

 

Chair: Prof. Rupin W. Desai, formerly Professor of English, University of Delhi

 

Concert – Piano Recital

By Adolovni Acosta, well-known pianist from the Philippines

 

(Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)

 

 

The Next – Learning Revolution

Speaker: Shri Sonam Wangchuck, Founder, SECMOL, Ladakh

Chair: Shri Sanjay Prakash, co-founder of Future Institute

 

Shri Wangchuck will share his journey and vision of transforming conventional education system to an alternative learning approach based on exploration, experience and innovation

 

(Collaboration: Future Institute)

 

 

By Jyotsna Jagannathan from Chennai,  disciple of Shri A Lakshman and Smt Bragha Bessell

CANCELLED

 

Zawar: The Oldest Pure Zinc Production Of The World
 

Speaker: Dr. J.S. Kharakwal, Sahitya Sansthan, JRN Rajasthan Vidaypeeth, Udaipur

 

Being volatile metal it was difficult to smelt zinc in the Old World. It is therefore the history of zinc is much shorter compared to other metals. Zawar near Udaipur in Rajasthan is the oldest pure zinc making centre, which was discovered and studied by a joint team of Hindustan Zinc, M.S. University Baroda and British Museum, London in the 1980s.

 

At Zawar there are remains of refractory material, a very large number of ancient temples, fort, water reservoir and residential structures. In this presentation the archaeometallurgical and archaeological remains at Zawar will be highlighted, besides giving details of textual records

 

 

 

Argentine writer Carlos Gamerro , in conversation with Alok Bhalla and Sonya Surabhi Gupta

 

Carlos Gamerro is author of several novels and was awarded the Best Book Prize of 2015 at the Buenos Aires Book Fair for Facundo o Martín Fierro.  His novels have been translated into French, German and Turkish, and into English as An Open Secret, The Islands and The Adventure of the Busts of Eva Perón (all three of them translated by Ian Barnett in collaboration with the author). He has written film scripts and has translated works of Graham Greene and Shakespeare into Spanish

 

Dr. Alok Bhalla, critic and translator, former Professor from English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad

Dr. Sonya Gupta, Director, Centre for European and Latin American Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia

 

(Collaboration: Embassy of the Argentine Republic)

 

 

Bharatanatyam Recital

By Anwesha Das, disciple of Urmila Satyanarayanan

 

(Collaboration: Seher)