Beyond Body, Beyond  Mind: The Mystic Musings of  Lalleshwari  (Lal Ded) – The   Great Saint-Poetess of Kashmir
 
Panel:  Dr. R. K. Bhat, Dr. S. S. Toshkhani and Mr. C. L. Sapru
 
Chair: Prof. B. B. Dhar, President, Kashmir Education, Culture and Science Society (KECSS), New Delhi

Amitav Acharya, Professor of International Relations, American University and author of the new book The End of American World Order (Oxford University Press, New Delhi:2015) who will speak about his new book
 
Discussants: Professor Satish Kumar; Dr. K.P. Vijayalakshmi and Ambassador K.P. Fabian
 
Chair: Professor Muchkund Dubey

Inauguration on 14^th July at 10:30 am

An exhibition by Luz Blanco and Ludovic Bernhardt
 
Preview on Friday, 10^th July 2015 at 18:30
 
The exhibition presents the graphic work of two French artists who question the nature of image and its reproduction, their interiority and their subject as well. Proposing a conversation between their images which embodies the nature of representation and that of visual memory which produces a disruption of information and a reinterpretation of social signs

Salaam Baguette
 
Speakers: Kazem Samendhari, CMD and Cedric Houze, Executive Pastry and Bakery Chef, L'Opera Patisserie Boulangerie
 
Guest of Honour: H.E. Mr. Francois Richier, Ambassador of France
 
Chair: Shri K.V. Rajan
 
This programme focuses on the astonishing range of France's famed boulangerie and patisserie, where the most modern technology respectfully co-exists with centuries-old traditions, which constitute the pillars of French gastronomic culture such as "Perfection","Joie de vivre", "aesthetic appeal" and "Innovation". This is an ode to "Bread" in all its magnificent diversity, its unique place in French history, culture and society, the passionate commitment to high quality, interwoven with first person accounts of French entrepreneurship in "making it in India" for the discriminating palate here and elsewhere, and insights and demos by an executive French chef 

Thyagaraja – His Conversations with Rama
Presentation by Usha R.K. , Arts Consultant

Speaker: Dr. H. Masud Taj, architect-poet-calligrapher and award winning adjunct professor of architecture at Carleton University, Canada. Mentored by Hassan Fathy in Egypt, he delivered the 2nd International Conference of Islamic Art and Architecture Keynote. His recent book was published by Foreign Affairs Canada and is currently working on Seven Muslim Wonders on monuments he studied in Agra, Cairo, Cordoba, Granada, Isfahan, Istanbul and Mecca
 
Chair: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC-Asia Project
 
Sinan was the Imperial Architect for half-a-century at the height of the Ottoman Empire.  He designed more projects than any other architect in documented history and indeed is credited with the very skyline of Istanbul. In his biography Sinan mentions three mosques as milestones in his long career, built when he was an apprentice, journeyman and master. The talk will examine those, and few other projects at the intersection of empire, faith, building and environment 

Speakers: Prof S.P. Ganguly, former Chairperson, Centre for Spanish, Portuguese, Italian & Latin American Studies, JNU; Shri R. Viswanathan, former Indian Ambassador to Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay; Dr. Ash Narain Roy, Director, Institute of Social Sciences and Prof. Vikash Singh, Indira Gandhi National Open University

 

 
Seminar Coordinator: Prof Om Gupta, Director CLACSI and Editor, ILAF
 

Delhi at Eleven (82 min; 2013; dvd; English substitles)
Produced by David MacDougall who will introduce the screening
 
Screening will be followed by a discussion
 
The film presents the work of four young filmmakers of New Delhi who took part in a video workshop at the CIE Experimental Basic School, a government primary school in 2012. Each of the filmmakers was eleven years old. Original and thought-provoking, their films offer a unique and special perspective on Indian family and working life. The workshop was coordinated by David MacDougall as part of the Childhood and Modernity Project. The four films are:
 
My Lovely General Store (15 min)
By Ravi Shivhare
 
Ravi explores the day-to-day workings of a small general store near where he lives
 
Why Not A Girl? (16 min)
By Anshu Singh
 
In this film Anshu documents the oppression that many girls experience in their family life and the favoritism that is shown to boys
 
My Funny Film (16 min)
By Aniket Kumar Kashyap
 
Aniket’s film is a high-spirited, kaleidoscopic view of his friends and family
 
Children at Home (29 min)
By Shikha Kumar Dalsus
 
The film gives an inside view of the daily rituals, work, study, and play of children in an extended family