INSTITUTION AS ABHYAS

 

Off Stage with Namita Gokhale, Sanjoy Roy and William Dalrymple

Chair: Dr. Alka Pande

 

(Collaboration: Lila Foundation for Translocal Initiatives)

 

 

From Geeta Roy to Geeta Dutt

Pran Nevile pays tribute to the legendary playback singer 

followed by a concert by Dr Meelu Verma

 

(Collaboration: K.L. Saigal Memorial Circle)

 

 

ART MATTERS

 

Shubha Mudgal in conversation with S. Kalidas

 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

 

 

 

 

Cosmetics and Beauty Products – At What Health Costs

Series moderator: Dr. Naresh Gupta, Director-Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi

 

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Roopa Vajpeyi, Academic and Consumer Activist

 

Panelists: Shri G.N. Singh, Drugs Controller General (India); Prof S.D. Seth, Chairman in Clinical Pharmacology, ICMR; Dr. D.C. Katoch, Joint Advisor, Ayush, Ministry of Health, Govt. of India; and Dr. Sumant Bharadwaj, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India and Dr. Naresh Gupta, Director-Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi

 

(Collaboration: Health Environment Foundation in association with Consumers India)

 

 

Chikungunya and Dengue: Getting the basics right
 

Speaker: Dr. Hitesh Punyani, M.B.B.S, M.D. ( Medicine), Consultant, Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi

 

INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY

 

Buddhism in Odisha as Gleaned Through Archaeological Excavations

Speaker: Dr. Jeeban Kumar Patnaik, Superintending Archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India, Bhubaneshwar

 

Chair: Prof. Himanshu Prabha Ray

 

Odisha has a rich Buddhist heritage and recent archaeological explorations and excavations have brought to light more than 200 Buddhist sites scattered throughout the length and breadth of the state. The discovery of a series of viharas, stupas, Buddhist cult images and scores of material objects of stone, metal, terracotta amply clarify that  for a long period,  extending from the Pre-Christian era to the 12th  century A.D., these establishments promoted  the cause of Buddhist learning of all sects

 

 

SPIRITUALITY AND THE OTHER DIMENSION

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

 

Mining the Unconscious: Jung & Creativity (67 mins; dvd; English)

A film by Marcelina Martin

 

Art is the joyous human expression of the Sacred.  Mining the Unconscious brings us the stories and revelations of fifteen artists as they share their personal journeys into the profound territory of the unconscious in the excavation of their creative gifts. This stunning experience of the transformative and healing power of art immerses the viewer in the river of creativity and the Eternal image. Moving through a meditation that integrates spirituality and creativity, what emerges is the filmmaker’s own gift to the world. A true celebration of life and a tribute to C. G. Jung’s profound contribution to culture, art and the collective consciousness.

 

In addition to deeply moving art, the sound track transports the viewer into a world dedicated to joy. Mining the Unconscious is a true celebration of the beauty of life upon this earth

 

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

 

 

SPIRITUALITY AND THE OTHER DIMENSION

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

 

Mining the Unconscious: Jung & Creativity (67 mins; dvd; English)

A film by Marcelina Martin

 

Art is the joyous human expression of the Sacred.  Mining the Unconscious brings us the stories and revelations of fifteen artists as they share their personal journeys into the profound territory of the unconscious in the excavation of their creative gifts. This stunning experience of the transformative and healing power of art immerses the viewer in the river of creativity and the Eternal image. Moving through a meditation that integrates spirituality and creativity, what emerges is the filmmaker’s own gift to the world. A true celebration of life and a tribute to C. G. Jung’s profound contribution to culture, art and the collective consciousness.

 

In addition to deeply moving art, the sound track transports the viewer into a world dedicated to joy. Mining the Unconscious is a true celebration of the beauty of life upon this earth

 

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

 

 

A multimedia panel presentation 

 

Panelists: Dr. Samuel  Berthet, Historian, Associate Professor, Shiv Nadar University;  Dh. Bhattacharjya Tato, Writer; 

Dr. Dagmar Bernstorff, Writer; and Samit Das, Artist

 

Chair: Smt Anita Singh, Director, Indian Music Society

 

On Daniélou’s 109th birthday  the  panel will  take a fresh look at the work of the French scholar, at home in several disciplines like musicology, linguistics, art, religion, who spent over 20 years (1936-1960) in India. He studied her culture in an unconventional way, directly with pandits, musicians, and Indian scholars, often challenging the academic discourse of his time. The panel will together with their analysis  present an interview with Daniélou’s contemporary at Benares.  Prof. Anand Krishna, will show hitherto unknown photos by him and his Swiss partner  Raymond Burnier and play some of the music recordings made in the 1940s and 50s.

 

The speakers are members of the Alain Daniélou India Committee (ADIC) which celebrates its tenth anniversary

 

India’s Long Road: The Search for Prosperity

By Vijay Joshi (Gurgaon: Penguin, 2016)

 

Discussants: Shri Suman K. Bery, former Director General, National Council of Applied Economic Research; Dr. Surjit S. Bhalla, Chairman, Oxus Investment; and Prof. Indira Rajaraman, Member, Thirteenth Finance Commission

 

Chair: Shri Nitin Desai, Member PMS Climate Change Advisory Council, economist and former Under Secretary General