Persian Gulf to Indian Ocean (Indic Heritages in Coast of the Persian Gulf)

Exhibition of photographs and text by Dr. Daryoosh Akbarzadeh

 

The commercial traffic of Indian merchants to the southern Iranian ports was not only tied to the caravanserais named as the caravanserais of the Indians but was linked to the construction of sacred temples in the southern coasts. This heritage is the subject of the present exhibition. 

 

The sites include: Hindu Temple in Bandar Abbas (Hormuzgan Province); Hindu Caravanserai in Kerman (Kerman Province); The British Military Cemetery in Bushehr (Bushehr Province); Indian Muslims Shrine of Sayyed Gholamreza Rasoul Shrine in Chah-Bahar Port (Sistan and Baluchistan Province); and Singh Memorial Gurdwara in Zahedan (Sistan and Baluchistan Province).

 

Inauguration by Shri Shyam Saran, Life Trustee IIC on Tuesday, 14 November 2017 at 18:30 followed by a talk

CANCELLED
 

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

 

Mysore as a Seat of Music: 1850-1947

A quick run through of the history of Indian classical music, dance, theatre and the contribution of the royal kingdom of Mysore

 

Illustrated lecture by Veejay Sai, award-winning writer, editor and culture critic 

 

 

Twelfth Annual Discussion on State of Parliamentary Democracy in India

Speakers: Prof. Shiv Visvanathan, Professor and Vice Dean, Jindal Global Law School; Prof. Kamal Mitra Chenoy, Professor, Centre of Comparative Politics & Political Theory, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Prof. Niraja Gopal Jayal, Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Discussant: Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Anil Verma, Association of Democratic Reforms 

 

Moderator: Suhas Borker, Editor, CFTV NEWS

 

(Collaboration: Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

 

 

Public Service Broadcasting Day – 2017 (Jan Prasaran Divas)

12 November - the day Gandhiji made his first and only live broadcast on All India Radio is commemorated as Public Service Broadcasting Day. On this day in 1947 Gandhiji addressed more than 2 lakh refugees at the Kurukshetra Camp from Broadcasting House, New Delhi. Gandhiji held no public office or position in Government and it was truly a public service broadcast. 

 

FROM 10:30 TO 11:00 AT GANDHI-KING MEMORIAL PLAZA

Commemoration

Lead Choir: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Mehta Vidyalaya 

Followed by 

 

DISCUSSION FROM 11:15 TO 12:30 AT C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM

Usha Mehta's tryst with Freedom: Reliving the moments with Rita Mukherjee, former Chief Producer, All India Radio

Usha Mehta was arrested on 12 November 1942 and the Underground Radio Transmitter confiscated in Bombay

 

Discussion on Social Contract: Relationship between Public Service Broadcasting and Indian Public

Lead Presentation: Suhas Borker 

 

Media students are encouraged to participate in the programme so that they are exposed to the concepts and values of Public Service Broadcasting

 

(Collaboration: Jan Prasar and Gandhi Yuva Biradari)

 

 

 

Mid-Year Review of the Indian Economy 2017-2018

Welcome and Introduction: Dr. Shekha Shah, Director General, NCAER
The Mid Year Review of the Indian Economy presented by Dr. Bornali Bhandari, Fellow, NCAER

Chair: Dr. Bimal Jalan, former President NCAER and Chairman, Centre for Development Studies

 

 

(Collaboration: NCAER)

 

 

The Poetry Society Annual Lecture 

 

The World of Poetry: Rabindranath Tagore, Pablo Neruda and Aime Cesaire - Reinventing Humanism for Global Times

Speaker: Prof. Indranath Choudhuri, Former Secretary, Sahitya Akademi and ICCR First Tagore Chair at the Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK

Chair: Dr. Karan Singh, M.P.

 

(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)

 

 

Young Animators International Film Festival 2017

A festival of animation films made by children of the world. The Young Animators International Film Festival is an event  where children and young people, professionals and animation lovers will be able to exchange ideas and experiences and make new friends beyond their state and country

 

Curated and conceptualized by Nitin Donde

 

Inauguration 

 

Introducing Shri Ravi Batra, 84 year old veteran animator, with a screening of his Stop Motion Animation film made 45 years ago:

A Trip/Voyage to the Moon

The Yellow Submarine

 

AT 10:30

Introducing Shri Gurpal Singh with a screening of “Bapu”, his series of Stop Motion Animation Films made by children inspired by Mahatma Gandhi

 

Victory by Non-cooperation

Birju

Green Friendship

Simple Living

Brave Hearted

The Little Mouse

 

AT 11:00

Make Your Own Animation Films

A demonstration by Nitin Donde

 

AT 14:00

Students of the Stop Motion Animation Workshop showcase their art works and speak about the animation films they are making

 

AT 15:00 FILMS:

Scribble by Margaret Orr

Got Flowers Today by Jibril Mailafia

Kalo (Black) by Utsav Production

When Angels Smile or the Tale of Rebel Bald by Hicham Elladdaqi

Park Fun by Xevarp Namni

Mysterious Clay by Xevarp Namni

The Search for the Lost Family by Isolde Asal

The Station by Serdar Çotuk

Swan Lake by Ali Nikfar

 

Films by Tehzeeb Khurana - For the Love of a Cat (03:40); Children of the World (01:20); Cigi (01:30); Lost in Smoke (01:25); Eraser Dude (Swachh Bharat; 02:46); Go Green! (01:05); Stop Deforestation (2:17); Egyptian Clans (02:42); Mr. Grumpledump’s Song (01:00); and Every Child Matters (02:23)

 

iRONY by Radheya Jegatheva

The Naughty Cat by Prabhav Mathur

The Stone Fish by Pranav Mathur  

 

 

An Evening of Mindfulness

Led by the Monastics and Teachers of the Thich Nhat Hanh tradition

 

There will also be the launch of two titles by Thich Nhat Hanh, ‘No Mud, No Lotus’ and ‘Work’, published by The Aleph Book Company

 

(Collaboration: Ahimsa Trust and Aleph Book Company)

 

 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

 

Indira Gandhi: A Life in Nature

By Jairam Ramesh (New Delhi: Simon & Schuster India, 2017)

 

Panelists: Dr.Mahesh Rangarajan, Ashoka University; Shri Samar Singh, IAS, former Secretary General, World Wide Fund for Nature-India; and Ms Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment

 

Chair: Dr. Karan Singh, MP Rajya Sabha

 

 

CREEDS OF OUR TIMES

Curator: Rajiv Mehrotra

 

The Long Search - VII

A film presented by Ronald Eyre

 

Reflections on the Long Search (51 min; dvd; English)

In this episode Ronald Eyre asks himself some questions. It is not a film in which he hands out diplomas to believers of the religion that pleased him best. The search, for him, began long before this series got off the ground and will continue long into the future. There are no winners and no loser. There is an element of personal stocktaking, however, and before doing so, Eyre reveals his own background, the mental furniture that he of necessity packed whenever he goes on search

 

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