To commemorate Martyrs Day

 

A collection of Poetry Recitations  by Dr. Syeda Hameed, Dr. Rakshanda Jalil, Sukanya Bharatram, Lalita Daikoku and Indira Varma

Vocal by Rene Singh, well-known artist

Drama by Springdale students

 

An illustrated talk by Professor Purushottama Bilimoria, senior research fellow with the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, senior lecturer at Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. He is a Chancellor's Scholar and Visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley; an honorary professor at the Deakin University and senior fellow at the University of Melbourne in Australia

Chair: Prof. Rahul Govind

 

The presentation explores recent thinking on the 'hard emotions', in particular, grief, sorrow and mourning, and links the challenging inner and social condition to the calling of Dharma (righteous law, normatively worthy action).  Drawing from some comparative work (academic and personal) in the study of grief, mourning and empathy, the talk will discuss the treatment of this tragic pathos in classical Indic literature and modern-day psychotherapy.  Drawing on the moving series of paintings (especially of women in various shadows of grief by Rabindranath Tagore),  the talk will demonstrate that even though secularised, these emotions continue to serve as the sites of imagination at much deeper personal and inter-personal levels. As such these bhava-s (that don't always play out in corresponding rasas-s) are not antithetical to a dharmic quest despite their haunting presence even when 'the four walls collapse around one in the intensity of dukha'

 

Speaker: Professor T.V. Paul, Professor of International Relations, McGill University, Canada

 

Chair:Prof. Alka Acharya

Pran Nevile pays tribute to forgotten celebrities Kanan Devi and Juthika Roy 

 

Followed by a concert by Shevanti Sanyal

 

'A - Neeti' (Injustice)

 

A classical dance presentation in Mohiniattam and Bharatanatyam 

 

The production is conceptualised, scripted and choreographed by Dr. Kanak Rele  

 

Lyrics for Mohiniattam are by Shri Kavalam  Narayana Panikkar, for Ekalavya from Mahabharata, for Nandanar by Gopalakrishna Bharati, Thirumoolar and Shankaracharya 

 

 Presented by Nalanda Dance Research Centre on the occasion of Golden Jubilee Celebrations 'Suvarana Mahotsava' (1966-2016) 

 

IIC Heritage Walk led by Beeba Sobti, historian, pedagogue and Delhi aficionado 

 

 

The walk weaves in the warp and weft of IIC’s collective memory – the Triveni of the intellectual, cultural and social streams set in the milieu of Joseph Allen Stein’s architectural creation in stone, water and the greens. How Stein’s question to C. D. Deshmukh (“Have you ever admired the sunset over Lodi Park?”) led to the selection of the site for the Centre? What is the connection of IIC with the Abbey of Montmajour in southern France? Where can you locate ‘The Captive’ in the Centre and what is its link to Robben Island? When were the four large blocks of south Indian granite placed in the IIC campus and what do they commemorate? The walk shall attempt to provide some answers.  

 

IIC Life Trustee Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan shall flag off the walk 

 

Concept: Suhas Borker 

 

An exhibition by Pierre Legrand

 

 

A Stranger in Paradise 

By AshaRani Mathur

 

A presentation on musicians and their music drawn from AshaRani’s personal experiences, as seen through the repertoire of the label ‘MusicToday’ and illustrated with brief excerpts from that repertoire 

 

AshaRani Mathur has always had an interest in music, being a keen concert-goer. She was involved with the launch of the Music Today label, which she conceptualised and produced music for the first seven years. The productions included thematic classical music, folk songs, devotional music, and fusion series such as Soundscapes and The Elements 

 

A discussion series on well-known literary figures of Latin America

 

Conceptualised and coordinated by Dr. Vibha Maurya, Dept. of Germanic and Romance Studies, University of Delhi

 

Borges:An Introduction by Dr. Vibha Maurya

Borges and Variety of Fiction – Speaker: Dr. Vijaya Venkataraman, Associate Professor in Hispanic Studies, University of Delhi

Borges: Some Reflections – Speaker: Prof. Anil Bhatti, Professor Emeritus, German Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Readings from Borges by DeepikaTeckchandani

 

Dr. Rajarshi Dasgupta, Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences II, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Shri Vishwajyoti Ghosh, Graphic Artist and Editor; and Dr. Rakshanda Jalil, Writer, Critic and Literary Historian will discuss The Partition of Bengal: Fragile Borders and New Identities by Debjani Sengupta (Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2016)

 

Chair: Dr. Tanika Sarkar, formerly Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University