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The 21st Century: Geo-politics, Democracy and Peace

Release of a book by Shri Balmiki Prasad Singh (New Delhi: Routledge, 2017)

 

By Hon’ble Vice President of India, Shri Venkaiah Naidu

 

Followed by a discussion

 

(Collaboration: Routledge; and Gandhi Smriti)

 

 

Scientific Temper in Education

Main speakers: Prof. R. Ramanujam, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai; and Prof. Ronald DeSouza, Centre for the Study of Developing Society

 

(Collaboration: Embassy of Indonesia)

 

 

 

RASAJA MUSIC AND DANCE FESTIVAL

 

Odissi Dance

Choreographies by Guru Madhavi Mudgal, presented by her disciples

 

 

(Collaboration: Rasaja Foundation)

 

 

RASAJA MUSIC AND DANCE FESTIVAL: 28 and 29 October 2017

 

Folk Songs

By Manganiyars of Rajasthan

 

Baul

By Tarun Das Baul from West Bengal

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Rasaja Foundation)

 

 

Heritage and Democracy: IIC-ICOMOS Public Outreach Discussion

 

Culture – Nature Journey, Exploring the Complexities of Human Relationships with Natural and Cultural Places

Names of the speakers to be announced later

 

 

(Collaboration: International Council on Monuments and Sites)

 

 

FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
 

 

 

Last of East (30 min; 2007; dvd; English)

 

Director: Vijay Kumar

 

 

 

Documentary on the importance and history of the Namdapha Biosphere Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh and its unique flora and fauna. The interference of man is beginning to disrupt the ecological balance of the park

 

 

 

Gaur in My Garden (26 min; 2012; English)

 

Director: Rita Banerji

 

 

 

Recipient of the Best Film Award, Environment Category, Woodpecker Film Festival, Delhi 2013; and Jury Special Mention, Biodiversity, CMS Vatavaran, New Delhi 2014

 

 

 

The film looks at human-animal interactions and conflicts arising in Kotagiri, Nilgiris – one of the key biodiversity hotspots in India. The story unfolds through the experiences of the residents of the Keystone Foundation Campus with the Gaur or the Indian Bison – on the IUCN red list of threatened species, and takes us through the larger context of this conflict

 

 

 

 

(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)

 

 

Understanding Qawwali 2017

Qawwali, its social impact and relevance as a medium for integration, with regional sensibilities and emphasis on poetic traditions

 

(Collaboration: Sufi Kathak Foundation)

 

 

Kabir Bhajans

By Kaluram Bamaniya from Malwa, Madhya Pradesh

Accompanied by Santosh Saroliya (violin); Ram Prashad Parmar (harmonium); Devidas Bairagi (dholak); Sajjan Singh Parmar (nagadi); and Uttam Singh Bamaniya (manjira)

 

Amit Baruah will introduce the group

 

Kaluram Bamaniya and his group will focus on two key Kabir dohas – of love and unity as well as that of questioning the given order

 

 

Discussion on Oliver Tambo and His Contribution to the Freedom Struggle in South Africa

Speakers: Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, former Indian High Commissioner to South Africa and Britain; Prof. Rajen Harshe, President, G.B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad and former Vice-Chancellor, Allahabad University; Prof. S.N. Malakar, Centre for African Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and H.E. Mr. France Morule, High Commissioner of South Africa

 

Chair: Shri Suhas Borker, Editor CFTV News

 

(Collaboration: Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

 

 

 

Village Also Speaks Through Poetry

Readings in Hindi by Divik Ramesh

 

A Critical Appreciation by Dr. Durga Prasad Gupta, Professor, Department of Hindi, Jamia Millia Islamia

 

Chair: Dr. Ganga Prasad Vimal

 

(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)