BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
12 August 2016, 05:30 am
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions
Tagore’s Vision of the Contemporary World
By Indra Nath Choudhuri (New Delhi: ICCR, Har-Anand, 2015)
Discussants: Prof. Harish Trivedi, former Professor of English, University of Delhi; Prof. Alok Bhalla, formerly with the Dept. of English, CIEFL, Hyderabad and Professor of English, Jamia Millia Islamia & Ambedkar University; and Prof. Malashri Lal, Dean, Academic Activities & Project, University of Delhi
Chair: Prof. Lokesh Chandra, President Indian Council for Cultural Relations
M. S. Subbulakshmi – The Fragrant Madurai Jasmine
12 August 2016, 05:30 am
M. S. Subbulakshmi – The Fragrant Madurai Jasmine
Programme Type
Talks
An illustrated lecture on the life and times of Sangita Kalanidhi Bharat Ratna M. S. Subbulakshmi to celebrate her birth centenary year. MS was the most popular and most loved face of Carnatic music in the 21st century. Using rarely seen archival photographs, audio and video recordings, the lecture takes a nostalgic journey through her life and times.
Speaker: Veejay Sai, Delhi based award-winning writer, editor and a culture critic who writes extensively on performing and visual arts, cultural history, food and philosophy
Prem Bhatia Memorial Lecture 2016
11 August 2016, 05:30 am
Prem Bhatia Memorial Lecture 2016
Programme Type
Talks
Old Dangers: New Challenges for India’s Foreign and Security Policies
Speaker: Shri G. Parthasarathy, former Indian Ambassador and Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Policy Research
Chair: Shri Jayant Prasad, Director General, Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses
(Collaboration: Prem Bhatia Memorial Trust)
FILMS ON SPIRITUALITY AND THE OTHER DIMENSION
10 August 2016, 05:30 am
FILMS ON SPIRITUALITY AND THE OTHER DIMENSION
Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra
This Emotional Life…In Search of Ourselves and Happiness (114 mins; 2010; dvd; English)
A film hosted by Daniel Gilbert
How can we all live happier, more fulfilling lives? This Emotional Life explores ways we can improve our social relationships, learn to cope with problems like depression and anxiety, and become more positive and resilient individuals.
Host Daniel Gilbert, Harvard psychologist and best-selling author of Stumbling on happiness, talks with experts about the latest scientific understanding of our emotions and how we can find support for the issues we all face. Rethinking Happiness we all want happiness and, yet, it remains so elusive for many of us. What is it, why is it important, and how can we get more of it?
The Expendable People (58 min; 2016; dvd; English & with subtitles)
09 August 2016, 05:30 am
The Expendable People (58 min; 2016; dvd; English & with subtitles)
Directed by Tapan Bose who will introduce the film
Screening will be followed by a discussion
The film is a passionate appeal for justice for the Adivasi, the tribal peoples of India, cheated, dispossessed, pauperised and criminalized in their forest homes, made to pay the price for extractive development that first stripped their forests for timber and now for gold, bauxite, iron ore and chrome. Using rare archival footage and interviews with the legendary anthropologist, Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, and Adivasi activists from the 80s and 90s, the film spans the continuing struggle of the Adivasis for their right to life and dignity
FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
06 August 2016, 05:30 am
FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
Earth Witness: Reflections on the Times and The Timeless
(60 min; 2011; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Akanksha Joshi
Film courtesy: Public Service Broadcasting Trust
Winner, 8th Developmental Film Festival on Climate Change and Food Security, Dhan Foundation, Madurai 2013; Best Film Award, Climate Change and Sustainable Technologies and Best Cinematography, 6th CMS Vatavaran Environment and Wild Life Film Festival 2011; Jury Special Mention, 5th International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kerala 2012
Four common people – a teacher, a farmer, a shepherd, a father – find themselves in the front line of the earth’s biggest, most complex crisis: climate change. Belonging to India’s ancient tribes, they bear witness to the science behind the changes that affect their day to day life. Living in diverse climatic regions – the mountains of Nagaland, the grasslands of Kutch, the Gangetic delta and the forests of Central India – they use this challenge as part of their art with nature. Their live’s journey through the dark labyrinths of the multidimensional crisis, reflecting stories of our times – of trees, mining, monkeys, logging, rivers, seeds, waterfalls, flowers – and the spirit of the timeless
