In the Light of others
01 February 2017, 05:30 am
In the Light of others
Programme Type
Talks
Speaker: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi who will speak about his experiences and encounters with many masters including Kumar Gandharva and Mallikarjun Mansur (Music), S H Raza and Jagdish Swaminathan (Visual Arts), Mani Kaul (Cinema), B V Karanth (Theatre), Agyeya and Muktibodh (Literature)
Chair: Shri Om Thanvi
Writing Resistance: The Rhetorical Imagination Of Hindi Dalit Literature
01 February 2017, 05:30 am
Writing Resistance: The Rhetorical Imagination Of Hindi Dalit Literature
Programme Type
Discussions
A discussion on Laura R. Brueck's book in the series South Asia Across the Disciplines
Discussants: Prof. Harish Trivedi, Formerly Professor of English, University of Delhi; Prof. Apoorvanand, Department of Hindi, University of Delhi; and Prof. Ajay Navaria, Department of Hindi, Jamia Millia Islamia
Guest of Honour: Prof. Puroshottam Agrawal, Professor of Eminence, ITM University, Gwalior and Former Member, Union Public Service Commission
(Collaboration: Primus Books)
A panel discussion around the book, Violent Conjunctures in Democratic India by Prof. Amrita Basu
17 January 2017, 05:30 am
A panel discussion around the book, Violent Conjunctures in Democratic India by Prof. Amrita Basu
Programme Type
Discussions
Amrita Basu is a Professor in the Political Science at Amherst College, USA
Panelists: Dipankar Gupta, Professor at Shiv Nadar University and Director, Centre for Public Affairs and Critical Theory; Niraja Gopal Jayal, Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Zoya Hasan, Professor Emeritus, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Amrita Basu, Professor of Political Science and Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies, Amherst College
Panelists: Dipankar Gupta, Professor at Shiv Nadar University and Director, Centre for Public Affairs and Critical Theory; Niraja Gopal Jayal, Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Zoya Hasan, Professor Emeritus, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Amrita Basu, Professor of Political Science and Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies, Amherst College
Music Appreciation Promotion
20 January 2017, 05:30 am
Music Appreciation Promotion
Programme Type
Talks
Music Appreciation Promotion
Balamurali Krishna – Myriad Facets of the Maverick Genius
Presentation by G. Ravi Kiran
Chair: Usha RK, Arts Consultant
The presentation will focus on the greatest and most prolific Carnatic musician and composer of this century
G Ravi Kiran, a noted Carnatic musician from Chennai is a senior disciple of Shri TM Krishna and Shri RK Srikantan
Balamurali Krishna – Myriad Facets of the Maverick Genius
Presentation by G. Ravi Kiran
Chair: Usha RK, Arts Consultant
The presentation will focus on the greatest and most prolific Carnatic musician and composer of this century
G Ravi Kiran, a noted Carnatic musician from Chennai is a senior disciple of Shri TM Krishna and Shri RK Srikantan
Papa Hemmingway in Cuba
07 January 2017, 05:30 am
Papa Hemmingway in Cuba
Papa Hemmingway in Cuba
(110 min; 2015; dvd; English)
Director: Bob Yari
Winner of the Jury Prize for Best Narrative Film, Key West Film Festival 2015; and Jury Award for Best World Feature, Sonoma International Film Festival 2016
Based on a true story about the relationship between Miami journalist, Denne Bart Petitclerc and Ernest Hemmingway. Set during the Cuban revolution, the film was shot on location in Havana and inside Hemmingway’s estate, Finca Vigia. It is the first Hollywood film to be shot in Cuba since 1959
