A Whimsical Journey Through India

Illustrated lecture by Malavika Karlekar, author and curator of archival photographs

 

Chair: Sabeena Gadihoke, Associate Professor, Video and Television Production, AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia

A film by Pankaj Butalia who will introduce the screening

Screening will be followed by a discussion

The story of conflict in Assam continues to befuddle analysts. On the one hand is the struggle of Assamese sovereignty that ULFA is engaged in, and on the other, many smaller conflicts that the various tribes are involved in. The filmmaker travels extensively throughout Assam in an attempt to catch the small stories that we have lost sight of

Sanjoy Hazarika and Roshmi Goswami in a discussion with Pankaj Butalia

Moderator: Monica Banerjee, National Foundation of India

 

Essays on the Arabian Nights

Release of the volume by Professor Harish Trivedi, former Professor and Head of the Department of English, University of Delhi 

 

Followed by a panel discussion  

 

Speakers: Dr. Syed Akhtar Husain, Centre for Persian and Central Asian Studies, JNU; Dr.  Rizwanur Rahman, Centre for Arabic and African Studies, JNU, Editors of the volume; Professor G.C. Tripathi, Director, B. L. Institute of Indology  and Professor Irene J. Winter, William Dorr Boardman Professor Emerita, History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University

 

 Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President, IIC

 

Mental Health is Nation's Wealth

Speakers: Dr. S. K. Khandelwal, Professor and Head, Dept of Psychiatry, AIIMS; Dr. Shyam B Menon, Vice-Chancellor, Ambedkar University; Dr. Pratap Sharan, Professor, Dept of Psychiatry, AIIMS; and Dr. Koushik Sinha Deb, Asstt Professor, Dept of Psychiatry, AIIMS

 

The significance of Mental Health in contemporary times cannot be underestimated. To prosper and flourish globally in modern world, we must make most of our material and mental resources. However, globalization, migration and increasing competitiveness have been making greater demands on our energy, time and resources, thus putting more and more demands on our personal, social and working lives. To tackle these issues, two issues are important: mental capital and mental well being at all stages of lives, right from the time of conception. The series of four discussions will examine these issues during discussion with experts from all walks of life 

 

 

Amazon Expedition – I (Brazil)

Cristalino National Park

(60 mins; 2005; dvd; English subtitles)

Produced for Brazilian TV 

 

First in the series of films on the Amazon, presented by journalist, Paula Saldanha and biologist, Roberto Werneck 

The park in the state of Matto Grosso, is one of the most bio-diverse reserves in Brazil, and is of enormous ecological importance with many areas of spectacular beauty. It is the largest and most intact rain forest region in the world and through this large area flows an extensive drainage system of more than thousand rivers, which account for 20% of the world’s fresh surface water

Presented by CEVA Drama Repertory Company, Chandigarh and Swangies – traditional folk performers of Haryana

 

Directed by G.S. Chani

 

Using the conventions of Swang Theatre, the play takes a closer look at the events of the 1857 mutiny and the participation of ordinary people in the first freedom struggle and the role of village women in the struggle

 

 

Justice Leila Seth, Prof Dipankar Gupta, Smt Indira Jaisingh and Shri David Davidar will discuss the book, Talking of Justice: People’s Rights in Modern India by Leila Seth (New Delhi: Aleph Book Company, 2015)  

 

An illustrated talk by Professor (Dr.) hc Andreas Kruse, Director of the Institute of Gerontology, University of Heidelberg; member of the German government’s Expert Commission for the German National Report on the Situation of Older People; ranked as one of the most prestigious gerontologists in Germany and was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, among others

 

Population ageing does not necessarily imply inevitable decreases in societies’ competitiveness or decreases in intergenerational solidarity. However, current demographic change contributes to an increasing societal (and also scientific) interest in possible contributions of older generations to development and cohesion of society. The respective question is approached from both an individual and a societal perspective, referring to actual and future resources and potentials of older people as well as to societal preconditions which have to be fulfilled for developing, expanding, and realizing potentials of older people