GCC (GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL) IN CRISIS
PANELISTS: SHRI RANJAN MATHAI, FORMER FOREIGN SECRETARY; SMT. DEEPA WADHWA, FORMER INDIAN AMBASSADOR; DR. JOHN CHERIAN, CHIEF OF BUREAU, THE FRONTLINE; PROFESSOR GULSHAN DIETL, SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY; DR. PRASANTA KUMAR PRADHAN, ASSOCIATE FELLOW, IDSA (INSTITUTE OF DEFENCE STUDIES AND ANALYSES); AND OTHERS
MODERATOR: PROFESSOR K.P. FABIAN, ISIL (INDIAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW) (FORMER AMBASSADOR TO QATAR)
To Mark World Environment Day 2017
'Dialogue to Develop a Vision of the Environment of Delhi-2025'
Speakers:
Dr Sudha Vasan, Associate Professor in Sociology, Delhi University
Ms Bharati Chaturvedi, Founder and Director, Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group
Dr Ghazala Shahabuddin, Senior Scientist, Centre for Ecology, Development and Research (CEDAR), New Delhi
Prof C. R. Babu, Professor Emeritus, Centre for Environment Management of Degraded Ecosystems (CEMDE) Delhi University
Shri Gaurav Dubey, Programme Manager, Clean Air and Sustainable Mobility Programme, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi
Chair: Suhas Borker, Founder Member, Green Circle of Delhi
This series is dedicated to the memory of Shri M. N. Buch, civil servant and environmentalist, who passed away on 6 June in 2015 and who had given the key-note address at the inaugural edition of the Dialogue in 2013.
Dance of the Enchantress (India/France; 72 min; 2008; DVD; with English subtitles)
Dance of the Enchantress (India/France; 72 min; 2008; DVD; with English subtitles)
Directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan
A documentary about Mohiniattam, a classical dance of Kerala
To be introduced by Shri Veejay Sai, performing arts critic
Kahani ki Kahani, Ismat ki Zubaani (70 min)
Kahani ki Kahani, Ismat ki Zubaani (70 min)
A play based on Ismat Chughtai’s autobiography, Kaghazi hai Pairahan, and other stories
Written and directed by Noor Zaheer and presented by Brechtian Mirror and Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA)
The play explores Ismat Chughtai (1915 -1991), the writer, the individual, the person and the woman and bringing them all together in a collage puts across the times, the courage and the depth of social understanding that produced a story teller of the calibre of Ismat Chughtai
Kahani ki Kahani, Ismat ki Zubaani (70 min)
THURSDAY 29
PERFORMANCE ? C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM AT 18:30
A play based on Ismat Chughtai’s autobiography, Kaghazi hai Pairahan, and other stories
Written and directed by Noor Zaheer and presented by Brechtian Mirror and Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA)
The play explores Ismat Chughtai (1915 -1991), the writer, the individual, the person and the woman and bringing them all together in a collage puts across the times, the courage and the depth of social understanding that produced a story teller of the calibre of Ismat Chughtai
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
The Mothers of Manipur – Twelve Women Who Made History
By Teresa Rehman (New Delhi: Zubaan, 2017)
Discussants: Dr. Lianboi Vaiphei, Professor, Political Science Department, Indraprastha College, University of Delhi; Ms. Pamela Phillipose, Editor, The Wire; ; Dr. Seema Kazi, Centre for Women’s Development Studies (T)
Chair: Ms. Preeti Gill, Editor & Literary Agent
SUMMER SONATA – A FESTIVAL OF OPERA AND BALLET FILMS
SUMMER SONATA – A FESTIVAL OF OPERA AND BALLET FILMS
Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain
La Sylphide (62 min; dvd)
August Bournonville’s ballet in two acts
The Royal Theatre, Copenhagen
The Danish Orchestra; Conductor: Poul J?rgensen
With Lis Jeppesen, Nikolaj Hübbe, Sorella Englund, Morten Munksdorf
Praful Bidwai Memorial Award
Praful Bidwai Memorial Award
Presentation of the Award
Followed by a lecture by Dr. Satyajit Rath, Senior Researcher and former faculty, National Institute of Immunology
(Collaboration: Praful Bidwai Memorial Committee)
Rustic Folk of India – A Humble Tribute!
Rustic Folk of India – A Humble Tribute!
Runki Goswami will travel through the myriad of rustic folk in India from North to South. These folk songs are still relevant and is sung as a tradition in the states of India
A trained Hindustani classical singer, Runki Goswami has been a music director with the Telugu film industry and is known for her contribution in regional films
The accompanists – Virender Singh on rhythms, Saif Ali Khan and Hemanth Juyal on guitar
Mein Aur Mera Samay
Mein Aur Mera Samay
By Smt Chitra Mudgal, former Member, Prasar Bharati Board and Central Board of Film Certification. She has been a professor at SNDT University, Mumbai for a number of years
She is one of the leading literary figures of modern Hindi literature. Two of her novels Avaan and Nala Sopara Post Box No.203 and numerous short stories have received critical acclaim. Her work has been published in major literary magazines of Hindi and extensively translated in other languages. She is a recipient of several awards including Indu Sharma Samman and Vyas Samman by the Birla Foundation
(Collaboration: Indian Society for Authors)