Speaker: Professor Ramin Jahanbegloo, Vice Dean and Executive Director, Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace Studies, Jindal Global Law School

 

Discussant and Moderator: Dr. Come Carpentier

 

In his famous essay Notes Towards the Definition of Culture, T.S. Eliot asks the central question on “the essential conditions for the growth and for the survival of culture.” This question is today ours and we need to ask it in relation with the Persian culture.  We need to ask if there are any standards by which we can compare Persian civilization with another, and by which we can make some guess at the improvement or decline of it. The ancient Greeks feared the Persians but looked upon them as a great civilization. Where does the Persian civilization stand today? How does it differ from the Persian culture? What is the most profound element of the Persian civilization? This is a question that every Iranian should be able to answer. But in order to answer these questions, we need to have a better understanding of the two concepts of “culture” and “civilization”

 

(Collaboration: Parzor Foundation)

 

 

 

Sarod Recital 

By the Maharaj Trio: Pandit Vikash Maharaj on sarod, accompanied by Shri Abhishek Maharaj on sitar and Shri Prabhash Maharaj on tabla

 

 

Directed by Param Tomanec who will introduce the film

 

Rasa Yatra evokes the beauty of pilgrimage through non-linear narrative. Photographed over a period of four years, the film takes the viewer on a meditative journey from the majestic Himalaya into Vrindavan

 

 

 

Speakers: Dr. Srinivasu Bathula, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Jamia Millia Islamia; Dr. Pradeep Shinde, Assistant Professor, Centre for Informal Sector & Labour Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Smita M. Patil, Assistant Professor, School of Gender and Development Studies, IGNOU; and Prof. Y.S. Alone, Professor, School of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Introduction: Shri Vijay Naik, Consulting Editor, Sakal

Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Editor, Citizens First TV (CFTV)

 

(Collaboration: Maharashtra Sanskritik ani Rannaniti Adhyayan Samiti; and Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

 

 

 

WORLD DANCE DAY CELEBRATIONS 2017

 

10:00 to 12:00

 

Chhau Workshop

Conducted by Guru Shashadhar Acharya

 

(Open to dancers of all styles)

 

At 16:00

 

Health for Dance

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Sheela Nambiar

 

At 18:30

 

YOUNG DANCERS FESTIVAL

 

Manipuri 

By Nandita Devi

 

At 19:45

 

Vilasini Natyam

By Purva Dhanasree

 

(Collaboration: Natya Vriksha)

 

 

 

WORLD DANCE DAY CELEBRATIONS 2017: 29 AND 30 APRIL 2017

Organised in collaboration with Natya Vriksha

Curator: Geeta Chandran

10:00 to 12:00 

Everyone Can Dance

Bharatanatyam workshop conducted by Geeta Chandran

(For all those who have not had any formal dance training; age no bar!)

At 16:00

 

Dance in Retrospect Part II

Edited by Dr. Sunil Kothari will be launched by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan

 

Followed by a dialogue with Dr. Kothari on his life and work

At 18:30

Young Dancers Festival

Bharatanatyam 

By Aniruddha Knight, grandson of Balasaraswati

At 19:45

Kathak

By Gauri Diwakar

 

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Parthasarathi Lanka from Delhi, disciple of Guru Chandan Kumar Jena

 

Followed by

 

Siddha Veena Recital

By Siddhartha Banerjee from Delhi, disciple of Guru Smt Jaya Banerjee


(Collaboration: Kalaikoodam and Ramakrishnapuram South Indian Society)

 

 

 

Speaker: Professor Syed Nadeem Rezavi, Professor of History, Aligarh Muslim University

Chair: Professor Nalini Thakur