An exhibition of tapestries in silk

By S.G. Vasudev

THE INDIAN REPUBLIC: LAW AND POLITICS OF SEDITION

 

Speakers: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, former Attorney-General of  India and President IIC

 

Prof. Neera Chandhoke, Visiting Professor, Centre for Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Shri K.P. Fabian, former Ambassador and Visiting Professor, Indian Society of International Law

 

Prof. Shiv Visvanathan, Professor, Jindal School of Government and Public 

Policy

 

 

Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies

Organised in collaboration with Working Group on Alternative Strategies 
 

 

 

 

On Wednesday, 24th February 2016 at 18:00 at the C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker: Prof. Leonard Gordon, well-known historian of South Asia especially Bengal and author of Brothers Against the Raj: A Biography of Indian Nationalist Leaders Sarat and Subhas Chandra Bose

 

 

 

Chair: Prof. Indivar Kamtekar, Associate Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

 

 

The talk will borrow some material from the book and other new material and bring in comparisons to Nuremberg, Tokyo, and Eichmann Trials to show the uniqueness of the Red Fort Trials

 

 

 

 

Festival of Kodagu (coorg)

Inauguration at 17:30 in the Auditorium

 

Chief Guest: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC-International Research Division

 

Illustrated presentations on:

Kodavas – An Introduction

Speaker: Smt. Rathi Vinay Jha

 

Unique Culture of the Kodavas

Speaker: Smt. B. Nanjamma Chinnappa, Statistician and author

 

Kodava Cuisine

Speaker: Shri Naren Thimmaiah, Executive Chef, Taj Gateway Hotel, Bangalore

 

Fountain Lawns at 18:30

Dances from Coorg

Presentation of dances of the  Kodavas and Yeravas

 

A Mock Kodava Wedding

Presented by the Kodava Sahitya Akademi, Coorg and Kodava Samaj, Delhi

 

As part of this festival, there will be an exhibition of photographs in the Main veranda and Quadrangle garden

 

PROGRAMME
 
SAARC LITERATURE FESTIVAL
FEBURARY 27, 28, 29, 2016
NEW DELHI
 
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2016
Multipurpose Hall, Kamaladevi Complex,
India International Centre
 
Registration of Delegates: 9.00-10.00
 
INAUGURAL SESSION
10-00-12.30
 
Introduction:
          Prof. Refaqat Ali Khan
          Director SAARC Festival of Literature                              10.00-10.10
Welcome Address:
Ajeet Cour, President FOSWAL                                        10.10-10.25
Keynote Address:
Chief Guest: Prof. Ashis Nandy (India)                            10.25-10.45         
Presidential Address:
                   Prof. Rajmohan Gandhi (India)                                10.45-10.55
Address by Guests of Honour                                                
          H.E. Mr. C. Rajasekhar, Director General, ICCR             10.55-11.05
          H.E. Maj. Gen. V. Namgyel,
                   Ambassador of Bhutan in India                               11.05-11.15
Guests of Honour from each country
address the audience, five minutes each                             11.15-12.05
Mr. Muhammad Mansoor Nassimy (Afghanistan)
Ms. Selina Hossain (Bangladesh)
H.E. Mr. Krishna Prasad Dhakal
          Deputy Ambassador of Nepal in India (Nepal)
Ms. Kunzang Choden (Bhutan)
Dr. Sitakant Mahapatra (India)
Mr. Ibrahim Waheed (Maldives)
Prof. Abhi Subedi (Nepal)
Dr. Shahzad Qaiser (Pakistan)
Mr. Daya Dissanayake (Sri Lanka)
 
Release of Books                                                                       12.05-12.15
 
Vote of Thanks:
                   Prof. Akhtarul Wasey (India)                                    12.15-12.25
 
LUNCH: 12.30-1.30
 
ACADEMIC SESSION I
POETRY: 1.30 to 4.00
Poem/Poems: Not more than 8 Minutes each
 
President: Mr. Jayanta Mahapatra (India)
 

1.  Dr. Rubana Huq (Bangladesh)

2.               Dr. Sitakant Mahapatra (India)

3. Prof. Abhi Subedi (Nepal)
4. Mr. Daya Dissanayake (Sri Lanka)

5.               Dr. Anand Kumar (India)
6.               Prof. A.K. Rashid (Afghanistan)
7.               Mr. Sudeep Sen (India)
8.               Prof. Mohammad Nurul Huda (Bangladesh)
9.               Ms. Arundhathi Subramanium (India)
10.           Mr. Sunil Govinnage (Sri Lanka)
11.           Ms. Farheen Chaudhry (Pakistan)
12.           Mr. Mohammad Reza Mohammadi (Afghanistan)
13.           Dr. Suman Sharma (India)
14.       Mr. Leeladhar Mandloi (India)
15.           Ms. Nahid Kaiser (Bangladesh)
16.           Ms. Tanni Bose (Bhutan)
17.           Mr. Bob D’Costa (India)
18.           Ms. Kamala Wijeratne (Sri Lanka)
19.           Ms. Bushra Farrukh (Pakistan)
20.           Mr. Deo Prakash Choudhary (India)
21.           Mr. Jayanta Mahapatra (India)
 
ACADEMIC SESSION II:
PAPERS:
04.00-06.00 (10 Minutes Each Scholar)
 
President: Dr. Anand Kumar (India)
 
1.           Dr. Chandrasekhar Kambar (India)
2.           Ms. Kamla Bhasin (India)
3.           Dr. Iqbal Mohammad Chawla (Pakistan)
4.           Prof. Mohammad Nurul Huda (Bangladesh)
5.           Dr. Alok Bhalla (India)
6.           Dr. Ahmad Salim (Pakistan)
7.           Ms. Kunzang Choden (Bhutan)
8.           Dr. Anand Kumar (India)
Tea: 06.00 - 06.30
 
CULTURAL EVENING: 6.30 to 8 pm
1.   Saadat Hasan Manto’s One Hour Play
2.   Half Hour Classical Dance by Suhail Bhan
 
 
 

An exhibition of tapestries in silk

By S.G. Vasudev

 

Preview on Friday, 26 February 2016 at 18:30

 

Jagor (120 min; 2009; dvd; English subtitles)

Director: Sangram Singh Gaikwad

The story of Manav, the brightest son of the biggest land owner of a village, who takes up farming as a profession while  his siblings flee the village for the bright lights of the city as do most of the villagers 

 

Digant (Boundless)

(110 min; 2012; dvd; English subtitles)

Director: Dhyanesh Moghe

About the Gowli community of Goa that challenges the notion of stability and freedom