Readings and discussion around Sagari Chhabra’s new book on  India's unknown and unacknowledged freedom fighters and the concept of freedom
 
Launch of book by Smt Momota Mehta, freedom fighter and Shri Kuldip Nayar, democratic rights’ activist and eminent journalist
 
Dr. Vibha Chauhan will be in conversation with the author followed by readings

Directed by Brig A. A. Mehmood, Brigadier Information System, HQ 15 Corps
A film produced by General Staff Information Branch of HQ 15 Corps located at Srinagar
 
The film deals with the September 2014 floods in Kashmir and the relief work done by the Army in conjunction with the Air Force, NDRF and Kashmiri youth in minimising the loss of precious human life
 
The screening will be followed by a discussion

Maithili Sharan Gupt: Focus on His Well Known poem Yashodhara
Keynote address by Dr. Sudheer Pratap Singh 
 
Speakers: Shri Upendra Kumar;Dr. Upendra Nath; and Anamika
 
Chair: Dr. Ganga Prasad Vimal 

By Shatavisha Mukherjee from Kolkata, ITC Sangeet Research Academy, disciple Pt. A.T. Kanan and Pt.  Ulhas  Kashalkar

Urban Sanitation (Swachh Bharat)

Introductory Remarks: Shri Prabhat Kumar, Former Cabinet Secretary & President, IC Centre for Governance

 

Keynote Speakers: Shri Jalaj Srivastava, Chairperson, NDMC; and Shri K.S. Mehra, Former Municipal Commissioner

 

Chairman: Shri D.S. Mishra, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development

A discussion around the new book by Anita Ghai (New Delhi: Routledge, 2015)

 

Main presentation by Dr. Anita Ghai, Dept. of Psychology, Jesus and Mary College

 

Chair: Smt Brinda Karat

 

Discussants: Dr. Tanmoy Bhattacharya, Associate Professor, Centre for Advanced Studies in Linguistics, University of Delhi; and Shri Harsh Mander, social worker and writer, Director of Centre for Equity Studies

Series curated by  Rajiv Mehrotra

The Hidden Art of Islam: Explore the Tradition of Figurative Art at the Heart of Islam
(60 min; dvd; English)
Directed by Faris Kermani
A film hosted by Dr. Rageh Omaar

Muslim belief and tradition specifies that there should be no depictions of God or the Prophet Muhammad. In religious contexts, this constraint on what artists can depict extends to human figures and other living creatures as well. These prohibitions have inspired a rich visual culture based on calligraphy, Arabesque floral designs, and geometry, all of which feature strongly in the art and design found throughout the Muslim world, including mosques.

With the help of fine art and religious experts, host Rageh Omaar traces the effect of these beliefs over the centuries on the art and artists of the Islamic world and considers why depictions of pilgrims taking part in the Hajj pilgrimage have become part of the accepted tradition of Islamic art, including in work exhibited at British Museum 

Talk and Readings from the book The 7th Destination: A Journey Unfolding the Law of Seventy times Seven (Partridge Publishing, 2014) by the author, Dr. Benazir Patil
Dr. Benazir Patil is a development specialist by profession and has been working with several social development organisations both in India and internationally. Presently Advisor-Urban Health with Save the Children, India
Khudabakhsh, a wanderer at heart, just knew the destination he had to reach. But not knowing how that was to happen, what was the precise motive for his presence in that place, and why it had to be the seventh one, he travels relentlessly. An engrossing account of a young man’s journey, unfolding at each step the eternal verities of humankind, supremacy of the universal power, the commonness in the different religions, and the numerous mysteries that plague everyone’s mind one time or the other 

Discussion on a book edited by Professor  K. Warikoo and Professor  Khojamahamad Umarov published by Pentagon Press
 
Panelists: Professor Devendra Kaushik, former Chairman, Maulana Azad Institute of Asian Studies; Ambassador (Rtd). Vivek Katju;  Prof. Riyaz Punjabi, former Vice-Chancellor, Kashmir University;  Prof. Khoja Umarov of Tajikistan; and Prof. K. Warikoo, Centre for Inner Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Secretary General (Hony.), Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation
 
Chair: Dr. Lokesh Chandra, Chairman, Indian Council of Cultural Relations
 

Recitation of Tagore’s Poems
By Bisakha Mukherjee from Kolkata
 
Chandalika
Tagore’s well-known dance drama presented in Bharatanatyam and contemporary dance styles
Choreographed by Anita Mullick, Saraswati Sanskriti Kendra, Kolkata