Speaker: Suhas Borker

 

Discussant: Prof. Aditya Mukherjee, Professor of History and Dean, School of Social Sciences, Jawharlal Nehru University

 

Chair: Prof. Arjun Dev, former Professor of History and Head of NCERT’s erstwhile Department of Education in Social Sciences and Humanities

 

To mark the 100^th death anniversary of Keir Hardie (1856-1915), socialist and first independent Labour member of the British Parliament, founder of the modern British Labour Party and a strong advocate of self-government for India. Keir Hardie’s deep involvement in the movement for Indian Independence broadened the vision of Labour regarding conditions in India and began the process of giving Labour a viable imperial and colonial policy which bore fruit in 1947. Keir Hardie visited India from 18 September 1907 to 17 October 1907. His tour of the country was planned in close touch with Tilak and Surendra Nath Bannerjee

 

 

Two films by Ajay Bedi and Vijay Bedi
 
Chambal Gharial in Crisis (26 min; dvd; English)
A disease struck the core habitat of the Chambal Sanctuary in India, wiping out hundreds of Gharials which is more than fifty per cent of the adult and semi-adult population in the entire are. To give Gharials the rightful priority they deserve, this film is an endeavor to ascertain the cause of deaths by carrying out field investigations involving Indian and international experts
 
The Policing Langur (30 min; dvd; English)
Recipient of the Green Oscar Award, UK 2004; and Best Wildlife Documentary, Vatavaran Film Festival, 2005
 
The film captures the colourful vista of man-monkey relationship in India that stretches from mythology to the modern and makes for a captivating tale of veneration, tolerance and co-existence. A fascinating journey through low-budget guerilla style filmmaking
 

Speaker: Mr. Kunda Dixit, Editor, Nepal Times and eminent journalist based in Kathmandu

 

Chair : Dr Ravi Kumar, Department of Sociology, SAU

 

By Sonal Mansingh

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Geeti Sen, art historian, author of several books on art, and former Director of the Indian Cultual Centre in Nepal
 
Chair: Dr. Karan Singh, MP
 
The illustrated lecture focuses on contemporary artists S. H. Raza, Ganesh Pyne, Manjit Bawa, and Neelima Sheikh. It is about the quality of memory which transforms myths, fables and fantasies, and draws from Geeti Sen’s recent book of 2012, Your History Gets in the Way of My Memory

Radha Krishna Nritya Natika
Presented in Odissi style by Kunjlata Behera and group from Vrindavan
 
Radha Krishna Leela
Presented in Kathak style by Swami Haridas Sangeet & Nritya Academy from Vrindavan
 

Understanding Incised Plaster Works of Monuments in Delhi

Speaker: Ms Sangeeta Bais, Conservation Architect from School of Planning and Architecture; presently Visiting Faculty, SPA and Jamia Millia Islamia. She is actively associated with INTACH and the ASI

 Chair: Prof.(Ms) Nalini M. Thakur

First in a new series of lectures organised in collaboration with the INTACH Heritage Academy

 

By Shinjini Kulkarni from Delhi, granddaughter and disciple of Pt. Birju Maharaj

 
Right to Die or Assisted Dying: The Debate Continues
Speakers: Dr. S.K. Khandelwal, All India Institute of Medical Sciences; Shri Rajiv Mehrotra, Secretary, Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama; and Shri Arudra Burra, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
 
Moderator: Dr. S.K. Khandelwal
 
A desire for hastened death is not uncommon. Patients with terminal illnesses or with unbearable suffering have frequently made this request to their family members or treating physicians. The argument is over the right to die with a doctor’s help at the time and in the manner of your own choosing. The critics find the whole idea as repugnant. For others, the legalization of doctor-assisted dying is the first step on a slippery slope where the vulnerable are threatened and where premature death becomes a cheap alternative to palliative care. Do people always choose wisely, do we have safeguards in place?
 

Speaker: Dr. Arundhati Virmani, École des Hautes Étudesen Sciences Sociales, Marseilles

 

Chair: Smt Varsha Das, former Director, National Gandhi Museum, Rajghat

 

The globalization of the figure of Mahatma Gandhi received a formal endorsement with the United Nations General Assembly resolution in 2007 to observe October 2, his birth anniversary, as the International Day of Non-Violence. This talk explores the agents, mediums and processes of production, and implications of exporting a national heritage by looking at the installation of Gandhi statues across the world. It presents the features of specific statues and draws out comparisons between different representations