The Past of the Outcaste
A discussion on the book edited by Sabyasachi Bhattacharya and Yagati Chinna Rao
Panelists: Prof. T.K. Oommen, Professor Emeritus, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Prof. Vijaya Ramaswamy, Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Prof. Shashi Bhushan Upadhya, School of Social Sciences, IGNOU
Chair: Professor Sukhdev Thorat
(Collaboration: Orient Blackswan)
Concert
By the Indian Naval Symphonic Orchestra
Conducted by Cmdr V.C. D’Cruz
The origin of the Indian Naval Band goes back to 1945 when it was formed with a handful of Naval musicians. It has come a long way since then and today the Navy has many trained musicians in its ranks at various bands across the country. The Indian Naval Band has regaled and enthralled audiences across the country and around the globe. The musicians accompany Naval ships during goodwill visits to many foreign shores, to play in ensemble with the Bands of these foreign nations
(Collaboration : The Indian Navy)
Erich Fromm’s involvement with Zen Buddhism: Psychoanalysts and the Spiritual Quest In Subsequent Decades
Speaker: Prof. Alan Roland, psychoanalyst, author, artist and playwright/librettist from USA. He has made seminal contributions in the area of cross-cultural psychology with Asians and Asian Americans, having written three books on the subject
Discussants: Dr. Madhu Sarin and Dr. Ashis Nandy
Chair: Prof. Honey Oberoi
Kathak Recital
By Swati Wangnoo Tiwari from Delhi, disciple of Guru Smt Geetanjali Lal
PURANDARADASA TYAGARAJA MUSIC FESTIVAL
Carnatic Vocal Recital
By S.R. Vinay Sharva, disciple of Bangalore S. Shankar and Sangita Kalanidhi Dr. Nedunuri Krishnamurthy
Accompanists: G.Raghavendra Prasath (violin) and Kumbakonam N. Padmanaban (mridangam)
PURANDARADASA TYAGARAJA MUSIC FESTIVAL: 12 and 19 February 2017
Carnatic Vocal Recital
By Srividhya Sairam, disciple of Smt T.M. Prabhavathi of MLV School
Accompanists: Delhi R. Sridhar (violin) and V. Shankar Raman (mridangam)
Lost Utopias
CANCELLED
Photographs by Jade Doskow, architectural and landscape photographer from New York known for her rigorously composed and eerily poetic images that examine the intersection of people, nature, and time
Since 2007, Jade Doskow has been photographing the remains of World’s Fair sites, once iconic global attractions that have often been repurposed for less noble aspirations, or have been neglected and fallen into decay. The exhibition brings together the substantial body of work that Doskow has completed over the past decade, including iconic monuments such as the Seattle Space Needle, the Eiffel Tower, Brussels’ Palais des Expositions and New York’s Unisphere
Poetry Reading
By Shanta Acharya from her latest collection, Imagine and New selected Poems (HarperCollins)
Chair: Shri Keki N. Daruwalla
Shanta Acharya won a scholarship to Oxford, where she was among the first batch of women admitted to Worcester College in 1979. A recipient of the Violet Vaughan Morgan Fellowship, she was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy for her work on Ralph Waldo Emerson. The author of ten books, her publications range from poetry, literary criticism and fiction to finance. In addition to her philanthropic activities, she served twice on the board of trustees of the Poetry Society in the UK
(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)
Play - Ismat’s Love Stories
FRIDAY 10
PERFORMANCE ? C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM AT 18:30
Written by Anuradha Marwah
Directed by Sanjay Kumar, Founder President/Artistic Director, Pandies Theatre, Delhi
With Shilpi, Diksha, Sanjukta, Priya, Sameer, Vineet, Lourdes, Parash, Menaka and Indrajit
Ismat’s Love Stories (100 min) is about the Urdu writer, Ismat Chughtai and presents her “crooked” characters, her mercurial friendship with Saadat Hasan Manto, and how she turned out to a “total woman after all”. The script was the finalist for the Hindu Playwright Award 2016 and is enacted in English by the well-known Pandies Theatre actors
The performance will be followed by a discussion with the entire unit
Too many Men, too few Women
DISCUSSION ? SEMINAR ROOMS II & III, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX AT 18:30
A discussion on Too Many Men, Too Few Women: Social Consequences of Gender Imbalance in India and China, edited by Ravinder Kaur
Speakers: Professor K.S. James, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Professor Mohan Rao, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Professor Ravinder Kaur, IIT, Delhi
Chair: Prof. Patricia Uberoi
(Collaboration: Orient Blackswan)
