Raimundo Panikkar – A Pilgrim Across Worlds
Speakers: Dr. Bettina Baümer, Professor of Religious Studies and National Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla; and Prof. Come Carpentier de Gourdon, Convenor, Editorial Advisory Board of World Affairs, and Member on the Advisory Boards of several scholarly publications
Chair: Dr. Karan Singh, MP
(Organised by IIC – International Research Division; and Niyogi Books Publication)
Drug Addiction -Malady and Remedy
Lead Speaker: Dr. Swati Kashyap, former Head, Department of Behavioural Medicine and Senior Consultant at Fortis, Escorts and Kailash Hospitals and presently on the distance Faculty of CMC, Vellore
Discussants: Shri Sanjay Mathur, Founder and Director of Rama Rehabilitation and ROAR Deaddiction and Rehabilitation Centres; and Dr Shivani Aggarwal, Consultant Psychiatrist, VIMHANS
Chair: Shri Jagmohan, former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
Kathak Recital
By Samiksha Sharma Arun from Gwalior, disciple of Guru Rajan Gangani
State of India’s CSR & Business Responsibility Report
CANCELLED
Release of the first report by CRW voluntary network (Corporate Responsibility Watch)
Release of the first report by CRW voluntary network (Corporate Responsibility Watch)
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Tagore’s Vision of the Contemporary World
By Indra Nath Choudhuri (New Delhi: ICCR, Har-Anand, 2015)
Discussants: Prof. Harish Trivedi, former Professor of English, University of Delhi; Prof. Alok Bhalla, formerly with the Dept. of English, CIEFL, Hyderabad and Professor of English, Jamia Millia Islamia & Ambedkar University; and Prof. Malashri Lal, Dean, Academic Activities & Project, University of Delhi
Chair: Prof. Lokesh Chandra, President Indian Council for Cultural Relations
M. S. Subbulakshmi – The Fragrant Madurai Jasmine
An illustrated lecture on the life and times of Sangita Kalanidhi Bharat Ratna M. S. Subbulakshmi to celebrate her birth centenary year. MS was the most popular and most loved face of Carnatic music in the 21st century. Using rarely seen archival photographs, audio and video recordings, the lecture takes a nostalgic journey through her life and times.
Speaker: Veejay Sai, Delhi based award-winning writer, editor and a culture critic who writes extensively on performing and visual arts, cultural history, food and philosophy
Prem Bhatia Memorial Lecture 2016
Old Dangers: New Challenges for India’s Foreign and Security Policies
Speaker: Shri G. Parthasarathy, former Indian Ambassador and Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Policy Research
Chair: Shri Jayant Prasad, Director General, Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses
(Collaboration: Prem Bhatia Memorial Trust)
FILMS ON SPIRITUALITY AND THE OTHER DIMENSION
Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra
This Emotional Life…In Search of Ourselves and Happiness (114 mins; 2010; dvd; English)
A film hosted by Daniel Gilbert
How can we all live happier, more fulfilling lives? This Emotional Life explores ways we can improve our social relationships, learn to cope with problems like depression and anxiety, and become more positive and resilient individuals.
Host Daniel Gilbert, Harvard psychologist and best-selling author of Stumbling on happiness, talks with experts about the latest scientific understanding of our emotions and how we can find support for the issues we all face. Rethinking Happiness we all want happiness and, yet, it remains so elusive for many of us. What is it, why is it important, and how can we get more of it?
Rhythm in Pieces
An exhibition of glass mosaics
By Renu Sharma from Delhi
Preview on Tuesday, 9 August 2016 at 18:30
The Expendable People (58 min; 2016; dvd; English & with subtitles)
Directed by Tapan Bose who will introduce the film
Screening will be followed by a discussion
The film is a passionate appeal for justice for the Adivasi, the tribal peoples of India, cheated, dispossessed, pauperised and criminalized in their forest homes, made to pay the price for extractive development that first stripped their forests for timber and now for gold, bauxite, iron ore and chrome. Using rare archival footage and interviews with the legendary anthropologist, Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, and Adivasi activists from the 80s and 90s, the film spans the continuing struggle of the Adivasis for their right to life and dignity