An exhibition by Pierre Legrand

 

 

A Stranger in Paradise 

By AshaRani Mathur

 

A presentation on musicians and their music drawn from AshaRani’s personal experiences, as seen through the repertoire of the label ‘MusicToday’ and illustrated with brief excerpts from that repertoire 

 

AshaRani Mathur has always had an interest in music, being a keen concert-goer. She was involved with the launch of the Music Today label, which she conceptualised and produced music for the first seven years. The productions included thematic classical music, folk songs, devotional music, and fusion series such as Soundscapes and The Elements 

 

A discussion series on well-known literary figures of Latin America

 

Conceptualised and coordinated by Dr. Vibha Maurya, Dept. of Germanic and Romance Studies, University of Delhi

 

Borges:An Introduction by Dr. Vibha Maurya

Borges and Variety of Fiction – Speaker: Dr. Vijaya Venkataraman, Associate Professor in Hispanic Studies, University of Delhi

Borges: Some Reflections – Speaker: Prof. Anil Bhatti, Professor Emeritus, German Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Readings from Borges by DeepikaTeckchandani

 

Dr. Rajarshi Dasgupta, Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences II, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Shri Vishwajyoti Ghosh, Graphic Artist and Editor; and Dr. Rakshanda Jalil, Writer, Critic and Literary Historian will discuss The Partition of Bengal: Fragile Borders and New Identities by Debjani Sengupta (Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2016)

 

Chair: Dr. Tanika Sarkar, formerly Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

 

What are Animals Thinking? (60 min; dvd; English)

A film by Michael Bicks and Anna Lee Strachan

 

Have you ever wondered what’s going on inside your pet’s mind?  Or how a beehive resembles a human brain and whether your dog is really feeling guilty?  Scientists studying animal cognition are finally revealing the machinery of animals’ moral compasses

 

 

An exhibition of paintings – acrylic on canvas

By Raisa Mukhopadhyay from Delhi

 

Preview on Tuesday, 19 January 2016 at 18:30

The Future of China - India Bilateral Economic Relations
 
Speakers:  Dr. Ramgopal Agarwala, Chairman, Pahle India Foundation,  and Former  Chief Economist of the World Bank in China; Mr. Sridhar Venkiteswaran, Executive Director, Avalon Consulting and OC&C Strategy Consultants, India; and Mr. Mihir Sharma, Author & Opinion Editor, Business Standard Limited
 
Chair: Dr. Ashwini Deshpande, Professor of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India and Honorary Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS)
 
 
Economic ties constitute one of the most crucial areas of strategic and cooperative partnership between India and China. Currently, India-China trade stands at $70.59 billion, which reflect tremendous opportunities for traders and investors of both countries in sectors such as agriculture and food processing, asset management, construction and infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, electronics and information technology, and transport and logistics.  Despite many positive stories, one of the most important challenges facing India -China economic ties is the increasing trade deficit, which reached $44.99 billion in 2014. In addition, both China and India are conscious of their role in the world economy as they both seek to play a bigger political role on the world stage. There is a need to identify potential areas of economic collaboration where both India and China’s economies enjoy complementarities. There is a possibility and desirability of India tapping China's vast forex reserves for Chinese inward investment to address India's infrastructural needs, which will help rectify the bilateral BOP deficit through the capital account. The session will explore and critically analyse the future of bilateral economic relationship between two Asian giants
 
 

Historic Planting – A Contextual Approach for Heritage Precincts in India

Speaker: Ms Nupur Prothi Khanna, historic landscape architect and founder of a research based practice, Beyond Built Pvt. Ltd. that contributes to contemporary and historic landscape projects

 

 

Violence: An Obsession of Our Times

Speakers: Dr. Meenakshi Gopinath, Director, WISCOMP; former Principal, LSR (TBC); Dr Vinay Srivastava, Professor, Anthropology, University of Delhi and former Principal, Hindu College; and Dr Ramandeep Pattanayak, Asstt. Professor, Psychiatry, AIIMS

 

Moderated by Prof S. K. Khandelwal

 

Inexplicable violence is the hardest kind to accept. We as humans try to find logic when none exists. Frequently, violence is an organized crime or behaviour by one group against the other; by one group against a State, or it could be State vs State. Many times, however, it could be by a single individual against many. In such a situation, people are often heard as saying, “He must be crazy to do it”. The discussion aims to highlight what are the implications for mental health and all the stakeholders