By Shalakha Rai from Delhi, disciple of Guru Madhavi Mudgal

Challenges of Democratic State Building in Afghanistan
 
Speakers:   Shri Jayant Prasad, former Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan; Ms  Jyoti Malhotra, senior journalist; and Mr. Omer Sadr, student, South Asian University.
 

CANCELLED

Belgrade Calling
Speaker: H.E. Mr. Vladimir Maric, Ambassador of Serbia
 
Chair: Shri K.V. Rajan
 
A resilient and friendly nation recovers from the turbulence that accompanied the break-up of Yugoslavia, and is crafting a “European” future for itself with a special place for India
 
Second in the series Beyond Borders. The series presents informal, informative but also entertaining (where possible) talk programmes involving other countries and cultures. Organised in collaboration with India Discussion Forum

Passages between Nehru and Gandhi: Contemporary reverberations
Speaker: Dr. Kumkum Sangari, Vilas Professor of English and the Humanities, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
 

Directed by student auteurs Diya Deviah and Sampurna Khasnabis
 
Based on the original play in French, God of Carnage written by Yasmina Reza and adapted to the Indian context from Roman Polanksi’s 2011 film production, Carnage is a razor-sharp, biting dark comedy centred on parental differences. It is the story of two pairs of parents who are held in a (somewhat) cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behaviour throws the discussion into chaos
 
Cast:  Shannon Anna Mathew; Akshat Baghla; Adrian Peter D’Cruz; and Diya Deviah
 

Prof. Yogendra Yadav, Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies; Shri Manish Tewari, former Member of Parliament;and Shri Nalin S. Kohli, National Spokesperson, BJP will discuss The Election That Changed India by Rajdeep Sardesai (Gurgaon: Penguin, 2014)
Chair: Prof. Dipankar Gupta, Shiv Nadar University and Director, Centre for Public Affairs and Critical Theory

  (POSTPONED TO 17TH SEPTEMBER 2015)

Details to  be announced in the website

Coordinator: Prof. Vibha Maurya, Professor of Hispanic Studies, University of Delhi

Dr. Harish Trivedi, formerly Professor of English, University of Delhi; Prof. N.N. Pillai, Honorary Director, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan; Shri K. Raghunath, former Indian Foreign Secretary; and Smt Leela Venkataraman, well-known dance critic and author will discuss Kapila Vatsyayan: A Cognitive Biography - Afloat a Lotus Leaf by Jyoti Sabharwal (New Delhi: Stellar, 2015)
 
Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, Hon'ble Governor of Jammu & Kashmir

Master Class
Conducted by Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar in typical Guru-Shishya tradition
 Followed by
Dhrupad Recital
By Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar

An exhibition presented by Devrai Art Village, Panchgani
 
On view are art works in brass, iron and stone and the transmutation of natural objects into brass – Devrai Organic Dhokra created by master craftsmen from Gadchiroli and Chhattisgarh
 
Inauguration by Ms Laila Tyabji on Tuesday, 18 August 2015 at 18:00