Speaker: Professor Alok Rai is a prominent writer and speaker. He has taught English at IIT Delhi and Delhi University, translated Munshi Premchand, and authored Hindi Nationalism and Orwell and the Politics of Despair

 

 

 

Speaker: Professor Alok Rai is a prominent writer and speaker. He has taught English at IIT Delhi and Delhi University, translated Munshi Premchand, and authored Hindi Nationalism and Orwell and the Politics of Despair

 

Dr. Manisha Sethi, Associate Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia; and Prof. Vasudha Dalmia, University of California, Berkeley in conversation with Akshaya Mukul author of Gita Press and The Making of Hindi India (Noida: HarperCollins, 2015)

 

CANCELLED

By Priya Kanungo from Delhi, disciple of Pt. Rajan Misra and Pt. Sajan Mishra

 

Speaker: Dr. Latika Bhalla, Senior Paediatrician, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital 

 

Chair: Dr. Raman Kapur, well known acupuncturist and Head, Department of Acupuncture, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital

 

A discussion on Ranabir Chakravarti’s book

 

Discussants: Prof. K.M. Shrimali, formerly Department of History, University of Delhi; Prof. R. Mahalakshmi, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawarharlal Nehru University;  Prof. Susmita Basu Majumdar, Dept. of Ancient Indian History and Culture, University of Calcutta; and Dr. Snigdha Singh, Department of History, Miranda House

 

Chair: Prof. Romila Thapar, Emeritus Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Ranabir Chakravarti is Professor of Ancient History, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. The book offers a broad overview and connected narrative of early Indian history, taking into consideration major historical developments from the earliest times to c. AD 1300

 

Citadel of the Tiger – Success Story of Ranthambhore (30 min; dvd; English)

Director: Puneet Sood

 

The film focuses on the success story of tiger conservation in Ranthambhore. It also depicts other aspects of wildlife from the break of dawn to dusk

 

Terrorist Turns Conservationist (30 min; 2009; dvd; English)

Director: Rajesh Bedi

 

Shot in the forests of Assam at The Manas National Park, the film explores how Bodo militants and poachers who once ravaged the forests of its flora and fauna, and its habitats are now dedicated conservationists, saviours of the animals and the forests

 

 

 

By Devashish Dey from Varanasi, disciple of Pt. Pashupati Nath Mishra and  Pt. Mukund Vishnu Kalvint 

 

Accompanied by Kishore  Mishra on tabla

 

 

Introduction by Prof. Pushpesh Pant

 

Recital of his poems by Smt Seema Mishra Uniyal and others 

 

Chair: Dr. Ganga Prasad Vimal