An interactive session with renowned directors, film critics and Pavan Malhotra who will explore and deconstruct his 25 year-long film trajectory

 

Film critic Khalid Mohamed in conversation with Pavan Malhotra

 

Followed by an interactive session with Pavan Malhotra and directors who have worked with him: Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Saeed Mirza, Amit Rai, Mrityunjay Devvrat, Feisal Alkazi and Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra

Moderator: Atul Tiwari, film writer and theatre director

A discussion around the new book by Bhrigupati Singh, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Brown University
 
Speakers: Prof. Veena Das, anthropologist; Shri Shuddhabrata Sengupta, artist; Ms Aarti Sethi, anthropologist and  Mr. William Dalrymple, writer will discuss the book
 
Installation by the artist, Shri Subodh Gupta, in response to the book
 
Chair: Professor Philip Lutgendorf, President AIIS 

A discussion on khichdi, an integral part of  Indian cuisine in time and space - from north to south, east to west cutting across religion, caste, rich and poor, rural and urban divide

 

Speakers: Dr. G.C. Tripathi and Dr. Pushpesh Pant

 

Chair: Smt  Kusum Jain

 

By Priyank Krishna on saxophone from Jaipur, disciple of Pt.  Ram Krishna and Amir Khan on sarod from Bhopal, disciple of Late Ustad Abdul Latif Khan and Late Ustad Rehmat Ali Khan

 

Speaker: Professor Shahid Amin, former Professor of History, University of Delhi

The talk is based on his  recently published Conquest and Community: The Afterlife of Warrior Saint Ghazi Miyan

 

Chair: Dr. Bijoy Baruah

 

CANCELLED

Speaker: Professor Alok Rai, formerly Professor of English,  IIT, Delhi and Delhi University, translator of Munshi Premchand and author of Hindi Nationalism and  Orwell and the Politics of Despair

 

 

The Light and the Dark: Balancing Acts  

By Andy Conner, a performance poet from Birmingham, UK. Long established on the British poetry scene, his anthology, ‘Red,’ is published by Dynamic Press and his work has been included in numerous publications.  A compelling live artist, Andy has appeared around the UK and Europe, both on stage and on radio. His credits include BBC Radio

Chair: Dr. H.K. Kaul

  

 

Need for an Ecological Civilization in India

Speaker: Dr. V.S. Vijayan, Salim Ali Foundation, Kerala

 

The artistic life of the Gond Pardhan community

An exhibition presented by Dr. Arti Agrawal and Dr. Rekha Shrivastav

 

Paintings by Deepika Te Kaam; Dhanaiya Bai; Dhaneshwari  Marwi; Kamla Shyam; Mangli; Rambai Te Kaam; and Santoshi Te Kaam

 

Preview on Friday, 8 January 2016 at 18:30

 

Speaker:  Dr. Shuvendu Sen, Director, Medical Education, Associate Programme Director, Internal Medicine , Raritan Bay Medical Centre, Rutgers University Affiliate, USA; author of  A Doctor's Diary: Reflections on Health, Healing and Hope

 

Chair: Dr. Naresh Gupta, Director- Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi 

 

Every disease has an early stage.  Challenge of modern medicine and the key to long lasting health rests on our ability to recognize and treat those slender hints