CANCELLED

Islamic Calligraphy in Indian Monuments: Epigraphs and Manuscripts

Speaker: Dr. G.S. Khwaja, Archaeological Survey of India

 

Chair: Prof S.H. Qasemi

Of Life and Death (30 min; dvd; 2004; English)                                                                                                                       

Director: K. Bikram Singh

 

Official Selection – Mumbai International Film Festival

 

Through the life and experiences of Maharajin Bua, perhaps the only woman in India who has been performing last rites and cremating the dead at Allahabad’s Rasoolabad Ghat for the last 75 years, this Film explores the relationship of death to life, our response to our own impending death and the death of others 

 

Death and Transformation: The Personal Reflections of Huston Smith (75 min; DVD; 2006; English)            

Director: Virginia Gray Henry-Blakemore

 

Huston’s words and luminous presence, embellished by exquisite footage and family photographs, cannot help but deeply touch our hearts. He shares his final life goal with us and the words he would most love upon his tombstone, among many other profound and beautiful insights

 

Medicines Labelled as ‘Herbal’ – How true are their claims?’

Keynote Speaker : Dr. D.C. Katoch, Joint Advisor, Dept of  AYUSH, Ministry of Health & FW, GOI                               

 

Panelists:   Dr Naresh Gupta, Director-Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College & Associated Hospitals and Chairman, Advisory Group, Consumers India;   Dr. Neeraj Tandon, Scientist F & Head, Medicinal Plant Unit, ICMR ; Dr. Surinder Katoch, Ayurveda consultant; and Dr Jayashree Gupta, President, Consumers India

A series of photographs by Mari Schirmer from Brazil

A series of photographs from an artistic perspective on the acts of faith. The images register the moment in which people seek a contact with the invisible body of God, presenting fragments of visible bodies that express different concepts and intentions

A discussion on a book by Zbigniew Cynkutis, edited by Paul Allain and Khalid Tyabji

 

A discussion on a book by Zbigniew Cynkutis, edited by Paul Allain and Khalid Tyabji

 

A ‘Chinese’ Pagoda at Nagapattinam on the Tamil Coast: Revisiting India’s Early Maritime Links 

Speaker: Dr. Himanshu Prabha Ray, Chairperson, National Monuments Authority

 

The Buddhist site of Nagapattinam was a major landmark on the Tamil coast from the 7th to the 19th centuries AD, though today it is known for its sea-borne trade and fishing communities. The town suffered extensive damage during the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. This presentation revisits writings on maritime contacts between the Indonesian archipelago and the Tamil coast from 7th to 13th century AD with a view to placing the rich Buddhist heritage of Tamilnadu in context

 

Chair: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC Asia Project

By Arundhathi Subramaniam, well-known Indian poet writing in English

 

Chair: Mr. Keki N. Daruwalla

Introduction: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, eminent poet and essayist

Jeet Thayil, well-known poet and musician will joint Arundhati in reading of her poems