Enchanted by India

Seminar and exhibition to commemorate the fiftieth death anniversary of one of the most famous Hungarian Indologists, noted for popularizing Indian culture in Hungary. He wrote extensively on India including several scholarly and popular books, and papers concerning India (including books on his visits to India, on Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Alexander Csoma de Körös); on Indian philosophy, yoga; and published a great volume on the history of Indian art. An uncle of Amrita Sher-Gil who taught her painting and encouraged her to pursue art

Welcome Address: Mr. Tibor Kovacs, Director, Hungarian Information & Cultural Centre

Introduction: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan

Speakers :Dr. Geza Bethlenfalvy, Indologist; Dr. Margit Kovacs, Hungarian lecturer, University of Delhi 

This will be followed by the opening of an exhibition of photographs, Enchanted India - Ervin Baktay (1890 - 1963) at the Balassi Institute Hungarian Information & Cultural Centre, 1 A, Janpath at 18:30

Ramayanam and Krishna Leela in iconic calligraphy
By Poosapati Parmeshawar Raju

Opening on Monday, 6th May 2013 at 18:30

Inaugural lecture on
Literature and the Writing of the Past: Revisiting  Early Twentieth Century Kerala
Speaker: Prof. Uday Kumar, Professor, Department of English, University of Delhi

Sahita is a new series of lectures organised in collaboration with Sahapedia, an online repository of resources on the arts, cultures and histories of India (and broadly South Asia) with a view to bringing current scholarship on Indian culture and heritage to a wider public

Maha The Springfield Story (Australia)
(25 min; 2012; dvd; English)
Director: Donald Johannessen

Film on Australian businessman of Indian origin, Maha Sinnathamby who is responsible for creating the Greater Springfield Project, which received the FIABCI Prix d'Excellence Award for World's Best master Planned Community 2010. Maha Sinnathamby has recently been recognized as one of the "100 Influential Indians in the World" by Global Indian Origin

At 19:00
Malegaon Times (27 min; 2012; DV; English subtitles)
Directors: Ruchika Negi & Amit Mahanti who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

Malegaon Times is about the idea of "˜performance' in the working class power-loom town of Malegaon in Maharashtra. Malegaon thrives on power-looms, cloth and cinema, which are all inextricably linked to each other. The film moves between these worlds with Asif Albela - a stage performer, mimic and an actor whose specialty lies in comedy

Speaker: Prof. T Padmanabhan, Distinguished Professor and Dean, Core Academic Programmes, IUCAA, Pune

Chair: Prof. Mohammad Sami, Director, Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia

Second in a new series of lectures being coordinated by Prof. Shobhit Mahajan, University of Delhi on the developments in science and technology together with the excitement of engaging in an intellectual pursuit.  Science and Technology are omnipresent in our lives. Modern medicine, electronic and communication technologies, transportation and a host of other benefits have transformed our lives in ways that could not be even imagined a century ago. Technology is of course what we see all around us - but it is actually the underlying science that makes it all possible

Introduction to meeting and presentation of work on the issue of Weaving History of Northeast India
By Ms Binalakshmi Nepram

How Can NCERT Ensure the Rich History/Stories from Northeast India are Included in Syllabus?
By the Guest of Honour: Prof. P. Sinclair, Director, National Council of Educational Research and Training

Speakers include Smt Priyam Goswami; Dr. Sukhendu Debbarma; Dr Walunir; Ms Atiya Zaidi; Mr. Peter Phuntsok; and others

Welcome and introduction: Ms Binalakshmi Nepram, Founder, Manipur Women Gun Survivor Network & Convenor, Northeast India Women Initiative for Peace

Keynote address: History & Stories of India's North East in Larger Narrative of Imagining India
To be delivered by Shri B.G. Verghese, Renowned writer, Magsaysay Awardee and Visiting Professor, Centre for Policy Research

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

Panelists: Dr. Y.S. Alone and Dr. Milind Awad, Assistant Professors, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. S. Santosh, Assistant Professor, School of Arts and Culture, Ambedkar University; and Shri Rahul Dev, Research Scholar, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Editor, Citizens First Television (CFTV)