Screening of a film followed by a discussion

 

Keynote Address: Cristina Albertin, UNODC Representative for South Asia

 

Followed by

Meena (20 min; dvd; English)

Director: Lucy Liu

 

Meena is the true story of a young girl who was rescued from a life of sexual slavery in Bihar. Based on a chapter from the book “Half the Sky” by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Meena Haseen was eight years old when she was kidnapped by her uncle and sold to a brothel. The film focuses on the life of this brave woman and how she rescued her daughter (also forced into prostitution) from the same brothel

 

Followed by a discussion

The Nehruvian Modern Moment: A view of Delhi's architecture and design - 1947-1985
Speaker: Shri Ram Rahman, photographer
Chair: Ms. Romi Khosla

Presentation on Need for Proposed Museum
The programme will include accounts from eyewitness survivors of the Partition followed by a panel discussion
 
Coordinator: Lady Kishwar Desai
 
The Partition Museum Project is the foundation of an eventual museum dedicated to an event in which over ten millionwere displaced, lost, raped, killed, and forgotten. The Project honours their memories, their loss, their suffering and their stories through collections based in a physical space
 

The Enigmatic Copper Anthropomorph: From Harappa to the Historical
Illustrated lecture by Dr. Sanjay Manjul, Director, Institute of Archaeology

Chair: Dr. Himanshu Prabha Ray
 
A composite copper Anthropomorphic figure along with a copper sword was found by the speaker at the Central Antiquity Section, ASI, Purana Qila in 2005. This composite copper Anthropomorph is a solitary example in the copper hoard depicting a Varah head. The Anthropomorphic figure, its inscription and animal motif that it bears, illustrate the continuity between the Harappan and Early Historical period

Director: Yirmiyan Arthur Yhome who will introduce the film
Screening will be followed by a discussion
Filmed as a personal narrative, This Road I Know traverses the main highway that runs through Nagaland and Manipur states, highlighting the changing experiences on the road over the years and introduces new dimensions and fears. It looks at the complexities of identity while examining the ways violence is used in so many ways. The film also reflects a longing for a home that once was, nostalgia for the lost land of childhood and deep uncertainty about what is to come

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