Talk by Suhas Borker
 
Discussant: Prof Amar Farooqui, Professor of History, Delhi University 
Chair: Prof. Sucheta  Mahajan, Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, JNU
 
In 1912 the British had shifted the Imperial Capital from Calcutta to Delhi. On 23 December 1912 as the inaugural procession of the Viceroy Lord Hardinge passed through Chandni Chowk a bomb was hurled at the viceragal howdah. Lord Hardinge was wounded and a howdah attendant was killed. The blast also killed a boy and wounded several onlookers in the crowd. Amir Chand and Avandh Bihari, who had both been students of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and were teachers at a Nationalist School in Kinari Bazar, Chandni Chowk were arrested in February 1914 and charged with the conspiracy to kill Lord Hardinge in the Delhi Conspiracy Case. Both were hanged on 8 May 1915 at Delhi Central Jail (presently the Maulana Azad Medical College Campus)
 
To Mark the 100^th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Amir Chand and Avadh Bihari: Two Freedom Fighters from Delhi
 

Harappan Town Planning and Architecture
Speaker: Shri R.S. Bisht, formerly Joint Director-General, Archaeological Survey of India who has excavated at several Harappan sites including Dholavira
 
Chair: Shri B.M. Pande

Maldives: An Imperiled Democracy
Speakers: Amb. (retd.) Kuldeep Sahdev; Shri Sumon K. Chakrabarti, journalist and founder of Focus Maldives news site; Ms Devyani Srivastava, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative; Dr. Niranjan Sahoo, Observer Research Foundation; and Dr. Anand Kumar, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
 

Khayal
By Kamla Dhyani
With Shanti Bhushan (tabla); and Chetan Nigam (harmonium)
 
Followed by
Dhrupad Vocal
By Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar
With Pt. Mohan Shyam Sharma on the pakhawaj

An exhibition of paintings – acrylic on canvas
By L. Meena Devi from Manipur
 
Preview on Wednesday, 6 May 2015 at 18:30
 
L. Meena Devi’s oeuvre of feminine portraits, reflect an insider’s view of a world un-spoilt by consumerism. Delicate, ethereal and fragile, the paintings unfold a personal biography of a particular time and space

Dr. Bibek Debroy; Ambassador B.S. Prakash; Ambassador Kanwal Sibal; Shri T.P. Sreenivasan; and Dr. Divya Iyer will discuss Applied Diplomacy: Through the Prism of Mythology: Writings of T.P. Sreenivasan, Edited by Divya S. Iyer
(New Delhi: Wisdom Tree, 2014)
 
Chair: Shri Suresh Prabhu, Railway Minister

Presented by Neemrana Music Foundation in a programme of solos, duets, ensembles and choir masterpieces by Mozart, Bizet, Verdi and others

Speaker: Smt Bijoylaxmi Hota, a reputed yoga therapist with more than two-and-a-half decades of experience. She has successfully treated various ailments ranging from asthma, arthritis and backache to tumours and cancer. She conducts yoga workshops within and outside India, and has written books and articles, and produced television programmes on the subject
 
Diet is viewed differently by different health systems. For modern science it is vitamins, minerals, and calories, while Indian systems look for the quality of its energy or ‘prana’. It is essential to integrate them both to get the correct picture and know what to eat and what to avoid to prevent ailments. Furthermore there are certain wonder  food that need to be included in our daily diet for still better result

By Soundarya Srivathsa from Bangalore, disciple of Guru Smt Narmadha

Moods of the North East
Traditional, folk, tribal and classical dances from North East India
Choreographed by Mandira Bhattacharjee, Antara Kalakendra, Guwahati
 
Followed by
Eternal Melodies of Bollywood Legends: Bhupen Hazarika, Mohd. Rafi, Hemant Kumar, Kishore Kumar and others
By Indranil Banerjee from Kolkata