The 7th Destination
Talk and Readings from the book The 7th Destination: A Journey Unfolding the Law of Seventy times Seven (Partridge Publishing, 2014) by the author, Dr. Benazir Patil
Dr. Benazir Patil is a development specialist by profession and has been working with several social development organisations both in India and internationally. Presently Advisor-Urban Health with Save the Children, India
Khudabakhsh, a wanderer at heart, just knew the destination he had to reach. But not knowing how that was to happen, what was the precise motive for his presence in that place, and why it had to be the seventh one, he travels relentlessly. An engrossing account of a young man’s journey, unfolding at each step the eternal verities of humankind, supremacy of the universal power, the commonness in the different religions, and the numerous mysteries that plague everyone’s mind one time or the other
Dr. Benazir Patil is a development specialist by profession and has been working with several social development organisations both in India and internationally. Presently Advisor-Urban Health with Save the Children, India
Khudabakhsh, a wanderer at heart, just knew the destination he had to reach. But not knowing how that was to happen, what was the precise motive for his presence in that place, and why it had to be the seventh one, he travels relentlessly. An engrossing account of a young man’s journey, unfolding at each step the eternal verities of humankind, supremacy of the universal power, the commonness in the different religions, and the numerous mysteries that plague everyone’s mind one time or the other
Tajikistan in the 21st Century
Discussion on a book edited by Professor K. Warikoo and Professor Khojamahamad Umarov published by Pentagon Press
Panelists: Professor Devendra Kaushik, former Chairman, Maulana Azad Institute of Asian Studies; Ambassador (Rtd). Vivek Katju; Prof. Riyaz Punjabi, former Vice-Chancellor, Kashmir University; Prof. Khoja Umarov of Tajikistan; and Prof. K. Warikoo, Centre for Inner Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Secretary General (Hony.), Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation
Chair: Dr. Lokesh Chandra, Chairman, Indian Council of Cultural Relations
Panelists: Professor Devendra Kaushik, former Chairman, Maulana Azad Institute of Asian Studies; Ambassador (Rtd). Vivek Katju; Prof. Riyaz Punjabi, former Vice-Chancellor, Kashmir University; Prof. Khoja Umarov of Tajikistan; and Prof. K. Warikoo, Centre for Inner Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Secretary General (Hony.), Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation
Chair: Dr. Lokesh Chandra, Chairman, Indian Council of Cultural Relations
Rabindra Jayanti Celebrations
Recitation of Tagore’s Poems
By Bisakha Mukherjee from Kolkata
Chandalika
Tagore’s well-known dance drama presented in Bharatanatyam and contemporary dance styles
Choreographed by Anita Mullick, Saraswati Sanskriti Kendra, Kolkata
By Bisakha Mukherjee from Kolkata
Chandalika
Tagore’s well-known dance drama presented in Bharatanatyam and contemporary dance styles
Choreographed by Anita Mullick, Saraswati Sanskriti Kendra, Kolkata
Sitar Recital
By Sanjay Deshpande from Pune, disciple of Late Pt Vishnupant Dharmadhikari
At the Altar of National Freedom: The Lives of Two Stephanians Hanged by the British in 1915
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 100th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Amir Chand and Avadh Bihari: Two Freedom Fighters from Delhi
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 100th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Amir Chand and Avadh Bihari: Two Freedom Fighters from Delhi
INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
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
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
DIALOGUE SERIES: DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH ASIA
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
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
In Memory of Ustad Nasir Zahirduddin Dagar
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
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
Daughters Unplucked
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
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
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP Applied Diplomacy: Through the Prism of Mythology: Writings of T.P. Sreenivasan
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