Light of the World – Nur Jahan in Legend and History

Speaker: Dr. Ruby Lal, Dept. of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, Emory University, Atlanta USA

 

Chair: Ms Namita Gokhale (tbc)

 

The written and visual sources for Nur Jahan’s sovereignty, life and times, are opulent. Foremost among the Persian records is the memoir of her husband – Emperor, the Jahangirnama, in which she merges in unprecedented terms: sensitive consort, skilled politician, aesthetic woman. This lecture brings together the ‘facts’ of the historical record with the legends of the public imagination in order to capture Nur’s life in a more rounded fashion

(49 min; 2013; dvd; English subtitles)

Director: Zorawar Shukla 

 

Followed by a discussion

 

Sulh-e-Kul investigates the allure of the most important Muslim site of pilgrimage in South Asia, Ajmer’s Dargah Sharif. The shrine is the tomb of the venerated Sufi Saint, Kwajha Gharib Nawaz (Patron of the Poor). For 800 years, it has been a place where all types of people, regardless of religion, caste or colour, have gathered to ask for wishes to be granted

An exhibition of mixed media works

By Sarla Chandra from Delhi

 

Opening on Wednesday, 7 January 2015 at 16:30

Speaker : Dr. Chandrika Kaul, Lecturer in Modern History, University of St Andrews, Scotland and author of the book of the same name published by Palgrave Macmillan (2014)

 

Chair :Mr. Jawhar Sircar, CEO, Prasar Bharati

The lecture will focus on the media environment of empire as a conceptual tool to investigate its political and cultural role in shaping the imperial experience

Yoga: An Ancient Vision of Life (60 min; 2014; dvd)

Directed by Benoy K. Behl

 

The screening will be followed by a discussion with the Director

 

Speaker: Dr. Apurva  Sanghi, Lead Economist, Kenya, Rwanda and Eritrea, The World Bank, Nairobi

 

Chair: Shri Ranjit Gupta, former Indian Ambassador

 

Designed to enthuse, empower and entertain, this lecture blends insights on behavioural economics, social psychology  into an interactive talk on training and understanding the mind 

 

An audiovisual presentation by PAHAR

 

The Askot-Arakot Abhiyan is a research trip organised by Pahar once in ten years.  The aim of the trip is to know more about the mountains, its villages and their culture. Issues of forests, decentralisation, women’s education, environment and wildlife protection, youth migration ecological imbalance are raised through these trips. The talk will address these issues based on their  recent trip and to compare the changes observed every 10 years, the first trip was organised in 1974

Talk and Demonstration by P. Sainath

 

An exhibition of recycled metal design, art and installations

By Robin Passi from Delhi

 

Opening on Saturday, 3 January 2015 at 18:30