Diaspora: A Tibetan Perspective
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With Sangay Tenzin, Insurance Trainer, Aegon Religare Life Insurance
Moderator: Damdul Topden
An initiative to provide a platform to young Tibetans in exile to present and discuss their ideas and suggestions to stimulate dialogue and improve networks of the vibrant Tibetan diaspora
Sahita: Lecture Series on the Arts, Cultures and Histories of India
U Topos & Tagore: The Language of the Mind
Speaker: Prof. Uday Narayana Singh, Poet-Linguist and the first Pro-Vice Chancellor, Visva-Bharati
Third lecture in 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
DELHI - CAPTURING WOMEN'S LIVES AND CHANGE IN A CITY IN TRANSITION
Mrs Kamlesh Jacob, former Principal, Queen Mary's School, in conversation with Indu Agnihotri focusing on the early years after Independence and girl's education
Chair: Dr. Kavita A. Sharma, Director, IIC
First in a new series of discussions initiated to recover Delhi's past, its social life and, the more specifically gendered experiences of its women. While Delhi shall remain the focus, the discussions will encompass a critical phase in the life of the nation. The series will be an interactive sessions between generations of women from different social backgrounds to capture the diversity of experiences as well as trace the socio-cultural roots of the city.
Organised in collaboration with Centre for Women's Development Studies
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Prof. Satish Kumar, former Professor, JNU; Shri Harish Khare, former Media Advisor to the Prime Minister of India; and Shri Sushant Sareen, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses will discuss Kashmir: The Unwritten History by Christopher Snedden (Noida: HarperCollins, 2013)
Chair: Shri B.G. Verghese, eminent journalist and writer
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar to Homi Bhabha and 150 Years of Higher Education in Punjab
Speaker: Prof. A.K. Grover, Vice Chancellor, Punjab University, Chandigarh
Chair: Prof. M.G.K. Menon
The talk will cover inspiring and fascinating facts about Dr. S.S. Bhatnagar (1894-1955), his own mentor Prof. Ruchi Ram Sahni (1863-1948) and his support to Dr. Homi Bhabha (1909-1966), his de-facto successor in the mission to build modern India