Revisiting 1956: B.R. Ambedkar and States Reorganization
Discussion based on a book by Dr. Sudha Pai
Co-author Dr. Avinash Kumar
Co-author Dr. Avinash Kumar
Panelists: Prof. Ghanshyam Shah; Prof. Sucheta Mahajan and Dr. Asha Sarangi
Chair: Prof. S.K. Thorat
Revisiting 1956 resurrects the Ambedkar’s works from oblivion and presents relevant portions from them for the general, interested reader. As new states are being formed, Ambedkar’s works find renewed relevance. When he called the merger of Telangana and Telugu-speaking areas of Madras Presidency as ‘artificial’, Ambedkar showed remarkable vision that administrators can learn from. In laying criteria for reorganisation of states - viability, size, economic feasibility, equality, federal balance, and the divisive issue of language - he has already addressed concerns that the contemporary common man now asks
FILMS ON SPIRITUALITY AND FAITH
Naqoyqatsi - Life As War (89 min; dvd; 2002; English)
Director: Godfrey Reggio
Naqoyqatsi chronicles the most significant event of the last five thousand years: the transition from the natural milieu, old nature, to the “new” nature, the technological milieu. Naqoyqatsi takes us on an epical journey into a land that is nowhere, yet everywhere; the land where the image itself is our location, where the real gives way to the virtual. As the gods of old become dethroned, anew pantheon of light appears in the integrated circuit of the computer. Its truth, becomes the truth.
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Shri Lalit Mansingh, former Foreign Secretary; Dr. H. K. Kaul, Director, Developing Library Network; and Ms Humra Quraishi, Columnist & Author will discuss, India Through American Eyes (New Delhi: Primus Books, 2014) by Pran Nevile
Chair: Dr. Karan Singh, MP
Carnatic Vocal Recital
By Smt. Sumithra Vasudev from Chennai, disciple of Sangita Kalanidhi Vidushi Smt R.Vedavalli
Greece-India, Cultural Crossroads
An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Ntina Anastasiadou who is presently based in Santiniketan
Inauguration by Shri Prabhakar Kolte, well-known artist on Tuesday, 9 September 2014 at 18:30
When Godavari Comes: People’s History of a River (Journeys in the Zone of the Dispossessed)
A talk by Dr. R. UmaMaheshwari on her recently published book
Followed by a discussion with
Panelists: Shri Ramaswamy Iyer; and Dr. Amita Baviskar
Release and discussion around the book, Culture of Indigo in Asia: Plant, Product and Power
Release and discussion around the book, Culture of Indigo in Asia: Plant, Product and Power
(Niyogi Books, New Delhi; 2014)
Discussants: Prof. H.Y. Mohan Ram, INSA Srinivasa Ramanujan Research Professor; Prof. Himanshu Prabha Ray, Chairperson; National Monuments Authority and Dr. Lotika Varadarajan, Ethno-Historian and Tagore National Fellow, National Museum
Chief Guest: Dr. M Sanjappa, former Director, Botanical Survey of India and CSIR Emeritus Scientist, University of Agricultural Sciences
Chair: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan
(Niyogi Books, New Delhi; 2014)
Discussants: Prof. H.Y. Mohan Ram, INSA Srinivasa Ramanujan Research Professor; Prof. Himanshu Prabha Ray, Chairperson; National Monuments Authority and Dr. Lotika Varadarajan, Ethno-Historian and Tagore National Fellow, National Museum
Chief Guest: Dr. M Sanjappa, former Director, Botanical Survey of India and CSIR Emeritus Scientist, University of Agricultural Sciences
Chair: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan
INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
Recent Epigraphical Discoveries
Speaker: Dr. T.S. Ravishankar, Director (Epigraphy), Archaeological Survey of India, Mysore
A Feast of Ghazals
Pran Nevile speaks on the importance of ghazal on people's music
Followed by
Concert
By Dr. Meelu Verma
Vocal Recital
By Omkar Dadarkar from Kolkata, disciple of Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar