Coded Elegance

25 September 2013, 05:30 am
Coded Elegance

Photographs by Pablo Bartholomew

Part of a series that explores Bartholomew's journey and interaction with the tribes in Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland - diverse communities with as many as 50 different languages - and the preservation of their traditional culture articulated through their dress, rituals and rites of passage

Opening on Tuesday, 24th September 2013 at 18:30

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

24 September 2013, 05:30 am
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions

Dr. Devaki Jain, economist; Dr. Maureen Liebl; and Ms Ritu Sethi, Craft Revival Trust will discuss At Work in the Informal Economy of India: A Perspective from the Bottom Up by Jan Bremen (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2013)

Chair: Prof. Ashoke Chatterjee, former Director, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad

FRONTIERS OF HISTORY

23 September 2013, 05:30 am
FRONTIERS OF HISTORY
Programme Type
Talks

Historical Traditions of Early North India
Speaker: Prof. Romila Thapar, Professor Emerita, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Chair: Prof. Neeladri Bhattacharya

Nana Ranger Gaan

21 September 2013, 05:30 am
Nana Ranger Gaan
Programme Type
Cultural
Popular songs of Bengal presented by Raghav Chatterjee, well-known vocalist in contemporary Bengali and Indian music

The Greenhouse Effects (52 min; dvd; English)

21 September 2013, 05:30 am
The Greenhouse Effects (52 min; dvd; English)
A BBC/TVE co-production that looks at current research in the impact of greenhouse gases on world climate patterns. The film examines a range of measures that could alleviate the problems of global warming - from switching to nuclear power and massive reforestation projects to energy conservation

Who Gets to Write History? The Question of "˜Legitimacy'

20 September 2013, 05:30 am
Who Gets to Write History? The Question of "˜Legitimacy'
Programme Type
Talks

Speaker: Dr. Kathryn Tidrick, author of Empire and the English Character: The Illusion of Authority and Gandhi: A Political and Spiritual Life
Chair: Professor Aditya Mukherjee, Professor of Contemporary History, Centre for Historical Studies/ SSS, JNU

Chair: Shri Aditya Mukherjee

Ethics in Corporate Governance

20 September 2013, 05:30 am
Ethics in Corporate Governance
Programme Type
Talks

Speaker: Shri Amarjit Chopra, former President, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
Guest speakers: Shri R.S. Butola, Chairman IOCL; and Shri B.C. Tripathi, CMD Gail

Chair: Shri O.P. Rawat, Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises (DEP), Govt. of India

Vision Unseen

20 September 2013, 05:30 am
Vision Unseen
Vision UnseenAn exhibition by visually impaired photographers - Evgen Bavčar from Paris; Konaki Ito from Japan; and Flo Fox from USA Curator: Rakesh Nagar Inauguration by Shri Pablo Bartholomew on Thursday, 19th September 2013 at 18:30

Through the Looking Glass

19 September 2013, 05:30 am
Through the Looking Glass
Programme Type
Talks
Illustrated lecture by Amin Gulgee, senior Pakistani artist based in Karachi who will speak about his work

Bharatanatyam Recital

19 September 2013, 05:30 am
Bharatanatyam Recital
Programme Type
Cultural
By A. Lakshman from Chennai, disciple of Guru K. Sarasa, Prof. C.V. Chandrashekhar and Smt Kalanidhi Narayanan