An exhibition of paintings and sculptures from the collection of Arpana Fine Arts Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts and Literature

On display are Godana art works, Midnapur scrolls, Bengal folk art, Orissa pata-chitras, art by the Sauras and Gonds, and from Worli, Bastar and Hazaribagh

Opening on Thursday, 17th January, at 18:30

Speaker: Dr Eugenia W. Herbert, Professor Emeritus of History at Mount Holyoke College, and author of Twilight on the Zambezi: Late Colonialism in Central Africa

Chair: Shri Pradip Krishen, ecological gardener, and author of Trees of Delhi

Dr Sanjaya Baru, Editor, Business Standard; and Shri Prem Shankar Jha, Managing Editor, Financial World, will be in conversation with Gurcharan Das on his book, India Grows at Night: A Liberal Case for a Strong State (New Delhi: Penguin, 2012)

Chair: Justice Shri J.S. Verma, former Chief Justice of India

Evening Ragas and Old Hindi Film Songs
Speaker: Shri Amarendra Dhaneshwar, singer of the Gwalior gharana, and writer on music   

Chair: Shri Kuldeep Kumar

Panelists: Shri T.N. Ninan, Chairperson, Editors' Guild of India; Ms Kirsty Hughes, Chief Executive on the Index on Censorship; Shri Milind Deora, Minister of Communications (tbc); Shri Ajit Balakrishnan, Chairperson and CEO, Rediff.com; and Shri Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, Centre for Internet and Society, Bengaluru

Who, if anyone, can or should police the Web? How do we protect freedom of expression online in the face of demands to respect religious, political or cultural sensitivities? How do we stop new technology from turning the Web into a snooper's paradise for police or governments?

Gandhi-King Plaza from 10:30 to 11:00
84th Birthday Commemoration of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. 
 
Auditorium from 11:15 to 12:30
Interactive Session: Sharing of Thoughts and Ideas 
Students from schools of Delhi NCR to participate

Moderators: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies; and Shri Ramesh Sharma, Gandhi Peace Foundation
 
Part of the "Taking Children to Gandhi" series that brings children closer to the enduring legacy of Gandhi's non-violent struggle for equity, justice, pluralism and sustainable development
 

India's Golden Jubilations
Speaker: Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former Governor of West Bengal

Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President, IIC

Is there something, anything or nothing to celebrate about today's India? Do the anniversaries we observe with clockwork regularity"”silver, golden, diamond"”serve any purpose, practical or ideational? Or are jubilees merely exercises in self-fulfilment and self-deception, or what in Hindustani would be called "man-bahlaav"?

By Dr Ojesh Pratap Singh, disciple of Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar

Accompanied by Mayank Bedekar (tabla) and Paromita Mukherjee (harmonium)

The programme will be introduced by Smt Anita Singh

Concert in memory of the late Amar Mishra