HEALTHY MEDICINE
Drugs – Patented, Branded and Generic: What is In a Name?
Keynote speaker: Dr. Naresh Gupta, Director-Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College & Associated Lok Nayak & G.B. Pant Hospitals and Chairman, Advisory Group, Consumers India
Panelists: Dr. S.K. Gupta, National Adviser, Pharmacovigilance, Govt. of India and Professor Emeritus, University of Delhi (former Professor and Head of Department, Pharmacology, AIIMS); Dr. G.N. Singh, Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India; and Dr. Jayashree Gupta, President, Consumers India
Keynote speaker: Dr. Naresh Gupta, Director-Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College & Associated Lok Nayak & G.B. Pant Hospitals and Chairman, Advisory Group, Consumers India
Panelists: Dr. S.K. Gupta, National Adviser, Pharmacovigilance, Govt. of India and Professor Emeritus, University of Delhi (former Professor and Head of Department, Pharmacology, AIIMS); Dr. G.N. Singh, Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India; and Dr. Jayashree Gupta, President, Consumers India
Poetry as Confessions
Speakers and readers: Dr. Sumanyu Satpathy; Dr. Lavlin Thadani; and Dr. Rumki Basu
Chair: Dr. J.P. Das
Chair: Dr. J.P. Das
Bharatanatyam Recital
By Santanu Chakraborty from Delhi, disciple of Sonal Mansingh, Geeta Chandran and Guru V. Krishnamoorthy
Hindu College, Delhi – A People’s Movement
Discussion around this book by Dr. Kavita A. Sharma and Shri W.D. Mathur (New Delhi: Niyogi Books, 2014)
Panelists: Prof. Dinesh Singh; Dr. Aparna Basu; Justice Manmohan; Shri Srinivasan Jain; Dr. Lalit Bhasin and Shri K.C. Mehra
Chair: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan
Panelists: Prof. Dinesh Singh; Dr. Aparna Basu; Justice Manmohan; Shri Srinivasan Jain; Dr. Lalit Bhasin and Shri K.C. Mehra
Chair: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan
Gandhi in Mexico: A Look at Nonviolence
(56 min; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Sonia Deotto who will introduce the film
Screening will be followed by a discussion
Mahatma Gandhi’s Constructive Programme, along with Satyagraha and the Eleven Vows is one of the three important contributions made by him to the world. Based on Nonviolence, Gandhiji proposed the Constructive Programme as a permanent guide for implementation and enrichment, beyond the political Independence of his nation. It was a model of universal impact, regardless of religion, origin or skin colour. A Gandhian delegation to Mexico led by Narayan Desai and Radha Bhatt found in many corners of the country similar programmes, initiated and developed by Mexican people. The film looks at eight stories of social transformation: eight constructive works created and developed by people of different sensitive areas of Mexico
Director: Sonia Deotto who will introduce the film
Screening will be followed by a discussion
Mahatma Gandhi’s Constructive Programme, along with Satyagraha and the Eleven Vows is one of the three important contributions made by him to the world. Based on Nonviolence, Gandhiji proposed the Constructive Programme as a permanent guide for implementation and enrichment, beyond the political Independence of his nation. It was a model of universal impact, regardless of religion, origin or skin colour. A Gandhian delegation to Mexico led by Narayan Desai and Radha Bhatt found in many corners of the country similar programmes, initiated and developed by Mexican people. The film looks at eight stories of social transformation: eight constructive works created and developed by people of different sensitive areas of Mexico
The Maverick’s Palette
An exhibition of illustrations
By Atanu Roy
Opening/preview on Friday, 16 May 2014 at 18:30
By Atanu Roy
Opening/preview on Friday, 16 May 2014 at 18:30
Commerce and the Cult of Khizr: The Sacred Geography of Healing in the Indian Ocean World
Illustrated lecture by Dr. Lauren Minsky, New York University Abu Dhabi
The talk specifically focuses on the spaces of long-standing commercial production and trade in the wider Indian Ocean world to illuminate the presence of an expansive healing cult dedicated to Khizr, an enigmatic water saint and patron of the Sufis. The talk considers how Khizr’s cult suggests possible ways to rethink the global rise of scientific medicine by foregrounding a vast trans-regional network of institutions that promoted empirically-grounded knowledge about the body and the environment, and that aimed to set the ritual conditions necessary for ensuring the health of those engaged in commercial activities of production and exchange
The talk specifically focuses on the spaces of long-standing commercial production and trade in the wider Indian Ocean world to illuminate the presence of an expansive healing cult dedicated to Khizr, an enigmatic water saint and patron of the Sufis. The talk considers how Khizr’s cult suggests possible ways to rethink the global rise of scientific medicine by foregrounding a vast trans-regional network of institutions that promoted empirically-grounded knowledge about the body and the environment, and that aimed to set the ritual conditions necessary for ensuring the health of those engaged in commercial activities of production and exchange
MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
Dancing Music
By Sudha Raghuraman
Accompanists: Shri G. Raghuraman on flute and Shri P Padmanabhan on mridangam
Her lec-dem will look into how music for dance is an art by itself and how musicians accompanying dance form are trained especially for this purpose
Sudha Raghuraman hails from a family of distinguished musicians. She is a sought after singer of Delhi and is recipient of the noted Ustad Bismillah Khan Puraskar by the Sangeet Natak Akademi
By Sudha Raghuraman
Accompanists: Shri G. Raghuraman on flute and Shri P Padmanabhan on mridangam
Her lec-dem will look into how music for dance is an art by itself and how musicians accompanying dance form are trained especially for this purpose
Sudha Raghuraman hails from a family of distinguished musicians. She is a sought after singer of Delhi and is recipient of the noted Ustad Bismillah Khan Puraskar by the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Liking Progress, Loving Change – A Literary History of the Progressive Writers’ Movement in Urdu
Discussion around the new book by Dr. Rakhshanda Jalil
Chief Guest: Shri Javed Akhtar
Discussants: Shri Mahmood Farooqui; and Dr. Rakhshanda Jalil
Followed by Songs by Parcham: The People’s Songs Squad carrying forward the legacy of IPTA
FILMS ON SPIRITUALITY AND FAITH
Sama – Muslim Mystic Music of India (52 min; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Shazia Khan
The film explores Islamic music traditions in India and portrays how they have borrowed and taken inspiration from the culture of India, in both form and content, to become a truly magnificent sound. It discovers that connection which allows the artist to become one with the creator and experience peace, calm,, serenity and joy
One Day With Rinpoche (30 min; dvd; English)
Directors: Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam
The story of 20-year-old Phara Khentrul Rinpoche – an insight into what it means to be a young incarnate Lama living in exile at the dawn of the 21st century