To Mark Mandela International Day 2014
Commemoration of Nelson Mandela’s 96th Birthday
Commemoration Service
Songs by Choirs of Schools from Delhi NCR
Procession from Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza to Deshmukh Auditorium
FROM 11:00 TO 12:30 IN THE AUDITORIUM
Mandela Katha Mala
“It is in your hands to make of our world a better one for all, especially the poor, vulnerable and marginalized” - Nelson Mandela, 25 Jun 2008
Message from the UN Secretary General to be read by Mrs Kiran Mehra-Kerpelman, Director, United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan
Speakers: Representative from South Africa; Shri Rajiv Bhatia, Director-General, Indian Council of World Affairs and former Indian High Commissioner to South Africa; and Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies
Followed by an interactive session with students
A short film on Nelson Mandela’s life will be screened
Madiba and His Struggle
An exhibition of paintings by children of Bluebells School International
On view in the Foyer
Organised as part of 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
Piano Recital
By Kateryna Gavrylova, well known artist from Ukraine, currently with Guangzhou Opera House Art Studio
Programme includes works by Bach, Beethoven and Schumann
Programme includes works by Bach, Beethoven and Schumann
HEALTHY MEDICINE
Antibiotics - How Much Do I Need Them?
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. Rita Sood, Professor of Medicine at AIIMS New Delhi; Dr. R.K. Gattani, Medical Consultant with Kailash Hospital, NOIDA; 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. Rita Sood, Professor of Medicine at AIIMS New Delhi; Dr. R.K. Gattani, Medical Consultant with Kailash Hospital, NOIDA; and Dr Jayashree Gupta, President, Consumers India
MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
Appreciating the Contributions of Pandit Ravi Shankar to the Modern Sitar and It's Playing Style
By Stephen Slawek
Illustrated lecture and demonstration by Stephen Slawek who will discuss the late Ravi Shankar’s unique contribution to Hindustani sangeet, with particular reference to his sitar playing style
Stephen Slawek is Professor of Music at The University of Texas, Austin. A disciple of Pt. Ravi Shankar since 1977, he has authored several publications and was formerly Chair, Ethnomusicology Committee of the American Institute of Indian Studies
By Stephen Slawek
Illustrated lecture and demonstration by Stephen Slawek who will discuss the late Ravi Shankar’s unique contribution to Hindustani sangeet, with particular reference to his sitar playing style
Stephen Slawek is Professor of Music at The University of Texas, Austin. A disciple of Pt. Ravi Shankar since 1977, he has authored several publications and was formerly Chair, Ethnomusicology Committee of the American Institute of Indian Studies
DURGABAI DESHMUKH MEMORIAL LECTURE 2014
Challenges of Good Governance
Speaker: Shri N.C. Saxena, former Member, Planning Commission and at present Member, National Advisory Council
Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President IIC
Speaker: Shri N.C. Saxena, former Member, Planning Commission and at present Member, National Advisory Council
Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President IIC
From the Files of a Cinephile - The Stuff that Dreams are made of
Speaker : Dr. Darius Cooper, teaches Critical Thinking, Film, and Humanities in San Diego Mesa College in San Diego, USA; and author of several books including Between Tradition and Modernity:The Cinema of Satyajit Ray (Cambridge University Press, 2000); Guru Dutt and Hollywood Melodrama ( Seagull Books, 2004); Beyond the Chameleon's Skill - book of poems (Poetrywalla, 2012); The Fuss About Queens and other stories (Om Books, 2014)
The talk chronicles how Dr. Cooper became a cinephile or student of cinema aided by cultural establishments in Bombay and the sudden rise and popularity of the Film Society Movement that took place simultaneously
The talk chronicles how Dr. Cooper became a cinephile or student of cinema aided by cultural establishments in Bombay and the sudden rise and popularity of the Film Society Movement that took place simultaneously
On the occasion of the release of the memoirs of the late Smt Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Inner Recesses, Outer Spaces
(Niyogi Books, 2014)
Speakers: Dr. Devaki Jain; Smt Jaya Jaitly; and Shri Sumit Chakravartty
Chair: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Maitreyi Majumdar from Delhi, disciple of Dr Shanno Khurana
THE HIMALAYA: A TIMELESS QUEST
The Himalaya: A Timeless Quest
Geographies – Physical and Sacred
An exhibition of photographs, paintings, maps and sacred objects
Curator: Shri Deb Mukharji
Curator for Buddhist Himalaya: Shi Kishore Thukral
Inauguration by Dr. Karan Singh, President ICCR on Friday, 11 July 2014 at 19:00
As part of this exhibition, there will be talks and screening of films on
Thursday, 17 July 2014 at 19:00
Kailash and Manas
Illustrated lecture by Shri Deb Mukharji, author of A Quest Beyond the Himalaya
Saturday, 19 July 2014 at 19:00
Deciphering the Thangka
Illustrated lecture by Shri KishoreThukral, writer-photographer based in Delhi
Monday, 21 July 2014 at 18:30 in the Auditorium
Film: Where the Clouds End (52 min; 2013; dvd; English & with subtitles)
Director: Wanphrang K. Diengdoh who will introduce the film
Screening will be followed by a discussion
First in a series of exhibitions focusing on some aspects of the Himalaya – geography, trade, exploration and the dissemination of ideas, people and a fragile economy
Geographies – Physical and Sacred
An exhibition of photographs, paintings, maps and sacred objects
Curator: Shri Deb Mukharji
Curator for Buddhist Himalaya: Shi Kishore Thukral
Inauguration by Dr. Karan Singh, President ICCR on Friday, 11 July 2014 at 19:00
As part of this exhibition, there will be talks and screening of films on
Thursday, 17 July 2014 at 19:00
Kailash and Manas
Illustrated lecture by Shri Deb Mukharji, author of A Quest Beyond the Himalaya
Saturday, 19 July 2014 at 19:00
Deciphering the Thangka
Illustrated lecture by Shri KishoreThukral, writer-photographer based in Delhi
Monday, 21 July 2014 at 18:30 in the Auditorium
Film: Where the Clouds End (52 min; 2013; dvd; English & with subtitles)
Director: Wanphrang K. Diengdoh who will introduce the film
Screening will be followed by a discussion
First in a series of exhibitions focusing on some aspects of the Himalaya – geography, trade, exploration and the dissemination of ideas, people and a fragile economy
The Taxi Owner (Bale Taxiw; Ethiopia)
(90 min; 2009; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Yonas Berhane Mewa
Celebrated Ethiopian feature film. A romantic comedy about a taxi driver, a rich man living in Addis Ababa and the girl he tries to woo
Director: Yonas Berhane Mewa
Celebrated Ethiopian feature film. A romantic comedy about a taxi driver, a rich man living in Addis Ababa and the girl he tries to woo