Traditional Japanese instruments in Indian classical music

Renowned tri-cultural artist-scholar T M Hoffman renders Hindustani classical and Asian crossover music through "˜Japanese hardware (flute shakuhachi and zither koto) and Indian software (raga and tala)', as well as vocal music and the tabla

An exhibition of hand-painted objects based on the vibrant and colourful truck art of Pakistan
Curator: Anjum Rana

Pakistan Art Books
Exhibition coordinated by Jalaluddin Ahmed of FOMMA, Karachi

Opening on Tuesday, 12th February 2013, at 18:30

SPEAKERS: SHRI VED MARWAH, FORMER GOVERNOR OF MANIPUR; SHRI AJIT SHAH, FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE DELHI HIGH COURT; MS. MAJA DARUWALA, COMMONWEALTH HUMAN RIGHTS' INITIATIVE AND MS. SEEMA MUSTAFA, JOURNALIST AND CENTRE FOR POLICY ANALYSIS

CHAIR: SHRI SOLI J. SORABJEE

Samkhya-Yoga: The Primordial and Overriding System of Indian Thought
Speaker: Prof S.R. Bhatt, author, scholar and former Professor of Philosophy, University of Delhi

The second in a series of monthly lectures on Indian spiritual thought that will explore some of the principal schools of Indian philosophy, their impact on Indian civilization, and contemporary relevance  

 "The Major Schools of Indian Philosophy: An Introduction "

The Foundation for Universal Responsibility of H.H. the Dalai Lama is planning a monthly lecture series on Indian Spiritual Thought in collaboration  with the India International Centre. These will explore some of the important philosophical traditions and the   impact they have had on the Indian Mind.  We hope to help cultivate a deeper understanding of India's civilizational heritage in a manner that is accessible to a lay person. To start with we plan to look at Sāmkhya , Yoga, Nyāya, VaiÅ›eÅŸika, PÅ«rva, MÄ«māmsa and Uttara MÄ«māmsa that advanced Vedic ideas & philosophies. In time we hope to look at the philosophies of  The Mahābhārata, Åšankara/Rāmānuja,  Buddhism/Jainism, Ramakriá¹£hṇa/Vivekānanda and the four yogas (Karma, Bhakti, Raja, Hatha) etc.

Details of the second  talk

Topic :            "Samkhya-Yoga --the Premordial and      Overriding System of Indian Thought".

Speaker :        Prof. S.R.Bhatt                     

Date :             12th February ,2013

Time :             6:30 pm

Venue :           Main Auditorium, India International Centre

Bio Note

Reputed as an eminent philosopher and an international scholar Professor S. R.Bhatt is  considered as an authority on Ancient Indian Culture, Buddhism, Jainism and Vedanta. His research areas include Indian Philosophy, Logic, Epistemology, Ethics, Value-theory, Philosophy of Education, Philosophy of Religion, Comparative Religion, Social and Political Thought etc. He retired as Professor and Head, and Coordinator of UGC Special Assistance Programme, Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi, Delhi. He also served as Professor and Head, Dept. of Philosophy, M. S. University, Vadodara.

Lead speakers: Prof Efraim Inbar, Director, BESA Center, Bar-Ilan University, Israel; and Prof Tim Niblock, University of Exeter, U.K.

Discussant: Prof A.K. Ramakrishnan, JNU

Chair: Prof Girijesh Pant, Dean, School of International Studies, JNU

Speakers: Vivek Dehejia and Rupa Subramanya, authors of the recently published book of the same title

Moderator: Jonathan Shainin, Senior Editor, the Caravan magazine

Do seatbelt laws save lives in India? What was the real reason for the BJP's defeat in the 2004 election? Why did Nehru ignore the Chinese threat in 1962 and how does this relate to why people risk their lives to cross railway tracks in Mumbai? Using the tools of economics, and borrowing from such fields as psychology and anthropology, Indianomix presents new angles to old mysteries, to argue that when you dig down into the deeper mechanisms, India makes sense after all

Indianomix: Making Sense of Modern India

Speakers: Vivek Dehejia and Rupa Subramanya, authors of recently published book of the same title

Moderator: Jonathan Shainin, Senior Editor, Caravan Magazine

On Tuesday, 5^th February 2013 at 6:30 pm in the Centre's Conference Room - I

Indianomix: Making Sense of Modern India

VivekDehejia and RupaSubramanya

Published by Random House India in December 2012

Have capitalism and the market economy made Indians more apathetic and uncaring?

Do seatbelt laws save lives in India?

What if India hadn't been ruled by the British?

What was the real reason for the BJP's defeat in the 2004 election?

Why did Nehru ignore the Chinese threat in the lead-up to the 1962 war and how does this relate to why people risk their lives to cross railway tracks in Mumbai?

What are the root causes of violence against women? Is a skewed sex ratio one of them?

Do dictatorships really deliver better economic growth than democracies?

What role do culture and religion play in the modern economy?

In Indianomix, Vivek Dehejia and Rupa Subramanya focus the lens of popular social-science on the confusing mass that is India. Using the methods and tools of economics, as well as borrowing from fields as varied as psychology, anthropology, political science, sociology, and religious studies, Indianomix examines a wide range of historical and contemporary questions to provide a unique, fresh insight into the country.  In the process, Dehejia and Subramanya find answers to entangled questions and discover new angles to old mysteries. 

Written with sharp, insightful and humorous prose, Indianomix reveals how life's everyday situations - even something as simple as trying to flag down a taxi - can be better explained when you analyse them with an economic outlook.  It isn't about figuring out where the stock market is heading, what the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy should be or providing a dissertation on the need for economic reforms.  Instead it is about debunking myths and calling into question bits of conventional wisdom about India - and showing that when you dig down into the deeper mechanisms hidden below all the confusing patterns in the country, India makes sense after all.

(114 min; 1991)
Director: Yuri Beliankin

Lake Baikal, the "blue eye of Siberia," is the earth's oldest and deepest lake. It holds a fifth of the planet's fresh water and is home to over 2,500 species of fish and crustaceans. For the indigenous people living along its shores, its cliffs are gods, its creation the subject of legend. But this ancient ecosystem is now endangered by overfishing and industrial pollution, to the point where it would take the rivers feeding the lake up to 400 years to restore it to health