How the Middle Class is Forcing the State to Deliver: The Alakananda Mall Experience and Other Examples
Panelists: Shri Ashutosh Dixit, The Citizens Alliance, Alakananda, New Delhi; Shri Sumita Kale, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune; and Dr. Dipankar Gupta, sociologist
Moderator:
Concert
Presented by The Stenhammar Quartet from Sweden - Peter Olofsson (violin); Per Ã-man (violin); Tony Bauer (viola); and Mats Olofsson (cello)
The artists will present works by Mozart; Hillborg; and Ravel
A Debate for and Against the Motion -
This House Believes that Libraries and Librarians Are Irrelevant in the Context of the Increase Dependency on ICT for Access to Information
By young Librarians - Dr. Akhtar Parvez, Librarian, Indian Institute of Management, Indore; Shri Rajesh Singh, Deputy Librarian, University of Delhi; Shri Raj Kumar Bhardwaj, Librarian, St. Stephens College, University of Delhi; and Ms Rajni Jindal, Librarian, Vivekanand College, University of Delhi
Remarks by Shri Jagmohan, former Governor, Jammu & Kashmir; Dr. N. Vijayaditya, former Director-General, National Informatics Centre; and Dr. S.M. Dhawan, former Scientist "F" and Librarian, National Physical Laboratory
Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee
Hindustani Music - Violin Recital
By Anupriya Deotale from Delhi, disciple of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and Pt. Mukesh Sharma
Time is Brain: An Introduction to Neurovascular Emergencies
Speaker: Dr. Amit Aslam Khan, Senior Consultant, Interventional Neuroradiology, Batra Hospital and Medical Research Centre
Chair: Prof. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury
Aadichitra
An exhibition of folk art from the collection of the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd. (Trifed). On view will be Pithora ritual paintings; Gond art; Saura ; and Warli paintings
Opening on Tuesday, 7th January 2014 at 18:30
Peoples' Movements and Democratic Transformations in the Middle East
Panelists: Prof. Asef Bayat, Professor of Sociology and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Prof. Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, Associate Professor of Sociology and History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Prof. Linda Herrera, Associate Professor of Education Policy, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign
FILMS ON SPIRITUALITY AND FAITH
Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action
(95 min; 2008; dvd; English)
Director: Velcrow Ripper
Recipient of the award for Best Documentary Feature - Special Mention; and Most Popular Canadian Documentary, Vancouver International Film Festival 2008
In these times of crisis, is change possible? Acclaimed filmmaker Velcrow Ripper sets out to discover the power that is released when spirituality and activism meet. Sparked by what Gandhi called "soul force" and Martin Luther King called "love in action", Ripper spotlights remarkable individuals who are taking action from the heart
The 26th Wilhelm von Pochhammer Memorial Lecture 2014
From Ashoka to Jayavarman VII - Some Reflections on the Relationship Between Buddhism and the State in India and Southeast Asia
Speaker: Prof. Hermann Kulke, German historian and Indologist
Chair: Shri Satinder K. Lambah, President, Federation of Indo-German Societies in India
The Economy, Business, and India's 2014 Parliamentary Elections
Speaker: Prof. John Echeverri-Gent, leading political scientist and Associate Professor, Woodrow Wilson Chair, University of Virginia. His books include The State and the Poor: Public Policy and Political Development in India and the United States (University of California Press, 1993), and Economic Reform in Three Giants: U.S. Foreign Policy and the USSR, China, and India (Transaction, 1990)