Batik Rain
Talk on the new book by Ashwini Devare, Singapore based writer and former BBC correspondent. The book is a collection of short stories that explores and unravels the complexities that layer Indians in foreign lands, and journey through locales of Bali, Siem Reap and Pune to Washington DC
Followed by a discussion
Second Annual Lecture of the Indian Association of Foreign Correspondents: India in the 21st Century World
India in the 21st Century World
Speaker: Shri Shivshankar Menon, National Security Adviser
Welcome & Introduction: Shri Vijay Naik, Convener, IAFAC
"I Shall Hear the Nightingale"
Readings by Afsana Murad
Afsana Murad will read from the finest of Urdu poetry selected and transliterated by Sardar Khushwant Singh and Kamna Prasad with relevant excerpts from his book Delhi. The poets include Meer Taqi Mir, Mohammed Rafi Sauda, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq, Mriza Ghalib, Momin Khan Momin, Mirza Khan Dagh Dehlvi, Akbar Hussain Akbar Allahabadi, Shaad Azimbadi, Mohammed Iqbal, Firaq Gorakhpuri and Faiz Ahmed Faiz
The Camera as Witness: Capturing Mizo Pasts
An exhibition of photographs from Mizoram, sourced from private collections and family albums depicting aspects of Mizo life in the 20th century
Curated by Joy L.K. Pachau, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Willem van Schendel, University of Amsterdam
Opening on Tuesday, 11th February 2014 at 18:00
Following the opening, there will be a discussion at 18:30 in the Lecture Room II on:
Understanding Northeast India Through Images
Panelists: Aditya Arya; Berenice Ellena; Janaki Nair; Sailothangi; and Axel Harneit-Sievers
Moderator: Dr. Rosey Sailo
The Devil's Wind (UK)
(60 min; 2009; dvd; English)
Produced by Phillip Geddes, former BBC Producer and writer
Film on the 1857 mutiny and includes interviews with William Dalrymple, Rajesh Rampal and Gen. Sir Richard Shirreff, now Deputy Supreme Commander NATO Forces-Europe. How grievances not addressed in time resulted in the greatest Uprising in British Colonial India
Introduction: Rajesh Rampal
Screening will be followed by a discussion
Arts, Culture and the Gaelic Language of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland
Speakers: Roddy Murray, Artistic Director, An Lanntair Arts Centre, Outer Hebrides, Scotland; and Steve Dilworth, sculptor from the Hebrides
Chair: Siddhartha Das
Roddy Murray will speak on the histories, traditions and culture of the Gaelic speaking communities of the outer Hebrides of Scotland; while Steve Dilworth will speak about his own art practice and the bearing the remote island location and landscape has on his work
Seminar on: Brazilian Literature and Culture
Main presentation by Mr. Bernardo Carvalho
Bernardo Carvalho is a renowned Brazilian novelist, journalist and playwright. He has been the "Folha de S. Paulo" (one of Brazil's major daily newspapers) correspondent in Paris and New York and the editor of the paper's literary supplement "Folhetim". His books have been translated into more than ten languages and have been published in many countries
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Dr. Tarun K. Saint, Dept. of English, Hindu College; Dr. Saif Mahmood, Advocate, Supreme Court of India; and Prof. Subodh Lal, poet, author and theatre person will discuss New Urdu Writings: From India and Pakistan (New Delhi: Tranquebar Press, 2013) by Rakhshanda Jalil
Chair: Prof. Ali Javed, Dept. of Urdu, University of Delhi
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Sohini Roy Choudhury from ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata and disciple of Pt. A.T. Kanan
DELNET Annual Lecture 2014
Personalising Libraries and Their Access
Speaker: Prof. Sandeep Sancheti, President (Vice-Chancellor), Manipal University, Jaiipur
Chair: Dr. H.K. Kaul, Director, Delnet