Speaker: Dr Manu P. Sobti, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Chair: Dr Arup Banerji, Associate Professor of History, University of Delhi

A talk on a unique borderland condition on the Silk Road on the Oxus river, combining fieldwork with close reading of archival sources from across the Russian Federation, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, to unravel how conflict, reconciliation and interaction between medieval Arab and Persian communities created distinct urban forms along this geographically significant and politically critical divide

(120 min; dvd)

The environmental crisis facing the globe and the global initiatives needed to solve it are illustrated using problems faced by different countries. The film includes a computer analysis of potential climate change and presents the results of a questionnaire answered by over 7000 environmental NGOs worldwide

An exhibition of paintings and sculptures from the collection of Arpana Fine Arts Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts and Literature

On display are Godana art works, Midnapur scrolls, Bengal folk art, Orissa pata-chitras, art by the Sauras and Gonds, and from Worli, Bastar and Hazaribagh

Opening on Thursday, 17th January, at 18:30

Speaker: Dr Eugenia W. Herbert, Professor Emeritus of History at Mount Holyoke College, and author of Twilight on the Zambezi: Late Colonialism in Central Africa

Chair: Shri Pradip Krishen, ecological gardener, and author of Trees of Delhi

Dr Sanjaya Baru, Editor, Business Standard; and Shri Prem Shankar Jha, Managing Editor, Financial World, will be in conversation with Gurcharan Das on his book, India Grows at Night: A Liberal Case for a Strong State (New Delhi: Penguin, 2012)

Chair: Justice Shri J.S. Verma, former Chief Justice of India

Evening Ragas and Old Hindi Film Songs
Speaker: Shri Amarendra Dhaneshwar, singer of the Gwalior gharana, and writer on music   

Chair: Shri Kuldeep Kumar

Panelists: Shri T.N. Ninan, Chairperson, Editors' Guild of India; Ms Kirsty Hughes, Chief Executive on the Index on Censorship; Shri Milind Deora, Minister of Communications (tbc); Shri Ajit Balakrishnan, Chairperson and CEO, Rediff.com; and Shri Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, Centre for Internet and Society, Bengaluru

Who, if anyone, can or should police the Web? How do we protect freedom of expression online in the face of demands to respect religious, political or cultural sensitivities? How do we stop new technology from turning the Web into a snooper's paradise for police or governments?