INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE

The Trustees, the Management and the Staff of IIC express their deep sorrow and convey their heartfelt    condolences to the members of the family of the brave young girl  who passed away on 29 December 2012 because of the brutal sexual assault committed on her.

IIC will organize seminars, workshops and discussions with the end of combating the menace of rape and its repercussions and addressing related issues.

PRESIDENT

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PLEASE LIGHT A CANDLE IN MEMORY OF THE YOUNG GIRL WHO LOST HER LIFE TO A HEINOUS CRIME AND TO ALL WOMEN WHO HAVE LOST LIVES AND DIGNITY

31^ST DECEMBER 2012 FROM 5.00 PM TO 7.00 PM

VENUE:  GANDHI KING PLAZA, INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE, NEW DELHI

Speaker: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government in Exile

Introduction: Shri Vijay P. Naik, Convener, Indian Association of Foreign Affairs Correspondents

Speaker: Mr Stephen Batchelor, author, teacher and scholar of Buddhism

The speaker, who has led meditation retreats all over the world, is a proponent of agnostic or secular Buddhism

Speaker: Dr Rebecca Johnson, Executive Director, Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy

Chair: Shri Praful Bidwai, Founder-Member, Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace, India

An expert on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, Dr Johnson is Co-Chair, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials, and of the women's advisory group for the International Action Network for Small Arms. Her book Unfinished Business is on civil society and government strategies to achieve the CTBT, and her most recent book is Trident and International Law, co-edited with Angie Zelter (2011)

Speakers: Shri A.K. Shukla, I.F.S., Chief Conservator of Forests, Govt. of NCT of Delhi; Smt Padmavati Dwivedi, Team Leader, Citizens' Tree Census, Sarvodaya Enclave; Shri S.D. Singh, I.F.S., and CEO, Delhi Parks and Gardens Society; and Shri Subhash Chandra, I.F.S., D.I.G. Forests, Ministry of Environment and Forests

Chair: Shri Suhas Borker, Founder Member, Green Circle of Delhi

Participants will include horticulturalists from land-owning agencies of Delhi, RWAs, schoolteachers and students

VEDANTA TODAY

Speaker: Dr Karan Singh, M.P.

Chair: Shri Rajiv Mehrotra, Trustee, Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

An overview of the six orthodox schools, with special reference to the Vedas

The first 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 story of a city through the eyes of young photographers from Srinagar - photographs of its architectural heritage, everyday life, and people of the city

Inauguration on Tuesday, 29th January, at 18:30 by H.E. Shri N.N. Vohra, Governor of Jammu & Kashmir

As part of this exhibition, there will be two other programmes

Film screening on Friday, 1st February, in the Multipurpose Hall, Kamaladevi Block, at 18:30
Mann Faqeeri
(52 min; 2012; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: M.K. Raina

With the advent of Islam in Kashmir, an inter-cultural confluence took place between Central Asia, Persia and India. From these exchanges emerged a new syncretic mosaic in the Valley, containing the essence of Islam, Shaivism and Buddhism. The film explores this syncretic tradition, both past and present, through the Sufiyana kalam of the Valley. It traces its long tradition of singing verses, from Lal Ded in the 13th century to contemporary poets, in the context of the unbroken relationship between music, poetry and the changing landscape of the valley

Shri Raina will introduce the film and lead the discussion that follows

Panel discussion on Monday, 4th February, in Conference Room - I at 18:30
Kashmir: Dimensions of Intangible Heritage
Lead presentation by Prof Riyaz Punjabi