The Northern Reach of Buddhism in Asia

Buddhist Communities in Asiatic Russia Past and Present

An exhibition of photographs and documents concerning the

fate of  Buddhism in  Russian Mongolia under the Russian

Empire, the Soviet state and in the Russian Federation

Introduction: Dr. Hari Vasudevan, Director, MAKAIAS, Kolkata

Rev. Doboom Tulku, Director, Tibet House, Representative of the 

Institute of Mongolian Buddhist and Tibetan Studies 

Book Release & Performance

Release of the IIC Book The Golden Boat: 50 Indian River Poems

(New Delhi, Yoda Press 2011)

Edited by Prof. K. Satchidanandan

Followed by

Synthesis of Strings - Sitar and Cello

Presented by Shubhendra Rao on sitar and Saskia Rao de Haas on cello

Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor (95 min; 1997; dvd; English)

Director: Kevin Connor

Based on the script by Jan Hartman and Dominique Lapierre

The film will be introduced by Rev. Dr. John Edappilly

The true story of Mother Teresa, beginning in Calcutta, India, where she faces adversity from every direction and where she lays the foundation for her crusade to help the poorest of God's poor

Speaker: Prof. Antoinette Burton, distinguished historian, author and presently Professor of History, Catherine C. and Bruce A. Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies, University of Illinois, USA

Chairperson: Dr. Malavika Karlekar

from the new book, Jamali-Kamali: A Tale of Passion in Mughal India

By Karen Chase, award-wining author of two collections of poetry and the non-fiction book, Land of Stone

Moderator: Mr. Aman Nath

Speaker: Mrs Lynne Chatterton author of the recently published book From the Ground Up - Home Cooking without Fear who has been involved in dryland farming and practical food production all her life

Chair: Ms Maya Goburdhun, Navdanya

The lecture is based on a lifetime experience of growing food, working with farmers in developing countries, and urging people not to allow industrialised supermarket food to take over from fresh food cooked at home

Women in Paradise(53 min; dvd; English)

Film courtesy: Centre for Science and Environment

Film on how small countries are becoming victims to the hazardous growth of developed nations. With global warming, sea levels are rising at an alarming rate and appeals to the international community, particularly developed nations does not elicit any response

from 11:00 - 13:00and17:00 - 19:00 AUDITORIUM

Celebration of the Power of Non-Violence and the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. - 15 January 1929

- 4April 1968

Sharing of Thoughts and Ideas

Speakers: Suhas Borker on the Gandhi-King-Mandela Paradigm; Indu Prakash Singh on Homeless Citizens; Ramesh Sharma on Revisiting Naokhali; Rajendra Ravi on Environment and Transport; and Satyanarayana Sahu on Violence, Poverty and Illiteracy

Students from Schools of Delhi NCR will participate

From 17:00 - 19:00 in the Foyer and QuadrangleGarden

Exhibition on King's Life and Mission

Songs and Candle Light Vigil

Programme organized as part of Taking Children to Gandhi series in collaboration with Gandhi Peace Foundation; and Working Group on Alternative Strategies

The FortWilliam Collection

An exhibition of one of the most precious and rare collection of books in English, Persian and Arabic

Inauguration by Ms Lata Reddy, Secretary East, Ministry of External Affairs on Wednesday, 12 January  at 18:30

Kathak Recital

By Isabelle Anna from France, disciple of Pt. Birju Maharaj