Hindustani Classical Vocal Recital
By Dr Ojesh Pratap Singh, disciple of Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar
Accompanied by Mayank Bedekar (tabla) and Paromita Mukherjee (harmonium)
The programme will be introduced by Smt Anita Singh
Concert in memory of the late Amar Mishra
Strengthening National Security: The Economic Content
Speaker: Shri Tarun Das, Founder-Trustee, the Aspen Institute, and former Chief Mentor, Confederation of Indian Industries
Chair: Shri Satinder K. Lambah, President, Federation of Indo-German Societies in India
The Indian Jati and the European Nation: The Twins-Unlike Concepts of Mega-Tribal Level
Speaker: Prof M. Krzysztof Byrski, distinguished scholar and Indologist and former Ambassador of Poland to India
Europe and South Asia are "twins-unlike""”similar on many counts but dissimilar as far as their "personalities" go. The most fascinating point of confrontation is the European "nation" as compared to India's "caste", as well as umma and qaum. The speaker argues that taking this comparison to its conclusion would suggest how the EU might solve its problems of supra-national integration, and South Asia resolve the pain of Partition
GOLDEN JUBILEE PERFORMANCES
Odissi Recital
By Sonal Mansingh
Sonal Mansingh will present items from her vast and varied repertory in Odissi, which she has infused with literary works in Oriya and Sanskrit and with choreography based on old Odisha traditions
Chai Why? - The Making of the Indian "National Drink"
Speaker: Dr Philip Lutgendorf, Professor of Hindi and Modern Indian Studies, Dept. of Asian and Slavic Languages and Literature, University of Iowa
Engaged in a study of the remarkable role that "chai" has come to play in diet, social intercourse and public culture in India, the speaker will look at how changes in manufacturing, marketing and consumption, as also in urban space and social networks, have been responsible for the popularization of tea modified to Indian taste. The talk will focus on how advertising images helped to transmit the "tea habit", both prior and subsequent to 1947
Indian Foreign Policy, the BRICs and Indo-African Relations
Speaker: Prof Ian Taylor, School of International Relations, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Chair: Prof Ajay Dubey, School of International Studies, JNU
FILMS ON SPIRITUALITY AND FAITH
Happy
(75 min; 2011; dvd)
Director: Roko Belic
Audience Choice Award, Arizona International Film Festival; Best Documentary, Rincon International Film Festival; Grand Jury Prize, Amsterdam Film Festival; Best Documentary, Mexico International Film Festival
The filmmaker travels from the swamps of Louisiana to slums in Kolkata looking for the real cause behind people's happiness. Combining testimonies by people and interviews with scientists involved in happiness research, the film explores the secrets behind this one emotion that we all value
CANCELLED
Hindustani Vocal Recital
Untitled - II
Sculptures in bronze by Banasri Khan from West Bengal
A self-taught sculptor, Banasri achieves a sophisticated blending of form and content in her bronzes, which are reflective of various rhythms. All her exhibits have an aspect of human interest within a figurative structure
Opening on Monday. 7th January 2013 at 18.30