India's Cotton Cloth: The Once and Future King
Speaker: Ms Uzramma, Director, Malkha Marketing Trust
Chair: Shri Aseem Shrivastava, co-author of Churning the Earth
Tracing the history of Indian cotton textiles, which once dominated world trade, the speaker will explain how when spinning was mechanized and centralized, cultivators were restricted to one variety of cotton and the interdependence of farmers and weavers was severed. She will share her experience of developing the fabric malkha by combining traditional with cutting-edge technologies, sustained by a series of village-based, field-to-fabric production chains
Concert - Harpsichord Duet
By Douglas Amrine and Justin McCarthy
Much 18th century harpsichord music was written in suites, and for this recital two large suites have been created by mixing pieces by Bach and by Forqueray, Balbastre, Duphly and Marchand. Though the tendency today is to view Bach as monumental, it is also interesting to view him as one of a group of very competent composers, who when he chose might write music not far from that of his French counterparts.
The duo will play one suite each on a harpsichord modelled after Flemish instruments of the period
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Dr Kavita A. Sharma, Director, IIC; Dr Ramesh Bijlani, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi; and Ms Rukmini Sekhar, Director, Viveka Foundation, discuss Acts of Faith: Journeys to Sacred India by Prof Makarand R. Paranjape (New Delhi: Hay House, 2012)
Chair: Dr Karan Singh, M.P.
GOLDEN JUBILEE LECTURES Towards Growing Links between the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Australia
Towards Growing Links between the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Australia
Speaker: The Hon. Michael Kirby, AC, CMG, former Justice, High Court of Australia
Chair: Shri Soli Sorabjee, President, IIC
Exhibition of Paintings
By Shalini Gupta from Jaipur
Inauguration by Shri Keshav Malik on Thursday, 4th October, at 18:30
GOLDEN JUBILEE LECTURES ON ENVIRONMENT
Did Rains do the Harappans In?
Speaker: Dr Shereen Ratnagar, Professor of Archaeology and Ancient History (retd.), JNU
Chair: Dr Uma Chakravarti, Professor of History (retd.), Miranda House, DU
The title refers to the headline of a recent newspaper report on a research hypothesis which will be examined in this talk. A wider perspective will be attempted, touching on summer inundations, flashflood harvesting, stormwater drains, and winter showers, even the possible symbolic importance of the buffalo, all constituting bronze-age monsoon management
GOLDEN JUBILEE LECTURES Peace and Security in a Changing World
Peace and Security in a Changing World
Speaker: Dr Louise Arbour, President and CEO, International Crisis Group
Chair: Amb.Naresh Chandra, former Ambassador to the USA
Yearning of the Soul
Odissi recital based on verses by sants and Sufis by Ranjana Gauhar from Delhi, disciple of Guru Mayadhar Raut
Accompanied by Suresh Sethi (vocal support), Prafulla Mangaraj (pakhawaj), Jeeban Prakash Das (sitar), Rajat Prasanna (flute) and Sanchita Banerjee (manjira)
The 5th Annual Kovalam Literary Festival
14:00
Monisha Rajesh reads from Around India in 80 Trains and is in conversation with Parsa Venkateshwar Rao, Jr
15:00
Booker-shortlisted writer Jeet Thayil reads from Narcopolis and is in conversation with David Davidar, Publisher, Aleph Publishing
16:00
Israeli writers Dorit Rabinyan and Sarai Shavit in conversation with poet and publisher Sudeep Sen
17:00
British historian Roderick Mathews, author of Jinnah and Gandhi, in conversation with Swapan Dasgupta
18:00
Farrukh Dhondy reads from his new novel London Company, and is in conversation with Amit Baruah
19:00
Nilanjana Roy, author of Wildings, and Manu Joseph, author of The Illicit Happiness of Other People, in session
20:00
Sri Lankan writer Ru Freeman in session with Shastri Ramachandaran