In God's Name
(92 min; dvd; 2007; English & with subtitles)
Directors: Jules and Gédéon Naudet
Perspectives on the rise of intolerance, fanaticism and war after 9/11, voiced by leaders like Pope Benedict XVI; the Dalai Lama; Shi'ite leader Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadlullah; Michihisa Kitashirakawa of the Shinto Grand Shrine of Ise; Yona Metzger, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel; and Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
Not in God's Name
(57 min; dvd; English)
Director: Paula Fouce
Leaders, practitioners and scholars of different faiths consider the causes of religious conflict
South Asia and Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities
Lead Speakers: Mr Sven Harald Jurschewsky, Counsellor, High Commission of Canada, New Delhi; and Dr Sheel Kant Sharma, former Secretary General, SAARC, and Indian envoy in Vienna
Chair: H.E. Dr Tariq Karim, High Commissioner of Bangladesh
NELSON MANDELA INTERNATIONAL DAY COMMEMORATIVE LECTURE
NELSON MANDELA AND SOUTH AFRICA'S ROAD TO DEMOCRACY
Speaker: Hon. Max Sisulu, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa
Chair: H.E. Mr. Harris Majeke, High Commissioner of South Africa
Introduction: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Grop on Alternative Strategies
WHO AM I ?
Speaker: Shri Vishnu Nagar, editor and satirist
Cancer and Health Information Technology
Panelists include:
Ashok Jaitley, TERI;Bhawna Sirohi, Tata Cancer Centre; Dinesh Trivedi, Former Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare; Harmala Gupta, Cansupport; Mary O'Brien, Royal Marsden Hospital, London; Priya Ravish Mehra, Khoj; Rajendra Badwe, Tata Cancer Centre; Shankar Ghose, Charkha Development Network; Samiran Nundy, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital; Suhasini Haider, CNN-IBN and Surajit Nundy, Raxa
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death and disability, and getting good, ethical and impartial information about cancer and about health in general is important in our interconnected world
Custodial Torture in Liberal Democracies
Discussion of a new book by Dr Jinee Lokaneeta, Associate Professor in Political Science, Drew University, USA
Panelists: Ms Vrinda Grover, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court; Prof Aditya Nigam, CSDS; Prof Ujjwal Kumar Singh, Dept. of Political Science, University of Delhi; and author Dr Jinee Lokaneeta
Chair: Shri Sankar Sen, IPS (retd.), and former Director General, National Human Rights Commission
Transnational Torture: Law, Violence and State Power in India and the U.S. (2012) brings out the extent to which torture has been practiced in liberal democracies, where there has been constant negotiation with and accommodation of excess violence by the state
Scientific Knowledge and Cultural Understanding: A Chemist at Ajanta and Pandharpur
Speaker: Shri Manager Singh, Superintending Archaeological Chemist, ASI
Chair: Dr Shereen Ratnagar, archaeologist
The speaker will describe his restoration of the Ajanta frescoes and of the idol of Vitthal at Pandharpur, detailing the techniques employed and the discoveries made. The restoration of the Vitthal icon demonstrates that scientific practice need not sever itself from a living culture, but may respect the forms of ritual even as ritual is accommodated to scientific knowledge
Nelson Mandela International Day
Celebration of Mandela's 94th birthday, part of the series, "Taking Children to Gandhi"
GANDHI-KING PLAZA AT 10:30
Commemoration Service
Songs by school choirs, followed by a procession to the auditorium
AUDITORIUM AT 11:00
Ab Kabhi Koi Gam Na Hoga
Musical presented by the street children's group, Touch a Chord
Choreography: Rene Singh
Mandela Katha Mala
Speakers: Representative from South Africa; and Shri Suhas Borker, Working Group on Alternative Strategies
FOYER
Madiba and His Struggle
An exhibition of paintings by children
Workshop on Creative Calligraphy
Conducted by Qamar Dagar
Hindustani Flute Recital
By Rajat Prasanna from Delhi, disciple of Late Pt. Raghunath Prasanna and Shri Ravi Shankar Prasanna
