A Place called Home: Stories by Susham Bedi
Edited by Rekha Sethi and Hina Nandrajog (Sahitya Akademi: 2024)

Discussants: Prof. Malashri Lal, Convenor, English Advisory Board, Sahitya Akademi; Ms Neeta Gupta; Prof. Rekha Sethi and Dr. Hina Nandrajog, co-editors of the book

An exhibition of paintings in mixed medium by Md. Anirul Islam from Delhi

Curated by Gaidunliu PR

The exhibition explores the relationship between history modernity, and nature, examining how the old and new, the natural and man-made, come together

                                                                                                                                                                                    Inauguration by Dr. Arvind Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India and Shri Athar Shahab, Managing Director, Zuari Industries on Thursday, 24 April 2025 at 18:30

Programme Details

Bandung Spirit and the Role of the Global South 
A programme of seminar, cultural programme and an exhibition

Inauguration of the exhibition at 09:30 on 24 April 2025

The exhibition will remain on view in the Quadrangle Garden until 30 April 2025

From 10:00 to 17:45 in Seminar Rooms I to III, Kamaladevi Complex 
Bandung Day Symposium 2024
Welcome Remarks: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC
Introductory Remarks: Prof. Nitya Nanda, Director, Council for Social Development

Keynote Address: Amb. Shyam Saran, President, IIC and former Foreign Secretary of India

At 18:30 in C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium
Samanvay: Celebrating the Bandung Spirit
Presented by Bluebells School Choir; Pratidhwani led by Prof. Subhendu Ghosh; Students of Bahasa Indonesia, Centre for Chinese & South East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, led and directed by Dr. Gautam Kumar Jha; and Tiryak, the Choir, led and directed by Kajal Ghosh, coordinated by Sabaree Mitra

(Collaboration: Council for Social Development; Bandung India Network; and People’s Forum for a Multi-Polar World)

Poetry Readings
 

By Ibbar Rabbi & Anurag Vats (Delhi); Ketan Yadav (Gorakhpur); and Devesh Path Sariya (Alwar) who will read from their original works

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

Release of the IIC Quarterly Winter 2024 – Spring 2025 Special Issue
Edited by Mritiunjoy Mohanty, Runa Sarkar and Omita Goyal

To be released by Dr. Karan Singh, Chairman, IIC Editorial Board

Followed by a panel discussion with
Ashwini K. Swain, Sustainable Futures Collaborative; Nagraj Adve, Teachers Against Climate Crisis; Mritiunjoy Mohanty and Runa Sarkar, IIM Calcutta and Guest Editors

Chair: Dr. Karan Singh 

This collection of essays makes an assessment of the energy transition path that India has chosen and is taking, both in terms of macro-strategy as well as sectorally, seen from the standpoint of a renewable energy pathway that can deliver sustainable growth alongside climate justice. The contributors locate the discussion on energy transition and climate justice within a political economy framework to try and understand the choices that have been made, and discuss feasible alternatives and coalitions that might be forged to deliver a more sustainable future.
 

An exhibition of illustrations in children’s books in India since 1895. Themed around the many interpretations of ‘becoming’ of the self and of the spaces around us, the exhibition celebrates the past and the present of the 130 years of art in printed children’s literature in India. 
The curation carries immersive book illustrations by sixty artists, including that by the pioneers of children’s illustrated literature in the country - Abanindranath Tagore, Sukumar Ray and Satyajit Ray. Visitors will delight in the works of celebrated artists like KG Subramanyan, Mickey Patel, Pulak Biswas, Jagdish Joshi, Sigrun Srivasatava and Atanu Roy, while discovering and rediscovering the creative genius of many feted contemporary illustrators, each enriching this landscape with their own distinctive style and sensibilities.

There will be a reading corner in the gallery for visitors to browse through the books featured, and more.

Curated by Richa Jha, children’s book author, and publisher of Pickle Yolk Books

Inauguration on 22 April 2025 at 18:30

Conversations and Workshops as part of the exhibition:   
Workshop 1: The Art of Picture book Making 
Dates: April 26, 27 | 11:00 – 16:00 
Venue: Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex

Facilitator: Award-winning illustrator and muralist Ruchi Shah

For: Art and design students | For details, please email on pickleyolkbooks@gmail.com

Workshop 2: Illustrating for Children’s Magazines 
Dates: May 03, 04 | 11:00 – 16:00 
Venue: Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex

Facilitator: Award-winning illustrator Taposhi Ghoshal

For: Art and design students | For details, please email on pickleyolkbooks@gmail.com

Workshop 3: Creating a Wordless Picture book 
Date: April 30 | 11:00 -13:00 
Venue: Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex

Facilitator: Suvidha Mistry
For: Senior school students (pre-registered)

On 29 April 2025 at 18:30 in Seminar Rooms I to III, Kamaladevi Complex
Conversation: Structured Narratives in Literature for the Young and Beyond – Deconstructing the role and changing contours of comics and graphic novels in Indian children’s and young adult publishing   
Speakers: Vishwajyoti Ghosh, Anupam Sinha, Nandita Basu

Guided Tour of the exhibition by the curator: 
April 24, 29 | May 01, 06 at 15:00

Readings from featured books: 
April 24, 29 | May 01, 06 at 16:00

(Collaboration: Pickle Yolk Books)

Speaker: H.E. Mr. Kamel Zayed Kamel Galal, Ambassador of Egypt to India

Chair: Shri Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury, Foreign Affairs Editor, The Economic Times

India-Egypt share millennia old partnership which continued in the current period through friendship between founders of modern India and Egypt. Today the relationship has acquired a new dimension with New Delhi and Cairo bonding over a variety of sectors from defence to investments to connectivity. The two states are playing significant roles to create a peaceful and prosperous West Asia. 
 

Amb. Navtej Sarna, distinguished writer and former diplomat

Moderator: Prof. Malashri Lal, Convenor, English Advisory Board, Sahitya Akademi

(Collaboration: Sahitya Akademi)

Speakers: Amb. Kanwal Sibal, former Foreign Secretary and former Ambassador to Egypt, France and Russia; Prof. Amitabh Mattoo, Dean, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Prof. Srikant Kondapalli, Professor of Chinese Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Prof. C. Raja Mohan, Consulting Editor, Strategic Thinker, Visiting Professor, National University, Singapore; Shri T.K. Arun, former Resident Editor, The Economic Times, independent columnist

Moderator: Amb. Surendra Kumar, President, IAFA

(Collaboration: Indo-American Friendship Association)
 

The Philosophy of Tagore: Thinking Across Cultures
 

Discussion with Prof. Ramin Jahanbegloo, political philosopher, Professor & Vice Dean and Executive Director, Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University and author of the book; and Prof. S. Irfan Habib, historian of science

Moderator: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)