Shri Kanwal Wali (Secretary)
Shri K.N. Shrivastava (Director)
Shri Kanwal Wali (Secretary)
Shri K.N. Shrivastava (Director)
Shri Kanwal Wali (Secretary)
Dr. Usha M. Munshi, Chief Librarian
Shri K.N. Shrivastava (Director)
Mind, Body and Self (Springer, 2024)
Book Discussion Group
Mind, Body and Self (Springer, 2024)
Edited by Purushottama Bilimoria, Jaysankar Lal Shaw, Anand Vaidya, Michael Hemmingsen
Discussants: Prof. Shashi Prabha Kumar, President of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) Society and Chairperson of the Governing Body, Shimla; Prof. R. Krishnaswamy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, O P Jindal University, Sonipat; Prof. Ananya Barua, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Hindu College, DU;Prof. Savita Singh, Poet and Professor, IGNOU; Prof. Rajan, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Allahabad University; Abhilasha Semwal, Researcher, JNU Centre for Philosophy
Moderator: Prof. Purushottama Bilimoria, University of Melbourne and University of San Francisco & Editor of the book
In Conversation: Thant Myint-U
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In Conversation Ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhyay was India’s Ambassador to Syria (2006-08), Afghanistan (2010-13) and Myanmar (2013-16) with Thant Myint-U, award-winning historian, writer, conservationist and international public servant. An honorary fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge and a recipient of a Padma Shri from the Government of India;
A thought-provoking chat with acclaimed historian Thant Myint-U and his book which traces his grandfather’s (U Thant, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations) integral yet forgotten roles in some of the twentieth century’s most critical crises. Drawing on newly declassified documents, he traces U Thant’s tireless efforts to bring peace to Vietnam, create a fairer international economy, safeguard the environment and avoid a third world war. |