Interpretation of Kabir, premodern and modern

Speaker: Prof. Jaroslav Strnad, senior fellow, Oriental Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic, he graduated with a degree in Hindi and History. He participated in compiling the first Hindi-Czech Dictionary (1998), The History of India (2003), Textbook of Sanskrit (latest ed. 2023) and “Triveni: Morphology and Syntax in Early Modern Languages of North India: A Reader” (2023). In 2013 he published “Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindi: Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabir vani Poems from Rajasthan”. He is currently engaged, together with Linda Hess, in an edition and English translation of Kadir pads from old Dadupanthi manuscripts

Chair: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi

Contemporart manuscripts interprets Kabir’s mystical experience as either non-theist (Nath-yogi view), or theist (Vaishnava bhakti interpretation), or philosophically monist. His mundane experience crystalized into his warnings (cetavanis), and attacks all types of orthodoxies, hypocrisy, false outward devotion, violence, egoism and greed. Was he a social reformer mobilizing against inhuman oppression and casteism? Did he try to induce harmony in the relations between Hindus and Muslims? He does not cease to attract interest in the modern world, albeit in a somewhat different way, than was the case of the Dadupanthis of the early 17th century. Each interpretation seems to highlight an aspect of his message that is relevant across time and space.

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

Great Cases Series Discussion 5

Bail in High-Profile Cases

Speaker: Siddharth Luthra, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court
Chair: Arghya Sengupta, Founder and Research Director, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy

(Collaboration: Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy)

Odissi Duet Recital

By Bidya Das and Lucky Mohanty from Cuttack, disciple of Guru Kumkum Mohanty,

At 19:00
Kathak Recital

By Samiksha Sharma from Ghaziabad, disciple of Pt. Rajendra Gangani  
 

Kathak Recital

By Tanmoyee Chakraborty from Kolkata, daughter & disciple of Dr. (Smt). Keya Chanda 

At 19:00
Bharatanatyam Recital

By Sahana Sridhar from London, disciple of Shri Renjith Babu & Smt. Vijna Vasudevan (Chennai), Shri Mavin Khoo (London)
 

This exhibition brings into focus Adivasi communities of eastern and central India, the ways in which these communities have been stereotyped, and how Adivasi voices have critiqued such representations. On display are the shifting images of ‘tribes’ in nineteenth-century colonial representations through lithographs; photographs of ‘aboriginal tribes’; ethnographic and anthropological texts of the colonial period; illustrations and images of objects and photographs; a philatelic archive of postage stamps, special covers and postal stationery; and excerpts from unpublished articles, diaries, poems and songs, and photographs. These unpack an alternative history of struggle of the Adivasi for dignity, justice, and human rights

Curated by Dr. Sangeeta Dasgupta and Dr. Vikas Kumar

Inauguration by Prof. Sonajharia Minz on Wednesday, 21 August 2024 at 18:30

As part of this exhibition, there will be a panel discussion on 

SATURDAY, 24 AUGUST 2024 AT 18:30 IN ANNEXE LECTURE ROOM II

Reframing the Adivasi

Panelists: Dr. Sangeeta Dasgupta, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Vikas Kumar, School of Development, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru; and Prof. Sonajharia Minz, School of Computer and Systems Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University and former Vice Chancellor, Sido Kanhu Murmu University, Dumka, Jharkhand

Chair: Prof. Virginius Xaxa, Visiting Professor, Institute for Human Development, New Delhi, formerly Professor of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, Professor and Deputy Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences

New Criminal Codes and their Impact on the Media

Panelists: Sanjay Hegde, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India; Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, senior journalist; Arghya Sengupta, Research Director, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy; Akash Banerjee, political satirist and YouTuber; and Jyotika Kalra, Advocate, former Member, National Human Rights Commission

Moderator: Maneesh Chhibber, journalist

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
(141 min; 2013; English)
Director: Justin Chadwick

With Idris Alba, Naomie Harris, Terry Pheto

Multiple award winner including Audience Award, Aspen Film Festival 2013; Bernhard Wicki Film Award for Best Film, Munich Film Festival 2014; SAFTA Golden Horn for Best Achievement in Costume Design-Feature Film, Best Achievement in Make-up and Hairstyling-Feature Film & Best Achievement in Production Design-Feature Film, South African Film and Television Awards 2014; Audience Award, Twi City Film Fest, USA 2013; among others

A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.

Panelists: Naman P. Ahuja, art historian and curator, Professor of Indian Art and Architecture, School of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dipti Khera, Associate Professor of Art History, Department of Art History, and the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU; Abigail S. McGowan, Assistant Professor of History, University of Vermont; Mayank Mansingh Kaul, textile designer, writer and curator; Shukla Sawant, Professor of Visual Studies, School of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Anita E. Cherian, Associate Professor, School of Culture and Creative Expressions, Ambedkar University Delhi; and Urmimala Sarkar Munsi, Associate Professor, Theatre and Performance Studies, School of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

(Collaboration: The Marg Foundation)

Taken Away: The Ordinary Life of a Lama
By  Doboom Tulku (Bloomsbury India; 2024)

Discussants: His Eminence Ling Choktrul Rinpoche; Dr. Sudhamahi Regunathan, former Vice Chancellor, Jain Vishva Bharati University, Ladnun, Rajasthan, author and translator and co-author of the book; Ms. Narayani Ganesh

Sri Aurobindo: The Beginning of Spiritual Journey
(38 min; 2022; English)
Directed by Suraj Kumar who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

The film is based on Sri Aurobindo’s arrest for conspiracy on 5th May 1908 and the one full year that he spent in Alipore jail while the British government, in a protracted court-trial (which came to be known as the “Alipore Bomb Case”), tried to implicate him in various revolutionary activities. He was acquitted and released on 6 May 1909. The film has been shot on location in Alipore Jail