Speaker: Reverend Myosen Sato, Chief Priest and Representative Director, Mitsuishi Fudoson Temple

Chair: Prof. Ranjana Mukhopadhyaya, Professor of Japanese Studies, University of Delhi

Zen and yoga in a broad sense are the basis of Buddhism as the Buddha attained enlightenment through yoga and preached his teachings based on that state of enlightenment. The contemplation method handed down at Mount Koya in Japan includes a distinctive method of meditation. The talk will touch on the commonalities between the meditation methods of the Buddha and Kobo Daishi, and the distinctions between Zen and meditation in Zen Buddhism. The talk will also share the deep ties between India and Japan
 

The Colours of Nationalism: A Memoir of Dreams, Hopes and Betrayals

By Nandita Haksar (Speaking Tiger: 2024)

The author will be in conversation with Ms Ghazala Wahab, author and Editor, FORCE

Conceptualised by Dr. Ashwani Kumar

World Diabetes Day 2024: Diabetes and Well-Being

From 10:00 to 13:00
Screening Camp for Diabetes 

Screening for diabetes risk including weight, height and waist check; random blood sugar testing; screening of complications for those already having diabetes including blood pressure, vascular and foot and eye check-up

To be conducted by Dr. S.V. Madhu and his team of doctors, officers and staff from University College of Medical Sciences & Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delh

Open to IIC members and staff members of IIC

At 16:00
Challenges of Living with Diabetes – Tips for Improving your wellbeing

Speaker: Prof. S.V. Madhu, Director Professor, Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, University College of Medical Sciences & Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi

Followed by a panel discussion on: Diabetes and Wellness: Managing Health for a Better Life 

Panelists: Dr. S.V. Madhu; Dr. J.S. Titiyal, Chief, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi; Dr. Sandeep Mahajan, Professor of Nephrology, AIIMS, New Delhi; Dr. Rajesh Sagar, Professor of Psychiatry, AIIMS, New Delhi; and Smt Neelanjana Singh, Dietician, Nutrition Therapist, New Delhi

Chair: Dr. Ashwani Kumar
 

Pandavani Folk Songs from Chhattisgarh

Presented by Sampriya Pooja and her accompanying artists from Chhattisgarh

Sampriya Pooja is a Bismillah Khan Awardee of Sangeet Natak Akademi

A folk theatre form popular in the state of Chhattisgarh, and in the neighbouring states of Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. The songs and stories of the Pandavas from the Mahabharata 

(Collaboration: NCZCC, Prayagraj, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India)

Speakers: Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar, PVSM, AVSM (retd.), former Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command; Maj. Gen. Jagatbir Singh, VSM (retd.), Distinguished Fellow, United Services Institute; and Dr. Meeran Chadha Borwankar (IPS retd.), Member of the ‘Core Advisory Group on Criminal Justice System Reforms’ constituted by the National Human Rights Commission

Welcome: Dr. Meenakshi Gopinath, Director, Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP) and Life Trustee, IIC

Moderator: Ms Rita Manchanda, Gender, Peace and Security Specialist and Research Director, South Asia Forum for Human Rights

Launch of Jubilee Edition of Peace Prints: A South Asian Journal of Peacebuilding

Following the legally driven 2020 policy directive on gender parity in the armed forces, the pathway was cleared for equal participation for Indian women in all streams, except the mechanized infantry and armored corps. From the initial uncertain experiment with batches of a few hundred in the 1990s, swelling to nearly 5000 today, women officers have traversed quite a distance, pushing past prejudicial stereotypes and gender barriers to become squadron leaders of combat units, deployed on war ships, command units, and UN Peacekeeping Operations. The panel seeks to explore the implications and challenges of these developments in the security sector.

(Collaboration: Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace)
 

An exhibition of paintings in acrylic and mixed media

By Meera Dayal

Inauguration by Feisal Alkazi on Tuesday, 12 November 2024 at 18:30

Essays on Military Affairs

By Maroof Raza (Har Anand Publications: 2024)

Discussants: Lt. Gen. P.J.S. Pannu, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd.) former Deputy Chief, Indian Integrated Defence Staff (Operations); Shri Shekhar Dutt, former Governor of Chhattisgarh; Amb. Talmiz Ahmad,Ram Sathe Chair for International Studies, Symbiosis, Pune; and Shri Maroof Raza, well known media commentator on global, military and security issues and author of the book

Speakers: Ms Mohua Moitra, Member of Parliament; Dr Ajay Gudavarthy, Associate Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Ms Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty, National Affairs Editor, The Wire

Moderator: Suhas Borker, Editor, Citizens First TV (CFTV) and Trustee, IIC

This is the 19th edition of the annual discussion started in 2006
 
(Collaboration: Working Group on Alternative Strategies)
 

PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING DAY 2024
(Jan Prasaran Divas)
 
Public Service Broadcasting Day on 12 November commemorates the day Gandhiji made his first and only live broadcast on All India Radio. On this day in 1947 Gandhiji addressed more than 2 lakh refugees at the Kurukshetra Camp from Broadcasting House, New Delhi. Gandhiji held no public office or position in Government and it was truly a public service broadcast. Since 2000, this day has become an occasion to spread awareness about the concepts and values of Public Service Broadcasting in the country.
 
10:30 to 11:00 at Gandhi - King Memorial Plaza & C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium
Commemoration 
Followed by 

At 11:15 to 12:15 at C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium
Discussion
Usha Mehta's tryst with freedom on radio: during the Quit India Movement Usha Mehta was arrested on 12 November 1942 and the Underground Radio Transmitter confiscated in Bombay. S.N. Sahu, former Press Secretary to President K. R. Nayanayanan, relives the moment. 
 
Discussion on Public Service Broadcasting: Watchdog or Lapdog
Lead Presentation: Suhas Borker, Mediaperson and Trustee, IIC

Media students are encouraged to participate in the programme so that they are exposed to the concepts and values of Public Service Broadcasting.

(Collaboration: Jan Prasar)

Curator: Prof. Himanshu Prabha Ray

Kamakshi’s Temple at Kanchipuram

Illustrated lecture by Ms Renuka Narayanan, former Arts Editor, The Indian Express and former Director, Indian Cultural Centre, Embassy of India, Bangkok who writes a weekly column on religion and culture for the Editorial Page of The New Indian Express

Chair: Prof. Nilima Chitgopekar

According to Indian metaphysics, Kanchipuram is the sole ‘mokshapuri’ or ‘salvation city’ in South India, the other six being wellnorth of the old boundary between the north and the south, the river Narmada. In this salvation city, the Kamakshi temple, dated variously to the Pallavas and the Cholas, is the physical and cultural hub and the only space focused on the Ambal or Devi, the sacred feminine energy. The talk introduces how this ancient monument lives through notions of sacred geography at ‘the court of the love-eyed goddess’, its animating concepts of ‘mokshapuri’, ‘shaktisthalam’ (space/sanctuary of the goddess) and ‘ghtika sthanam’ (seat of leaning) etc.