Souls in the Kalyug: The Politics and Cosmologies of Migrant Workers in Contemporary India
By Shankar Ramaswami (Permanent Black, 2025)

Discussants: Purushottam Agrawal, former Chair, Centre of Indian Languages, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Uma Chakravarti, Former Professor, Department of History, Miranda House, Delhi University; Nandini Sundar, Department of Sociology, Delhi University; Aseem Shrivastava, scholar, writer, and ecological thinker; Shankar Ramaswami, Professor of Sociology, O. P. Jindal Global University and author of the book

Chair : Sh. Ajay Singh Mehta, Former Executive Director, National Foundation for India

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Reimagining India's Economy: The Road to a More Equitable Society
By Arun Maira (Speaking Tiger, 2025)

Echoes of the Past : Deep Threads  of Indian Diplomacy
By Lakhan Mehrotra (Heritage Publishers, 2025)

Discussants: Dr. Amit Kapoor, Chairman, Institute of Competitiveness; Amb. Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Member, Rajya Sabha  ; Dr. Bhavna Jaisingh, academic ; Amb Lakhan Mehrotra, author of the book

Chair: Dr. Karan Singh, eminent author and scholar

As the United Nations founded in 1945, after the end of the 2nd World War, the deadliest in history, to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war" completes 80 years, it is imperative to examine what has the UN achieved and why it has signally failed in stopping or ending wars. 

Chair:  Mr. Come Carpentier de Gourdon, Distinguished Fellow, India Foundation, and Convener, Editorial Board of the magazine WORLD AFFAIRS. 
Speaker: Ambassador K.P. Fabian, Professor, Symbiosis University, and World Peace University, Pune.
 

Darshan: Gaze of Grace
(207 min;2024; English)
A film on Sri Ramana Maharshi
Directed by Japna Tulsi
 

A cinematic meditation on the silent presence of Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi where stories, poetry, and song become the medium through which his luminous stillness is revealed.
 

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama)
 

Vocal Recital by Sounak Chattopadhyay

A Hindustani vocalist with training from Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khansahab and Mubarak Ali Khan Sahab of the Kirana Gharana, semi-classical forms from Smt. Sanjukta Ghosh, advanced training in RabindraSangeet and other traditional Bengali songs.

(Collaboration: Impresario India)
 

Freedom of Speech is constitutionally guaranteed under Article 19(1) (a) of the Constitution of India. It protects the right of individuals to express their opinions without fear of state reprisal, however it is not unfettered. The discussion will focus on the critical inquiry of the nature, scope, and limits of free speech in India’s constitutional framework.

Speaker: Justice Rekha Sharma, Former Judge,Delhi High Court 
Discussants: Jatinder Jay Cheema, Legal Practitioner in various High Courts in India, the Supreme Court of India, Regulators, and Arbitral Tribunals; Santosh Senhi Mann, District and Sessions Judge, Delhi (Retd)

(Organised by the IIC’s Sectoral Policy Planning Group on Law and Justice)
 

Jatugriha (The Burnt Home) ) India
130 mins; 1964; Bengali with English subtitles
Directed by Tapan Sinha

Satadal (Uttam Kumar) is a civil engineer with a successful career and a loving wife Madhuri (Arundhati Devi). However, their relationship runs into rough weather from the emotional stress and strain of childlessness.

This is a part of the Exhibition ‘A Star named Arundhati’ in the Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex from 11 October to 25 October, 2025
 

The Nature of Nature – Earth’s Metabolic Disorder

From 14:00 to 15:15
Exhibition 
Indian Women Farmers’ Knowledge – Living Diversity of Our Organic Farms
Welcome Address: Smt Maya Goburdhun 
Chief Guests: Dr Ajeet Caur, Co-Founder, Academy of Fine Arts & Literature and Ms Arpana Caur, famous Artist

At 16:00
Panel Discussion
Agroecology: Solutions for a Reset of Earth’s Metabolic Disorder 
Speakers: Dr Vandana Shiva, Author, Founder of Navdanya, Dr Andre Leu, Former President of International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements – Organics International, Dr Nadia El Hage, Former Head, Ecological Farming, FAO, Dr. A.V. Singh, Vice President of Régénération Canada

At 17:00
Panel Discussion
Food and Health: The Gut-Earth Connection
Speakers: Dr Arun Gupta, Pediatrician, BPNI, IBFAN, Dr Suresh Kumar, Pediatrician, CISSA, Dr Gangadharan, Ayurveda and Wellbeing, Dr Srinath Reddy, PHFI

(Collaboration: Navdanya)
 

South Asian countries rank among the least open to international trade and finance, with very high tariffs and non-tariff trade costs. Amidst a changing global environment and the reshaping of supply chains, can lowering trade barriers serve as an engine of growth and job creation in the region.
The event will discuss the latest edition of the World Bank’s bi-annual flagship Report South Asia Development Update, which examines the region’s current economic landscape and explores the labor market implications of trade reforms.

(Collaboration: The World Bank)