Nepal 2043: The Road to Prosperity

By Sujeev Shakya (Penguin, 2025)

Speakers: Amb. Juan Antonio March Pujol, Ambassador of Spain to India; Amb. Shankar Sharma, Ambassador of Nepal to India; Shamika Ravi, Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and Secretary to the GoI; Suhasini Haidar, Diplomatic Affairs Editor, The Hindu; Sujeev Shakya, Author of the Book

Navarasa: Kavya Sankalan

By Anita Chand and Manoj Krishanan (Novoquill Publications, 2024)

Discussants: Mandira Ghosh, poet, author & researcher; Renu Hussain, author, poet & educator; Manoj Krishnan, poet & founder & The Asian Literary Society & Author of the book; Anita Chand, Poet, Administrator, Asia Literary Society and author of the book

Chair: Dr. Amarendra Khatua, Former Secretary, MEA and DG, ICCR & poet

By Anirudh Kumar

"My paintings are made with natural colours and ash, which reminds us of ancient times with a modern twist. This painting will connect you with history and nature."

Inauguration on 28 October at 18:30 hrs by Ram Onkar Shine Shivan, Artist and Virendra Sachdeva, Eminent Politician

The exhibition will be on display till 4 November from 11:00 to 19:00 hrs

(73 min; 2025; English)

Director: O.P. Srivastava

A powerful documentary exposing the growing crisis of orbital pollution. Through striking visuals and expert voices, it reveals the dangers of space debris, legal gaps, and militarization, while spotlighting global clean-up efforts. Urgent and thought-provoking, it calls for responsible stewardship of Earth’s fragile orbital commons.

O.P. Srivastava, award-winning filmmaker and author, uses cinema to spotlight urgent cultural and environmental issues.

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, Professor, 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

Reimagining India's Economy: The Road to a More Equitable Society

By Arun Maira (Speaking Tiger, 2025)

The author will be in conversation with: Dr V Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor, GoI and Mr. Sunil Kant Munjal, Chairman, The Hero Enterprise

Moderator: Ms. Shereen Bhan, Managing Editor, CNBC-TV18

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; 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.

A film on Sri Ramana Maharshi

(127 min; 2024; English)

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 Rabindra Sangeet and other traditional Bengali songs.

(Collaboration: Impresario India)