A bouquet of Multilingual Poetry on the eve of Martyr’s Day

Presented by Navtej Sarna; Fouzia Dastango; Satyanand Nirupam; Kasturika Mishra; and Rini Simon Khanna

(Collaboration: Sarvodaya International Trust-Delhi Chapter)

Speaker: Prof. Surya Deva, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development

Chair: Mr. Shombi Sharp, UN Resident Coordinator, India

Climate change poses a significant threat to the realization of all human rights, including the right to development. People in all world regions, especially in developing countries, have a legitimate aspiration to harness their capabilities and realise development goals. At the same time, pursuing economic development without respecting planetary boundaries will destroy the current ecological system. What development pathway should then states and individuals follow? In this public lecture, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development will argue that since intergenerational equity is a key principle of the right to development, it is possible to achieve inclusive and sustainable development by embracing a model of “planet-centred participatory development”.

(Collaboration: United Nations India)

A conversation with legendary poet and writer, Javed Akhtar

Moderator: Prof Alok Rai, writer, poet and formerly with the Department of English, University of Delhi.

Introduction: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Santoor Recital
By Divyansh H Srivastava from Delhi, disciple of Pandit Bhajan Sopori 
 
At 19:00 
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Devarghya Roy from Kolkata, disciple of Ustad Rashid Khan  

International Booker Prize Winner Daisy Rockwell and acclaimed translator and editor Rahul Soni in conversation with Sujata Prasad and Oroon Das
 
(Collaboration: Ahad Anhad)

The Indentured and their Route : A Relentless Quest for Identity

By Bhaswati Mukherjee( Rupa Publications; 2023)  

Discussants: Amb. Shyam Saran, President, IIC; Amb. Pavan K. Varma, former diplomat and author; Amb. Rakesh Sood, former Diplomat and Distinguished Fellow, CSDR; and Amb. Bhaswati Mukherjee, former diplomat, President, India Habitat Centre and author of the book

Where from, where to, Music my Love?
A non-authoritative provocative exploration by Shankar Barua

Streams of thought with an off-mainstream India tilt will be shared, spanning the cusp of millennia from the past century towards the imponderable future, together with brief illustrative video-clips and possibly even a basic demonstration or two along the way

Shankar Barua, better known as ShankarBaba has been an on-again off-again musician and composer since his teens in the 1970s. The illustrated talk will focus upon the works, associations, and continuum surrounding the 7 CD-Gazettes he produced between 2000-2004 as The Indian Documentary of Electronic Arts (The IDEA), as well as the 10 annual iterations of the three-day Carnival of e-Creativity he curated in 2006-2016 under the banner of a private trust, The AeA; with the first three having each been produced in association with, and in, IIC

Journeys in Watercolour

An exhibition of paintings by Dr. Alok Srivastava

Inauguration on Saturday, 27 January 2024 at 4.00 pm by Shri Justice Ashok Bhushan, Former Judge of Supreme Court of India, Chairperson, NCLAT and Shri K.N. Srivastava, IAS (Retd.) Director, India International Centre