On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking’s Final Theory

By Thomas Hertog (Bantam: 2023)

Discussants: Dr. Sanil Unnikrishnan, Dean, International Relations & Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, St. Stephen’s College; Dr. Alphy Geever, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, St. Stephen’s College

Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian, Professor, Symbiosis University and Indian Society of International Law

The Pollen Waits on Tiptoe: Selected Poems

By Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre; English translation by Madhav Ajjampur (Manipal Universal Press; 2022)

Discussants: Dr. H.S. Shivaprakash; Ms Smitha Sehgal; and Shri Madhav Ajjampur, translator of the book of poems

Chair: Shri Suhas Borker, Trustee, IIC
 

“There was Once a City by this Name”: Shahjahanabad before 1857

Illustrated lecture by Swapna Liddle, author and historian with specialization in the history of Delhi. Closely involved in the movement to preserve heritage monuments and sites. Dr. Liddle is associated with the Delhi Chapter of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH)

Chair: Shubham Mishra

The talk will discuss, mainly in the context of cartographic evidence, the city of Shahjahanabad as it was before dramatic changes in the aftermath of the revolt of 1857, and the implications of those changes

Sanskrit and Tibetan Manuscript Study in Japan

Speaker: Dr. Kimiaki Tanaka, Research Fellow, Nakamura Hajime Eastern Institute and President, Tibet Culture Centre International, Tokyo
 
Organised by IIC-International Research Division with the support of Ministry of External Affairs; and in collaboration with World Buddhist Cultural Trust
 

Speakers: Prof. Archana Upadhyay, Chairperson, Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Mr. Come Carpentier de Gourdon, French writer, analyst and consultant. He is Convener of the international editorial board of World Affairs- The Journal of International Issues

Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian, Professor, Symbiosis University, Pune and Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi
 

Bharatiya Kala Mein Solah Shringar 

Illustrated lecture by Dr Sanjib Kumar Singh, Archaeologist and Museologist, National Museum 
 
In this presentation an attempt will be made to understand Solah Shringar through the representation of Indian art, sculptures and paintings through the ages.

Speaker: Mr. Come Carpentier de Gourdon, French writer, analyst and consultant. He is Convener of the international editorial board of World Affairs- The Journal of International Issues

Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian, Professor, Symbiosis University, Pune and Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi

Come Carpentier has researched, lectured and written extensively on the subject of alien life and intelligence for many years, in relation to the well-known phenomenon of UFOs. Recent scientific and political developments have brought this long-standing enigma into global focus as new information and evidence are being released by military and civilian agencies, despite staunch resistance from various official quarters in certain states

Swati Maliwal, activist and Chairperson, Delhi Commission for women and Ruchira Gupta, activist, Emmy award-winning journalist and Founder, Apne Aap Women Worldwide in conversation on Girl Power & Bodily Autonomy

The programme will include release of Ruchira Gupta’s new book I Kick and I Fly
 

National Security Perspectives

Speaker: General M.M. Naravane, former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army

Moderator of the series: Suhas Borker

Introduction: Vinay Kumar, Secretary General, Press Club of India (PCI)

The series of Conversations with Media is jointly organised by IIC and PCI; and is hosted by them alternately every month

Speaker: Dr. V.R.Devika, Founder and Managing Trustee, The Aseema Trust, a non-profit organization for linking traditional performing arts and education as well as Mahatma Gandhi and education. A well-known storyteller, she is the author of Muthulakshmi Reddy: Trailblazer in Surgery and Women’s Rights (Niyogi Books)

Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy was born on 30th July 1886 in Pudukkottai to Chandrammal who belonged to the Devadasi system and Narayasami Iyer, a Brahmin teacher. She was the first Indian girl to complete MBBS at the Madras Medical college, First Indian member of the Women’s India Association and First woman member of Madras Legislative Assembly. She fought for stopping the wet nursing system, for raising the age of marriage for girls, for widows’ remarriage, for equal property rights for women, for equal voting rights and for abolishing the dedication of young girls as Devadasis. She founded Avvai Home and the Adyar Cancer Institute.

This illustrated talk explores her life in a story telling mode.