PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Chariots of Sanauli – Shedding Light on the Chariot and Cart Controversy
Illustrated lecture by Dr. Sanjay K. Manjul, Joint Director General (Archaeology), Archaeological Survey of India and Director, Institute of Archaeology

Chair: Shri B.M. Pande

The Archaeological Survey of India’s ongoing excavations of the 4,000- year-old burial sites at Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh has unearthed underground “sacred chambers”, decorated “legged coffins” as well as rice and dal in pots and animal bones buried with the bodies. The excavations have also unearthed three chariots, some coffins, shields, swords and helmets which Dr. Manjul says points towards the existence of a “warrior class in the area around 2,000 BCE”.

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By Hoshang Merchant (Odisha: Dhauli Books publishers)

Discussion around the book “Rebel Angel: Collected Prose of Hoshang Merchant” is a collection of prose originally written in English by Hoshang Merchant and edited by Akshaya K Rath

Welcome Remarks: Keki N Daruwalla
Discussants: Hoshang Merchant, Usha Mudiganti and Keki N Daruwalla
Closing Remarks: Keki N Daruwalla
 
 

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When the Gods begin to dance in Angkor - Architecture for the Dancing God: Hall with Dancers in the Jayavarman VII Temples (65 min)
Speaker: Dr. Swati Chemburkar
Chair: Shri B.M. Pande

The spiritual power of dance in Cambodia has been valued since pre-Angkorian times, and plentiful images of dance and music in the bas-reliefs of the great monuments of Angkor suggest that this tradition was markedly enhanced in the reign of Jayavarman VII, as a contemporary Chinese report attests. Focusing on the ‘halls with dancers’, a distinct architectural feature of Jayavarman VII’s temples, the lecture explores the link between the architecture, associated inscriptions, dance and music rituals evolving in Angkor and contemporary Chola temples that housed several mandapas. The lecture argues that the architecture of the halls with dancers worked in tandem with ritual practices to provide a symbolic and possibly actual space for encountering divine

Webcast recording of the programme held on 20th April 2017

Opening remarks: Prof. Romila Thapar

Prof. Kesavan Veluthat, Dept. of History, University of Delhi; Prof. Najaf Haider, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehur University; and Dr. Kumkum Roy, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University will discuss The Past Before Us: Historical Traditions in Early North India by Romila Thapar (New Delhi: Permanent Black, 2013)

Chair: Prof. Uday Kumar, Dept. of English, University of Delhi

Webcast recording of the programme held on 5th December 2013

Introduction: Ms Renana Jhabvala followed by a short film interview with Ruth Jhabvala

Chair: Shri Harish Khare

Readings from Ruth Jhabvala’s work by Averee Chaurey and Minoti Chatterjee

Introduction to Ruth Jhabvala’s fiction writing by Smt Aruna Chakravarty

An Interpretation of the last two works – My Nine Lives and Love Song for India
Speaker: Shri Ramesh Chandra Shah, well-known Hindi writer

Programme organised as part of the IIC Film Club programme Ruth Prawar Jhabvala Festival in December 2014

Webcast recording of the programme held on 15th December 2014

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME
 

Thinking of krishna

By Mandira Ghosh (New Delhi: Shubhi Publications 2020)

Speakers: Prof Radha Chakravarty,  poet, critic and translator; Ms Neera Misra, Chairperson, Draupadi Dream Trust; Ms Mandira Ghosh, poet and author of the book

Chair: Dr Amarendra Khatua, Former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs & Former D.G. ICCR 

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PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Brahmin, Buddhist, Jain Art and Culture of the Vindhya Region

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Shishir Kumar Jain, Consultant, National Monuments Authority

Chair: Shri B.M. Pande

The lecture will be delivered in Hindi

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Dr. Harish Trivedi, formerly Professor of English, University of Delhi; Prof. N.N. Pillai, Honorary Director, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan; Shri K. Raghunath, former Indian Foreign Secretary; and Smt Leela Venkataraman, well-known dance critic and author will discuss Kapila Vatsyayan: A Cognitive Biography - Afloat a Lotus Leaf by Jyoti Sabharwal (New Delhi: Stellar, 2015)
 
Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, Hon'ble Governor of Jammu & Kashmir