BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Dhi’s Oracle of Numbers for Relationship Guidance
By Saudamini Mishra (Ukiyoto Publishing: 12 July 2021)

Discussants: Discussants: Ms Jasleen Vohra, TV presenter and commentator; Shri Aniket, Brand Manager and Content Lead; and Ms Saudamini Mishra, author of the book

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Coordinator: Maj. Gen. (retd.) Ashok K. Mehta

Two Years after the Chinese PLA Aggression in East Ladakh: How to Break the Stalemate

Panelists: Shri Sushant Singh, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research and former Lecturer in Political Science, Yale University (Fall 2019) and Deputy Editor, The Indian Express; Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Rakesh Sharma, former Commander, 14 Corp and Distinguished Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) and Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) and Ambassador Ashok K. Kantha, Director, Institute of Chinese Studies and former Indian Ambassador to China

Chair: Maj. Gen. Ashok Mehta

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Dynamics of Difference: Inequality and Transformation in Rural India

Edited by Narendar Pani (Routledge India:2021)

Discussants: Shri Amarjeet Sinha, former Advisor, PMO and Member of the Public Enterprises Selection Board; Shri Siraj Hussain, former Secretary Agriculture and Senior Fellow, ICRIER; Prof. Shiv Visvanathan, Professor, Jindal Global Law School, Vice Dean and Executive Director, Centre for the Study of Knowledge Systems, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat; and Prof. Narendar Pani, Professor and Dean, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru and Editor of the book

Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC
 

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Theme: 'Vaishnav Jan To Tene Kahiye' became a signature song of the Indian freedom struggle. It reflected the yearning of the anti colonial struggle, the yearning to fashion a new self, both individual and collective. But this search did not end with the end of colonial rule. The question who is a vaishnva jan can be treated as a religious question but it is also a civic quest. What makes a vaishnva jan, what is the struggle an individual or a society will have to wage to attain it ? 

Speakers:  Prof Ashis Nandy, Social Theorist, Critic and Former Director, CSDS ; Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, Former Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi and Poet ; Prof Neera Chandhoke, Former Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Delhi University ; Shri Kumar Prashant, Chairman, Gandhi Peace Foundation ;  Prof Apoorvanand, Professor, Department of Hindi, Faculty of Arts, Delhi University

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The discussion will be led by Shri Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Senior Editor, The Hindustan Times

Discussant: Amb. Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa, former Indian Ambassador to Japan; and Ms Indrani Bagchi, Senior Editor, The Times of India

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, Life Trustee,IIC

Kindly please make a note, the discussion will be conducted in-person and is not a webinar. We would be very grateful if you could kindly send us your confirmation to attend on the email id given below:

Email: iicprogrammeassist@gmail.com
Tel: 011 24609406

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A River Sings: The Ganga from Gangotri to Haridwar
By Anjali Capila (IGNCA, New Delhi: 2022)

Launch of the book followed by a discussion
The book will be launched by Shri Shri Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, IIC

Discussants: Dr. Sachchidanand Joshi, Member Secretary, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Art; Shri Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, former Director General, National Mission for Clean Ganga; Prof. Sukrita Paul Kumar, poet, critic and academic; and Ms Anjali Capila, author of the book

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME
 

Six Women and the Profession of Music in the 1930s Bombay

A presentation on Hindustani Music by Urmila Bhirdikar, Associate Professor of Sociology, Shiv Nadar University who is a trained, non-professional Khayal singer

In this presentation Urmila Bhirdikar will revisit the archive of north Indian music in colonial India with an argument that highlights issues in caste, gender and sexuality.  The presentation will be accompanied by music recordings of the well-known Kesarbai Kerkar to the not-so-well-known Goharbai Karnataki, among others. 

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The Great Tragedy of India’s Partition

By S.S. Sharma (Manohar Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi: 2021)

Discussants: Shri K.T.S. Tulsi,  member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India; Shri A.S. Bhasin, writer and historian former Director (Historical Division), Ministry of External Affairs; Prof. Amar Farooqui, Professor of History, University of Delhi; and Shri S.S. Sharma, former Secretary, GoI & Author of the book

Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC