Speaker: Prof. Stephen Kotkin, Kleinheinz Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and Professor of History and International Affairs (Emeritus), Princeton University

The lecture will be followed by a conversation between Prof. Kotkin and Prof. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Honorary Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research and Laurence S. Rockefeller Professor for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton University

(Collaboration: Centre for Policy Research)

A Pageant of Early Christmas Music

The significant events of the Christmas calendar have been given tonal form by composers down the ages. This is a musical excursion across the Noel season through a kaleidoscope of early European sacred music. Words and sound create the ambience of excitement and hope that is proper to the idea of Christmas.

Justin McCarthy is both a dancer and musician. A Bharatanatyam artist and guru; he plays piano and harpsichord. Justin heads the performing arts department at Ashoka University
 

Keynote Address by Dr. Kunal Chakraborty, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad

Welcome Address: Prof. D.P. Agrawal, Chairman, Governing Council, CCRI

Theme Introduction: Dr. (Mrs.) Malti Goel, President and CEO, CCRI

Special Address: Dr. Jagvir Singh, Scientist ‘G’ , Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India

The programme includes a quiz competition with school students from Delhi

(Collaboration: Climate Change Research Institute)

Intach-IIC National Heritage Quiz 2024

Heritage quiz for middle school children from across the country

(Collaboration: Heritage Education and Communication Service, INTACH)
 

Unforgettable Divas of Bollywood

By Amb. Surendra Kumar (Har-Anand Publications: 2024)

Keynote Address by Dr. Vivek K. Agnihotri, former Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha and Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs, Govt. of India

Welcome Address & Introductory Remarks: Shri Prabhat Kumar, President, IC Centre for Governance

(Collaboration: Centre for Governance)
 

Sita’s Voice in the Assamese Ramayana

Selected verses from the Ramayana of Madhava Kandali and the Uttarakanda of Sankaradeva

Translated and Edited by Tilottoma Misra (Zubaan Books: 2024)

Discussants: Dr. Uma Chakravarti, historian and filmmaker; and Ms Tilottoma Misra, critic and translator/author of the book

Moderator: Dr. Pankaj Jha, Assistant Professor, Dept. of History, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi

By Sunil R. Gargyan

With N. Madan Mohan (violin); Abhishek Avadani (mridangam); and Varun Rajasekharan (ghatam)

(Collaboration: Shanmukhananda Sangeetha Sabha)

Poetry Readings

By Hindi poets – Keshav Tiwari (Banda); Vijay Rahi (Dausa); Hare Prakash Upadhyaya (Lucknow); Aamir Hamza and Satyavrat Razak (Delhi)

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

Appreciating Form and Structure in Baroque and Classical Music                                                                              

 An Illustrated presentation by R. H. Duncan Lyngdoh

Chair: Ms. Anjli Mata, a noted music teacher associated with Trinity College London and was earlier a faculty at the Delhi School of Music 

The 18th century is noted for the prominence attached to form and structure in painting, architecture and music. Baroque and classical music flourished during this period. Composers like J. S. Bach raised the structural complexities of polyphony and counterpoint to their apex, in a grand synthesis of the intellectual and the emotional. It was a genius like Mozart who took the evolution of melody and form to an incomparably beautiful level of perfection. Some aspects of how form and structure gave enduring shape and significance to Western music are discussed here, with some recorded examples being presented for illustration.

Prof. Richard Duncan Lyngdoh retired last year from North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, after 35 years of teaching and research in chemistry. His interest in music has inspired him towards piano playing, studying music theory, and composing some 240 pieces of music in various genres. He teaches music theory at the Harmini Preparatory Music Academy, Shillong