Organised in collaboration with The Raza Foundation and Naad Chakra

Rudra Veena Recital

By Carsten Wicke

Followed by
Dhrupad Vocal Recital

By Kaberi Kar

Kavita ka kaam aansoo ponchna nahi
Edited by Purwa Bhardwaj (Jild Books; 2024)

A collection of 84 poems translated into Hindi featuring works by 32 Palestinian poets. The carefully selected anthology has been drawn from all walks of life and by poets from different time periods/generations and based in different countries. Poets included in the volume are Mahmoud Darwish, Zakaria Mohammad, Hosam Marouf, Fadwa Tuqan, Ahlam Bsharat, Rauda Morcos, Dareen Tatour, Kamal Nasser to name a few.

A discussion and readings by Ashok Vajpeyi, poet, critic, translator; Apoorvanand, critic, Professor; Nidheesh Tyagi, poet, critic, journalist; and others
 

Towards Universal Values for World Peace

By Rama Shankar Singh

Discussants: Prof. J.S. Rajput, former Member, UNESCO Executive Council; Prof. Chandra Mohan, Secretary General, Comparative Literature Association of India; Dr. A.K. Merchant, General Secretary, Temple of Understanding India Foundation; and Prof. Rama Shankar Singh, Professor Emeritus, Biology, McMaster University, Canada and author of the book

Chair: Dr. Karan Singh

Whispers of an Ordinary Journey

By Debasish Bhattacharyya (Nandy Books,2023)

Panelists: Shri Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, journalist and writer; Dr. Shubhada Kaul, Associate Professor in French & Francophone Studies, Department of Foreign Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia; Shri L.K Joshi, former General Manager, IIC and Shri Debasish Bhattacharyya, former Deputy General Manager, IIC and former General Manager, International Centre, Goa and author of the book

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

When the Twain Did Meet

A light-hearted exploration of some of the ways in which aspects of western classical music have interacted with and influenced Indian music making

Illustrated presentation by Sunit Tandon

Korean Ink Painting

An illustrated lecture by Anupriya Roy, Visiting Faculty, Mass Communication Research Centre, AJK Jamia Millia Islamia

A two-day seminar on the major Hindi writer, Krishna Sobti exploring her fictional world through her novels and stories, her vision as it evolved in a democratic India through her prose. Presentations will be made by Nandkishore Acharya (Bikaner) Madan Soni (Bhopal), Ashutosh Bhardwaj (Shimla), Geet Chaturvedi (Bhopal), Sushila Puri (Lucknow), Rohini Agrawal (Rohtak), Ravi Bhushan (Ranchi), Yogesh Shekhar (Gaya), Vinod Tiwari, Leeladhar Mandloi, Mridula Garg, Savita Singh, Suman Keshari, Poonam Arora, Priyadarshan, Rashmi Bharadwaj, Balkirti Kumari, Anushakti Singh, Biba Sobti (Delhi & NCR)

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)
 

Empathy, Intelligence and Love: Sita and Rama in a Miniature Painting from the Chamba Ramayana Folio (1760–1800)
Speaker: Prof. Alok Bhalla, critic, academic and poet
 
The speaker will 'read' one painting from the Chamba folio of Valmiki’s Ramayana in the Bhuri Singh Museum. The painting depicts a sublime incident that has rarely been imagined or interpreted. It offers a complex interpretation of the conversation in Panchavati Forest between Rama, Sita and Jatayu about the relation between kingship, nature and the sacred.
 
Thirteenth in a series of lectures organised by IIC-International Research Division with the support of the Ministry of External Affairs
 

Aaj Kavita features new Urdu poetry with readings by young poets: Charagh Sharma (Chandausi); Mohammad Afaan (Srinagar); Shehla Kaleem (Muradabad); Amardeep Singh (Patiala); Belal Sabir (Kolkata); Pallav Mishra, Safeer Siddiquie, Faizan Moquim, Abbas Qamar, Mohd. Aqib and Shahbaz Rizvi (Delhi)

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

Rain in Bulandshahr: A Novel
By Achla Bansal (Authorspress,2023)

Discussants: Shri Sunit Tandon, well-known theatre and film personality and Director, India Habitat Centre, President Delhi Music Society ;Dr. Lakshmi Kannan, poet, novelist and short story writer; Ms. Mridula Garg, writer and poet; Dr. Amarendra Khatua, former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs and former Director General, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Diplomat and poet; and Ms. Achla Bansal, author of the book

Chair: Shri K. N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC