Panelists: Tapan Bose, well-known documentary film-maker, human rights campaigner, and founder of South Asia Forum for Human Rights; Mathew Varghese, orthopedic surgeon, former Director, St. Stephen’s Hospital and external faculty member of TRIP-C at IIT-Delhi; Geetam Tiwari, TRIPP Chair Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT-Delhi; Ram Ramaswamy, formerly Professor of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University and presently, Visiting Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, IIT-Delhi; and Rakesh Mohan, economist, formerly Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India, and presently,  Vice Chairperson, Indian Institute for Human Settlements

Discussion in honour of Dinesh Mohan, recalling his work and interests

(Collaboration: Independent Council for Road Safety International)

Curator: Sharon Lowen

At Annexe Lecture Room II from 10:00 to 13:00
Seminar on Parivartan-Generational Change in Dance Seminar

Presentation by Smt Kumkum Mohanty, the legendary senior most disciple of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra who will share personal knowledge of Odissi over the past 70 years and at present

Presentation by Sunil Dubey, Director and Founding member of his brother, Gopal Dubey’s Trinetra Dance Group. Part of a family of brothers dedicated to dance, scholarship and education, Sunil Dubey offers unique insights on the development of Chhau from its days of royal patronage till today

At 18:00 in C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium

Odissi 

By Guru Kumkum Mohanty (Padmashri), senior disciple of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra and her disciples 

Followed by

Odissi 

By Manasa-Art Without Frontiers, disciples of Guru Sharon Lowen

My Favourite Poems 

By Mamta Kalia; Vishnu Nagar; Savita Singh; and Apoorvanand

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)
 

Kazi Nazrul Islam: Selected essays
Translated by Radha Chakravarty (Penguin Modern Classics: 2024)

Discussants: Dr. Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee, translator, Editorial Director, Niyogi Books, New Delhi; Prof. Amitava Chakraborty, Associate Professor, Modern Indian Languages & Literary Studies, University of Delhi; Dr. Gautam Choubey, Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, University of Delhi, writer and translator; and Prof. Radha Chakravarty, writer, critic, translator, Professor of Comparative Literature & Translation, Ambedkar University and Translator of the book

Chair: Dr. Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee, translator, Editorial Director, Niyogi Books, New Delhi

Aikyam: The idea of oneness in the songs of five women Bhakti saints of India from five different states

An illustrated lecture along with a live recital by Rama Sundar Ranganathan

Using archival recordings and live performance, the lecture will focus on the alluring poetries of Andal, Akka Mahadevi, Soyarabai, Mirabai and Lalleshwari from a musician’s perspective.

Rama Sundar Ranganathan is a Delhi based artist. An exponent of the Indore Gharana gayaki, Rama is pursuing her doctorate under the guidance of world renowned musician, Dr. L. Subramaniam, Padma Bhushan awardee
 

Speaker: Neha Sanghrajka, Senior Conflict Sensitivity Adviser, United Nations and Fellow and Senior Advisor, Geneva Centre for Security

Discussants: Rita Manchanda, Independent Consultant on Gender, Peace and Security in South Asia; and Ruchita Beri, former Senior Research Associate and Centre Coordinator Africa, LAC, UN Centre, Manohar Parrikar Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses

Moderator: Sumona Dasgupta, Senior Research Consultant, WISCOMP and Member, Women Mediators across the Commonwealth (WMC)

The first in a series of WISCOMP Dialogues: Conversations on Mediation, the talk will highlight Neha Sanghrajka’s experience of mediation in Kenya and more recently in Mozambique where she played a critical role as a mediator leading to the signing of the Maputo Peace Accord of 2019. The discussants will reflect on how the presentation speaks to the experience of peacebuilding in South Asia and the importance and relevance of learning from African experiences at a time when the India Africa relationship has found a new articulation

(Collaboration: Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace)

Bangladesh on a New Journey: Moving beyond the Regional Identity
Edited by Sreeradha Datta (Bloomsbury Academic India: 2024)

Discussant: Amb. Deb Mukharji, former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh; Shri Jayanta Roy Chowdhury, Consulting Editor, The Secretariat & former Head, PTI, Eastern Region and Prof. Sreeradha Datta, Professor of International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore and Editor of the book

Chair: Amb. Rajiv Bhatia, Distinguished Fellow, Foreign Studies Programme, Gateway House

The Lost Songs of the Courtesans

Illustrated talk by Manjari Chaturvedi

The talk will explore the many genre of songs sung by the erstwhile Tawaifs and Baijis and how these songs find a place in our popular culture

Manjari Chaturvedi is a classical Indian dancer, the creator of Sufi Kathak and the restorer of the dance of Tawaifs, Director and Choreographer, TedX Speaker and Cultural academic

Author, playwright, theatre director, filmmaker and actor, Manav Kaul in conversation with Sujata Prasad and Oroon Das

(Collaboration: Ahad Anhad)

Including teachings and practices led by senior monastics from the order of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
Chair: Dharmacharya Shantum Seth

The programme will include launch of the book by Thich Nhat Hanh, “Good Citizens Creating An Enlightened Society”

(Collaboration: Ahimsa Trust; and Aleph Book Company)