Illustrated talk by Naeem Mohaeimen who researches the unresolved liberation struggles of the 1960s and 1970s and the conflict between memory and history

Discussants: Dr. Shukla Sawant and Dr. Suryanandini Narain, School of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Introduction: Rahaab Allana

The discussion will analyze the ambiguous if not contradictory and dialectical nature of social realism in photography in the two Bengals that were created through partitions
 
(Collaboration: The Alkazi Foundation)
 

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)