Chameli Devi Jain Award 2016-17
TALK ? C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM AT 18:00
Followed by
B.G. Verghese Memorial Lecture 2017
Truth and Politics in Our Times
To be delivered by Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President, Centre for Policy Research
Followed by a panel discussion:
Panelists: Yogendra Yadav, National President, Swaraj Abhiyan; and Ashok Malik, columnist and Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation
Moderator: Arati R. Jerath, political commentator
(Collaboration: The Media Foundation)
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP A State in Denial- Pakistan’s Misguided and Dangerous Crusade
Dr. Shashi Tharoor, MP; Shri Shivshankar Menon, former Foreign Secretary, National Security Advisor and High Commissioner to Pakistan; and Shri Prem Shankar Jha, senior journalist and columnist will discuss A State in Denial – Pakistan’s Misguided and Dangerous Crusade by B.G. Verghese (New Delhi: Rupa, 2016)
Moderator: Shri Shekhar Gupta, editor and columnist
THE INDIAN REPUBLIC: LAW AND POLITICS OF SEDITION
THE INDIAN REPUBLIC: LAW AND POLITICS OF SEDITION
Speakers: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, former Attorney-General of India and President IIC
Prof. Neera Chandhoke, Visiting Professor, Centre for Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Shri K.P. Fabian, former Ambassador and Visiting Professor, Indian Society of International Law
Prof. Shiv Visvanathan, Professor, Jindal School of Government and Public
Policy
Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies
Organised in collaboration with Working Group on Alternative Strategies
Organised in collaboration with Working Group on Alternative Strategies
On Wednesday, 24th February 2016 at 18:00 at the C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium
IIC Annual Day 'A - Neeti' A classical dance presentation in Mohiniattam and Bharatanatyam
'A - Neeti' (Injustice)
A classical dance presentation in Mohiniattam and Bharatanatyam
The production is conceptualised, scripted and choreographed by Dr. Kanak Rele
Lyrics for Mohiniattam are by Shri Kavalam Narayana Panikkar, for Ekalavya from Mahabharata, for Nandanar by Gopalakrishna Bharati, Thirumoolar and Shankaracharya
Presented by Nalanda Dance Research Centre on the occasion of Golden Jubilee Celebrations 'Suvarana Mahotsava' (1966-2016)
C.D. DESHMUKH MEMORIAL LECTURE 2016 Cosmic Odyssey: Past Present and Future
Cosmic Odyssey: Past Present and Future
Speaker: Professor T. Padmanabhan, Distinguished Professor, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Physics, Pune
Speaker: Professor T. Padmanabhan, Distinguished Professor, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Physics, Pune
Chair : Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President, IIC
Spectacular progress achieved during recent years has allowed cosmologists to understand the evolution of our universe for a time span, extending from a tiny fraction of a second to about 14 billion years. This development has also unravelled some deep mysteries about the cosmos, especially as regards its composition. The lecture will describe how our current understanding of the universe is achieved and highlight some recent work which has the potential to solve these enigmas
Rosalind Wilson Memorial Lecture 2015 Between Nationalism and Internationalism: The Political Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore
Between Nationalism and Internationalism: The Political Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore
Speaker: Dr. Ramachandra Guha, historian and biographer
Shrinking Space for Dissent? The B.G. Verghese Memorial Lecture by Gopalkrishna Gandhi
The B.G. Verghese Memorial Lecture by Gopalkrishna Gandhi, civil servant, diplomat, former governor
Followed by a panel discussion
Panelists: Shubha Mudgal, classical singer; Nilanjana Roy, literary critic and columnist; and Ashok Malik, columnist and TV commentator
Moderator: Siddharth Varadarajan, Senior Fellow, Centre for Public Affairs and Critical Theory
The lecture will be preceded by presentation of Chameli Devi Awards 2015
DR. C. D. DESHMUKH MEMORIAL LECTURE 2015 A Language on the Move: Gujarati as an Internal Agency for Formations and Transformations of Identity of an Indian Regional Culture
A Language on the Move: Gujarati as an Internal Agency for Formations and Transformations of Identity of an Indian Regional Culture
Speaker :Dr. Sitanshu Yashaschandra, eminent Gujarati poet, playwright, translator and academic; recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award (1987) for his significant opus, Jatayu, and the Padma Shri (2006)
Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President, IIC
There are many ways in which one could try to understand the structurality and dynamics of India of our times. One way is to focus on one of its regions and to look at its local genesis and regional identity. The ‘linguistic re-organization of the States’ in India led to the formation of new States which were defined by the language that the majority of each region declared as its own. This lecture examines the ontological and epistemological status of one such language, Gujarati, in its actual and enriching context and in its historical relationships with other languages of India, which was somewhat clouded over in the heat of the formation days
Askot -Arakot Abhiyan 2014
An audiovisual presentation by PAHAR
The Askot-Arakot Abhiyan is a research trip organised by Pahar once in ten years. The aim of the trip is to know more about the mountains, its villages and their culture. Issues of forests, decentralisation, women’s education, environment and wildlife protection, youth migration ecological imbalance are raised through these trips. The talk will address these issues based on their recent trip and to compare the changes observed every 10 years, the first trip was organised in 1974
"Consider Yourself at Home": Celebrating Charles Dickens - 21st to 23rd February 2014
A three-day festival celebrating the life and work of Charles Dickens. The festival includes talks, discussions, workshop, readings, concert, quiz, film screenings of adaptations and an exhibition. Films courtesy British Council Division
Charles Dickens: Pictures from Italy
An exhibition of contemporary paintings based on Charles Dickens' 1840 travelogue to Italy and France
Paintings by Livia Signorini
On view in the Foyer outside the Auditorium until 23rd February 2014
Charles Dickens Collection
An exhibition on posters, frontispiece
On view in the Quadrangle Garden until 23rd February 2014
At 18:30 in the Auditorium
Dickens and India
Inaugural lecture by Shri Girish Karnad
Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President IIC