ART MATTERS

Panel discussion on Looking at Art
 

Panelists: Nitin Bhayana; Vandana Kalra; Jyoti Kathpalia; and Anubhav Nath

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)
 

Ke Viruddh Swaminathan: Ek Paksh

(Published by Setu Prakashan)

A panel discussion on a biography of eminent artist, Jagdish Swaminathan in Hindi with Nand Katyal; Khalid Jawed; Wagish Shukla; and the author, Akhilesh

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

Reading Schopenhauer – From Kesarbai through Nine Other Musicians

Speaker: S. Gopalakrishnan, professional broadcaster with long years of association with the central archives of All India Radio. Formerly Director, Content of Sahapedia, an online encyclopaedic resource on South Asian arts and heritage; recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Sabha award for prose in 2012, he has authored several books in English and Malayalam

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)
 

Banaras

A journey into the Heart of the City (Penguin Random House India: 2024)

A discussion with Prof. Purushottam Aggarwal; Ms Vasanthi Raman; and Shri Vertul Singh

Moderator: Ms Milee Aishwarya

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

Speaker: Prof. Charles Esche, Director, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven and Professor of Contemporary Art and Curator, University of the Arts, London; Adviro, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht and board member, ZKM Stutgart

Chair: Dr. Geeta Kapur

(Collaboration: Sher-gil Sundaram Arts Foundation)

Music as Memory

A discussion with Sudhir Chandra; Meeta Pandit; Sudha Raghuraman; and Irfan Zuberi

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)
 

Panj Tirath
An illustrated talk by Amrit Gangar

Panj Tirath and a dialogue with the Mahatma: The Five Gandhian Places around the city of Surat and a yatra: Dharasana, Dandi, Haripura, Bardoli, and Vedchhi. Panj Tirath or the five pilgrimages are five places in close proximity to the city of Surat in South Gujarat that have the distinct imprint of Gandhian influences and activities. In July 2019, Amrit Gangar and a group of young architects and others embarked on a yatra vising the five places where they encountered optimistic octogenarian Gandhians, still actively involved with Gandhian thoughts and institutions

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

Indian Democracy as a Role Model for Strengthening Democracy in Central American Countries particularly – Guatemala

Speaker: H.E. Mr. Cesar Guillermo Castillo Reyes, former Vice President of the Republic of Guatemala

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

(Collaboration: Indian Council for Cultural Relations)
 

The Choreographic Imagination

 Rachna Yadav (Delhi); Sanjukta Wagh (Mumbai); and Aranyani Bhargav (Bengaluru) 

Moderator: Udayan Vajpeyi

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

Art as Social Action

Speakers: Gauhar Raza; Laila Tyabji; Yashadatta Alone and Ravi Agarwal