The life of installation as a decolonising possibility
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)
GANDHI MATTERS
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
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)
Sanskrit and Lithuanian Languages: In Search of Linguistic and Historical Links
Speaker: Mr Vytis Vidunas, Lecturer, Asian and Transcultural Studies Centre, Vilnius University
Chair: Professor Shashi Bala, Dean, Centre of Indology, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Mr Vytis Vidunas is a Sanskrit scholar, who also works on comparative linguistics and similarities between Sanskrit and Lithuanian languages. He is the author of the Sanskrit-Lithuanian dictionary initiated by the Lithuanian Embassy in India and published by the Lithuanian Language Institute in 2016.
(Organised by IIC-International Research Division; and Embassy of Lithuania)