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 

Violence and the Arts

Speakers: Apoorvanand; M.K. Raina; Veer Munshi; Mithu Sen; and Rahaab Allana 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)
 

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Violence and the Arts

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

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)

Talking about Music

Dr. Ashis Nandy in conversation with Amit Chaudhuri

Moderator: Ashok Vajpeyi

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

To Celebrate the Birth Centenary of Pt. Kumar Gandharva

A day-long seminar organised in collaboration with The Raza Foundation

11:00 TO 13:30
Musical Vision
With Satyasheel Deshpande; Anubhuti Sharma; Madan Soni; Arun Khopkar; Partho Datta; Neela Bhagwat; and Jyotirmoy Sharma

14:30 TO 16:00
Musical Practice
With Vidyadhar Vyas; Madhup Mudgal;  Asteek Vajpayi; Priyavrat Soni; and Manjari Sinha

16:30 TO 18:00
Raag and Folk Music

With Dhruv Shukla; Udayan Vajpeyi; Rajiv Vora;  Shabnam Virmani and Kalapini Komkali

AT 18:30
Absence and Presence
With Kumar Shahani; Ghulam Mohd. Sheikh;  Bhuvanesh Komkali