September 2010

Wednesday 1

Talk  ■ Auditorium at 18:30

The 5th Governance Lecture 2010

Hukumat-e-Hind: Reflections on the Governance of India
Speaker: Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former Governor, West Bengal

Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir

Thursday 2

Performance  ■ Auditorium at 18:30

Radha-Madhav
Presented by Uma Sharma and group

Accompanists: Pt. Jwala Prasad & Madho Prasad (gayan); Khalid Mustafa (sitar); Mubarak Khan (tabla); and Rajat Prasanna (flute)

Friday 3

Talk  ■ Conference Room – I  at 18:30

Frontiers of History

The Mental Hospital: A Story of Lunatic Asylums in India
Speaker: Dr. Alok Sarin, MBBS, Consultant Psychiatrist, Sitaram Bhartia Institute and Senior Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library

Chair: Dr. Hari Sen, Ramjas College, University of Delhi

The talk will describe the troubled, yet fascinating tale of the mental hospitals in India. What started as a colonial legacy to psychiatric treatment, the mental hospitals once formed the mainstay of all mental health treatments, but have since then, seen all manners of change

Saturday 4 - 10

Exhibition  ■ Quadrangle Garden

Hard Rain: Our Headlong Collision with Nature
Photographs by Mark Edwards with lyrics from Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall.” An accompanying  50 minute film will be screened in a loop from  7 pm each evening

The exhibition brings alive the terrible consequences of unchecked climate change and the competition for natural resources which is destroying livelihoods, creating refugees and stoking conflicts around the world

Opening on Friday, 3rd September at 18:30

(Collaboration: British Council Division)

Saturday 4

Performance  ■ Art Gallery & Annexe Auditorium from 10:00 to 15:00

To Celebrate Chopin’s Bi-centenary Year

Chopin: Notes and Colours with Children
A programme celebrating Frederic Chopin’s bi-centenary year with children through quiz programmes, painting competition, film screenings and short piano recitals by Paweł Sobowiec and Krzysztof Trzaskowski

For children and young adults between 10 to 17 years. Members are requested to kindly register participation of their children/grandchildren with the IIC Programme Office

(Collaboration: Embassy of Poland; and INTACH)

Saturday 4

Discussion  ■ Conference Room – I from 17:30 to 19:00

Organ, Tissue and Stem Cell Transplants: Myths and Realities
Speakers: Dr. Arti Vij; Dr. Sandeep Guleria; Dr. Sanjay Agarwal; Dr. Balram Airan; Dr. Sujatha Mohanty; Dr. Arvinder S. Soin; and Dr. Radhika Tandon

Chair: Prof. M.G.K. Menon

(Collaboration: ORBO; Stem Cell Facility and National Eye Bank, AIIMS)

Sunday 5

Performance  ■ Fountain Lawns at 18:30

An Evening of Banglar Gaan
Presented by Lopamudra Mitra from Kolkata

(Collaboration: Impresario India)

Monday 6

Film  ■ Auditorium at 18:30

Ustad Asad Ali Khan – A Portrait
(70 min; 2010; dvd; English subtitles)
Directed by Renuka George who will introduce the film
Produced with the support of the Edmond and Benjamin de Rothchild Foundation and the Lodh Bank
Screening will be followed by a discussion

A portrait of the great Rudra Veena master, one of the last people to have dedicated their lives to this instrument. The film follows the artist from the Rampur court to New Delhi today and shares with viewers the difficulties and complexities of playing this ancient instrument and musical moments at home and in private concerts

Monday 6

Talk  ■ Conference Room - I at 18:30

Upcoming Telescopes in this Century
Speaker: Prof. Ranjan Gupta, Interuniversity Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Pune

Chair: Dr. Bimala Buti

Starting with the basic concept of a telescope, the talk will cover the field of astronomy in India and the world today

(Collaboration: SAHAS)
 

Tuesday 7

Talk  ■ Auditorium at 18:30

Along the Spice Routes of the World

Vegetarian Food
Speaker: Dr. R.P. Jain, former Professor of German Language and Literature, Jawaharlal Nehru University who received his Ph.D. in Indology, with special emphasis on Jain Studies from the University of Hamburg, Germany. Dr. Jain has lectured widely on western classical music throughout India and is an accomplished vegetarian cook

(Collaboration: The Attic)

Wednesday 8 - 14

Exhibition ■ Art Gallery (Annexe) 11:00 – 19:00

Contemporary Hungarian Graphics
An exhibition of original works by some of the most outstanding Hungarian contemporary graphic artists and members of the Art Union of Hungarian Etchers and Lithographers including Líviusz Gyulai, Róbert Kőnig, Istvá Orosz, Gábor Nagy and others

Opening on Tuesday, 7th September at 18:30

(Collaboration: Hungarian Information & Cultural Centre)

Thursday 9

Film  ■ Auditorium at 18:30

Travelling Light – A Journey with Ujjal Dosanjh
(46 min; 2010; dvd; English)
A film by Meera Dewan for OMNI TV

How do you remain a patriot of both the land of your birth and your adoptive country, especially in the face of threats? Meet Ujjal Dosanjh, Indo-Canadian MP

Screening will be followed by a discussion
Panelists: Mr. Ujjal Dosanjh, MP, Canada; Shri Kuldip Nayar, senior journalist; and Dr. A. Didar Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs

(Collaboration: High Commission of Canada and Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs)

Friday 10

Workshop  ■ Conference Room – I from 10:00 to 13:00

Workshop on Bonding Through Communication
Conducted by Anjali Gogia, Parul Kumar and Simi Srivastava

This fun filled activity based session targets to bridge the gap between the two generations, children in their preteens and teenagers along with their parents, through effective communication. The session aims at developing a better bond by understanding and helping the two to step into each other’s shoe to build trust

(Collaboration: Prabhaav Learnings Pvt. Ltd.)

Discussion  ■ Conference Room – I at 18:30

Book Discussion Group

Dr. Bishnu N. Mohapatra, The Ford Foundation; and Shri N.K. Bhattacharjee, Director, K.K. Birla Foundation will discuss Call of the Village by Bhubaneswar Behera (New Delhi: Anamik Publishers, 2010)

Chair: Shri Lalit Mansingh

Sunday 12

Seminar  ■ Conference Room – II from 11:00 to 17:00

To Mark the Anniversary of the Prasar Bharati Act

Prasar Bharati – Face of Subversion of Public Service Broadcasting. Ghettoisation of the Airwaves: Where are we Headed?
Participants will include broadcasting policy experts, broadcasters, social scientists, academicians, activists and mediapersons

Chair: Shri Suhas Borker

The White Paper on ’50 Years of Doordarshan’ will be released at the seminar

(Collaboration: Jan Prasar)

Monday 13

Film  ■ Auditorium  at 18:30

Film on Spirituality and Faith

Jesus in India (97 min; 2007; dvd; English)
Director: Paul Davids

Jesus in India is Paul Davids’s provocative and long –awaited film about the missing years of Jesus. It begins with a mystery and awakens us to opening our minds

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama)

Talk  ■ Conference Room – I at 18:30

A Rare Journey to the South Pole and Back
Illustrated presentation by Mr. Thomas Davenport, a keen outdoors person and presently Senior Manager, IFC in Delhi

Introduction: Shri Sudhir Sahi

Tuesday 14 - 15

Festival  ■ Auditorium at 18:30

Dhrupad Samaroh: 14 – 15 September 2010

Film: Tanpura (30 min; dvd; Hindi with English subtitles)

Followed by
Rudra Veena Recital
By Asit Banerjee, disciple of Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar

Dhrupad Vocal
By Ustad F. Wasiffudin Dagar

Wednesday 15

Festival  ■ Auditorium at 18:30

Dhrupad Samaroh

Dhrupad Vocal
By Dr. Madhu Bhatt, daughter and disciple of Pt. Lakshman Bhatt Tailang and of the late Ustad N. Faiyazuddin Dagar

Followed by
Tanpura Tuning and Harmonics
Illustrated lecture by Ustad R. Fahimuddin Dagar

(Collaboration: Dhrupad Society)

Wednesday 15

Talk  ■ Conference Room – I at 18:30

Environment and Health Public Lecture Series

Traditional Water Systems of Delhi
Speakers: Shri Sohail Hashmi; and Shri A.K. Bajaj

(Collaboration: Toxics Link)

Thursday 16

Conference  ■ Auditorium at from 10:00 to 11:00

International Conference on SAARC @25
Inaugural Session

(Organised in collaboration with RIS and with the support of Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India; SAARC Secretariat)

Book Release  ■ Conference Room - II at 18:00

Release of Challenging the Injustice of Poverty
By Rehman Sobhan (New Delhi: Sage, 2010)

(Collaboration: Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd)

Performance  ■ Auditorium at 18:30

Piano Recital
By Julian Clef

(Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)

Thursday 16 - 18

Talk & exhibition   ■ Annexe Auditorium at 17:30

Ancient Indian Terracotta Art -  16th to 17th September 2010
Six lectures and an exhibition focusing on the Arthistory and Aesthetics of 200 BC – AD 300

This series of lectures delves into the importance of these extraordinary objects as one of the core foundations of Indian visual culture. They look at issues of mass-production in Ancient societies, the dissemination of religious iconographic models and objects that reveal that art in Ancient India was not merely sacred

To be delivered by Dr. Naman P. Ahuja, Associate Professor of Indian Art and Architecture, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Introduction
1. From Protohistoric to Post-Mauryan Terracottas and Minor Arts; their Legacy on ‘Gupta’ styles and imagery
2. Questioning the historiography of Technology & Mass – Production; Chronology & Styles; Material religion

On 17 September at 17:30
A Pantheon Rediscovered? The Problems in Decoding the Major Iconographies and Narratives
3. Ancient Indian Goddesses, their rituals & their shrines
4. Symbolic & Talismanic imagery

On 18 September at 17:30
Can we Posit a Date for the Development of Indian Visual Aesthetics?
5. The origins & development of Erotic iconography
6. Performativity & Mood

The lectures are accompanied by an exhibition  (collaboration : IGNCA) of photographs from Dr. Naman Ahuja’s archive

On view in the Foyer adjoining the Annexe Auditorium

Saturday 18

Seminar   ■ Conference Room – I  from 15:00 onwards

Maharashtra Sanskritik Diwas

Inauguration of Diwas by Prof. Ashis Nandy

Seminar on: Ganesh Chaturthi, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and the Anti-Imperialist Struggle
Speakers: Justice Shri V.S. Sirpurkar, Judge, Supreme Court of India; Prof. Ashis Nandy, Honorary Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies; Prof. G.P. Deshpande, writer, playwright and critic, Pune; and Dr. Rinku Lamba, Assistant Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Discussants: Prof. Pradip Datta, Professor of Political Science, University of Delhi; and Shri Vijay Naik, Consulting Editor, Sakal Group of Newspapers

Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker

Performance   ■ Annexe Court at 18:00

Nritya Tarang: An Evening of Dances from Maharshtra
Presented by Radhika Sathe and group, Akola; and Rujuta Soman and group, Pune

Introduction: Smt Hema Devare

(Collaboration: Maharashtra Sanskritik ani Rananiti Adhyan Samiti)

Saturday 18

Performance   ■ Auditorium at 18:30

World Fusion Music
Presented by Srishtii from Pune – Cleo Karabelias on harp and Hindol Deb on sitar

Combining two traditional, vibrant string instruments of the East and the West, the harp and sitar, Srishtii presents a subtle blend of Indian ragas with contemporary western and Nu jazz music

Films   ■ Conference Room – I  at 18:30

Faecal Attraction (32 min; dvd; English)
A film about the absurd relationship between rich people’s waste and the poor man’s drinking water

Life Under Wildlife (23 min; dvd; English)
The film looks at the conflict between man and animal. The traditional inheritors of the forests are evicted and rehabilitated to inhospitable terrains, all in the name of protecting the wildlife. A study of the situation in Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka

Films courtesy: Centre for Science and Environment

(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)

Tuesday 21

Talk  ■ Conference Room - I at 18:30

Nuclear Renaissance and India’s Nuclear Programme
Speaker: Dr. Anil Kakodkar, eminent Nuclear Scientist and former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission

Chair: Shri H.K. Dua, MP

Wednesday 22

Talk  ■ Conference Room - I at 18:30

Prester John of the Indies: Ancient Sources of European Ideologies
Illustrated lecture by Prof. Manuel Joao Ramos, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, ISCTE-Lisbon University Institute, Lisbon and Member of the Board, Centro de Estudos Africanos of ISCTE-IUL

Chair: Dr. Luis Maura de Rodrigues

The lecture will be accompanied by an exhibition of photographs on display in the Corridor outside Conference Room – I

(Collaboration: Instituto Camoes, Portuguese Cultural Centre)

Thursday 23 - 29

Exhibition  ■ Quadrangle Garden

Women in the Public Sphere, Women in the Economic Sphere
Presented by Women’s Features Service, the exhibition of photographs taken by journalists in the course of their work provides an interesting narrative on the continuing journey of the contemporary Indian woman from the private to the public space

(Collaboration: Women’s Feature Service)

Thursday 23

Performance   ■ Auditorium at 18:30

Avatar - Bharatanatyam Recital
By Pallavi Saran Mathur from Delhi, disciple of Smt Sonal Mansingh

Accompanists: R. Keshavan (nattuvangam); K. Venkateshwaran (vocal); and Sri Ganesh (mridangam)

Friday 24 – 1st October

Exhibition  ■ Art Gallery (Annexe) 11:00 – 19:00

Tales of Two Artists – Salvadorian Expression from Traditional to Contemporary
An exhibition of traditional black pottery using new shapes by Mayra Navarrete; and contemporary paintings
by Rodolfo Oviedo from El Salvador

Inauguration by H.E. Dr. Ruben I. Zamorra, Ambassador of El Salvador in India on Thursday, 23rd September at 18:30

(Collaboration: Embassy of El Salvador)

Friday 24

Poetry  ■ Private Dining Room at 17:00

The Poems I Like
Shri Dinesh Misra, poet and Educationist

Chair: Prof. K. Satchidanandan, poet and critic

(Collaboration: Indian Society of Authors)

Poetry  ■ Conference Room – I at 18:30

Poetry Recitation
By Manoj Kumar, well-known Rajasthani Hindi poet

Chair: Dr. Ganga Prasad Vimal

(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)

Talk  ■ Annexe Auditorium  at 18:30

Music Appreciation Promotion

The Unfettered Song (Vedic to Modern) – Bhakti Through the Ages
An illustrated presentation by Smt Subhadra Desai, noted Hindustani classical vocalist and musicologist based in Delhi

Bhakti music, a spontaneous and uninhibited expression of personal devotion by saints all over India through millennia. Music serves as a powerful medium in this participatory process which transcends any rigid dogma

Saturday 25 - 26

Performance  ■ Auditorium from 18:00 onwards

42nd Sabrang Utsav: 25th & 26th September 2010

Inauguration
By Smt Gursharan Kaur

Introduction: Ms Ranjana Narayan

Vocal Recital
By Smt Malti Gilani

At 19:15
Vocal Recital
By Ustad Raza Ali Khan

Sunday 26

Performance  ■ Auditorium from 18:00 onwards

42nd Sabrang Utsav

Vocal Recital
By Bhaveen Gossain

At 19:00
Vocal Recital
By Ustad Iqbal Ahmed

Accompanists: Ustad Ghulam Sabir (sarangi); Ustad Rashid Mustafa (tabla); Ustad Nawab Ali (tabla); Ustad Ghulam Ali (sarangi); Ustad Zamir Ahmed (harmonium); and Ustad Murad Ali (sarangi)

(Collaboration: Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Yaadgar Sabha)

Sunday 26

Discussion  ■ Annexe Auditorium from 14:00 onwards

To Mark World Heart Day 2010

Wellness in the Workplace
An interactive meeting

(Collaboration: All India Heart Foundation)

Monday 27

Performance  ■ Auditorium at 18:30

In Memory of Naina Devi on Her 93rd Birth Anniversary

A Feast of Ghazals from the Seventy Eight Rpm Era
Author scholar Pran Nevile will speak on the life and times of Smt Naina Devi and her favourite singer, Kamla Jharia

Followed by
Concert
By Rashmi Agarwal

(Collaboration: K.L. Saigal Memorial Circle)

Talk  ■ Conference Room – I at 18:30

Translating Cultures: Pictorial and Literary Representation of India in William Hodges’s (1744 – 1797) Paintings and Travel Book
An illustrated lecture by Prof. Dr. Dieter Riemenschneider, specialist in Indian writing in English and Visiting Fellow, Department of English, University of Delhi

Chair: Dr. Narayani Gupta

Tuesday 28

Film & Discussion  ■ Auditorium at 17:00

Transforming India: Ek Aur Manthan
An interactive and demonstrative series

Film: Whose India (Partition)
Produced by Doordarshan

Followed by an interactive session with Shri Asghar Ali Engineer; Prof. Riyaz Panjabi; Prof. Dipankar Gupta; and
Prof. Mridula Mukherjee

Play: Ek Aur Sachh
Director: Aziz Quraishi

(Collaboration: Indian People’s Theatre Association)

Discussion  ■ Conference Room – I at 18:30

Urban Poverty and Homelessness
Speakers: Shri Miloon Kothari; and Ms Indu Prakash Singh

(Collaboration: Business & Community Foundation)

Wednesday 29

Talk  ■ Conference Room - I at 18:30

Subjects into Citizens: India and the Post-Colonial Challenge
Speaker: Prof. Subroto Bose, Professor & Head, Department of Political Science, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg

Chair: Cmdr. C. Uday Bhaskar

Performance  ■ Annexe Auditorium at 18:30

Carnatic Classical Music – Vocal Recital
By Bombay Lakshmi Rajagopalan from Mumbai, disciple of Smt T.R. Balamani

October 2010

Friday 1

Film  ■ Auditorium at 18:30

Humsaye – Two Nations, Two Neighbours (26 min; 2010; dvd; English)
Director: Aparna Srivastava Reddy

Introduction: Shri Navdeep Suri, Joint Secretary, Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs

Screening will be followed by a discussion

The story of Afghanistan and India, two ancient cultures, neighbours who since time immemorial have interacted with each other. Exploring the different Afghan communities in India today, the film meets with those who came centuries ago and those of more recent times

Saturday 2

Festival ■ Auditorium & Fountain Lawns from 10:30 onwards

Bhoomi – The Earth Festival

Plenary Session: Rights of the Earth
Speakers: Ms Vandana Shiva and other environmentalists with country Ambassadors of the Bolivarian Alliance

At 11:30
Jhing Chik Jhing (Marathi)
(116 min; 2010; dvd; English subtitles)
Written & directed by Nitin Nandan

The story of a boy growing up in a debt ridden part of India, where farmers regularly commit suicide. A boy who dares to hope and dream, and who has ambitions of becoming `someone’ in life

At 14:00
Do Bigha Zameen (Two Acres of Land; Bengali)
(131 min; 1953; b/w; English subtitles)
A film by Bimal Roy

Recipient of the International Prize, Cannes Film Festival 1954

At 16:00
Niyamgiri The Forest Speaks
A film by Surya Dash

Followed by a discussion on: The Niyamgiri Struggle
Names of the speakers to be announced later

At 17:30
Mahatma and the Poetess
Reading of letters by Tom Alter and Mrinalini Sarabhai

At 19:00
Thumris
By Vidya Rao

Followed by
Jiva Live Concerts
Presented by musicians from Jharkhand

Exhibitions:
29th September to 2nd October 2010

Earth Spirit
Paintings by Shakti Maira, well-known painter

On view in the Auditorium Foyer

2nd October
Bija: the Art of the Seed
A day-long exhibit and interaction with Seed Keepers

Venue: Fountain Lawns

(Collaboration: Navdanya)