Programme

India International Centre

February

2010

Monday, 1

Performance ■Auditorium at 18:30

Hindustani Classical Music – Violin Recital

By S.L. Kandara from Bhopal, disciple of Pt. Ram Narayan

Talk ■Conference Room - I at 18:30

The Politics of Terrorism

Speaker: Dr. Veena Ravikumar, Associate Professor, Lady Shri Ram College for Women

Chair: Prof. Amitabh Mattoo

Monday 1 - 7

Exhibition ■Foyer outside auditorium

U Thant

An exhibition of photographs and posters on the former UN Secretary General

Opening on Monday, 1^st February at 15:00

(Collaboration: The Energy and Resources Institute; and U. Thant Foundation, New York)

Tuesday, 2

Theatre ■Auditorium at 18:30

The Rabbit King! (70 min)

Presented by Khilona

Written and directed by V.K.

With V.K., Kiran Deep Sharma, Vikram, Rajesh Pandey, Praveen and others

A unique amalgamation of two world famous stories – The Hare and the Lion taken from the Panchatantra; and The Hare and the Tortoise. The same rabbit who happens to cleverly kill the Lion in the first story, loses in a race to the tortoise in the second

Talk ■Conference Room - I at 18:30

Epilepsy: Need for Greater Awareness

Speaker: Dr. Mamta Bhushan Singh, MD Dm, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Chair: Dr. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury

Wednesday 3 – 9

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

Women

An exhibition of paintings by Kazi Anirban from Kolkata

Opening on Tuesday, 2^nd February at 18:30 hrs

Wednesday, 3

Book Release ■Gandhi – King Plaza at 11:00

Celebrating the Work for Community

To support its social development work, Streebal releases six illustrated story-books for young children written by Rami Chhabra that entertainingly build values; salutes some ordinary women who have overcome life’s odds with grit and courage

Chief Guest: Smt Sheila Dikshit

Guest of Honour: Smt Kiran Walia

Chair: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan

(Collaboration: Streebal)

Talk ■Auditorium at 18:30

What’s Behind the Song in Hindi Film?

Screening of a film followed by a presentation

Film: The Golden Years of Indian Cinema (75 min; dvd; Hindi with English subtitles)

Directed by Nasreen Munni Kabir

Presentation by Nasreen Munni Kabir, documentary filmmaker and author

Chair: Professor Shohini Ghosh, Sajjad Zaheer Chair, AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia

Talk ■Conference Room - I at 18:30

Is the Constitution being Constitutionally Undermined. If Affirmative, How can the Process be Reversed

Speaker: Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Vinod Saighal, Executive Director, Eco Monitors Society

Chair: Dr. Kavita A. Sharma

Thursday, 4

Talk ■Conference Room - I at 18:30

Rahu and Ketu in Mythological and “astronomological” contexts

Speaker: Prof. Rajesh Kochhar, CSIR Emeritus Scientist, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali

Chair: Prof. Bharat Gupt

Friday, 5

Film ■Auditorium at 18:30

Films on Spirituality and Faith

The Secret (91 min; dvd; English)

A film by Drew Heriot

The Secret reveals amazing real life stories and testimonial of regular people who have changed their lives in profound ways

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

Talk ■Conference Room - I at 18:30

Mumbai – Theatre of Conflict, City of Hope

Illustrated lecture Prof. Miriam Dossal, an expert on the city of Mumbai and its history and author of Mumbai: Theatre of Conflict, City of Hope – 1660 to Present Times (Oxford University Press 2010)

Sunday, 7

Performance ■Auditorium at 18:30

In Memory of Ustad N. Faiyazuddin Dagar

Dhrupad Recital

By Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar

Accompanied by Pt. Mohan Shyam Sharma on the pakhawaj

Followed by

Hindustani Music - Flute Recital

By Pt. Rajendra Prasanna with Rishab Prasanna

Accompanied by Ustad Rafiuddin on the tabla

(Collaboration: Dagar Brothers Memorial Trust)

Monday, 8

Talk ■Auditorium at 18:30

Along the Spice Routes of the World

Healing Foods: The Ayurvedic Tradition

Speaker: Dr. Vinod Verma, Director, The New Way Health Organization (NOW) and author of Ayurvedi Food, Culture and Recipes

(Collaboration: The Attic)

Talk ■Conference Room – I at 18:30

Panel discussion on: Corporate Social Responsibility Guidelines

Panelists: Dr. Aqueel Khan; Shri Viraf Mehta; Shri Asheesh Shah; Shri S.Sen; and Ms Amita Joseph, Director BCF

Chair: Dr. Sri Ram Khanna

(Collaboration: Business and Community Foundation)

Tuesday, 9

Talk ■Auditorium at 09:30 to 10:00

International Seminar on India and Africa: Partnership for Capacity Building and Human Resource Development

Inauguration of the seminar

Performance ■Fountain Lawns at 19:00

Tagore for the Six Seasons: Interpretations of Rabindra Sangeet in Odissi and Kathak

Presented by Monisa Nayak (Kathak) and Arushi Mudgal (Odissi)

Choreographed by Madhavi Mudgal

Accompanists: Jayati Ghosh; Manikuntala Bhowmik & Samarjit Roychowdhary (vocals); Jitendra Kumar Swain (percussion); Arshad Chowdhart (esraj); Kiran Kumar (flute); and Sunil Kant Saxena (sitar)

(Collaboration: African Studies Association of India, and Indian Council for Cultural Relations)

Friday, 12

Film ■Fountain Lawns & Auditorium, at 18:30

The Sun Behind the Clouds – Tibet’s Struggle for Freedom (79 min; 2009; dv; English)

A film by Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

50 years since the fall of Tibet , can the Dalai Lama’s strategy of non-violence and compromise finally make a breakthrough in his efforts to resolve the Tibet issue and silence the growing voices of dissent among his own people?

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

Talk ■Conference Room - I at 18:30

Water: The Stuff of Life

Water and Biology

Speaker: Prof. D. Balasubramanian, President, Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore

Chair: Dr. Ramakrishna Ramaswamy

Saturday, 13 – 19

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

Interpretation of Reality III: Chandni Chowk – From Eight to Ten O’Clock

Installation of photographs taken with a pin-hole camera by Fabio Orlanducci from Italy

Opening on Friday, 12^th February at 6:30 pm

(Collaboration: Italian Embassy Cultural Centre)

Saturday, 13

Discussion ■ Conference Room – II at 18:30

Book Discussion Group

Dr. Ved Pratap Vaidik, senior journalist; and Dr. Satish D. Pandey, former IPS will discuss The Hindu Book of the Dead by Trinath Mishra (New Delhi: Vitasta Publishing, 2010) and Tulsi Ramayan in English Verse by Satya Dev (New Delhi: Vitasta Publishing, 2010)

Chair: Dr. Karan Singh, MP

Performance ■Auditorium at 18:30

On the Occasion of the 99^th Birth Anniversary of Faiz Ahmad Faiz – Centenary Year

Shri Pran Nevile, author-scholar will pay tribute to the illustrious poet

Followed by

Kathak Recital

By Rani Khanam who will present a vibrant fusion of Faiz’s verses and dance

(Collaboration: K.L. Saigal Memorial Circle)

Monday, 15

Talk ■Conference Room – II at 18:30

After Copenhagen: A People-Centered Action Agenda

Speaker: Shri Praful Bidwai, independent columnist, environmental activist and author of the recently published book, An India that Can Say Yes – A Climate – Responsible Development Agenda for Copenhagen and Beyond

Introduction: Shri Suhas Borker

(Collaboration: Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

Tuesday, 16

Performance ■Auditorium at 18:30

Bharatanatyam Recital

By Navia Natarajan from Bangalore, disciple of Smt Padmini Ramachandran, Guru A. Lakshman and Smt Bagha Bessell

Accompanists: Srivatsa (vocal & nattuvangam); R. Ganesh (mridangam); and V.S.K. Chakrapani (violin)

Talk ■Conference Room – I at 18:30

Diseases, Prevention and Cure: The Spiritual Perspective

Speaker: Dr. Vijay Mohan Kohli, MS MCh FIACS, Consultant Genesis Biogen, New Delhi; Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Metro Heart Institute; and Visiting Consultant Cardiovascular Surgeon, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

Chair: Dr. Avtar Pennathur

Talk ■Annexe Auditorium at 18:30

One of the All Time Greats, Anton ‘Toni’ Hiebeler

Illustrated lecture by Andre Hiebeler, son of the legendary mountain explorer who will speak about the life and exploits of ‘Toni’ Hiebler

Introduction: Sudhir Sahi

Wednesday, 17

Discussion ■Conference Room - I at 18:30

Book Discussion Group

Prof. Amita Baviskar, Institute of Economic Growth; and Prof. Shekhar Pathak, Kumaun University will discuss The Unquiet Woods by Ramachandra Guha (Ranikhet: Permanent Black, 2010)

Chair: Dr. Mahesh Rangarajan

Thursday, 18

Discussion ■Conference Room - I at 18:30

Discussion on: Conceptualising Subaltern Medicine

Panelists: Prof. David Hardiman, University of Warwick; Dr. Helen Lambert, Bristol University and JNU; Dr. Projit Mukherjee, McMaster University; and Prof. Shail Mayaram, CSDS

Chair: Prof. Ashis Nandy, CSDS

(Collaboration: Centre for the Study of Developing Societies)

Friday, 19

Poetry ■Private Dining Room - I at 17:00

The Poems I Like

By Prof. Shaheena Khan, poet & broadcaster

Chair: Ms Renu Mohan Bhan, writer

(Collaboration: Indian Society of Authors)

Talk ■Conference Room - I at 18:30

Frontiers of History

Sex and the Archive in Colonial India

Speaker: Dr. Charu Gupta, Associate Professor, Dept. of History, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi

Chair: Dr. Brinda Bose, Associate Professor, Dept. of English, University of Delhi

Performance ■Annexe Auditorium at 18:30

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Madhumita Ray from Delhi, disciple of Ustad Ghulam Taqi Khan, Ustad Ghulam Hussain Khan and Smt Naina Devi

Saturday, 20

Talk ■Gandhi-King Plaza at 10:00

Telling Tales under Trees

Storytelling, an environmental quiz, a nature walk with Ranjit Lal

Environmental magic with young magician, Ishaan as well as dances, poems and posters

Organised with Deepa Agarwal and Devika Rangachari, children’s writers

Film ■Conference Room – I at 18:30

African Big Cats – The Haunted Huntress (58 min; dvd; English)

From the series, World of Wild Life presented by David Attenborough

Against the stark beauty of Kenya’s Masai Mara, the film follows the fortunes of a mother cheetah and her two new born cubs. Their struggle for survival is as fascinating as it is spectacular

(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)

Sunday, 21

Performance ■Fountain Lawns at 18:30

Sonai Dighee

A traditional Jaatra of Palasamrat Brojen Dey which takes its thematic form from the Moymonsingho Gitika, a collection of rural folklores in musical form of Bengal

Presented by Rangon Theatre Group, Delhi

Directed by Gautam Ganguly

(Collaboration: Impresario India)

Monday, 22

Talk ■Conference Room - II at 18:00

Governance for Inclusive Growth

Speakers: Smt  Rita Sharma, Secretary, Rural Development; and Shri Chandan Mitra, Chief Editor, The Pioneer

(Collaboration: IC Centre for Governance)

Tuesday, 23

Talk ■Conference Room - I at 18:00

Post Copenhagen: Reassessing the Science and Policy Options

Speakers: Dr. S. Fred Singer, Director, Science and Environment Policy Project, USA and co-author of Unavoidable Global Warming; and Dr. Benny Peiser, Director, Global Warming Policy Foundation, UK and Editor of CCNet, the world’s leading climate policy network

Commentators: Dr. Prodipto Ghosh, senior advisor to Govt. of India on Climate Change Policy; and Dr. Dev Raj Sikka, former Director, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Chair: Prof. M.G.K. Menon

Performance ■Auditorium at 18:30

Kathak Recital

By Shila Mehta from Mumbai, disciple of the late Pt. Prahalad Das, Smt Kumudini Lakhia and Smt Kalanidhi Narayanan

Discussion ■Annexe Auditorium at 18:30

Book Discussion: What is Man? Selected Writings of Sri Madhav Ashish (Penguin India)

Speakers: Mr. Seymour Ginesburg and Shri S. D. Pandey, Editors of the book

Chair: Dr. Karan Singh, MP

(Collaboration: Penguin India)

Wednesday, 24

Poetry ■Conference Room - I at 18:30

Poetry Reading in Urdu

By Dr. Rehman Musawwir and Smt Indira Varma

(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)

Talk ■Conference Room – II at 18:30

Violence and Memory in the Andes: The Case of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Peru

Speaker: Prof. Felix Reategui-Carrillo, Professor of Sociological Theory and Political Sociology at the Social Sciences Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru who worked in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Peru (2001 – 2003)

Chair: Dr. Nandini Sundar

Discussion ■Annexe Auditorium at 18:30

Discussion on: The Basic Questions of Origin, Identity and Destiny of Mankind

Speakers: Mr. Seymour Ginesburg; Dr. Michael Jackson, former Professor at Pantnagar University; and Dr. Trinath Misra, writer and former Director-General, CRPF

Chair: Dr. Karan Singh, MP

Thursday, 25 - 27

Films ■Auditorium, Conference Room – I, Fountain Lawns & Gandhi-King Plaza from 10:00 onwards

Persistence Resistance 2010 – A Festival of Political Documentaries: 25^th to 27^th February 2010

Organised in collaboration with Magic Lantern Foundation.

Persistence Resistance 2010 brings the audiences and matters of films a little closer together in a common space, in a quest to explore the diversity of the documentary form. The festival will screen a large number of films using multiple screening and viewing practices: films will be screened in two auditoria; outdoors, in simulated video parlours, at a multi-hub video library, and as installations.

Friday, 26

Discussion ■Annexe Auditorium at 18:30

Integral Asia – Music Goes Regional in a Global World

Lecture-demonstration with performance by T.M. Hoffman

So much East-West, but what of the rest? Rendering authentic Indian classical and Asian crossover music using “Japanese hardware (instruments) and Indian software (raga/tala)”, renowned tri-cultural artist and scholar, T.M. Hoffman brings flute shakuhachi, zither koto, and vocal along with an illustrated presentation

Friday, 26 Feb – 4 March

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

Limitless Within Limits – Homage to Tagore’s Songs

An exhibition of paintings by Nike Borghese and Karen Shah from Italy who were inspired by the songs of Tagore to create an entire series of paintings

Opening on Thursday, 25^th February at 18:30 hrs

(Collaboration: Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR Kolkata)

January 2010

Saturday, 30

Performance ■Auditorium at 18:30

Yearning

Presented by Ruth Wieder-Magan, Theatre Company Jerusalem, who is an internationally acclaimed vocal artist from Israel

With Mark Eliyahu-Dagestan on kamance, ancient Persian and Turkish instrument; and Daniel Yakobson on clarinet, drum and movement

Yearning is a unique musical fusion of ancient Jewish prayers with the melodies and rhythms of oriental music. The music is framed in modern performance art – vocal work and storytelling. The language of the prayers range from ancient Aramaic to ancient Hebrew and Old Spanish – all the storytelling and explanations will be in English

The India tour of Theatre Company Jerusalem is supported by The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs; The Israel Lottery Council for the Arts; and Embassy of Israel in India

Saturday, 30

Performance ■Annexe Auditorium at 19:00 to 22:30

Long Night of Literature – Readings from Prose and Poetry

An evening of contemporary writing in German, authors will read from the original, with translations and the sessions moderated in English by local literary experts

Welcome by Marilen Daum, Max Mueller Bhawan, New Delhi

Readings by Arnold Stadler; Peter Rosei; Nora- Eugenie Gomringer; Peter Pannke; Stephan Thorne; Bas Boettcher; and Dalibor Markovic

Moderators: Puneet Kaur; Dr. Brinda Bose; Dhritabrata Bhattacharjya Tato; and Mridula Koshy

Light refreshments will be served at 20:30 hours

(Collaboration: Pro Helvetia; Max Mueller Bhawan; German Book Office; and the Austrian Cultural Forum)

Sunday, 31

Performance ■Auditorium at 18:30

Valmiki Pratibha

An opera by Rabindranath Tagore presented by the Tagoreans, UK

Directed by Gairika Gupta

(Collaboration: Impresario India)

March 2010

Tuesday, 2

Talk ■Conference Room – I at 18:30

Globalisation and National Identity

Speaker: Prof. Peter Catterall, Professor of Imperial History, University of London and also Director, Public Policy Unit, Queen Mary, University of London