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122 Annual Report 2003-2004

100 Board of Trustees

Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President Dr L.M. Singhvi Dr Dr Prof. M.G.K. Menon Shri S. K. Singh Dr Arun Nigavekar Shri P.C. Sen

Director Shri P. C. Sen

Executive Committee

Shri P.C. Sen, Chairman Dr R. K. Pachauri Shri M. H. Ansari Shri M.P. Wadhawan, Hon. Treasurer Shri Inder Malhotra Dr S. M. Dewan Lt.Gen.(Retd.) A. S. Kalkat Cmde. (Retd.) K.N. Venugopal Prof. (Mrs.) Sneh Bhargava

Finance Committee

Shri S. K. Singh, Chairman Shri M.P. Wadhawan Shri P.C. Sen Shri P. R. Sivasubramaniam Lt.Gen.(Retd.) A. S. Kalkat Cmde. (Retd.) K.N. Venugopal Shri Premlal

Medical Consultants

Dr K. P. Mathur National Heart Institute Dr K. A. Ramachandran Dr (Mrs.) Rita Mohan Dr Mohammad Qasim Dr B. Chakravorty

Senior Staff

Cmde (Retd.) K. N. Venugopal Secretary Shri L. K. Joshi Chief General Manager Shri P. R. Sivasubramanian Controller of Finance and Accounts Dr H. K. Kaul Chief Librarian Dr Geeti Sen Chief Editor Dr A. C. Katoch Administration Officer Ms Premola Ghose Chief, Programme Division Shri Arun Potdar Chief, Maintenance Division Shri W. R. Sehgal Accounts Officer

98 Annual Report 2003-2004

THIS IS THE 43rd Annual report of the International Centre for the year commencing March 2003 up to 31 January 2004. It will be placed before the 48th Annual General Body meeting of the Cense, to be held on the 24th of March 2004.

Elections to the Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees of the Centre for the two-year period 2003-05 were conducted in the latter half of 2002. The electoral process, which commenced in December 2002, concluded with the counting of ballots on the 18th of March 2003, in the presence of candidates and their representatives. The election results were announced by the President at the Annual General Body meeting held on the 28th of March 2003. Shri S. K. Singh and Dr Arun Nigaveknr were elected to the Board of Trustees, the former from the Individual Members’ constituency and the latter from the Corporate Segment. Lt. Gen. (Retd.) A. S. Kalkat and Shri Inder Malhotra representing the Individual Segment and Dr R. K. Pachauri and Dr S. M. Dewan, representing the Corporate Segment, were elected to the Executive Committee. Dr Sneh Bhargava and Shri M. H. Ansari were nominated to the Executive Committee by the Board of Trustees.

The Board of Trustees reconstituted the Finance Committee for the two-year period April 2003 to March 2005 with Shri S. K. Singh as Chairman and Lt. gen. (Retd.) A. S. Kalkat and Ms. Prem Lal as Members.

In the meeting held on the 19th of December 2003 by the Board of Trustees, it was decided to extend the tenure of the existing Library Committee and House Committee from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2005, in view of The fact that there is a new team at the top level in the Centre. For the same reason the Board also decided to extend the tenure of Shri M. P. Wadhawan, Honorary Treasurer, for a period of two years, from 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2006.

1 India International Centre records with sadness the passing away of 52 of its Members during the past year. Their valuable contributions and strong support to the Centre’s activities will be missed.

From its inception the Centre has been making its facilities available, free of charge or at subsidized rates, to support the activities of various organizations which pursue objectives shared by the Centre. During the year under review. subventions amounting to Rs 44 lakhs were provided, as against Rs 36 lakhs in the previous year. Programmes

During the past year the Centre organized 220 seminars, talks and discussions, and 270 cultural presentations, documentaries and feature films (the month- wise details of programmes organized during March 2003-January 2004 are given in Appendices I-VI). Some of the highlights of the programmes are given in the following paragraphs.

The 21st C. D. Deshmukh Memorial Lecture st The 21 C. D. Deshmukh Memorial Lecture was delivered on 14 January 2004 by Shri N. R. Narayana Murthy Chairman and Chief Mentor of lnfosys Technologies Limited, on ‘Corporate Governance and its Relevance to India’. He served as CEO of Infosys for twenty years, handing over the reins to a fellow co-founder in March 2002.

Shri Narayana Murthy’s talk stressed on the importance of corporations in India following the highest level of corporate governance in order to attract world class investors as well as the brightest talent. He said that unless India lives up to the best examples of customer fairness, it cannot enhance or maintain its market share. The talk established the case for corporate

2 governance and elaborated the steps that Indian cooperates have to take in order to grasp the opportunities that globalisation offers.

IIC Annual Day The 42nd Annual Day of the Centre was celebrated on the 22nd of January with a three-day festival of films on environment entitled ‘Quotes from the Earth’. Using the medium of films this festival highlighted the complex environmental and developmental framework that is emerging in India. The festival was divided into three sections titled ‘Water’, ‘Hunger’ and ‘Survival’. In addition to the screening of films, there were panel discussions with eminent academicians, grassroots activists and film makers. A media space on environment was created in the Art Gallery which included a major sound installation and video footage. The exhibition was curated by Shri Pradip Saha, Photographer, and Managing Editor, Down to Earth.

The festival, organized in collaboration with Toxics Link, drew together a group of film makers from and different parts of India, South and elsewhere, who presented their films and participated in lively discussions following each screening. Although the festival dealt with issues that were topical and of a serious nature, the audience response from both Members as well as non-Members was very encouraging and participative. The Centre has since received a number of requests from different parts of the country to make the event into a travelling festival in order to reach out to people in smaller cities and towns. Many of the film makers have also received requests for their alms from other similar fora.

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Centenary Celebrations Programmes to mark the centenary of the late Smt. , a Founder Life Trustee of the Centre, commenced in 2001, with an exhibition documenting her contribution to the revival of crafts in India. In 2002, a puppet festival was held in her memory on the 40th annual day of the Centre. In March 2003 the Centre was host to the prestigious UNIMA (Union

3 Internationals de la Marlonette) Executive Committee meeting. UNIMA is recognized internationally for the revival and the popularization of puppet traditions, and Kamaladeviji had been its Member of Honour.

Participants from eighteen countries attended the meeting, bringing puppets from their respective countries, which were displayed in the Art Gallery. A festival of Indian puppets, ‘Putulyatra’, was organized by the to coincide with this event, which was also dedicated to Kamladeviji. An international seminar on ‘Puppetry: East-West’ and some related events were held at the Centre, The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (lCCR) gave generous support to this programme.

Programmes for the Young The Centre has, during the last six months, added programmes that attract a younger audience. In July a quiz was held on ‘How Well do You know Harry Potter?’ which was very imaginatively conceptualized by Shrimati Paro Anand. Three schools participated, viz, Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Bluebells and Vasant Valley School. A scintillating ambience was created with colourful props and the quiz was ably conducted by a very young quiz master, Arjun Kumar. Members of the audience, comprising children of all age groups, were often more knowledgeable than the participating teams. Bluebells School was the winner. Penguin India publishers contributed the prizes. Jal Paree, presented by Living Room Theatre and directed by Sarita Vohra, was a musical performed by children for children, The Alliance Francaise de Delhi organised a mime show inspired by the Panchatantra and by La Fontaine’s fables. This was followed by a musical comedy in mime, Achille and the Tortoise, presented by the Compagnie des Atomes. Film shows for the young included a festival of animation films entitled ‘The Magical World of Animation’ in September, and Israeli children’s films in December.

In 2002 the Centre had instituted a running trophy for an inter-college debate involving the various colleges of . This was done in

4 collaboration with the Hindu College Debating Society. In January 2004, the second debate was held. The topic of the debate was, ‘UN Has Lost Its Relevance’. Several teams from the Delhi University participated. The three- member jury gave the best team award to and the best speaker award to Ms. Piyush Chopra of Miranda House. Hindu College won the second prize. The awards were in the form of cash prizes.

Seminars A one-day seminar on ‘India’s South Asian Neighbours: The Options for Constructive Engagement’ (8 March) was organized in collaboration with the Association for Indian Diplomats, which brought together representatives of academic institutions, think tanks and diplomats to examine the overall issue as well as specific ones, and to highlight and analyse those cases which had been beneficial for cooperation within the South Asian .

Two years ago the Centre received a grant from the Indian Women’s Association, Moscow, to organize programmes to promote a deeper study of Indo-Russian relations. In 2001 the first seminar, ‘The Russian System’, was held and two scholars from Russia were invited. The second seminar, on ‘The Fate of Liberalism in Russia’, was held on 6 December, in which three Russian scholars participated.

A half-day seminar on Bankim Chandra Chattejee’s classic, Ananda Math (13 March), was held in collaboration with the Review Literary Trust. The lead presentation was by Prof. Julius Lipner, Reader in the Faculty of Divinity Studies, University, who has translated this nineteenth century classic into English. The late nineteenth century was a period of nascent nationalism in India and Ananda Math contributed to this process, as manifest in the song ‘Vande Mataram’,

A workshop on ‘Preservation of Lutyen’s Delhi’ (7 October) was organized, in cooperation with INTACH (Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage),

5 to coincide with the visit of members of the Lutyen’s Trust, UK. Conservationists, architects, town planners and officials participated. There was a general consensus that Lutyen’s Delhi should be a heritage area.

Ms Teesta Setalvad, the well-known activist from , was the lead speaker at a half-day seminar on ‘Conflict in the Classroom’ (26 April). The seminar attempted to Identify conflicts aims in the minds of children, due to social, cultural and economic disparities and Inequalities.

The annual seminar ‘Mid Year Review of the Indian Economy 2003-04’ was presented on the 1st of November by Shri Suman K. Bery, Director-General, National Council of Applied Economic Research This seminar owes its origin to the late Dr Malcolm Adiseshiah who instituted it more than two decades ago. The Malcolm and Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust (MEAT), , supports this seminar with a grant for publication of the Review and travel expenses of outstation speakers. Shri Bery’s analysis was that the Indian economy fared better this year with an increase in agricultural outputs due to a good monsoon, and an improving global economic scenario. However, India could make an impact globally only with a further set of reforms.

Some major International conferences supported by the Centre were: ‘The International Conference on Women and Migration in Asia’ organized by the Developing Countries Research Centre, Delhi University; the ‘Religions in the Indic Civilisations’ conference organized by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies and the International Association of World Religions.

A major event was the KATHA UTSAV 2004 comprising the International Storytellers Conference on ‘Linking Diversities, Forging Identities’. Encompassing

a wide range of events and activities, KATHA invited a number of specialized participants from India and abroad From literary film festivals, academic conferences, book launches, public lectures to exhibitions, dance and music, the

KATHA UTSAV brought together persons of all age groups to share in the delights of story telling The Centre as a joint sponsor, provided the conference venues

6 and garden spaces and coordinated the smooth inning of the various events in the UTSAV. At all times during this festival there were more than 800 participants using the Centre’s premises.

Lectures and Discussions Two new series of talks and discussions were initiated during the period under review. A series on EUROPE-EURASIA commenced in September. So far four discussions have been held under this series. Another series which commenced in January 2004 was THE CHANGING ROLE OF MUSEUMS IN INDIA, comprising six illustrated lectures that will cover major museum collections and also discuss how innovative planning and research have altered the stereotypical role of museums as storehouses of antiquities.

The ongoing series are SIGNS OF HOPE and the Toxic Link talks and discussions, both covering environmental subjects. The series of lectures on ECOLOGICAL

SECURITY which commenced in 2001, concluded in August 2003. In the field of conservation there were a series of discussions on DELHI’S MASTER PLAN 2021 :

GEARING UP CITIZEN’S PATICIPATION. These very successful discussions were held in

April-June 2003. The lecture series on DIMENSIONS OF has now completed two years and continues to be popular and topical.

A large number of talks and discussions focused on the Middle East, in popular Iraq. These included, the Gulf War and India’s Interest’; ‘War in Iraq: Issues of the Future’; Plundering the Heritage by Whom? The Case of the lraq Museum’; ‘Indian Troops for Iraq: Pros and Cons’; ‘The World Order After Iraq’; and ‘Post Saddam Iraq’. Two lectures were devoted to ‘Ancient Iraq: A World of Permeable Frontiers’.

In the area of health two open sessions were held on, ‘Are you Ageing: Some Ways to Delay the Process’ and ‘Memory Loss’. The latter formed part of the World Alzheimers Day events and included the screening of the award winning film Iris. Dr N. Kochupillai, former and Head of Endocrinology,

7 All India Institute of Medical , Delhi, lectured on, ‘The Biology of Yoga’ and ‘Yogic Breathing and Stress Coping’.

Discussions and talks on current issues included: ‘The Uniform Civil Code’; ‘Gujarat: Vibrant or in Fear’s Grip?’, ‘Cola and Water Contamination: Who’s Responsible and ‘Imaging Bhopal Today’.

The Centre was host to several distinguished Indian and international speakers. They included Dr ; Prof. Joan P. Mencher; Sir Gustav Nossal; Ms. Sunita Narain; H.E. Sir Rob Young; Dr Malati Shendge; H.R.H. Dasho Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk; Dr Lakshman Kadirgamar; Dr Anton Pelinka; Ms Frances Lappe Moore; Dr Mike Birkhead; Dr Simon Lyster; Dr Mubashir Hasan; Dr P.C. Alexander; Prof. Paolo Costa-Ramusino; Prof. David Rubinstein; Mr. Dilip Hiro; Mr. Christopher Patten; Prof. Ilber Ortayli; Mr. Dennis Kux; Mr. Grellan Rourke; Madame Jung Chang; Prof. Henrietta Moore; Prof. ; Shri and Shri N. R, Narayana Murthy.

The Centre held a memorial meeting to pay homage to the eminent British poet, Dr Kathleen Raine, who passed away on 6 July 2003. She was a frequent visitor and friend of the Centre. The panel, comprising Dr Karan Singh, Dr L. M. Singhvi, Dr Piloo Jungalwala, Shri , Dr Santosh Pall and Smt. Sima Sharma, recalled her monumental contribution to the study of William Blake and W. B. Yeats, her founding of the Temenos Academy in , her poetry of transcendental vision, and her fight against materialism and the restoration of spiritual values. Dr Kapila Vatsyayan chaired the meeting.

Dance and Music The Centre’s major focus on providing a platform for upcoming artists continued, for which performances were held every month. Some remarkable performances were given by N. Srikanth, disciple of Dr , in Bharatnatyam; Odissi dance recitals by the disciples of ; and Manipuri recitals by the disciples of the late Guru Bipin Singh. Some of the major music events were: ‘Parampara-Bhendi Bazaar Gharana Festival’

8 presenting three generations of artistes; the ‘Indore Gharana Festival’; ‘Hindustani Classical Vocal recital by the senior artist Raka Mukherjee’; ‘Concert of Kabir in Folk Traditions’ by Prahlad Singh Tipanya.

To mark the International Day of Peace (21September) there was a ‘Concert of Bhajans’ by the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Choir. Other programmes included Bhajans by O. S. Arun; Tarangini Veena Recital by Suma Sudhindra; Traditional Sufi Music from the by Barkat Sidhu; Folk and Classical Music from Afghanistan by Ustad Eltaf Hussain Sar-ahang; and a Piano Recital by Raphael Lustchevsky.

In the last six months the Centre organized some excellent Jazz concerts by Bottomline from the Netherlands and a concert by the Franco-German duo, Michael Riessler and Valentin Clastrier. Taking advantage of the fine weather, two Afternoon Jazz concerts were held in the Fountain Lawns, by the Dutch Jazz Quartet and Osmosis. Jazz concerts have proved to be very popular and the Centre hopes to have more such programmes in future.

SADHANA: ORAL AND THE VISUAL TRADITION OF THE ART FORMS is a series of lectures on sadhana, a kind of meditation, a journey which strives to penetrate into the deeper levels of consciousness, both universal and individual. The series included musicians and artists, particularly calligraphers. So far four musicians have shared their experiences, and a programme on Tibetan Buddhist Chants has been featured. These SADHANA series is being organized jointly with the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of H.H. The Dalai Lama.

A three-day festival of sacred chanting and singing was held in October. It opened with an inter-faith discussion on ‘Spiritual Ways of Sustainable and Non Aggressive Living’ which was presided over by H.H. The Dalai Lama. The festival featured sacred chants and songs from a variety of traditions: Vietnamese Buddhist, Jain, Sikh, Parsi, Baha’i, and Jewish. Also featured were shamanic chants from the Republic of Tuva, Russia, and Mani chants (Buddhist tradition by the Tehor Khampas from Dharamsala.

9 Poetry A new programme series was launched during the second half of 2003.

HINDUSTANI AWAAZ commenced in July with an ‘Evening of Urdu Poetry’ recited by Zohra Segal, Saeed Naqvi and Gauhar Raza. This series of seven programmes, of which six have been presented, was organized with the intention of establishing a forum for and Urdu literature as well as positioning the rich tradition of spoken Hindustani by highlighting wit, humour, satire, short story writing , romantic poetry, patriotic verses and theatre in the Language. The series have been enormously successful. A mushaira was organized in the Fountain Lawns in November to mark the 90th birth anniversary of Ali Sardar Jafri where celebrities like , Zohra Segal and recited Jafri’s poems.

The ‘Informal Encounters’ (poetry reading) programme was organized in collaboration with the Poetry Society (India) under the chairmanship of Shri Soli J. Sorabjee. The readings focused on themes like ‘Dramatic Works’, ‘War Poetry’, and ‘Protest Literature’.

The well known actor, , played the lead in two theatre productions presented at the Centre. Held in October, the first play, Trisanga, had a dramatized reading of Urdu, English and Hindi poetry which very effortlessly brought the three languages together. The second play was Whatever You Say, written by a young Mumbai-based playwright, Tibrewala. Other plays written by Indian playwrights will be staged at the Centre in the coming months.

Exhibitions The Centre had a good season of exhibitions, covering a range of themes as varied as its interests.

‘Osak: Indigo of the Ao Naga’ (Apri1) was organized in collaboration with Tribal Weaves, Dimapur, and the North-East Zonal Cultural Centre. Traditional

10 techniques for dyeing are being abandoned and the raison d’etre behind the exhibition was to highlight this. One of the two surviving practitioners of the art of indigo dyeing was present during the exhibition along with several young weavers. On display were Ao Naga textiles as well as artifacts linked to the weaving and dyeing process.

‘Boats of India: A Miscellany’ (September) was an imaginatively designed exhibition of photographs from the collection of Dr Lotika Varadarajan. The exhibition attempted to present the rich variety of watercraft in India, which have evolved in response to differing sets of circumstances. Unlike the Western tradition of boat building, which is based on designs and drawings, the Indian method has been that of oral transmission of technical expertise by traditional practitioners.

The great Arc of the Indian Meridian survey was started in Madras in 1802. It was the longest method of measuring the earth’s surface ever attempted. The survey lasted till 1843 and covered the area between Cape Comorin and Dehra Dun. The Great Arc became the basis of modern mapping of India. An exhibition on the theme entitled, ‘The Great Arc of the Meridian’, was held at the Centre in September. The exhibition brought together some of the original instruments, documents and images from this great endeavour. Two documentary films by Pankaj Butalia on this subject were also screened for the occasion.

Other exhibitions included: ‘Recent Oil Paintings’ by Nareen Nath; ‘From Here to Still Live’, an exhibition of oil paintings by Andreas Scholtz; ‘Cutouts’, an exhibition of photographs by Ram Rahman ‘Meiyou Wenti: No Have Problems’, an exhibition of photographs by Vidura jang Bahadur documenting a personal journey through China; and, ‘A Still Symphony’, an exhibition of photographs by Leena Kejriwal.

11 Documentary Films The Centre continues to be a popular forum for the screening of documentary films and during this period recent films by Sanjay Kak, Krishnendu Bose, Shohini Ghosh, Amar Kanwar, Paromita Vohra and Samira Dewan Suri were featured. The films were followed by lively open discussions. During the summer season films on Western classical music and opera in collaboration with the Delhi Music society were screened. These have become a popular part of the Centre’s film programmes. The monthly series of wild life and environment films continues, in collaboration with the World Wide Fund for Nature-lndia.

The IIC Film Club The Programme Officer and Secretary of the IIC Film Club, Ms. L. S. Tochhawng, was invited to be a member of the jury of the Festival of South Asian Films which was organized by the Himal Foundation in Nepal. This festival focuses on documentary films made by all the counties of the SAARC region and Afghanistan.

Some of the highlights of the Film Club programme included a ‘Festival of Diaspora Films’ which showcased some films made by the immigrant communities in the UK. The festival was opened by the film maker Udayan Prasad, whose feature films were screened. Short films and a feature film by the award winning director, Asif Kapadia, and feature films by Shani Grewal and Julian Henriques were included in this package. A two-part television film, Second Generation, was also screened, which was directed by Jon Sen and written by Neil Biswas. Shri Roshan Seth, who acted in this film, introduced the programme.

Apart from screenings of films from Korea, Canada, and Japan, there was also a festival called ‘Focus on New Indian Cinema’. The section on classics of cinema included films by masters of French cinema, Christian Jacque, Jean Chateau, Jean Renoir, Louis Malle and the Spanish film maker

12 Luis Bufmel. Other films were Dr Mabuse, the Gambler by Fritz Lang (1922), The Night of the Hunter by Charles Laughton (1943); two films each by Akira Kurosawa and Pedro Almodovar; early German Silent Films of Richard Oswald; and the Andrzej Wajda retrospective.

Special festivals included ‘Blurring Boundaries’, award winning documentaries and feature films from Switzerland. For the 15th anniversary of the Hubert Bals Fund (The Netherlands), there were feature films by , Mani Kaul. Kumar Shahani, Rajan Khosa, Fareeda Mehta, Pankaj Rishi Kumar, Pankaj Butalia and Buddhadeb Dasgupta. The Directors were present to introduce their films. A half-day seminar was also held to stimulate exchange of ideas. This programme was part of the European Union Festival held in .

A very special film screened was Atanarjuat, the first-ever film made by an lnuit which received the Camera D’Or award at Cannes in 2001. The principal actor, Natar Ungalaq, travelled a long distance from the Canadian Arctic to introduce this film.

The Film Club has also started including at least one classic film every month in its programme. This was started in July with a Festival of French classics (mentioned above) which included Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast and Jean Renoir’s French Cancan.

Council for Social Development The Centre continued to support the activities of the Council for Social Developement (CSD). The CSD was set up in 1964 as a distinct part of the Centre, till shifted to its own premises. It undertakes various activities relating to issues of social development.

Dr Pushpa M. Bhargava delivered the Memorial Lecture (2003) on ‘The Promise and Problems of Today’s Biology and Bio-Technology| and Their Replications’ at the Centre.

13 IIC-Asia Project Chair: Dr Kapila Vatsyayan

The Board of Trustees decided that for the second phase of the IIC Asia project a thematic approach rather than an area approach be adopted. A number of themes have been Identified for future programmes. The focus would be on cross-cultural dialogues between and amongst Asian countries, especially in the fields of humanities, the arts, and women’s contribution in the making of Asian civilizations. Publications

The theme volume of the quarterly journal (2002-2003) titled, India: A National has been co-published as a book with Sage Publications. This was released on the 5th of May 2003. With incisive commentary on subjects of essential debate, the book has been widely acknowledged in reviews. It may be reprinted within the first year of its publication.

The summer volume of the Quarterly focused on archetypal images exploring different sensibilities in three : China, Japan and France. The significance of seminal writings of the nineteenth century are explored by the authors translating these works. Topical essays and a lecture by three eminent journalists interrogate the situation in Iraq and the north-east; and, an educationist revisits the people affected by the gas leak in the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal in 1984.

Continuing the journal’s concern with contemporary issues, the Monsoon volume of the Quarterly focused on recent case histories in court including the Best Bakery case and the Supreme Court decision on electoral candidates. Three essays and a photo essay examine the role of India vis-à-vis her neighbouring countries: Myanmar, Nepal, Afghanistan and China.

14 The theme volume for 2003-2004 explores a subject of perennial interest, and is titled Journeys. Authors in this volume include Richard Lannoy, Sri Shrivatsa Gosvami, Muzaffar Alam, Sanjay Subramanyam, Hari Vasudevan, Nathalie Trouveroy, , Shiva Prakash, Susan Visvanathan, Khanna and Zarina Hashmi. Their essays explore journeys on foot and by train, and follow the travelogues of Russian, Chinese, Mughal and French travellers through India over the centuries. Overseas, a pilgrimage is taken to the whirling dervishes of Turkey, to Mustang in Nepal and to Mount Bego in France; and within India to Vrindavan and Kalyan. The last section explores journeys of self-transformation by remarkable women, among them a writer, a graphic artist, a dancer and a social activist. This volume of some twenty essays is to be co-published as a book with Penguin , and released in 2004.

Over this past year, as earlier the Quarterly’s authors have included eminent persons from many disciplines, bringing a catholicity of vision and writing to the journal. In 2003 they included eminent historians, art historians, writers and poets, educationists and academics, lawyers and jurists, retired diplomats, journalists, artists, photographers and a conservationist.

The IIC Diary Since June 2003 the Diary has a new look with improved colour and design and more visuals. In this new format it now includes two pages on ‘Future Events’, on book reviews and discussions, and a page titled ‘Voices’ to include comments on the centre by Members.

The Brochure and the IIC Experience For Members and visiting delegates, the publication of the first brochure on the India International Centre is underway. This will be released in March 2004 on the occasion of the Annual General Body meeting. Later in the year a more ambitious publication titled the IIC Experience will be published, dealing with the genesis, the mission and the essence of the Centre.

15 Other Publications As reported last year, the first phase of the Asia Project (1997-2003) concluded with a seminar on ‘lndia and Australasia: History, Culture and Society’. A volume based on the paper submitted at the seminar with an introduction by Dr Karan Singh and edited by Shri N. Navona has been released.

A new 8-page foldable flier has been produced, carrying information on all the six volumes published by the Asia Project between 1997-2003. The flier gives information on the contents of all the volumes and on the modalities of placing an order for these singly, or as a set.

Maintaining its commitment to publishing the proceedings of the annual mid- year review of the Indian economy seminar, this year too the publication, Mid- Year Review of the Indian Economy 2003-2004 (New Delhi, 2004), was brought out within a couple of months of the seminar. Library

Library and information services around the world are being transformed as a result of computer and communication technologies. The services in the IIC Library have also been undergoing changes in order to provide better facilities to Residents and Members. The Internet facility, which is available free of charge to Members and Residents for a half-an-hour slot, has proved very popular. Another terminal is being installed to cope with the demand.

One of the disturbing features in the Reading Room has been the ringing of mobile phones. The Centre hope that Members will cooperate and keep their mobile phones switched off while using the Library.

16 In 2003, 703 books were added to the Library. From 1 March to 31 December, 241 periodicals and , received from different parts of the world through subscriptions, exchange and as gifts, were made available in the Library. The budget for books and periodicals was Rs. 13.5 lakhs.

The Library organized seven ‘Meet the Author’ programmes, in collaboration with the Sahitya Akademi Well-known authors like Mahesh Elkunchwar, Kiran Nagarkar, Rajendra Yadav, Mohan Bhandari, Maheep Singh, Manohar Shyam Joshi and Sundara Ramaswamy participated.

The Book Discussion Programmes were also held regularly. In the ten programmes held, books by , B. R. Nanda, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Subramaniam Swamy, S. D. Pande, R. Ramanathan R. K. Palhan, Geeti Sen, Rafiq Zakaria and Bhure Lal were discussed.

The information service in the Library is receiving support from DELNET. Seven hundred and fifteen libraries are now members of DELNET and they have contributed more than 38 lakh entries of books, journals, articles, CD-Roms, etc., for purposes of sharing. Members interested in research and reference are greatly benefiting from this service. Hostel & Catering Services

The hostel occupancy and revenue generated from the hostel rooms remained satisfactory during the year, both at the Annexe and Main Centre. The prices of food and beverages have been maintained at a par with the previous year, although there has been a marginal increase in cost of material and staff salaries. The quality of food and service remained satisfactory. Members have expressed their appreciation for the special Dinners organized by the Centre.

17 Financial Position

The total turnover of the Centre during the Financial Year (1.4.2002-31.3.2003) was marginally lower at Rs 1433.47 lakhs than that of the previous year (Rs. 1438. 19 lakhs) . As may be seen from the accounts, the net surplus at the end of the year 2003, after making provision for depreciation and replacement funds and contingencies, was Rs 14.96 lakhs as against Rs 27.94 laths at the end of 2002. A perusal of the Audited Accounts of the year 2002-03, the Revised Budget for 2002-03 and Budget Estimates for 2003-04 would show that the financial management of the Centre continues to remain sound despite rising costs, additional burdens imposed by payment of property tax etc.

The policy of investment of the Centre’s liquid Corpus Fund in financial institutions which are free from risks continued to be in line with that of the previous year. New Measures Personnel Members from time to time have commented on the standard of services at the Centre. The Management believes that if employees are to deliver better service, they in turn need to be well looked after by the institution. To this end, the Director, the Secretary, the Controller of Finance and Accounts and the General Manager had a meeting with all members of the staff, in groups, in May 2003, after which regular Open House meetings are being held to listen to suggestions and complaints. Since most of the suggestions and complaints which came up during the Open House meeting related to personnel matters, the Management has obtained the services of a Consultant who is preparing draft policies on recruitment, promotions, rewards, etc., which will ultimately form part of a personnel manual.

18 Medical arrangements for the staff as well as Resident Members of the Centre were reviewed in the month of May 2003. It was considered desirable to have a small dispensary at the Centre. Pending the setting up of a permanent dispensary, arrangements have been made to have doctors available from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on each week day. Staff finishing their duties at night are transported to three nodal points from where they can get quick public transport to their homes.

The centre has started two societies, (i) IIC Cooperative Thrift and Credit Society, and (ii) IIC Cooperative Group Housing Society. These two Societies have starters functioning.

To further assist staff in areas more critical to them, such as health, , and in an emergency, Prof. M. G. K. Menon, Life Trustee, has generously donated a sum of Rs. one lakh towards a fund to be created, which could be utilized for emergencies, and for the felt needs of the staff.

Standards In order to improve the quality of services the Centre engaged TMI, an internationally reputed consultancy organization, to impart training on attitudinal skills. Select staff is also being given professional training by the Catering and Food technology Institute, Pusa.

The services of the National Institute of Design are being used for preparation of an ‘Identity Manual’ , which, amongst other things, would include standard design formats for stationery, visiting cards signages, etc.

19 Upkeep and Maintenance

The centre now has a panel of professional interior decorators who advise on the interior decoration and renovation work. Various measures have been adopted to save energy consumption in the Main Centre and in the Annexe. These measures mainly relate to the heating system for winter and to meet the hot water requirements These projects, executed during 2002-03, have resulted in a saving of Rs 22 lakhs during the current Financial Year. It is now proposed to implement various other energy saving measures, mainly relating to the air-conditioning plant and machinery, which consumes 60 per cent of the total energy.

The old transformer Installed in the electric substation of the Main Centre has been replaced with a new 1250 KVA capacity transformer The main HT switching unit installed in the electric substation is more than thirty-five years old and it is being replaced with a new three-panel Vacuum Circuit Breaker. The lift installed in the Hostel block is now being replaced with a larger, fully automatic and technologically advanced lift. In order to conserve water, the guidance of the Centre for Science and Environment was availed of to construct rain water harvesting recharge wells in the Main Centre as well in the Annexe. Staff

On the occasion of the Centre’s 42nd Annual Day a get-together of staff was organized on the 21st of January 2004, at which Shri Soli J Sorabjee President, felicitated the employees and presented a cash reward, watches and certificates to those employees who had completed twenty-five years of service with the Centre These were. Sarvshri A. L. Rawal, Deep Thapa, A. K. Bhatia,

20 Laslie Joseph, Kapuru Ram, Ram Kishan James P. Vaz, P. K. Dutta, Irshad Ali Sunder ram, Khem Singh, Avtar Singh Rana, Hari Haran, Manohar Singh, Lekh Ram, Prem Ram, K. Reghu, Laxman Ram, Trilok Ram, Ram Kishan, Pritam Singh, Sarwan Singh, and Satpal Dabral.

During the year the Centre bade farewell to Sarvshri Mahavir, Head Sweeper, Harsh Nath Sharma, Cook, Balbir Singh, Asst. Head Security Guard, and William Massey, Sr, Steward.

The Centre is sad to record the tragic passing away of one of its employees, Shri Baldev Singh, Sr. Steward on the 16th of June 2003.

Computerization

The thrust on computerization of various functions of the Centre was continued in the Finanial Year. An amount of Rs 18.50 lakhs has been spent on replacement of hardware, additional PCs, and replacement of hubs and switches, etc., in order to improve the overall efficiency of services and to extend computerization to all departments. The system of manual maintenance of accounts is being discontinued.

Training programmes have been organized at three levels; Basic, Intermediate and Advanced for staff of all Departments of the Centre. More than fifty persons have been trained under this programme. Training was also given to twenty officers on website techniques by the National Informatics Centre (NIC).

The IIC website (www.iicdelhi.nic.in) has been hosted with the help of National Informatics Centre during the financial year and is now operational. The website, apart from containing fixed information, also has a dynamic content, giving information about the IIC and its services and also providing the name,

21 telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of the Centre’s officials who can be contacted for assistance and information on various services.

The website is being maintained in-house Programme-related information and select programme reviews are being uploaded on a regular basis In its endeavour to extend additional facilities through the website a module, known as IIC MemberNet, is being activated on the website from March 2004, to provide services such as account outstandings of Members, notification to Members, updated of personal Information of Members, downloading of select forms, etc Access to these services is restricted to Members only. Membership

A comparative picture of the Centre’s membership in the last three years is given below:

CLASS OF MEMBERSHIP FEBRUARY 2002 FEBRUARY 2003 JANUARY 2004 Honorary Members 14 15 15 Patrons 7 7 7 Foundation Members (Life) 5 5 5 Life Members 243 236 233 Members 1,963 1,963 2,063 Associate Members 2,325 2,418 2,565 Overseas Associate Members 165 188 187 Corp. Members (Universities) 41 44 45 Corp. Members (Others) 145 149 158 Corp. Associate Members 97 97 102 Corp. Overseas Associates 6 6 6 Total 5,011 5,128 5,386

22 Annexe

The various facilities at the Annexe are being fully availed of. The occupancy of Guest Rooms has been satisfactory The Conference Hall, Lecture Hall and Committee room have had full booking for seminars, conferences, talks, book release functions, workshops, etc. A good number of spectacular exhibitions have been arranged In the Art gallery The lawn has been in great demand Catering outlets have been drawing a large number of Members The bar-be- cue service. which is extremely popular amongst the Members, was started in November. Lawns and Gardens

The Centre’s garden staff continued to maintain the lawns and gardens well The Manipuri tree presented by the Governor of Arunachal in 2000 and planted in the Plaza has grown to a height of around 6 ft and is in a healthy condition The new variety of Korean grass in one of the smaller lawns has survived the vagaries of the weather and refined green Six Bauhinia trees planted about six years ago along the Fellows Flat lawn have now started flowering and are in full bloom.

Efforts to procure rooted cuttings, seedlings, shrubs and other plants from various horticultural institutions in the country have continued. Two beds of rose plants have been replaced by two new varieties Pinata, obtained from IARI (Indian Agricultural Research Institute), Pusa, and Red Rose from Dr Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan. This year three dozen vanities of Chrysanthemums were procured from the Solan University which add colour to the premises. Selected varieties of Dahila, Carnation, Asiatic Lilium and Tulip have also been procured from different sources. These have already sorted blooming Winter annual plants such as

23 Stock Aster, Petunia, Dianthus, Calendula, Sweet William, Verbena, Salvia, Gazania, Nasturtium, Cineraria, Poppies, Marigold, Pansies, etc., have also been planted in the beds in the front lawn as well as the Fountain and Rose gardens. The garden staff also been propagating these plants and supplying them to Members and others at nominal prices.

Water lilies of different colours were in full bloom throughout the year. The bougainvillea plants procured from National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, in 2002 have grown well and add a blaze of colour to the premises, particularly during the summer months when very limited plants flower.

Geraniums, Primulas, Primroses and Cyclamen, as in pots, were procured from the Regional Horticulture Research institute, Mashobra, of the Solan University and are doing very well.

A variety of gold fish are in the ponds adjacent to the Lounge verandah and the Plaza. To keep the population of fish under control these are given away at a nominal price to Members and others who are interested in breeding them. Services of experts are being utilized to document the varied species of trees and birds of the Centre, with the aim of publishing a booklet.

24 Management of The Centre

It has been my privilege to have succeeded a person as eminent as Shri N. N. Vohra, former Director of the Centre, from whom I took over on the 1st of May 2003. Having held the highest and most coveted posts in the civil service. Shri Vohra brought to the Centre great administrative talent, which resulted in an enormous strengthening and systematization of the organization.

The Finance Committee and Executive Committee have held regular meetings. I am grateful to Members of both these bodies for their valuable advice and suggestions.

The Cense has continued to benefit from the mature counsel of Shri M.P. Wadhawan, Honorary Treasurer, on all matters relating to the Centre’s finances.

I am particularly grateful to the Members of the Board of Trustees for steering the institution with dedication and expertise.

Members of the staff deserve our thanks for their good work and devotion.

I would like to conclude by specially thanking Members for their interest and invaluable support which makes the Centre the institution it is.

P. C. Sen Director

25 Appendices

26 APPENDICES I Seminars 28

II Talks 31 III Discussions 47 IV Cultural 59

V Films and Exhibitions 75

VI Film Club 86

VII Indian and Foreign Institutions provided IIC’s collaborative support during the year 94

VIII Programme Planning Advisory Groups 2002-04 96

27 APPENDIX I Seminars

March 2003 8 India’s South Asian Neighbours The Options for Constructive Engagement (Collaboration: Association of Indian Diplomats)

11 The Jungian Under Standing of Self vs the Indian Philosophical Understanding of Atman Speakers: Dr Ashok Bedi. Clinical Professor, Psychiatrist Medical College, Wisconsin, and Member, Faculty of Analyst Training Programmes, Carl Jung Institute, Chicago Chair: Ms. Rashna Imhasly-Gandhi

13 Ananda Math Speaker: Dr Julius J. Lipner, Reader. Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge University, who has translated Bankim Chandra Chaterjee’s novel Ananda Math Chair: Dr Amiya Sen (Collaboration: The Book Review Trust)

16 Literature from the Himalayas- The Contribution of Dina Nath Nadim Dina Nath Nadim (1916-88), winner of the Sahitya Akademi and Sovietland Nehru Awards. (Collaboration: Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation) April 26 Conflict in the Classroom Lead presentation by Ms. Teesta Setalvad, Director, KHOJ, Mumbai Chair: Shri Vinod C. Khanna, Executive Director,HPS Foundation (Collaboration: HPS Foundation) May 7 Shifting Sands: Instability in Undefined Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan. Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia) Speakers: Dr Sundeep Waslekar, author of the report ‘’Shifting Sands” prepared by the Strategic Foresight Group, Mumbai: and Shri B.Raman, Centre for Topical Studies. Chennai Chair: Shri S. K. Lambah

28 August 2 School-Based Evaluation (Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation) Coordinator: Prof. D. V. Sharma, General Secretary Council of Boards of School Education in India Chair: Dr Ashok Ganguly, Chairman, CBSE

23 National Seminar on Gender Parity & Property Rights of Women Inaugurated by Shri Justice Y.K. Sabharwal, Judge, Supreme Court of India Chair: Smt. Justice Leila Seth, former Chief Justice, Himachal Pradesh High Court (Collaboration: Justice Sunands Bhandare Foundation) October 7 Workshop: Preservation of Lutyen’s Delhi The participants included officials from the Govt. of Delhi; Municipal Council; DDA: Delhi Urban Arts Commission; architects and town-planners (Collaboration: INTACH) November 1 Mid-Year Review of the Economy 2003-04 Review presented by Shri Suman Bery, Director-General, National Council for Applied Economic Research Discussants: Dr Alok Ray, Professor of Indian Institute of Management, and Dr Subir Gokaran, Cris-Risk & Information Solutions Co. Ltd Chair: Shri Ajit Mozoomdar (Collaboration: Malcolm and Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust)

28 Workshop on: Science and Technology in the Mountains Speakers: Prof. Harsha Simval, IIT, Roorkee; Prof. Harjeet Singh, School of Social Sciences, JNU; Dr B.K. Joshi, former Vice-Chancellor, Kumaon University; and Prof. A.N. Purohit, former Vice-Chancellor, Garhwal university (Collaboration: Society for Application of Scienceand Technology for Rural Advancement)

29 The Future of Sovereign Equality Speakers included Shri Eric Gonsalves, Prof. C. S. R. Murty, Dr Kapila Vatsyayan, Mr. F. Starcevic and others. December 6 The Fate of Liberalism in Russia (Collaboration: Indian Women’s Association, Moscow)

10-13 International Conference : Women & Migration in Asia (Collaboration: Developing Countries Research Centre, Delhi University)

29 16 the ‘Firangis’ in the Mughal Chancellery: Portuguese Copies of Akbar’s Documents (1572-1604) Welcome Address H.E. Mr. J. J. L. Ferreira Marques, Ambassador of Portugal Chief Guests: Shri , Minister of Tourism and Culture (Collaboration: Embassy of Portugal Cultural Centre)

18-21 Religions in the Indic Civilization (Collaboration: Centre for the Study of Developing Societies and International Association for History of Religions)

22 Grass Roots Innovations: Enterprise Opportunities! An interactive workshop and exhibition on Grassroots Innovations Speakers: Prof. V.S. Chauhan, Director, Intentional Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology; Prof. Anil Gupta, Vice Chairperson National Innovation Foundation; Shri Manish Saxena, CIM (Acting), GIAN North; and Dr B.P. Dhaka, Secretary-General, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Collaboration: Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network, North) January 2004

2-7 KATHA UTSAV ’04 The International Story Festival (Collaboration: Katha and with the support of the European Union Commission, Ford Foundation and others)

24 The Round Table on Reinventing The Public Sector (Collaboration: Centre for industrial and Economic Research, Rashtriya Jagriti Sansthan, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies and Institute of Public Enterprise)

30 APPENDIX II Talks

March 2003 5 The Indian Economy After the Budget Speaker: Dr Manmohan Singh, former Finance Minister Chair: Prof. A.M. Khusro (Collaboration; Federation of Indo-German Societies in India)

7 The Great Brahmaputra Descent-The White Water Rafting Expedition on the Siang in Arunachal Pradesh, December 2002 An illustrated presentation by Nirad Grover, outdoor enthusiast Introduction: Sudhir Sahi (Collaboration; Indian Mountaineering Foundation)

9 Acem Meditation Speaker: Mr. Torbjorn Hobble, teacher, Acem International & Chairman, Acem India

10 Slain by the System - India’s Real Crisis Speaker: Ms. C. B. Muthamma, writer and former diplomat Chair: Ms. Aruna Roy (Collaboration: Viveka Foundation)

11 Strategic Parameters of Indo-US Relations Speaker: Prof. Arthur Waldron, Lauder Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania, USA Chair: Dr. Abid Hussain, former Ambassador to USA

14 The Future of Pakistan Speaker: Shri S.. K. Lambah, former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Chair: Shri J.N. Dixit, former Foreign Secretary

15 Time Reversal Life-Style System ‘Four-by-Four’ Lecture-demonstration on Yogayurveda Naturopathy with emphasis on massage and Pranayama Speaker: Avm (Retd.) S. N. Goyal, MBE, FRGS (Aviyogi Surenji)

31 FLAVOURS OF DELHI 15 ’Aa Tujo Bataon Takdeem Umang Kya Hai...’ Echoes of Delhi Through Oral History Illustrated presentation by Dr. Navina Jafa, Historian and Kathak dancer (Collaboration: Katha)

18 JPC Report on Stock Market and UTI Scams X-Rayed Speaker: Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar, MP Chair: Dr Sanjaya Baru Editor, The Financial Express

20 Indian Journalists in Cambridge Speaker: Prof. W.P. Kirkman, Secretary and Editor, The Cambridge Society, Cambridge University and Fellow, Wolfson College Chair: Shri S. K. Singh (Collaboration: and Cambridge Society)

20 Marvels of Micro Electronics and their Impact on Society Speaker: Dr M. J. Zarabi, Chairman & Managing Director, Semiconductor Complex Ltd Chair: Col. (Retd.) B.K. Rai

ECOLOGICAL SECURITY 21 National Resoruce Management and Ecological Security Speaker: Prof. P.S. Ramakrishnan, Professor of Ecology Jawaharlal Nehru University Chair: Shri V.B. Eswaran (Collaboration: Foundation for Ecological Security)

22 Cosmetic and Gynecological Problems: Uses of Acupuncture and Acuyoga Speaker: Dr O.P. Chhabra, Consultant Acupuncturist, LNJP, G. B. Pant Hospital, and VIMHANS Chair: Dr. Mala Kapur Shankardass (Collaboration: Development, Welfare and Research Foundation)

DIL HI DILLI 25 Savouring Delhi : The Stories of Holi Speaker: Ms. Chair: Shri Akhilesh Mithal (Collaboration: Katha)

POCHHMMER MEMORIAL LECTURE 2003 26 India, Pakistan and Kashmir Speaker: Shri M.K Rasgotra, former Foreign Secretary Chair: Prof. A.M. Khusro (Collaboration: Federation of Indo-German Societies in India)

32 27 Jounalistic Ethics in a Multi-cultural World Speaker: Prof. Dr Michael Kunczik, Institute of Communication, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany Chair: Mr. Heiko Sievers (Collaboration: Max Mueller Bhawan)

Sir John Crawford Lecture 28 International Health Advances in a Troubled World: Challenges for International Cooperation Speaker: Sir Gustav Nossal, currently Chairman, Strategic Advisory Council, Bill & Melinda Gates Children’s Vaccine Programme Chair: Dr Manmohan Singh, MP (Collaboration: NCAER and Australia-lndia Council)

31 Human Development for Whom? Speaker: Prof. Joan P. Mencher, Cultural Anthropologist and Development Consultant, The City University of New York Chair: Prof. T. K. Oommem

April 2 U.K. Foreign Policy Speaker: Sir Rob Young, KCMG. British High Commissioner Chair: Shri M. K. Rasgotra, former Foreign Secretary

SIGN OF HOPE 10 A Successful Story in the Field of Waste: Bio-Medical Waste Speaker: Smt. Shamla Mani, Centre for Environment Education Chair: Prof. D.K. Banerjee, School of Social Sciences, JNU (Collaboration: Kalpavriksh)

15 The Gulf War and India’s Interest: The Current Situation and Likely Future Speaker: Shri R.M. Abhyankar, Secretary (Asia & N. ), Ministry of External Affairs and Chairman of the Crisis Management Committee on Iraq Chair: Shri I.P. Khosla, former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs

DIMENSIONS OF SCIENCE 16 What is Science? Speakers: Prof. R. Rajaraman, School of Physical Sciences, JNU Chair: Prof. Deepak Pental (Collaboration: NISTADS)

33 21 Stress Management and Health Through Meditation Speaker: Lt. Gen. V.K. Kapur, PVSM, Commandant, Army War College, Mhow Introduction: Cmde K.N. Venugopal (Another session was held on 23rd April)

24 Children and Chemical Safety Speaker: Dr Alexander von Hildebrand, Environmental Hea1th Regional Advisor, WHO Introduction: Shri Agarwal (Collaboration: Toxics Link)

25 People’s Access to ANTI-AIDS Treatment in Developing Countrles:Evidence from India and Thailand Speaker: Ms. Samira Guennit, Centre for Human Sciences (Collaboration: Centre for Human Sciences)

ECOLOGICAL SECURITY 28 Media for Ecological Security Speaker: Dr N. Bhaskara Rao, Director, Centre for Media Studies Chair: Shri B.G. Verghese (Collaboration: Foundation for Ecological Security)

29 War on the Roads Speaker: Prof. , Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, AIIMS Chair: Dr M. M. Kapur

30 Right Action as a Facet of Life Speaker: Dr Deepti Vishwanath, Vedanta Institute May

DIMENSIONS OF SCIENCE 8 SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Speaker: Dr V. K.Vijayan. Director, Patel Chest Institute Chair: Dr S. P. Agarwal, Director-General, Health Services. Govt. of India (Collaboration: NISTADS)

13 Travels in Ladakh An illustrated presentation by Dalip Mehta Introduction: Sudhir Sahi (Collaboration: Indian Mountaineering Foundation)

34 20 Increasing Post-Tax Income Speaker: Shri S. R. Wadhwa, former Chairman. Settlement Commission Chair: Shri Ajit Mozoomdar

23 Indian Economy in the Shadow of Globalisation Speaker: Prof. Sunanda Sen, Visiting Professor, Academy of Studies, Chair: Shri Ajit Mozoomdar

27 Electronics in Modern Warfare Speaker: Lt. Gen. D. P. Sehgal, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC, currently Director-General, Signals Army HQ Chair: Lt. Gen. (Retd.) V.R. Raghavan June 6 Reversal of Heart Disease by Meditation Speaker: Dr S. C. Manchanda, Chairman, Dept. of Cardiology, Metro Heart Institute and former Head, Dept. of Cardiology, AIIMS Chair: Dr Mala Kapur Shankardass (Collaboration: Development, Welfare and Research Foundation)

7 Global Truth and Reconciliation Speaker: Dr. M. Radh Achuthan, Professor of Physics, Southampton College, Long Island University, New York Chair: Shri Sanjoy Hazarika

DIMENSIONS OF SCIENCE 10 Information and Communication Technology - The Role of War and Pornography Speaker: Dr Rajesh Kochhar, Director, NISTADS Chair: Dr N. Vijayaditya, Director General, NIC (Collaboration: NISTADS)

INDIA’S SPRITUAL LEGACY 13 Brahman, The One Without a Second: Ancient India’s Vision of the Supreme reality and 14 Yoga of the Baghavad Gita: The Ever-Green Message of an Ancient Classic A two-part lecture series by Prof. T. R. Anantharaman, Chancellor, Ashram Atmadeep, Research Centre for India’s Heritage Chair: Dr. Deepti Vishwanath, Vedanta Institute, Delhi

35 17 Rainwater Harvesting Speaker: Ms. Sumita Dasgupta, Coordinator, Natural Resource Management Unit, Centre for Science and Environment Chair: Shri Samar Singh

18 Digital Signatures Speaker: Shri K. N. Gupta, Controller of Certifying Authorities, Ministry of Communication & Information Technology Chair: Dr N. Vijayaditya, Director-General, NIC

27 Cable Confusion Speaker: Col. (Retd.) V. C. Khare. Consultant on Broadband Networking Chair: Dr Utpal K. Banerjee July

ECOLOGICAL SECURITY 2 Human Health and Ecological Security Speaker: Ms. Sunita Narain, Director. Centre for Science and Environment Chair: Dr Ranjit Roy Chaudhury (Collaboration: Foundation for Ecological Security)

DIMENSIONS OF SCIENCE 3 New Biology: Educational and Research Prospects Speaker: Prof. Deepak Pental, Director. University of Delhi, South Campus Chair: Dr J. M. Khanna, Executive Director & President. Jubilant Organosys (Collaboration: NISTADS)

9 Impressions of a Diplomatic Career Speaker: H.E. Sir Rob Young, KCMG. British High Commissioner Chair: Shri S. K. Singh, former Foreign Secretary

10 Saudi Arabia: Prospects for Political Change? Speaker: Shri Talmiz Ahmed, former Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Chair: Shri Hamid Ansari

DURGABAI DESHMUKH MEMORIAL LECTURE 2003 15 The Promise and Problems of Today’s Biology and Biotechnology Speaker: Dr P. M. Bhargava, Founder-Director. Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad Chair: Dr Ranjit Nair, Director, Centre for and Foundations of Science (Collaboration: Council for Social Development) 36 17 Education, Conflict and the North East Speaker: Dr Pradip Bhattacharya. Vice-chancellor, Tezpur University, Assam Chair: Dr Bhupinder Singh (Collaboration: Centre for North East Studies & Policy Research)

22 Cellphone Wars Speaker: Shri P. S. Saran, former Secretary, Govt. of India and Member, Telecom Commission Chair: Shri S. M. Agarwal, former Secretary. Communications

24 The Important Bird Areas Programme Speaker: Dr Asad Rehmani, Director, Bombay Natural History Society Chair. Shri Vinod Rishi, Additional DG (Wildlife), Ministry of Environment and Forests (Collaboration: Samarpan Foundation)

THE ELEVENTH ROSALIND WILSON MEMORIAL LECTURE 28 Theatre in India-The Emerging of a New Form Speaker: Shri Bhaskar Ghose

29 Economic Empowerment of Women Speaker: Ms. Ranjana Kumar, Chairperson and Managing Director, Indian Chair: Dr Sarala Gopalan, former Secretary. Women and Child Development August 7 Linking of the Rivers of India Speaker: Shri Suresh Prabhu, Chairman, Task Force, Interlinking of Rivers, Govt. of India Chair: Dr L. M. Singhvi, M.P.

9 Governing the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Speaker: Shri N. N. Jha, Governor of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands Chair: Shri Bharat Wariavwala

PREM BHATIA MEMORIAL LECTURE 2003 11 The World Order After lraq Speaker: Mr. Lakshman Kadirgamar, former Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka and currently Senior Advisor to the President, Mrs. Chandrika Kumaratunga Chair: Shri J. N. Dixit, former Foreign Secretary (Collaboration: Prem Bhatia Memorial Trust)

37 13 Recent Research on Alchi Monastery Illustrated lecture by Dr Christian Luczanits, inflate for South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, Vienna University, Austria Chair: Dr Kapila Vatsyayan

ECOLOGICAL SECURITY 14 Accounting for Ecological Security Speaker: Dr R. K. Pachauri, Director, The Energy and Resources Institute Chair: Shri Suresh Prabhu (Collaboration: Foundation for Ecological Security)

16 Peace in the North East: The Dimensions of IT Speaker: Shri Subimal Bhattcharjea, Vice President, Argus Technologies Chair: Shri Chaman Lal, former Director-General of Police, Nagaland (Collaboration: Centre for North East Studies & Policy Research)

NEW LIGHT ON THE BEGINNINGS OF INDIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE 18 In Search of the Harappans in the Rigveda: A Rational Approach and 19 The Language of the Harappans & the Origin of Sanskrit A two-part lecture series by Dr Malati J. Shendge, Indologist Chair: Dr Subhash Malik 25 Ecology and Conservation of the Narcondam Hornbill in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Speaker: Dr H.S.A. Yahya, Professor & Chairman, Dept. of Wildlife Sciences, Muslim University Chair: Dr Shekhar Singh (Collaboration: Samarpan Foundation)

27 Domestic Burns: Prevention and Emergency Management Illustrated lecture by Dr J. L. Gupta, Consultant in Bums, Plastic & Maxillofacial Surgery and formerly, Professor of Plastic Surgery, University of Delhi and Head, Dept, of Burns, Plastic & Maxillofacial Surgery, Safdarjung Hospital Chair: Dr S.N. Mukherjee

28 The Road to Mandalay and Beyond An illustrated lecture by Shri Sanjoy Hazarika, well known journalist, author and an expert on North East India Chair: Dr Ranjit Roy Chowdhury

38 30 Muslim Architecture of Ahmedabad An illustrated presentation by Ms. Jutta Jain, author and well known Art Historian (Collaboration: The Gujarati Club, New Delhi)

30 A Personal View of India-Bhutan Relations Speaker: Crown Prince of Bhutan, His Royal Highness Dasho Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck Chair: Dr Kapila Vatsyayan September 1 Gender Justice and Community Rights Speaker: Ms. Vrinda Narain, Delhi based Lawyer, Chair: Ms. Shahla Haidar (Collaboration: Indian Humanist Union)

DIMENSIONS OF SCIENCE 2 Ancient Indian Astronomy Speaker: Prof. Michio Yano. Faculty of Cultural Studies, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan Chair: Dr A. K. Bag (Collaboration: NISTADS)

3 Expedition to the Everest Massif, 2003 Illustrated lecture by Col. Ashok Abbey, leader of the Joint Indo- Nepalese Army expedition Introduction: Sudhir Sahi

5 High Altitude Wetlands of Ladakh Speaker: Dr Parikshit Gautam, Director (Endangered Spaces), World Wide Fund for Nature-India Chair: Shri Ashok Jaitley, former Chief Secretary, Jammu & Kashmir (Collaboration: Samarpan Foundation)

10 Post-Saddam Iraq Speaker: Shri Satish Jacob, senior journalist and author of Satish Jacob from Hotel Palestine, Baghdad: Pages From a War Diary Chair: Prof. A. K. Pasha, Director, Gulf Studies Programme, JNU

11 India and Burma/Myanmar Relations: From Idealism to Realism Speaker: Mr. Renaud Egreteau, who is presently working on his Ph.D. in International Relations at Centre for Human Sciences, Chair: Dr C. Raja Mohan, Strategic Editor, The Hindu (Collaboration: Centre for Human Sciences)

39 13 The Biology of Yoga Speaker: Dr N. Kochupillai, former Professor & Head, Dept. of Endocrinology, AIIMS Chair: Dr Karan Singh, M.P.

15 Exporting Through E-Commerce Speaker: Dr Dipankar Sengupta, Research Fellow, Centre for Human Sciences Chair: Shri P. S. Saran, former Secretary, Govt. of India and Member, Telecommunications Commission (Collaboration: Centre for Human Sciences)

17 Quality of Life Considerations in Health and Medical Care Speaker: Prof. Wilfred Lorenz, Director, Institute of Theoretical Surgery, University of Marburg, Germany Chair: Dr V. R. Minocha, Professor of Surgery, University College of Medical Sciences & Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital

19 Excavations at Kashipur, Uttranchal Speaker: Shri D. V. Sharma, Archaeological Survey of India Chain Shri B. M. Pande

25 The Thrill of the Ham Radio A live demonstration by Shri S. Suri, Executive Chairman & Director, National Institute of Amateur Radio and Smt. Bharati Prasad Chair: Col. B. K. Rai

26 A Mountain Journey in Central Garhwal and Ascent of Lampak Peak, 2003 An illustrated presentation by Dr P. M. Das, IPS Introduction: Sudhir Sahi (Collaboration: Indian Mountaineering Foundation)

27 An Assessment of the Second Summit of the African Union (Maputo July 2003) Speaker: Prof. K. N. Mathews, Professor of African Studies, University of Delhi Chair: Shri Shashank, Secretary (EAA), Ministry of External Affairs

30 Democracy Indian Style-Subhas Chandra Bose and the Creation of India’s Political Culture Speaker: Dr Anton Pelinka, Professor of Political Science, University of Innsbruck & Director, Institute of Conflict Research, Vienna and author of the book of the same title Chief Guest: Shri I. K. Gujral (Collaboration: Embassy of Austria)

40 October

4th ALBERT HOWARD MEMORIAL LECTURE 2003 2 Pushing Hope’s Edge: How Communities are Putting Nature and People Before Corporations & Profits Speaker: Ms. Frances Moore Lappe, author of the best-seller ‘Diet for a Small Planet’, co-founder of Institute for Food and Development Policy and Centre for Living Democracy, Recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, 1997 Chair: Dr Vandana Shiva (Collaboration: Navdanya)

13 Meet the Environment Ambassador from Britain Dr Mike Birkhead who spoke on Wild Films Chair: Dr N. Bhaskara Rao, Chairman, National Media Centre (Collaboration: British Council Division and Samarpan Foundation)

14 Perspectives on China: What makes it Tick An illustrated lecture by Prof. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, President, Delhi Society for Promotion of Rational Use of Drugs Chair: Dr Mira Sinha Bhattacharjea

22 Kipling’s Fearful Bengali Speaker: Prof. Tirthankar Bose, Dept. of English, Simon Fraser University, Canada Chair: Prof. Sabyasachi Bhattacharya

23 Reinventing the Ramayana in 20th Century Bengali Literature Speaker: Dr Mandakranta Bose, Professor Emerita, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia, Canada Chair: Prof. Kunal Chakrabarti

28 The Good Friday Agreement, 1998 Speaker: H.E. Mr. Philip McDonagh, Ambassador of Ireland to India Chair: Shri Eric Gonsalves November

ON THE OCCASION OF NIKHIL CHAKRAVARTY’S

90TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY 3 India-Pakistan: Walls Must Come Down Keynote address by Dr Mubashir Hasan, former Minister of Finance and Planning, Pakistan Chair: Prof. Muchkund Dubey (Collaboration: Nikhil Chakravartty Memorial Foundation)

41 3 The Magic of Words Speaker: Shri Anu Garg, author of the bestseller ‘A Word a Day’ and founder Wordsmith.org an online community of more than 5,00,000 word lovers in 200 countries Chair: Dr Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Professor of Linguistics, IIT

4-5 Ancient Iraq: A World of Permeable Frontiers Two Illustrated lectures by Dr. Shereen Ratnagar, archaeologist and former Fellow of the British School of Archeology in lraq Chair: Dr Subhash Malik

6 The War on Terrorism and the Impact on Nuclear Disarmament Speaker: Prof. Paolo Costa-Ramusino, Secretary General, Pugwash International Chair: Dr C. Raja Mohan, Pugwash India

6 DNA, Genes and Genomes Speaker; Dr D. Balasubramanian, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad Chair: Dr V. S. Chauhan

MEET THE ENVIRONMENT AMBASSADOR FROM BRITAIN 11 Biodiversity Conversation-Does it Matter? The U.K. Experience Speaker: Dr Simon Lyster, world renowned wildlife campaigner and endangered species conservationist. Dr Lyster was formerly Director General of Wildlife Trusts, UK and is currently on the Darwin Advisory Committee. Chair: Shri Duleep Mathai (Collaboration: British Council Division and Samarpan Foundation)

14 Mother Terasa Speaker: Shri Navin Chawla, author of the book on Mother Teresa (Collaboration; Foundation)

17 Yogic Breathing and Stress Coping Speaker: Prof. N. Kochupillai, former Professor & Head, Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, AIIMS Chair: Cmde. K. N. Venugopal

SIGNS OF HOPE/SEEDS OF HOPE 18 Film: Who is Killing Delhi’s Greens? Directed by Krishnendu Bose Followed by

42 Protecting Urban Greens-Delhi A Case Study An illustrated presentation by Shri Prabhakar Rao Lecturer, College, and member, Kalpavriksh Chair: Shri Pradeep Malhotra (Collaboration: Kalpavriksh and Lokayan)

19 New Labour-New Tories? Speaker: Prof. David Rubinstein, specialist in Britain of 19th and 20th centuries with a special focus on the rise of the women’s movement and the rise of the Labour movement Chair: Prof. S. K. Goyal

25 The US Presidential Campaign and US Foreign Policy Speaker: Shri Pramit Palchowdhury, The Hindustan Times Chair: Dr C. Raja Mohan

S. RANGANATHAN MEMORIAL LECTURE 2003 25 What Ails the Nation? Speaker: Dr P.C. Alexander, MP, former Governor of Maharashtra Chair: Shri Keshub Mahindra (Collaboration; S. Ranganathan Charitable Foundation)

26 Iraq: The American Neo-Conservatives’ Scenario Gone Sour Speaker: Shri Dilip Hiro, London-based writer. journalist and author of several books Chair: Shri I. P. Khosla

29 Hearing Problems Illustrated lecture by Dr. A.K. Lahiri, Senior Consultant, ENT, Sir Gangaram Hospital Chair: Dr S. N. Mukherjee December

DIMENSIONS OF SCIENCE 1 The Making of a Sadhu-An Enquiry into Higher States of Mental Health Speaker: Prof. Ravi Kapur, JRD Tata Visiting Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Chair: Dr J. S. Neki, former Director, Post-Graduate Institute for Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh (Collaboration: NISTADS)

43 2 The Irish Sadhu Experience on the Edge of Early Medieval Europe: Exploring the Great Monastery of Skellig Michael (World Heritage Site) An illustrated lecture by Mr. Grellan Rourke, senior architect with the Irish Heritage Service Chair: H. E. Mr. Philip McDonagh Ambassador of Ireland Organized on the occasion of the EU Cultural Weeks in India and in collaboration with the Embassy of Ireland

TO MARK THE 65TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK 6 Modernisation of the Empire and Transformation into a Republic: The Leadership of Kemal Ataturk Speaker: Prof. Dr Ilber Ortayli, eminent Historian and senior Professor & Chairman of Legal History, University of Galatasaroy. Ankara Chair: Shri Vinod Grover (Collaboration: Embassy of Turkey)

THE THIRD ANNUAL LECTURE ON THE GIRL CHILD OF SOUTH ASIA 8 The Girl Child’s Right to Knowledge and Education for Full Citizenship Speaker: Dr Manzoor Ahmed of Education Watch, Bangladesh (Collaboration: NGO Alliance on the Rights of the Girl Child)

10 My Fifty Years in Art Education-Relevance and Implication for India Speaker: Dr Prabha Sahasrabudhe Director/Secretary, Centre for International Art Education, Teacher’s College, Columbia University, USA Chair: Dr Kapila Vatsyayan

10 Soil, Soul and Society: Integrating Ecological, Spiritual and Society Development Speaker: Shri Satish Kumar, Programme Director, Schumacher College, Devon, England Chair: Prof T. K. Oommen, Chairman, Schumacher Centre, Delhi (Collaboration: Schumacher Centre, Delhi)

THE 14TH PADMAPANI LECTURE 2003 11 Concept of Mahapurusha and Rishi in Buddhism Speaker: Prof. N.H. Samtani, former Hony. Director, Centre for Mahayana Buddhist Studies, Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh Chair: Dr Lokesh Chandra (Collaboration: Tibet House)

44 12 20th Century China Through the Experience of Three Generations of Women Speaker: Madame Jung Chang well known Chinese writer and author of ‘Wild Swans’ Chair: Shri S.K. Singh

12 Future of Society Speaker: Prof. Henrietta Moore, Deputy Director, London School of Economics Chair: Prof. Dipankar Gupta

16 Council on Foreign Relations and Asia Society Task Force Report on South Asia Speaker: Mr. Dennis Kux, former Ambassador and Project Executive Director, CFR-AS Chair: Cmde C. Uday Bhaskar

17 Patrick Geddes in Inc. 1914-24: Town Planner Extraordinary and Seer of the Future An illustrated lecture by Prof. Meller, Department of History, School of History and Art History, University of Nottingham Chair: Dr Narayani Gupta

20 Buddhist Tantra as Fulfilling Buddha’s Vow: From Lotus Sutra, through Uttara Tantra to the Kalachakra Speaker: Dr Robert Thurman, renowned Buddhist scholar from USA Chair: Prof. Arvind Sharma (Collaboration: Tibet House) January 2004 8 Annual Get-Together of Library and Information Science Professionals Overseas Programme of Library of Congress with Special Reference to South Asia Speaker: Ms. Laila Mulgaonkar, Field Director, Library of Congress, New Delhi Chair: Shri K. Jayakumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Culture (Collaboration: DELNET)

THE CHANGING ROLE OF MUSEUMS IN INDIA 9 Museum and Education Speaker: Dr R.C. Sharma, former Director-General,National Museum Chair; Shri M.C. Joshi (Collaboration: National Museum Institute)

45 12 Tamil Textual Tradition and the Art of Drumming Speaker: Prof. Venkatsubramanian, Professor of History, University of Delhi and well known percussionist Chair: Shri Ramaswamy R. Iyer Prof. Venkatasubramanian also presented a demonstration

13 Reporting the Raj: The British Press and India c. 1880-1922 Speaker: Dr Chandrika Kaul, Lecturer in Modem History. University of St. Andrews, Scotland and author of a book of the same title Chair: Dr Partho Dutta

C.D. DESHMUKH MEMORIAL LECTURE 2004 14 Corporate Governance and its Relevance to India Speaker: Shri N. R. Narayana Murthy. Chairman, Infosys Chair: Dr Karan Singh M.P.

15 Investing Correlations between Pre-Modern Development and Recent Economic Growth around the World Speaker: Dr Louis Putterman, Professor of Economics, Brown University, USA Chair; Dr Andre Beteille, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics (Collaboration: Planning and Policy Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute)

DIMENSIONS OF SCIENCE 20 The Brain and the Mind Speaker: Prof. Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath, Director, National Brain Research Centre, Manesar Chair: Dr Rajat Ray (Collaboration: NISTADS)

THE CHANGING ROLE OF MUSEUMS IN INDIA 29 The Museum as National Speaker: Dr Kavita Singh, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University Chair: Dr Geeti Sen (Collaboration: National Museum Institute)

31 Seeds and Civilisation Speaker: Prof. H.Y. Mohan Ram, formerly with the Department of Botany, University of Delhi Chair: Dr S. Varadarajan

46 APPENDIX III Discussions

March 2003 6 Dealing with Global Terrorism-The Way Forward Speakers: Lt Gen. (Retd.) S. Khajuria; Mr. Feodor Starcevic, Director, U.N. Information Centre; and Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Vinod Saighal, author of the book of the same title Chair: Shri A.K. Damodaran

12 Do We Have Right to Clean Water? Panelists: Prof. V.P. Srivastava, Water Expert, Azadi Bachao Andolan; Mr.Wajahat Habibullah, Secretary, Dept. of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; Dr B. Sengupta, Member Secretary, Central Pollution Control Board and Prof. Sriram Khanna, Managing Trustee, VOICE Introduction: Shri Ravi Agarwal (Collaboration: Toxics Link)

29 The Gulf Crisis Speakers: Shri Hamid Ansari and Shri G. Parthasarathy, former Indian Ambassadors Chair: Dr C. Raja Mohan, Strategic Affairs Editor. The Hindu April 3 The Health Delivery Systems-Special Importance in Rural Areas Speakers: Shri J.V.R. Prasada Rao, Secretary, Family Welfare; Shri Parimal Bardhan, European Commission; Shri Alok Perti, former Health Secretary, Assam & currently, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence Production; and Shri Alok Shukla, Secretary, Family Welfare, Chhattisgarh

8 Dil Hi Dilli A People’s Panel Moderator: Ms. Kishwar Ahluwalia (Collaboration: Katha)

47 9 Islamic Mysticism: Remembering Annemarie Schimmel Speakers: Dr Ausaf Ali, Hamdard Institute and Prof. , Zakir Hussain, Inst. of Islamic Studies and Jamia Millia Islamia Chair: Dr. Dagmar Bernstorff (Collaboration: Federation of German Societies in India)

12 Aging Women and Abuse: Concerns and Need for Action Speakers: Smt. Kanwaljit Deol, Joint Commissioner of Police; Smt. Anjali Rai, Chairperson. Delhi Commission for Women; Dr Shymala Pappu, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India; and Smt. Kiran Puri, Development, Welfare and Research Foundation Chair: Dr Mala Kapur Shankardass (Collaboration: Development. Welfare and Research Foundation)

17 Blood and Sand: The West Asian Tragedy Speakers: Prof. Gulshan Dietl, Centre for West Asian Studies, SIS, JNU; Shri K.P. Fabian, former Indian Ambassador and Shri S. Nihal Singh, author of the book of the same title Chair: Shri S.K. Singh

19 Delhi Master Plan 2021: Gearing up People’s Participation Main presentation by Smt. Geeta Dewan Verma, Professional Planner and author of Slumming India Chair: Prof. Nalini Thakur

22 Political Modernization in West Asia: Problems and Prospects Speakers: Dr A.K. Pasha. Centre for West Asian Studies, SIS, JNU; and Dr C. Raja Mohan, Strategic Affairs Editor. The Hindu Chair: Shri Hamid Ansari

25 War in Iraq: Issues for the Future Speakers: Dr C. Raja Mohan, Strategic Affairs Editor, The Hindu; and Shri Siddharth Varadarajan, Moderator: Prof. Gulshan Dietl, Centre for West Asian Studies SIS, JNU (Collaboration: Association of Indian Diplomats) May 1 Delhi Master Plan 2021: Gearing up People’s Participation Moderator: Ms. Gita Diwan Verma Chair: Shri D. Raghunandan Delhi Science Forum

2 Release of book & IIC Quarterly by Dr Karan Singh, MP followed by a discussion on ‘National Culture versus Cultural Nationalisms’ Speakers: Shri Chandan Mitra; Smt. Jaya Jaitley and Dr Ashis Nandy (Collaboration: Sage Publications) 48 9 Launch of the IIC Website Introduction: Shri P.R. Sivasubramanian. CFA, IIC Speakers: Dr N. Vijayaditya, DG, NIC; Ms. Neeta Verma, Technical Director, NIC Inaugurated by Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President IIC

10 Delhi Master Plan 2021: Gearing Up People’s Participation Main theme paper by Ms. Aruna Bhowmick, Resident, Hauz Khas Chair: Ms. Poonam Prakash

13 Plundering the Heritage by Whom? The Case of Iraq Museum Speakers: Shri M.C. Joshi, former Director-General, Archaeological Survey of India; Dr Kavita Singh. Centre for Art & Aesthetics, JNU, Prof. Gulshan Dietl, Centre for West Asian Studies, SIS, JNU; and Dr Hari Vasudevan Chair: Dr Kapila Vatsyayan

DELHI MASTER PLAN 2021: GEARING UP PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION 17 Focus on Heritage Chair: Prof. Nalini Thakur

19 Contaminating Groundwater: Destroying Our Last Reserves Panelists: Dr B. Sengupta, Member Secretary, Central Pollution Control Board; Dr P.S. Datta, Project Director & Professor, Nuclear Research Laboratory, Indian Agricultural Research Institute and Shri P. C. Chaturvedi Member (Survey, Assessment and Monitoring), Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources Moderator: Shri Ravi Agarwal (Collaboration: Toxics Link)

21 War and the Media Speakers: Ms. Sevanti Ninan, Editor. Media Watch Website and Dr W.S.H. Awwad, South Asia Bureau Chief, Al-Arabiya Chair: Shri G. Parthasarathy

24 Crossing the Rubicon: The Shaping of India’s New Foreign Policy Discussion on the book by Dr C. Raja Mohan Speakers: Shri Yashwant Sinha, Minister of External Affairs; Shri A. K. Damodaran, former Indian Ambassador and Shri Inder Malhotra, senior journalist Chair: Shri N. N. Vohra

`26Women in the Middle East: Changing Perceptions Speakers: Dr P. C. Jain, Centre for West Asian Studies. JNU and Dr Richa Singh. Heinrich Boell Foundation Chair: Prof. Gulshan Dietl 49 DELHI MASTER PLAN 2021: GEARING UP PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION 28 Focus on Parking A round table discussion

DELHI MASTER PLAN 2021: GEARING UP PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION 31 Focus on Informal Sector A round table discussion June

DELHI MASTER PLAN 2021: GEARING UP PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION 2 Focus on Industries Chair: Ms. Geeti Diwan Verma

DELHI MASTER PLAN 2021: GEARING UP PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION 9 Focus on Water Chair: Ms. Poonam Prakash

DELHI MASTER PLAN 2021: GEARING UP PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION 16 Focus on Slums A round-table discussion

17 Book Discussion Group Lt. Gen. (Retd.) V. R. Raghavan and Shri P. S. Bawa discussed Terrorism Inc by Bhure Lal (New Delhi: Siddharth Pub. 2002) Chair: Shri N. N. Vohra

DELHI MASTER PLAN 2021: GEARING UP PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION 19 Focus on Metro A round-table discussion

20 Affirmative Action: Beyond Reservations Main presentations: Prof. Aswini Ray, Political Scientist and Prof. T. K. Oommen, Sociologist Speakers: Ms. Madhu Kishwar, Editor, Manushi; Dr Gopal Guru, Dept. of Political Science, University of Delhi and Shri Rashid Shewani, Member, Minorities Commission Chair: Lt. Gen. (Retd.) A. N. Sethna

21 Indian Troops for Iraq: Pros and Cons? Speakers: Shri Hamid Ansari; Prof. Prabhat Patnaik, Dr C. Raja Mohan, Shri Praful Bidwai, Shri K. P. Fabian, Dr Anuradha Chenoy, Dr Achin Vanaik and Lt. Gen. (Retd.) V. R. Raghavan Chair: Shri S. Nihal Singh

50 DELHI MASTER PLAN 2021: GEARING UP PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION

23 WRAPPING UP Chair: Prof. Nalini Thakur

25 Political Development: Risk, Anxiety and Innovation Speakers: Prof. Sushil Kumar, Indian Institute of Advanced Study and author of the monograph of the same title; Prof Aswini Ray, former Professor, JNU; and Prof. Riyaz Punjabi, International Centre for Peace Studies Chair: Shri S. K. Singh

26 Are you Ageing? Some Ways to Delay the Process Public lectures and open forum Speakers: Dr Kalyan Bagchi, President, Society for Gerontological Research; Dr Sangeeta Sharma, Associate Professor, Dept. of Neuropshycho Pharmacology, IHBAS; Dr A. B. Dey, Additional Professor of and Chief, Geriatric Clinic, AIIMS; and Ms. Seema Puri, Reader, Food and Nutrition, University of Delhi (Collaboration: Society for Gerontological Research)

30 Remembering George Tanham Speaker: Shri Inder Malhotra; Dr C. Raja Mohan; Air Cmde Jasjit Singh, Shri S. K. Singh and Mr. Ashley Tellis (Collaboration: Delhi Policy Group) July 4 Globalisation of the Indian Economy-Need for Free and Fair Trade Speakers: Shri Ajit Kumar Sinha: Shri Pari Parmeshwar and Shri Arun Goyal Chair: Dr Ramesh K. Jalan

5 Book Discussion Group Dr Sona Khan and Prof. J.P.S. Uberoi discussed Communal Rage in Secular India by Rafiq Zakaria (Mumbai:Popular Prakashan, 2003) Chair: Dr B.P. Singh

15 Book Discussion Group Dr P. Manchanda and Shri V.K. Agarwa1 discussed Yoga Without Sweat or Strain by R.K. Palhan (New Delhi: Minerva Press, 2002) Chair: Swami Vedananda Saraswati

26 Human Values in Teacher Education Presentation by Dr Kamala Menon, Principal of Mirambika School Chair: Smt. Indu Pillay, Director, The Mother’s lnternational School

51 31 Memorial meeting for Dr Kathleen Raine Speakers: Dr Karan Singh, MP; Dr Santosh Pall; Shri Keshav Malik; Smt. Sima Sharma; Dr Ramachandra Gandhi; Smt. Piloo Jungalwalla; and Dr L. M. Singhvi, MP Chair: Dr Kapila Vatsyayan August

DIMENSIONS OF SCIENCE 5 Science Seen from Outside Speakers: Prof. Krishna Kumar, University of Delhi; and Shri Rajeev Lochan, Director, National Gallery of Modern Art Chair: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi (Collaboration: NISTADS)

8 Book Discussion Group Dr Patrcia Uberoi and Smt. Gayatri Devi Sinha discussed Feminine Fables: Imaging the Indian Woman in Painting, Photography and Cinema by Geeti Sen (Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing 2002) Chair: Smt. Aruna Vasudev Roy

22 Film Exporting Harm: The Hi-Tech Trashing of Asia (video; 23 min; English) Film by Basel Action Network Followed by a discussion : Computer Scrap: Toxic Legacy of the Information Age Speakers: Shri Prashanto Kumar Roy and Dr D.V. Boralkar, Asstt. Member Secretary. Central Pollution Control Board Introduction: Shri Ravi Agarwal (Collaboration: Toxics Link)

25 Reforms in : The Delhi University Experience Speakers: Prof. Deepak Nayyar, Vice-Chancellor, Delhi University; Dr Nivedita Menon, Reader, Department of Political Science, Delhi University; Dr Shobhit Mahajan, Reader, Dept. of Physics & Astrophysics, Delhi University; and Prof. J.P.S. Uberoi, former Professor of Sociology, Delhi University Moderator: Shri Pankaj Butalia]

30 Recent Developments in India-Pakistan Relations Speakers: Shri Prem Shankar Jha, Shri Hamid Ansari and Shri S. K. Lambah Chair: Shri S. K. Singh 52 September 2 Memorial Meeting for Prof. Ilya Prigogine, Nobel Laureate (1917-2003) Speakers: Prof. M. G. K. Menon, Prof. Ranjit Nair; Dr Karan Singh, MP, and Dr Kapila Vatsyayan (Collaboration: Centre for Philosophy and Foundations of Science)

Europe-Eurasia Series 4 ‘Old Europe’, New Europe’ and the Iraq Crisis Panelists: Prof. R. K. Jain, Professor of European Union Studies, JNU; Shri Pramit Palchowdhury, The Hindustan Times; Dr Hari Vasudevan, Academy of Third World Studies, Jamia Milia Islamia Chair: Prof. Madhavan Palat, Centre for Historical Studies, JNU

9 Celebrating Change Makers: Pravah’s Experience with Social Responsibility Education Speakers: Ms. Java Iyer, CEO, Pravah: and Ms. Ruchi Seth, Principal, Delhi Police Public School Chair: Dr Panchapakesan

12 Book Discussion Group Mr. Bill Aitken and Prof. Makarand Paranjape discussed Guru by Your Bedside by S. D. Pandey (New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2003) Chair: Dr Karan Singh, MP

12 The Architecture of an Inclusive Society: Composite Culture Speaker: Prof Mushirul Hasan, Jamia Millia Islamia; Shri Siddharth Varadarajan, The Times of India; Shri A.K. Sherwani, Member, Minorities Commission; Prof. Gopal Guru, University of Delhi Chair: Dr Ajay Mehra (Collboration: Mudrit Publishers)

21 To Celebrate World Alzheimer’s Day Organised by ARDSI Delhi Chapter

23 India-China Relations Speakers: Shri C. V. Ranganathan, former Ambassador to China and Shri Omkar Goswami, Confederation of Indian Industries Chair: Prof. Muchkund Dubey, President, Council for Social Development

24 Cola and Water Contamination: Who’s Responsible? Speaker: Shri Pradip Saha, Managing Editor Down to Earth Magazine, CSE; and Dr R. P. Gupta, Agricultural University Moderator: Shri Ravi Agarwal (Collaboration: Toxics Link and NISTADS) 53 28 Memory Loss Interactive Q&A Session on Memory Loss with ARDSI panel of specialists (Collaboration: Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society India)

WORLD HEART DAY, 2003 28 Women, Heart Disease and Stroke Speakers: Dr H.S. Wasir, Batra Hospital; Dr Upkar Ahuja-Kaul, G.B. Pant Hospital; Dr J.C. Mohan, President, Cardiological Society of India (Delhi Branch) ; Dr V. K. Vijayan, V. B. Patel Chest Institute and Dr A. S. Dave (Collaboration: All India Heart Foundation) October 9 Gujarat: Vibrant or in Fear’s Grip? Speakers : Shri Digant Oza. Ahmedabad-based journalist and Shri Mihir Desai Lawyer representing Zaheera Sheikh Chair: Shri Harsh Mander, Action

15 Can Zero Waste be Delhi’s Reality? Speakers: Dr Iqbal Malik, Vatavaran; Shri Rakesh Mehta, Commissioner, MCD; Dr R.C. Trivedi, Central Pollution Control Board Introduction: Shri Ravi Agarwal (Collaboration: Toxics Link)

15 Book Discussion Group Shri N. N. Vohra and Dr R. A. Mashelkar discussed Who is Kalam? : A Good Human Being by R. Ramanathan (New Delhi: Konarak, 2003) Chair: Shri I. K. Gujral

23 Signs of Hope/Seed of Hope Presentation by Anil Joshi, Himalayan Environment Studies and Conservation Organization (Collaboration with Kalpavriksh and Lokayan)

27 The Uniform Civil Code Speakers: Shri B.G. Verghese. Centre for Policy Research; Prof. Imtiaz Ahmed, JNU; and Smt. Jyotsna Chatterji, Joint Women’s Programme Chair: Smt Justice Leela Seth

28 Release of the IIC-Asia Project book India and Australasia: History Culture and Society by Dr Karan Singh, MP Followed by a discussion Speakers: Shri G. Partthasarathy, Shri Hamid Ansari. Dr Manmohini Kaul and Prof. Shri Prakash 54 EUROPE-EURASIA SERIES 29 The Transformation of the European Left: Implications for Global Radicalism Speakers: Dr J. Ruet, Vice Director, C. S. H.; Dr Achin Vanaik Visiting Professor, University of Delhi; Shri Praful Bidwai, Journalist Chair: Prof. Sumit Sarkar. Historian

30 Global Finance at Risk Discussion on Prof. Sunanda Sen’s book Speakers: Dr Jayati Ghosh, JNU; Prof. Prabhat Patnaik, JNU; Shri Praful Bidwai, Journalist Chair: Prof. Mushirul Hasan (Collaboration: Academy of Third World Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia) November 3 Book Discussion Group Dr Kalyan Raipuria and Dr Nagesh Kumar discussed Economic Reforms and Performance by Dr Subramaniam Swamy (New Delhi: Konark Publishers, 2003) Chair: Shri C. V. Ranganathan

DIMENSIONS OF SCIENCE 7 Arsenic in Water Speakers: Dr D.N. Guha Majumdar, former Professor, Institute of Post-Graduate Education and Research, Kolkata; and Dr D. K. Chadha, former Chairperson, Central Ground Water Board Chair: Mr. Mehdi Hasan, Second Secretary (Education). Bangladesh High Commission (Collaboration: NISTADS)

8 Indo-US Relations: Post Iraq Speakers: Dr Y. L. Awwad, South Asia Bureau Chief, Al-Arabiya Television and President, Foreign Correspondents Club of South Asia; and Shri K. P. Fabian, former Indian Ambassador. Chair: Shri Praful Bidwai

COMMERMORATION OF PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING DAY 12 Commemoration Service Readings from ’s broadcast and presentation of songs by choirs from different schools of Delhi Followed by Discussion on Prasar Bharati: A Public Service Broadcaster- Myth or Reality? Co-ordinator: Suhas Borker Mahatma Gandhi’s first and last live broadcast on All India Radio on November 12, 1947, commemorated as Public Service Broadcasting Day (Collaboration: Jan Prasar) 55 19 Do we have Right to Safe Food? Speakers: Shri Sudhir Rahi, Jt. Director, Bureau of Indian Standards and Dr T.K. Joshi, Director, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, LNJP Hospital Chair: Shri Ravi Agarwal (Collaboration : Toxics Link)

20 The Crisis in Sri Lanka? Speakers: Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Ashok Mehta, Defence Analyst and former IPKF; Prof. S. D. Muni, expert on South Asia; and Shri M. R. Narayan Swamy, writer and journalist Chair: Shri S. J. S. Chhatwal former Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka

27 Impact of the Prime Minister’s Visit to Nagaland Lead presentation by Shri Thetfulhouvie Solo, former Principal Secretary, Govt. of Nagaland Speakers: Shri Khogen Singh, News Editor, The Hindustan Times; Dr R. Vashum, Assistant Professor, IGNOU; and Shri Sanjoy Hazarika, Consulting Editor, The Statesman Chair: Lt. Gen. (Retd.) V. K. Nayar (Collaboration: Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research)

28 Occupation, Repression and Resistance in Palestine Speakers: Dr Achin Vanaik, Political Scientist and Shri Qamar Agha, Middle-East expert and political commentator Chair: Shri C. R. Gharekhan, former Indian Ambassador

28 Round Table Discussion with Mr. Chris Patten, Commissioner for External Relations, EU Chair: Shri N. N. Vohra December 4 Book discussion Group Dr Prodipto Roy and Shri Prabhu Ghate discussed Water Perspectives, Issues, Concerns by Ramaswamy R. Ayer (New Delhi: 2003) Chair: Shri Ajit Mozoomdar

56 EUROPE-EURASIA SERIES 5 Russian Parliamentary Elections 2003 Panelist: Prof. Anatoly N. Narezhnye, Vice-Rector, Rostov State University, Rostov-on-Don; Prof. Andrei N. Meduschevsky, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Moscow; and Prof. Valentin V. Shelokaev, Professor, Institute of History. Russian Academy of Science, Moscow Chair: Prof. Madhavan Palat, Centre for Historical Studies, JNU

11 The Smoked Mirror Discussion with leading artists from Mexico-Frances Alys, Pablo Vargas Lugo, Laureana Toledo, Ariel Guzik, Miguel Angel Rios, Christian Cardenas and Luis Alberto Murillo ‘’El Bishop’’

19 Imaging Bhopal Today Photographs by Introduction: Shri Ravi Agarwal, Director. Toxic Link Followed by a Discussion Corporate Responsibility Speakers: Shri Raghu Rai,eminent photo journalist and Padmashree award winner; Dr Usha Ramanathan, Programme Director. International Environmental Law Research Centre, Law Researcher and Teacher; and Prof. Surupa Mukherjee, International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal (Collaboration: Toxics Link)

20 The Heritage Art 0f Kashmir: Kaani Jamavar Weaving An illustrated presentation on Kaani Jamawar weaving, photographed and written by Vidhu Ganjoor and Buzz Burza Chief Guest: Shri Jagmohan, Minister for Tourism and Culture Followed by a discussion Speakers: Shri M. Saleem Beg, Director General for Tourism, Jammu & Kashmir; and Ms. Tinoo Joshi, Development Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles Chair: Shri P. K. Kaul (Collaboration: Samvedana Culture and Heritage Trust)

23 Book Discussion Group Shri J. N. Dixit and Dr Bhagwan Josh, Professor of Modern Indian History, JNU discussed Witness to Partition: A Memoir by B. R. Nanda (Roli Books, New Delhi, 2003) Chair: Shri K. Natwar Singh

57 29 Discussion on SAARC Chair: Shri I. K. Gujral (Collaboration: ICSAC ) January 2004 10 Globalisation and South Asia: Its Multi-Dimensional Perspectives A discussion on the book edited by Achin Vanaik Speakers: Ms. Vidya Subramaniam, The Times of India; Prof. Aijaz Ahmed, Centre for Political Studies, JNU; and Cmde Uday C. Bhaskar, IDSA Chair: Prof. Deepak Nayyar, Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi (Collaboration: Academy of Third World Studies, Jamia Millia lslamia)

SIGNS OF HOPE/SEEDS OF HOPE 16 Apatani Wet Rice Cultivation in Arunachal Pradesh: A Highly Evolved Traditional Agro- Ecosystem Speakers: Prof. R. S. Ramakrishnan, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal University; and Shri Mihin Dollo from Arunachal Pradesh (Collaboration: Kalpravriksh and Lokayan)

30 Book Discussion Group Shri Bharat Wariavwalla and Prof. Peter R.D’Souza discussed The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democrat at Home and Abroad by Fareed Zakaria (New Delhi: Viking, 2003) Chair: Dr D. L. Sheth

31 Debate: UN Has Lost its Relevance Teams from the colleges of Delhi University participated Jury: Shri I. P. Khosla, IFS (Retd); Shri Virender Dayal, former Undersecretary General, ; and Prof. Balveer Arora, Rector, Jawaharlal Nehru University (Collaboration: Hindu College Debating Society)

58 APPENDIX IV Cultural

March 2003

PARAMPARA: THREE GENERATIONS OF BHENDI BAZAAR GHARANA 1 Hindustani Vocal Recitals By Kalyani Potdar from Delhi, disciple of Dr Suhasini Koratkar and by Sharad Karmarkar from , disciple of Pt. T. D. Janorikar

2 Hindustani Vocal Recitals By Dr Suhasini Koratkar from Pune, senior disciple of Pt. T. D. Janorikar and by Pt. T. D. Janorikar, Gum and doyen of the Bhendi Bazaar Gharana

3 ‘If the Earth Should Move..’ Deepa Agarwal read from her recent collection of short stories and also spoke about her other writings in the field of children’s literature Chair: Dr J. P. Das

5 Traditional Sufi Music from Punjab Presented by Barkat Sidhu from Moga (Collaboration: Punjabi Akademy)

7TH BARSI OF PT. AMARNATH-INDORE GHARANA FESTIVAL OF HINDUSTANI CLASSICAL MUSIC

8 Inauguration By Goswami Gokulutsavji Maharaj

Introduction of Indore Gharana by Bindu Chawla

Vocal Recitals By Asit Dey By Pt. Verma

59 9 Pt. Amarnath’s Style and Contribution to the Indore Gharana Speaker: Ms Bindu Chawla Screening of a film on a vocal recital by Pt. Amarnath Vocal Recital By Goswami Gokultsavji Maharaj (Collaboration: Sahitya Kala Parishad)

11 Kuchipudi Recital-Duet By Radha and Mohan from Abhinaya Institute of Dance, Mumbai

16 Carnatic Vocal Recital Compositions of leading Composers from Kerala by Dr T. V. Manikantan and party (Collaboration: Gayathri Fine Arts)

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Centenary Programme On the occasion of the meeting of the Executive Committee of Union Internationale de la Marionnette (UNIMA)

18-22 Glimpses of World Puppets An exhibition of rod, string and shadow puppets from Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Indonesia, Myanmmar, Norway, Nepal, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, UK and USA

PERFORMANCES 18 Tol Bommalata Traditional shadow puppets from Andhra Pradesh By Chidambara who presented episodes from the Ramayana traditionally performed during Mahashivratri

20 Rod Puppets of Presented by Nirapada Mondol Thol Pavakuthu Traditional shadow puppets from Kerala presented by Ramachandra Pullavar who presented episodes from the Ramayana

22 Tol Bommalata Traditional Shadow Puppets from by Selvaraja Traditional Glove Puppets of Bengal By Rampada Gorai

60 23-24 Seminar Puppet: East-West, West-East Opening by Mrs. Magareta Niculescu, President, UNIMA (Collaboration: ICCR and Sangeet Natak Akademi)

22 Spirit of Tibet: An Evening of Traditional Tibetan Folk Dance and Music Presented by Gangjong Doeghar Tibetan Performing Arts Company, Kalimpong, West Bengal (Collaboration: Tibet House and Tibet Foundation, London)

23 A Celebration of Songs Presented by the International opera Ensemble Delhi

24 Bharatnatyam Recital By disciples of Smt. -Lilia Toneva from Bulgaria; Anjani Latchmi from Fiji; Oksana Chogouva from Russia; Lyudmila Khatleuva from Belarus; Hao Zhang from China; Dharshini Mala and Subhashini Muthulingam from Sri Lanka

29 Integral Asia: Indo-Japanese Classical Crossover Music Presented by T.M. Hoffman (shakuhachi, voice) A concert of Japanese classical, folk and modern music; Indian ragas on Japanese and Indian instruments; and lndo-Japanese collaborative works (Collaborations: Indo-Japanese Music Exchange Association; Seven Voice Koto Institute; ICCR Regional office, The Japan Foundation and India Center)

30 Shaam-e-Ghazal Presented by Anjana Chopra, senior artist from Delhi Programme organized as a tribute to the memory of late Rais Mirza (Collaboration: Alaap Bharati)

31 Kathak Recital By Vandana Kaul from Delhi, disciple of Guru Ravi Kumar Gangani April 2 An Evening of Qawalis By Haji Mohd. ldris Qutubi and Mohd. Ilyas Qutubi from the Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki Dargah

3 Folk and Classical Music from Afghanistan Presented by Ustad Eltaf Hussain Sar-ahang and Sharif Ghazal from Afghanistan (Collaboration: Dept. of Persian, Jamia Millia Islamia) 61 5 The Magic of Classical Mime Students of Ecole Francaise de Delhi and Alliance Francaise de Delhi presented a mime show inspired by the Panchatantra and Jean de la Fontaine Followed by Achille et la Tortue-Achille and the Tortoise A musical comedy without words presented by Frederic Herrera, Yves Paraire and Lucas of the Compagnie des Atomes (Collaboration: Alliance Francaise de Delhi)

7 Jal Paree A children’s musical play in Hindustani presented by Living Room Theatre. Written and Directed by Sarita Vohra

9 Hindustani Vocal Recital By Loveleena Kumar, disciple of Ustad Munamvar Ali Khan and Jawad and Mazhar Ali Khan (Collaboration: Sur Sangam)

14 Piano Recital By Susan Sobolewski from USA (Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)

15 Sattriya Dance from Assam By Tarali Das, disciple of Guru Ghankanta Bora Barbayan

23 Bhakti Sangeet Baul Sangeet By Kanhaidas and Devdas Baul Kabir in Folk tradition Presented by Prahlad Singh Tipanya from (Collaboration: Seher)

24 Odissi Recital By Jyoti Shrivastava from Delhi, disciple of Guru Sri Nath Raut, Ramli Ibrahim and Guru Durga Charan Ranbir

25 Informal Encounter- An Evening of Drama Presented by Jasbir Malik, Avijit Dutt, Sunit Tondon, Jagat Rathore, Shekhar Murugan, Sabina Jaitley, Surinder Dugal, Priyanka Gupta, Shibani Puri and Priyanka Nagpal Directed by Bhaskar Ghose Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee A Yatrik presentation (Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India) 62 26 Hindustani Classical Vocal Recital By Pt. Prabhakar karekar, renowned vocalist from Mumbai

28 The ‘Reet’ of Shabad Kirtan Presented by Bhai Baldeep Singh from Delhi Introduction: Smt. Anita Singh (Collaboration: Punjabi academy)

May 2 Odissi Recital By the disciples of Madhavi Mudgal: Somali Bose, Piyali De, Moumita Ghosh, Sunanda Bannerjee, Arushi Mudgal, Sudha Malik, Malavika Maheshwari, Mitali Gutta, Diya Sen, Monica Verma and Sanchita Bhattacharya Conducted and choreographed by Madhavi Mudgal

5 An evening of Recent Poems on Kashmir Readings by Chandrakanta, Kusum Ansal, Gazi Ghulam Nabi Kashmari, Shantiveer Kaul, Shama, Sunita, Taranum Riaz and others Chair: Dr Karan Singh, MP (Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)

6 In Times of Siege Githa Hariharan read from her recently published book and spoke about her other writings Chair: Prof. Malashri Lal

IN MEMORY OF USTAD N. ZAHIRUDDIN DAGAR 7 Carnatic Classical Music-Violin Recital By Viju S. Anand Dhrupad Recital By Ustad F. (Collaboration: Dagar Brothers Memorial Trust)

9 Jazz Workshop With the Bottomline-Dutch Jazz Quartet and Mrigya from India Followed by Jazz Concert By the Bottomline-Dutch Jazz Quartet (Collaboration: Dept. of International Relations, Daimler Chester)

15 Hindustani Classical Music - Flute recital By Hari Mohan Srivastava from Lucknow, disciple of Shri Bholanath and Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia

63 21 Meet the Author Shri Mahesh Elkunchwar ,Marathi playwright from Nagpur (Collaboration: Sahitya Akademi)

24 Prekshapate -Rabindra Sangeet in Retrospective Presented by Maya Chakraborty from Kolkata, disciple of Shri

30 Kuchipudi Recital By K. Neelima Raju from Vishakhapatnam

31 Summertime An evening of traditional and contemporary songs Presented by Nirupama Menon Rao (Collaboration: Utsav) June 5 Hindustani Classical Music-Sitar recital By Arup Ratan Mukherjee from Delhi, disciple of Pt. Jotin Bhattacharya

7 Kathak Recital By Dinesh Gupta from Mandi, disciple of Guru Munna Lal Shukla

11 Meet the Author Shri Kiran Nagarkar, well known writer (Collaboration: Sahitya Akademi)

12 Retrospective: Hindustani Vocal Recital By Malashri Prasad from Delhi

13 Retrospective: Carnatic Classical Music-Flute Recital by G. S. Rajan from Delhi

14 Retrospective: Kuchipudi Recital By Meenu Thakur from Delhi (Collaboration: ICCR)

19 Poetry Reading Readings by Germain Droogenbrodt, well known Flemish (Belgian) poet Chair: Dr J. P. Das (Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)

27 Recital By from Chennai, disciple of Gurus Chokalingam Pillai and Subbaraya Pillai 64 9 Kathak Recital By Swati Sinha from Delhi, disciple of Guru Rajendra Gangani July 4 Aashaadh-Sandhya: Monsoon Evening Santoor recital by Raj Kumar Majumdar from Delhi, disciple of Pt.

8 Odissi Recital By Sharmila Mukherjee from Kolkata, disciple of Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra

16 How Well do You Know Harry Potter? A quiz presenting teams from Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Bluebells and Vasant Valley School Quiz Master: Arjun Kumar Introduction and coordination by Smt. Paro Anand, writer, editor and children’s literary activist.

17 Hindustani Music-Light Classical Vocal Recital By Anjana Nath from Kolkata, disciple of Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty

18 Informal Encounters An Evening of War Poems Readings by Keki N. Daruwalla, Ashok Vajpeyi, Sagari Chhabra, Lakshmi Kannan and others Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee (Collaboration: The Poetry Society. India)

HINDUSTANI AWAAZ 19 An evening of Urdu Poetry: Revisiting the Greats Recitations from Ghalib, Mir Taqi Mir, Iqbal, Faiz, Majaz Recitations by Zohra Segal, theatre person; Gauhar Raza, social activist and poet; and Saeed Naqvi, journalist Chair: Prof. Mushirul Hasan, who introduced the series (Collaboration: Hindustani Awaaz)

21 Bharatanatyam Recital By Anjana Banerjee Thakurata from Kolkata, disciple of Guru Khagendra Nath Barman

SADHANA: ORAL AND THE VISUAL TRADITION ART FORMS 21 NADA SADHANA By Karunamayee Didi from the Aurobindo Ashram Chair: Dr Kapila Vatsyayan (Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility) 65 25 Carnatic Classical Music-Violin Duet By K. L. N. Sastry and K. L. N. Murthy from Delhi

31 Manipuri Classical Dance Presented by Poushali Chatterjee, Krishnakali Dasgupta, Debanjali Biswas and Sovanabratha Sircar from Kolkata, disciples of Guru Bipin Singh Composed and choreographed by Guru Bipin Singh The programme included a contemporary choreographic piece ‘Agni-The Life Force’ Presented, choreographed and composed by Poushali Chatterjee August 2 Marathi Theatre Music Programme based on the well known Marathi musical play ‘Sangeet Vidyaharan’ written by Krishnaji Prabhakar Khadilkar Vocalist: Suresh Sakhwalkar, Ravindra Kulkarni and Kalyani Potdar (Collaboration: Dr Vasantrao Deshpande Pratishthan)

HINDUSTANI AWAAZ 2 Satirical Verses: Tracing the Traditions of Wit and Humour Recitations from Pitras Bukhari, Akbar Ilahabadi, Ibn-e-lnsha, Nazir Akbarabadi, Raja Mehndi Ali Khan, , , , and Nagarjun Recitations by , mediaperson; Mujtaba Husain, Urdu writer and Gauhar Raza, social activist and poet Chair: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi (Collaboration: Hindustani Awaaz)

4 Hindustani Classical Music-Hansa Veena Recital Pt. Barun Kumar Pal from Kolkata, senior artist and disciple of Pt.

8 Odissi Recital By Sasmita Panda of Odissi Nrutya Mandal, Cuttack, disciple of Guru Ashis Kumar Das

13 Meet the Author Shri Rajendra Yadav, well known Hindi writer from Delhi (Collaboration: Sahitya Akademi)

18 Kuchipudi Recital By Yamini Reddy from Delhi, daughter and disciple of Gurus

66 SADHANA: ORAL AND THE VISUAL TRADITION ART FORMS 21 Dhrupad Sadhana By Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar (Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility)

23 Hindustani Classical Music-Vocal Recital By Dr Richa Jauhari Krishna from Varanasi, disciple of Pt. Mukund Vishnu Kalwint

29 Piano Recital By Justin McCarthy from Delhi with Rishun Fukazawa (Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)

September 2 Concert-Contemporary Jazz Music By Michael Riessler (clarinet and saxophone) and Valentin Clastrier (hurdy-gurdy) (Collaboration: Max Mueller Bhawan and with the support of Embassy of France)

4 Hindustani Music-Rabindra Sangeet By Bina Banerjee from Delhi, disciple of Smt. Suchitra Mitra and Shri Biman Mukhopadhyay

6 Piano Recital By Raphael Lustchevsky from Poland (Collaboration: Embassy of Poland and Delhi Music Society)

8 Bharatanatyam Recital By Jayalakshmi Eshwar, Senior artist and guru from Delhi

15 Carnatic Classical Vocal Recital By Vasumathi Badrinathan from Mumbai, disciple of Guru T.R. Balamani

17 Meet the Author Shri Mohan Bhandari, Hindi writer from Chandigarh (Collaboration: Sahitya Akademi)

19 Kathak Recital By Madhura Phatak from Delhi, disciple of Smt.

67 HINDUSTANI AWAAZ 20 Dilli Ki Nayi Shama: In the Poet’s Own Words Mushaira featuring Obaid Siddiqui, film maker, journalist; Zubair Rizvi, broadcaster, columnist; , writer; Farhat Ehsas, journalist; and Makhmoor Saeedi, journalist Chief Guest: Shri Jagmohan

21 To observe the International Day of Peace Surbahar Recital By Jagdeep Singh Bedi, Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Speeches: By Mr. Fender Starcevic, Director, United Nations Information Centre and Dr Karan Singh, MP Bhajans Presented by the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya ladies choir (Collaboration: U. N. Information Centre)

22 Hindustani Classical Music-Violin Recital By Pt. Gopal Chandra Nandi, senior artist from Lucknow

27 An evening of Ghazals by Contemporary Women Poets Ghazals rendered by Shobna Rao Presented by Indira Varma and Noorjahan Sarwat (Collaboration: Shaam-e-Ghazal)

29 Carnatic Classical Music-Tarangini Veena Recital By Dr Suma Sudhindra from Bangalore, disciple of Dr Chittibabu

30 ‘He Nath...’ The offering Odissi recital by Arnab Bandyopadhyay from Kolkata October

FESTIVAL OF SACRED CHANTING AND SINGING Opening of the Festival at Budhha Jayanti Park with a Public Discourse by H.H. The Dalai Lama 6 Meeting of Cultures: Spiritual Ways of Sustainable and Non Aggressive Living Speakers: Swami Jitatmananda (Hinduism) ; Dr S. Ausaf Ali from Delhi (Islam); Samani Malli Prajna (Jainism) ; Ven. Thick Nhu Dien, Vietnamese monk from Germany (Buddhism); Rev. Sister Karin Lelyveld from Amsterdam (Christian); Dr Mohinder Singh from Delhi (Sikh); Dr Homi B. Dhalla from Mumbai (Parsi) ; Dr A.K. Merchant from Delhi (Bahai); and Dr Mordehai Wosk from Vancouver (Jewish) Moderator: Dr Franz-Theo Gottwald from Germany

68 Followed by Chanting Parsi chant by Zoroastrian group from Mumbai; Vietnamese Buddhist chant by Ven. Thick Nhu Dien and group from Germany: Bahai chant by the Bahai Temple Choir, Delhi; Shamans chant from the Republic of Tuva, Russia; Recitation from Arhat-Vandana by Samini Malli Pragya and group from Delhi; African chant by Alafia! Drusong & Worldbeat Ensemble from USA

7 Chanting Chants of Yom Kippur by Ruth Wieder Magan, Victoria Hanna and group from Israel; Cross Cultural chant by Tosi Poleri from Italy; Theravada Buddhist chant by Ven. Olande Ananda and Sri Lankan Buddhist monks; Sacred chant from Japji by Bhai Ajit Singh and Jatha from Delhi; I La Galigo with Bugis traditional drum playing with South Sulawesi and Central Java, Indonesia

8 Chanting Vedic chant by Prof. Vachaspati Upadhyaya and group from Delhi; Gregorian chant by Benedictine Sisters from The Netherlands Sufi chant; Native American chant by Karen Therese Moore and group from USA; Mani chant by Tehor Khampas from Dharamsala; Shiva Mantram by Shovana Narayan and group from Delhi

3- 8 Sadhanamala An exhibition of Buddhist images on palm leaves by Tapan Chakrabarty (Collaboration: Tibet House)

6 Hindustani Vocal Recital by Suman Yadav from Jaipur, disciple of Dr Leelawati Adsule

PRESENTING TOM ALTER 9 Trisanga An evening of Urdu, Hindi and English poets, music and theatre With Tom Alter, Chandar Khanna, Uday Chanda and Suresh

10 What Ever You Say With Tom Alter, Mona Ambegaonkar and Denzil Smith Written and directed by Shivani Tibrewala

69 10 Informal Encounters Readings from protest literature by K. Satchidananadan; Ashok Vajpayi; Rukmini Bhaya Nair; and Taranum Riaz Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee (Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)

HINDUSTAMO AWAAZ 11 Kahani Se : Reading from Hindi and Urdu Short Stories By Ashok Vajpeyi, poet, writer and columnist; Ghazala Amin, mediaperson; and Anwar Ahmad Khan, broadcaster AIR (Collaboration: HINDUSTANI AWAAZ)

Sadhana: Oral and the Visual Tradition Art Form 11 Raag Sadhana By Acharya Goswami Gokulotsavji Maharaj, eminent exponent of Indian Classical Vocal Music (Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility)

12 Traditional Melodies of Bengal Puratuni Gaan by Jayati Ghosh from Delhi Palli Geeti by Sukhabilas Barma from Kolkata (Collaboration: Impressario India)

15 Meet the Author Shri Maheep Singh, well known Hindi writer from Delhi (Collaboration: Sahitya Akademi)

17 Carnatic Classical Music-Vocal Recital by T. M. Krishna from Chennai (Collaboration: Kalangan)

HINDUSTAMO AWAAZ 18 Leela Ke Lakh Rang: The Many Manifestations of Kanhaiya in Popular Urdu Literature Recitations from ‘The Bhagwad Gita’ by A. R. Shervani, Member, National Commission for Minorities Readings from Nazir Akbarabadi, Hasrat Mohani and others by Saeed Naqvi, journalist Short story reading by Tariq Chhatari, writer Recital in thumri style by Vidya Rao Chair: Dr Karan Singh, MP (Collaboration: Hindustani Awaaz)

20 Hindustani Classical Music on the Violoncello By Saskia Rao-de Haas from Delhi, disciple of Pt. and Kustav Roy 70 29 An Evening of Bhajans By O. S. Arun, well known artist from Chennai (Collaboration: Seher)

30 Shradhanjali to K. L. Saigal, Immortal Singer By Dr Radhika Chopra and Dr Kumud Dewan (Collaboration: K. L. Saigal Memorial Circle) November 5 Concert-Guitar Recital By Eva Fampas, well known guitarist from Greece (Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)

6 Concert By Annamaria Dell’Oste (soprano) Accompanied by Chistiano Dell’Oste (piano) (Collaboration: Italian Embassy Cultural Centre)

11 Bharatanatyam Recital by Shilpi Baruri from Kolkata, disciple of ‘Thankamani Kutty and Smt.

12 Reading from Ghalib Reading in Urdu and English Pushkar Johari by Prema Johari, published by the Ghalib Institute, 1995 Introduction: Mrs. Salima Raza

SADHANA: ORAL AND VISUAL TRADITION ART FORMS 13 Svara Sadhana By Sulochana Brahaspati, senior artist (Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility)

15 In Conversation Dr , author and dance critic in conversation with Aditi Mangaldas, known dancer and choreographer (Collaboration: The Gujarati Club)

16 Carnatic Classical Music-Vocal and Instrumental Recital Presentations by young up-coming artists from Delhi Vocal recitals by Sweta Balan, Vasundara Srinivas, Nandita Hari, Shailaja N., Sruti P., Ambika Shankar, Poornima Bhatt and Satya (Collaboration: Gayathri Fine Arts)

20 Hindustani Classical Music-Sarod Recital By Shree Gangopadhyay from Kolkata, daughter and disciple of Sangitacharya Shyam Gangopadhyay 71 HINDUSTANI AWAAZ 20 Bringing the Hindi-Urdu Divide Panelists: Prof. Asghar Wajahat, Professor-in-Charge, Mass Communications Research Centre and Professor of Hindi, Jamia Millia Islamia; Prof Shamim Hanafi, Dept. of Urdu, Jamia Millia Islamia; and Shri Devinder Issar, freelance writer Chair, Prof. Namwar Singh The discussion include short presentations on : The Use of Devnagri vs Pharsee Rasmul Khat, The Role of the Hindi Press in Popularising Urdu; and the Role of Translations (Collaboration Hindustani Awaaz)

27 Odissi Recital By Dipty Mishra from Bhubaneswar, disciple of Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra and Guru Durga Charan Ranbir

29 0n the Occasion of the 90th Birth Anniversary of the Eminent for Ali Sardar Jafri Readings by Shabana Azmi, Saeed Naqvi, Zohra Segal and Javed Akhtar (Collaboration: Seher)

29 Hindustani Classical Music-Vocal Recital By Dr Purushottam Godbole from Pune, disciple of Swaraj Chote Gandharva December 3 An Evening of Poetry Reading by Roohi Majid, poet and translator from the UK and Founder-Convenor, Multilingual Poetry Forum, London Introduction: Dr H. K. Kaul (Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)

4 Homage to Vaggeyakaras of Bharat: Bhakti Through Classical Music Carnatic Classical vocal recital by Dr Dwaram Lakshmi from Tirupati, daughter and disciple of Shri Dwaram Bhavanarayanan Rao & Smt. Dwaram Venkata Varadamma and Dr M L Vasantha Kumari, among others

6 Gham-e-Jaana Se Gham-e-Dauraan Tak The ‘Ghazal’ in its myriad hues and reflections Recital by Dr Radhika Chopra and Dr Kumud Dewan Presented by Indira Varma and Noorjahan Sarwat (Collaboration Shaam-e-Ghazal)

72 17 Meet the Author Shri Mohan Shyam Joshi, well known Hindi writer from Delhi (Collaboration: Sahitya Akademi)

23 Bharatanatyam Recital By Purva Dhanashree from Delhi, daughter and disciple of Kamalini Dutt January 2004 5 Meet the Author Sundara Ramaswamy (Collaboration: Sahitya Akademi)

To Celebrate 50 Years of Delhi Music Society A festival of European classical music: 8th to 10th January

8 Concert By lryna Riachun from Ukraine on the piano

9 Concert By The Mainardi Trio from London

10 Concert By Students of Delhi School of Music (Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)

15 To Remember Mihai Eminesescu, National Poet of Romania The Music of Words, the Poetry of Music An evening of Romanian poetry and classical music Readings by Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, H.E. Mr. Vasile Sofineti, Dr H. K. Kaul, Ms. Daniela Tane and Ms. Bubbles Sabharwal Music by Mihai Lupoaie (oboe) and Ane-Marie Ene (violin) (Collaboration: Embassy of Romania and The Poetry Society, lndia)

17 Poetry Reading By Joseph Woods, Director, Poetry Society of Ireland Chair: Shri K. N. Daruwalla (Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)

TO MARK THE 57TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF K. L. SAIGAL 18 Hindustani Vocal Recitals By Bhupinder Singh, Dr Kumud Diwan and Kanchan Sarkar (Collaboration: K. L. Saigal Memorial Circle)

73 SADHANA: ORAL AND VISUAL TRADITION ART FORMS 19 Chanting: Tibetan Chanting Speaker: H. E. Tai Situpa, scholar, poet, calligrapher, artist, geomancer and author of several books (Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility)

20 Sangamam Bharatanatyam recital by N. Srikant from Chennai, disciple of Dr Padma Subrahmanyam

25 Afternoon Jazz Concert by The Dutch Jazz Quartet from The Netherlands (Collaboration: Department of International Relations, Daimler Chrysler)

28 Concert By Joseph Long from Scotland on the piano (Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)

29 Hindustani Classical Music-Vocal Recital By Raka Mukherjee from Kolkata, disciple of Pt. Kala Chand Lahiri

74 APPENDIX V Films and Exhibitions

March 2003 3 Film Unwanted Soldiers Director: Jari Osborne (Fi1m courtesy-Indo Canadian Films International and National Film Board of Canada)

5-11 Recent Works An exhibition of Selection of oil paintings by Nareen Nath Selection of paintings by Keshav Malik, noted art critic

15 Film ..There is a Fire in Your Forest A film by Krishnendu Bose (Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)

25-30 Shadows in the Day An exhibition of black and white photographs by Sumit Basu from Kolkata April 1 Film A Night of Prophecy A film by Amar Kanwar who introduced the programme Followed by a discussion

2-6 Osak: Indigo of the Ao Naga This exhibition focused on a vanishing tradition of the Indigenous indigo dyeing process in Nagaland (Collaboration: Tribal Weaves, Dimapur, Nagaland and North East Zonal Cultural Centre)

75 10 Film Tales of the Night Fairies Directed by Shohini Ghosh who introduced the programme Followed by a discussion

19 Film Harvesting Hunger Written and directed by Krishnendu Bose who introduced the film

23-30 Plane in Abstract Photographs at Indira Gandhi International Airport An exhibition by Simon Mark from New Zealand May

1 Film

Abua Birsa

Directed by Amitava Dasgupta who introduced the film

3-7 India: A National Culture?

Cutouts

An exhibition of photographs by Ram Rahman

Inauguration by Dr Karan Singh, M.P.

On the occasion of the release of the book of IIC Quarterly Journal

India: A National Culture?

6 Film

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

(Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)

10-16 Madhsurja-A Mid Day Sun

An exhibition of ceramics and paintings

By Siraj Saxena and Mohan Malviya from Delhi

10 Films

1. Asha: The Universal Law of Saxony

2. In War and Peace: The Life of Field Marshal Sam

Manekshaw, MC

Produced by the Parzor Foundation for the Preservation of Heritage of

Humanity

Introduction by Dr Shernaz Cama and Lt. Gen. (Retd.) A. N. Sethna 76 17 Film Chasing Butterflies Produced and directed by Gurmeet Sapal, Hussain Akbar and Pervaiz Alam Followed by Butterflies An illustrated lecture by Gurmeet Sapal and Bhumesh Bharati (Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-lndia)

26 Films 1 What is a Concerto? From the Young People’s Concert series by Leonard Bernstein 2. Tchaikovsky-Violin Concerto (Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)

27 Film Anna Karenina (Collaboration: Russian Centre of Science and Culture) June ROMANIA: FROM MYTHS THROUGH HISTORY AND SPRITUALITY Screening of Documentary Films:

21. Transylvania: Elsie, Legend and master 2. Calea Victoriei 1692-1992 : The Itinerary of a Thought Introduction by H.E. Mr. Petri Petra, Ambassador of Romania

3 Travelling Lights An anthology of films on some of the most important churches and church paintings in Romania (Collaboration: Embassy of Romania)

10 Film Song of the Night A film on the life and works of the Polish composer, Karol Szymanowski (Collaboration: Embassy of Poland and Delhi Music Society)

21 An Evening of Animation Films 1. Goldilocks and the Three Bears 2. The Little Red Hen 3. Katura and the Cat 4. The Crane’s Magic Gift 5. The Jungle Book (Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)

77 24 Film Words on Water A film by Sanjay Kak who introduced the programme (Collaboration: Toxics Link)

25 Film Melodia (Collaboration: Delhi Music Society and Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre) July Films Documentary films from Israel: 2 This Land of Israel (video; 90 min; English)

3 The Holy Land Experience: A Journey Through the Bible (video: 90 min; English) (Collaboration: Embassy of Israel Cultural Centre)

5 Film My Own Home (video: 42 min; 2002; English with sub-titles) Directed by Samira Dewan who introduced the film Followed by a discussion

10 Film II Seraglio (video; 90 min) Conductor: Ferenc Nagy Choir: Hungarian Opera House (Collaboration: Delhi Music Society and Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre)

11-17 Meiyou Wenti-No Have Problem A personal journey around China-an exhibition of photographs By Vidura Jang Bahadur

19 Films 1. Sweet Fresh Water (video: 54 min.) From ‘The Living Planet’ series with David Attenborough 2. World Beneath the Sea (video: 23 min) (Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)

30 Film A Tribute to Sibelius (video: 55 min; English) (Collaboration: Delhi Music Society) 78 August 5 Film Unlimited Girls (video: 94 min; 2003; English with sub-titles) Directed by Paromita Vohra who introduced the film Followed by a discussion

6-12 Steel Life 2003 An exhibition of enamel on steel by Susmita Banerjee from Kolkata Inaugurated by Shri Sanjoy Singh, Chief Resident Officer, Tata Steel

6 Film Amartya Sen: A Life Reexamined (video: 56 min; 2003; English) A film by Suman Ghosh who introduced the programme Followed by a discussion

16 Films 1. Jungle (video: 54 min; English) From ‘The Living Planet’ series with David Attenborough 2. The World’s Biomes: Desert to Rain Forests (video: 28 min; English) (Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-lndia)

23-29 Retained Images An exhibition of photographs by Kishan S. Rana Inaugurated by Shri Tarun Das, Director General, CII September 4-7 Uzbek Printing and Applied Art An exhibition of paintings by leading contemporary artists from Uzbekistan; and an exhibition of traditional folk art and handicrafts including the well known Rishtan ceramics Inaugurated by Shri R. M. Abhayankar, Secretary (Asia & North Africa) (Collaboration: Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan)

9-16 The Boats of India-A Miscellany An exhibition on the unique boat building traditions of India Exhibition based on photographs collected by Dr Lotika Varadarajan and designed by Sophie Gaur Inaugurated by Dr Najma Heptulla, Dy. Chairperson, Exhibition arranged with the assistance of the Department of Culture and National Institute of Ocean technology

79 THE WORLD OF ANIMATION: A FESTIVAL 10-16 Images of the Moon (40 min.) A collection of 20 animation film made by young people from around the world on the theme of the Moon Introduction by Nitin & Dipanwita Donde, Angles Audio Visual Studio who spoke briefly about animation techniques Followed by a discussion (Collaboration: ASIFA Animation Workshop Group)

11 The Magical World of Zagreb Animation-I A series of short animation alms

12 The Magical World of Zagreb Animation-II A series of short animation alms (Collaboration: Embassy of Croatia)

16 From Superman to Hanuman-Indian Entertainment goes to Hollywood An illustrated lecture by Shri Bhuvan Lall, award winning documentary film maker, writer and International Entertainment industy Entrepreneur and founder of the Animation Producers Association of India Chair: Ms. Nilima Mathur

THE GREAT ARC-EXHIBITION & FILMS 18-21 The Great Arc Exhibition The exhibition included some of the instruments, documents and images of the great endeavour

18 Two films were screened: 1. Tracing the Arc (video: 39 min; 2003; English) The film recreates the magic of the mapping of the Great Arc 2. A Million Steps (video: 22 min; 2003; English) A film about three of the many Indian surveyors who went incognito into Tibet between 1865-1885 and mapped a large part of Tibet for the first time Films by Pankaj Butalia who introduced the screening (Collaboration: Survey of India and Dept. of Science & technology, Govt. of lndia)

80 20 Films on Environment 1.Coniferous Forests (video: 20 min; English) 2. Deciduous forest (video: 21 min; English) 3. Lakes and Streams (video: 23 min; English) Films from the Wilderness Ecology series (Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-lndia)

24-30 Point, Counter-point An exhibition of selected drawings by Sangeeta Gupta from Delhi Inaugurated by Shri Jaswant Singh, Union Finance Minister

25 An Evening with Kunwar Narain Screening of a film and readings by well known poet, Kunwar Narain Abhi Baki Hain Kuch Pal (video: 52 min) A film by K. Bikram Singh who introduced the screening Readings by Kunwar Narain Chair: Prof Namwar Singh October 18 Films from the Wildlife Series 1. Animals Breathe in Many Ways 2. Animals Eat in Many Ways 3. Animals Hear in Many Ways 4. Animals Move in Many Ways 5. Animals See in Many Ways. (Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-lndia)

22-28 From Here to Still Live An exhibition of paintings in oil by Andreas Scholtz, well known artist from Germany Inaugurated my Ms. Fiorenza Richter, Art Historian

Blurring Boundaries: Award winning documentaries from Switzerland

27 ID Swiss (94 min; 1999; 35 mm; English sub-titles) Directors: Fulvio Bernasconi, Christian Davi, Nadia Fares, Wageh George, Kamal Musale, Thomas Thumena and Stina Werenfels Encounters on the Milky Way (94 min; 2000: 35 mm; English sub-titles) Director: Jurg Neuenschwander

81 28 The Knowledge of Healing (90 min; 1997; 35 mm; English sub-titles) Director: Franz Reichle Zakir and His Friends (90 min; 1997: 35 mm; English) Director; Lutz Leonhardt (Collaboration: Embassy of Switzerland) November 8-12 Underwater Stones An exhibition of prints, Water-colours and pastels By Ryszard Sawicki, well known artist from Poland (Collaboration: Embassy of Poland and The Asia and Pacific Museum in Warsaw)

22-28 Mithila Paintings An exhibition of Devi, Priti Kumari, Sharda Karn and Chandrakala Devi

22 Film The Hunter and the Hunted (video; 60 min; English) (Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-lndia)

To Mark the 15th Anniversary of the Hubert Bals Fund: A Festival of Films-Features and Documentaries

30 Shadow Kill (2002) A film by Adoor Gopalakrishnan who introduced the screening Dance of the Wind Directed by Rajan Khosa who introduced the film Kali Salwar Director: Fareeda Mehta who introduced the film Discussion with Ms. Marianne Bhalotra, Director, Hubert Bals Fund; Shri Adoor Gopalakrishnan; Shri Rajan Khosa; Ms. Fareeda Mehta; Shri Pankaj Butalia; Shri Kumar Shahani;and Shri Buddhadev Dasgupta Moderator: Ms. Sabeena Gadihoke, Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia December 1 Kumar Talkies Director: Pankaj Rishi Kumar Karvaan (1999) Director: Pankaj Butalia, who introduced the film When Mother Comes Homes for Christmas (1996) Director: Nilita Vachani

82 Naukar Ki Kameez (1998) A film by Mani Kaul Khayal Gatha A film by Kumar Shahani who introduced the film Uttara (1999) A film by Buddhadev Dasgupta who introduced the film This event was part of the European Union Festival (Collaboration: Royal Netherlands Embassy and Hubert Bals Foundation)

6 -10 A Still Symphony An exhibition of visuals by Leena Kejriwal from Kolkata Inaugurated by Shri Satish Gujral

9 Films 1. Small chases 2. Personal Goals 3. Pepe’s Watch 4. The Other Creek 5. Bedouin Sand A series of children’s film from Israel which were screened at the recently concluded The Golden Elephant-The 13th International Children’s Film Festival 2003, Hyderabad (Collaboration: Embassy of Israel )

13 Film The Rise of the Mammals (Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-lndia)

18-24 A Rendezvous with Light An exhibition of paintings in oil by F. Tarannum from Delhi

18 Film The City Beautiful Director: Rahul Roy who introduced the film Followed by a discussion

27 Films The Scottish Ursik Bog Flinch The Journey West Introduced by Nitin Donde, Member, International Animation Film Association

83 January 2004 10-16 Streets An exhibition of photographs by Ishan Khosla

17 Film Lords of the Air (video: 60 min; English) (Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-lndia)

IIC Annual Day Quotes from the Earth-A Festival of Films on the Environment Films and Exhibition: 22nd to 24th January Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President, IIC launched the festival

21-24 Audio Installation in a Visual Sauce Media space on the environment designed by Pradip Saha, photographer and Managing Editor, Down to Earth magazine

22 Theme: Water Films Marubhumi (1996, India) Director: Amar Kanwar Hunting Down Water (2003, lndia) Directors: Sanjay Barnela and Vasant Saberwal Rainwater Harvesting (2003, India) Director and Producer: Nandita Das and Saumya Sen Chaliyar... the final struggle (1999, India) Directors: P. Baburaj and C. Saratchandran A Valley Refuses to Die (1991, India) Director: K. P. Sasi Words on Water (2002, India) Director: Sanjay Kak Sand and Water (2002, Bangladesh/Germany) Director: Shaheen Dill-Riaz

Discussion on Water Panelists: Shri Sudhirendar Sharma, Director, Ecological Foundation, water expert and development analyst; Shri Ramaswamy R. Iyer, former Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources and Visiting Professor at Centre for Policy Research; Shri Rohit Prajapati. Gujarat-based activist of Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti and Ms Chituroopa Palit, Activist of Narmada Bachao Andolan

23 Theme: Hunger Films Seeds of Plenty, Seeds of Sorrow (1992, , India) 84 Director: Manjira Datta Why are Warangal faders angry with Bt cotton? (2003 , India) Director: DDA Community Media Trust Meals Ready (1996, India) Directors: Surajit Sarkar and Vani Subramanian Harvesting Hunger (2000, lndia) Krishnendu Bose

Discussion on ‘Hunger” Panelists: Shri P.V. Satheesh, Director, Andhra Pradesh based Deccan Development Society; and Shri Harsh Mander, Director, Action Aid India

24 Theme: Survival Films Suits and Savages-Why the won’t Save the World (2000, United Kingdom) Directors: Zoe Young and Dylan Howitt Aamakaar - The Turtle People (2003, lndia) Director: Surabhi Sharma Voices from Baliapal (1998, India) Directors: Vasudha Joshi and Ranjan Palit Buddha Weeps in Jagugoda (1999, India) Director: Shriprakash The Many faces of Madness (2000, India) Director: Amar Kanwar Development Flows from the Barrel of the Gun (2002, India) Directors: Biju Toppo and Meghnath Baraka (1992, United States) Director: Ron Fricke

Discussion on ‘Repression’ Panelists: Shri Amar Kanwar, Independent film-maker; Shri Shekhar Singh, Honorary Director, Centre for Equity Studies, representative of the National Campaign for the People’s Right to Information; Shri Anand Mazgaonkar, Gujarat-based activist from Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti; Shri Sudhir Pattnaik, Chairman of Orissa-based Independent Media; and Shri Meghnath, film maker

29 Jan- 4 Feb Intersections: Indian Observations through the Eye of a Street Photographer An exhibition of photographs of India by Terrence Hollow from Australia Inaugurated by H.E. Ms. Penelope Wensley, High Commissioner of Australia 85 APPENDIX VI Film Club

A Festival of Diaspora Films

March 2003 10 My Son The Fanatic (UK, 1997) Directed by Udayan Prasad who introduced the film

13 Short film by Asif Kapadia (UK) 1. The Sheep Thief ( 1997) Written and directed by Asif Kapadia A multi-award winning short film including Second Prize at Cinefoundation, Cannes Film Festival 1998: Grand Prix, Best European Short Film Festival 1997: International Prix de Aaton, Locarno Film Festival 1998 and many others 2. Indian Tales (1994) Written and directed by Asif Kapadia Winner of the Gold Plaque for Best Short Chicago Film Festival 1994 3. The Waiting Room (1996) Written and directed by Asif Kapadia Winner of the Royal Television Society Award for London 1996

14 Guru in Seven (UK, 1998) Written, produced, directed and edited by Shani Grewal

25 Brothers in Trouble (UK, 1996) Director: Udayan Prasad

26 Babymother (UK, 1998) Written and directed by Julian Henriques (Collaboration: British Council Division and Federation of Film Societies of India) April 8 Chopin-The Desire far Love (Poland, 2001) Director: Jerzy Antczak (Collaboration: Embassy of Poland and the Federation of Film Societies of lndia)

86 FESTIVAL OF FILMS FROM KOREA 16 Painted Fire (2002) A film by Im Kwon-taek

21 Joint Security Area / JSA (2000) Director: Park Chan-wook

22 Ditto (2000) Director: Kim Jeong-gwon

25 Libera Me (2000) Director: Yang Yum-ho

30 Art Museum by the Zoo (1999) Director: Lee Jeong-hyang (Film courtesy: Embassy of the Republic of Korea and Federation of Film Societies of India) May FOCUS ON NEW INDIAN CINEMA

12 Vastupurush (2001, Marathi) Directors: Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthanur

22 Tiladaanam (2001, Telugu) Director: K.N.T. Sastry

23 Jameela (2001, Tamil) Director: Ponvannan

28 Hemanter Pakhi (2001, Bengali) Director: Urmi Chakraborty

29 Magunira Shagada (2001, Oriya) Director: Prafulla Mohanty (Collaboration: Federation of Film Societies of India) June A FESTIVAL OF DOCUMENTARY AND FEATURE FILMS FROM CANADA

5 The Bottom Line: Privatizing The World Director: Carole Poliquin Deconstructing Supper Director: Marianne Kaplan

87 9 Obachan’s Garden Director: Linda Ohama

16 Suddenly Naked Director: Anne Wheeler

17 Three and a Half Director: Boris Mojsovski

19 Exiles in Paradise Director: Wesley Lowe

23 So Faraway and Blue Director: Roy Cross (Collaboration: Indo Canadian Films International and the Federation of Film Societies of India) July SPECIAL SCREENINGS

9 Second Generation - Episode I (UK, 2003)

11 Second Generation - Episode II (UK, 2003) Directed by Jon Sen and written by Neil Biswas Introduction by Roshan Seth

Selection of Films by Masters of French Cinema

7 L’assasinat du Pere Noel (1943) (The Killing of Santa Claus) Director: Christian Jaque

14 La Belle et la Bete (1945) (Beauty and the Beast) Director: Jean Cocteau Recipient of the Prix Louis Delluc Award 1946

18 French Cancan (1955) A film by Jean Renoir

22 Les Amants (1958) (The Lovers) A film by Louis Malle Recipient of the Special Jury Prize, Venice Film Festival 1958

88 24 Belle Du Jour (1966) A film by Luis Bunuel Recipient of the Best European Film, Bodil Awards 1968: Critics Award for Best Film, French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 1968: Golden Lion and Pasinetti Award for Best Film, Venice Film Festival 1967 (Collaboration: Embassy of France Cine Club) August 6 Solas (Spain, 1999) Director: Benito Zambrano Multi-award winning film including the Panorama Audience Award and the Special Prize of the Ecumenical Jury 1999; FIPRESCI Award, Brussels 2000: and the Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress, 1999

7 Sacrifices (Syria, 2002) Director: Oussama Mohammed

7 Memory and Desire (New Zealand. 1998) Director: Niki Caro

12 The Pillow Book (U.K. 1996) Director: Peter Greenaway (Collaboration: Cinefan 5th Cinemaya Festival of Asian Cinema)

14 Dr Mabuse, The Gambler (Germany, 1922) A film by Fritz Lang

19 The Night of the Hunter (USA. 1943) Director: Charles Laughton (Collaboration: Sarai)

EARLY GERMAN SILENT FILMS (August- September)

28 Expressionist Cinema and German Film Production Around 1920 Illustrated lecture by Dr. Jurgen Kasten, Film Historian from Berlin Dr Kasten presented an illustrated overview. Programmable held at the India Habitat Centre

29 Economy and Aesthetics of Early German Cinema-Richard Oswald Speaker: Dr Jurgen Kasten Followed by Films by Richard Oswald Tales of Hoffman (1916) Programme held at Max Mueller Bhawan

89 30 Introduction By Dr Jurgen Kasten Followed by Different from the Others (1919) Dida Ibsen’s Story (1918) September 1 Tales of the Uncanny (1919) (Collaboration: Max Mueller Bhawan)

9 Throne of Blood ( Japan, 1957) A film by Akira Kurosawa

23 Dreams (Japan, 1990) A film by Akira Kurosawa

24 All About My Mother (Spain, 1999) Director: Pedro Almodovar

26 Talk To Her (Spain, 2002) Director: Pedro Almodovar

Special Screening 14 Iris (2001, UK/USA) Director: Richard Eyre (Collaboration: Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India) October SPECIAL SCREENING 1 Gone with the Wind (USA, 1939) Director: Victor Fleming

7 Cashier Wants to go to the Seaside (Croatia, 2000) Director: Dalibor Matanic

Blurring Boundaries-A Festival of Films from Switzerland Feature Films 21 Azzurro (2000) Director: Denis Rabaglia

22 Utopia Blues (2001) Director: Stefan Haupt Winner of the award for Best Feature Film Swiss Film Prize 2002; Grand Prix, International Film Festival Kiev; Max Ophuls Prize, Saarbrucken Film Festival 2002

90 23 Secret Love (2002) Director: Christoph Schaub Winner of the Award for Best Feature Film. Swiss Film Prize 2002

24 A Little Colour (2002) Director: Patricia Platter November A FESTIVAL OF LATIN AMERICAN FILMS 4 A Cab for Three (Chile, 2001) Director: Orlando Lubbert Multi-award winning film including the Golden India Catalina Award for Best Screenplay, Cartagena Film Festival 2002

7 Pantaleon y las Vistadores (Peru, 1998) Director: Francisco J. Lombardi

10 Jericho (Venezuela, 1990) Director: Luis Alberto Lamas Multi-award winning film including the Grand Coral (First Prize) to the Director, Havana Film Festival 1991

12 And Your Mother Too (Mexico, 2002) Director: Alfonso Cuaron Multi-award winning film including Best Foreign Language Film, Boston Society of Film Critics Award 2002; Best Foreign Language Film, Chicago Film Critics Association 2003

13 Behind the Sun (Brazil, 2001) Director: Walter Salles Multi-award winning film including the Award for Best Director, Havana Film Festival 2002; and Little Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival 2002

17 The People at Universal (Colombia, 1993) Director: Felipe Aljure

18 The Escape (Spain, 2001) Director: Eduardo Mignogna

24 Operation Fangio (Cuba, 1999) Director: Albert Lecchi Recipient of the Award for Best Actress, Havana Film Festival, 1999

91 28 El Bonaerense (Argentina, 2002) Director: Pablo Trapero Recipient of the FIPRESCI Award, Chicago International Film Festival 2002

28 Taxi, An encounter (Argentina, 2001) Director: Gabriela David Multi award winning film including Silver Apple Award for Best Director, NYD Latin American Cinema Festival, New York 2002: Special Jury Award and FIPRESCI Award, Kerala International Film Festival 2002 (Collaboration: Embassies of Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia. Spain, Cuba and Argentina)

SPECIAL SCREENING 8 The Pianist (2002, Poland /UK ) A film by Roman Polanski Multi-award winning film including Palm D’Or, Cannes Film Festival 2002

8 Success (2002. Poland) Director: Marek Bukowski (Collaboration: Embassy of Poland) December A FESTIVAL OF JAPANESE FILMS 3 The Passage to Japan (1991) Director: Shinichiro Sawai

5 Keiho (1999) Director: Yoshimitsu Morita

12 Equinox Flower (1958) Director: Yasujiro Ozu

15 Kikujiro ( 1999) Director: Takeshi Kitano Recipient of the award for Best Film Score & Best Supporting Actress, Awards of the Japanese Academy 2000; and Best Actor & FIPRESCI Award, Valladolid International Film Festival 1999

19 A Class to Remember I (1996) Director: Yoji Yamada

92 22 Late Autumn (1960) A film by Yasujiro Ozu (Collaboration: Japan Information & Cultural Centre )

Special Screening 11 Atanarjuat (2001) A film by Zachariah Kunuk Recipient of the Camara D’Or. Cannes Film Festival 2001; Winner of Best New Director, Edinburgh Film Festival 2001; Best Canadian Feature, Film Festival; Grand Prix, Flanders Film Festival; Best Film, Santa Fe, San Diego, Banff; Best Film, Best Actor & Best Actress, American Indian Film Festival; Special Jury & Prix du Public, FCMM, ; Audience Award, Lake Placid; Winner of 6 Genie Awards Canada. (Collaboration: Indo Canadian Films International and Canadian High Commission) January 2004 ANDRZEJ WAJDA RETROSPECTIVE 12 Promised Land (1975) Nominated for Oscar in 1976, Grand Prize at the II Festival of Polish Feature Films in Gdansk. 1975 and Golden Medal in Moscow, 1975

13 The Maids from Wilko (1979) Nominated for Oscar, 1980, Special Award at Polish Feature Film Festival, Gdansk,1979

15 Man of Marble (1977) FIPRESCI Award in Cannes. 1978, Main Award in Belgarde, 1979

27 Man of Iron (1981) Nominated for Oscar 1982, ‘Golden Palm’ Award and Ecumenical Jury’s Award in Cannes, 1981, British Film Critics’ Award at London Film Festival, 1981

30 Pan Tadeusz (1999) (Collaboration: Embassy of Poland)

93 APPENDIX VII

Indian and Foreign Institutions Provided IIC's Collaborative Support during the Year

Academy of Third World Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia; Alliance Francaise de Delhi; Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society, India; All India Heart Foundation; ASIFA Animation Workshop Group; Australia-India Council; Association of Indian Diplomats; Alaap Bharati; Association of History of Religions; British Council Division; Centre for Human Sciences; Council for Social Development; Development, Welfare and Research Foundation; Cinefan: 5th Cinemaya Festival of Asian Cinema; Centre for North East Studies & Policy Research; Centre for Philosophy and Foundation of Science; Centre for the Study of Developing Societies; Centre for Industrial and Economic Research; Delhi Music Society; Delhi Policy Group; Dagar Brothers Memorial Trust; Dr Vasantrao Deshpande Pratishthan; Department of International Relations, Daimlerchrysler; Department of Culture; DELNET; Developing Countries Research Centre, Delhi University; Department of Persian, Jamia Millia Islamia; European Union Commission; Ford Foundation; Federation of Film Societies of India; Federation of Indo-German Societies in India; Foundation for Universal Responsibility; Hindu College Debating Society; Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation; Hindustani Awaaz; Hungarian Information & Cultural Centre; Foundation for Ecological Security; Gayathri Fine Arts; Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network North; HPS Foundation; Hubert Bals Foundation; ICCR; Indian Mountaineering Foundation; Indian Humanist Union; INTACH; Impressario India; Indo Canadian Films International; Indian Council for South Asian Cooperation; Institute of Public Enterprise; Indian Statistical Institute; Indian Women’s Association, Moscow; Jan Prasar; Japan Cultural and Information Centre; Justice Sunanda Bhandare Foundation; Kalangan; Katha; Kalpavriksh; K.L. Saigal Memorial Circle; Lokayan; Mudrit Publishers; Max Mueller Bhawan; Malcolm and Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust, Chennai; NGO Alliance on the Rights of the Girl Child; Navdanya; NCAER; NISTADS; National Film Board of Canada; North East Zonal Cultural Centre;

94 National Museum Institute; Prem Bhatia Memorial Trust; Punjabi Academy; Planning and Policy Research Unit; Indian Statistical Institute; Rashtriya Jagriti Sanasthan; Russian Centre of Science and Culture; Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies; Sur Sangam; Seher; Sarai; Sahitya Kala Parishad; Sahitya Akademi, Society for Gerontological Research; Samarpan Foundation; Shaam-e-Ghazal; Society for the Empowerment, the Arts and Culture Mobilisation, Govt. of Nagaland; S. Ranganathan Charitable Foundation; Society for Application of Science and Technology for Rural Advancement; Samvedana Culture and Heritage Trust; Schumacher Centre, Delhi; The Book Review Literary Trust; The Gujarati Club, New Delhi; The Media Foundation; The Poetry Society, India; The Viveka Foundation; The Asia and Pacific Museum, Warsaw; Tibet House; Tibet Foundation, London; Toxic Link; Tribal Weaves; Utsav; U. N. Information Centre; Vasant Kala Vilas; Vikram Sarabhai Foundation; World Wide Fund for Nature-India.

Embassies Austin; Argentina; Brazil; Canada; Chile; Croatia; Colombia; Cuba; France; Ireland; Italy; Israel; Poland; Korea; Romania; Spain; Netherlands; Mexico; Portugal; Peru; Switzerland; Turkey; Venezuela; Uzbekistan.

95 APPENDIX VIII

Programme Planning Advisory Groups 2002-04

Name of the Group Convenor 1. Culture Dr Kapila Vatsyayan

2. Developement Dr Ashok Khosla

3. Education Dr Alok Rai

4. Economics Shri Jairam Ramesh

5. Environment Shri Ravi Agarwal

6. History and Archaeology Prof. Mushirul Hasan

7. Health & Population Dr B. N. Tandon

8. Issues Relating to Women Ms. Madhu Kishwar

9. International Relations Shri I.P. Khosla

10. Information Technology Col. B.K. Rai

11. Issues Relating to Delhi Shri Ashis Banerji

12. Media Shri Dileep Padgaonkar

13. Politics and Governance Prof. Neera Chanhoke

14. Security Dr C. Raja Mohan

15. Science and Technology Dr V. S. Chauhan

16. Society/Social Issues Prof. T. K. Oommen

96 Advisory Council 2002-04

Shri Ravi Agarwal Dr B. S. Minhas Prof. Balveer Arora Dr Neeru Misra Dr Kanti Bajpai Dr C. Raja Mohan Dr Vineeta Bal Shri Ajit Mozoomdar Shri Ashis Banerjee Dr. S.N. Mukherjee Prof. B. B. Bhattacharya Dr Ashis Nandy Prof. Neera Chandhoke Prof. T. K. Oommen Dr V. S. Chauhan Shri Dileep Padgaonkar Shri V.B. Eswaran Prof. Ashok Parthasarathi Shri M.C. Gupta Col. B.K. Rai Prof. Mushirul Hasan Dr Alok Rai Dr Ashok Jain Smt. Purnima Rai Shri M. C. Joshi Shri Jairam Ramesh Dr Ashok Khosla Dr Kavita A. Sharma Shri Romi Khosla Dr Kumud Sharma Ms. Madhu Kishwar Dr B. N. Tandon Dr S. C. Malik Prof. Nalini Thakur Shri Ajay S. Mehta Smt. Leela Venkataraman Prof. Nargis Panchapakesan Library Committee

Dr Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson Shri P Jayarajan Shri T.R. Andhyarujina Dr M.M. Kapur Prof. Imtiaz Ahmed Smt. Sona Khan Shri P. S. Bawa Prof. Satish Kumar Smt. Neera Chandhoke Prof. Subhash Malik Shri J.N.Dixit Shri B.R. Nanda Dr Jyotindra Jain Shri Ashok Vajpeyi Dr H. K. Kaul, Chief Librarian

House Committee

Prof. M. G. K. Menon, Chairperson Dr (Smt.) Avtar Pennathur Shri M. L. Chibber Shri Ranesh Ray Ms Rashma Imhasly Shri S Habib Rehman Prof. K.B.Logani Shri Inder Mohan Sharma Smt. B. J. Manekshaw Shri Kisan Mehta Smt. Gulshan Nanda Shri L. K. Joshi, General Manager

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