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Hindustan Times
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HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on 29 July 2025
#Staged What: Jayanti Samaroh – In Remembrance Of Guru Pt Kundanlal Gangani | Sarod Recital ft Amaan Ali Bangash & Kathak Recital ft Rajendra Gangani Catch It Live on Tuesday, 29 July 2025.(Photo: Anurag Mehra/HT) Where: Kamani Auditorium, 1 Copernicus Marg, Mandi House When: July 29 Timing: 6.30pm Entry: Nearest Metro Station: Mandi House (Blue & Violet Lines) #TuneIn What: Retro Night ft Arakshit Live Where: Drink and Dine by Terrace, Spectrum Metro Mall, Sector 75, Noida When: July 29 Timing: 8pm Entry: Nearest Metro Station: Pride Station/Noida Sector 50 (Aqua Line) #CineCall What: A Tale to begin with (Directed by Bishweshwar Das) Where: CD Deshmukh Auditorium, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Road When: July 29 Timing: 6.30pm Entry: Free Nearest Metro Station: Jor Bagh (Yellow Line) #ArtAttack What: Playing with the Goddess – Gavri of the Mewar Bhils Where: Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Road When: July 19 to August 1 Timing: 11am to 7pm Entry: Free Nearest Metro Station: Jor Bagh (Yellow Line) #LitTalk What: Across the River by Bhaichand Patel – Shashi Tharoor, Pavan K Varma, Namita Gokhale Where: Multipurpose Hall, India International Centre, Lodhi Road When: July 29 Timing: 6.30pm Entry: Free Nearest Metro Station: Jor Bagh (Yellow Line) #JustForLaughs What: No filter! – Adult & Dark Where: The Comedy Cookie, F 15-A, Hudson Lane, Vijay Nagar When: July 29 Timing: 7.30pm Entry: Nearest Metro Station: Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar (Yellow Line) #FleaSpree What: Bandhani Sale by Sankalp The Bandhej Shoppe Where: Aga Khan Hall, 6 Bhagwandas Road, Mandi House When: July 28 to 30 Timing: 11am to 7pm Entry: Free Nearest Metro Station: Mandi House (Blue & Violet Lines) For more, follow HT City Delhi Junction
IOL News
19-07-2025
- Politics
- IOL News
Exploring Nelson Mandela's legacy: Insights from the 8th annual lecture in India
Nelson Mandela Image: File / Independent Newspapers Speakers were at a loss for words on how to describe Nelson Mandela to future generations during the Nelson Mandela 8th Annual Lecture, held in India, on Friday. The lecture was organised by the India International Centre, South African High Commission and the Working Group on Alternative Strategies. The Nelson Mandela International Day 2025 was celebrated under the theme: It's still in our hands to combat poverty and inequity. Sedula Mamabolo, Counsellor at the South African High Commission in New Delhi, said the theme is a call to action that reminds us that Mandela's legacy is not confined to history. 'It is a living challenge to each one of us. Mandela was not only a statesman but a symbol of ethical resistance. A man who taught us that reconciliation is not weakness but wisdom,' Mamabolo stated. Suhas Borker, Convener of the Working Group on Alternative Strategies, said Mandela was a role model for people in India because he was rooted in his actions, character, and impact. Borker said that Mandela's humility and service-oriented leadership inspired ethical governance 'His perseverance inspires us to face adversity with strength. He was committed to racial equality and justice in his leadership role in dismantling institutionalised racism. He prioritised unity over revenge, establishing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to heal the nation's wounds,' Borker said. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. 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Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Next Stay Close ✕ Anand Grover, senior advocate at the Supreme Court of India and human rights activist addressed how Mandela viewed violence and whether it was justifiable ethically by the oppressed people of South Africa. 'In India, we've had a rich history of how violence has been used and treated, whether it is justified, ethical, or otherwise. Mandela, being a pragmatic politician, used nonviolence as a tactic, not a principle. He was always conscious of what would happen after they succeeded and that is very important because it did not involve loss of life,' Grover said. Speaking of Mandela's imprisonment and the things he had to endure, Grover said: 'I want to know whether Indian politicians would ever think of doing it. He was asked to clean the old-style toilets. He was asked to clean the bucket of another prisoner. I challenge you, not one politician in India will do it, whichever party, because of our caste system. It's a sad reflection but that is the greatness of Mandela,' he said. Cedric Crowley, acting High Commissioner for the South African Embassy in India, said that after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we are now moving backwards. "The promises of the Sustainable Development Goals, which were a promissory note that no one shall be left behind, that governments will make every effort to ensure that poverty is eradicated, at least half, that there will be health care, that the population, the climate will be taken care of. "We are reversing those advances we made. What we have decided to do is to increase our defense spending to prepare for war instead of fighting the war against poverty and inequality. Mandela, today, would have been very disappointed to live in this period in this time where people are oppressed and robbed of their inalienable right to dignity and development," he added. Crowley said that Mohandas Gandhi came to South Africa suffering the same consequences of discriminatory laws, and that propelled him to become an activist. He said Gandhi created a political party and his theories on Satyagraha were developed. "When he returned to India, our country contributed to your independence because he successfully engaged in liberating India from British colonial oppression. So I think we've contributed to India in some small measure because of that experience of injustice," Crowley said. Crowley said he could not answer a student on how do we ensure that there are more Mandela's in this world and what characteristics should one exhibit, have and possess to become great like him. "I think if we try to develop theoretical frameworks of understanding Mandela, we will be at a loss because he is too complex. He is too layered as an individual. But there's one thing I think that could explain it, potentially and that is that Mandela loved deeply," he lamented.
Indian Express
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
How an artist brings alive the unseen faces of daily labour through oil and charcoal
Written by Deepak Rajeev A young boy sitting against a backdrop dominated by fast-paced machinery, his contemplating, sombre eyes indicate an infinitude of thoughts; an old man with visible chest bones on a canvas of an oil painting, sleeping after the day ends, his bald head drooping onto his shoulder; a giant shovelling machine that represents the complex work and thoughts of daily-wage earners are all part of Shubhendu Sarkar's solo exhibition titled 'Tracing the Unseen' at the India International Centre (IIC) Annexe, New Delhi. The show, which closes on July 18, captures the unseen realities of hardworking people who often shape our lives. Our cities and the modern techno-industrial society, saturated with social media and advertisements, put on a facade of luxury and sophistication, showing only the best of what one can dream of. In this dynamic environment of hustle-culture, shopping frenzy and extravaganza, what often goes unrecognised and unappreciated are some of the simple souls and their physical labour that continues from dawn-till-dusk, often in a chaotic and dark environment. Shubhendu draws his subjects from the people he sees and interacts with daily —individuals who often fade into the background. Capturing fleeting moments from these familiar domestic spaces, he tries to plant a seed of emotional truth or awareness within the psyche of aesthetes. He says, 'Many of these paintings are born from my experiences of interacting with people when I visit in Delhi. Be it the young boy repairing a bicycle puncture or a man repairing a machine. For instance, some of the drawings are of my father. I first draw a rough sketch on paper with graphite or charcoal, then, after procuring a fair idea about the picture, I execute it with oil on canvas.' As an artist, Shubhendu's eyes fall on these seen-yet-unseen actualities of the world and through his paintings, he creates a deeper sense of empathy and perception of our surroundings. 'My surroundings are my inspiration. An artist doesn't look at things like everyone else. A simple, everyday situation can be put onto a canvas. When a connoisseur sees the image, as it is deeply connected to humanity, inside his heart he will feel 'wow', have that sense of wonder. That's all I want,' he says. In the IIC Annexe Art Gallery Shubhendu has placed two oil paintings together, titled 'The Carpenter's Code' and 'Where the Silence Paints'. These artworks without a human subject, speak volumes about the artist and the hours spent in solitary labour. 'The Carpenter's Code' is filled with wooden logs, equipment placed disorderly on the table and slivers of wood spilled on the ground. Similarly, 'Where Silence Paints', is of Shubhendu studio, which contains a canvas at the centre, an empty chair on the left and tables on the right with almost all his painting equipment splattered on it. These paintings depict the spaces of two artists working in different mediums, subtly representing the inner landscapes of creative individuals. Shubhendu who believes that every medium has its own advantages, finds his deepest joy in working with graphite and charcoal on paper and oil painting. In his other paintings, one sees boys engaged in hard physical labour; cycle workshops where wheels, chains and steel splinters create a chaotic mess; a common man sitting in the middle of machines and welding, in the afternoon. Shubhendu's craft attains excellence by converting these mundane moments and people into artistic truths that invite a spectator to pause and contemplate. 'The job of the artist or his highest hope should be what he can contribute to the art world. Not only painters, if you look at singers like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan or Mohammed Rafi, they have died but their songs live on. The job of a true artist is to produce such works that can surpass the passage of time,' says Shubhendu, who graduated from College of Art, New Delhi in 2020. Shubhendu has received numerous awards, including the Himachal State Museum Award in Painting and has been part of multiple exhibitions throughout India. 'The art of drawing is no longer separate from who I am. It's how I process and understand the world around me, how I communicate what remains unspoken. My art is not decorative, it's lived, it's the solitude of practice. It's how I build empathy for those whose realities I translate on paper,' he says. Deepak Rajeev is an intern with The Indian Express
Hindustan Times
24-06-2025
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HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on 25 June 2025
#CineCall What: Korea – India Friendship Screening Catch It Live on Wednesday, 25 June 2025.(Photo: Anurag Mehra/HT) Where: Korean Cultural Centre India, Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar-IV When: June 25 Timing: 2pm Entry: Free Nearest Metro Station: Moolchand (Violet Line) #LitTalk What: The Conscience Network -- Sugata Srinivasaraju, Ravi Chopra, SR Hiremath, and Anand Kumar Where: Lecture Hall II, India International Centre Annexe, Lodhi Road When: June 25 Timing: 6pm Entry: Free Nearest Metro Station: Jor Bagh (Yellow Line) #TuneIn What: Sufi Night ft Master Saleem Where: Khubani, Andaz Hotel (Entry from Gate 8), Aerocity When: June 25 Timing: 8pm Entry: Nearest Metro Station: Delhi Aerocity (Airport Express Line) #Staged What: NSD's Summer Theatre Festival 2025 | Andha Yug Where: Abhimanch Auditorium, National School of Drama (NSD), Bahawalpur House, Bhagwandas Road, Mandi House When: June 25 Timing: 7pm Entry: Nearest Metro Station: Mandi House (Blue & Violet Lines) #ArtAttack What: Galliyon se Guzarti Nazar (A Glance Through the Lane) – An exhibition of watercolour, ink and charcoal by Mohd Israr Where: Art Gallery, India International Centre (IIC) Annexe, Lodhi Estate When: June 25 to July 1 Timing: 11am to 7pm Entry: Free Nearest Metro Station: Jor Bagh (Yellow Line) #StepUp What: Maadhuryam ft Gayatri Seth (Bharatanatyam) Where: The Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road When: June 25 Timing: 7pm Entry: Free Nearest Metro Station: JLN Stadium (Violet Line) #JustForLaughs What: Gaurav Kapoor Live Where: The Laugh Store, CyberHub, DLF Phase II, Sector 24, Gurugram When: June 25 Timing: 9.45pm Entry: Nearest Metro Station: Cyber City (Rapid Metro) For more, follow HT City Delhi Junction
Hindustan Times
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
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HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on 5 June 2025
What: Sheila Bharat Ram Theatre Festival | Tughlaq (Directed by K Madavane) Where: Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts, 4, Safdar Hashmi Marg, Mandi House A post shared by Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts (@shriramcentre) When: June 5 Timing: 7pm Entry: Nearest Metro Station: Mandi House (Blue & Violet Lines) What: 12th Edition of Dialogue to Develop a Vision for the Environment of Delhi – Bikram Singh Sajwan, Vivek Saxena, Prof Akshay Kaul, Yogita Shukla, Suhas Borker, and Justice Abhay S Oka Where: Conference Room I, India International Centre, 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Road When: June 5 Timing: 6pm Entry: Free Nearest Metro Station: Jor Bagh (Yellow Line) What: Taekwondo, Facing the World Where: Korean Cultural Centre India (KCCI), 25-A, Ring Road, Vikram Vihar, Lajpat Nagar IV When: June 2 to August 1 Timing: 9am to 6pm Entry: Free Nearest Metro Station: Moolchand (Violet Line) What: Bollywood Night ft Aakarshakh Band Where: The Terrace, Plot-01, Sector-5, Vaishali, Ghaziabad When: June 5 Timing: 8pm Entry: Nearest Metro Station: Vaishali (Blue Line) What: Kal Ki Chinta Nahi Karta ft Ravi Gupta Where: Studio XO Bar, Trillium Avenue, Sector 29, Gurugram When: June 5 Timing: 8pm Entry: Nearest Metro Station: Millennium City Centre Gurugram (Yellow Line) What: 2nd Dr BR Ambedkar Craft Mela Where: Noida Haat, D-10, Sector 33A, Noida When: June 5 to 9 Timing: 4pm to 10pm Entry: Free Nearest Metro Station: Noida City Centre (Blue Line)
