Dialogue on Democracy: The future of Politics

Indian Council for Cultural Relations with Associazione Sākshi and  Fondazione Luigi Einaudi

Present

The Dialogue on Democracy: Politics of the future

A WEBINAR

on the 14th April 2022 at 1300 UK time/1400 Italian time/ 1730 India time

Webinar Memo

Democracy has grown from Abraham Lincoln’s description of a government “of the people, for the people and by the people” at Gettysburg. Over time this has evolved from selective suffrage to universal suffrage. Today in the digital age, democracy has become a constant rapport between governments and their constituents with flash plebiscites or referendums or polls conducted by political parties to measure the reaction of their proposals and actions within their electoral pool.

While digital democracy has in one way, made governance more accountable, more transparent, and more inclusive, it has handicapped modern political decision making. While digital platforms today allow more information flow from the government bodies to the constituents and allow governments to measure the perception of the electorate, similarly fake news and “trial by social media” amputates the ability of the decision makers to take strategic decisions which may be unpopular in the short term however may be of great benefit to the country in the long term. Above all this also calls into the question the role of the platform and messenger which is usually a US based multinational which responds to US sensitivities and shareholders. Much like governance was corporatized in the 1600’s to private companies like the East India company, is democracy now being corporatized in the name of free speech and expression?

European countries have had their challenges with social media and democracy and India, the world’s largest democracy is always in election mode, given the vastness of positions, governments to be elected. India conducts elections every year, to state legislatures or local governments. The panel “The future of democracy: Politics of the future”, aims to reinforce the motto of the Indian republic “Satya Meva Jayate (Truth always conquers)” celebrating the anniversary of the architect of the Indian constitution Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, to discuss key issues facing India’s democracy and democracy in general.

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Draft Agenda and Guest Speakers

Welcome, Vas Shenoy, President, Associazione Sākshi

Introduction, S. Narendran, Public Policy Expert

Inaugural Address

Dr. Vinay Shahasrabuddhe, President, Indian Council of Cultural Relations & Member of Rajya Sabha, Parliament of India.

Keynote Address

Ambassador Dore Gold, President of the Jerusalem Centre for Public Affairs & former Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Israel.

Plenary address

H.E Rajiv Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Govt. of India

His Excellency Arif Mohamed Khan, Governor of Kerala, Republic of India (8-10 min)

Special address

Baron Jonathan Marland, Chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise & Investment Council

Ambassador Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agatha, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Italy

Sasmit Patra, Member of the Rajya Sabha, Parliament of India

Nirj Deva, former Member of the European Parliament

Pandit Satish Sharma, British-Indian leader

Conclusion

Ravi Kumar, Senior Historian

Moderator: Vas Shenoy, President, Associazione Sākshi

Women and Power: A discussion on the public participation of women the growth of Modern India.

THE INDIAN COUNCIL OF CULTURAL RELATIONS, EMBASSY OF INDIA-ROME, UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES “L’ORIENTALE”, ASSOCIAZIONE SĀKSHI

PRESENT

A WEBINAR

8th March 2022 at 2.00pm CET / 6.30pm IST,

on the occasion of International Women’s Day

The webinar aims to highlight women in power and their fundamental importance in the creation and growth of modern India. We aim to specially focus on women in the public sphere who have led by example. The focus of this webinar is to project the progress made by Indian women in public aspects of society and governance by repeatedly breaking the glass ceiling. While challenges abound, the webinar aims to learn from the experience of the participants. We hope to be able to celebrate these achievements while discussing how to mitigate challenges for the future generations.

LIVE STREAM: WOMEN AND POWER, WEBINAR

AGENDA

Welcome, Vas Shenoy President, Associazione Sākshi

“Citto jetha bhayśunyo” (where the mind is without fear) by Rabindranath Tagore, recited in Bengali by Daniela Cappello, University of Naples “l’Orientale” (4min)

Welcome remarks, HE Dr. Neena Malhotra, Ambassador of India to Italy

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Hon.Mrs. Rekha Sharma, Chairperson, Nation Commission for Women, Republic of India.

REMARKS

HE Emanuela Del Re, former Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Republic of Italy and currently EU Special Representative for the SAHEL

SPECIAL REMARKS

Hon. Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, President, Indian Council of Cultural Relations-ICCR and Member of the Rajya Sabha, Parliament of India

PANELISTS

Dr. Brinda Jagirdar, former Chief Economist, State Bank of India

Nityashree Mahadevan, artiste and classical singer

Prof. Dr. Santishree Pandit, Vice Chancellor Jawaharlal Nehru University

Concluding remarks and vote of thanks, Prof. Dr. Florinda De Simini, University of Naples “l’Orientale”

MODERATED BY VAS SHENOY PRESIDENT, ASSOCIAZIONE SĀKSHI

Webinar: 06.04.2021 DesignINDIA

L’associazione Sākshi, in collaborazione con l’Ambasciata Indiana di Roma, ha organizzato per il 6 aprile DesignIndia, il primo webinar dedicato a giovani stilisti e a Istituti di moda italiani e indiani. L’obiettivo dell’iniziativa è quello di incoraggiare e avviare un nuovo dialogo nel settore del design e della moda.

Registrazione del evento DesignINDIA

L’Articolo IlGiornale.it

Partners: European Institute of Design, La Sapienza, Università degli Studi di Napoli “l’Orientale”, CSSEAS, Ambasciata Indiana a Roma.

Relatori: Troy Costa, Narendra Kumar, Celeste Pisenti, Prof.ssa Anna Filigenzi, Prof.ssa Cinzia Capalbo, Prof.ssa Romana Andò, Prof.ssa Dr. Vandana Narang, Prof.ssa Olivia Spinelli, S.E. Neeharika Singh-Vice Capo Missione, Ambasciata dell’India.

Moderatori: Marc Robinson e Vas Shenoy

Presentatrice: Maria Casadei. Traduzione Simultanea: Mita Shenoy e Vincenzo Vassallo.

26.02.2021 Webinar: Musicologia, Ed Feldman a Tabla workshop

Il CSSEAS dell’Università degli studi di Napoli “L’Orientale” , India in Italy (L’Ambasciata dell’India a Roma) e l’Associazione Sākshi, nell’ambito di SRIJAN- the Festival of India in Italy, sono lieti di presentare

Ed Feldman, A workshop on Tabla“.

Ed Feldman- A workshop on tabla

20.02.2021 Webinar Musicologia: Drums of South India

Il CSSEAS dell’Università degli studi di Napoli “L’Orientale” , India in Italy (L’Ambasciata dell’India a Roma) e l’Associazione Sākshi, nell’ambito di SRIJAN- the Festival of India in Italy, sono lieti di presentare Tālmani Vidwān Rajesh Srinivasan (mridangam) e Vidwān Eashwaran (kanjira),

“Flavours of Musicology, Drums of South India”.

Drums of South Asia

28.01.2021: Tiffin’21-Rassegna Cinematografica

Il CSSEAS dell’Università degli studi di Napoli “L’Orientale” , India in Italy (L’Ambasciata dell’India a Roma) e l’Associazione Sākshi, nell’ambito di SRIJAN- the Festival of India in Italy, sono lieti di presentare TIFFIN ‘21, una rassegna di film storici di Bollywood.

The CSSEAS at the Università degli studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”, India in Italy (Embassy of India, Rome)and Associazione Sakshi, in the framework of SRIJAN- the Festival of India in Italy of the Embassy of India, Rome, are glad to present Tiffin ‘21, a bouquet of Bollywood historical movies

12.01.21: Webinar Musicologia Indiana

Flavours of Indian Musicology

Il seminario di “Teoria di musica classica indiana” presieduto da uno dei più autorevoli docenti di musica tradizionale ,il maestro P.S.Krishnamurthy era organizzato il 12.01.2021 per inaugurare il nuovo anno.Il seminario era la prima tappa di un percorso per gli studenti di teoria di musica classica indiana.

La Locandina del evento di musicologia il 12 di gennaio 2021

20.11.20: Ramayana 3.0

Con questo progetto, che nasce dalla collaborazione fra l’Università degli studi di Napoli “l’Orientale” e l’associazione Sākshi, abbiamo voluto narrare la storia del Ramayana – una delle più antiche e popolari della tradizione indiana – attraverso le voci e i volti delle studentesse e degli studenti dell’Orientale.

Questo Ramayana 3.0 è una reinterpretazione multimediale, che fonde atmosfere antiche in una struttura postmoderna, che punta sull’espressività dei volti ispirandosi al trucco della danza classica indiana, che richiama il multilinguismo del teatro indiano affiancando l’italiano a dei monologhi in dialetto romanesco, che si apre a contaminazioni di teatro classico attraverso l’elemento del coro che scandisce alcuni passi della narrazione recitando dei versi in Avadhi dal Rāmcaritmānas di Tulsidas, un testo del 16 sec. che reinterpreta la storia di Rama in chiave devozionale.

23.10.20: Gandhi: Una filosofia globale

Palazzo Ferrajoli, Piazza Colonna Roma
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IL SIMPOSIO SARÀ ORGANIZZATO A PALAZZO FERRAJOLI A ROMA IL 23 OTTOBRE 2020

A CAUSA DELLE RESTRIZIONI POSTE DALLA PANDEMIA L’EVENTO È STATO CANCELLATO

QUANDO? 23 Ottobre 2020

DOVE? Roma, Palazzo Ferrajoli, Piazza Colonna 355, 00186 Roma(RM).

COSA? Per inaugurare la sua prima stagione di eventi, Sākshī ha organizzato un Simposio commemorativo per 151° anniversario della nascita di Māhātmā Gandhi. Si tratta di una conferenza alla quale interverranno esponenti dell’accademia e figure istituzionali, mettendo in luce quanto la filosofia di Gandhi, a distanza di più di un secolo, sia ancora attuale ed imprescindibile nell’odierna temperie politica italiana, europea e globale.  I valori Gandhiani dell’auto sufficienza e dello sviluppo sostenibile, alla base del movimento di non cooperazione, diventano ogni giorno sempre più importanti nel mondo post COVID.