Closer in Time, Closer in Space

28/01/2021
Local: 6:00 pm
Paris: 1:30 pm
Netaji Subhash Marg Chandni Chowk Red Fort, New Delhi, IN
India
English
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/spotlight/nightofideas.cms
https://www.facebook.com/IFInde/

After an evening tasting stroll through the streets of Old Delhi between the French Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain and Chef Manish Mehrotra - Corporate Chef, Indian Accent, New Delhi - New York, we invite the public and spectators to join us in the historic grounds of Delhi's oldest fort, Purana Qila.

For two hours, from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm our guests will debate our individual and collective relationship to space and time in front of an audience of 200 people.

Speakers 
  • Mrs Barbara Pompili, Minister for Ecological Transition
  • Ms. Sunita Narain, Director of the Center for Science & Environment
  • Mr Sanjeev Sanyal, economist, author and Senior Economic Advisor to the Government of India
  • Françoise Combes, Professor at the Collège de France, holder of the "Galaxies and Cosmology" Chair
  • Mr Shashi Tharoor, author and member of the Indian Parliament
  • Mrs. Susmita Mohanty, spaceship designer
  • Mr. William Dalrymple, writer and historian
  • Mr Christophe Jaffrelot, Professor of Political Science, Sciences-Po Paris and specialist in contemporary India
  • Mrs Nandita Das, famous actress and director committed to the cause of children in India
  • Mr Sonam Wangchuk, Indian engineer and educator

The discussion will be punctuated by artistic and musical interludes (Natasha Sachvdeva, Stephan Barron, Nunataq...) and an aerial night stroll between flyovers and peri-urban paths in Hyderabad.

From Delhi to Hyderabad via Chandigarh, the Alliances françaises will be the relay of this evening.

Grâce à notre partenaire Times of India<.em> (TOI), l’événement sera retransmis en direct et en différé sur deux chaînes de TV (Etnows).

Course

PANINDIA NIGHT OF IDEAS: 18h00-20h00: Delhi-Chandigarh-HYDERABAD: social media broadcasting

- 18h30-19h30: AF Delhi: debate "Creating closeness... in times of social distance" with Ashok Vajpeyi (poet), Prof. Savita Singh (gender studies), Ramin Jahanbegloo (Iranian-Canadian philosopher)
- 18h00-20h00: AF Chandigarh/ "SPACE & TIME, a Melting Talk between Architecture", Quantum Physics & Psychology: Deepika Gandhi, director of Le Corbusier Center & Architecture & Dr Arvind, quantum Physics scholar from the University of Punjab.
- 19h00-20h00 : " Re-imagining social space & geo-heritage in Hyderabad " (Yvan Detraz from Bruit du Frigo; Mahnoor, Uma Magal from Society to Save Rocks)

 

24H LIVE NIGHT OF IDEAS: 20:00-21:00 DELHI

- 20h00-20h01: Welcoming at Red Fort by the anchor
- 20h01-20h08: Nocturnal walk in Old Delhi : Manish Mehrotra, Corporate Chef, Indian Accent, New Delhi - New York in discussion with H.E. Mr Emmanuel Lenain, Ambassador of France to India
- 20h08-20h28: Debate 1 : " Pandemic & relationship to time & space : environment " with Barbara Pompili, Dr Susmita Mohanty, Shashi Tharoor...
- 20h28-20h30: Video by Mr. Murthy
- 8.30-8.36 pm: Film-"Hyderabad by Night Together"/Tarik Hamdine, Manesh Katiki
- 8:36-8:56pm: Debate 2: " Pandemic & relationship to time & space: science " with Susmita Mohanty, Shashi Tharoor, Françoise Combes and Sonam Wangchuk
- 20h56-21h00 : Artistic Interlude : " Aged and Big, yes, we exist ! " by Natasha Sachdeva

 

PANINDIA NIGHT OF IDEAS: 21h00-22h00 DELHI : TIMES OF INDIA-ETnows TV channels

- 21h00-21h20: Debate 3: " Pandemic & relationship to time & space: culture " with Sonam Wangchuk, Nandita Das, Sanjeev Sanyal, William Darlymple, Christophe Jaffrelot.
- 21:20-21:30: "Tête-à-tête with Natasha Sachdeva" & "SITES" by Stéphan Barron
- 21h30-21h50 : Debate 4 : " Pandemic & relationship to time & space: history and economics " with Sanjeev Sanyal, Nandita Das, William Darlymple, Christophe Jaffrelot
- 21:50-22:00: "Nunataq meets Konnakol": Musical Documentary