Juan Carretero Ibanez, Cuban Ambassador to India.
And the boy who offered him a cigar.
An IDG talk in session.
Qana was being bombed as the IDG met for the first time, with David Danieli, the Israeli Ambassador to India. Later in the term, one-time fighter pilot and Palestinian envoy Osama Musa gave us the Palestinian Perspective on West Asia and 9/11. Ms. Aruna Roy, Mr. Sankar Singh and the MKSS was engaging as well as entertaining in enlightening us on the RTI act and its ramifications. The IDG (in association with the Student's Union Society) also organized a public debate on the RTI, this time with the administration's and the media's perspective added. Jyotiraditya Scindia wowed everyone with his Porsche and his Porsche.
Cricket Historian Boria Majumdar confided to us that sport is as apolitical and politics is sporting. Nandita Haksar, a lawyer-activist, speaking on the rights, wrongs and in-betweens of the Afzal Guru issue generated much heated discussion. There was a smile on every communist's face as they were treated to a multilingual delicacy by Juan Carretero Ibanez, the Cuban Ambassador to India, and party. William Dalrymple and his books and his projector came, and went. Nandan Nilekani was business-like in his dismissal of DU-prescribed readings on Labour Laws.
Former IDG member, Dilip Simeon provided us with a mature and thought-provoking analysis of the Naxalite movement. Mani Shankar Aiyer made the audience inebriated with his wit and with the brave defense of the UPA government. Shatrughan Sinha's presence attracted people never seen before at IDG talks and Shiv Shankar Menon could only have pleased both Senior and Junior members with his matter-of-fact analysis of India's foreign policy.
Pavan Varma waxed eloquent about being Indian. Jayant Narlikar brought the complex concept of Panspermia down to earth with his simple and elegant treatment of it. Vandana Shiva presented a survey of the largest US seed-producing companies in her discussion on India's need for small farmers . Ramachandra Guha re-found many admirers with his witty and energetic talk on the role of faith in Gandhi's politics. Screening of critically- acclaimed 'Khamosh Pani' and a discussion on the issues the film addresses- the partition and the rise of religious extremism in South Asia- by Director Sabiha Sumar marked the end of an eventful year.
Cricket Historian Boria Majumdar confided to us that sport is as apolitical and politics is sporting. Nandita Haksar, a lawyer-activist, speaking on the rights, wrongs and in-betweens of the Afzal Guru issue generated much heated discussion. There was a smile on every communist's face as they were treated to a multilingual delicacy by Juan Carretero Ibanez, the Cuban Ambassador to India, and party. William Dalrymple and his books and his projector came, and went. Nandan Nilekani was business-like in his dismissal of DU-prescribed readings on Labour Laws.
Former IDG member, Dilip Simeon provided us with a mature and thought-provoking analysis of the Naxalite movement. Mani Shankar Aiyer made the audience inebriated with his wit and with the brave defense of the UPA government. Shatrughan Sinha's presence attracted people never seen before at IDG talks and Shiv Shankar Menon could only have pleased both Senior and Junior members with his matter-of-fact analysis of India's foreign policy.
Pavan Varma waxed eloquent about being Indian. Jayant Narlikar brought the complex concept of Panspermia down to earth with his simple and elegant treatment of it. Vandana Shiva presented a survey of the largest US seed-producing companies in her discussion on India's need for small farmers . Ramachandra Guha re-found many admirers with his witty and energetic talk on the role of faith in Gandhi's politics. Screening of critically- acclaimed 'Khamosh Pani' and a discussion on the issues the film addresses- the partition and the rise of religious extremism in South Asia- by Director Sabiha Sumar marked the end of an eventful year.
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