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Second CACIM Colloquium

The second CACIM Colloquium is being organised in August 2006 at Sanskriti Kendra, New Delhi with a select list of invitees and others who have associated with us in past.

A PROPOSED AGENDA

Themes for the meeting

  • The Idea of Critical Thought / Action / Reflection / and Movement
  • Creating Spaces for Critical Reflection : Exchanging Notes
  • CACIM and Critical Action

Day 1 : Sunday, August 13 2006

  • 11:00 : Arrival @ CACIM (A-3 Defence Colony) to travel together to Sanskriti

OR :

  • 12 noon : Arrival directly @ Sanskriti (see map @ www.sanskritifoundation.org (external link))
  • 12:30 : CACIM Meeting starts, over light refreshments and then lunch @ Sanskriti
  • 3:00 : Introduction to CACIM, and open discussion, Jai Sen
  • 5:00 : Self introductions
  • 6:00 – 8:00 : Explorations in the Idea of Critical Action and Thought : Poetry reading, Ashok Vajpeyi / Critical readings, Sundar Chaterji
  • 8:00 : Dinner

Day 2 : Monday, August 14 2006

  • 8:30 – 11:30 : CACIM and Critical Action : Creating critical spaces, Jai and Madhuresh
  • 12:00 – 1:00 : Creating critical spaces in North East India, Sanjib Baruah
  • 1:00 – 2:00 : Lunch
  • 2:00 – 4:00 : A critical engagement with the world of Internet, Subbu (Subramanya Sastry) and T B Dinesh
  • 4:30 – 6:30 : The idea of criticality in thought and art, Sundar Chaterji
  • 8:00 : Dinner, and an evening together

Day 3 : Tuesday, August 15 2006

  • 8:30 – 10:30 : Critical culture/s and creative excess, Sadanand Menon
  • 11:00 – 1:00 : Creating critical movements – The world of environment and labour, Manju Menon
  • 1:00 – 2:00 : Lunch
  • 2:00 – 5:30 : Building CACIM – Ideas and Innovations; Looking ahead
  • 6:15 : Departure from Sanskriti
  • 7:30 : Gathering at CACIM (A-3, Defence Colony, New Delhi) for dinner

THE INVITEES

  • Arvind Nair, Chartered Accountant, New Delhi
  • Ashok Vajpeyi, Poet, critic, New Delhi
  • Dinesh, T B, Software specialist (Servelots), Bangalore
  • Jai Sen, Architect, Researcher, CACIM, New Delhi and Kathmandu
  • Jeebesh Bagchi, Media practitioner, (Sarai), New Delhi
  • Kalyani Menon – Sen, Feminist (Jagori), New Delhi
  • Kavita Srivastava, Rights activist (PUCL), Jaipur
  • Kishan Kaljayee, Editor, Writer (Bhartiya Gyanpeeth), New Delhi
  • Leo Saldanha, Environmentalist (Environment Support Group), Bangalore
  • Madhuresh Kumar, Researcher, CACIM, New Delhi
  • Manju Menon, Environmentalist (Kalpavriksh), Pune
  • Maya Krishna Rao, Dance-theatre activist, New Delhi
  • Mukul Mangalik, History Teacher (Ramjas College), New Delhi
  • Nivedita Menon, Feminist, Political Science teacher (Delhi University), New Delhi
  • Pramada Menon, Sexual rights activist (CREA), New Delhi
  • Prashant Bhushan, Lawyer, New Delhi
  • Purushottam Agarwal, Literary critic and Hindi teacher (Jawaharlal Nehru University), New Delhi
  • Sadanand Menon, Cultural critic, Chennai
  • Sanjib Baruah, Political Science Teacher (Bard College, USA, & IIT Guwahati)
  • Shuddhabrata Sengupta, Media practitioner, (Sarai), New Delhi
  • Subramanya Sastry, Social activist (ESF – Environment Support Group), Bangalore
  • Sundar Chaterji, Actor, director, Chennai

[Note : Everyone is invited in their individual and personal capacity only, Organisational names given in brackets are only for the purposes of identification.]