[Reader-list] Talk at IIC by Dharmacharya Shantum Seth on 9th Dec 2013 at 6:30 pm

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The     Poetry Society (India)
    
 
    
and
    
 
    
India International     Centre
    
 
    
cordially invite you to
    
 
    
Literary Encounters: Revisiting the     classics
    
 
    
Readings from The Mahabharata     and Old Paths White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the     Buddha
    
 
    
 
    
by
    
 
    
 
    
Dr.  Bibek Debroy and Dharmacharya     Shantum Seth
    
 
    
on Monday, December 9,  2013 at     6-30 p.m. at the
    
 
    
India International Centre (Conference Room     I)
    
40 Max     Mueller Marg, Lodi Estate, New Delhi 110003
    
 
    
Dr. Kavita Sharma, Director, India     International Centre
    
 
    
will     preside
    
 
    
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Dr.     Bibek Debroy is currently a Professor at Centre for Policy Research New     Delhi. He is also a Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute for South     Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. He was educated at     Ramakrishna Mission School, Narendrapur; Presidency College, Calcutta, and     Delhi School of Economics. He was also a post-graduate student in Economics     at Cambridge University where he was a member of Trinity College. Prof.     Debroy has taught at Presidency College, Calcutta, the Gokhale Institute of     Politics and Economics, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and National     Council of Applied Economic Research. Debroy has authored several books,     papers and popular articles, has been the Consulting Editor of some of the     most prominent financial newspapers. He is authoring a ten volume unabridged     English translation of the Mahabharata.
    
 
    
Shantum Seth is an ordained teacher (Dharmacharya)     in the Zen Buddhist lineage (of the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh) and has been     leading pilgrimages ' In the Footsteps of the Buddha' and other multi-faith     and transformative journeys since 1988. He is also a consultant to the World     Bank and the International Finance Corporation to help promote Buddhist     circuit tourism in India and is on the Advisory Board to the Minister of     Culture, Government of India. Shantum is actively involved in social,     environmental and educational programmes including work on teacher training     through Mindfulness and Applied Ethics in Education, being pioneered by the     non-profit trust, Ahimsa. He is working on setting up a Mindfulness practice     and learning centre in Dehradun. He has contributed to a number of books     including, 'Walking with the Buddha', 'Planting seeds…Sharing Mindfulness     with Children', and 'Volunteers against Conflict'. He has also been a     consultant on films including 'Life of the Buddha' made by the BBC and     Discovery and 'The Story of India' made by BBC and     PBS.