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Panchtattvas- The Road Ahead (Set of 2 Volumes)

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This book, a two-volume set, contains tought-provoking essays on sustainable development as well as award-winning photographs from Photophere 2016, which culminated in an outdoor exhibition titled Panchtattvas: The Road ahead’. The exhibition, held at New Delhi’s India Habitat Centre, aimed to create not only a new language of photography but to sensitise the public on significant stories about sustainability through photo-installations that were freed from the white cube of the gallery space. The four awardees Harikrishna Katragadda, KR Sunil, Monica Tiwari and Shraddha Borawake, were mentored by adity Arya, Bandeep singh, Parthiv Shah and Prabir Purkayastha.

Five distinct and distinguished experts - Dr. Ajay Mathur, amba Jamir, Madhav Gadgil, Mike Pandey, sunita Narain – from across the sphere of sustainable development give voice to the concerns that are gripping the field. These are fresh narratives preserved as a documents for future generations.

About the Author

Dr. Alka Pande, Curator and Art Consultant and Artistic Director, Photosphere, is currently the Consultant Arts Advisor and Curator at the Visual Arts Gallery, India habitat Centre, new Delhi. She completed her post- doctoral studies from Goldsmiths College, University of the Arts, London in critical Art Theory, Under the aegis of the Charles Wallace India Trust, her PhD was in the History of Art, on the concept of Ardhanarisvara in Indian art with special emphasis on sculpture. She has been passionately involved with the world of art for nearly three-and-a-half decades.

Dr. Pande is responsible for curating several significant and perceptive exhibitions in India and abroad, notably a singular exhibition at the Pinacotheque de paris titled, ‘The Kama-sutra: Spirituality and Eroticism in Indian Art’ In 2006, She was awarded the chevalier dans I’ Order des Arts et des Lettres or Knight of the Order of arts and Letters – an Award bestowed by the French Government. In 2009, she received the Australian Asia Council Special Award, She then went on to receive the amrita Shergill Samman from the Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi in 2014 for her contribution to the Arts.

Contents

1The Beginning7
2Through a Sustainable looking Glass109
3Land Tenure and Sustainable Development141
4The essayists193
5Index199

Vol-II

Contents

1A Community of Beings7
2The Origin of Life... Our Living Planet59
3Planetary Boundaries and Our Common Future95
4The essayists167
5The Wardees171
6The Mentors177
7Acknoledgements183
8Index187


















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Item Code: NAN831
Author: Dr. Alka Pandey (Ed.)
Publisher: Niyogi Books
Language: English
Edition: 2017
ISBN: 9789386906069
Pages: 388 (Throughout Color Illustrations)
Cover: Hardcover
Other Details 10.5 inch X 8.5 inch
Weight 1.90 kg
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Vol-I

About the Book

This book, a two-volume set, contains tought-provoking essays on sustainable development as well as award-winning photographs from Photophere 2016, which culminated in an outdoor exhibition titled Panchtattvas: The Road ahead’. The exhibition, held at New Delhi’s India Habitat Centre, aimed to create not only a new language of photography but to sensitise the public on significant stories about sustainability through photo-installations that were freed from the white cube of the gallery space. The four awardees Harikrishna Katragadda, KR Sunil, Monica Tiwari and Shraddha Borawake, were mentored by adity Arya, Bandeep singh, Parthiv Shah and Prabir Purkayastha.

Five distinct and distinguished experts - Dr. Ajay Mathur, amba Jamir, Madhav Gadgil, Mike Pandey, sunita Narain – from across the sphere of sustainable development give voice to the concerns that are gripping the field. These are fresh narratives preserved as a documents for future generations.

About the Author

Dr. Alka Pande, Curator and Art Consultant and Artistic Director, Photosphere, is currently the Consultant Arts Advisor and Curator at the Visual Arts Gallery, India habitat Centre, new Delhi. She completed her post- doctoral studies from Goldsmiths College, University of the Arts, London in critical Art Theory, Under the aegis of the Charles Wallace India Trust, her PhD was in the History of Art, on the concept of Ardhanarisvara in Indian art with special emphasis on sculpture. She has been passionately involved with the world of art for nearly three-and-a-half decades.

Dr. Pande is responsible for curating several significant and perceptive exhibitions in India and abroad, notably a singular exhibition at the Pinacotheque de paris titled, ‘The Kama-sutra: Spirituality and Eroticism in Indian Art’ In 2006, She was awarded the chevalier dans I’ Order des Arts et des Lettres or Knight of the Order of arts and Letters – an Award bestowed by the French Government. In 2009, she received the Australian Asia Council Special Award, She then went on to receive the amrita Shergill Samman from the Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi in 2014 for her contribution to the Arts.

Contents

 

1 The Beginning 7
2 Through a Sustainable looking Glass 109
3 Land Tenure and Sustainable Development 141
4 The essayists 193
5 Index 199


Vol-II

Contents

 

1 A Community of Beings 7
2 The Origin of Life... Our Living Planet 59
3 Planetary Boundaries and Our Common Future 95
4 The essayists 167
5 The Wardees 171
6 The Mentors 177
7 Acknoeledgements 183
8 Index 187


















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