Dear all, This upcoming webinar titled 'Rabindranath Tagore as an Ecosopher' may be of interest. Please see below for more details and the link to register. In solidarity, Pooja ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Aanchal <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Feb 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM Subject: [vikalp-sangam-list] Rabindranath as an Ecosopher | Feb 18th, 2025 - 6PM | Episode 6 of Webinar *कल से कल की तरफ़ / from yesterday, towards tomorrow* To: Vikalp Sangam elist <[email protected]>, < [email protected]> Cc: Aseem Shrivastava <[email protected]>, Shrishtee Bajpai < [email protected]> Dear all, Inviting you for the episode 6 in this series: Shrishtee Bajpai (Member, Kalpavriksh) in conversation with Aseem Shrivastava on Rabindranath as an Ecosopher. [image: Kal Se Kal Ki Taraf Webinar series posters.png] Aseem Shrivastava is a writer, teacher and ecological thinker with a doctorate in Economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His work is widely published. He has taught at universities in India and the West and offered over several years courses on Global and Indian Ecosophy at Ashoka University. He has lectured across the world on ecological issues emanating from globalisation. He has been guiding and mentoring a number of graduate students and young people working in the realms of Philosophy, Ecosophy, Ecology, and Political Economy. He is the author (with Ashish Kothari) of the books ‘Churning the Earth: The Making of Global India’ (Penguin Viking, New Delhi, 2012), and ‘Prithvi Manthan’ (Rajkamal Prakashan, New Delhi, 2016). He is currently at work on several books on Ecosophy: ‘The Grammar of Greed: Reflections on a Fatal Ecology’, ‘The Alphabet of Ecosophy: A Morphology of Twilight Modernity’, and ‘For Love of the Earth: Modernity, Ecosophy, Rabindranath Tagore’. All these works dialogue with the ecological challenges of 21st century global modernity. Date: Feb 18, 2025 (Tuesday) Time: 06:00 PM IST Duration: 60 mins Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Wl9kNRGNSReTzk8znYPA-g We, at Vikalp Sangam have initiated a webinar series named कल से कल की तरफ़ / from yesterday, towards tomorrow, which explores the relevance of ideas, ideals and principles of Indian thought leaders of the yesteryears, and sees live examples of their applications manifesting around us. These are valuable conversations, especially given the multiple crises India (and the world) are going through right now and attempt to co-create a vision of a collective future. 1. We started this series with celebrated journalist-author and Founder of Ahimsa Conversations <https://www.youtube.com/@AhimsaConversations/featured>, Rajni Bakshi on The Relevance and Applications of Gandhi's Principles of Non-Violence for Today's Crises. Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/live/fhyO55aGFjU?feature=shared&t=4 2. The second episode was with Indian historian and environmentalist Ramachandra Guha on Gandhi's Relevance in Today's Crises. Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/live/xT1SfqHKIHI?si=icaq3y0jzU3XKGON 3. The third episode was with Activist Adv. Nisha Shiurkar on Savitribai Phule’s Relevance in Today’s Feminist Movement. Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/live/Wd5JL_hc8ys?si=NkJMFcI9V5FvPaaJ&t=13 4. The fourth episode was with Professor, Environmental Studies at Ashoka University Mukul Sharma on Ambedkar’s Relevance in Indian Environmental Thought. Watch the episode here: https://youtube.com/live/DbBXk6As9-g?feature=share 5. The fifth episode was with Grijesh Dinker [Advocate and Dalit Human Rights activist, National Campaign on Dalit Human Right] and Priyanka Samy [Dalit feminist activist, National Federation of Dalit Women] on Reclaiming Justice: Dr. Ambedkar's Vision in Contemporary India: https://www.youtube.com/live/c4ulyGH8pW0?feature=shared&t=72 Do follow our social media pages to receive regular updates: Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/@vikalpsangam5243> | Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/vikalpsangam> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/VikalpSangam> | Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/company/vikalpsangam/> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/VikalpSangam> Please share this with others and join in to contribute to the rich conversations! Looking forward to seeing you there! -- Aanchal Vikalp Sangam <https://vikalpsangam.org/> Communications Team Member, Kalpavriksh <https://kalpavriksh.org/> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vikalp-sangam-list" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vikalp-sangam-list/CAHT0iw%3DtTZBawuU1OGcL... <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vikalp-sangam-list/CAHT0iw%3DtTZBawuU1OGcL2DOgmZ2KCg%3DM0VEQrFu9b%3Ds7njD74g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> .