A conversation around the critically acclaimed book GRASPING GREATNESS, MAKING INDIA A LEADING POWER with two of the editors, Bibek Debroy (joining via Zoom) and C. Raja Mohan. The evening will be moderated by Ajay Kapur. Grasping Greatness is an important contribution to intellectual debate as India enters into a new era on the world stage. The book explores India’s push for eminence in world affairs and the economic, state-building, and international dimensions of this ambition. 

Featured in the book are eminent thinkers like Rakesh Mohan, Ila Patnaik, Surjit Bhalla, Arjun Subramanian, and others who reflect upon the tasks at hand and the desirable routes to achieve them.

Edited by Ashley J. Tellis, Bibek Debroy and C. Raja Mohan, Grasping Greatness is an important contribution to the intellectual debates as India enters into a new era on the world stage.

‘Edited by three of today’s finest India scholars, Grasping Greatness compiles a compelling selection of contributions by distinguished historians, economists, and political scientists, all seeking to define India’s place in a world of great opportunity and immense challenge.’ Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha)

Registration: 18:30
Program starts: 19:00
Program ends: 20:00

ASHK Members / Friends of IBB / Students: HKD 250
Non-Member Ticket: HKD 300

Thu 12 Oct 2023, 6:30 - 8 p.m.

Venue address: Miller Theater, Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 9 Justice Drive Admiralty

A unique opportunity to participate in an immersive session with private collector Romi Lamba. Romi will walk us through his journey of more than three decades, building an unrivalled collection of rare, antique Kashmir and European shawls, some woven as early as 1820-1890. The masterpieces from his collection will be on display, and Romi will tell us the story of each exceptional shawl. This session is a true masterclass in ancient textiles - from yarns to looms, colours, patterns, motifs and provenance, there is no facet of this treasured craft that Romi isn’t an expert on.

18:10 - 18:30 Private Reception for ASHK President’s Circle Members
18:30   Registration
19:00   Program starts
20:00   Program ends

ASHK Members / Friends of IBB / Students: HKD 200
Non-Member Ticket: HKD 250

*Moderators and speakers are subject to change

Mon 09 Oct 2023, 6:30 - 8 p.m.

Venue address: Hong Kong Jockey Club Hall, Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 9 Justice Drive Admiralty

Francesca Cartier Brickell, author of The Cartiers: the Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire, discusses her decade-long research into her legendary family’s history; her favorite among Cartier’s most iconic jewels and her travels to India, meeting the nation’s erstwhile royalty. Francesca will be in conversation with the Maharani of Baroda, Her Highness Maharani Radhikaraje Gaekwad, who is researching and archiving the history of India’s royals as well as her family’s famed Gaekwad jewels.

‘The Cartiers’ is the result of years of independent research into Francesca’s family and the business they founded.

10:30   Registration 
11:00   Program Starts
12:00   Program Ends

ASHK Members / Friends of IBB / Students: HKD 300
Non-Member Ticket: HKD 350

*Moderators and speakers are subject to change

Sat 07 Oct 2023 10:30 a.m. — 12 p.m.

Venue address: Hong Kong Jockey Club Hall, Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 9 Justice Drive, Admiralty