India showcases cultural renaissance at Osaka World Expo
The Hindu
India showcases cultural renaissance at Osaka Expo, emphasizing soft power and ancient wisdom in immersive pavilion experience.
While nations across the globe are displaying their modern might at the World Expo in Osaka, India has focussed on its soft power and showcased a cultural renaissance.
The Osaka Expo, a World Expo being held in Japan, carries the theme “Designing Future Society for Our Lives.” This international event, held every five years for six months, focuses on showcasing innovations and fostering exchange between nations and cultures to address global challenges.
It aims to create a “Living Lab” where diverse participants come together to co-create and implement solutions for global issues, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This year the Expo is being held from April 13 to October 13.
The Indian pavilion, curated by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), is described as an “immersive civilisational experience, rooting India’s global identity in compassion and the flowing wisdom of the Bodhi stream,” a senior official at IGNCA said.
“From conceptualization to storytelling, IGNCA has played the role of a modern-day sutradhar (narrator), stringing together India’s ancient philosophies and contemporary ambitions,” he added.
The IGNCA is an autonomous body under the Union Culture Ministry.
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