Microplastics, an Invisible Threat to our Ecosystem

Panelists: Dr. Sumit Sharma, Programme Officer, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Nandini Kumar, Consultant, CII-ITC Centre for Excellence for Sustainable Development; Dr. Shukla Pal Mitra, Director, National Productivity Council (NPC), Delhi; and Anand Bodh, Co-founder, Dharaksha Ecosolutions

Chair: Ravi Agarwal, Founder Director, Toxics Link

Microplastics is a global environmental concern that has the power to threaten marine life as well as freshwater organisms for decades and centuries and has the potential to poison the entire food chain. Considered global pollutants, microplastics can also act as vectors for spreading toxic chemical additives. Do we understand its real impact on human health and overall ecology? Do we still have time to stop its spread and mitigate the existing contamination of the ecosystem?

(Collaboration: Toxics Link)

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

Seven Wonders of the Muslim World
(56 min; 2008; English)

The film traces the history and message of Islam through the lives of six young people and the historic mosques across the Muslim world where they worship. As they leave their homes and families to travel to Saudi Arabia, they embark on a most sacred journey – the pilgrimage to Mecca, birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)

The School at Ajmeri Gate: Delhi’s Educational Legacy

By Azra Razzack and M. Atyab Siddiqui (Oxford University Press: 2022)

Discussants: Prof. Sumathi Ramaswamy, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of History, Dept. of History, Duke Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, USA; Dr. Laurence Gautier, Head Researcher in History, Politics and Society, Centre de Science Humaines; Shri Ziya Us Salam, author and Associate Editor, The Hindu; Dr. Duru Arun Kumar, former Associate Professor, Netaji Subhas University of Technology; Shri Abu Sufiyan, Founder, Purani Dilli Walo ki Batein; Dr. M. Atyab Siddiqui, Advocate and co-author of the book; and Prof. Azra Razzack, Professor, Dr. K.R. Narayanan Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia and co-author of the book

Chair: Prof. Krishna Kumar

Conceptualised by Dr. Ashwani Kumar

From 10:00 to 13:00
Workshop on Various types of Yoga exercises in preventing Cardio-vascular Diseases in Relation to Stress and Modern lifestyle

The workshop will be conducted by Yoga Physicians and experts from the Centre for Integrative Medicine and Research (CIMR), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi  

Open to IIC members and staff members of IIC

At 16:00
Role of Yoga in Preventing Cardio-Vascular Disease in the Context of Stress and Modern life style

Speaker: Dr. Gautam Sharma, Professor, Dept. of Cardiology, Professor-in-Charge, Centre for Integrative Medicine and Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Chair: Dr. Ashwani Kumar

Eighth lecture in the monthly series of medical presentation on early signs, prevention and management of diseases/conditions in common medical perspectives by eminent medical consultants

An exhibition of paintings by Anatoliy Annenkov  and Alexander Vagin from Saint-Petersburg

Inauguration on Tuesday, 14 February 2023 at 18:30

(Collaboration: Embassy of the Russian Federation)

A YEAR OF POETRY AT IIC

Conceptualised by Gitanjali Surendran

The Book of Desire: Love Poems from the Kural

In the mood for literary love and desire on Valentine’s Day? Join Meena Kandasamy as she reads love poems from her luminous translation of Kammatu-p-pal, the third section of the Tamil classic Thirukkural. Her rendering will help us discover Thirukkural anew, leading us into a quintessential Tamil world of exaggerated hurt, lovers’ quarrels, evenings full of longing, and the many faces of love and desire.

Meena Kandasamy is an award-winning, poet, writer, translator, anti-caste activist and academic based in India. Among her many books are two devoted to poetry, Ms. Militancy and Touch, and more recently the novel Exquisite Cadavers. She was awarded the Hermann Kesten prize by the PEN Centre, Darmstadt, Germany in 2022.
 

Challenges to Digital Media

Chair: Harish Khare, President, The Media Foundation

Panelists: Manisha Pande, Executive Editor, News Laundry; Saurabh Dwivedi, Founding-Editor, The Lallantop; Ujwala Uppaluri, Constitutional Lawyer; and Vibodh Parthasarathi, Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia

Moderator: Shailaja Bajpai, Editorial Advisor, Media Columnist, The Print

The IT Rules first notified on April 11, 2022 by the Ministry of Electronics and IT are in a state of constant change. As the media adjusts to new regulatory compulsions, the panel will reflect on the proposed amendments, what prompted them and where we place debate in a digital India

IIC/The Media Foundation Dialogues is a series if conversations featuring prominent voices and highlighting different perspectives, the Dialogues discuss issues challenging the Fourth Estate

Lecture-demonstration by Dr. Takako Inoue, Professor, Daito Bunka University, musician and ethnomusicologist specializing in the performing arts of India and Japan

Accompanied by Raghavendra Prasad (violin); and Manohar (mridangam)

Followed by
Sarod Recital
Lecture and recital by Anupam Joshi, Senia Maihar gharana, disciple of Pt. Rajeev Taranath and Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar

Organised as part of the International Conference on Discovering India-Japan Civilizational Ties and Southeast Asia Connectivities in collaboration with Kizuna India-Japan Forum, Mosai

The Prophet and the Poet

Presented by Bangalore Little Theatre

Designed and Directed by Vijay Padaki

With Naveen Tater and Karan Singh

Narrator: Minti Jain

An original play based on the exchange of letters and articles between Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore over 25 years, with the Indian freedom struggle as the backdrop. The letters reveal how the two personalities differed significantly on the form and content of the freedom movement. The differences widened over the years. However the depth of their personalities maintained genuine respect for each other in spite of deep differences on ideological grounds

This programme is presented to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee year of both the IIC and Bangalore Little Theatre

Kathak Recital
By Nishtha Budhlakoti from Delhi, disciple of  Guru Prerana Shrimali 
Accompanists: Fateh Singh Gangani (tabla); Fateh Ali (sitar); and  Arti Srivastava Gedam (padhant)

At 19:00
Kuchipudi Recital
By T. Reddi Lakshmi from Delhi, disciple of  Gurus, Padmasri Jayarama Rao and Vanashree Rao