NEW YEAR SPECIAL BUFFET LUNCH
Dear Members, We are organizing a special New Year Buffet Lunch at the Fountain Lawn on Sunday, 1 January 2023 from 1.00 PM onwards. Members are requested to make advance booking with the Centre on 011-24609472(Room Service). Kindly please make a note, reservation of tables will be made on first-come-first served basis. For large groups special arrangements will be made to accommodate them.
Kindly please note cancellation of booking after 31 December 2022 will not be entertained.
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MAPPING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
Coordinated by Shri Siraj Hussain
Sustainability of Palm Oil
Speaker: Shri Ashwin Selvaraj, Deputy Director Market Transformation, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
Chair: Shri Siraj Hussain, former Union Agriculture Secretary
The talk will highlight the challenges and opportunities in mainstreaming sustainability in the oil palm sector and what the experience has been on this subject so far. India has a critical role to play in the oil palm sector and such opportunities help in creating awareness and provide one with inspiration to continue the engagement with the relevant public sector and private sector stakeholders
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Nehru and the Spirit of India
By Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee (Penguin Random House: 2022)
Discussants: Prof. Hilal Ahmed, Political sociologist and Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies; and Shri Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee, poet and author of the book
Chair: Prof. Ashis Nandy, social theorist and political psychologist
FRONTIERS OF HISTORY/MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
Ravi Shankar: The Indian Sun who Rose in the East
Illustrated lecture by Oliver Craske, author of Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar which was published to acclaim in 2020. During a career in book publishing, Craske had collaborated with Shankar on his memoir Raga Mala and has edited other books on subjects including Einstein, The Beatles, cricket and art collecting
Chair: Anita Singh, Vice-Chairperson and Director, Indian Music Society
Accounts of the sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar (1920-2012) usually focus on his groundbreaking achievements in popularizing Indian music overseas. His biographer Oliver Craske argues that his achievements within India, which are less lauded today, were equally significant and are essential to an understanding of the man who was perhaps India’s most important cultural figure of the 20th century
IIC DOUBLE BILL DANCE RECITALS
At 18:00
Sattriya Duet Recital
By Mridusmita Das from Delhi, disciple of Guru Bhuban Bora and Guru RamkrishnaTalukdar; and Tusti Tanaya Saharia from Delhi, disciple of Shri Ramakrishna Talukdar and Guru Indira P.P. Bora
At 19:00
Bharatanatyam Recital
By Suhail Bhan from Delhi, disciple of Guru Justin McCarthy
Nature in Bronze
A sculpture park to celebrate the centenary year of Amar Nath Sehgal, South Asian Modern artist and sculptor
Presented by the Amar Nath Sehgal Private Collection
Inauguration on Monday, 23 January 2023 at 18:30
On 3 February 2023 from 17:30 to 18:30
Guided Walkthrough
To be conducted by Rahul Kumar
(Collaboration: Amar Nath Sehgal Trust)
Science in Sanskrit Scriptures
Discussion based on the book by Dr. Yash Gupta (Roots and Shoots: 2022)
Lead presentation by Dr. Yash Gupta, FRCS, Trauma and Plastic Surgeon, UK
Followed by a panel discussion with
Panelists: Prof. N.K. Gupta, well-known physicist, Consultant and Advisor, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi; and Prof. Sanjiv Kumar, Chairperson, Three Domain Health Leadership Foundation, New Delhi
Chair: Shri K.N. Srivastava, Director IIC
India and Egypt in the New Middle East
Speakers: Amb. Navdeep Suri, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation and former Indian Ambassador to Egypt; Prof. P.R. Kumaraswamy, Centre for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Shri Atul Aneja, Editor, India Narrative who has reported conflicts from Baghdad, Beirut and Cairo
Chair: Ms Indrani Bagchi, CEO, Ananta Centre
The visit of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to Delhi as an honoured guest at the 2023 Republic Day celebrations marks an important moment in the evolution of relations between Delhi and Cairo. India and Egypt today reconnect at a moment very different from the Nehru-Nasser era in the second half of the 20th century. The discussion will explore the contours of a renewed partnership between India and Egypt
(Collaboration: Asia Society Policy Institute, New Delhi)
IIC ANNUAL DAY 2023
Songs of Love, Longing and Separation
The Langa and Manganiar are both hereditary musician communities from Western Rajasthan, and have a rich and varied musical repertoire handed down from generations. Songs of longing and separation are one of the most evocative of their repertoire, as is the case in many musical traditions of India. These range from romantic songs sung at weddings for the patrons, devotional songs pining for the divine lover, or those that are part of romantic ballads among others
An evening with Multan Khan Manganiar; Askar Khan Langa and Sardar Khan Langa (vocals & Sindhi sarangi); Firoz Khan Manganiar (vocal & dholak); and Ghewar Khan Manganiar (vocals & kamaicha)
Conceptualised and curated by Shubha Chaudhuri