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 
 

Gandhi in the Twenty-First Century: Ideas and Relevance

By Anshuman Behera & Shailesh Nayak (NIAS & Springer: 2022)

Discussants: Dr. Varsha Das, well-known Gandhian, writer and art critic; Shri S.N. Sahu, former Officer on Special Duty to President K.R. Narayan and a student of Gandhian Thought; Dr. Anshuman Behera, Associate Professor, School of Conflict and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies and co-author of the book; and Prof. Shailesh Nayak, Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Life Trustee, IIC and co-author of the book

Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies and Editor, Citizens First TV (CFTV)

Dharwad-Kirana Khayal Gayaki: The migration and stylistic evolution of a North Indian tradition in the South 

Illustrated presentation by  Srivani Jade

The gayaki currently popular as the Kirana gharana, has its roots in present day Uttar Pradesh. Over the last 150 years, it has flourished in the South, centred around the small town of Dharwad in North Karnataka. Like a river gathering various elements in its path across the country, this Khayal tradition has absorbed the richness and diversity of regional music in Maharashtra and Karnataka, and evolved into a style all its own. The speaker will narrate the story of the evolution of her gharana, and demonstrate the stylistic elements of the Dharwad-Kirana gharana 

Hindustani classical vocalist, composer and educator, Srivani Jade is a captivating performer, and story-teller of the Dharwad-Kirana tradition of Khayal. She is a Visiting Artist at the University of Washington (Seattle) and is based in Bengaluru 
 

Khaki on Broken Wings: Police Diaries Book  2

By Amod K. Kanth (Bloomsbury: 2022)

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Discussants: Shri Shatrughan Sinha, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha; Shri Salman Khurshid, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India; Shri Mukund B. Kaushal, former Secretary (Internal Security); Shri V.N. Singh, former Commissioner of Police, Delhi; Shri Amod K.Kanth, former Director General of Police and author of the book

Moderator: Shri Pavan K. Varma, writer and former Diplomat

Stray Poems and The Temple

By  Abhay K. and Sanjula Sharma (Paperwall Publishing: 2022)

Discussants: Dr. Sukrita Paul Kumar, poet, critic and academician; Prof. Rumki Basu, formerly Head, Dept. Political Science & Professor of Public Administration, Jamia Millia Islamia; Shri Abhay K., Deputy Director, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, poet and author; and Ms Sanjula Sharma, poet and author

Chair: Ms Rajni Sekri Sibal, writer and civil servant

Evoking Amrita Sher Gil's art works 

An exhibition of paintings by students of the Fenyvesi Festeszeti Iskola of Zebergeny, a private painting school located in the villa owned by the Szepessy - Gottesmann family, including Amrita Sher-gil and Ervin Baktay. The paintings on display have been inspired by Amrita Sher-gil’s work

Preview on Wednesday, 8 February 2023 at 18:30

(Collaboration: Liszt Institute-Hungarian Cultural Centre Delhi, Embassy of Hungary)