Human Nature (USA)

27 June 2022, 12:00 am
Human Nature (USA)
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions, Webcasts
End Date
03 July 2022, 11:59 pm

Human Nature (USA) | Click here to watch
(95 min; 2019; English)
Directed & Produced by Adam Bolt

Recipient of the Audience Award, International Documentary Competition, Academia Film Olomouc 2019

The biggest tech revolution of the 21st Century isn't digital, it's biological. A breakthrough called CRISPR has given us unprecedented control over the basic building blocks of life. It opens the door to curing diseases, reshaping the biosphere, and designing our own children. Human Nature is a provocative exploration of CRISPR's far-reaching implications, through the eyes of the scientists who discovered it, the families it is affecting, and the bio-engineers who are testing its limits. How will this new power change our relationship with nature? What will it mean for human evolution? To begin to answer these questions we must look back billions of years and peer into an uncertain future.

https://watchdocumentaries.com/human-nature/

Lost Kingdoms of Africa (2010-2012/UK)

27 June 2022, 12:00 am
Lost Kingdoms of Africa (2010-2012/UK)
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions, Webcasts
End Date
03 July 2022, 11:59 pm

An eight-part BBC series in which British art historian Dr Gus Casely-Hayford explores the pre-colonial history of some of Africa's most important kingdoms.

Episode 6: The Zulu Kingdom (60 min) | Click here to watch
Director: Mark Bates

In this episode, Dr Casely-Hayford travels to South Africa to explore the history of one of Africa's most famous kingdoms. Visiting some of the most evocative sites in Zulu history, he examines the origins of the Zulu in the 17th century, their expansion under controversial military leader King Shaka and their brutal encounters with the Boers and the British. He also searches for the secrets behind the Zulu's cultural power and legendary military strength, and why Zulu identity continues to endure.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqor11

The Diary of Anne Frank: A Tale of Two Sisters (UK)

27 June 2022, 12:00 am
The Diary of Anne Frank: A Tale of Two Sisters (UK)
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions, Webcasts
End Date
03 July 2022, 11:59 pm

EPISODE- II
(88 min; 2015; English)
Writer: Edward Cotterill

Filmed in Netherlands and London, this two part special made in 2015 commemorates 70 years since Anne Frank’s death. Featuring unique interviews with Anne’s step sister, Eva Schloss and Gillian Walnes, a survivor from Auschwitz who now runs the Anne Frank Trust in the UK; and Ronald Leopold, the Director of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. In 1933, the Nazis rose to power. Five years later, in 1938, Eva Schloss remembers the Nazis marching on Austria and then she and her family fleeing and settling in Amsterdam the same year. They found they were in the same residential square as the Franks with their young daughter, Anne. Anne and Eva found a bond from the shared experience of being displaced by the Nazis

25 June 2022 marks the 75th year of the publication of The Diary of a Young Girl 

The Diary of Anne Frank: A Tale of Two Sisters (UK)

27 June 2022, 12:00 am
The Diary of Anne Frank: A Tale of Two Sisters (UK)
Programme Type
Webcasts
End Date
03 July 2022, 11:59 pm

EPISODE-I

(88 min; 2015; English)
Writer: Edward Cotterill

Filmed in Netherlands and London, this two part special made in 2015 commemorates 70 years since Anne Frank’s death. Featuring unique interviews with Anne’s step sister, Eva Schloss and Gillian Walnes, a survivor from Auschwitz who now runs the Anne Frank Trust in the UK; and Ronald Leopold, the Director of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. In 1933, the Nazis rose to power. Five years later, in 1938, Eva Schloss remembers the Nazis marching on Austria and then she and her family fleeing and settling in Amsterdam the same year. They found they were in the same residential square as the Franks with their young daughter, Anne. Anne and Eva found a bond from the shared experience of being displaced by the Nazis


25 June 2022 marks the 75th year of the publication of The Diary of a Young Girl 

IIC New President

IIC New President
Start Date
23 June 2022, 10:00 am


Dear Member,

The President of the India International Centre is elected once in 5 years from among the Life Trustees following the time-honoured principle of rotation of the presidency.  Shri N.N. Vohra completed his 5 years presidential tenure on 22 June 2022.  Former Foreign Secretary Shri Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, who is next in line in the inter-se seniority of Life Trustees, has been unanimously elected by the Board as the new President and has taken over on  23 June 2022.

Shri Shyam Saran is a former Foreign Secretary of India and has served as Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Nuclear Affairs and Climate Change.  After leaving government service in 2010, he has headed the Research and Information System for Developing Countries, a prestigious think tank focusing on economic issues (2011-2017) and was Chairman of the National Security Advisory Board under the National Security Council (2013-15). He is Member of the Governing Board of the Centre for Policy Research and of the Institute of Chinese Studies. His first book, How India Sees the World was published in 2017. He has recently published his second book, How China Sees India and the World.

Shri Shyam Saran was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, in 2011 for his contributions to civil service. In May 2019, he was conferred the Spring Order Gold and Silver Star by the Emperor of Japan for promoting India-Japan relations.

With warm regards,

 

Kanwal Wali
Secretary IIC
 

Life in the Shadows

02 July 2022, 11:00 am
Life in the Shadows
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions, Webcasts
Venue
Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC
End Date
14 July 2022, 07:00 pm

An exhibition of photographs by Chitvan Gill

The Unseen Children of India’s Poor - crushing poverty forces millions of children into the workforce. This exhibition is an attempt to bring these children closer to us, it tells of their struggle for existence; it is the story of their parents, the marginalised, the poorest of the poor.

Inauguration by Mr. Insaf Nizam, Specialist on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, ILO’s South Asia sub-Regional Office on Friday, 1 July 2022 at 18:30

Exhibition on view from 2 to 14 July 2022, 11:00 to 19:00 daily

(Collaboration: Work: No Child’s Business)
 

IIC DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS – DIGITAL GOVERNANCE

30 June 2022, 06:30 pm
IIC DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS – DIGITAL GOVERNANCE
Programme Type
Discussions, Webcasts
Venue
Seminar Rooms II, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC

HYBRID PROGRAMME

She isn’t online… yet: Women and Social Media

Panelists: Abhinandita Dayal Mathur, Advisor, Delhi Government who will speak on Women, Social Media and Governance; Natasha Jog, Head of Public Policy, Instagram will speak on Policy Issues; Priyanka Kher, Head of Media, Breakthrough will speak on Online Safety; and Aparajita Bharti, Co-founder, The Quantum Hub (TQH) will speak on Young Leaders for Active Citizenship (YLAC)

Moderator: Mahima Kaul, Head Public Policy, Bumble APAC and former Public Policy Director, Twitter India

What will it take for more women to use social media freely in India? Does the answer lie with social media companies and the protection that they offer their most vulnerable audiences? Does the answer lie with reforming the patriarchal lens through which society, and sometimes the state, views women? Does the answer lie with women – and have we not been able to ask the right questions?
 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

29 June 2022, 05:00 pm
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Seminar Rooms II, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC

Indian Citizenship and Immigration Law
By Amish Tandon (Niyogi Books Pvt. Ltd: 2022)

Discussants: Justice Shri Madan Lokur, former Judge, Supreme Court of India; Dr. A. Didar Singh, former Secretary, Govt. of India and former Secretary General, FICCI; Ms Shubhrastha, Columnist, freelance writer and political strategist; and Shri Amish Tandon, Advocate and author of the book

Moderator: Ms Jasleen Vohra, TV presenter and commentator