Saving the World from Hitler: India’s Battles in World War II
By R. Prasannan  (Manorama Books, 2021)
 
Discussants: Gen. Ved Prakash Malik (Retd.), PVSM, AVSM, former Chief of the Indian Army; Dr. Robert Lyman, Fellow, Royal Historical Society and an authority on World War II; Sq. Ldr. Rana Chinna (Retd.), writer and Military Historian, Secretary and Editor, USI Centre for Military History and Conflict Research; and Shri R. Prasannan, Senior Coordinating Editor, The Week and author of the book
 
Chair: Shri Suhas Borker, Editor, Citizens First TV (CFTV)

Dance in Corona Times
A discussion with Sharmila Biswas; Leela Venkataraman; Shama Bhate; and Parwati Datta

Moderator: Ashok Vajpeyi

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

The programme can be accessed on:

facebookLive@razafoundation
YouTube@The Raza Foundation
 

The Maltese Falcon (USA) | ( Click here to watch )
(101 min; 1941; b/w; English)
Director: John Houston

With Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George

Recipient of the NBR Award for Best Acting, National Board of Review, USA 1041; Photoplay Award for Best Performance, Photoplay Award 1942; and Winner of the National Film Registry, National Preservation Board, USA 1989

In this classic film noir, detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) gets more than he bargained for when he takes a case brought to him by a beautiful but secretive woman (Mary Astor). As soon as Miss Wonderly shows up, trouble follows as Sam's partner is murdered and Sam is accosted by a man (Peter Lorre) demanding he locate a valuable statuette. Sam, entangled in a dangerous web of crime and intrigue, soon realizes he must find the one thing they all seem to want: the bejewelled Maltese falcon. 

The Maltese Falcon is a truly superlative movie, arguably the best detective movie ever made in Hollywood and first film directed by John Huston, it counts among the all-time great debuts. 

A three-part series produced by BBC 4 

In a series about the extraordinary stories behind maps, Professor Jerry Brotton, British historian, Professor of Renaissance Studies, Queen Mary University of London uncovers how maps aren't simply about getting from A to B, but are revealing snapshots of defining moments in history and tools of political power and persuasion.

Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession – Episode 3:

Mapping the World | ( (60 min; 2010; English) | ( Click here to watch )

Director: Annabel Hobley

Professor Jerry Brotton explains how maps encouraged the plunder and conquest of far-off lands as fabled riches drove explorers such as Christopher Columbus and Walter Raleigh to the New World. He examines the founding of America and the myth of Eldorado, before discussing how cartography made international enterprise possible through the Dutch East India Company and similar ventures. Last in the series.

An online Flamenco concert with Maria del Mar Fernández (voice); Manuel Lucas (guitar); Ana González and Alejandro Molina (dance)

An online live concert of songs, music and dance presenting a mix of Spanish and Indian compositions reinterpreted by the artists.

The concert will be webcasted live on 4th September 2021 at 6.00 pm on YouTube. 

(Collaboration: Cervantes Institute, New Delhi)

Picturing a People: George Johnston, Tlingit Photographer (Canada) | ( Click here to watch )
(48 min; 1997; English)
Writer/Director: Carol Geddes

George Johnston was a hunter, trapper, entrepreneur and photographer. This man, whose Tlingit name was Kaash KlaÕ, documented his family at work and play, and the Yukon community of Teslin, where he lived. The Tlingit are indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. The film is an engaging portrait of an extraordinary man and the evocative photos he took documenting a fascinating part of Canadian history.

(60 min; 2003; English)
Directors: James Kent, Nicolas Kent, Ian MacMillan

This rich, evocative film captures the greatness as well as the profound gloom of one of Britain’s best-loved poets. Philip Larkin died in 1985 yet his words endure to this day – his poetry is still widely read and broadcast, and a variety of books and memoirs about the man have been published.