Four Crises: Test of Diplomacy

By G.S. Iyer

Discussants: Amb. Ranjit Rae, former Indian Ambassador to Hungary, Vietnam and Nepal; Amb. Ashok Kantha, former Indian Ambassador to China, Hony. Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies and Distinguished Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation; and Amb. G.S. Iyer, former Indian Ambassador to Mexico & Morocco and author of the book

Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian, Professor, Symbiosis University and Indian Society of International Law

The 18th IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival: 15 to 17 March 2023

The 18th edition of the festival brings together a collection of over 50 films from 20 countries, directed by Asian women filmmakers including South Korea, Indonesia, Philippines, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Sri Lanka and Israel to name a few. The festival includes a homage to the recently departed iconic Sri Lankan director, Sumitra Peries; animated films from South Korea; iTales an anthology of five short films made solely on iphones; a gaming session on rumour and gossip, gender and fake news; a presentation on Making films and Watching Films – Gender in Hindi Cinema; Seminar on Representation of Children and Women in the Media; “Movies@Mobile” a session on the art and craft of making purposive communication messages for articulated goals; “Incredible Child” an exhibition curated by Saminar Mishra.

Organised in collaboration with International Association of Women in Radio &Television, Chapter India; Alliance Française, New Delhi; WISCOMP; Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS); Breakthrough; The Park Hotels; Fredrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) ; Max Mueller Bhavan-Goethe Institut; Embassy of Israel; INKO Centre, Chennai; CRY; A. R. Rehman Foundation; Embassy of Indonesia; Aniseed; Action Aid; Bennet University; and Institute of Home Economics, University of Delhi; and The Foundation for Universal Responsibility of his Holiness the Dalai lama

Screenings will be held in the Auditorium on 15, 16 and 17 March 2023 from 09:00 onwards. Some of the filmmakers will be present for post-screening discussions

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Highlights of the festival include:

Exhibitions

‘An Incredible Child’ – The exhibition has emerged from a process of c-creation between adults and children and reflects the need for play and beauty in all lives

Curated by Samina Mishra, documentary filmmaker and founder of The Magic Key Centre for the Arts and Childhood

On view in the Quadrangle Garden from 14 to 20 March 2023

The Life She Lives – explores the lives of women living at the margins of India’s socio economic realities

An exhibition of photographs by Chitvan Gill, writer, photographer and independent filmmaker

On View at the Annexe Art Gallery, 11:00 to 19:00 daily, 15 to 21 March 2023

On 15 March 2023 in Conference Room II

Workshop from 11:00 to 13:00 - ‘Farzi: Busting Fake news and Misinformation’

From 14:00 to 16:00 – Presentation and discussion on ‘Making Films & Watching Films: Gender in Hindi Cinema'

On 16 March 2023 in Conference Room II

Discussion from 11:00 to 12:30 – ‘The Vulnerable Child’ – Can traditional and digital media help provide opportunities for creating safe spaces for children especially a decade after POCSO

In the Multipurpose Hall from 14:00 to 15:00

IAWRT Roundtable on ‘Representation of Gender, Women and Children in Media’

On 17 March 2023 in Conference Room II from 14:00 to 16:00

Only One Earth

Films – The Egret River – Wna-Ling Liu | Taiwan| 20 min| animation

Water Celery – Yu So-young | South Korea | 28 min | non fiction

Polar Bears – Shilpa Krishnan Shukla | Singapore | 24 min | fiction

Movies@Mobile – screening of films from Phase I – Gender, Climate Change Intersectionalities

From 16:30 to 18:30

Roundtable – Gender Climate Change Intersectionalities

For detail screening schedule, kindly please log onto www.iicdelhi.nic.in

Odissi Recital

By Pragya Ghosh from Delhi, disciple of  Guru Smt Sharon Lowen
 

At 19:00 
Kathak Group Recital

By Manjiri Kiran from Jaipur, disciple of the late Vidushi Smt Rohini Bhate 
Manjiri will perform along with her own students

By Vandana R. Singh (Niyogi Books: 2022)

Discussants: Shri Pavan K. Varma, Former Diplomat & Distinguished Author; Dr. Sukrita Paul Kumar,  poet, critic and academician; Shri Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee, Editorial Director, Niyogi Books, New Delhi; and Dr. Vandana R. Singh, Associate Professor of English, GCG, Panjab University, translator, editor and author of the book

Speaker: Prof. Robert Linrothe, Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History and former Chair, Dept. of Art History, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA. His research is mainly on Ladakh and Zangskar in the western Himalaya and in Pala-Sena period art in eastern India. His recent books include, Reenchantment: Masterworks of Sculpture in Village Temples of Bihar and Orissa (2021); and Seeing into Stone: Pre-Buddhist Petroglyphs and Zangskar’s Early Inhabitants (2016)

Chair: Prof. Siddiq Wahid, Distinguished Professor, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University

The subject of sometimes confusing nomenclatures for Ladakh because of the impact of Tibetan civilization on it. Prof. Linrothe argues for a perspective on the history and culture of Ladakh that is not exclusively “Tibetan” but a synthesis of indigeneity, Tibetan Buddhist and Tibetan cultural contributions 

Two books will be discussed

The Making of Modern India and The Golden Lineage and its Legends

By Prabeer K. Basu (Shubhi Publications)

 Discussants: Shri Vinod Rai, former Chief Controller of Accounts; Shri Pradip Baijal, former Secretary, Disinvestment and former Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI); Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC; and Shri Prabeer K. Basu, author of the book

Moderator: Shri Sanjeev Chopra, author

Hindustani Classical Vocal

By Pt. Ajay Chakravarty

(Collaboration: Rasaja Foundation)

Hindustani Classical Music – Sitar Recital

By Pt. Buddhaditya Mukherjee

Accompanied by S. Nandy on tabla

Carnatic Music – Mandolin and Flute Recital

By U. Rajesh (mandolin); and Dr. B. Vijaygopal (flute)

Accompanists: Natesan on mridangam; and Girdhar on ghatam

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Raza at the Centre de Pompidou

Reflections on Raza and the show

Talk by Roobina Karode, eminent art critic and curator

Moderator: Ashok Vajpeyi

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)