Economic Security in Indo-Pacific: Gradation of Regional Responses

Lead presentations by IIC and International House of Japan (I-House) Distinguished Visiting Scholars

- Prof. Ken Jimbo, Managing Director (Representative Director), President, Asia-Pacific Initiative and Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University, Tokyo; and Prof. Kazuto Suzuki, Director, Institute of Geoeconomics, and Professor of Science and Technology Policy, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo, Japan

Speakers: Prof Manoj Pant, former Dean, SIS, JNU and  Ms Indrani Bagchi, CEO, Ananta Centre 

Chair: Dr. Shankar Acharya, former Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India and currently Professor at the ICRIER 
 

(Collaboration: International House of Japan, Tokyo)
 

Santoor Recital

By Bipul Kumar Ray from Delhi, disciple of the late Pt. Bhajan Sopori

Accompanied by Saptak Sharma on tabla
 

At 19:00
Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Amrita Dutta Majumdar from Delhi, disciple of Smt. Uma Garg and Shri Dinanath Mishra

Accompanied by Bivakar Choudhury on tabla and Ajay Mishra on harmonium
 

Who will Speak for the Margins? Is the Media Silence self-assumed or Captive to Market and State Diktats?

Speaker: Uma Chakravarti and Navsharan Singh

Moderator of the series: Suhas Borker

Introduction: Vinay Kumar, Secretary General, Press Club of India

Venue: Conference Room, Press Club of India, 1, Raisina Road, New Delhi 110001

The series of Conversations with Media is jointly organised by IIC and PCI; and is hosted by them alternately every month

Those were the Days: Tales from the 15th Finance Commission

By Ashok K. Lahiri (Rupa Publications India; 2022)

Discussants: Dr. Palanivel Thiaga Rajan, Minister of Finance & Human Resource Management, Tamil Nadu; Shri Sushil Modi, former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar; Shri N.K. Singh, Economist and former Member of the Rajya Sabha; Shri Manpreet Singh Badal, former Finance Minister, Punjab; Shri Arvind Mehta, Secretary, Fifteen Finance Commission; and Shri Ashok K. Lahiri, former Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India and author of the book

Chair: Shri Raghav Bahl, Founder Network 18 and Bloomberg Quint

CANCELLED 

(30 min; 2022; English)
Director: Sujay 

Premiere screening of the first documentary on the Royal Indian Navy Mutiny of 1946. Using forgotten footage sourced from the Imperial War Museum and Cambridge University in the UK and press clippings from India and Pakistan, and juxtaposing this material with expert narrations of this story of valour. The Last Push reconstructs the mutiny by Royal Indian Navy ratings, which shook the British Raj in its sunset months and hastened its decision to leave India to Indians.

(Collaboration: IANS India Private Limited)

(96 min; 2007; English)
Directors: Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi 

Multiple award winner including Jury Prize & Palm Dog, Cannes Film Festival 2007; César for Best Adapted Screenplay & Best First Film, César Awards, France 2008; NYFCC Award for Best Animated Film, New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2007; Audience Award for Best Foreign Feature Film, São Paulo International Film Festival 2008; among others

Based on Marjane Satrapi's best-selling graphic novel about her life in pre and post-revolutionary Iran and then in Europe. The film traces Satrapi's growth from child to rebellious, punk-loving teenager in Iran. In the background are the growing tensions of the political climate in Iran in the 70s and 80s, with members of her liberal-leaning family detained and then executed, and the background of the disastrous Iran/Iraq war.
 

Lecture and demonstration presented by Subhasis Sabyasachi, Bamboo artist, and Junior Research Fellow, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India who has been involved in a unique research developing bamboo musical instruments. 

Bamboo instruments to be demonstrated and played include, tabla, guitar, sitar, xylophone, violin, flute and mridangam. The repertoire includes folk, classical and Rabindra Sangeet
 

A journey with Subhasis Sabyasachi, bamboo artist
On display are eco-friendly bamboo musical instruments, toys, lamp shades and other objects of everyday use
 
Preview on Tuesday, 20 December 2022 at 18.30
 
 

Ashwati Parmeshwar, soprano and Sviatlana Radashkevich, pianist, present melodies across genres, from the Classical to Christmas