Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC

Speakers: Brig. Ashok Abbey (retd.), AVSM, President, Indian Mountaineering Foundation; Smt. Rita Gombu Marwah, veteran mountaineer and Member of the 1984 Indian Expedition to Mount Everest, Vice President, Indian Mountaineering Foundation; and Ms Prerna Dangi, professional climber, athlete and guide, accomplished rock climber and one of India's top women ice climbers

Moderator: Shri Mandip Singh Soin

(Collaboration: Indian Mountaineering Foundation)

A weekly screening of four award winning children’s films organized in collaboration with Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Delhi to celebrate National Children’s Day. Screenings will be held every Saturday and Sunday in November 2021. Each film will be accessible for a period of 36 hours from Saturday 9 am to Sunday 11:55 pm. The registration link for accessing the weekly screenings is given below:

Life According to Nino (Het leven volgens Nino)
(77 min; 2014; Dutch with English subtitles)
Director: Simone van Dusseldorp

Recipient of the Cinekid Film Award for Best Children’s Film, Cinekid 2014; and Special Jury Diploma ‘Molodists for Kids’ programme, Molodist International Film Festival 2015

The film opens with an almost utopian portrayal of family harmony and happiness.  The narrative begins on the birthday of the film’s lead protagonist, eight-year-old Nino who receives, as a gift — not the dog that he had wished for — but a rabbit. His disappointment is short-lived, however, and Bobby (the newly arrived rabbit’s name) is ready to join the happy family. This happy idyll is shattered by the death of Nino’s mother. Nino and his teenaged brother Lucas are left to deal with life on their own... 

Life According to Nino takes a potentially dour story and infuses it with humour and vitality. 

Screening schedule and online registration to access the films

Family Film | Eye Film Player

This series deals with two of the deepest questions there are - what is everything, and what is nothing? In two epic, surreal and mind-expanding films, Professor Jim Al-Khalili searches for an answer to these questions as he explores the true size and shape of the universe and delves into the amazing science behind apparent nothingness.

Nothing | Click here to watch
(58 min; English)
The second part, Nothing, explores science at the very limits of human perception, where we now understand the deepest mysteries of the universe lie. Professor Jim Al-Khalili sets out to answer one very simple question - what is nothing? His journey ends with perhaps the most profound insight about reality that humanity has ever made. Everything came from nothing. The quantum world of the super small shaped the vast universe we inhabit today, and Jim can prove it. 
 

A series of documentaries presented by the historian Bettany Hughes. Travelling across present locations, Bettany explores the cultural and political pasts of ancient peoples, including the Greeks, Minoans and Egyptian.

The Ancient Worlds: The Minoans | Click here to watch
(50 min; English)

The tale of the Minotaur and the Labyrinth is perhaps the most compelling of all Greek myths. Just over 100 years ago, English archaeologist Arthur Evans went to the 'Minotaur's Island' to explore the roots of this myth and discovered instead a sophisticated Bronze Age civilisation that had been lost to history for thousands of years.

He called them The Minoans, and the riches of their culture astonished the world, prompting Evans to proclaim them the first civilisation of the Western World.

Tagore and Gandhi: Walking Alone, Walking Together
By Rudrangshu Mukherjee (Aleph Book Company, New Delhi: September 2021)

Discussants: Shri Tushar Gandhi, President, Lok Seva Trust and Director, Gandhi Research Foundation; Dr. Ravindra Kumar, former Vice-Chancellor, CCS University, Meerut and Ombudsman, Swami Vivekananda Subharati University, Meerut; and Prof. Rudrangshu Mukherjee, historian and author of the book

Chair: Prof. Sanjukta Dasgupta, academic, poet and Convenor, English Advisory Board, Sahitya Akademi and President, Intercultural Poetry and Performance Library, ICCR, Kolkata

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME
 
The exhibition commemorates the restoration of Poland’s independence and sovereignty in 1918 as the Second Polish Republic. Following the partition of Poland by the Prussian, Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires in the late 18th century, Poland ceased to exist as an independent, united entity for 123 years until the end of World War I. Polish military interventions and the fall of the erstwhile empires allowed the divided country to reunite and re-emerge as an independent state.
 
On view are digital copies of archive photographs, documents and texts.
 

 (Collaboration: Embassy of Poland; and Polish Institute, New Delhi)

Meet the Artist

Bose Krishnamachari, artist and curator, and the co-founder and President of Kochi Biennale will speak on The Indian Biennale

Bose Krishnamachari is an artist and independent curator, living and working between Mumbai and Kochi. His diverse artistic and curatorial practice includes drawing, painting, sculpture, design, installation and architecture. He was Artistic Director and Co-Curator of India’s first Biennale – The Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2012, Director of Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014, 2016 and 2018, and is President of the Kochi Biennale Foundation

(Collaboration: J.D. Centre of Arts)

Zoom Registration: https://zoom.us/j/95126777268
Meeting ID: 951 2677 7268

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Ghulam Hasan Khan from Delhi, disciple of Ustad Ghulam Sadiq Khan

Accompanied by Junaid Hasan (tanpura and vocal support); Zakir Dholpuri (harmonium); and Romaan Khan (tabla)

At 19:00

Bharatanatyam Recital

By Shreyasi Gopinath from Delhi, disciple of Guru Saroja Vaidyanathan and the late Guru Jamuna Krishnan

Kindly please make a note

• Physical programmes will be held as per the Covid -19 guidelines with 50% seating capacity in the C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium for cultural programmes
• Wearing of face masks is mandatory and will be strictly enforced. Entry will not be permitted to anyone not wearing a mask
• Audiences are requested to arrive at the venues, at least 30 minutes prior to the programmes in order to facilitate the screening process at the Door
• There will be separate doors earmarked for Entry and Exit

We request audiences to kindly abide by the above regulations

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Preventing Diabetes and its Complications – How can we meet this challenge?

Illustrated lecture by Dr. S.V. Madhu, Director-Professor and Head, Dept. of Endocrinology, Head, Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, Delhi

Chair: Dr. Ashwani Kumar

India has the second largest number of cases of diabetes mellitus in the world today, affecting over 80 million people. An equal number also have prediabetes who are at a significantly higher risk of diabetes. This alarming rise in the prevalence of diabetes and its associated complications such as kidney disease, heart attacks and strokes cause a major strain on the individual, society, the health system and the economy of our country. Attention needs to be focused on prevention of this silent killer and public awareness can go a long way in meeting this challenge effectively.

From 14:00 to 16:30 hrs: Random Blood Sugar Testing will be conducted for all those interested in Seminar Room I

Second lecture in a new monthly series of medical presentations on early signs, prevention and management of diseases/conditions in common medical perspectives by eminent medical consultants. Conceptualised by Dr. Ashwani Kumar.

Kindly please make a note

• Physical programmes will be held as per the Covid -19 guidelines with 50% seating capacity in the hall for cultural programmes
• Wearing of face masks is mandatory and will be strictly enforced. Entry will not be permitted to anyone not wearing a mask
• Audiences are requested to arrive at the venues, at least 30 minutes prior to the programmes in order to facilitate the screening process at the Door
• There will be separate doors earmarked for Entry and Exit

We request audiences to kindly abide by the above regulations