Monday, 26 October 2020 from 8:45 am to 10 am

Special webinar

India’s Heritage of Karuna and Ahimsa

Speaker: H.H. the Dalai Lama

Welcome Address: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC

 

Moderator: Shri Rajiv Mehrotra

 

 

A Phoenix from the Ashes
The destruction and reconstruction of Warsaw 1939-1955
 
The exhibition revisits one of the most critical chapters in the history of Poland, the destruction of the capital city of Warsaw by German troops and the inspiring reconstruction of the city after World War II. World War II and the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 in particular, left the city with almost nothing to define its identity. Warsaw, the centre of cultural, political and social life, almost ceased to exist. But like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Warsaw was rebuilt and gradually brought back to life. This unique and pioneering nature of the reconstruction of the city was given its due recognition when Warsaw’s Old Town was included in the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1980
 
Polish Architecture
An exhibition of photographs by some of the leading Polish architectural photographers on contemporary buildings
 
On view at the Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex from 19^th to 28^th October 2020, 11 am to 7 pm daily
 
(Collaboration: Polish Institute, New Delhi)

Music Appreciation Promotion
 
In the Light of the Classical (84 min)
Presentation by Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, a Hindi poet-critic who has written critically about classical music in Hindi and English besides establishing institutions of music and organising major events


Shri Vajpeyi will speak on the influence the classical music has had on him for nearly half a century as a poet, as a rasika, as an organiser etc. He would discuss aspects of my closeness with maestros such as Kumar Gandharva, Mallikaarjun Mansur, Zia Moiuddin Dagar in particular. The changing ethos, the dynamics of innovation, the declining knowledge about the classical music will also be analysed
 
Webcast recording of the IIC programme held on 12^h February 2016

Rosalind Wilson Memorial Lecture 2014
 
Quantify to Qualify: The Limitations of Threshold Markers on Social Policy (45 min)
Speaker: Prof. Dipankar Gupta, well-known sociologist
Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee
 
Organised in collaboration with the Rosalind Wilson Memorial Trust
 
Webcast recording of the IIC programme held on 28 July 2014
 

Film
The General (USA)
(75 min; 1927; b/w; silent with English title cards)
Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
 
Recipient of the National Film Registry, National Film Preservation Board, USA 1989; OFTA Film Hall of Fame, Online Film & Television Association 2009
 
A classic silent comedy, the film lifted Buster Keaton from the ashes of oblivion decades after his name and legacy were forgotten. Audiences and critics in the 1920s did not appreciate this extraordinary masterpiece. Based on a true story, Keaton seized upon the story of a civil war train hijack and embellished it with humour, spectacle and a slightly sour love story.
 
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWm587wKKVw

‘In the Forest of My Soul’ – Beethoven and his Art
Concerts, films and talks to mark the 250^th birth anniversary of the renowned composer, Ludwig van Beethoven
 
Conceptualised by Justin McCarthy, well known dancer, choreographer, Guru and concert pianist
 
Beethoven @250 – Concert 2
Beethoven’s song cycle An die ferne Geliebte, or To the Distant Beloved and Busslied or Penitence
Presented by Subin Sebastian Mathai (countertenor) and Nadine Jo Crasto (piano)
 
Followed by
Beethoven’s Spring Sonata in F major
By Josh Henriques (violin) and Nadine Jo Crasto (piano)
 

Focus Japan
Screening of NHK documentary films on Japan’s history, literature, art, culture and heritage. Organised with the support of NHK World and Embassy of Japan, New Delhi
 
Tokyo Miracle City: Gourmet Capital- Keeping Alive the Spirit of Tsukiji (49 min; 2020; English)
 
The documentary explores Tokyo’s well–known and tantalizing food culture, exploring the role played by the iconic Tsukiji fish market in Japan's culinary history. Actor Sato Takeru takes viewers on a journey back in time as we learn about the lives of the skilled specialists at the heart of the market and discover their unique contribution in the journey from ocean to table
 
Link: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/4001369/