INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE

“AWADHI FOOD”

Members will be pleased to know that IIC’s popular Weekend Cuisine, with its variety of Indian and International fare, will be functional from Saturday, 20^th August 2022 to Sunday, 21^st August 2022. The Take-away counter will function as before. To make it more convenient for Members, there is now a facility for online orders and payment as well. This weekend, we bring you Awadhi cuisine, famous for its magical blending of spices, slow-fire cooking (dum pukht) and its seasonal harmony with nature.
 

In Awadh, the best foods were rich and royal cooks took special pride not only in the taste and texture of their creations, but in their ability to astound and amaze their patrons. Even though these culinary extravagances have gone the way of the Awadhi court itself, the spirit of that extravagances, the civility, graciousness and much of that remarkable cuisine still remain. This weekend, treat yourself to a taste of that gracious age with some authentic dishes prepared by the IIC Kitchens. IIC will be serving the special menu on    20^th  & 21^st August 2022. These items shall be served in addition to the regular take away/dine in menu. 

Member can place order online also.  Take away services with prior booking will be available from 1200 hrs to 2000 hrs. Last take away order can be placed at 2000 hrs. Kindly Place order at: 011-24609359, 24609472, 24609375

Kanwal Wali
Secretary

A discussion based on the new book co-edited by Nayanika Mathur and Ravinder Kaur (Penguin)

Panelists: Prathama Banerjee, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies; Satish Deshpande, University of Delhi; Ravinder Kaur, Copenhagen University; and Nayanika Mathur, Oxford University

Chair: Amita Baviskar, Ashok University

‘The People’ and ‘New India’ are terms that are being invoked freely to both understand and govern India as she enters her 75th year of post-colonial nationhood. Yet, there is little clarity on who these people of India really are, what they do, their desires, histories and attachments to India. Similarly, the phrase ‘New India’ is used far too loosely to explain away a dangerously confounding politics. In this book, some of the most respected scholars of South Asia come together to write about a person or a concept that holds particular sway in the politics of contemporary India. In doing so, they collectively open up an original understanding of what the politics at the heart of New India are – and how best we might come to analyse them.
  
(Collaboration: Ashoka University; and Penguin India)
 

The Moral Compass: Finding Balance and Purpose in an Imperfect World
By Hardayal Singh (HarperCollins India: 2022)

Discussants: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC and former Foreign Secretary; Lord Meghnad Desai, economist and former Labour politician; Shri Gurcharan Das, writer and public intellectual; Amb. Pavan K. Varma, former diplomat, author and politician; Prof. Alaka Basu, former Professor, Global Development, Cornell University, New York; and Shri Hardayal Singh, author of the book

Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Editor, Citizens First TV (CFTV)
 

Syed Mahmood: Colonial India’s Dissenting Judge
By Mohammad Nasir and Samreen Ahmed (Bloomsbury India: 2022)

Release of the book, followed by a discussion

Chair: Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Judge, Supreme Court of India

Discussant: Justice S. Ravindra Bhat, Judge, Supreme Court of India; Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, Judge, Supreme Court of India; Prof. C. Raj Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat and Dr. Mohammad Nasir, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Law, AMU and co-author of the book

Moderator: Dr. Faiza Abbasi, Director, UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, AMU

(84 min; 1935; b/w; English)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock

With Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft

One of Alfred Hitchcock's finest British film, which was originally released in 1935. Freely adapted from the John Buchan novel, The 39 Steps is a picaresque thriller in which an innocent man Hannay (Robert Donat) becomes caught up in an international spying conspiracy and is pursued by both foreign agents and the police. A significant precursor to the same film-maker's North by Northwest, it remains a supremely entertaining and accomplished work in its own right.

(76 min; 2018; Urdu/English and with English subtitles)
Produced & Directed by Jawad Sharif

Recipient of the Crystal Award for Best Feature Documentary, Guam International Film Festival 2018; Gold Award, Spotlight Documentary Film Awards, 2018; Best Documentary Feature, South Film and Arts Academy Festival 2018; and Best Documentary Feature and Best Cinematography Award, Jaipur International Film Festival 2019

Pakistani folk artists talk about their struggle to keep a fading art form alive while reminding the world what they are about to lose.

Shot in over 15 locations across Pakistan, the musical feature documentary highlights the plight of folk musicians and craftsmen of Pakistan.

Series director: Adrian Pennink
Recipient of the International Emmy 2008 for Best Documentary 

A six-part documentary presented by Niall Ferguson. Based on his book The Ascent of Money: The Financial History of the World, the film examines the long history of money, credit, and banking. Throughout the series, Niall Ferguson examines the origins of the pillars of the world’s financial systems, and how behind every great historical phenomenon – empires and republics, wars and revolutions – there lies a financial secret.

Episode 6: Chimerica (48 min)
Niall Ferguson investigates the globalisation of the Western economy and the uncertain balance between the important component countries of China and the US.

They Chose China (Canada) | Click here to watch
(52 min; 2006; English)
Director: Shui-Bo Wang 

In January 1954, months after the end of the Korean War, U.S. soldiers held in POW camps were at last free to return home. A small group, however, refused repatriation to the U.S. and, after being given 90 days to reconsider their decision, 21 American soldiers decided to stay in China. In They Chose China, Academy Award-nominated Chinese documentarian Shui-bo Wang tells the controversial story of these forgotten American dissidents.

Using rare archival footage, as well as period and contemporary interviews, the film chronicles the fascinating history of this group of young Americans who were hailed in China as "peace fighters" and denounced in America as "turncoats" and "traitors." 

https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/they-chose-china/
 

A six part BBC series with Michael Mosley who takes an informative and ambitious journey exploring how the evolution of scientific understanding is intimately interwoven with society's historical path.

Episode 1: What is Out There? (60 min) | Click here to watch
Director: Jeremy Turner

Michael Mosley begins with the story of one of the great upheavals in human history - how we came to understand that our planet was not at the centre of everything in the cosmos, but just one of billions of bodies in a vast and expanding universe. He reveals the critical role of medieval astrologers in changing our view of the heavens, and the surprising connections to the upheavals of the Renaissance, the growth of coffee shops and Californian oil and railway barons. Mosley shows how important the practical skills of craftsmen have been to this story and finds out how...

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x66cjae