The Indus Valley Civilization: The Masters if the River | (52 min; 2013; English and with subtitles)

This documentary, made by NHK (Japan) and Canadian TV, looks at the early Indus Valley civilisation, focusing on one of the lesser known sites at Dholavira, in what is now Gujarat, in western India. With the help of CGI animation the documentary reconstructs the ruined city and shows how the civilisation was able to grow to a formidable size by its innovative harnessing of a now vanished river system.

Interviewing some of the leading experts on the site, including leading archaeologist, Dr R.S. Bisht, the film pieces together one of the most remarkable stages in human development, when, with the rise of city life, international trade across large areas became feasible.

2021 marks the centenary of the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilization. 

Hindustani Vocal Recital (50 min)
By Dr. Asit Roy from Bangladesh, disciple of Sangeetacharya Amiryaranjan Bandyopadhyaya, Pt. Jagdish Prasad, Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar and Smt Kaberi Kar

Accompanied by Alamgir Parvez on pakhawaj

The artist will present two Ragas – Raga Malkosh and Raga Shankara

Video recording of a recital for the IIC online programme activities

Photographs and text by Isaac Tsetan Gergan

The story of the Indus is inspired by the river’s spectacular course in Ladakh as it meanders and flows through some breathtaking landscape. Photographs in this exhibition follow the length and breadth of Ladakh, from Nubra to Zanskar and Leh to Kargil telling the story of the river and of the state

Two Banks Of a River- The Indus In Ladakh ( Click here to watch video )

As part of this exhibition, there will be an online talk on Tuesday, 6th July 2021 at 4 pm

River Dialogues: Two Banks of a River – The Indus in Ladakh
Illustrated lecture by Isaac Tsetan Gergan, artist, photographer and Director, Art for Change Foundation, based in Leh and Delhi

Chair: Kishalay Bhattacharjee

(Collaboration: Living Waters Museum)

The World from 1954

Talk by Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1997-2000); and US Ambassador to the Russian Federation (1993-1996); India (1992-1993); Ambassador and U.S. Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1989-1992); and U.S. Ambassador to Israel (1985-1988)
 
Introduction: Shri Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, IIC
 
Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC
 
In his talk, Ambassador Pickering looks at how the world and its future appeared in 1952, when he and Ambady Damodaran were classmates at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Boston USA, how it has eventually shaped over the past 67 years, and the contributions of India and the United States to that shaping.
 

Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English 2020-2021

Edited by Sukrita Paul Kumar, Poet, Critic & Academic, Aruna Asaf Ali Chair, University of Delhi, & Editor of the book (Moderator) and Vinita Agrawal, Editor, Curator, Independent Researcher & Editor of the book (Moderator)

Speakers: Jerry Pinto, Indian English poet, novelist, short story writer, translator and journalist; and Sanjukta Dasgupta, critic, translator and poet, former Professor and Former Head, Department of English and currently Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Calcutta

Overview: Kiriti Sengupta, poet, editor, translator, and publisher from Calcutta and recipient of the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize (2018)

Of Travel and the River

Speakers: Ms Pallavi Aiyar, award winning foreign correspondent, author of non-fiction books on China and Europe and, Associate Editor, The Globalist; Shri Samrat X Choudhury, journalist and author of the recently published book The Braided River: A Journey Along the Brahmaputra (HarperCollins, 2021); and Mr. Victor Mallet, Chief, The Financial Times, Paris and author of River of Life, River of Death: The Ganges and India’s Future (Oxford University Press, 2017)
 
Chair: Prof. Kishalay Bhattacharjee, Professor and Executive Dean, Director, Jindal School of Journalism and Communication, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat
 
A series of talks and dialogues that hope to challenge the imagination of the “mainstream”. The river conversations is critical to re-evaluate histories, reconnecting civilisations, cultures and peoples, ideas and regions and opening streams of thought for a future with exciting possibilities
 
(Collaboration: New Imaginations, Jindal School of Journalism and Communication, O.P. Jindal Global University)