The Coup in Myanmar: Implications for India

Coordinator: Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Ashok K. Mehta

Panelists: Amb. Rajiv Bhatia, Distinguished Fellow, Gateway House and former Indian Ambassador to Myanmar; Amb. Gautam Mukhopadhyaya, former Indian Ambassador to Myanmar; and Dr. Udai Bhanu Singh, Senior Research Associate, MP-Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Chair: Maj. Gen. (retd.) Ashok K. Mehta

The coup in Myanmar took many by surprise though some of its closer neighbourhood were expecting it. The unique Civil-military power-sharing arrangement has come unstuck and infantile democracy has derailed. Where does it leave India’s Act East, Indo-Pacific, and Neighbourhood First policies. Is China to become the main beneficiary of the military rule?

How much are Indian farmers supported? Findings from an ICRIER-OECD Study
Speaker: Ms Shweta Saini, Senior Research Fellow (Visiting), ICRIER
Moderator: Shri Siraj Hussain, Visiting Senior Fellow, ICRIER 

The talk will focus on the stepwise calculations of support provided to farmers.

Organised in collaboration with Cervantes Institute, New Delhi, a tribute to well-known Spanish actress, Ángela Molina. One of the most outstanding actresses in Spanish cinema with a career spanning over four decades and an extensive filmography of almost a hundred films, Ángela Molina rose to international prominence in Luis Buñuel’s That Obscure Object of Desire (1977). Three Spanish feature films will be screened over three weekends in February. Vimeo links for each of the films will be sent by email and posted on the website. Each film can be accessed for a period of 48 hours.

Saturday, 27th February 2021 from 00:30 am onwards
The Things of Love (Las cosas del Querer/Spain) | (100 min; 1989; Spanish with English subtitles)
Director: Jaime Chávarri

In 1940's Madrid. Juan plays piano for Pepita and her on-stage partner Mario. Although Mario really wants to steal Juan for himself, Juan is not interested and Mario resorts to a string of lovers as consolation. When he loves (and leaves) a young nobleman, the young man wants revenge…

https://cultura.cervantes.es/nuevadelhi/en/the-things-of-love/140093
    

Mon Oncle Antoine (Canada) | (104 min; 1971; French with English subtitles)
Director: Claude Jutra

Claude Jutra's sweeping portrait of village life in 1940s Quebec has been called one of the greatest Canadian films of all time. Recalling a time when the local general store was the crossroads of life, the film illustrates the way a young boy sees the world and those closest to him – first through the eyes of a teenager, and later, as events change him, through the eyes of an adult.

https://www.nfb.ca/film/mon_oncle_antoine_en/
    

Searching for Sugar Man (Sweden/UK/Finland) | (86 min; 2012; English)
Director: Malik Bendjelloul

Multiple award winner including Oscar Award for Best Documentary, Feature, Academy Awards, USA 2013; BAFTA Film Award for Best Documentary Film, BAFTA Awards 2013; Audience Award & Best Feature Length Documentary, Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival 2012; among many others

In the early 1970s, Sixto Rodriguez was a Detroit folksinger who had a short-lived recording career with only two well received but non-selling albums. Unknown to Rodriguez, his musical story continued in South Africa where he became a pop music icon and inspiration for generations. Long rumoured there to be dead by suicide, a few fans in the 1990s decided to seek out the truth of their hero's fate. What follows is a bizarrely heartening story in which they found far more in their quest than they ever hoped, while a Detroit construction labourer discovered that his lost artistic dreams came true after all.

http://www.documentarymania.com/player.php?title=Searching%20for%20Suga…

Kuchipudi Recital (45 min)
By Gururaju N. from Bengaluru, disciple of Smt. Vyjayanthi Kashi

Video recording of a recital for IIC online programmes

https://youtu.be/tL-xjxdZSnc

Simon Schama’s Shakespeare: Episode Two: Hollow Crowns | (59:25 min; 2014; English)

In this two-part series, historian Simon Schama explores the life and times of William Shakespeare to shed a new light on some of the greatest plays ever written. Schama argues that it is impossible to understand how Shakespeare came to belong ‘to all time’, without understanding just how much he was of his time. Shakespeare explored questions that are still asked today

https://vimeo.com/161546057
    

 Thinking of Crime: The State, Migrant Population and the Missing Justice

Speaker: Prof. G.N. Devy, former Professor of English, MS University, Baroda, cultural activist and tribal scholar, Chief Editor, People’s Linguistic Survey of India

Chair: Prof. Muchkund Dubey, President, Council for Social Development

The lecture discusses the thought processes that go into the new definition of crime, looking at historical backgrounds and current contexts. The lecture discusses the ‘idea of crime’ as was understood by the colonial government in India and also by subsequent governments. The theme of the lecture will highlight the gap that exists between the idea of crime and the idea of justice which needs to be bridged in the interest of deepening democracy in India

( Collaboration: Council for Social Development)

Method in the Madness: Insights from the Career of an insider-outsider-insider

By Parmeswaran Iyer (New Delhi: HarperCollins, 2021)

About the Book: Parameswaran Iyer, former Secretary to the Government of India, is best known for leading the implementation of the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship programme, which became the world's largest sanitation revolution.
In Method in the Madness, he reflects on the unique path he chose - from cracking the IAS to becoming a globe-trotting World Bank technocrat, to playing the role of a coach to his professional tennis-playing children, to finally returning to India and implementing the SBM.
Written with humour and wisdom, this is an inspiring read full of key management insights, practical career advice, and valuable life lessons that will resonate with readers across age groups and professions.

Discussants: Shri N.C. Saxena, former Secretary, Govt. of India; Dr. Yasmin Haque, Country Representative, UNICEF; Shri Hari Menon, Country Director, Gates Foundation; Shri Raj Chengappa, Editorial Director, India Today; and Shri Parameswaran Iyer, author of the book and former Secretary, Govt. of India

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