15th February 2021 at 4 pm
IIC Library    
 
Portraits of Power: Half a Century Being at Ringside
By N.K. Singh (New Delhi: Rupa Publications India, 2020)
 
Discussants: Dr. Rakesh Mohan, Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University & Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Progress; Ms Prachi Mishra, Advisor, Research Department, International Monetary Fund; Ms Jessica Seddon, Visiting Research Scholar, M.S. Chadha Center for Global India, Princeton University; and Shri N.K. Singh, Economist and author of the book
 
Moderator: Prof. Indira Rajaraman, former Member, 13th Finance Commission
 

Ikebana demonstration by Mr. Ken Katayama, Master Instructor, Sogetsu School, Tokyo

Introduction: Smt Veena Dass, President, Sogetsu School of Ikebana, Delhi Chapter

Mr. Katayama has a Riji degree and has assisted and worked with the founder of Sogetsu School, Mr. Sofu Teshigahara. He has travelled extensively, exhibiting, demonstrating and conducting workshops in Japan and abroad. Mr. Katayama has published a collection of his works titles Ryo

Topic: Sogetsu February Program 
Time: Feb 11, 2021,12:00 PM Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi 
 

(Collaboration: Sogetsu School of Ikebana, Delhi Chapter; and Embassy of Japan)

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.

La Sabina (Spain/Sweden) | (105 min; 1979; Spanish with English subtitles)

Director: José Luis Borau

Recipient of the CEC Awards for Best Director and Best Supporting Actress, Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain 1980

Michael, an English scholar visits a small Spanish town in the Andalusian mountains to investigate the disappearance of another English scholar in the 19^th century. There he learns about the legend of “La Sabina”, a mysterious dragon woman…

 The Vimeo link will be activated on 13th February 2021 from 00:30 hrs. The film can be accessed for a period of 48 hours.

https://vimeo.com/501867137

https://cultura.cervantes.es/nuevadelhi/en/la-sabina/140092

Nanook of the North | (79 min; 1922; b/w; silent with English title cards)

Director: Robert J. Flaherty

Considered the first feature length documentary, Flaherty’s classic film tells the story of Inuit hunter Nanook and his family as they struggle to survive in the harsh conditions of Canada’s Hudson Bay region. Enormously popular when released in 1922, Nanook of the North is a cinematic milestone that continues to enchant audiences.

The Warsaw Ghetto: Memories of Horror | (42 min; 2021; English)

Director: Eric Bednarski

A DW DocFilm. A Polish businessman risked his life to film everyday life in the Warsaw Ghetto. These harrowing 8 mm movies were stored for decades in archives, and have recently been compiled in this documentary. The Warsaw Ghetto was located in the heart of the Polish capital. In November 1940, one year after Germany invaded Poland, the occupation authorities completed work on a three-meter-high wall that surrounded the ghetto. The Jewish residents were sealed off from the outside world. The ghetto was intended to serve as a concentration camp for Jews from all over Europe. They would later be deported to the extermination camp at Treblinka. As many as 500,000 people were rounded up and herded into the ghetto. The films shown in this documentary portray the daily lives of those who lived there.

Even at Nanoscale

Society’s deep impact on science, technology and innovation in India

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Pankaj Sekhsaria, Associate Professor, Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA) & Associate Faculty, Centre for Policy Studies, IIT-Bombay

How does a lab create pioneering instruments in spite of resource constraints? How does a doctor-researcher engage with society that will let their girl child die because she might not be married in the future? What conversations might a modern nano-scientist have with a practitioner of ancient Ayurveda. Received wisdom tells us that scientific research and technological innovation brings drastic, even disruptive change and society has no option but to constantly adapt and evolve. The presentation is the story of these laboratories as well as the speaker’s own journey of engaging and understanding.

Sarod Recital

By Aayush Mohan from Delhi, disciple of the late Smt Sharan Rani, Pt. Balwant Rai Verma and Pt. Tejendra Majumdar 

Followed by

Odissi Recital

By Moumita Vaats Ghosh from Delhi, disciple of Guru Smt Madhavi Mudgal