PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Hindustani Classical Recital

By Ustad Jainul Abedin from Kolkata, disciple of Ustad Latafat Hussain Khan, Pt. Vijay Kichlu and Pt. Sunil Bose

Accompanied by Bibhash Sanghai (tabla) and Dr. Vinay Mishra (harmonium)

(Collaboration: Sanskriti Foundation)

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Speaker: Prof. V. Suryanarayan, former Director, Centre for South and South East Asian Studies, University of Madras, Chennai. He is one of India's leading specialists in South and Southeast Asian Studies and combines in his teaching and research specialization in history, political science and international relations

Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian

The crisis in Sri Lanka that began with peaceful demonstrations demanding the resignation of the Rajapaksa government, following the widespread shortages of food, fuel, medicine, and other daily necessities, has turned violent. Prime Minister Mahindra Rajapaksa has resigned and fled to an unknown destination for safety. His brother the President has refused to resign. What are the prospects of an early end to the crisis?

India has already provided assistance worth $3.5 billion this year only.  Can India do anything to assist its neighbour to put down the raging fire?

Professor V. Suryanarayan, a well-known scholar studying Sri Lanka and Indo-Sri Lanka relations for decades, will explain to us the origins of the crisis and much more. 

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Hindustani Flute Recital
By Sameer Rao from Bangalore, disciple of Guru Pandit Veerabhadriah Hiremath and Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia

Accompanied by Adarsh Shenoy on tabla

AT 19:00
Kathak Recital
By Rachana Yadava from Gurugram, disciple of Guru Aditi Mangaldas and Pt. Jaikishan Maharaj

Accompanists: Mahaveer Gangani (pakhawaj); Samiullah Khan (vocals & harmonium); Mohd. Ayyub (sarangi); Kiran Kumar (flute); and Yogesh Gangani (tabla)
 

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME
 

Eye of the Canary (El ojo del canario/Cuba)
(120 min; 2010; Spanish with English subtitles)
Director: Fernando Pérez Valdés

Recipient of the Award for Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography, Ibero-American Film Festival, Spain 2010; Second Audience Award for Best Film, Lima Film Festival, Peru 2010; Silver Ariel for Best Ibero-American Film, Ariel Awards, Mexico 2011; and ACE Award for Best Director, Association of Entertainment Writers of New York, 2013

Film on Cuba’s national hero, José Martí. Focusing on the childhood and adolescence of Cuba’s nineteenth-century hero, the film covers the period he lived in Cuba before being sent into exile for political sedition at the age of seventeen.  

(Collaboration: Embassy of Cuba)

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Dynamics of Difference: Inequality and Transformation in Rural India

Edited by Narendar Pani (Routledge India:2021)

Discussants: Shri Amarjeet Sinha, former Advisor, PMO and Member of the Public Enterprises Selection Board; Shri Siraj Hussain, former Secretary Agriculture and Senior Fellow, ICRIER; Prof. Shiv Visvanathan, Professor, Jindal Global Law School, Vice Dean and Executive Director, Centre for the Study of Knowledge Systems, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat; and Prof. Narendar Pani, Professor and Dean, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru and Editor of the book

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

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An exhibition of paintings in water colour, oil, gouache and acrylic by Astrid Kiehn from Germany

Painted directly at different locations in Himachal Pradesh, the artist has captured the changing colours and moods of the monsoon skies, mountains and terrain with a few works related to Pahari art

ABOUT THE ARTIST AND EXHIBITION

Preview on Wednesday, 18 May 2022 at 18:30

PHYSICAL / HYBRID PROGRAMME

Preserving the Last Frontier – Antarctica

Chair: Amb. Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, IIC, and former Foreign Secretary of India

Lead Talk on Keeping pace in contemporary Antarctic science under the changing geopolitical scenario: Dr. Rasik Ravindra, Polar scientist, former Director, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa 

Panelists: Dr. Thamban Meloth, Scientist G, Group Director, Polar Sciences, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Goa on Antarctica and Climate Change; Ms Sulagna Chattopadhyay, Editor-in-Chief, Geography and You, New Delhi on Future of Antarctica in a Changing World; Prof Sanjay Chaturvedi, Professor and Chairperson, Dept. of International Relations, South Asian University on Antarctic Geopolitics, Legal Status; and Prof. Anindya Sinha, Professor and Head, Academics, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru on Coping with Climate Change: Demographic history, population structure and conversation biology of penguins in Antarctica  

The panel discussion will focus on the scientific, political, environmental, and judicial issues involved in protecting Antarctica.

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Speaker: Shri Abhijit Bhattacharyya, former lecturer of history, Civil Servant, author, columnist and advocate

Chair: Shri Prakash Singh, former Director General of Police and author of the recently published book The Struggle for Police Reforms in India

Water Management Strategies in the Ancient Pandya Kingdom

A talk by Madhusudhanan Kalaichelva, architect and heritage researcher. The presentation will explain the issues faced, and the strategies evolved, by the Pandya dynasty whose kingdom functioned around the southern districts of today's Tamil Nadu - in dealing with water management in dry and drought prone areas.

Followed by a dialogue with Dr Partho Datta, Historian, Author and Professor, School of Arts & Aesthetics; and Anisha Shekhar Mukherji, Conservation Architect, Author and Visiting Faculty at S.P.A. Delhi. 

The seventh in the bi-monthly series structured around dialogues that endeavour to present the role of architecture in contributing positively to society and to culture. Conceptualised by Anisha Shekhar Mukherji, the series, through interactions with practitioners and scholars, intends to engage with a wide variety of people - professionals and lay-persons alike.

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Lecture demonstration by Ms Soei Chieko Mihori, Riji, Master Instructor and Founder-Director, Sogetsu School, Florida, USA. Ms Mihori has received numerous awards and accolades for her outstanding work which includes the “Sofu Award” from Sofu Teshigahara in 1974; “The Overseas Sogetsu Grand Prize” from the Sogetsu School, Tokyo in 2017; and the prestigious, “The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays” from The Emperor of Japan in 2012

Introduction: Smt. Veena Dass, Director, Sogetsu School, New Delhi

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

Zoom meeting link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86169464483?pwd=VXZLMm9PU05Lc1c2NEFOblM1N203Q…
Meeting ID: 861 6946 4483
Passcode: Sogetsu