By Sudip Kumar Ghosh from Tripura, disciple of Guru Th. Chourjeet Singh, Guru Th. Bimola Devi and Guru N. Amusana Devi

Accompanists: Guru Th. Chourjeet Singh (pung); Sanahambi Devi (vocal); and Megachandra (flute)

Alain Badiou – Contemporary Art Confronting the 21st Century
(94 min; 2015; English)

Video recording of a talk delivered by the well-known French philosopher Alain Badiou organised by 
Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York on 7th February 2015. 

Tracing the history and evolution of the arts in the twentieth century, Alain Badiou addresses the new conditions posed by the twenty-first century which he says is facing technical challenges comparable only to the invention of the printing press, or to the emergence of oil painting: the ability to digitize, including basic creative gestures, affords a sort of independence to the term “art" from the notion of “craft." Artistic contexts of a semi-industrial type have appeared, and moreover, the systematic occupation by artists in the West of wastelands left by deindustrialization has become a major symbol of the period: creation nowadays takes place in old automobile factories and workshops, in outdated giant cold storage warehouses, in the huge debris of assembly line labour, in sawdust, tar, and gasoline. What will come out of this? Let us make a few assumptions..."
— Alain Badiou

Directed by Feisal Alkazi
Play reading in Hindi presented by Ruchika Theatre Group with Gruleen, Sachin, Smita and Qaisar

Nirmal Verma’s tender tale of an affair in and around Connaught place in the 80s 

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Nila Sinha Roy from Faridabad, disciple of Guru K.C. Lahiri, Guru Amiya Ranjan Banerjee and Smt. Dipali Nag

Accompanists: Ustad Akram Khan (tabla); Ustad Murad Ali Khan (sarangi); and Sumit Mishra (harmonium)

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-    Physical programmes will be held as per the Covid -19 guidelines with 50% seating capacity in the Conference Room I and C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium.
-    Wearing of face masks is mandatory and will be strictly enforced. Entry will not be permitted to anyone not wearing a mask
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PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Speaker: General Bipin Rawat, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM,  Chief of Defence Staff of India (CDS) 

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

The programme will be conducted in a hybrid mode.

The physical programme will be conducted in accordance with the current Covid-19 guidelines. Observance of social distancing norm, wearing of mask and undergoing thermal-screening for those wishing to attend the programme physically shall be mandatory. Participants are requested to arrive at the venue at least 20 minutes prior to the commencement of the programme. Seating will be on first come basis.  
 

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Kaumudi Marathé in conversation with Hema Devare and Suhas Borker, Curators of the Royal Cuisine from the Kitchen of the Peshwas @IIC (2021)

Kaumudi Marathé, Chef-at-Large is a journalist by training, a chef by choice, and a writer. Based in California, in 2007, she started Un-Curry, the first organic Indian cooking school and catering company. She also works as a senior editor for the books team of  America’s Test Kitchen
 
(Collaboration: Maharashtra Sanskritik ani Rannaniti Adhyayan Samiti

Laila Tyabji, Chairperson, DASTKAR, writer and craft designer will speak on A Crafted Journey

(Collaboration: JD Centre of Art)

Zoom Registration: https://zoom.us/j/97048648084
Meeting ID: 970 486 48084

Indian Architecture: Tradition, Texts and Principles
A talk by Dr Sudhir Lall, Project Director of Vedic Heritage Portal & Bharat Vidya Prayojana and Senior Faculty, Kalakosa Division, IGNCA, explaining the contextual background of the Indian arts and the cyclic notion of time observed in Indic thought – and how this leads to architecture that is functional, aesthetically fulfilling and in harmony with nature.  

The talk will be followed by a dialogue with Anisha Shekhar Mukherji, Conservation Architect, Author and Visiting Faculty at S.P.A. Delhi.

The third 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.