Panelists: Prof. Partha Sen, former Director, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi; Prof. Surajit Mazumdar, Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, JNU; Prof. Vikas Rawal, Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, JNU; Prof. R. Kavita Rao, Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy; and Prof. Amit Bhaduri, former Emeritus Professor of Economics, JNU
 
Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies and Editor, Citizens First TV (CFTV)
What are the prospects of Indian manufacturing and rural economy with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic shock? How will Aatma Nirbhar Bharat take care of aggregate demand and growth? What is the role of fiscal policy in the Covid-19 scenario especially in the context of migrant labour? Why are the farmers protesting? Will the new farm laws transform Indian agriculture and benefit farmers? What is the status of central government finances and its implication for economic recovery? Why does the stock market rise while the real economy is in decline? What strategies should be adopted to counter the fallout of the economic downturn? 
 
(Collaboration: Working Group on Alternative Strategies)
     

Van Gogh: Painted with Words (UK) | (80 min; 2010; English)

Director: Andrew Hutton
Produced by BBC Scotland

Recipient of the Rockie for Best Arts Documentary, Banff World Media Festival 2011
 
Drama-documentary presented by Alan Yentob, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role as Vincent van Gogh. Based on the letters that Van Gogh sent to his younger brother Theo, and of those around him, what emerges is a complex portrait of a sophisticated, civilized and yet tormented man. The film has been critically acclaimed for its fascinating insights into the life of the artist and its unique approach to storytelling
 

In the Forest of My Soul

Concerts, films and talks to mark the 250th birth anniversary of the renowned composer, Ludwig van Beethoven
 Conceptualised by Justin McCarthy, well known dancer, choreographer, Guru and concert pianist
 
Beethoven @250 – Concert IV
Piano recital by Justin McCarthy  

Justin presents Beethoven’s Bagatelle in A major, opus 119, no.4; Rondo in G major, opus 51, no.2; Beethoven: 9 variations in C minor on a March by Dressler; and Sonata in E-flat major, opus 81a
 

Betrayed by Hope (Episode II)

Dramatic reading of the play by Namita Gokhale and Malashri Lal
 
‘Delhi Bengali’, Oroon Das and Canada-based ‘Bangladeshi Bengali’, Inji Zayba Zaheer explore the early origins of modern Bengali identity through the life of poet extraordinaire, Michael Madhusudan Dutt and his journey from alienation to a return to selfhood
 
Video recording of a performance for IIC online programmes

  Screening of NHK documentary films on Japan’s history, literature, art, culture and heritage. Organised with the support of NHK World and Embassy of Japan, New Delhi

 Ogawa Jihei Gardens | (28 min; 2020; English and with subtitles)
 
From the late 1800's to the early 1900's, dominant political and business figures owned villas in neighbourhoods at the foot of the Higashiyama mountains flanking the eastern part of Kyoto. Many of their gardens were built by the pioneer of modern Japanese garden, Ogawa Jihei VII. Rather than bending the style of European gardens to Japanese tastes, or blending foreign and domestic styles, Ogawa’s gardens were firmly grounded in Japanese landscaping traditions, which he evolved to fit the lifestyles of those who were driving the country’s rapid social and technological change.
     

The Awasthis of Aamnagri

By Shubha Sarma (Niyogi Books India: New Delhi, 2020)

 Discussants: Prof. Malashri Lal, writer and academic, former Dean of Colleges, University of Delhi; Prof. Madhu Khanna, Tagore, National Fellow and former Director, Centre for the Study of Comparative Religions and Civilizations, Jamia Millia Islamia; and Ms Shubha Sarma, Commissioner & Secretary, Handloom, Textiles & Handicrafts Dept., Govt. of Odisha and author of the book

Chair: Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI)