Speakers: Mr. Yubaraj Ghimire, Editor, Deshsanchar multimedia news portal; Ambassador Ranjit Rae, former Indian Ambassador to Nepal; and Shri Nrip Singh Napalchyal, former Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand

Moderator: Prof. Sangeeta Thapliyal, Inner Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Vice-President, Association of Asia Scholars, New Delhi

Nepal’s parliament has passed a new map claiming territory in the Kumaon district of Uttarakhand. Many questions have been raised on the reasons for Nepal’s cartographic expansion, on whose behest was such a decision taken, and it's impact on relations with India. The panel will also discuss the geographical location of the area, what does Nepal gain from such cartographic aggression and how does it impact the people living in the areas directly impacted by the new map? And what are the options available to India.

Are Today’s Crises Catastrophic Enough for Neoclassical Economists and Neoliberal Politicians to Change their Minesets?
Speaker: Dr. Ashok Khosla, eminent environmentalist and Founder, Development Alternatives

Introduction: Prof. Nitya Nanda, Director, Council for Social Development

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

Historically, deep structural change in society has originated either from charisma or from crisis. Since charismatic leaders seem to arise only once in several hundred years, for most transformative change we have to depend on crises. The crises of today are the life-threatening products of grossly flawed intellectual and ethical choices that we have made in our search for “development” over the past few centuries – particularly during recent decades…Despite the mindsets of those who make decisions at the highest levels, with their interests so deeply vested in the status quo, it is now a matter of civilizational, human and planetary survival that we urgently and fundamentally change, and in many cases turn upside down, the assumptions and practices of both the “science” and praxis of economics.

(Collaboration: Council for Social Development)
 

Presentation by Vidya Rao, well-known vocalist

Introduction to Dakhini Poetry and the artist by Dr Preeti Bahadur Ramswamy, art historian and one of the two curators of the noted exhibition, ‘Nauras’ held at the National Museum who will  also speak about Dakkhani art and culture

Webcast recording of the programme held on 12th August 2015

IIC Webinar programmes

Organised in collaboration with Cervantes Institute, New Delhi

Third film in the online film series presenting five exceptional films from Spain, created between 1973–1997. Each of the films has received awards at the most prestigious international festivals and are emblematic of the collective memory, continuing to connect with contemporary viewers, offering them a much richer and more complex imagination.

Screenings will be held every Friday in July 2020 from 11:30 pm onwards. Vimeo links of the films will be made accessible for a period of 48 hours

Friday, 17th July 2020 from 11:30 pm onwards
The South (El sur)
(93 min; 1983; Spanish with English subtitles)
Director: Víctor Erice

Multiple award winner including Gold Hugo for Best Feature Film, Chicago International Film Festival 1983; CEC Award for Best Director, Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain 1985; Critics Award, São Paolo International Film Festival 1984; among others

Victor Erice’s 1983 gem remains a haunting tale of family secrets and postwar loss.

Estrella Arenas, a rural Spanish teenager with a rich imagination, dreams of her mysterious father Agustín, a man who in recent years has drifted away from her. Estrella struggles to piece together Agustín's secret history and recalls her family's sudden unexplained move from Seville, Spain, to the northern countryside in her youth. Estrella decides to return alone to the South, a place warped by years of her father's hazy and nostalgic recollections.


https://cultura.cervantes.es/nuevadelhi/en/the-south/134827

Speaker: Dr. Puja Dewan, Medical Consultant, Gynaecologist and Musician

The talk will focus on demystifying Corona; give stress help tips; mindfulness; and music therapy

Dancing Music By Sudha Raghuraman

With demonstrations by Priya Venkataraman and Justin McCarthy, well-known Bharatanatyam artists

Accompanists: Shri G. Raghuraman on flute and Shri P Padmanabhan on mridangam

Her lec-dem will look into how music for dance is an art by itself and how musicians accompanying dance form are trained especially for this purpose. Sudha Raghuraman hails from a family of distinguished musicians. She is a much sought after singer of Delhi and is recipient of the noted Ustad Bismillah Khan Puraskar by the Sangeet Natak Akademi

Webcast recording of the programme held on 15th May 2014

Opening remarks: Prof. Romila Thapar

Prof. Kesavan Veluthat, Dept. of History, University of Delhi; Prof. Najaf Haider, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehur University; and Dr. Kumkum Roy, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University will discuss The Past Before Us: Historical Traditions in Early North India by Romila Thapar (New Delhi: Permanent Black, 2013)

Chair: Prof. Uday Kumar, Dept. of English, University of Delhi

Webcast recording of the programme held on 5th December 2013

Understanding Alan Turing and His Scientific Legacy 

Speaker: Prof. S.N. Maheshwari, Emeritus Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Introduction: Prof. Shobit Mahajan, University of Delhi

Chair: Prof. Rajendra Bhatia, Indian Statistical Institute

Webcast recording of the programme held on 6th September 2013

Organised in collaboration with Cervantes Institute, New Delhi

Second part in the online film series presenting five exceptional films from Spain, created between 1973–1997. Each of the films has received awards at the most prestigious international festivals and are emblematic of the collective memory, continuing to connect with contemporary viewers, offering them a much richer and more complex imagination.

Screenings will be held every Friday in July 2020 from 11:30 pm onwards. Vimeo links of the films will be made accessible for a period of 48 hours every week

Friday 10 July 2020 from 11:30 pm onwards The Holy Innocents
(Los santos inocentes)
(103 min; 1984; Spanish with English subtitles)
Director: Mario Camus

Multiple award winner including ASECAN Award for Best Spanish Film, ASECAN Awards 1985; Best Actor Award & Prize of the Ecumenical Jury-Special Mention, Cannes Film Festival 1984; CEC Award for Best Film, Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain 1985; among others

An adaptation of Miguel Delibes’ novel of the same title, the film is an outstanding example of the cinematographic policies of the eighties which sought new interpretations in cinematic adaptations of books.

In the '60s, a young soldier on leave returns to the humble rural croft of his youth to visit his prematurely ageing parents, and recalls, in a series of flashbacks, the lives and quotidian grind of his family. This is Franco's Spain; and for the poorest workers on the estates, life is feudal and brutal. The scenes speak for themselves: the soldier's father crawling like a dog to sniff out fallen game, too proud of his prowess to notice his debasement; his simpleton uncle gently cradling the family's retarded child, only to infect her with lice; his ever-suffering mother, sadly and stoically accepting the loss of her child's chance of an education. If Camus places his sympathy firmly with these innocent victims rather than their morally impoverished employers, his mood is nevertheless one of restraint, shot through with moments of symbolism and dark spirituality. Save only finally, when the cruelty and claustrophobia are punctured by a moment of cold catharsis. A moving and mournful valediction to an unforgotten and unforgiven past.

 
https://cultura.cervantes.es/nuevadelhi/en/the-holy-innocents/134826

Speaker: Shri S. Sivakumar, Group Head, Agri & IT Businesses, ITC Limited. He is well-known as the architect of ITC’s revolutionary ‘e-Choupal’ initiative
Moderator: Shri Siraj Hussain, Visiting Senior Fellow, ICRIER


The programme will last about 60 minutes and will include a live Q&A session with the speaker, moderated by Dr. Siraj Hussain, Visiting Senior Fellow, ICRIER