Two Women- Dramatised Readings from Jorasanko

04 May 2020, 05:30 am
Two Women- Dramatised Readings from Jorasanko
Programme Type
Cultural
Author of the novel: Aruna Chakravarti 
Dramatised readings by Minoti Chatterjee and Averee Chaurey
Music: Jayati Ghosh
 
Jorasanko – a novel based on the lives of the Tagore women during the period 1859 to 1902 – a unique phase in the history of Bengal. The Tagore mansion of Jorasanko was at the hub of the Bengal Renaissance with the family at the forefront of the movement and its women playing a pivotal role
 
Collaboration: Impresario India
 
Programme held on 16th May 2012

HEALTHCARE IN INDIA How Can we Stop India’s Youth from Killing Themselves?

09 July 2019, 05:30 am
HEALTHCARE IN INDIA How Can we Stop India’s Youth from Killing Themselves?
Programme Type
Talks, Webcasts
Venue
C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building

Speaker: Prof. Vikram Patel, The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow, Professor, Dept. of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
 
Chair: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC
 
Programme held on 9th July 2019

Ladakh Revealed

04 May 2020, 05:30 am
Ladakh Revealed
Programme Type
Discussions
Speakers: Mr Bill Aitken on “Introduction to the Himalayan Club Collection” 
 
Dr Janet Rizvi on “Ladakhi Trade Routes”
Dr Chhaya Bhattacharya-Haesner on “The Nubra Valley and Central Asian Trade” 
Shri Viraf Mehta on “Hidden Petroglyphs of Ladakh”
 
Chair: Dr M.S. Gill, Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports 
 
Programme held on 23rd August 2012
 

Historic Landscapes from Habitat to Monument

04 May 2020, 05:30 am
Historic Landscapes from Habitat to Monument
Programme Type
Talks, Webcasts
Speaker: Dr Narayani Gupta, Professor of History (retd.), Jamia Millia Islamia
Chair: Mr Mohammad Shaheer, landscape architect
 
Programme held on 2nd August 2012
 

IIC Annual Day and Golden Jubilee Concerts

04 May 2020, 05:30 am
IIC Annual Day and Golden Jubilee Concerts
Programme Type
Cultural
Sarod Recital (109 min)
By Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
 
Programme held on 22nd January 2013

 

Day of Hungarian Film: A Festival of Classic Comedies

04 May 2020, 05:30 am
Day of Hungarian Film: A Festival of Classic Comedies
Programme Type
Film Club
Organised in collaboration with Hungarian Information & Cultural Centre, New Delhi
 
Screening of eight feature films to celebrate the Day of Hungarian Film. Presented by the Hungarian National Film Institute, a selection of some of the best, unforgettable Hungarian comedies from the past 80 years have been made available online for free, with English subtitles. These include masterpieces such as Hyppolit, the Butler, The Witness, Dollybirds, and Moszkva Square, plus many others 
 

The classic Hungarian comedies listed below are available from 4th to 10th May 2020 on the following links with English subtitles:

Hyppolit, the Butler / Hyppolit, a lakáj (1931/77 min)
Directed by István Székely
Evergreen comedy about a typical parvenu, an ignorant transportation entrepreneur who has suddenly found himself very rich. Despite their humble origins, his wife strives to live a sophisticated lifestyle. When she engages a butler, Hyppolit, their whole life is turned upside down. It has remained one of the most viewed Hungarian comedies of all time: it is shown regularly and is still extremely popular

https://vimeo.com/242887610

Mickey Magnate / Mágnás Miska (1948/95 min)
Directed by Márton Keleti
Baracs Pista, engineer at the construction site of a railway line near the Korláthy estate, falls in love with Rolla, a countess disguised as a peasant girl. The count is giving a party as he wants the railway line to go across his lands

https://vimeo.com/336088339

Liliomfi (1954/109 min)
Directed by Károly Makk
Set in the "Golden Era" of the wandering Hungarian theatre troupes. Mariska and Liliomfi fall in love without suspecting that Mariska's foster father, Professor Szilvay, is also Liliomfi's uncle. Soon the couple must contend with the professor's plan to make Liliomfi give up his "unrespectable" profession of acting by exposing the professor's hypocrisy, greed, and tyrannical selfishness

https://vimeo.com/325212396

Sparrows Are Birds Too / A veréb is madár (1968/80 min)
Directed by György Hintsch
A comedy about two twin brothers - Sándor, who emigrated and became a rich man, and Zoltán, who stayed in Hungary and lives the life of an average working-class man. When Sándor visits his twin brother, they are constantly mistaken for each other, and when Zoltán sees how differently people treat Sándor because of his money and his foreign citizenship, he begins to like being mistaken for him - until he realizes that this means he will lose his girlfriend Szöszi...

https://vimeo.com/408971982

The Witness / A tanú (1969/103 min)
Directed by Péter Bacsó
There is no mythology in Hungarian film history comparable with that of The Witness. Quotes from Péter Bacsó’s hilarious satire have become proverbial. The great triad of dam-keeper Joseph Pelican, comrade Blossom and comrade Bastion remains a bunch of vivid caricatures forever. Due to its genius, penetrating both script and acting, the film go‑ers an immediate experience of the outrageous absurdity of dictatorship

https://vimeo.com/337248045

Don’t Panic, Please! / Csak semmi pánik (1982/87 min)
Directed by István Bujtor, Sándor Szőnyi G.
There are mysterious murders in the area of ​​Lake Balaton. These places are shrouded in secrecy and constantly attract hunters: during the Second World War, the Germans had hidden a huge treasure here. Investigation of the murders entrusted to Major Kardos. He takes up the case, but in search of treasure he had many competitors. Kardos uses help from his loyal friend - a policeman-superman Etvash aka "Droplet".

https://vimeo.com/329103545

Dollybirds / Csinibaba (1997/100 min)
Directed by Péter Tímár
The movie is set in the actual "Ki Mit Tud?" talent contest in 1962. In reality the contest in dance music category was won by an army brass band. "Omega" which later became one of the most successful Hungarian rock bands came out in the second place

https://vimeo.com/310791992

Moscow Square / Moszkva tér (2001/88 min)
Directed by Ferenc Török

Recipient of the awards for Best Debut Film, Best Supporting Actress & Internet Audience, Hungarian Film Week 2001

1989 is an important year in the political history of Hungary. However, Petya and his friends couldn't care less. They are about to graduate high school. The only important things to them are the parties, girls, making some easy cash. And of course, passing the upcoming exam with the leaked questions

https://vimeo.com/266701265

 

Golden Jubilee Lectures Readings and a Conversation

27 April 2020, 05:30 am
Golden Jubilee Lectures Readings and a Conversation
Programme Type
Discussions, Webcasts
Readings by Vikram Seth followed by a conversation with Chiki Sarkar, Publisher, Penguin India
 
Introduction Shri Soli J. Sorabjee
 
Programme held on 14th April 2012

 

Indian Classical Music – Mehfil Series

27 April 2020, 05:30 am
Indian Classical Music – Mehfil Series
Programme Type
Cultural
An Evening with Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan, Gwalior gharana maestro accompanied by Mohammed Hafeez Khan (harmonium), Bilal Khan (tabla) and Arshad Ali (tanpura and vocal support)
 
Khan Sahib (born 1908) will present rare Malhar ragas sung in the rainy season, drawing on ta'leem received nearly eight decades ago, as well as some of his own compositions penned under the name “Rasan Piya” 
 
(Collaboration: Jnana Pravaha and NaadSaagar Archives and Documentation Society for South Asian Music)
 
Programme held on 13th July 2012

 

Meeting the Challenges of Non-communicable Diseases in India: From Prevention to Palliative Care

27 April 2020, 05:30 am
Meeting the Challenges of Non-communicable Diseases in India: From Prevention to Palliative Care
Programme Type
Talks
HEALTHCARE IN INDIA 

Speaker: Prof. D. Prabhakaran, Vice-President, Research and Policy, Public Health Foundation of India
 
Chair: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC
 
Programme held on 4th June 2019
 

Visual Archives and Cultural Histories

23 November 2011, 05:30 am
Visual Archives and Cultural Histories
Programme Type
Seminars, Webcasts
Venue
Annexe Lecture Room II, IIC Annexe
Illustrated lecture by Prof. B.N. Goswamy and Professor Eberhard Fischer Art-anthropologist, former Director and Senior Director, Museum Rietberg Zurich and specialist for African and Indian art        
 
Chief Guest: Dr. Karan Singh, MP, President, ICCR
 
Introduction: Dr. Jyotindra Jain
 
Programme held on 23rd November 2011