India International Centre is organising a Webinar on Thursday 29^th October 2020 from 4 pm to 5 pm on
 
Neighbourhood First Series
Coordinated by Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Ashok Mehta
 
The Afghanistan Peace Process
Panelists: Mr. Mahmoud Saikal, former Ambassador of Afghanistan to the UN; Amb. Rakesh Sood, former Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan; and Maj. Gen. Ashok K. Mehta (Retd.)
 
Chair: Maj. Gen. Ashok K. Mehta
 
In the three decades long war, an institutional peace process in Afghanistan was hammered out in September by clinching two agreements: one between the US and Taliban; and the other between US and Afghanistan. Extraordinary concessions have been made by the US to the Taliban, still a US and UN terrorist organisation. Unfortunately, a ceasefire or even cessation of hostilities has not been obtained from the Taliban making the peace process the most violent in the history of conflict resolution. The Webinar will explore the trajectory and end state of the peace process

Kindly please click on the registration link below:
http://webcast.streaminglive.in/iicwebinar4/signup.php
 
 

India International Centre is organizing a Webinar on Wednesday 28^th October 2020 from 4 pm to 5 pm on
 
Madrasas and the Making of Islamic Womanhood
 
 
About the book :
 
  A groundbreaking narrative of the ambiguities that outline the relationship between young Muslim girls with the Madrasas in India. The book explores how these young women tactically invoke the virtues of safety, modesty and piety learnt in the Madrasa to reconfigure normative social expectations around marriage, education and employment.

 
Panelists: 
 
Prof. Meenakshi Thapan  - Director, Rishi Valley Education Centre, Andhra  Pradesh and former Professor of Sociology, University of Delhi.
  
Prof. Aparna Rayaprol -  Professor of Sociology, University of Hyderabad.
 
Humra Quraishi - Writer, Columnist, Journalist   (Moderator)
 
Hem Borker, Assistant Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia  & Author of the book
 
You are cordially invited to join the Webinar and contribute to the discussion that follows. Advance registration may be done to attend the Webinar discussion session. Those registered will be sent a password to access the session. Please find attached the Webinar Notice for your reference.
 
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http://webcast.streaminglive.in/iicdiscussions/signup.php

Monday, 26 October 2020 from 8:45 am to 10 am

Special webinar

India’s Heritage of Karuna and Ahimsa

Speaker: H.H. the Dalai Lama

Welcome Address: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC

 

Moderator: Shri Rajiv Mehrotra

 

 

A Phoenix from the Ashes
The destruction and reconstruction of Warsaw 1939-1955
 
The exhibition revisits one of the most critical chapters in the history of Poland, the destruction of the capital city of Warsaw by German troops and the inspiring reconstruction of the city after World War II. World War II and the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 in particular, left the city with almost nothing to define its identity. Warsaw, the centre of cultural, political and social life, almost ceased to exist. But like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Warsaw was rebuilt and gradually brought back to life. This unique and pioneering nature of the reconstruction of the city was given its due recognition when Warsaw’s Old Town was included in the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1980
 
Polish Architecture
An exhibition of photographs by some of the leading Polish architectural photographers on contemporary buildings
 
On view at the Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex from 19^th to 28^th October 2020, 11 am to 7 pm daily
 
(Collaboration: Polish Institute, New Delhi)