A 4-part series directed by David Wallace for BBC2/PBS with the English historian and broadcaster, Michael Wood. The Spanish conquest of the Americas in the sixteenth century was one of the most important and cataclysmic events in history. Spanish expeditions endured incredible hardships in order to open up the lands of the ‘New World’, and few stories in history can match these for drama and endurance.

In Conquistadors, Michael Wood follows in the footsteps of some of the greatest of the Spanish adventurers travelling from the forests of Amazonia to Lake Titicaca, the deserts of North Mexico, the snowpeaks of the Andes and the heights of Machu Picchu. He experiences the epic journeys of Cortes, Pizarro, Orellana and Cabeza de Vaca, and explores the turbulent and terrifying events surrounding the Spanish conquest of the Aztec and Inca empires.

Conquistadores: All the World is Human (49 min) | ( Click here to watch )

Cabeza de Vaca was shipwrecked off the coast of Texas in 1528 and lived with Indians for 8 years. Upon his return to Spain he wrote a book based on his experiences. His tale is one of empathy and respect for the Indians. Michael Wood traces his journey.

https://www.documentarymania.com/player.php?title=Conquistadors%3A+All+…

Einstein’s Quantum Riddle | ( Click here to watch )

(52 min; 2019; English)
Producer & Director: Jamie Lochhead

Einstein’s Quantum Riddle tells the remarkable story of perhaps the strangest phenomenon in science – Quantum Entanglement. It is a story of mind-bending concepts and brilliant experiments, which leads us to a profound new understanding of reality.

At the start of the 20th century Albert Einstein helped usher in quantum mechanics -a revolutionary description of the behaviour of tiny particles. But he soon became uncomfortable with the counter intuitive ideas at the heart of the theory. He hunted for flaws in the equations and eventually discovered that they predicted a seemingly impossible situation…

https://www.documentarymania.com/player.php?title=Einstein+Quantum+Ridd…;

(85 min; 2003; English)
Director: Chris Durlacher

A BBC Television docudrama

Recipient of the Emmy Award for Arts Programming, International Emmy Awards 2004

George Orwell: A Life in Pictures tells the life story of the British author, George Orwell.

Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was a British author and journalist. His work is marked by keen intelligence and wit, a profound awareness of social injustice, an intense, revolutionary opposition to totalitarianism, a passion for clarity in language and a belief in democratic socialism. Considered perhaps the twentieth century's best chronicler of English culture, Orwell wrote fiction, polemical journalism, literary criticism and poetry. He is best known for the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (published in 1949) and the satirical novella Animal Farm (1945). They have together sold more copies than any two books by any other twentieth-century author. His Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences as a volunteer on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War, together with his numerous essays on politics, literature, language and culture, are widely acclaimed.

Orwell's influence on contemporary culture, popular and political, continues. Several of his neologisms, along with the term Orwellian, now a byword for any draconian or manipulative social phenomenon or concept inimical to a free society, have entered the vernacular.

Handel, The Conquering Hero (UK) | (58 min; 2017; English)

Director: Andy King-Dabb
Presented by Charles Hazlewood

Conductor Charles Hazlewood explores the glorious music of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), who made his home in Britain and became a celebrity and national icon in the process.

Millions across the world heard Handel's 'Zadok the Priest' when Elizabeth II was crowned Queen at Westminster Abbey in 1953, but he was immensely popular in his own lifetime too, as his memorial in Westminster Abbey shows. World-renowned soloists Danielle de Niese and Ian Bostridge join Charles Hazlewood's ensemble, Army of Generals, in some of the best-loved music in our history.

The Foundling Hospital Museum and Handel's birthplace in Halle are two of the many places Charles visits to explore the stories behind this fascinating composer who has had such a profound influence on our cultural heritage.

By Siddhartha Bhose from Kolkata, disciple of Pt. Partho Sarothy

Accompanied by Asif Khan (tabla)

The artist will present Raga Maru Bihag in teentaal

Video recording of a concert for IIC online programmes
 

Day & Date: Saturday, 29^th January 2022

Venue:  India International Centre, Rose Garden

India and the Bangladesh Liberation War

By Chandrashekhar Dasgupta (Juggernaut, New Delhi: 2021)

Discussants: Shri Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, IIC; Cmdre. C. Uday Bhaskar, Director, Society for Policy Research; and Amb. Chandrashekhar Dasgupta, former Ambassador to China and the European Union, and author of the book

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

This weekend, we bring Members a wide range of cultural flavours and exotic options from across South East Asia.  Based on the striking beauty of minimalism, the gastronomic focus is on the philosophy of the best using the least, and colourful food diversity. Food from these regions is packed with an array of exciting experiences—rich, flavoursome and delicious, where every spoonful is bursting with flavour and combinations of spices. IIC will be serving the special menu from 27th to 30th January 2022. These items shall be served in addition to the regular take away menu.

Take away services with prior booking will be available from 1100 hrs to 2100 hrs. Last take away order can be placed at 2015 hrs. 

Kindly Place order at: 011-24609359, 24609449, 24609472 or WhataApp at 9910333937:

Kanwal Wali
Secretary
 

Panelists: Prof. G.C. Khilnani, Chairman, PSRI Institute of Pulmonology, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine; Dr. Chandrakant Lahariya, epidemiologist, vaccinologist, public health and policy expert, lead author of the bestseller, Till We Win: India’s Fight Against the Covid-19 Pandemic (co-authored with Randeep Guleria & Gangandeep Kang); Dr. Gangandeep Kang, Professor in the Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences at the Christian Medical College, Vellore; and Prof. Maninder Agrawal, N. Rama Rao Chair Professor, Department of Computer Science, IIT, Kanpur
 
Chair: Prof. K. Srinath Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India
 

IIC will be serving the special menu from 24th to 26th January 2021. These items shall be served in addition to the regular take away/dine in menu.

Take away services with prior booking will be available from 1100 hrs to 2100 hrs.

Last take away order can be placed at 2030 hrs. Kindly Place order at: 011-24609359, 24609449, 24609472:

Kanwal Wali
Secretary