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.

Conquistadors: The Fall of the Aztecs (49 min) | Click here to watch
Director: David Wallace

The story of the conquest in 1519-21 of the Aztec empire in Mexico by Hernan Cortes and five hundred intrepid Spanish conquistadors. In this film Michael Wood follows the womaniser and gambler Cortes from his home in Spain to the Mayan pyramids on the shores of the Yucatan, and on through the tropical forests of Tabasco to the snow-capped volcanoes of Mexico.

The Secret World of Lewis Carroll (UK) | Click here to watch
(60 min; 2015; English)
Director: Clare Beaven

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a timeless classic and one of the most quoted books in English only preceded by the Bible and Shakespeare. To mark the books 150th anniversary this film explores its extraordinary appeal and the life of the man who wrote it, the Reverend Charles Dodgson or better known as Lewis Carroll. Martha Kearney a radio broadcaster and journalist examines biographies of the author himself and of the girl who inspired his most famous creation, Alice Liddell.
 

By Ghulam Hasan Khan from Delhi, disciple of Ustad Ghulam Sadiq Khan

Accompanied by Mahavir Chandrawat (tabla); and Satendar Verma (harmonium)

The artist will present Raga Nand

Dear Member,

The Government of NCT of Delhi vide their Order No. F.60/DDMA/COVID-19/2021/504 dated 04-01-2022 have issued fresh guidelines in view of the worsening pandemic situation.  The new guidelines impose additional restrictions.  In view of these developments, please note the following changes made in the operating hours of the Centre.

a)       In view of the weekend curfew from 10 pm Friday till 5 am Monday, all facilities of the Centre shall remain closed during this period.

b)       The IIC Annexe will remain fully closed from 8^th January and till further notice.

c)       The Catering Venues, Bar and Library shall function as per the following timings (Monday to Friday):

      Catering Venues (Main)

               Dining Hall:      12 pm – 9 pm  (last order at 8.15 pm)
                         Lounge:            10.30 am – 9 pm (last order at 8.15 pm)

      Bar (Main)                

                12 noon – 2.30pm
                           7 pm - 9 pm (last order at 8.15 pm)

      Bakery & Take-Away Counters

                Bakery          -  10.30 am – 8.30 pm
                          Take-Away   -  10.30 am – 8.30 pm (last order at 8.15 pm)

Library        10 am – 6 pm (Monday to Friday)

All Members are advised to follow the COVID-19 pandemic safety protocol at the IIC premises. Wearing of face-mask, hand-sanitization and maintenance of social distancing norms are mandatory.  Members are requested to kindly co-operate.

Kanwal Wali
Secretary IIC

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

The Ninth Flower: Best of Amrita Pritam
Translated by Jyoti Sabharwal (Stellar Publishers: 2021)

Discussants: Prof. Malashri Lal, Professor, University of Delhi; Academic, Writer and Editor; Mr. Pratik Kanjilal, Editor, The India Cable, Publisher, The Little Magazine; Ms. Jyoti Sabharwal, Editor, Writer & Publisher, Stellar 

Moderator: Dr. Gauri Shankar Raina, Broadcaster ; Translator & Member, Advisory Board, Sahitya Akademi

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Classical Indian Dance in Literature and the Arts
By Kapila Vatsyayan 

Discussants: Prof. Radha Vallabh Tripathi, former Vice-Chancellor, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi; Dr. Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, IIC-International Research Division; Prof. Deepti Omchery Bhalla, Head, Department of Music and Dean, Dept. of Music & Fine Arts, University of Delhi; and Shri Shekhar Shastri, poet, musician and dramatist

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

Anjani Kumar Singh, a retired IAS officer and the 252nd guest speaker of this MTA will present a talk on Making of Bihar Museum

Anjani Kumar Singh, a 1981 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer has helped create the iconic Bihar Museum in Bihar, which has set the benchmark for other states to emulate. In the two years since its inauguration, the museum was getting a footfall of over 1,00,000 visitors a month till the pandemic. Mr Singh is the president of the Bihar Museum who holds a post-graduate degree in Geography and an MBA from Australia and has served the Government of Bihar and the Government of India in various positions. He has also worked as District Magistrate of Vaishali and Santhal Pargana districts and was Divisional Commissioner for Tirhut and Purnia divisions. He was Secretary of Education Department, Art Culture & Youth Department, Agriculture Department etc. With the Government of India, he worked in the Ministry of Human Resource Development and in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment. He was the principal secretary to the Chief Minister of Bihar and retired as a Chief Secretary of Bihar.

(Collaboration: J.D. Centre of Art)

Zoom Registration:  https://zoom.us/j/98867256030
Meeting ID: 988 672 56030

Mud Architecture Today

A talk by Rohan Nahar, Architect and Faculty at Padmabhushan Vasantdada Patil College of Architecture, Pune. The presentation will explain the relevance, durability and economics of mud architecture - and its challenges and potential in the context of contemporary architectural practice.

The talk will be followed by a dialogue with Dr Prabir K Das, Architect, Author and Consultant on Sustainable Architecture, and Anisha Shekhar Mukherji, Conservation Architect, Author and Visiting Faculty at School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi. 
 
The fifth in the bi-monthly series structured around dialogues that endeavour to present the role of architecture in contributing positively to society and to culture. Conceptualised by Anisha Shekhar Mukherji, the series, through interactions with practitioners and scholars, intends to engage with a wide variety of people - professionals and lay-persons alike.  

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