Panelists: Amb. T.P. Sreenivasan, formerly Permanent Representative  of India to the United Nations, Vienna,  and Governor for India of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna and former Ambassador to Austria and Slovenia; Amb. Meera Shankar, former Indian Ambassador to USA and Germany; and Prof. Devesh Kapur, Director, Asia Program, Starr Foundation Professor of South Asian Studies, Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins UniversityModerator: Amb. K.P. Fabian, Professor, Indian Society of International law and Distinguished Fellow, Symbiosis University

Although voting for the presidential election in U.S. was completed by 3rd November, the formal results are yet to be announced. It is clear that Vice-President Joseph Biden and Senator Kamala Harris have won with 279 Electoral College votes, given that 270 is enough to win. However, President Donald Trump has till now refused to accept defeat. Nevertheless, it is appropriate to discuss a foreign policy agenda for President-Elect Biden
   

A weekly screening of four award winning children’s films organized in collaboration with Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Delhi to celebrate National Children’s Day. Screenings will be held every Saturday and Sunday in November 2020. A link to the film is given below; the film can be accessed for a period of 36 hours from Saturday 9 am to Sunday 11:55 pm. The password for each film will be communicated by email to all members

Saturday 21st to Sunday 22nd November 2020
T.I.M.
(90 min; 2013; Dutch with English subtitles)
Director: Rolf van Eijk

Eleven-year-old Tibor has only one friend: his outdated house robot T.I.M. When his father replaces the faulty robot, Tibor manages to save T.I.M. from destruction. Together they set out for the mythical robot maker Hector Sammler, who is rumoured to live in the far north in an ancient lighthouse. During their adventurous quest through unchartered territory, T.I.M. continues to fall apart and their journey ends in a race against the clock to reach Hector in time

 https://www.facebook.com/events/921504638257789

(53 min; 2016; with English subtitles)
Director: Molly Kaushal
Produced by Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts

Leela in Kheriya is a feature length documentary film based on the Ramlila tradition of village Kheriya near Firozabad town, known for its glass and bangle factories. Kheriya Ramlila is one of the finest examples of India’s composite culture. The film portrays the eternal human quest for self-realization through an exploration of personal life histories of actors and residents of Kheriya, for whom the Ramlila stage becomes a site of healing and self-recovery.

    https://youtu.be/yWqu1N3Ee4M
   

(114 min; 1935; b/w; German with English subtitles)
Director: Leni Riefenstahl

Recipient of the Award for Best Foreign Documentary, Venice Film Festival 1935

An all-time film classic, one of the best-known examples of propaganda film. It chronicles the 1934 Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg with excerpts from speeches given by various Nazi leaders at the Congress, including portions of speeches by Adolf Hitler, interspersed with footage of massed party members.

  https://archive.org/details/TriumphOfTheWillgermanTriumphDesWillens

Sitar Recital
By Debojyoti Gupta from Mumbai, disciple of Shri Buddhadev Dasgupta

Followed by

Bharatanatyam Recital
By Swati Biswas from Delhi, disciple of Guru Smt. Jayalakshmi Eshwar

Video recording of two recitals for IIC online programmes

Screening of NHK documentary films on Japan’s history, literature, art, culture and heritage. Organised with the support of NHK World and Embassy of Japan, New Delhi

Geisha: A Sunset Trade?
(28 minutes; 2020; English and with subtitles)
Geisha have existed for hundreds of years, but in modern Japan they are declining in number. It is a story that is repeated across many forms of traditional Japanese culture. The documentary focusses on the world of geisha, and the challenges ahead. Watanabe Kazuko and Mayumi, run a geisha association, and have decades of experience in the industry. They explain the challenges they face, and offer insights into how hard it can be to maintain tradition.

 https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/2032214/
   

(87 min; 2001; English)
Director: Perry Miller Adato

A PBS American Masters series documentary on Alfred Stieglitz, the father of modern photography. Stieglitz helped raise the status of photography to the level of art. As a photographer, publisher and gallery owner, he was a key figure in the birth of American modernism. With never before seen footage of Georgia O’Keeffe speaking about Alfred Stieglitz who offered her her own show in his popular and avant garde Studio 291 and who she later married in 1916. The documentary also includes interviews with leading Stieglitz scholars and museum curators

 https://vimeo.com/68481281
   

SPEAKERS: Shri Kumar Ketkar, veteran journalist and writer, MP Rajya Sabha; Prof. Tarunabh Khaitan, Professor of Law and Legal Theory, Wadham College, University of Oxford and Vice Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford; and Shri K. V. Prasad, Senior Associate Editor, The Tribune

Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker

(Collaboration: Working Group on Alternative Strategies)