Western music concert
The Environmentalist of the Poor: A Tribute to Chandi Prasad Bhatt 

(110 min; lecture in Hindi & English)

Speakers: Shri Anupam Mishra, Gandhi Peace Foundation; Shri Shekhar Pathak, People’s Association for Himalaya Area Research (Pahar); Shri Ramesh Pahari, Aniket; Dr. Ramchandra Guha, New India Foundation; and Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister for Environment and Forest 

 

Chair: Prof. Pushpesh Pant

 

Shri Chandi Prasad Bhatt was present on the occasion

 

Panel discussion organised to celebrate the life and work of the great pioneering environmentalist Chandi Prasad Bhatt. Founder of the Chipko movement, Padma Bhushan and Magsaysay award winner, Chandi Prasad ji has played a landmark role in the growth and development of the environment movement in India and beyond

 

Organised in collaboration with People’s Association for Himalaya Area Research (PAHAR); and National Book Trust

 

Webcast recording of the programme held on 19th July 2011

Panel discussion on environment

Famous Classical and Musical Theatre Songs (106 min)

Concert presented by Farah Ghadiali (soprano); Firdause Wadia (baritone); and Kersi Gazdar (tenor)

 

The artists present a concert of well-known pieces from opera, semi-classical music, and musical theatre (Phantom of the Opera, Sound of Music etc.)

 

Organised in collaboration with Parzor Foundation; and Jiyo Parsi

IIC Double Bill – Dance and Music Recitals

 

Odissi Recital (30 min)

By Madhulita Mohapatra from Bengaluru, disciple of Guru Smt Aruna Mohanty

 

The artist will present Janasammohini Pallavi and Ramate Yamuna Pulina Vane (an ashtapadi from Jayadev’s Geeta Govinda) 

 

 

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Padmaja Chakraborty from Delhi, disciple of Guru Smt. Girija Devi

 

Accompanied by Shubhendu Das on tabla; and Sonali Roy on tanpura

Shake off your sorrows (Sacúdete las penas/Mexico)

(90 min; 2018; Spanish with English subtitles)

Director: Andrés Ibañez Dias Infante

 

González, an inmate serving a long sentence, tells the story of Pepe Frituras, Mexico City’s most famous dancer, who would lose his freedom during a night out partying, ending up in the Palace of Lecumberri -the country’s most dangerous penitentiary. Through anecdotes filled with music, dances, and romance, González narrates how he became the only convict that managed to escape the prison walls using the power of his imagination

 

The film will be accessible using the link and password pasted below from 14th August 2020 at 00:00 until 16th August 2020 at 23:59

 

https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/india/index.php/avisos/64-sacudete-las-penas
Password: DDCM2020
 

 

(Collaboration: Embassy of Mexico)

A Festival of Plays

Organised in collaboration with Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, four plays of Pippo Delbono, well-known Italian theatre actor and director will be streamed through Vimeo links. Presented by the Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione, Italy, each of the plays feature leading actors from theatres in Modena, Cesena, Vignola and Castelfranco Emilia.

 

The four plays will be presented over the next four weeks and can be accessed through the Vimeo link pasted below. The plays are in Italian with English subtitles

 

Gospel (Vangelo; 100 min)

Written and Directed by Pippo Delbono

 

Pippo Delbono has been experimenting on stage for many years now, exploring the fertile ground between public and personal, between autobiography and history, shaping works that stand out on the international scene for their originality.

 

Vangelo (Gospel) marks a further step along this path. It is a choral work, which began as a contemporary opera: it first took shape in Zagreb, performed by the orchestra, choir, dancers and actors at the Croatian National Theatre together with the acting company that has been working with Pippo Delbono for many years. It markedly reveals the memories of its Croatian performers who lived through the traumatic events of the war that reshaped the history, places and boundaries of their native land

 

https://vimeo.com/408083747
 

Towards a Holistic Long term Medi-Care system – The case of Covid-19

Panellists: Dr. V.K. Paul, Member, Niti Aayog; and Prof. K. Srinath Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India

 

Opening Remarks: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC

 

Moderator: Prof. Vinayshil Gautam, Founder Director, IIM-K; 1st Head, Manag. Dept. IIT-D; Leader Consulting Team, IIM-S; and ex KPMG

 

The discussion will present a multi-disciplinary approach to the pandemic, covering emergency health care systems, safety engines of healthcare, emergency case development, evolving social narratives and change in frameworks of reference

 

 

Epidemic, Migrant Labour, and the Politics of Life

Speaker: Prof. Ranabir Samaddar, Distinguished Chair in Migration and Forced Migration Studies, Calcutta Research Group

 

And in conversation with Prof. Binod Khadria, Former Professor of Economics and Education and Migration, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

While scenes of migrant workers walking in long processions caught the cameras of the journalists, it still requires to be asked: What lay behind these long marches? How do caste, race, gender, and other fault lines operate in governmental strategies to cope with a virus epidemic? If the fight against an epidemic has been compared with a war, what are the forces of power at play in this war against the pandemic? What indeed explains the sudden visibility of the migrant workers in the time of a public health crisis?

 

 

 

India-China Relations: Galwan valley Postscript

Speakers: Col. Ajai Shukla (Retd.), Consulting Editor (Strategic Affairs, Business Standard; Shri Ananth Krishnan, journalist with The Hindu and author of the forthcoming book India’s China Challenge; and Prof. Hemant Adlakha, Associate Professor, Centre for Chinese and South Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Moderator: Cmde. C. Uday Bhaskar, Director, Society for Policy Studies, New Delhi
 

The discussion takes off from the recent events of June 2020 on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Galwan valley that marks the end of a 45-year period which saw no armed confrontation involving the loss of lives. The discussion will re-evaluate and re-assess India’s China policy and what is the way forward
 

Mehfil with Bhuvanesh Komkali (120 min)

Mehfil with Pandit Kumar Gandharva bani exponent Shri Bhuvanesh Komkali (Khayal)

 

Born into a rich legacy of music, Bhuvanesh Komkali is the grandson of Pandit Kumar Gandharva and Vidushi Vasundhara Komkali and the son of Pandit Mukul Shivputra. He continues to receive guidance from Pandit Madhup Mudgal and Pandita Kalapini Komkali. As a homage to Pandit Kumar Gandharva, Bhuvanesh will sing ragas and bandishes created by him.

 

Collaboration: Shri Harshavardhan Neotia, Chairman, Jnana Pravaha: Centre for Cultural Studies and Research & NaadSaagar Archives and Documentation Society for South Asian Music

 

Webcast recording of the programme held on 11th December 2015