Diwali is a time for a nation-wide celebration with prayers, rituals, gift-giving, fireworks and the lighting of lamps. And naturally, there is food, without which no celebration is complete. This weekend, bring in the festivities with IIC’s specially curated menu, designed to delight and satisfy. Savour a range of tikkas and kebabs as starters, with aromatic biryanis and sumptuous dal maharani as the main course. Team lal mirch ka parantha and stuffed naan with paneer tikka masala, mutton rogan josh and kadhai murgh. End on a sweet note with chenna gur kheer and kala jamun. IIC will be serving the special menu from 29th October to 31st October 21. 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 order can be placed at 2030 hrs.

Kindly Place order at: 011-24609359, 24609449 or can be WhatsApp at 9910333937

Kanwal Wali    
Secretary
 

Peacewomen of Northeast India
Speakers: Roshmi Goswami, feminist human rights activist and independent researcher known for her pioneering work on women in conflict situations; Patricia Mukhim, Editor, The Shillong Times; women’s rights activist, she was conferred the Padma Shree in 2000 and also received the Chameli Devi Jain Award for outstanding women media person; Pradip Phanjoubam, Editor, Imphal Free Press and author of The Northeast Question: Conflicts and Frontiers

Moderator: Rakhee Kalita Moral, Associate Professor, Cotton University, Guwahati, Assam and a recipient of the Nehru Fellowship, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library

Northeast India’s geo-political emergence as a postcolonial borderland has been attended by long periods of unrest, rebel movements and militarization both in its immediate past and via its older histories of resistance. The region has come to be inseparable from peace negotiations, mediations and accords on account of protracted conflicts and attempts at their resolutions. ‘Peace’ in India’s northeast remains a contested idea appropriated for various, often disparate ends

(Collaboration: WISCOMP)

The Readers’ Editor: Regaining the Trust 
Introduction: Harish Khare, Chair, The Media Foundation

Panelists: A.S. Panneerselvan, Fellow, Roja Muthiah Research Library, Chennai and former Readers’ Editor, The Hindu; Siddharth Varadarajan, Founder-Editor, The Wire, New Delhi; C. Rammanohar Reddy, Editor, The India Forum, Hyderabad and former Readers’ Editor, scroll.in; and Shailaja Bajpai, Readers’ Editor, The Print, New Delhi

Moderator: Vibodh Parathasarathi, Associate Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

As the media in India adjusts to new commercial and regulatory compulsions, news organisations are adapting to a new environment. One significant move has been the appointment of a Readers’ Editor, most visibly in online news websites. The panel will reflect on the expectations of the role of Readers’ Editor and how the need to engage with readers and reiterate trust are occupying Centre stage in some news platforms

IIC/The Media Foundation Dialogues is a series of conversations featuring prominent voices and highlighting different perspectives, the Dialogues discuss issues challenging the Fourth Estate
 
(Collaboration: The Media Foundation)

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

Speakers: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC; Ms Nancy Sahay, IAS, Additional Secretary, Rural Development, Government of Jharkhand; Prof. Krishna Raj, Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Studies, Bangalore, specialist in Sustainable Development Environmental Economics, Ecological and Resource Economics; and Dr. Shiwani, journalist and Secretary, Society for Empowerment

Moderator: Dr. Sachindra Narayan, well-known anthropologist and Gandhian

Development is a process to bring change in the physical quality of life. Mahatma Gandhi’s vision and his programmes for rural development i.e. cleanliness, social equality, cottage industry and in particular empowering the habitat of rural and tribal India envisages a sustainable growth and development

(Collaboration: Society for Empowerment, Patna)

Mahanadi: The Tale of a River 
By Anita Agnihotri, translated from the original Bengali by Nivedita Sen (Niyogi Books Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi: 2021)

Moderator: Dr. Uttam Kumar Sinha, Fellow, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis, Managing Editor, Strategic Analysis

Discussants: Dr. Debjani Sengupta, Associate Professor of English, Indraprastha College, University of Delhi, translator and author; Prof. Sumanyu Sathpathy, Professor & Head, Dept. of English, University of Delhi; Ms Anita Agnihotri, former civil servant and author of the book; and Dr. Nivedita Sen, Associate Professor, Dept. of English, Hansraj College, University of Delhi

 

The Stranger in the Mirror

By Rakesh Omprakash Mehra (Rupa Publications India: 2021)

Discussants: Shri Pankaj Saxena, filmmaker, Broadcast Consultant, and film academic; and Shri Rakesh Omprakash Mehra, filmmaker and author of the book

Moderator: Shri Amit Khanna, filmmaker, writer, poet and media veteran

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Revisiting IIC Classics
With Chef Vijay Thukral

Venue: Rose Garden
 

From the Land of the Magyars: A Hungarian Dinner
With Chef Sonia Taank, Embassy of Hungary

Venue: Rose Garden

(Collaboration: Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Centre, Delhi)
 

Kaeshur Khyen: Cuisine of Kashmiri Pandits 
Prepared by Chefs of Samavar Restaurant

Venue: Rose Garden
 

Tok, Jhal, Mishti: A Bengali Dinner
With Chef Chitra Ghose

Venue: Rose Garden