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

From the Land of the Five Rivers: Traditional Punjabi Cuisine

With Chef Manjit Gill and Chef Priteeka Gill Malik  

Venue: Rose Garden

Screening of films from Germany; Hungary; and Spain

At 11:00 am    Relativity (Mein Ende. Dein Anfang/Germany)
(111 mins; 2019; blu ray; German with English Subtitles)
Director: Mariko Minoguchi

Recipient of German Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay,  Best Feature Film Debut, German Film Critics Association Awards 2020; and Jury Prize for  Best Film, Riviera International Film Festival 2020

At 2:00 pm   The Innocence (La inocencia/Spain)
(92 min; 2019; blu ray; Spanish with English subtitles)
Director: Lucia Alemany

Multiple award winner including Gaudí Award for Best Supporting Actor, Gaudí Awards 2020; Consentino Award for Best Director, and FICAL Awards for Best First Film & Best Actress, Almeria International Short Film Festival 2019; Awards for Best Actress and Best Director, Toulouse Cinespaña 2020; among others

 At 4:00 pm   Whiskey Bandit (A viszkis/Hungary)
(126 min; 2017; dvd; Hungarian with English subtitles)
Director: Nimród Antal

Recipient of the Award for Best Editor and Best Sound, Hungarian Film Week 2018

 For film screenings, entry passes will be issued 30 minutes before each screening.