Director: David Wallace

A four-part BBC series, written and presented by Michael Wood

Michael Wood retraces Alexander the Great’s amazing journey from Greece to India, searching for the truth behind the legend and experiencing the tremendous scale of his achievements.

Using the ancient historians as his guides, Wood follows Alexander’s journey as closely as possible, crossing deserts and rivers, from Turkey to war-torn Afghanistan. As the journey progresses, he recreates the drama of Alexanders epic marches and bloody battles. All along the way he finds proof of the survival of the legends surrounding Alexander, a leader whose life has excited the world’s imagination for the 2,000 years.

Episode II: Lord of Asia (60 min)
Alexander invades Persia – todays Iran. Michael Wood traces his route through the Zagros mountains to Persepolis. He hears from storytellers that this defeat is still remembered today by the Zoroastrian community. The programme ends at the Caspian Sea, the edge of the world for Alexander.

“The Hitch” – Christopher Hitchens | (88 min; 2014; English)

Director: Kristoffer Seland Hellesmark

An independent documentary profiling the controversial author and literary critic Christopher Hitchens. It features a selection of fascinating clips, speeches and thoughts of Hitchens.

Director Kristoffer Seland Hellesmark was one day searching for a documentary on Hitchens but was unable to find one. He subsequently decided to make his own, resulting in an 88-minute film composed of clips from Hitchen’s interviews and talks, serving as a tribute to one of the greatest thinkers - perhaps the most articulate and contrarian intellectual of his generation.

The Indus Valley Civilization: The Masters if the River | (52 min; 2013; English and with subtitles)

This documentary, made by NHK (Japan) and Canadian TV, looks at the early Indus Valley civilisation, focusing on one of the lesser known sites at Dholavira, in what is now Gujarat, in western India. With the help of CGI animation the documentary reconstructs the ruined city and shows how the civilisation was able to grow to a formidable size by its innovative harnessing of a now vanished river system.

Interviewing some of the leading experts on the site, including leading archaeologist, Dr R.S. Bisht, the film pieces together one of the most remarkable stages in human development, when, with the rise of city life, international trade across large areas became feasible.

2021 marks the centenary of the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilization. 

Hindustani Vocal Recital (50 min)
By Dr. Asit Roy from Bangladesh, disciple of Sangeetacharya Amiryaranjan Bandyopadhyaya, Pt. Jagdish Prasad, Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar and Smt Kaberi Kar

Accompanied by Alamgir Parvez on pakhawaj

The artist will present two Ragas – Raga Malkosh and Raga Shankara

Video recording of a recital for the IIC online programme activities

Photographs and text by Isaac Tsetan Gergan

The story of the Indus is inspired by the river’s spectacular course in Ladakh as it meanders and flows through some breathtaking landscape. Photographs in this exhibition follow the length and breadth of Ladakh, from Nubra to Zanskar and Leh to Kargil telling the story of the river and of the state

Two Banks Of a River- The Indus In Ladakh ( Click here to watch video )

As part of this exhibition, there will be an online talk on Tuesday, 6th July 2021 at 4 pm

River Dialogues: Two Banks of a River – The Indus in Ladakh
Illustrated lecture by Isaac Tsetan Gergan, artist, photographer and Director, Art for Change Foundation, based in Leh and Delhi

Chair: Kishalay Bhattacharjee

(Collaboration: Living Waters Museum)

Relive the era of the Nawabs at IIC with Rampuri cuisine, one of India’s ‘courtly’ cuisines. A melting pot of Mughlai, Afghani, Lucknowi, Kashmiri and Awadhi cuisine, Rampuri cuisine is all about simple textures, whole spices, and the use of  lotus seed, banana flower, khus ki jadh and sandalwood. Every dish has its own special mix of spices and is cooked over a low flame for several hours in cooking utensils traditional to Rampur. With great mastery in disguising ingredients, this royal cuisine threw up unusual desserts like gosht ka halwa, macchi ka halwa, mirchi ka halwa and adrak ka halwa. Kele ke kabab and kathal ke seekh kabab also originated in Rampur. IIC will be serving this special menu from 25th June to 27th June. These items shall be served in addition to the regular take away/ dine in 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, 24609472

Kanwal Wali
Secretary
 

The World from 1954

Talk by Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1997-2000); and US Ambassador to the Russian Federation (1993-1996); India (1992-1993); Ambassador and U.S. Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1989-1992); and U.S. Ambassador to Israel (1985-1988)
 
Introduction: Shri Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, IIC
 
Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC
 
In his talk, Ambassador Pickering looks at how the world and its future appeared in 1952, when he and Ambady Damodaran were classmates at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Boston USA, how it has eventually shaped over the past 67 years, and the contributions of India and the United States to that shaping.
 

All applications along with CV/supporting documents and a passport size photograph are to be forwarded by Email or Post on or before  15th July 2021 to the Administrative Officer, 40, Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi - 110003 

Please note :  Applications received after the last date will not be considered. 

Brief of the Position

Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English 2020-2021

Edited by Sukrita Paul Kumar, Poet, Critic & Academic, Aruna Asaf Ali Chair, University of Delhi, & Editor of the book (Moderator) and Vinita Agrawal, Editor, Curator, Independent Researcher & Editor of the book (Moderator)

Speakers: Jerry Pinto, Indian English poet, novelist, short story writer, translator and journalist; and Sanjukta Dasgupta, critic, translator and poet, former Professor and Former Head, Department of English and currently Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Calcutta

Overview: Kiriti Sengupta, poet, editor, translator, and publisher from Calcutta and recipient of the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize (2018)