A documentary series presented by Michael Wood, exploring magnificent masterpieces of the Western world in their cultural and historical settings. The series consists of eighteen episodes, each of which focusses on the artistic contributions of one period in the history of the West, from Ancient Greece to the late 1980s. From the classical ideals in Greek and Roman antiquity, through the Renaissance, to the postmodernism of the later 1980s, the series provides a panorama of 2000 years of architecture, painting and sculpture, and studies the art masterpieces as reflections of the Western culture that produced them.

Two episodes will be presented every week online
AN AGE OF REASON, AN AGE OF PASSION 

Episode 11-

The Age of Reason |(25:31 min) | Click here to watch
The playful fantasy and provocative subjects of the Rococo style practiced by Watteau, Fragonard, and Boucher gave way to strict Rationalism, which insisted on morality in art and the purity of classical form, as seen in the works of David.

Treasures in the Sand – Turkmenistan’s Ancient Heritage | (42 min; 2021; English and with subtitles) | Click here to watch
Director: Michael Gregor

DW DocFilm

To outsiders, Turkmenistan is one of the world’s least known countries. A little known fact is that 4,000 years ago, the country was home to one of the ancient world’s centres of power. Archaeologists have recently discovered palace buildings and magnificent burial treasures at the site of the capital, Gonur Depe, in the Karakum Desert. The ruined cities of Merv and Kunya-Urgench have been declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The film uncovers these and other important sites in the country.

Sitar Recital ( 38 min ) | Click here to watch
By Lakshay Mohan from Delhi, disciple of Pandit Uma Shankar Mishra

Followed by

Hindustani Vocal Recital (32 min) | Click here to watch
By Pulkit Sharma from Delhi, disciple of Prof. Ojesh Pratap Singh

Video recordings of two concerts for IIC online programmes
 

The Power of Choice: The Life and Ideas of Milton Friedman  | (82 min; 2007; English) | Click here to watch
Director: Katherine Anderson

Teacher, scientist, author, intellectual, and winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Economics, Milton Friedman was one of the 20th century’s greatest proponents of free markets and individual liberty. The Power of Choice tells the story of his life

IIC PROGRAMME CANCELLATION NOTICE

IIC Webinar on BANDUNG DAY SYMPOSIUM 2021

     UN: The Challenge of Rebuilding the Global Multilateral system

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Webinar on

UN: The Challenge of Rebuilding the Global Multilateral system scheduled for 24^th April 2021 at 6.00 pm has been cancelled until further notice.

A revised schedule will be intimated to you soon.

We regret any inconvenience caused.

UN and the Challenge of Rebuilding the Global Multilateral System
Speakers: Prof. Muchkund Dubey, former Foreign Secretary, President, Council for Social Development (CSD); Prof. Richard L. Falk, Chair of Global Law, Queen Mary University, London and Emeritus Professor, Princeton University; Dr. Radha Kumar, writer and policy analyst, former Director-General, The Delhi Policy Group; Dr. Ashish Kothari, Environmental scholar and activist, Kalpavriksh; Prof. Beatriz Bissio, Professor of Political Science, Federal University of Rio de Jeneiro; and Prof. Biswajit Dhar, Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Welcome: Prof. Nitya Nanda, Director, CSD
Introduction to the Bandung Spirit Network: Darwis Khudori, University of La Havre, France

Introducing the Bandung Spirit Network, the Bandung Spirit Newsletter: Prof. Isaak Bazie, University of Montreal, Canada

Introduction to the Symposium theme: Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty, CSD

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, former Foreign Secretary and Life Trustee, IIC

(Collaboration: Council for Social Development)

Jinnah: His Success, Failures and Role in History
By Ishtiaq Ahmed (Penguin Viking, New Delhi: 2020)

Discussants: Dr. Siddiq Wahid, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research and former Vice Chancellor, Islamic University, Kashmir; Prof. Mridula Mukherjee, well-known historian, formerly Professor of History, Jawaharlal Nehru University and former Director, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library; and Prof. Ishtiaq Ahmed, Professor Emeritus, Stockholm University, Sweden and author of the book

Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian, Professor, Indian Society of International law and Distinguished Fellow, Symbiosis University
 

IIC is serving the “Navratri Food” for its member from 15th April (Thursday) to 20th April (Tuesday) 2021.

These items shall be served in addition to the regular menu in the Dining Hall and Lounge and also can be booked on prior demand as “Take Away” items.

Take away services with prior booking will be available from 1030 hrs to 2100 hrs.

Kindly Place order at: 011-24609359, 24609373, 24609374, 24609375, 24609472

The last order for “Navratri Food” can be placed at: Dining Hall – up to 2100 hrs and Lounge- up to 2000 hrs

Kanwal Wali
Secretary

Speaker: Prof. Y. K. Alagh, noted economist and Professor Emeritus, Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Ahmedabad and former Union Minister, Govt. of India
 
Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC
 
Prof. Alagh looks back at the last half century: the big achievements – food self- reliance by 1978, sustainable agro climatic strategies and fast growth in the Eighties. Tracing the tribulations of the Washington Consensus since the Nineties, he sees the Terms of Trade moving against Agriculture, then stabilizing and more recently moving against agriculture as the backdrop to the agitation against the Farm Laws. He will speak of India’s strengths in software and artisan based exports etc.

The Modern School (1920-2020):A Century of Schooling in India
By Rakesh Batabyal (Westland, New Delhi: 2020)
 
Discussants: Prof. Avijit Pathak, Professor, Centre for Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Shri Ashwajit Singh, former President, Modern School Old Students Association (MSOSA), Managing Director, IPE Global Ltd.; and Prof. Rakesh Batabyal, Associate Professor, Centre for Media Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University and author of the book
 
Moderator: Prof. Shanta Sinha,  formerly Professor of Political Science, University of Hyderabad and former Chairperson, National Commission for the Protection of Child Right
 
Chair: Ms. Karthika V.K., Publisher, Westland Publications
 
An iconic centre of learning in the national capital, Modern School is representative of the pioneering efforts in the early twentieth century to create a contemporary education structure in India

A conversation based on the new book by Amit Chaudhuri (Hamish Hamilton/Penguin Random House India, New Delhi:2021)

Prof. Ashis Nandy in conversation with Amit Chaudhuri

Moderator: Dr. Ananya Vajpeyi, academic and writer, Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies

By turns essay, memoir and cultural study, Finding the Raga is Amit Chaudhuri's singular account of his discovery of, and enduring passion for, North Indian classical music: an ancient, evolving tradition whose principles and practices will alter the reader's notion of what music might - and can - be.

(Collaboration: Penguin Random House India)