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FOCUS JAPAN

FOCUS JAPAN
Screening of NHK documentary films on Japan’s history, literature, art, culture and heritage. Organised with the support of NHK World and Embassy of Japan, New Delhi 
 
A Culinary Tale - Trails to Oishii Kyoto 
(49 min; 2020; English)
Kyoto's cuisine is marked by an interplay between ingredients and seasonality. The city long served as Japan's capital, during which time it developed a unique culinary culture that lives on to this day. That culture includes dining on hamo, a kind of eel, at open-air, riverside restaurants, and feasting on fine vegetables that evolved thanks to Kyoto's distinct terroir. Kyoto's colourful, elaborate cuisine is the basis of fine Japanese cooking. Discover what makes Kyoto so delicious: so "oishii."
 

Neighbourhood First Series:The Afghanistan Peace Process

India International Centre is organising a Webinar on Thursday 29th October 2020 from 4 pm to 5 pm on
 
Neighbourhood First Series
Coordinated by Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Ashok Mehta
 
The Afghanistan Peace Process
Panelists: Mr. Mahmoud Saikal, former Ambassador of Afghanistan to the UN; Amb. Rakesh Sood, former Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan; and Maj. Gen. Ashok K. Mehta (Retd.)
 
Chair: Maj. Gen. Ashok K. Mehta
 
In the three decades long war, an institutional peace process in Afghanistan was hammered out in September by clinching two agreements: one between the US and Taliban; and the other between US and Afghanistan. Extraordinary concessions have been made by the US to the Taliban, still a US and UN terrorist organisation. Unfortunately, a ceasefire or even cessation of hostilities has not been obtained from the Taliban making the peace process the most violent in the history of conflict resolution. The Webinar will explore the trajectory and end state of the peace process

Kindly please click on the registration link below:
http://webcast.streaminglive.in/iicwebinar4/signup.php
 
 

Book Discussion- 'Madrasas and the Making of Islamic Womanhood'

India International Centre is organizing a Webinar on Wednesday 28th October 2020 from 4 pm to 5 pm on
 
Madrasas and the Making of Islamic Womanhood
 
 
About the book :
 
  A groundbreaking narrative of the ambiguities that outline the relationship between young Muslim girls with the Madrasas in India. The book explores how these young women tactically invoke the virtues of safety, modesty and piety learnt in the Madrasa to reconfigure normative social expectations around marriage, education and employment.

 
Panelists: 
 
Prof. Meenakshi Thapan  - Director, Rishi Valley Education Centre, Andhra  Pradesh and former Professor of Sociology, University of Delhi.
  
Prof. Aparna Rayaprol -  Professor of Sociology, University of Hyderabad.
 
Humra Quraishi - Writer, Columnist, Journalist   (Moderator)
 
Hem Borker, Assistant Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia  & Author of the book
 
You are cordially invited to join the Webinar and contribute to the discussion that follows. Advance registration may be done to attend the Webinar discussion session. Those registered will be sent a password to access the session. Please find attached the Webinar Notice for your reference.
 
Kindly click on the registration link below:
 
http://webcast.streaminglive.in/iicdiscussions/signup.php

DUTCH CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL 2020

DUTCH CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL 2020
A weekly screening of four award winning children’s films organized in collaboration with Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Delhi to celebrate National Children’s Day. Screenings will be held every Saturday and Sunday in November 2020. A link to the film is given below; the film can be accessed for a period of 36 hours from Saturday 9 am to Sunday 11:55 pm. The password for each film will be uploaded on the Centre’s Website and sent by email to all members
 
Saturday 31st October to Sunday 1st November 2020
My Giraffe (Dikkertje Dap)
(75 min; 2017; Dutch with English subtitles)
Director: Barbara Bredero
 
Patterson is best friends with his next door neighbour Raf the giraffe. The two are inseparable until Patterson starts school and realizes that Raf can't come with him. Unbeknownst to his teacher, Patterson hatches a brilliant plan to bring Raf to school and enjoy the company of his new friends.

ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE

ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE
 
Florence: A Virtual Tour (48 min)
A virtual tour of the ancient city of Florence (The Flourishing city) conducted by Caterina Brazzi Castracane, historian, author and tour guide
 
Florence, known as the birthplace of the Renaissance movement, started out as a Roman colony. It remained the secondary centre for many centuries until it started flourishing in the Middle Ages when it gained autonomy as a city-state, and then really blossomed in all its glory under the aegis of the Medici family. The home of some of the greatest Italian artists and of the Italian language thanks to Dante Alighieri. The tour will travel through the city’s history ending with the 17th century
 
An initiative of the Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, New Delhi and Bell’Italia 88
 

Virtual premiere of

Virtual premiere of
Rain (23 min; 2020)
An ensemble work in Bharatanatyam choreographed by Justin McCarthy
 
Dancers: Veena Kumar, Priya Srinivasan and Abhinaya Penneswaran
Musicians: Venkateshwara Kuppuswamy (Carnatic vocal); Manohar Balatchandirane (mridangam); and Justin McCarthy (nattuvangam)
 
Video editing: Sandhya Kumar
 
A recently choreographed piece, it is partially based on verses from Kalidasa’s Ritusamhaaram, in which the expressional and technical aspect of dance responds to rain. Rain as conceived both in traditional poetry as well as rain in its simple mundane, aspects
 

India International Centre – and the Attributes of an Indian Modernism

India International Centre – and the Attributes of an Indian Modernism
(24 min)
Illustrated lecture by Snehanshu Mukherjee, practicing architect and academic and partner in TEAM. He continues to pursue his academic interests and is currently, Adjunct Professor at Indian Institute of Art and Design
 
The talk is a personal exploration of the architecture of India International Centre as a reference to what constitutes an appropriate modernism in Indian architecture
 
Video recording of a lecture for IIC online programmes

FOCUS JAPAN

FOCUS JAPAN
Screening of NHK documentary films on Japan’s history, literature, art, culture and heritage. Organised with the support of NHK World and Embassy of Japan, New Delhi 
 
Niigata- The Deep Green of Summer 
(49 min; 2020; English)
 
Part of the series Cycle Around Japan, the documentary takes viewers on a 250-km ride through Niigata Prefecture, past green rice fields shimmering under the summer sun. Niigata is where much of Japan’s rice is grown and is also home to some of best craftsmen and artisans dedicated to perfecting their art. Climbing up into the mountains, the film presents a glimpse of the traditional style of river fishing and visits a breeder whose Nishikigoi carp are now world famous. 
 
 
 

Special webinar - India’s Heritage of Karuna and Ahimsa

Monday, 26 October 2020 from 8:45 am to 10 am

Special webinar

India’s Heritage of Karuna and Ahimsa

Speaker: H.H. the Dalai Lama

Welcome Address: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC

 

Moderator: Shri Rajiv Mehrotra

 

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of H.H. the Dalai Lama)
 
To access the Webinar, kindly please log onto

https://youtu.be/brLih1CsHKk
 

 

A Phoenix from the Ashes

A Phoenix from the Ashes
The destruction and reconstruction of Warsaw 1939-1955
 
The exhibition revisits one of the most critical chapters in the history of Poland, the destruction of the capital city of Warsaw by German troops and the inspiring reconstruction of the city after World War II. World War II and the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 in particular, left the city with almost nothing to define its identity. Warsaw, the centre of cultural, political and social life, almost ceased to exist. But like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Warsaw was rebuilt and gradually brought back to life. This unique and pioneering nature of the reconstruction of the city was given its due recognition when Warsaw’s Old Town was included in the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1980
 
Polish Architecture
An exhibition of photographs by some of the leading Polish architectural photographers on contemporary buildings
 
On view at the Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex from 19th to 28th October 2020, 11 am to 7 pm daily
 
(Collaboration: Polish Institute, New Delhi)
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