The Ambassador Series

 

 

 

India and Canada: Creating a Model 21st Century Partnership

 

Speaker: H.E. Mr. Nadir Patel, High Commissioner of Canada to India

 

Chair: Ambassador Vishnu Prakash, former High Commissioner of India to Canada

 

 

 

India and Canada have a longstanding relations built upon shared values of democracy, pluralism and strong personal relations at the highest level. Canada is among the fastest growing equity investors in India. It is home to one of the largest Indian diaspora communities and remains a popular destination for Indian immigrants. There remains immense opportunities between the two countries in areas ranging from health and education to renewable energy and innovations. The session will discuss the future of India-Canada relations and the imperative of creating a model partnership for the 21st century

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Ananta Aspen Centre)

 

 

Environment and Health Public Lecture Series

 

 

 

Is the Climate Changing?

 

Panelists: Dr. M. Mohapatra, Scientist, Indian Meteorological Department; Prof. A. L. Ramanthan, Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Wg. Cdr. Amit Chowdhury, Chairman – IMF Steering Committee, Indian Mountaineerting Foundation; and Dr. Anubha Aggarawal, Research Associate, TERI

 

 

 

The discussion will address the imminent threat to our planet, raise awareness amongst the public about the looming danger facing all of us, examine the existing policies and initiatives in dealing with climate change; and the way forward

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Toxics Link)

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

 

My Secret Life as an Ambassador: Traditional and Contemporary Music from Asia

Speaker: Ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhaya who will share some of his unusual discoveries from Asia. The audio and visual presentation will look at traditional classical, religious, folk, and fusion music from places like Syria, Azerbaijan, Iran, Afghanistan, India, Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia, China, Japan and Korea

 

Ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhaya has served in various capacities in Mexico, France, and New York, and as Ambassador of India in Syria, Afghanistan and Myanmar. In the course of his life and career, he developed a taste for progressive rock and jazz, Hindustani classical and regional music, and later, South American, some strains of Western classical and religious, African, Arab, Ottoman, Iranian, and South East and East Asian music

 

 

The Evolution of Fashion and India Modern
 

Speaker: Tarun Tahiliani, well-known fashion designer who creates couture, diffusion and prêt-a-porter which are Indian in their sensibility, yet international in their appeal. The rich heritage of the subcontinent is reinvented as contemporary high fashion through the genius of Indian craftsmanship and the finest textiles

 

FESTIVAL OF FILMS FROM ECUADOR

A special screening of documentaries and feature films from Ecuador organized in collaboration with Embassy of Ecuador

Screenings will be held on 6, 8, 13 and 16 May 2019 at C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium

 

ON 6 MAY 2019 AT 18:30

 

Killa (Before the Moon Rises)

(60 min; 2015; dvd; English subtitles)

Director: Alberto Muenala

 

Ecuador’s first feature film in the Kichwa language, the indigenous language spoken in the Amazon of Ecuador. Killa tells the story of a Kichwa photo-journalist who becomes the target of corrupt government officials when they find him snapping photographs of a shady mining operation. Adding intrigue to the narrative, is a love story subplot and the community’s increasingly tense resistance to the mine

 

ON 8 MAY 2019 AT 18:30

Llanganti (58 min; dvd; English)

The story of the search for the enormous Inca treasure hidden in the Ecuadorian mountains. A film on the expedition led by the adventurer and photographer, Jorge Juan Anhalzer, who went in search of an ancient Inca road that would take them to the tunnel, where the treasure has been hidden for five hundred years

  

ON 13 MAY 2019 AT 18:30

Open Wound (Mono con Gallina)

(85 min; 2013; dvd; English subtitles)

Director: Alfredo Leon

 

Recipient of the awards for Best Performance by an Actor, Grand Jury Prize and Technical Grand Prize, World Premieres Film Festival 2014

 

Believing that military experience will make him stronger and respectable, Jorge, a young Ecuadorian, joins the armed forces in the midst of his country’s 1941 border war with Peru. Captured and imprisoned by enemy forces and given up for dead, Jorge faces neglect, hunger, and, possibly, even death as he recovers from his injuries. He will soon have to choose between escaping with fellow prisoner Hugo or staying at the camp under the care of the Peruvian nurse Dolores, with whom he has fallen in love

 

ON 16 MAY 2019 AT 18:30

La Tola Box

(85 min; 2014; dvd; English subtitles)

Director: Pável Quevedo

 

Beyond the punches, boxing paints a complex portrait of life itself – its obstacles, the fight, the discipline, the commitment. La Tola Box is a film that examines the more humane aspects of boxing. It explores the life of four distinct characters – one for each corner of the boxing ring: Ecuadorian boxing veterans Eugenio Espinoza and Ramiro ‘Clay’ Bolaños, the young aspiring boxer César, and the young amateur boxer Carlos

 

MONODHARMA DANCE FESTIVAL: 3RD AND 4TH MAY 2019
 

WOMEN IN LAW IN INDIA

 

Women in Law - The Path of Empowerment

Speaker: Justice Sujata Manohar, former Judge, Supreme Court 

Discussants: Ms Madhavi Goradia Divan, Additional Solicitor General, Supreme Court; 

 

Chair: Shri Soli J.Sorabjee

 

Second lecture in the new series focusing on Women in Law in India

 

 

NATO and Turkey

Speaker: Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Vinod Saighal, VSM author and Executive Director, Eco Monitors Society

 

Introductory Observations: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC

 

At the end of World War II the Western allies decided to form the North Atlantic Treaty Pact (NATO) to counter the advance of the Soviet Union and its communist ideology. Stalin had quickly incorporated the Baltic Republics and Eastern Europe into the Soviet sphere. Turkey with the strongest army in Europe was the bulwark of the defences against the Soviet Union. Recently, however, strains have developed in the alliance. Turkey is now more inclined towards Russia. The break up with NATO whether imminent or not makes Turkey's support meaningless

 

Cello Concert

Presented by Sándor Dezsc? from Hungary 

 

The artist will presents cello suites of J.S. Bach

 

(Collaboration: Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre)