Rosalind Wilson Memorial Lecture 2014 Quantify to Qualify: The Limitations of Threshold Markers on Social Policy

Rosalind Wilson Memorial Lecture 2014

Quantify to Qualify: The Limitations of Threshold Markers on Social Policy (45 min)
Speaker: Prof. Dipankar Gupta, well-known sociologist
Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee

Organised in collaboration with the Rosalind Wilson Memorial Trust

Webcast recording of the IIC programme held on 28 July 2014

The General (USA)

Film
The General (USA)
(75 min; 1927; b/w; silent with English title cards)
Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton

Recipient of the National Film Registry, National Film Preservation Board, USA 1989; OFTA Film Hall of Fame, Online Film & Television Association 2009

A classic silent comedy, the film lifted Buster Keaton from the ashes of oblivion decades after his name and legacy were forgotten. Audiences and critics in the 1920s did not appreciate this extraordinary masterpiece. Based on a true story, Keaton seized upon the story of a civil war train hijack and embellished it with humour, spectacle and a slightly sour love story.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWm587wKKVw

In the Forest of My Soul’ – Beethoven and his Art

‘In the Forest of My Soul’ – Beethoven and his Art
Concerts, films and talks to mark the 250^th birth anniversary of the renowned composer, Ludwig van Beethoven

Conceptualised by Justin McCarthy, well known dancer, choreographer, Guru and concert pianist

Beethoven @250 – Concert 2
Beethoven’s song cycle An die ferne Geliebte, or To the Distant Beloved and Busslied or Penitence
Presented by Subin Sebastian Mathai (countertenor) and Nadine Jo Crasto (piano)

Followed by
Beethoven’s Spring Sonata in F major
By Josh Henriques (violin) and Nadine Jo Crasto (piano)

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

Tokyo Miracle City: Gourmet Capital- Keeping Alive the Spirit of Tsukiji (49 min; 2020; English)

The documentary explores Tokyo’s well–known and tantalizing food culture, exploring the role played by the iconic Tsukiji fish market in Japan's culinary history. Actor Sato Takeru takes viewers on a journey back in time as we learn about the lives of the skilled specialists at the heart of the market and discover their unique contribution in the journey from ocean to table

Link: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/4001369/

Pal Bhar Ki Pahchaan & Kucch Alpa Viram (Hindi)

“Pal Bhar Ki Pahchaan & Kucch Alpa Viram (Hindi)”

Chairman:

Prof. Sudhish Pachauri, Former Pro Vice Chancellor, Delhi University & Cultural and Post-Modern Literary Theorist and Media Analyst

Panelists:

Dr. Laxmi Shankar Bajpai, Renowned Poet and Commentator

Dr. Om Nishchal, Poet, Critic and Linguist

Prof. Kumud Sharma, Professor, Department of Hindi, Hindi Medium Implementation Directorate

Dr. Sachchidanand Joshi, Member Secretary, IGNCA and Author of the Books

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.

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President Trump’s Foreign Policy: An Assessment

President Trump’s Foreign Policy: An Assessment

Panelists: Prof. K.P. Vijayalakshmi, Professor, Centre for Canadian, US and Latin American Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. John Cherian, Consulting Editor, The Frontline; and Shri Dhruva Jaishankar, Director, US Initiative, Observer Research Foundation and Non-Resident Fellow, Lowy Institution, Australia

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

The U.S. Presidential election is due n 3rd November 2020. Whether President Donald Trump gets re-elected or not, it is time to take stock of his foreign policy, the motivations behind it, its impact on U.S. and the rest of the world, and to draw a balance sheet of Trump’s contribution, if any, to peace and harmony in the international realm. Has his lack of respect for international law rendered the international order more vulnerable?

To register, kindly please click on the link mentioned below:
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Music Appreciation Promotion

Music Appreciation Promotion

Traditional and Contemporary Music from North Africa

By Gautam Mukhopadhaya

Moderator: Partho Dutta

The programme will cover music from countries - The Gambia, Senegal, Mail, Cape Verde and Mauritania in West Africa to Sudan and Ethiopia in the East. Spanning traditional music and instruments as well as contemporary rock and jazz

Gautam Mukhopdhaya retired from the Indian Foreign Service after serving as Ambassador of India to Syria, Afghanistan and Myanmar. Music and travel are two of his hobbies. He last presented a MAP on 'Traditional and Contemporary Music from Syria to Korea'

The Many Lives of Homai Vyarawalla (84 min)

The Many Lives of Homai Vyarawalla (84 min)

Dr. Shernaz Cama in conversation with Ms Sabeena Gadihoke, filmmaker and biographer of Homai Vyarawalla

Homai Vyarawalla, India’s first woman press photographer, is best known for her compelling photographs of political events leading up-to Partition as well as the exhilaration of post – independent India

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKOqprRHuw0

Organised in collaboration with Parzor Foundation and Jiyo Parsi

About Ram (53 min; English; 2006)

About Ram (53 min; English; 2006)

A performance by Kathkatha Puppet Arts Trust India

Original music score: Abhijit Bannerji

Director: Anurupa Roy

Animator: Vishal K. Dar

An experimental theatrical piece using excerpts from the Bhavbhuti Ramayana and told through animation, projected images, dance, masks and puppets. As the name suggests, the performance is about Ram, the prince who is sent on a long journey far away from his home when he is exiled by his father along with his wife Sita and brother Lakshman.

Video recording of the performance premiered at the IIC on 1st September 2006