The Baghdadi Jews in India: Maintaining Communities, Negotiating Identities and Creating Super-Diversity
Edited by Shalva Weil (New Delhi: Routledge Taylor & Francis, 2020)
 
Discussants: Dr. Jael Silliman, Curator of Jewish Calcutta, author and artist; Dr. Sara Manasseh, ethnomusicologist and Founding Director, Rivers of Babylon musical ensemble; and Dr. Shalva Weil, Senior Researcher, Seymour Fox School of Education, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and editor of the book
 Moderator: Ms Rony Yedidia Clein, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Israel
 
(Collaboration: Embassy of Israel)

Great Expectations | (UK)18 min; 1946; b/w; English)
Director: David Lean

With John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Tony Wager

Recipient of the Oscar Awards for Best Cinematography, Black-and-white; & Best Art Direction – Set Decoration, Black-and-white, Academy Awards, USA 1948; and NBR Award, Top Ten Films, National Board of Review, USA 1947David Lean’s adaptation of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations is one of the best literary adaptations ever made. Edged with humour and a surprising dollop of horror, his story of Pip, a blacksmith's apprentice who comes into a mysterious inheritance, works beautifully even after all these years. As he would do with Oliver Twist two years later, Lean judiciously uses the bits of the book that he liked and ditches the rest. The result is Dickens' tome, condensed into cinematic moments that deserve their place in movie history.
 

Panelists: Prof. Partha Sen, former Director, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi; Prof. Surajit Mazumdar, Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, JNU; Prof. Vikas Rawal, Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, JNU; Prof. R. Kavita Rao, Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy; and Prof. Amit Bhaduri, former Emeritus Professor of Economics, JNU
 
Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies and Editor, Citizens First TV (CFTV)
What are the prospects of Indian manufacturing and rural economy with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic shock? How will Aatma Nirbhar Bharat take care of aggregate demand and growth? What is the role of fiscal policy in the Covid-19 scenario especially in the context of migrant labour? Why are the farmers protesting? Will the new farm laws transform Indian agriculture and benefit farmers? What is the status of central government finances and its implication for economic recovery? Why does the stock market rise while the real economy is in decline? What strategies should be adopted to counter the fallout of the economic downturn? 
 
(Collaboration: Working Group on Alternative Strategies)
     

Van Gogh: Painted with Words (UK) | (80 min; 2010; English)

Director: Andrew Hutton
Produced by BBC Scotland

Recipient of the Rockie for Best Arts Documentary, Banff World Media Festival 2011
 
Drama-documentary presented by Alan Yentob, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role as Vincent van Gogh. Based on the letters that Van Gogh sent to his younger brother Theo, and of those around him, what emerges is a complex portrait of a sophisticated, civilized and yet tormented man. The film has been critically acclaimed for its fascinating insights into the life of the artist and its unique approach to storytelling
 

In the Forest of My Soul

Concerts, films and talks to mark the 250th birth anniversary of the renowned composer, Ludwig van Beethoven
 Conceptualised by Justin McCarthy, well known dancer, choreographer, Guru and concert pianist
 
Beethoven @250 – Concert IV
Piano recital by Justin McCarthy  

Justin presents Beethoven’s Bagatelle in A major, opus 119, no.4; Rondo in G major, opus 51, no.2; Beethoven: 9 variations in C minor on a March by Dressler; and Sonata in E-flat major, opus 81a
 

Betrayed by Hope (Episode II)

Dramatic reading of the play by Namita Gokhale and Malashri Lal
 
‘Delhi Bengali’, Oroon Das and Canada-based ‘Bangladeshi Bengali’, Inji Zayba Zaheer explore the early origins of modern Bengali identity through the life of poet extraordinaire, Michael Madhusudan Dutt and his journey from alienation to a return to selfhood
 
Video recording of a performance for IIC online programmes