Soul of Japan - Shamisen and Nagauta
Concert presented by Baisho Matsumoto (shamisen) with Yoshimi Fujimoto (vocals), Akira Nishizaki (dance) and Kyoko Hibiki (drums), four Japanese masters in traditional dance, drums, folksong and the shamisen will present the versatile dance and music traditions of Japan
Collaboration: The Japan Foundation
Programme held on 14th February 2013
Unity and Diversity of India - A Genomic Reconstruction from Ancestral Footfalls
Speaker: Dr Partha P. Majumder, Director, National Institute of Biomedical Genomics
Chair: Prof Samir K. Brahmachari, Secretary, Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India, and Director General, CSIR
Programme held on 1st December 2012
Ustad Bismillah Khan -The Poetry of Shehnai
Illustrated lecture by Yatindra Mishra, writer, poet, critic and connoisseur of music
Chair: Smt. Sunanda Sharma
Programme held on 27th February 2013
Point Zero?: Geographies of Heritage on the Maritime Spice Routes
Talk followed by a film
Illustrated lecture by Marina Kaneti, Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Her research explores questions of global governance, diplomacy, and migration. She is currently finalizing a book manuscript on diplomacy, power, and legitimacy in the age of the Belt and Road
Introduction: Haojun See
Responses to the Chinese Belt Road initiative are often presented as corresponding state-led geopolitical and geocultural reactions. Yet, how are narratives and memories of connectivity activated at the level of local communities? How do local communities (re)construct their sense of identity and connectivity? How do community activities fit into national government agendas for "Heritage" promotion and cultural revival?
This talk explores such questions in the context of Indonesia's Spice Route and Global Maritime Fulcrum initiatives
Film: Ternate: Point Zero (7.5 min; English)
For centuries, Europeans imagined Ternate as "Point Zero": the island many died to reach, the place at the heart of a global spice trade. How do people at Point Zero think of their past? At a time when China is intensifying a Silk Road geocultural diplomacy, do local communities still see themselves as the center of the Maritime Silk and Spice Routes? Do they take advantage of the resurgent interest in the maritime past? How do they think of and understand their pre- and post-European heritage?
With these questions in mind, and as part of an overarching journey to understand maritime roots and identities, Marina Kaneti and graduate students from the National University of Singapore, made their way to Ternate in December 2019. This documentary is a first instalment of a "Point Zero" series. It takes a look at local community initiatives - beyond the realm of geopolitics and international diplomacy
Film: Ternate: Point Zero (7.5 min; English)
For centuries, Europeans imagined Ternate as "Point Zero": the island many died to reach, the place at the heart of a global spice trade. How do people at Point Zero think of their past? At a time when China is intensifying a Silk Road geocultural diplomacy, do local communities still see themselves as the center of the Maritime Silk and Spice Routes? Do they take advantage of the resurgent interest in the maritime past? How do they think of and understand their pre- and post-European heritage?
With these questions in mind, and as part of an overarching journey to understand maritime roots and identities, Marina Kaneti and graduate students from the National University of Singapore, made their way to Ternate in December 2019. This documentary is a first instalment of a "Point Zero" series. It takes a look at local community initiatives - beyond the realm of geopolitics and international diplomacy
Golden Jubilee Lectures Origin of the Universe
Speaker: Prof Paul Davies, Regents’ Professor and Director of the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, Co-Director, ASU Cosmology Initiative, and Principal Investigator, Center for the Convergence of Physical Science and Cancer Biology, Arizona State University
Chair: Prof M.G.K. Menon, Life Trustee, IIC
Cosmologists agree that the universe as we know it began with a big bang about 13.7 billion years ago, but many questions remain. What, if anything, came before the Big Bang? Can a universe appear from nothing? Was the Big Bang also the origin of time and space? Can such an event ever be fully explained scientifically? This lecture will tackle such deep and important topics. It will also review the history of the universe from the first split second to the present epoch, as well as predict the ultimate fate of the cosmos
Programme held on 21st December 2012
Indian Classical Music – Mehfil Series
With Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana Maestro Pandit Rajshekhar Mansur
Accompanied by Ustad Faiyaz Khan (tabla) and Ustad Murad Ali Khan (sarangi)
In keeping with the tradition of his gharana, Pandit Mansur will present rare and largely unheard ragas like Jait Kalyan, Malavi, Savani Nat and Khokar
(Collaboration: Jnana Pravaha and NaadSaagar Archives and Documentation Society for South Asian Music)
Programme held on 26th September 2012
Art Matters-The Changing Languages
Panelists: Shri Krishen Khanna, eminent painter; Smt Kirti Jain, theatre director; Dr Udayan Vajpeyi, poet; and Ms Aditi Mangaldas, classical dancer
Moderator: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, Executive Trustee, Raza Foundation
(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)
Programme held on 10th September 2012
Dr. C.D. Deshmukh Memorial Lecture Beyond Federalism
Speaker: Justice B. N. Srikrishna, former Judge, Supreme Court
Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President IIC
Programme held on 14th January 2012
Summer Festival Bharatanatyam Recital
By Kiran Rajagopalan from Bangalore, disciple of A. Lakshman
Followed by
Manipuri Dance Recital
By Baisali Sarkar and troupe from Kolkata, disciple of Smt Priti Patel and Smt Sruti Banerjee
Programme held on 26th June 2013
Healthcare in India Weighty Problem of Liver Fat – Eat and Live for Grand Children
Speaker: Dr. Shiv Kumar Sarin, senior Professor, Hepatology and Director, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences
Chair: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC
Programme held on 18th November 2019