Water Wise Cities

 

Panelists: Ms. Karuna Gopal, MRICS; Dr. A.K. Gosain; Dr. Nupur Bahdadur; Dr. Suresh Kumar Rohilla; and Dr. Paritosh Tyagi

 

Chair: Professor Joseph V Thanikal, Associate Dean & Director, School of Real Estate

 

 

“Cities of future”, Smart Cities”, and “Affordable housing” are terms now familiar among the public. Can we have cities, above mentioned, without safe water to drink and good air to breath? Does the dense population means economic growth without a drop of water to drink? When cities like Brisbane, thought much earlier about recycle and reuse the water, where are rest of cities? ‘Water-wise’ behaviour means that leadership culture, governance arrangements, professional capacity and innovative technology are all aligned with the objective of maximising sustainable urban water outcomes. Sustainable urban water management means that all water within the city (including reservoir and aquifer water, desalinated water, recycled water and storm water) is managed in a way that recognises the connection between services, urban design and the basin, with an approach that maximises the achievement of urban liveability outcomes, and resilience to unexpected social, economic or bio-physical shocks, while replenishing the environment. The objective of this dialogue is to collectively discuss and engage, urban leaders, water managers, individuals and other stakeholders to be inspired for collective solution and wisely preserve this rare commodity “WATER”.

 

 

 

The speakers will discuss the following issues - sources of water; planning and distribution; contamination and control; sustainable urban water; and water wise communities

 

 

 

 

 

(Collaboration: RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University)

GANDHI MATTERS

 

Singing Gandhi: Kumar Gandharva’s “Gandhi Malhar” and other music

Presented by Kalaapini Komkali and S.N. Subba Rao

 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

The 2nd Nelson Mandela Annual lecture 2019

 

Nelson Mandela’s Struggles and Worldview

Speakers: Prof. Rajen Harshe, President, G.B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad and former Vice-Chancellor, Allahabad Central University; and Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, former Indian High Commissioner to South Africa

 

Welcome Remarks: Suhas Borker, Covener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies

 

Closing Remarks: H.E. Mr. Joel Sibusiso Ndebele,  High Commissioner of South Africa

 

Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC

 

Second in the series of annual lectures in honour of Nelson Mandela started in 2018 at the IIC to mark his centenary. The Mandela Centenary Lecture was delivered by Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, former Indian High Commissioner to Pretoria, last year

 

(Collaboration: South African High Commission; and Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

 

Bornadi Bhotiai (In love, by the river/Assamese)

(120 min; 2019; dvd; English subtitles)

Written, Produced & Directed by Anupam Kaushik Borah

 

Set on the island of Majuli, Bornodi Bhotiai follows the story of four boys who fall head over heels for the same girl. Educated but unemployed, all they dream of is a beautiful life with her

 

(Collaboration: Council for Social Development)

 

Mind and Matter: Intersection of Poetry and Science

A discussion on Mandira Ghosh’s volume of verses, Poetry and Science: Opposites Meet

 

Speakers: Mr. Alexey Shaposhnikov, Head, Science and Technology Section, Russian Centre of Science and Culture, New Delhi; Shri Nimish Kapoor, Head-Science Films Division, Vigyan Prasar, National Institute for S & T Communication, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India; Dr. Rita Malhotra, poet and mathematician, former Principal & Professor, Kamla Nehru College, and President, Poetry Across Cultures; and Ms Mandira Ghosh, poet and author who will read poems from the book

 

Chair: Shri Gauhar Raza, scientist and leading Urdu poet, social activist and documentary filmmaker

 

(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)

 

 

MALAYALAM FILM FESTIVAL

 

Kathan – Lover of Colours (90 min; 2018; dvd; English subtitles)

Director & Producer: Shareef C.

 

Recipient of the Kerala State Award for Best Film, 2019

 

The film explores the hardscrabble lives of Kerala’s Adivasis through the story of the titular protagonist, a young orphan who lives with his grandmother

 

At 18:30

Body Deep (Udalazham)

(106 min; 2018; dvd; English subtitles)

Director & Screenplay: Unnikrishnan Avala who will introduce the film

 

Gulikan, born and brought up as a boy, has the body and soul of a girl. Dark skinned, fragile, introvert and vulnerable, he struggles to balance his life

 

POLICY AND INCLUSION DEBATES SERIES

 

 

Between Art Deco and Modernism – Polish Posters from 1918 - 1939

An exhibition of archival posters from the collection of the Poster Museum at Wilanów

 

Since the late 19th – early 20th century, poster design has been recognized in the Polish artistic tradition as a source of national pride. Poster design was considered a driving force of artistic progress as it brought together architecture, painting and sculpture with artistic design. Artists were not limited to the creation of unique pieces; they were also able to use mass production to present common symbols and aesthetics of the times to their work. It was precisely this ability to blend both the new and the existing that brought Polish artists to a level of international recognition for their modern stylization and interpretation of folklore. The two distinct approaches, traditionalism and modernism, complemented each other and were often combined in a manner which allowed for individual expression. It was this harmonious synthesis that best defined Polish poster art in the period between the wars 

 

Inauguration on Tuesday, 18th June 2019 at 18:30

 

(Collaboration: Polish Institute, New Delhi )

 

Where is Algeria Going?

Speakers: Ambassador Kishan S. Rana, Professor Emeritus, and a Senior Fellow at DiploFoundation and former Indian Ambassador and High Commissioner for Algeria, Czechoslovakia, Kenya, Mauritius, and Germany; and Prof. Gulshan Dietl,  Former Professor, Center for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University 

 

Chair: Ambassador K.P. Fabian

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

 

Summer wine, woman and song

Rewinding Nancy Sinatra with Punita Singh

 

We rewind and replay works by Nancy Sinatra, daughter of the legendary American singer Frank Sinatra. Though launched professionally on her father’s TV show in 1960, Nancy went on to establish her own unique style, making it to the top of the charts with multiple hits through the sixties. Her partnership with Lee Hazlewood produced enduring masterpieces like ‘Summer wine’, ‘These boots are made for walking’, ‘Friday’s child’, ‘Sugar town’, ‘Some velvet morning’ and more

 

Punita is a musicologist, linguist, acoustician, editor and educator based in Delhi