INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY 

 

Why has the Harappan Script not been Deciphered?

Illustrated lecture by Dr. V.N. Prabhakar, Director, Institute of Archaeology, Archaeological Survey of India

Chair: Shri B.M. Pande

 

IIC BAITHAKI

 

Hindustani Violin Recital

By Ragini Shankar from Mumbai, disciple of Padmabhushan Dr. N. Rajam

Accompanist: Shri. Abhishek Mishra on tabla

 

 

Labyrinth: Earth. Environment. Climate Change

An exhibition of artworks by Anu Jindal that draws attention to the present and future state of planet earth and its environment. The artist questions “whither next” through paintings, mixed media and installations

 

Inauguration on Wednesday, 30 October 2019 at 18:30

 

Hungarian Folk Music and Dance 

Presented by Laposa Julcsi’s Band from Hungary, multiple award winning Hungarian folk musicians and dancers

 

With Laposa Julcsi (vocals, violin); Pál Havasréti (cello, hurdy-gurdy); Károly Horváth (vocals, alto) and Zolán Szabó (bagpipe, flute)

 

Dancers: Fanni Sosovicza and Dániel Bodnár

 

(Collaboration: Hungarian Information & Cultural Centre)

 

 

FOCUS ON INDIAN FILMS: 24 AND 25 OCTOBER 2019

Films curated by Partha Chatterjee who will introduce the films

 

Kanthan- The Lover of Colour (Malayalam)

(90 min; 2018; dvd; English subtitles)

Director: Shareef  Eesa

 

Recipient of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Film 2018

 

Set in Wayanad Thirunelly Nangara adivasi colony, the film tells the story of Kanthan who became an orphan in young age. 80 year old Ithyamma takes him under her wings and helps him face the world and its challenges

 

Films curated by Partha Chatterjee who will introduce the films

 

Court (Hindi/English/Gujarat/Marathi)

(116 min; 2014; dvd; English subtitles)

Director: Chaitanya Tamhane

 

Multiple award winner including Golden Lotus Award for Best Feature Film, National Film Awards, 2015; Luigi de Laurentiis Award & Venice Horizons Award for Best Film, Venice Film Festival 2014; Awards for Best Actor; Best Film – International Competition; Fipresci Prize-Competition; & SIGNIS Award, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2015; among others

 

The film examines the Indian legal system through the Mumbai Sessions Court trial of an ageing protest singer, Narayan Kamble, who is accused of encouraging a manhole worker to commit suicide through one of his folk songs

 

Films of the Spirit

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

 

Siddhartha (89 min; 1972; dvd; Hindi/English)

Director: Conrad Rooks

 

With Shashi Kapoor, Simi Garewal

 

Based on the novel by Hermann Hesse, it tells the story of young Siddhartha and his search for meaning in life. This journey takes him through periods of harsh asceticism, sensual pleasures, material wealth, self-revulsion and eventually to the oneness and harmony with himself that he seeks. Siddhartha learns that the secret of life cannot be passed from one person to the other, but must be achieved through inner experience.

 

Considered a controversial film, Rook’s Siddhartha is a contemporary take on the timeless tale of Lord Buddha

 

(Collaboration: National Film Archive of India, Pune; and Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama)