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

 

World Environment Day and Teachers’ Training Workshop on ‘Chemistry and Environment’

A two day workshop on 6th and 7th June 2019

 

Speakers: Dr. (Smt) Malti Goel, Climate Change Research Institute, New Delhi; Shri A. K. Dwivedi, Director, ONGC (tbc); Dr. G.D. Sharma, former Secretary UGC; Smt Vimala Oak, Royal Society of Chemistry, Bangalore (tbc)

 

(Collaboration: Climate Change Research Institute; The Royal Society of Chemistry, India Office; Delhi State Science Teachers Forum; and ONGC)

 

HEALTHCARE IN INDIA

 

Meeting the Challenge of Non-Communicable Diseases in India: From Prevention to Palliative Care

Speaker: Prof. D. Prabhakaran, Vice-President, Research and Policy, Public Health Foundation of India

 

China Since its WTO Membership: An Exploration

 

Speaker: Dr. Biswajit Dhar, Professor & Head, Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. Dr. Dhar has been working extensively on the multilateral trading system for more than two decades

 

 

 

Chair: Ambassador Jayant Dasgupta, former Ambassador to WTO

 

 

 

China’s experience as a WTO member raises a number of important questions many of which need to be explored and explained. The most intriguing is that while most developing countries, including India and Brazil, were complaining about the constraints they had faced in the WTO to protect their interests, China was able to expand rapidly in international markets. On hindsight, it is obvious that China used its WTO membership to considerable advantage. How was it able to do this? What did China do so strikingly different from other developing countries to make such a big difference on the international stage? And can developing countries draw lessons from China’s engagement with the WTO and replicate them, at least partially?

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Institute of Chinese Studies)

 

 

 

 

The Ambassador Series

 

 

 

India and Canada: Creating a Model 21st Century Partnership

 

Speaker: H.E. Mr. Nadir Patel, High Commissioner of Canada to India

 

Chair: Ambassador Vishnu Prakash, former High Commissioner of India to Canada

 

 

 

India and Canada have a longstanding relations built upon shared values of democracy, pluralism and strong personal relations at the highest level. Canada is among the fastest growing equity investors in India. It is home to one of the largest Indian diaspora communities and remains a popular destination for Indian immigrants. There remains immense opportunities between the two countries in areas ranging from health and education to renewable energy and innovations. The session will discuss the future of India-Canada relations and the imperative of creating a model partnership for the 21st century

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Ananta Aspen Centre)

 

 

Environment and Health Public Lecture Series

 

 

 

Is the Climate Changing?

 

Panelists: Dr. M. Mohapatra, Scientist, Indian Meteorological Department; Prof. A. L. Ramanthan, Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Wg. Cdr. Amit Chowdhury, Chairman – IMF Steering Committee, Indian Mountaineerting Foundation; and Dr. Anubha Aggarawal, Research Associate, TERI

 

 

 

The discussion will address the imminent threat to our planet, raise awareness amongst the public about the looming danger facing all of us, examine the existing policies and initiatives in dealing with climate change; and the way forward

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Toxics Link)