The Promise of Beauty & Why It Matters
10 March 2017, 05:30 am
Launch of Shakti Maira’s new book (HarperCollins; 2017) with Anjolie Ela Menon, Ashok Vajpeyi, Vandana Shiva and Geeta Chandran
Following the launch, at 19:00 in the Art Gallery
Beauty: The Frontiers Within
Dancer Geeta Chandran will present a performance inspired by Shakti Maira’s book
The Promise of Beauty & Why It Matters
Programme Type
Discussions
Launch of Shakti Maira’s new book (HarperCollins; 2017) with Anjolie Ela Menon, Ashok Vajpeyi, Vandana Shiva and Geeta Chandran
Following the launch, at 19:00 in the Art Gallery
Beauty: The Frontiers Within
Dancer Geeta Chandran will present a performance inspired by Shakti Maira’s book
Formed Resonance
05 March 2017, 05:30 am
Formed Resonance
An exhibition of sculptures in wood and bronze; and drawings
By Shakti Maira
Inauguration by Shri Krishen Khanna on Saturday, 4th March 2017 at 18:30
As part of this exhibition, on Friday 10 March 2017 at 18:00 in Seminar Rooms II & III, Kamaladevi Complex
The Promise of Beauty & Why It Matters
Launch of Shakti Maira’s new book (HarperCollins; 2017) with Anjolie Ela Menon, Ashok Vajpeyi, Vandana Shiva and Geeta Chandran
Following the launch, at 19:00 in the Art Gallery
Beauty: The Frontiers Within
Dancer Geeta Chandran will present a performance inspired by Shakti Maira’s book
Life is a Circus
03 March 2017, 05:30 am
Life is a Circus
An exhibition of sketches by Poonam Bevli Sahi
Preview on Thursday, 2nd March 2017 at 18:30
Through lyrical metaphors inspired by the circus and everything extraordinary and unusual that surround its characters, Poonam comments on life while juxtaposing the mundane with wonder
To Mark International Women’s Day 2017
02 March 2017, 05:30 am
To Mark International Women’s Day 2017
Programme Type
Festivals
13TH IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL: 2ND TO 4TH MARCH 2017
The 13th edition of the festival will show case the work of women filmmakers of Asian origin, living anywhere in the world. The festival brings together a collection of films and sound works, that cut across genres and have narratives that can reshape the way we imagine cinema to be. The festival includes a selection of fifty-six films and five sound works from 17 countries - Jordan, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Israel, India, Palestine, Thailand, Pakistan, Japan, Singapore, Korea, Spain, Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, UK, Cameroon, Philippines, USA, Bangladesh, Turkey and Canada; a curated section on Animated films; a curated section on Artists’ film and video; the 4th edition of Soundfiles; and two seminars.
Organised in collaboration with International Association of Women in Radio &Television, India Chapter; Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan; UNESCO, New Delhi Office; and with the support of ONGC
Screenings will be held in the Auditorium on 2, 3 and 4 March 2017 from 10:00 onwards. Some of the highlights include films such as Harikatha Prasanga (India) by Ananya Kasaravalli; Soz: A Ballad of Maladies (India) by Tushar Madhav & Sarvnik Kaur; Here the Seats are Vacant (Iran) by Shiva Sanjari; Velvet Revolution (India) by Nupur Basu; Baglar (Turkey) by Berke Bas & Melis Birder; League of Exotique Dancers (Canada) by Rama Rau; Untitled (Pakistan) by Yaminay Chaudhuri; Demos (Thailand) by Danaya Chulphuthiphong; Fricht Grutzhic Nhadjim (Palestine) by Ruba Salameh; Mao Shan Wang (Singapore) by Khym Fong; and Slider (japan) by Maki Satake; among others
Screenings will be followed by discussions with the directors presents
For detail screening schedule, kindly please log onto www.iawrtindia.blogspot.in and www.iicdelhi.in
Chameli Devi Jain Award 2016-17
01 March 2017, 05:30 am
Chameli Devi Jain Award 2016-17
Programme Type
Talks,
Webcasts
Venue
C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building
TALK ? C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM AT 18:00
Followed by
B.G. Verghese Memorial Lecture 2017
Truth and Politics in Our Times
To be delivered by Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President, Centre for Policy Research
Followed by a panel discussion:
Panelists: Yogendra Yadav, National President, Swaraj Abhiyan; and Ashok Malik, columnist and Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation
Moderator: Arati R. Jerath, political commentator
(Collaboration: The Media Foundation)
Indo-US Relations under the Trump Administration
20 February 2017, 05:30 am
Indo-US Relations under the Trump Administration
Programme Type
Discussions
Speakers: Mr. Lewis Libby , Senior Vice President of Hudson Institute; Mr. Eric Brown, Senior Fellow ; and Ambassador Hussain Haqqani, Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
Chair: Ambassador Lalit Mansingh
From 2 pm to 5.30 pm in Seminar Room 2 (Kamaladevi Complex), India International Centre
(Collaboration: Forum for Strategic Initiatives)
Contesting Tradition(s): Nagaland, Women and Rights
20 February 2017, 05:30 am
Contesting Tradition(s): Nagaland, Women and Rights
Programme Type
Discussions
Speakers: Ms Monalisa Changkija, Editor Nagaland Page; Ms Patricia Mukhim, Editor, Shillong Times; and Shri Kishalay Bhattacharjee, journalist.
Moderator: Shri Sanjoy Hazarika
(Collaboration: Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative and Centre for Northeastern Studies)
The Sino-Indian War of 1962. New Perspectives
28 February 2017, 05:30 am
The Sino-Indian War of 1962. New Perspectives
Programme Type
Discussions
Tuesday, 28
Discussion Conference Room I at 18:30
Speakers: Dr. Amit Das Gupta, Bundeswehr University, Munich , author of Serving India. A Political Biography of Subimal Dutt (Manohar Pubs.) editor of The Sino-Indian War of 1962 (Routledge); Dr. Jabin Jacob, Institute of Chinese Studies
and Shri Shivshankar Menon
(Collaboration: Institute of Chinese Studies)
Discussion Conference Room I at 18:30
Speakers: Dr. Amit Das Gupta, Bundeswehr University, Munich , author of Serving India. A Political Biography of Subimal Dutt (Manohar Pubs.) editor of The Sino-Indian War of 1962 (Routledge); Dr. Jabin Jacob, Institute of Chinese Studies
and Shri Shivshankar Menon
(Collaboration: Institute of Chinese Studies)
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Presentation of The Media Foundation’s 2016-2017 Chameli Devi Jain Award
01 March 2017, 05:30 am
Presentation of The Media Foundation’s 2016-2017 Chameli Devi Jain Award
Programme Type
Talks
Presentation of The Media Foundation’s 2016-2017 Chameli Devi Jain Award
For Outstanding Woman journalist
Followed by
B.G. Verghese Memorial Lecture 2017
Truth and Politics in Our Times
To be delivered by Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President, Centre for Policy Research
Followed by a panel discussion
(Collaboration: The Media Foundation)