Life and Legacy of Guru Padmasambhava
 

An exhibition of rare thangkhas, statues and photographs 

 

(Collaboration: Centre for Escalation of Peace; and Sahapedia)

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

 

Bob Dylan: Both Sides Now

A conversation on/in the music of Bob Dylan with Prithviswar Sen and Pradip Datta 

 

The presenters promise an evening of music, talk and visuals that could even open a window or two into the enigmatic world of Bob Dylan and his changing times

 

Prithviswar is an art enthusiast with a background of various corporate profiles - and a lifelong amateur musician. Pradip is an academic and a lifelong consumer of music

 

THE IIC  DOUBLE BILL DANCE CONCERT 

 

Kathak Recital 

By Aditi Thaplial from Lucknow, disciple of Dr Kumkum Dhar  

Followed by

 

At 19:00

Odissi Recital

By Madhyama Segal from Delhi, daughter and disciple of Smt Kiran Segal

PERFORMANCE  ? C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM AT 10:00 TO 13:00

Prabhati: A Morning of Indian Classical Music

 

Tabla Solo Recital

By Arunangshu Chaudhury  from Delhi, disciple of Acharya Shankar Ghosh

Accompanist: Sujay Chakrabarty on harmonium  

 

Followed by

Sitar Recital  

By Yoshida Daikiti from Japan, disciple of Ustad Shujaat Khan

Accompanist:Takuya Iida on  Tabla (Japan) 

Understanding Mood Disorders

 

Panelists: Dr. Alok Sarin, psychiatrist and Ruchika Kanwal, clinical psychologist 

Moderator: Shubha Menon

Organised by You, Me & Mental Health and IIC

 

Whimsical Glazes

An exhibition of contemporary ceramics with Chinese and Japanese glazes and lustres

By Nandita Jain Mahajan

 

Preview on Wednesday, 23 January 2019 at 18:30

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

 

Poverty, Chronic Poverty and Poverty Dynamics: Policy Imperatives

Edited by Aasha Kapur Mehta, Shashanka Bhide,  Anand Kumar and Amita Shah (Springer, 2018)

 

Discussants: Prof. Abhijit Sen, former Member, Planning Commission; Prof. Ravi Srivastava, Professor, Institute for Human Development; and Dr. Rinku Murgai, The World Bank

 

Chair: Prof. S.R. Hashim, Chairman, Institute for Human Development

Yeh Freedom Life/This Freedom Life (70 min; 2018; dvd; Hindi with English subtitles)

Direction & Editing: Priya Sen who will introduce the film

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

 

Yeh Freedom Life/This Freedom Life tries to keep up with its protagonists, as they manoeuvre erratic and unpredictable love. One of them works at a local beauty parlour, the other runs the family’s small cigarette counter at a crowded intersection. They are surrounded by a cacophonous city; they are both in love with other women. The film accompanies them through their desire to live according to them, their ‘freedom life’, outside society and the family’s constant scrutiny and sanction. But this ‘freedom life’ also leaves them vulnerable to the precariousness of love, when it refuses such constraints

 

 

IIC ANNUAL DAY

 

Stories of Premchand (Hindi play; 85 min)

Directed by Rajinder Nath

Coordinated by Smt. Meera Bhatia
 

Following four short stories of Munshi Premchand presented by Nepathya Foundation

 

Moteram Ji Shastri 

With Praveen Kumar, Mala Kumar, Rekha Johri

Narrator: Vishal Singh

Lathaiths: Jagdish Kanojia, Vishal Singh and Abhishek Kumar

 

Shanti 

With Sanjeev Johri, Mala Kumar, Jagdish Kanojia, Rakha Johri

 

Barre Bhai Sab 

With Gaurav Sethi, Animesh Singhal

 

Sadgati

With V.K. Bindu, Rekha Johri, Sanjeev Johri, Jagdish Kanojia, Mala Kumar

 

Can Digital India Get Past the Real India? India's Prospects in the New World Order

 

Speaker: Professor Bhaskar Chakravorti, Dean of Global Business at The Fletcher School at Tufts University and the founding Executive Director of Fletcher’s Institute for Business in the Global Context 

 

Digital India, on paper, is poised to grow into a global force – it could potentially jump ahead in the new world order in ways unimaginable by the "real" India. The number of internet users in India and China surpasses the aggregate of internet users across 37 of the richest countries combined. This means India could, in principle, be one of the largest repositories of a key ingredient that powers the future: data. But the key question is: can Digital India ever get past the real India? We shall discuss the prospects and what the lead-up to the 2019 elections suggest