Annapurna – Land of Lhobas, Khampas and Gurungs

23 December 2017, 05:30 am
Annapurna – Land of Lhobas, Khampas and Gurungs
Programme Type
Talks
Annapurna – Land of Lhobas, Khampas and Gurungs
Vignettes from a recent trek to Upper Mustang and Annapurna Base Camp
 
Illustrated lecture by Sudha Mahalingam, intrepid traveller and prolific writer ever in quest of the extraordinary, the exceptional and the exotic who trekked to Lo Manthang and Annapurna Base Camp along with two other Indian women

Chair: Ms. Latha Jishu
 

FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT

23 December 2017, 05:30 am
FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
 
Chilika Banks – Stories from India’s Largest Coastal Lake 1970-2007
(60 min; dvd; English)
Director: Akanksha Joshi
 
 
Recipient of the Best Film Award- Livelihood, 5th CMS Vatavaran Environment and Wildlife Film Festival 2009; and First Prize, Jeevika: South Asia Livelihood Documentary Film Festival 2008
 
In a canvas spread over four decades, a banyan tree on the banks of the lake Chilika silently whispers tales of the lake and her fisher folk. From the times when there was no export bazaar to the time when there may be no lake
 
(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)
 
 
 

Hindi Kavita aur Urdu Shayari ki Beech ki Ghat ti Dooriyan (Diminishing Differences Between Hindi and Urdu Poetry)

22 December 2017, 05:30 am
Hindi Kavita aur Urdu Shayari ki Beech ki Ghat ti Dooriyan (Diminishing Differences Between Hindi and Urdu Poetry)
Programme Type
Discussions
Hindi Kavita aur Urdu Shayari ki Beech ki Ghat ti Dooriyan (Diminishing Differences Between Hindi and Urdu Poetry)
Speaker: Bal Swaroop Rahi, well-known writer, journalist and dramatist
 
Chair: Shri B. L. Gaur
 
(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

21 December 2017, 05:30 am
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
 
Strategic Vision 2030: Security and Development of Andaman & Nicobar Islands
By P.K. Roy and Aspi Cowasji (New Delhi: Vij Books, 2017) who will introduce the book
 
Panellists: Ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhyaya, former Indian Ambassador to Syria, Afghanistan and Myanmar; and Shri Nitin A. Gokhle, journalist, author and media trainer & researcher
 
Chair: Shri Shakti Sinha, Director, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library
 

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

20 December 2017, 05:30 am
MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
Programme Type
Talks
MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
 
Nilina's Song: The Music of Naina Devi
We celebrate Naina Devi and her music in this, her centenary year. The importance of music, and very particularly forms such as thumri, chaiti, kajri, barahmasa, is discussed with some excerpts from recordings to highlight ? the quality of her voice and exposition style. There will also be detailed references to her life and the extraordinary social and musical paths it followed 
 
Illustrated lecture by AshaRani Mathur, writer and music lover and has been fortunate enough to work in both fields. She has written and edited books on a variety of topics, and was the Producer, for seven years, for the record label Music Today
 
Chair: Partha Chatterjee, music and art critic

BEYOND BORDERS – IIC-NFI LECTURE SERIES

20 December 2017, 05:30 am
BEYOND BORDERS – IIC-NFI LECTURE SERIES
Programme Type
Talks
BEYOND BORDERS – IIC-NFI LECTURE SERIES
 
The  Impossible Dream? Decolonising the History of Borders
Speaker: Prof. Indrani Chatterjee, Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin. A prominent historian of colonial South Asia who has researched, worked, and taught on three continents
 
Introduction: Dr. Monica Bannerjee, Director, NFI
Moderator: Kishalay Bhattacharjee, Associate Professor, O. P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat
 
(Collaboration: National Foundation for India)
 

Cultural Distance and Public Understanding of Science: 25 years of study at Kumbh Mela

19 December 2017, 05:30 am
Cultural Distance and Public Understanding of Science: 25 years of study at Kumbh Mela
Programme Type
Talks
Cultural Distance and Public Understanding of Science: 25 years of study at Kumbh Mela
Speaker: Dr. Gauhar Raza, scientist formerly with the NISCAIR.  He has been attending the Kumbh Mela for 25 years to do a survey on understanding of science among common people. Apart from pioneering work in the field of Public Understanding of Science, he has active collaborations in South Africa, Brazil, Paris, etc. He is also a recognised Urdu poet
 
(Collaboration: SAHAS)

CREEDS OF OUR TIMES

19 December 2017, 05:30 am
CREEDS OF OUR TIMES
CREEDS OF OUR TIMES
Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra
 
The Razor’s Edge (145 min; 1946; dvd; English)
A film directed by John Byrum 
 
With Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney
 
Nominated for the Best Picture Award at the Oscars, and is a recipient of the Oscar Award for Best Supporting Actor 1947; and Golden Globes for Best Supporting Actor & Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globes, USA 1947
 
Based on the renowned novelist W. Somerset Maugham’s best-seller, The Razor's Edge tells the story of Larry Darrell, an American pilot traumatized by his experiences in World War I, who sets off in search of some transcendent meaning in his life and questions society’s values
 
(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)
 

Evolving Identities – Masters of Bengal

19 December 2017, 05:30 am
Evolving Identities – Masters of Bengal
Evolving Identities – Masters of Bengal
An exhibition of drawings and paintings tracing the development and evolution of modern art practices
On view are original works by Rabindranath Tagore, Gaganendranath Tagore, Abanindranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose, Binode Bihari Mukherjee, Ram Kinkar Baij, Jamini Roy, Asit Haldar, L.M. Sen and others
 
The exhibition also includes some Kalighat paintings
Curator: Vijay Kowshik
Co-Curator: Vaibhavi Kowshik
 
Inauguration by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Life Trustee IIC and Chairperson, IIC International Research Division on Monday, 18 December 2017 at 18:30
 
(Collaboration: Arts Glacerhi)

DELHI MATTERS – TALKS & DISCUSSIONS

18 December 2017, 05:30 am
DELHI MATTERS – TALKS & DISCUSSIONS
Programme Type
Discussions
DELHI MATTERS – TALKS & DISCUSSIONS
 
Coming Face to Face with a Medical Emergency in Delhi and the NCR
Speakers: Shri P. Kamaraj, Special Commissioner, Delhi Police on The Management of Medical Emergencies with Modern Technology: Lessons Learnt from 100; Dr. Tamorish Kole, Chairman, Institute of Emergency Medicine, VPS Rockland Hospitals, Delhi NCR on First Responses: Doing Your Part – 5 Golden Rules; Dr. M.C. Misra, former Director and Emeritus Professor, AIIMS; President cum Vice-Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Jaipur on Warning Signals, Preventive Strategies – What Those at Risk Need to Know; and Shri Suhaan Mukerji, Legal Advisor to Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and Principal Draftsman of the New Motor Vehicles’ Act on Improving Mobility/Access Issues in Traffic and Transport
 
Chair: Smt Shailaja Chandra, former Chief Secretary, Delhi