Christmas Concert

Presented by The Aroha Junior Choir from Shillong, recipients of the prestigious International Acapella Competition at Llangollen Wales, UK in July 2018

Director & Conductor: Pauline M. Warjri

 

This concert is dedicated to the memory of Dr. R.P. Jain, who has contributed to creating an informed audience for western classical music, especially opera for the last 30 years at the IIC

 

FILMS ON ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT

 

Apna Aloo Bazaar Becha (30 min; 2007; English subtitles)

Director: Pankaj H. Gupta

 

Recipient of the Golden Deer Award, EcoFilms Festival, Greece; and John Abraham National Awards, SiGNS, Kerala

 

What happens when remote, isolated mountain communities come face to face with globalization? Jardhar, a village in the Hemval Valley of Garhwal, led an isolated, egalitarian existence until a series of events forced it into joining the market economy. This film based entirely on local perspectives, reflects on the process of change – what triggers the shift to modernization and what impact it has on personal, social and environmental spaces

 

Down the Drain (26 min; 2011; English)

Director: Tarun Jayaram

 

The film delineates the key issues being faced while providing water to the growing populace in India and its adverse effect on the land

 

(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature- India)

 

 

Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges in Cross-Cultural Education and Research

Speaker: Dr. Meetu Khosla, Fullbright-Nehru Fellow, Shastri Fellow, Erasmus Fellow, ICSSR Fellow, Associate Professor, Psychology Department, DRC, University of Delhi

 

WINTER FESTIVAL OF DANCE AND MUSIC: 27 AND 28 DECEMBER 2018

 

27 December: AN EVENING OF HINDUSTANI MUSIC

 

At 18:00   

Sitar Recital

By  Gopal Krishan Shah,  from Delhi, son and disciple of   Pt. Hari Krishan Shah and Pt. Arvind Parikh

 

At 19:00  

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Rosy Dutta  Pandit from Kolkata, disciple of Dr. Sunanda Patnaik 

 

Do we tax enough? And do we tax the right people?
 

Speakers: Devaki Jain; Montek Singh Ahluwalia; C.P. Chandrasekhar and Rajeev Malhotra

 

(Collaboration: Centre for Equity Studies)

 

Almost Islands Poetry Readings

Poets: Biswajit Dwibedy, Subhro Bandopadhyay and Sharmistha Mohanty

 

(Collaboration: Almost Island)

 

Almost Islands Poetry Readings

Poets: Vivek Narayanan, Mani Rao and Ari Sitas

 

 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

 

Big Bhishma in Madras: In Search of the Mahabharata with Peter Brook

By Jean-Claude Carriere, translated from the French by Aruna Vasudev (New Delhi: Speaking Tiger, 2018)

 

Discussants: Ms Madhu Jain, author and Editor of The Indian Quarterly; and Ms Aruna Vasudev, author, editor and scholar of Asian cinema

 

Chair: Dr. Bharat Wariavwalla, Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies

 

MAHATMA GANDHI: 150  YEARS

 

Gandhi and the Unspeakable: His final Experiment with Truth

A dialogue with James Douglas and Ashis Nandy

 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)