THE IIC EXPERIENCE: A FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: 27 TO 31 OCTOBER 2018
THE IIC EXPERIENCE: A FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: 27 TO 31 OCTOBER 2018
PEOPLE OF THE NORTHEAST: MEMORY, INHERITANCE AND THE CONTEMPORARY
Focus on India’s Northeastern states – Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura
Members are requested to kindly please make a note of the dates for the festival. The festival presents exhibitions, performances, film screenings and cuisine. A separate festival programme card with details of the programmes will be posted separately and announced on the website
Breaking the Wheat-Rice Duopoly in Agriculture
Breaking the Wheat-Rice Duopoly in Agriculture
Panelists: Sanjeev Chopra, IAS, MD, NAFED; Ajay Jhakar, Chairman, Bharat Krishak Samaj and Punjab Farmers’ Commission; Ashok Dalwai, Chairman, Committee for Doubling Farmers’ Income; and Sannadi Bhaskar Reddy, Syngenta Foundation
Chair: Ramesh Chand, Member, Niti Aayog
(Collaboration: Navdanya)
BHOOMI 2018
CANCELLED
BHOOMI 2018
Details to be announced later
(Collaboration: Navdanya)
Carnatic Vocal Recital
Carnatic Vocal Recital
By Dr. P.B. Kannakumar, senior artist from Delhi
Accompanists: Delhi R. Sridhar (violin); N. Padmanabhan (mridangam); and J. Vignesh (kanjeera)
(Collaboration: Gurukulam Foundation)
CULTURE AND HERITAGE
CULTURE AND HERITAGE
The future of the Taj depends on the future of Agra: Finding a way forward
Speakers: Dr. Manu Mahajan, School of Planning and Architecture; Ms Amita Baig, World Monuments Fund; and Ms Renu Khosla, Centre for Urban and Regional Excellence (tentative)
Chair: Shri Shyam Saran
The first in the series, Culture and Heritage, coordinated by Ms Amita Baig
To Commemorate the Commencement Year of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
To Commemorate the Commencement Year of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
Celebrating Gandhi
Welcome Address by Dr. Jyoti Bose, Managing Trustee SIT
Choral Music presented by students of Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan
My Father Do Not Rest
An affirmation of love and faith in the Mahatma through prose, poetry and letters by students of Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan
Songs of Jubilation by Dr. Radhika Chopra, eminent vocalist and Trustee SIT
(Collaboration: Sarvodaya International Trust, New Delhi Chapter)
To Mark World Heart Day 2018
To Mark World Heart Day 2018
Details will be announced later
(Collaboration: All India Heart Foundation)
The Kamala Das Poetry Awar
The Kamala Das Poetry Award
Presented by Women Empowered –India to Anna Sujatha Mathai
Book Launch of “EquiVerse Space – A Sound Home in Words”
The inaugural anthology from Women Empowered-India
Readings
Kamala Das's poems by Anna Sujatha Mathai
Sujatha Mathai's poems by Smeetha Bhoumik
Readings from the anthology by various poets
(Collaboration WE- India)
To Mark the Centenary of Naina Devi
To Mark the Centenary of Naina Devi
Pran Nevile pays homage to Naina Devi
Followed by
Concert
By Poonam Chauhan
(Collaboration: K.L. Saigal Memorial Circle)
A Song of Andalucia
CANCELLED
A Song of Andalucia
A Song of Andalucia
Illustrated talk by Dr. Geeti Sen on her recent adventure in Spain
Geeti Sen is a well-known cultural historian, writer and intrepid traveller; she is beginning to document her journeys. She is former Chief Editor at the IIC Quarterly and Director, The Indian Cultural Centre, Nepal