Recalibrating Partition
Recalibrating Partition
Discussants: Yogesh Snehi, Associate Professor of History, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi. He is the author of Spatializing Popular Sufi Shrines in Punjab: Dreams, Memories, Territoriality; Debjani Sengupta, Professor at Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi. She is the author of The Partition of Bengal: Fragile Borders and New Identities (2016); Anindita Ghoshal, Associate Professor of History at Diamond Harbour Women’s University, Kolkata. She is the author of Refugee, Borders, and Identities: Rights and Habitat in East and Northeast India (2021)
Moderator: Dr Shashank Shekhar Sinha, an independent author, historian and Publishing Director, South Asia, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
This panel discussion brings together new perspectives from Punjab, Bengal and Northeast India to rethink Partition through themes like borderlands, locality, displacement, rehabilitation, belonging and lived experiences. Focusing on marginalised and other communities, and empathy amidst violence, it interrogates questions of citizenship, caste, gender and ethnicity—showing how 1947 continues to shape contemporary South Asia.
(Collaboration: @Crossroads)
SAMHiTA-Bharat ki Soch Public Lecture Series
SAMHiTA-Bharat ki Soch Public Lecture Series
Diurnal Medicine: The Rajballabhiya Drabyaguna and the Making of a Regional Medical Tradition in Bengal, 18th to 20th Centuries
Speaker: Dr. Projit Bihari Mukharji, Professor of History, Ashoka University, recipient of the Pfizer Award, Guggenheim Fellowship and grants from National Science Foundation of the USA, and the Social Science & Humanities Research Council of Canada. He is the author of Nationalizing the Body: The Medical Market, Print, and Daktari Medicine (2009); and Brown Skins, White Coats: Race Science in India, 1920-66 (2022).
Chair: Dr. Burton Cleetus, Centre for Historical Studies, JNU
The Sanskrit Dravyaguna genre, which developed from earlier Nighantu texts, catalogued medically significant substances (dravya) along with their uses. Focusing on Bengal, the lecture traces the transition from a widely used Dravyaguna attributed to the 11th-century physician Chakrapanidatta to an 18th-century work ascribed to Raja Rajballabh, a Baidya courtier in the court of Bengal’s post Mughal Nawabs. By tracking the evolution of this text, particularly through the early print editions, the lecture revisits the dynamics of the transition from manuscript to print in the context of medical knowledge.
Second lecture of the series on “Health, Wellness and Nutrition”, organised by IIC- International Research Division and Bharat ki Soch Foundation
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP From Death to Immortality: The Great War of the Mahabharata
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
From Death to Immortality: The Great War of the Mahabharata
by Kavita A. Sharma and Indu Ramchandani (BlueOne Ink, 2025)
Discussants: Prof. Sukrita Paul Kumar, Eminent Poet, Critic & Academic, Guest Editor Indian Literature;
Dr. Sarvchetan Katoch, Associate Professor of English. Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, DU; Dr. A. K. Merchant, General Secretary of Temple of Understanding India Foundation; Kausalya Srinivasan, Bharatanatyam Dancer; Dr. Kavita A. Sharma, Educationist, former Director IIC, Former Vice Chancellor, South Asia University & Author of the book; Indu Ramchandani, Editor, Transcriber, Compiler and Author of the book
Understanding Gulf Migration Through Fiction, Cinema and Cultural Networks
Understanding Gulf Migration Through Fiction, Cinema and Cultural Networks
Discussants: Md. Shafeeq Karinkurayil, Associate Professor at MISHA, MAHE, author of ‘The Gulf Migrant Archives in Kerala’; Ratheesh Radhakrishnan, Associate Professor at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU, works on Malayalam cinema and cultural politics in Kerala; Ratheesh Kumar, Associate Professor at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, JNU, engages with interdisciplinarity, cultural processes and social theory; Sebastian Thejus Cherian, Assistant Professor at the Centre for French & Francophone Studies, JNU and working on the representation of Gulf migration in Malayalam cinema
Moderator: Vijayalakshmi Rao, Professor at the Centre for French & Francophone Studies, JNU, whose research engages with French and Francophone literature, displacement and Gulf migration narratives.
This discussion examines Gulf migration through literary, aesthetic and sociological perspectives, foregrounding questions of representation, gender, language and cultural transformation. Focusing on Kerala’s long history of migration to the Persian Gulf, it explores how migrancy reshapes social life, media cultures and regional imaginations across Malayalam and global contexts.
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP- India and Her Futures
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
India and Her Futures
By Gopalkrishna Gandhi (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Discussants: Dr. John Brittas, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha; Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Diplomat and Former Governor, West Bengal and author of the book
Chair: Kamal Haasan, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha; Actor and Founder, Makkal Needhi Maiam
Moderator: Mrinal Pande, Author, Journalist and Former Chairperson, Prasar Bharati
To Mark International Women’s Day 2026
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To Mark International Women’s Day 2026
The 21st IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival: 12 to 15 March 2026
The 21st edition of the Asian Women’s Film Festival (AWFF) presents films from across Asia and beyond, spanning documentary, fiction, animation and curated regional programmes. The films reflect a wide spectrum of concerns – from labour, ecology, migration, memory, and identity to interior landscapes of desire, belonging, and resistance – articulated through diverse cinematic languages. The festival includes a special focus on animation through collaborations with partner festivals and initiatives such as AniMela, foregrounding women’s creative leadership in a field historically shaped by gendered exclusions. A curated package from Central Asia (Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic). The festival includes workshops, masterclasses, and discussions that address both practice and pedagogy. As the festival enters its third decade, it carries forward a simple yet powerful belief: that women’s stories, images, deserve visibility and celebration – and that feminist film cultures are sustained through shared spaces of watching, thinking, and being together.
Organised in collaboration with the India Chapter of the International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT); NFDC; Ministry of Information & Broadcasting; French Institute in India; French Embassy in India; Goethe Institut; Japan Foundation.
Screenings will be held in the Auditorium on 13, 14 and 15 March 2026 from 9:30 onwards. Some of the filmmakers will be present for post-screening discussions. The opening film will be I, The Song by Dechen Roder (Bhutan), while the closing film is Shadowbox by Tanushree Das and Soumyananda Sahi (India & France). The leading lady of the closing film, Tilottama Shome will also be present at the screening.
Highlights of the festival include: Three masterclasses with celebrated Japanese editor, Keiko Okawa sharing insights from her long and influential engagement with cinematic form and editing practice.; Paromita Vohra; the Asanjo Collective, on filmmaking and Animation; one round table on Filmmaking Pedagogy, Discussions with present filmmakers on their films. All masterclasses, workshops, seminars are planned and driven by women.
Registration at the venue on a first come first serve basis.
For details of the screening schedule and discussions, please click here
On the occasion of International Women’s Day
On the occasion of International Women’s Day
An Evening of Women’s Poetry and Prose
This thoughtfully curated evening will bring together poets, authors, scholars, and young voices to reflect upon women-centric themes through poetry, fiction, and expressive readings. The event seeks to create a vibrant intellectual space where words become instruments of reflection, dialogue, and progressive thought
Speakers: Ms. Sagari Chhabra, Writer and film director; Ms.K.E. Priyamvada, Author, Poet and Deputy Editor, India International Centre; Ms. Bindiya Bedi Charan Noronha, Writer, Social Worker, Educationist, Bibliotherapist; Ms. Sangeeta Gupta, Artist, Bilingual Poet, and Filmmaker; Prof. Payal Nagpal, Professor, Dept of English, Janki Devi Memorial College University of Delhi and Ms. Achla Bansal, Writer
Driver – 01 Post (contractual basis)
INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE
India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi invites applications for the post of
Driver – 01 Post (contractual basis)
Start date: 3rd March 2026
The eligibility criteria for submitting applications are as follows:
a) | Qualification | Minimum 10th pass
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b) | Age | 25 – 35 Years |
c) | Key Responsibilities
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d) | Experience |
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e) | Remunerations | Monthly Remuneration Rs. 30,000/- |
All applications along with CV/supporting documents and a passport size photograph are to be submitted by hand, email or by post to: Administration Department, India International Centre, 40 Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi – 110003 (E-mail – careers@iicdelhi.in) latest by 17th March 2026.
(Kanwal Wali)
Secretary
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The Longevity Blueprint – Gut Health & Inflamm Ageing
The Longevity Blueprint – Gut Health & Inflamm Ageing
Keynote Address: Dr Prasun Chatterjee, Chief, Geriatric Medicine, Apollo Hospital, New Delhi
Clinical perspectives on inflammAgeing, chronic disease prevention, and extending healthspan
Followed by a Panel Discussion with an interactive Q&A session, exploring how clinical medicine, nutrition science, and lifestyle interventions converge to regulate inflammation and influence ageing outcomes, featuring:
Discussants: Dr Pankaj Verma, Medical Director, Antara Integrated Wellness Centre, Gurugram; Dr Aarti Midha, Integrative Psychiastrist, Functional Medicine Practitioner, Jaipur; Dr Pratap Chauhan, Founder & Director - Jiva Ayurveda (TBC); Ishi Khosla, Clinical Nutritionist, Founder – Celiac Society of India
Moderator: Dr Arjun Dang, CEO and Partner, Dr Dang’s Lab
A science-led programme exploring how chronic inflammation drives ageing and how the gut microbiome regulates immunity, metabolism, musculoskeletal integrity and cognitive function.
(Collaboration: Celiac Society of India, supported by Illness to Wellness Foundation)
Khurja – The Clay Space
Khurja – The Clay Space
Curated by Siraj Saxena, freelance artist actively engaged in promoting contemporary ceramic art in Khurja.
The exhibition brings together eight artists who have made Khurja their creative workplace. Internationally known for its ceramic traditions, Khurja inspires this first-ever collective exhibition of contemporary ceramic installations and sculptures from the city.
The exhibition will be inaugurated on Tuesday, 10 March at 18:00 hrs by Prof. Kristine Michael, ceramic artist and curator; and Prof. Ashok Chakradhar, senior poet
Art and environment; talk by Vimlendu Jha, environmentalist and social activist and Siraj Saxena, artist and author on at 17:00 hrs on 13 March 2026.
Exhibition walkthrough with artists at 15:00 hrs on 15 March 2026
Poetry reading by Mamta Kalia, fiction writer and poet; Poonam Arora; Amita Mishra on 17 March 2026 at 17:00 hrs.
The exhibition will remain open daily from 11:00 to 19:00 hrs