MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
07 March 2016, 05:30 am
MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
Programme Type
Talks
Historical Relationship of Bollywood Music and Indonesian Dangdut (a form of popular Indonesian music)
Presentation by Andrew Weintraub, Associate Professor of Music, University of Pittsburgh, where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in ethnomusicology and popular music. Author of Power Plays: Awayng Golek Puppet Theater of West Java (Ohio University Press, 2004) and the coeditor of Music and Cultural Rights (University of Illinois Press, 2009)
Chair: Shubha Chaudhuri, Associate Director General ( Academic ) Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology, American Institute of Indian Studies
A keen critic of culture in modern Indonesia, Andrew N. Weintraub shows how a genre of Indonesian music called dangdut evolved from a debased form of urban popular music to a prominent role in Indonesian cultural politics and the commercial music industry
Lost Heritage – The Sikh Legacy in Pakistan
07 March 2016, 05:30 am
Lost Heritage – The Sikh Legacy in Pakistan
Programme Type
Talks,
Webcasts
Illustrated lecture by Shri Amardeep Singh, former Head of Revenue & Pricing Management, American Express (Asia Pacific Region), Singapore
Introduction: Dr. J.S. Juneja
Chair: Shri Kuldip Nayar, noted journalist
The lecture is based on his book of the same title which captures the distinctive Sikh contribution to the spiritual, social, cultural and architectural history of present-day Pakistan, over which a curtain was drawn at Partition in 1947. The author embarked on a journey of discovery that covered 37 cities across Pakistan
Vasant Sathe Memorial Concert
06 March 2016, 05:30 am
Vasant Sathe Memorial Concert
Programme Type
Cultural
Tribute by the Chief Guest Shri L.K. Advani who will share memories of his association with the late Shri Vasant Sathe
Followed by
Concert: Hindustani Vocal
By Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar, well-known exponent of Jaipur Gharana who will present a concert of Haveli Bhakti Sangeet and Thumri
VOICES FROM PALESTINE
04 March 2016, 05:30 am
VOICES FROM PALESTINE
Programme Type
Festivals
The festival presents twelve seminal documentaries from and on Palestine including The Great Wall of Palestine; Mozat!; Tears of Gaza; Wajih & Himran; We Cannot Go There Now, My Dear; My Love Awaits Me By the Sea, among others
Directors of some of the films will be present to introduce their films
At 18:30
Seminar on Conflict, Gender and Media
For detail screening schedule, kindly please check www.iawrtindia.blogspot.in and www.iicdelhi.in
Pakistan: Recent Developments
02 March 2016, 05:30 am
Pakistan: Recent Developments
Programme Type
Talks
Speaker: Dr. T.C.A. Raghavan, former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan
Chair: Dr. C. Raja Mohan, Carnegie India
Dr. Raghavan will present an overview of developments over the past three years in Pakistan, touching on its internal situation, important external relationships and on bilateral relations with India
Exhibition
03 March 2016, 05:30 am
Exhibition
Healings
An exhibition of paintings by Dr. Iris Odyuo from Nagaland
Opening on Wednesday, 2 March 2016 at 18:30
There is conflict around us, with most of us losing confidence and our faith almost gone. The exhibition is an attempt to put faith in the goodness in each one of us and tray to heal each other’s world
For detail screening schedule, kindly please check www.iawrtindia.blogspot.in and www.iicdelhi.in
SEMINAR
05 March 2016, 05:30 am
SEMINAR
Programme Type
Seminars
Documenting the Women’s Movement on Film will examine the influence of the feminist movement on films made in the 80s and 90s. The seminar will showcase some films in their original lengths and extracts of others; and panel discussions with activists, filmmakers and creative practitioners
To Mark International Women’s Day 2016
03 March 2016, 05:30 am
To Mark International Women’s Day 2016
Programme Type
Festivals
12TH IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL: 3RD TO 5TH MARCH 2016
The 12th edition of the festival will showcase the work of women filmmakers of Asian origin bringing a rich and diverse collection of films from 13 countries including Bangladesh, India, Israel, Myanmar, Philippines, Portugal, South Korea, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, U.K., USA and Vietnam. The festival includes a selection of 47 films and sound works; a seminar and an exhibition
Screenings will be held in the Auditorium on 3, 4 and 5 March 2016 from 09:30 onwards. Some of the highlights include A Felicitation of Dr. Vijaya Mulay by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC International Research Division
Screening of much acclaimed films such as Tazreen (Bangaldesh) by Yasmine Kabir; Song of the Horned Owl (India) by Manju Borah; Haunted (Syria) by Liwaa Yazji; The Barber (Myanmar) by Anna Biak Tha Mawi; So Close, So Far, The Ancestral Forest (Vietnam) by Doan Hong Le; Daughters of Cordillera (Philippines) by Ilang-Ilang Quijano; and Hey Neighbour! (Turkey) by Bingol Elmas; among others.
Screenings will be followed by discussions with directors present
Seminar:
5 MARCH 2016 SEMINAR ROOM I, Kamaladevi COMPLEX FROM 10:00 TO 13:00
Documenting the Women’s Movement on Film
The seminar will examine the influence of the feminist movement on films made in the 80s and 90s and showcase some films in their original lengths and extracts of others; and panel discussions with activists, filmmakers and creative practitioners
Exhibition:
3 TO 8 MARCH 2016, ANNEXE ART GALLERY, 11:00 TO 19:00
Healings
An exhibition of paintings by Dr. Iris Odyuo from Nagaland
Opening on Wednesday, 2 March 2016 at 18:30
There is conflict around us, with most of us losing confidence and our faith almost gone. The exhibition is an attempt to put faith in the goodness in each one of us and tray to heal each other’s world
For detail screening schedule, kindly please check www.iawrtindia.blogspot.in and www.iicdelhi.in
