An exhibition on the history and contribution of the Asiatic Society to the knowledge and study of human
                              civilization in Asia since 1784. The exhibition includes archival photographs, 
                              digitised manuscripts and paintings, letters,   documents, books and journals

 

                             With additional photographs by Mala Mukherjee 

 

                            inauguration by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Life Trustee IIC and Chairperson, IIC – International Research Division

 

 

                           (Collaboration: The Asiatic Society, Kolkata; and with the support of Ministry of Culture, Government of India)

 

                            A celebration of the life and work of K.G. Subramanyan 

                           The exhibition of original works in gouache, the artist’s own writings and illustrated books for children  

                           Curator: Vijay Kowshik

 

 

                            On view at the Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex, 11 am to 7 pm 

   

                           The exhibition will remain on view until 4 November 2016

 

                           (Collaboration: Rasaja Foundation; and The Seagull Foundation for the Arts and ARTS GLACERHI)

 

 

                          By Ms Marta Salomón Moreno, Counsellor – Cultural and Press Affairs, Embassy of Spain

 

                         The Beehive (La Colmena)

                         (112 min; 1982; dvd; English subtitles)

                         Director: Mario Camus

 

                        Multiple award winner including the Golden Berlin Bear & CIDALC Award, Berlin International Film Festival 1983;
                       CEC Awards for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Supporting 
                       Actress, Best Director & Best Screenplay, Cinema Writers   Circle    Awards, Spain 1983; Premio ACE Awards for
                       Best Film, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor & Best Supporting
                       Actress, Permios ACE 1984; among others

 

                        In the Language of Clay 

                        Demonstrations by craftspersons 

 

                       Terracotta Shrines to Lord Ayyanar by M. Rangaswamy from Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu

 

                       Painted Terracottas of Lodai and Khavda, Bhuj by Amana Ben and Kumbhar Hasan Umar from Bhuj, Gujarat

 

                       Bhitti chitra – The Painted Sculpted Clay Reliefs by Sundari Bai, Surguja, Chhattisgarh

 

                       Mirrors Sculpted in Clay Relief by Bastar Bhura, Bhuj, Gujarat

 

                       Nazar Battus Terracotta Roof tiles of Bargarh by Manbodh Ram, Bargarh, Odisha

 

                      Glazed Terracotta of Delhi by Harkishan Prajapati from Delhi

 

                       Village Terracotta of Madhya Pradesh by Deevedeen Prajapati, Chattarpur District, Madhya Pradesh

 

                      Curator: Ritu Sethi

 

                       Inauguration by Shri Vipin Malik, Trustee IIC

 

                       On view at the Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza

 

                       (Collaboration: Crafts Museum and the Craft Revival Trust)

 

 

                        ( Collaboration: Crafts Museum and the Craft Revival Trust)

 

                          By Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President IIC

 

                         Chaturvidh: Four Dances in the Odishi Marga

                         Devi Bharani: Traditionally performed during Dussehra in the Sambaleswari temple, Orissa

                         Abartan-Bibartan: connecting games to the talas of Odishi

                        Yashoda’s Story: On the story of Vishnu’s reincarnations as Rama and Krishna, a composition of  the late Kalanidhi Narayan

                         Murchhana: the Odishi mrudanga tradition and dance

 

                         Presented by Odishi Vision and Movement Centre, Kolkata

                          Choreographed by Sharmila Biswas

 

                          Dancers: Monami Nandy, Ankita Kulabhi, Tri Paul, Rohini Bannerjee, Shayori Mitra, Riti Majumdar, Riya Saha
                          and Krishnendu Roy

 

                          Prepared by Chitra Ghose
                         (FOR IIC MEMBERS ONLY)

 

                          Cria Cuervos (Raise Ravens)

                         (110 min; 1976; dvd; English subtitles)

                          A film by Carlos Saura

 

                          Multiple award winner including the Grand Prize of the Jury, Cannes Film Festival 1976; CEC Award for Best
                          Director, Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain 1976; 
                         Critics Award for Best Foreign Film, French Syndicate of Cinema   Critics 1977; among others
 

 

 

A European Library in Nineteenth-century India: The Enlightenment world of King Serfoji II of Tanjore

Speaker: Professor Indira Viswanathan Peterson, Professor of Asian Studies Emerita, Mount Holyoke College, U.S.A. and American Institute of Indian Studies and National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellow 2016

 

Chair: Prof. Romila Thapar

 

Prof. Peterson’s major publications include: Poems to ?iva: The Hymns of the Tamil Saints, Design and Rhetoric in a Sanskrit Court Epic: The Kir?t?rjun?ya of Bh?ravi, and Arjuna and the Hunter, the first complete English translation of the Sanskrit literary epic Kir?t?rjun?ya, in the Murty Classical Library of India, Harvard University Press (2016). She has recently completed Scholar-king of Tanjore: Serfoji II and Indian Modernity, an intellectual biography of a remarkable early 19th century South Indian ruler Serfoji II; in progress is the monograph Drama, the Court, and the Public in Early Modern India 

 

 

 

 

The Asiatic Lion: On a Roll Call (26 min; dvd; English)

Director: Praveen Singh

 

The Asiatic Lion faces its biggest crisis in decades. Poaching and increasing conflict with people because of limited habitation at Gir is threatening to undo years of conservation. Is there an alternative for the Asiatic Lion?

 

Trunk Call (30 min; dvd; English)

Directors: Geeta and Avinash Singh

 

A tale of discovery, challenge, trust, adventure and friendship. The film tells the story of a relationship that develops between two boys and five elephants – a trust born of mutual empathy and affection. A simple story told by children for children

 

Films courtesy: Public Service Broadcasting Trust

 

(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)

 

 

Albert Camus: A Gadfly in Purgatory

Speaker: Professor Ramin Jahanbegloo, presently Vice- Dean and Director, Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace, Jindal Global University

 

Chair: Professor Ajay Verma, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

 

 

 

Skill India

Speakers: Shri Rohit Nandan, Secretary, Ministry of SD&E; and  Shri Manish Sabarwal, Chairman and Co-Founder, Teamlease

 

Chairman: Shri M.C. Verma, Former Technical Advisor

 

(Collaboration: IC Centre for Governance)

 

The Dark Road (65 minutes) 

Directed by Feisal Alkazi

 

Dramatization of a novel by Ma Jian. On the artery of China, the Yangtze, a young teacher Kongzi and his wife try to find refuge, seeking to escape from the one child policy. Poignant, poetic, dramatic

 

With Gayatri Khanna, Ashish Dhameja, Gunjan Sharma, Dhaatri, Deepak Adhar, Ritvik Mohan Bhagat, Aashna Arora, Dhruv Chugh, Tushar Shandilya and Vishnupriya

 

(Collaboration: Ruchika)

 

 

Includes talks, questions and answers, guided meditations, exercises in stress reduction and relaxation, mindful consumption, and practices to restore and maintain good communication.

 

Led by a group of teachers from the tradition of Zen Master, Thich Nhat Hanh, including a group of monastics from Plum Village, France and Deer Park, USA

 

Do please bring a packed lunch with you

 

(Collaboration: Ahimsa Trust)

 

 

 

Searching for the Sun

A poetography exhibition presented by The Indiestani Project

With photographs by Akriti Sondhi; and original poems by Shubhodeep Pal

 

Inauguration on Friday, 7th October 2016 at 18:30 with 
 

Performance Poetry

By Slam Out Loud – a spoken word group that brings poetry to children  

 

(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)

 

 

INSTITUTION AS ABHYAS

 

Off Stage with Namita Gokhale, Sanjoy Roy and William Dalrymple

Chair: Dr. Alka Pande

 

(Collaboration: Lila Foundation for Translocal Initiatives)