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An Evening of Argentinian Music

02 March 2015, 05:30 am
An Evening of Argentinian Music
Programme Type
Cultural
Piano recital by Mariano Vásquez, well known pianist and tango dancer
 
The artist will present a selection of tango music by well-known Argentinian tango music composers including Astor Piazzolla, Ernesto Poncio, Homero Expósito, Carlos Di Sarli and Atahualpa Yupanqui
 

De Sidere 7

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16 February 2015, 05:30 am
De Sidere 7

A film by Nicolás Grandi and Lata Mani

 

Introduced by Nicolás Grandi

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

About the film

 De Sidere 7 is an experimental work that interweaves performance, dance, poetry, storytelling and text to reflect upon aspects of desire. Shot in Bangalore and Delhi, the film scripts the work of five performing artists into a sensorially rich meditation on desire’s vexed status as at once, animating force, object of suspicion and ground of contention. De Sidere 7 is conceived as a video contemplation: a formally plural, multilayered composition intended to be experienced as an integrated whole

 ​​​​Nicolás Grandi is a filmmaker, arts educator, musician and sculptor from Buenos Aires

Lata Mani is a Bangalore based feminist historian and cultural critic


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Fundamentally Yours…The Adavus

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28 February 2015, 05:30 am
Fundamentally Yours…The Adavus
Programme Type
Seminars
A presentation on Bharata Natya training with ergonomics in mind  
 
By Mamata Niyogi Nakra, Founder of Kala Bharati (Montreal) who trained under Guru U.S. Krishna Rao and Chandrabhaga Devi and Nicole LaMontagne, classical and contemporary dancer from Montreal 
 
A project that began at Cirque du Soleil, Montreal, as research on the methodology for training Indian Classical dancers, has grown into a deeper study of the fundamental units of Bharata Natya known as the adavus, with an analytical perspective based on the physics of dance.  It was observed that for optimum results in dance performance, a methodology has to be developed in which training is imparted with ergonomics in mind. Ergonomics is a science in which things are designed or crafted to achieve the highest level of proficiency with maximum ease in execution or usage.  
 

After the Referendum, is the UK still falling apart?

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27 February 2015, 05:30 am
After the Referendum, is the UK still falling apart?
Programme Type
Talks
 
 
Speaker : Professor Charlie Jeffery, Professor of Politics and Deputy Vice Chancellor, Edinburgh University
Chair: Professor Roger Jeffery, Professor of Sociology of South Asia, Dean International(India), Director, Edinburgh India Institute

FRONTIERS OF HISTORY

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27 February 2015, 05:30 am
FRONTIERS OF HISTORY
Programme Type
Talks
 
A Whimsical Journey Through India
Illustrated lecture by Malavika Karlekar, author and curator of archival photographs
 
Chair: Sabeena Gadihoke, Associate Professor, Video and Television Production, AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia

A whirlwind tour of India using lithographs, aqua tints, photographs and postcards from the 19th century to more recent times
 

Assam: A Landscape of Neglect (60 min; 2015; dvd; English & with subtitles)

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27 February 2015, 05:30 am
Assam: A Landscape of Neglect (60 min; 2015; dvd; English & with subtitles)
A film by Pankaj Butalia who will introduce the screening
Screening will be followed by a discussion
The story of conflict in Assam continues to befuddle analysts. On the one hand is the struggle of Assamese sovereignty that ULFA is engaged in, and on the other, many smaller conflicts that the various tribes are involved in. The filmmaker travels extensively throughout Assam in an attempt to catch the small stories that we have lost sight of

Sanjoy Hazarika and Roshmi Goswami in a discussion with Pankaj Butalia

Moderator: Monica Banerjee, National Foundation of India


Release of IIC-Asia Project – PRIMUS publication

26 February 2015, 05:30 am
Release of IIC-Asia Project – PRIMUS publication
Programme Type
Discussions
 
Essays on the Arabian Nights
Release of the volume by Professor Harish Trivedi, former Professor and Head of the Department of English, University of Delhi 
 
Followed by a panel discussion  
 
Speakers: Dr. Syed Akhtar Husain, Centre for Persian and Central Asian Studies, JNU; Dr.  Rizwanur Rahman, Centre for Arabic and African Studies, JNU, Editors of the volume; Professor G.C. Tripathi, Director, B. L. Institute of Indology  and Professor Irene J. Winter, William Dorr Boardman Professor Emerita, History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University
 
 Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President, IIC

MENTAL HEALTH

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26 February 2015, 05:30 am
MENTAL HEALTH
Programme Type
Discussions
 
Mental Health is Nation's Wealth
Speakers: Dr. S. K. Khandelwal, Professor and Head, Dept of Psychiatry, AIIMS; Dr. Shyam B Menon, Vice-Chancellor, Ambedkar University; Dr. Pratap Sharan, Professor, Dept of Psychiatry, AIIMS; and Dr. Koushik Sinha Deb, Asstt Professor, Dept of Psychiatry, AIIMS
 
The significance of Mental Health in contemporary times cannot be underestimated. To prosper and flourish globally in modern world, we must make most of our material and mental resources. However, globalization, migration and increasing competitiveness have been making greater demands on our energy, time and resources, thus putting more and more demands on our personal, social and working lives. To tackle these issues, two issues are important: mental capital and mental well being at all stages of lives, right from the time of conception. The series of four discussions will examine these issues during discussion with experts from all walks of life 
 

FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT

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26 February 2015, 05:30 am
FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
 
Amazon Expedition – I (Brazil)
Cristalino National Park
(60 mins; 2005; dvd; English subtitles)
Produced for Brazilian TV 
 
First in the series of films on the Amazon, presented by journalist, Paula Saldanha and biologist, Roberto Werneck 
The park in the state of Matto Grosso, is one of the most bio-diverse reserves in Brazil, and is of enormous ecological importance with many areas of spectacular beauty. It is the largest and most intact rain forest region in the world and through this large area flows an extensive drainage system of more than thousand rivers, which account for 20% of the world’s fresh surface water
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