An exhibition of photographs, books, frontispieces and objects from the collection of the Hazrat Shah Waliullah Public Library; and from the private collections of Abdul Sattar and Naseem Beg Khan Changezi

 

Photographs by Neeraj Singh; Saurabh Prasad and photographs of Matia Mahal by Ram Rahman

 

Demonstration by Shri Ammeenur Rahman, calligrapher from Pahari Imli on Friday, 10 October and Sunday, 12 October from 11 am to 6 pm

 

Inauguration by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson IIC Asia Project and Life Trustee IIC

 

On view in Conference Room I 

 

5:30 pm
Emergence 

A multi-media installation by Pierre Legrand and Anuradha Majumdar

 

The installation invites the viewer to walk through light, translucent architecture, made of poetry and experience, a porous, luminous and musical space

 

Inauguration by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan 

 

On view in the Gandhi-King Plaza

 

6:30 pm
Inauguration of the Festival

By Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President IIC

 

Concert

Presented by Rida and The Musical Folks from Meghalaya

Rida Gatphoh (songwriter & vocals); Bah Rojet Buhphang and Bah S. Malngiang (duhalias – traditional folk musicians); Peter Marbaniang (duitara & guitar); Amarnath Hazarika (composer & guitar); Sean Menzies Nongrum (percussion & bass); Benedict Skhemlang Hynniewta (flute); Bahduh Risingbor Kurkalang (duhalia artist; duitara, maryngod & sitar); and Shaun Nonghuloo Morehead (percussion & ksing)

 

The artists will present an evening of music, story-telling and recitations from the Khasi and Jaintia traditions

 

 

8:00 pm
People, Places and A War: A Festival of Films

The Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion; France)

(114 min; 1937; dvd; b/w; English subtitles)

Director: Jean Renoir

 

Recipient of the NBR Award for Best Foreign Film & Top Foreign Films, National Board of Review, USA 1938; Award for Best Overall Artistic Contribution, Venice Film Festival 1937; and NYFCC Award for Best Foreign Language Film, New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1939

FOOD FESTIVAL: FOR IIC MEMBERS ONLY
8:00 pm
Food Festival: A Taste of Europe and the Swedish Smorgasbord 

Prepared by Vijay Thukral, Executive Chef IIC and Embassy of Sweden

 

By Sergey Markarov

 

First Russian UNESCO Artist for Peace, Markarov has been performing at prestigious halls such as the Carnegie Hall in New York.  He is presently Professor at l’EcoleNormale de Musique de Paris

 

Improving Tax Administration and Processes

 

Keynote Speaker: Shri S.S. Khan, former Member, Central Board of Direct Taxes

 

Introduction: Shri Prabhat Kumar, former Cabinet Secretary

 

Chair: Dr. Parthasarthi Shome, Chairman, Tax Administration Reform Commission, Govt. of India

 

 

Aesthetics of Excess and Transgression

Speakers: Prof. Ashis Nandy; Shri Kamlesh Shukla; Prof. Purushottam Agrawal; and Shri S Kalidas

Coins as Chronological Factor: Evidence from Lal Kot Excavations

Speaker: Dr. G.S. Khwaja, Archaeological Survey of India

With one Voice: Awaken to the Really that Unites us All (2009; 78 min; dvd)

Directed by Eric Temple

 

Winner of Telly Award, Best Overall Documentary and Best Spiritual/Religious documentary (2009); Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival (2009); Chesapeaks Film Festival (2009); and Global Peace Film Festival (2009)

 

The film features mystics from many of the great spiritual traditions around the world, whose lives have been dedicated to answering the mysteries of existence

Workshop on Jazz conducted by Deborah J. Carter, Quarter from The Netherlands

The workshop includes a presentation on the major movements and evolution in style and content of jazz music through the ages

Introduction: Mrs. Marielle van Miltenburg, Head, Department of Political Affairs and Public Diplomacy, Embassy of the Netherlands