IIC Quarterly Journal Release
Living with Religious Diversity
Dr. Karan Singh, MP will release the special issue of the IIC Quarterly (Winter 2013-Spring 2014)
Followed by a discussion
Panelists: Prof. Mrinal Miri; Prof. T.N. Madan; and Prof. Gurpreet Mahajan
Dr. Karan Singh, MP will release the special issue of the IIC Quarterly (Winter 2013-Spring 2014)
Followed by a discussion
Panelists: Prof. Mrinal Miri; Prof. T.N. Madan; and Prof. Gurpreet Mahajan
Millennium Dreams
A photographic project presenting eleven photographers presenting interpretations of Gurgaon through distinctive artistic, documentary styles
Photographs by Vaibhav Bhardwaj; Chandan Gomes; Manoj Bharti Gupta; Vinit Gupta; Arvind Hoon; saumya Khandelwal; Natisha Mallick; Aparna Mohindra; Vicky Roy; Ajay Sood; and Monica Tiwari
Curator: Aditya Arya
Inauguration by Shri Raj Rewal on Tuesday, 1st April 2014 at 18:00
Guest of Honour: Shri Tripurari Sharan, Director-General, Doordarshan
Photographs by Vaibhav Bhardwaj; Chandan Gomes; Manoj Bharti Gupta; Vinit Gupta; Arvind Hoon; saumya Khandelwal; Natisha Mallick; Aparna Mohindra; Vicky Roy; Ajay Sood; and Monica Tiwari
Curator: Aditya Arya
Inauguration by Shri Raj Rewal on Tuesday, 1st April 2014 at 18:00
Guest of Honour: Shri Tripurari Sharan, Director-General, Doordarshan
The Quest for Consciousness
Speaker: Mr. Julio Ozán Lavoisier, well-known philosopher from Argentina
Chair: H.E. Mr. Raul Ignacio Guastavino, Ambassador of Argentina
Chair: H.E. Mr. Raul Ignacio Guastavino, Ambassador of Argentina
Abbas: The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
A multi-media presentation on Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, the prolific writer, novelist, journalist, filmmaker and screen writer. The presentation includes clips from some of his memorable films, photographs, his own works and voice, recitation and a recital of songs written by Kaifi Azmi and Ali Sardar Jafri featured in some of his films
Presented by Hamari Urdu Mohabbat
Narrators: Zakia Zaheer, Syeda Hameed, Raza Mehdi
Vocals: Rene Singh
Technical Direction: Harsh Kapoor
Presented by Hamari Urdu Mohabbat
Narrators: Zakia Zaheer, Syeda Hameed, Raza Mehdi
Vocals: Rene Singh
Technical Direction: Harsh Kapoor
Cell Phone Nation
Speaker: Prof. Robin Jeffrey, Visiting Research Professor, Institute of South Asian Studies and Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore; and co-author of the book of the same title
The cheap mobile phone is probably the most disruptive communications device in history, and in India its potential to stir up society is breathtaking. The speaker probes the mobile phone universe in India – from the contests of great capitalists and governments to control Radio Frequency spectrum to the ways ordinary people build the troublesome, addictive device into their daily lives
The cheap mobile phone is probably the most disruptive communications device in history, and in India its potential to stir up society is breathtaking. The speaker probes the mobile phone universe in India – from the contests of great capitalists and governments to control Radio Frequency spectrum to the ways ordinary people build the troublesome, addictive device into their daily lives
INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
India in Cambodia – Conservation of Angkor Wat and Ta Prohm
Illustrated lecture by Shri Jahnwij Sharma, Director (Conservation), Archaeological Survey of India
Chair: Shri B.M. Pande
Illustrated lecture by Shri Jahnwij Sharma, Director (Conservation), Archaeological Survey of India
Chair: Shri B.M. Pande
Odissi Recital
By Lipsa Dash from Delhi, disciple of Guru Bichitrananda Swain, Guru Manoranjan Pradhan and Guru Smt. Aruna Mohanta
Fire in the Blood (87 min; 2013; dvd; English
Director: Dylan Mohan Gray
Narrated by William Hurt
Recipient of the Feature Documentary Award, DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2013; Critics Award – Political Film Prize, Hamburg Film Festival 2013; Justice Matters Award, Washington DC Filmfest 2013
An intricate tale of ‘medicine, monopoly and malice’, Fire in the Blood tells the story of how Western pharmaceutical companies and governments aggressively blocked access to low-cost AIDS drugs for the countries of Africa and the global south in the years after 1996 – causing ten million or more unnecessary deaths – and the improbable group of people who decided to fight back
Narrated by William Hurt
Recipient of the Feature Documentary Award, DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2013; Critics Award – Political Film Prize, Hamburg Film Festival 2013; Justice Matters Award, Washington DC Filmfest 2013
An intricate tale of ‘medicine, monopoly and malice’, Fire in the Blood tells the story of how Western pharmaceutical companies and governments aggressively blocked access to low-cost AIDS drugs for the countries of Africa and the global south in the years after 1996 – causing ten million or more unnecessary deaths – and the improbable group of people who decided to fight back
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Dr. Partho Datta, Dr. Zakir Hussain College; Prof.(Mrrs.) Vijaya Ramaswamy, Centre for Historical Studies, JNU; and Dr. Kingshuk Chatterjee, Shiv Nadar University will discuss Gandhi Before India (New Delhi: Penguin, 2013) by Ramachandra Guha
Chair: Prof. Aparna Basu, All India Women’s Conference
Chair: Prof. Aparna Basu, All India Women’s Conference
Panorama of India’s Art Heritage
Tomaro Asime – Rabindra Sangeet
By Jayati Chakraborty
Ramayana
A multimedia presentation in Odissi choreography
By Kiran Segal and troupe
By Jayati Chakraborty
Ramayana
A multimedia presentation in Odissi choreography
By Kiran Segal and troupe
