Saanjhi, Traditional Kalakaar
(74 min; 2012; HDV; English & with subtitles)
Director: Devika Gamkhar who will introduce the film
Screening will be followed by a discussion
Film on the art of Saanjhi and the artisans from Braj region of Mathura, Vrindavan and Govardhan who have been practicing this age old tradition. Focusing on three artists, also brothers and their relationship with their art, the river Yamuna; on age-old Saanjhi songs sung by girls who make Saanjhi out of cowdung in Govardhan
Galapagos Islands
POSTPONED TO THURSDAY, 6TH JUNE 2013
Illustrated lecture by Sudha Mahalingam, travel writer and photographer who will speak about her recent trip to the unique islands which played a key role in Charles Darwin's theory of evolution
Chair: Shri Ravi Singh, CEO, World Wide Fund for Nature India
 
Art and Craft Workshops for Children
Conducted by Aseem Asha Usman, Founder Director, Aseem Asha Foundation
From 11 am to 13.00
Paper Toy Making
From 15.00 to 17.00
Painting
For children between 8 to 12 years. Kindly please register participation by iicartgallery@gmail.com
MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Bob Dylan's Music Plus Words Plus"¦
Illustrated lecture by Indrajit Hazra, novelist and journalist who has written on music since 1992 in The Telegraph and started his column Rock`n'Roll Circus in The Asian Age which he continued writing in The Hindustan Times until 2012. He currently writes the column Under the Influence in Rolling Stones India. He was once a member of The Great Elastic Rubber Band that never made it beyond the treacherous early 90s 
Chair: Shri Aditya Sinha, former Editor-in-Chief, The New Indian Express and DNA, Mumbai
Gandhi (50 min)
Play scripted and directed by R'jesh Bali
Presented by Drashta India 
With Deepak Goswami/Ankit Mahindra; Aanchal Shrivastav; Mukesh Pandey/Abhishek Mishra; Abhishek Mishra/Pankaj Chauhan/Anuraag Jain; Mohit Baisla/Vinay Sharma; Sandeep Nandan; Praveen Singh/Sandeep Nandan; Prity Kanojiya; Aanchal Shrivastav; and others
Moving away from the popular images of Gandhi, the play is located in the immediate aftermath of post-partition India and the riots that followed. The play focuses on Gandhi's efforts to heal the wounded hearts of the victims and his opposition to partition
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Discussion on the book Ashis Nandy and the Cultural Politics of Selfhood by Christine Deftereos (New Delhi: Sage, 2013)
Discussants: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, Former Chairman, Lalit Kala Academy; Dr. Aditya Nigam, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. Prof. V. Sujatha, Centre for the Study of Social System, JNU and Dr. Alok Sarin, Psychiatry, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science & Research
Chair: Prof. T.N. Madan, Institute of Economic Growth
IIC Quarterly Journal Release
Interrogating Women's Leadershp and Empowerment
Dr. Karan Singh, MP will release the special issue of the IIC Quarterly (Winter 2012-Spring 2013)
Followed by a panel discussion
Panelists: Arpana Caur, well-known artist; Shiv Visvanathan, O.P. Jindal Global University; and Rashmi Singh, Nawtional Mission for Empowerment of Women
 
     
            