Illustrated lecture by Dr Henry Noltie, the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

Chair: Shri Pradip Krishen, ecological gardener and author of Trees of Delhi

The lecture focuses on botanical drawings made by Indian artists for surgeons of the Scottish East India Company in the 18th and 19th centuries

Panelists: Shri Mast Ram Kapoor, socialist thinker, and editor, Ram Manohar Lohia's Collected Works; Smt Aruna Roy, activist, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan; and Shri Sudhakar Reddy, General Secretary, CPI

Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies

Commemorating the day in 1947 Mahatma Gandhi addressed two lakh refugees in Kurukshetra from Broadcasting House, New Delhi

At 10:30 in the Gandhi-King Plaza
Reading from Gandhiji's Broadcast and Presentation of Songs
By choirs of different schools of Delhi NCR

Recalling the role of Usha Mehta's Underground Radio in the Quit India Movement and her arrest on November 12, 1942
Remembering and honouring legendary broadcasters of All India Radio

Chief Guest: Justice Markandey Katju, Chairman, Press Council of India (tbc)

From 11:45 onwards in the Auditorium
Why is Public Service Broadcasting Critical of India's Democratic Polity?
Core presentation: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Jan Prasar

Participants will include broadcasting policy experts, broadcasters, academics, activists, media persons and students of broadcast journalism from media institutions in Delhi NCR

11:00 am

The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films

Film to be announced

2:00 pm

Linha de Passe (Brazil)
(108 min; 2008; dvd; English subtitles)
Directors: Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas

5:00 pm

GOLDEN JUBILEE LECTURE
Higher Education - The Challenge of the BRICs: Higher Education and Development in Brazil, Russia, India and China
Speaker: Prof. Philip G. Altbach, Monan University Professor, Director, Center for International Higher Education, USA

Chair: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan

Venue: Auditorium

(Collaboration: FICCI and Planning Commission)

6:30 pm

Carnatic Violin Duet
Presented by Ganesh and Kumaresh
Accompanists: R. Sankaranarayanan (mridangam); and Trichy Krishna (ghatam)

8:00 pm

Food Festival: Hariharan's Kerala Repast

Tea/Coffee and snacks will be served in the Gandhi-King Plaza from 11 am to 7 pm on payment
Admission to all the cultural programmes are free of charge. For the film screenings, entry passes will be issued 30 minutes before each screening. Dinners on payment

  Venues:
  Cultural performances  -  Rose Garden
  Film screenings   -  Auditorium
  Cuisine    -  Main verandah lawns

11:00 am

The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films
The Secret in their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos; Argentina)
(129 min; 2009; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Juan José Campanella

2:00 pm

Footnote (Hearat shulayim; Israel)
(103 min; 2011; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Joseph Cedar

4:00 pm

The Bad Intentions (Las Malas Intenciones; Peru)
(110 min; 2011; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Rosario Garcia-Montero

5:00 pm

IIC Quarterly Release: Autumn
Edited by Omita Goyal

To be released by Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President IIC

Venue: Gandhi-King Plaza

6:30 pm

Levantasy
East-West Intercultural Adventures in Music
Presented by the Kepera Trio from The Netherlands - Rembrandt Frerichs (grand piano, shruti box); Tony Overwater (upright bass); and Vinsent Planjer (drums, tombak)
With Yoram Lachisch from Israel (oboe, English horn, zurna, shenai)

8:00 pm   

Food Festival: Chef Vijay's Continental Cuisine (ONLY FOR IIC MEMBERS)

9:00 pm

The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films

Film to be announced

11:00 am

The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films

When We Leave (Die fremde; Germany)
(119 min; 2010; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Feo Aladag

2:00 pm

Film to be announced
4:30 pm

A Screaming Man (Un home qui crie; France/Belgium/Chad)
(92 min; 2010; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

6:30 pm

8:00 pm

Food Festival: Bangladeshi Wedding Feast  (ONLY FOR IIC MEMBERS)

(Collaboration: Bangladesh High Commission)

9:00 pm

The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films

Film to be announced

10:30 am

Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Pt. M. VenkateshKumar
Accompanists: Vinod Lele (tabla) and Vinay Mishra (harmonium)

1:00 pm

Food Festival: Oriya Bhoji

2:00 pm

The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films
Father of My Children (Le Père de mes enfants; France)
(110 min; dvd; 2009; English subtitles)
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve

4:00 pm

Well Kept Secrets, Athanassia (Kala krymmena mystika, Athanasia; Greece)
(100 min; 2008; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Panos Karkanevatos

6:30 pm

Malaysian Fusion Music
Presented by Naad Pravaham, Temple of Fine Arts Malaysia

With Jyotsna Prakash (piano/composer); Prakash Kandasamy (tabla, voice percussion); Kalpana Paranjothy (sitar); Pangasaasanii Gowrisan (Carnatic violin); Jazlan Norman (bass guitar); and Syahrizan Bin Sahamat (djembe/percussion)

(Collaboration: Indian Council for Cultural Relations)

8:00 pm

Food Festival: The Flavours of the Spice Lands - Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam  (ONLY FOR IIC MEMBERS)

9:00 pm

The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films
 
Brother (Hermano; Venezuela)
(97 min; 2010; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Marcel Rasquin

Workshop on Miniature Painting
Conducted by Raju Swami

Venue: Lecture Room - II, Annexe

11:00 am

The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films

Chameleon (Kaméleon; Hungary)
(105 min; 2008; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Krisztina Goda

2:00 pm

Loose Cannons (Mine Vaganti; Italy)
(110 min; 2010; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Ferzan Ozpetek

4:00 pm

The Strange Case of Angélica (O Estranho Caso de Angélica; Portugal)
(97 min; 2010; dvd; English subtitles)
A film by Manoel de Oliviera

6:30 pm

Turkish Folk Dance
 Presented by the Silivri Folk Dancers - Aslihan Seda Sezen Solmaz; Remzi Tatlicioglu;; Yasar Gurur Esen; Dilara Karagöz; Hakan Demirel; Gözde Ipek; Neslihan Gusalaci; and Emrah Masalaci

(Collaboration: Embassy of Turkey)

8:00 pm

Food Festival: Flavours of the Bosphorus (ONLY FOR IIC MEMBERS)

9:00 pm

The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films
The Mill and the Cross (Poland)
(92 min; 2011; dvd; English)
Director: Lech Majewski

10:30 am

Journeys
An exhibition of books - 20th and 21st century travelogues and an open-air library

Rehearsal for a Poem
Installation and soundscape
By Saba Hasan

Inauguration

On view in the Gandhi-King Plaza

11:00 am

The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films
Focus Egypt - The Films of Mohamad Kamel El-Kaliouby

Why Does The Sea Laugh (El-Bahr Bi-Yedhak Ley; Egypt)
(120 min; 1994; dvd; English subtitles)

11:30 am

The Bikaner School  
An exhibition of miniature paintings by Raju Swami from Bikaner

Inauguration

Raju Swami will present a demonstration of his art during the inauguration

On view in the Annexe Art Gallery

2:00 pm

The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films
Focus Egypt - Films of Mohamad Kamel El-Kaliouby

Three on the Road (Thalatha alaettarik; Egypt)
(120 min; 1992; dvd; English subtitles)

4:15 pm

Meet the Filmmaker
Mohamad Kamel El-Kaliouby in conversation with Smt Aruna Vasudev

6:30 pm
Bharatanatyam Recital (choreographic piece on Sangam poets)
By Priyadarsini Govind

Accompanists: Anish Ram (vocal); K.S. Balakrishnan (nattuvangam); Deepu K. Nair (violin); and Ramakrishnan (mridangam)

8:00 pm
Food Festival: The Cuisine of Egypt   (ONLY FOR IIC MEMBERS)

9:00 pm
The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films
Focus Egypt - Films of Mohamad Kamel El-Kaliouby

Adam's Autumn (Kharif Adam; Egypt)
( 2002; dvd; English subtitles)