Presented by Mandhira de Saram on the violin and Eshantha Peiris on piano

The artists will present a concert of Mozart, Brahms, Arvo Pärt and Grieg

Launch of book by Smt Achala Moulik, followed by a discussion
Chief Guest: H.E. Mr. L.O. Lindgren, Ambassador of Sweden

Speakers: Mr. Denis Alipov, Minister-Counsellor, Embassy of the Russian Federation; and Shri Ram Jethmalani, MP
Chair: Shri Bhaskar Ghose

FILM  AUDITORIUM AT 16:00 - 18:00 AND 18:30 TO 20:30

Mohammed the Prophet (273 min; dvd; English)
Director: Chema Sarmiento

This multi-part saga follows the life of the Prophet from his birth in 571 in Mecca to his death in 632. Brilliantly told by Imams, scholars from around the world and individual believers, it is set against some of Islam's most famous historic places. An extraordinary journey to the heart of Islam, sumptuously  filmed across six countries, it leads to what unites more than a billion believers worldwide

An exhibition of photographs by Cristobal Corral, well-known photographer from Ecuador

Photographs of the multicultural heritage of Ecuador, its people, places, historical sites and flora and fauna

Opening on Monday, 1st August at 18:30

Speakers: H.E. Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India; Shri Shivraj V. Patil, Governor of Punjab; and Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former Governor of West Bengal

Part of a series to mark the birth centenary of the former President R. Venkataraman

Speakers: H.E. Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India; Shri Shivraj V. Patil, Governor of Punjab; and
Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former Governor of West Bengal

Part of a series to mark the birth centenary of former President R. Venkataraman

Entry by invitation only

Due to security concerns, this programme is open only to IIC Members. Members are requested to please present their membership cards at the doors for entry

Hymns in Praise of Twenty One Tara: Arya Tara Namaskaraikavimsati Stotram
Illustrated lecture and rendition of chants in praise of Goddess Tara in Mahayana Buddhist tradition
Presented by Raji Ramanan

Chair: Geshe Dorji Damdul, Director, Tibet House

Speaker: Shri Satish Magar, Chairman and MD, Magarpatta Township Development and Construction Company Ltd.

The BCF 10th Annual Lecture in collaboration with Business and Community Foundation

`Mother India'

Speaker: Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former Governor, West Bengal

Icon, metaphor and palladium, "˜Mother India' has personified a conjured past as well as a future epiphenomenon. Mother India was the title of Katherine Mayo's controversial 1927 book which Gandhi described as "˜the report of a drain inspector'. It was also the name of the celebrated 1957 film produced and directed by Mehboob Khan in which Nargis reached an unexpected pinnacle of achievement.

The lecture will explore the voltages of imagination and the outages of dismay that lie beneath that never-to-be-reviled name, which carries a halo and also, perhaps, like Nargis as Radha, a crushing weight

(Organised by the Rosalind Wilson Memorial Trust)"˜