Stories from Australia - A Festival of Award Winning Films: 17th to 20th July 2013
Then the Wind Changed (57 min; 2012; dvd; English)
Directed by Celeste Geer who will introduce the film
Recipient of the 2012 Walkley Award for Best Documentary
On 7 February 2009, Australia suffered its worst natural disaster in recorded history. A firestorm of cyclonic fury swept across Victoria and 173 lives were lost. Through this intimate observation of ordinary people responding to an extraordinary event Then the Wind Changed offers a tender insight into humans' amazing potential to manage adversity and rise from despair
In Conversation
Celeste Geer in conversation with Anupama Srinivasan, filmmaker
Stories from Australia - A Festival of Award Winning Films: 17th to 20th July 2013
A festival of contemporary documentary films presenting the prestigious Walkley Award winners. The festival includes screening of nine seminal films; a discussion; and interactive sessions with two filmmakers. Organised in collaboration with the Walkley Foundation, Australia
Introduction
By Ms Jacqui Park, Director, Walkley Foundation, Australia
Divorce Aussie Islamic Way (57 min; 2011; dvd; English)
Director: Jennifer Crone
How do couples with differing social and religious customs go about formally breaking up? This revealing and fascinating film takes us into the world of Islamic divorce, as viewed by the couples involved, their families and the sheikhs - the Australian Islamic Judicial Council, an unofficial group of sheikhs based in Sydney
Closing Ranks (45 min; 2012; dvd; English)
Directors: Quentin McDermott, Morag Ramsay & Kevin May
Reporter Quentin McDermott puts together a forensic account of the events leading to the death of a young man
Motaben: Anasuya Sarabhai (1885-1972) - As Known by Ela Bhatt
Anasuyaben Sarabhai, fondly known as Motaben, holds a unique place in the history of Indi. She is best remembered for joining hands with Mahatma Gandhi in leading the historic strike of millworkers in Ahmedabad, which eventually led to the founding of an outstanding trade union of India - the Textile Labour Association (TLA) in 1920
In this exhibition, Ela Bhatt, who first worked with Anasuyaben in 1955, throws light on her life and legacy. With rare photographs from the Sarabhai archives and text in Anasuyaben's own words
Chief Curator: Ela R. Bhatt
Co-Curator: Ami B. Potter
Hindi Translation: Jyotsna Milan
Assistant Curator and Designer: Somnath Bhatt
Inauguration by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson IIC-Asia Project on Tuesday, 16th July 2013 at 18:15
Hindustani Vocal Recital
Dr. Durgabai Deshmukh Memorial Lecture 2013
Growth and its Pro-Poor Character in India: 1993-2010
Speaker: Dr. S.K. Thorat, Chairman, ICSSR
Mr. Najeeb Jung, Lieutenant Governor, Delhi will preside
Diaspora: A Tibetan Perspective
Share Your Experience
With Sangay Tenzin, Insurance Trainer, Aegon Religare Life Insurance
Moderator: Damdul Topden
An initiative to provide a platform to young Tibetans in exile to present and discuss their ideas and suggestions to stimulate dialogue and improve networks of the vibrant Tibetan diaspora
Sahita: Lecture Series on the Arts, Cultures and Histories of India
U Topos & Tagore: The Language of the Mind
Speaker: Prof. Uday Narayana Singh, Poet-Linguist and the first Pro-Vice Chancellor, Visva-Bharati
Third lecture in a new series of lectures organised in collaboration with Sahapedia, an online repository of resources on the arts, cultures and histories of India (and broadly South Asia) with a view to bringing current scholarship on Indian culture and heritage to a wider public
Bharatanatyam Recital
DELHI - CAPTURING WOMEN'S LIVES AND CHANGE IN A CITY IN TRANSITION
Mrs Kamlesh Jacob, former Principal, Queen Mary's School, in conversation with Indu Agnihotri focusing on the early years after Independence and girl's education
Chair: Dr. Kavita A. Sharma, Director, IIC
First in a new series of discussions initiated to recover Delhi's past, its social life and, the more specifically gendered experiences of its women. While Delhi shall remain the focus, the discussions will encompass a critical phase in the life of the nation. The series will be an interactive sessions between generations of women from different social backgrounds to capture the diversity of experiences as well as trace the socio-cultural roots of the city.
Organised in collaboration with Centre for Women's Development Studies
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Prof. Satish Kumar, former Professor, JNU; Shri Harish Khare, former Media Advisor to the Prime Minister of India; and Shri Sushant Sareen, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses will discuss Kashmir: The Unwritten History by Christopher Snedden (Noida: HarperCollins, 2013)
Chair: Shri B.G. Verghese, eminent journalist and writer
