Book Discussion Group

20 February 2025, 06:30 pm
Book Discussion Group
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Conference Room I, IIC main building

Idea of Order: Perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe (1989-2022)
By Rakesh Batabyal (KW Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2024)

 

Panelists: Ms Nutan Kapoor Mahawar, Additional Secretary, ICWA; Prof. Gulshan Sachdeva, Centre for European Studies, SIS, JNU; Ms. Margit Koves, Assistant Professor, Department of Slavonic and Finno-Ugrian Studies, Delhi University; and Mr. Rakesh Batabyal, author of the book.

 Chair: Amb.T.C.A Raghavan, Former High Commissioner to Pakistan & Former Director General, ICWA

 

Aniconic to the Iconic: Cult of Dharmaraj – The Folk Form of Hinduism

04 March 2025, 06:30 pm
Aniconic to the Iconic: Cult of Dharmaraj – The Folk Form of Hinduism
Programme Type
Talks
Venue
Conference Room I, IIC main building

Aniconic to the Iconic: Cult of Dharmaraj – The Folk Form of Hinduism
 

Speaker: Shri Jawhar Sircar, public intellectual and former Secretary Culture and CEO, Prasar Bharti

Chair: Prof. Ashis Nandy, political psychologist, social theorist, futurist and critic

 

Film- Swing Time in Limousin (France)

03 March 2025, 06:30 pm
Film- Swing Time in Limousin (France)
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
Venue
C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building

Swing Time in Limousin (France)
(75 min; 2019; French with English subtitles)
Directors; Dilip & Dominique Varma who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

‘Swing Time in Limousin’ recounts a little known story in the big history of Jazz through the reminiscences of Jean-Marie Masse, a French drummer and unconditional promoter of black American music, just after the war when segregation and racism were still terribly active. It is a story of friendship and music which attracted to Limoges, a small town in the centre of France, some of the greatest jazz musicians and legends, like Duke Ellington or Lionel Hampton, with whom he played on stage. This documentary feature tells the story of how a musical genre, which rose out of oppression and revolt, ended up transmitting friendship and pure joie de vivre.

 

 

Carnatic Music Recital – Mandolin & Veena

01 March 2025, 06:00 pm
Carnatic Music Recital – Mandolin & Veena
Programme Type
Cultural
Venue
Annexe Lecture Room II, IIC Annexe

By Vishwas Hari (mandolin); and Charulatha Chandrasekar (veena)
With Abhishek Avadani on mridangam and Ujith Udaya Kumar on tabla

(Collaboration: Shanmukhananda Sangeetha Sabha)