Release of the IIC Quarterly Winter 2023 – Spring 2024 Special Issue
Edited by Kiranmayi Bhushi and Omita Goyal

To be released by Dr. Karan Singh, Chairman, IIC Editorial Board

Followed by a panel discussion with
Prof. R. Mahalakshmi, Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Navtej Singh Johar, dancer-choreographer, yoga practitioner, scholar and social activist; Jamal Shaikh, National Editor, Brunch Magazine, The Hindustan Times; and Prof. Kiranmayi Bhushi, School of Social Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University and Co-editor of the volume

Food is the buzz word that seems to occupy the public sphere in India lately. There is proliferation of writing on all things related to food:  cook books, tomes on particular food items, wellness related themes, travel writings and culinary practices related to nutrition and diet. TV and social media platforms too are inundated with shows and snippets on food. The culinary superstars in turn have spawned the culture of celebrity chefs that have made the ordinary, domestic and marginal space of the kitchen into the extraordinary. Food is also a great signifier and marker of distinction:  middle class aspirations and acquisition of tastes, of caste, gender, religion, ethnicity or nationality. This volume is an overview of the transformation of foodways and its social contexts of India. It is a multi-disciplinary enquiry into the ways in which food and its production and consumption are enmeshed in all aspects of human existence and society.
 

Life and journey in the Zo Hills of North-Eastern India
                                                                                                                            
Contemporary exhibition that showcases the history, culture and creativity of Lamka town in Manipur. Inspired by their connection with their hometown, this exhibition brings together more than a hundred young artists, designers, dreamers and writers from Lamka through photographs including photo archives, films, digital illustrations and installations

Inauguration on Wednesday, 10 July 2024 at 18:30 hours

Traditional Folk Songs and Dances from Himachal

By Umesh Bharadwaj and group from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh

The artists will present Himachali folk songs and Mandiyali Nagari dance

The traditional folk songs of Himachal Pradesh vary from the romantic to chivalric genre and on the changing seasons. The songs are sometimes accompanied by community dances. Each region has its own distinct folk song such as Chhinj, Laman, Gangi, Mohana, Tappe, Dholru, Bare-Haren and Soohadiyan to name a few.

(Collaboration: NCZCC, Prayagraj, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India)
 

Healing a Landscape: Rewilding Aravali Biodiversity Park

Illustrated lecture by Vijay Dhasmana, Ecological Restoration Professional

The talk will be followed by a discussion with:
Sohail Hashmi, writer, filmmaker and heritage activist; and Bharati Chaturvedi, Founder and Director, Chintan

Chair: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC

Coordinator and Moderator: Anuj Srivastava, architect, writer and photographer

The 380-acre mined site of the Aravali Biodiversity Park, Gurugram, degraded over 40 years, was restored to a lush native forest integrating ecology, urban environment and human aspirations in an unprecedented public-private partnership, spearheaded by the civil society, citizens of Gurugram, private corporations and the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram. It is the first site in India to be accorded the OECM (Other Effective Area based Conservation Measures) under the IUCN


First talk in a new series that aims to re-examine our relationship with nature and the built environment
 

A photographic journey through Mauritius

An exhibition by Akshar Bhan

Inauguration on Tuesday, 9 July 2024 at 18:30 hours by Shri K. N. Shrivastava ,Director, IIC

Celluloid to Digital: India’s Film Society Movement

By V.K. Cherian (Atlantic Publishers and Distributors (P) Ltd: 2024)

Discussants: Shri John Dayal, Writer Activist; Shri. Monojit Lahiri, Film Writer; and Shri V. K. Cherian, Journalist and Author of the Book

Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Editor, Citizens First TV, Filmmaker and Trustee, IIC

The book is the first comprehensive account of the seven-decade-long journey of the Film Society Movement in India and how it helped Indian cinema come into its own as a global entity now. The massive transformation is credited to Indian film policies, new film institutions and the Film Society movement. But do such policies and movements have a future in the digital era? Celluloid to Digital: India’s Film Society Movement delves into this question in the OTT age.

Carnatic Music- Vocal Recitals

By Vaibhav Vaidyanathan (vocal) with Soumya Kannan (violin) & Ratul S. Kumar (mridangam)

18:05 – Vocal recital by M. Aditya
18: 25 – Vocal recital by S. K. Mridula 
19: 00 – Vocal recital by  Keerthana Vinod 
19:35 – Vocal recital by Sneha Satish  

Accompanists: Siddesh Ganesh (violin); S. Swaminathan & Ratul S. Kumar (mridangam)

(Collaboration: Ramakrishnapuram South Indian Society)

The Fall of Kabul: Despatches from Chaos

By Nayanima Basu (Bloomsbury India: 2024)

Discussants:  Amb. T C A Raghavan, former High Commissioner to Pakistan & Singapore and former DG, Indian Council of World Affairs; Amb. Rakesh Sood, former Ambassador to Afghanistan and Nepal; Dr. Raghav Sharma, Director, Centre for Afghanistan Studies, O P Jindal Global University; and Ms Nayanima Basu, senior Journalist & author of the book

Moderator: Shri. R Prasannan, Resident Editor, The Week

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Parimal Amar Kolhatkar from Pune, disciple of Dr. Vikas Kashalkar
Accompanists: Jitendra Swain (tabla); Lalit Sisodiya (harmonium)
 
 

At 19:00 
Kathak Recital

By Anukriti Vishwakarma from Delhi, disciple of Pt. Jai Kishan Maharaj    
 

Indian Economy: Can it be at a Turning Point 

Speaker: Prof. Amit Bhaduri, one of the foremost Economists of our times, former Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University, ‘Professor of Clear Fame’ at Pavia University, Italy and recipient of the Leontief Prize, Tufts University, USA for ‘advancing frontiers of thought’

Moderator of the Series: Suhas Borker, Trustee, IIC

Introduction: Vinay Kumar, former Associate Editor, The Hindu

(Collaboration: Press Club of India)