The IIC Experience: A Festival of the Arts - 27th to 31st October 2018

Old Programmes

29 October 2018, 05:30 am

Programme Type

Festivals

11:00 am 'These hills we come from…’ Voices from North East India

Talks, readings, presentations, discussions and in-conversations

Conceptualised by Ravi Singh, Speaking Tiger

Introduction: Air Marshal Naresh Verma, Director IIC

Linguistic Diversity of North East India

Speaker: Dr. L. Thangi Chhangte, linguist and specialist in the Tibeto-Burman languages of Northeast India and
Editor of Vol. 20 of People’s Linguistic Survey of India

Chair: Dr.. Sukrita Paul Kumar

12:00 Of Art and Artists

Binodini’s Crimson Rainclouds

Presentation by L. Somi Roy, translator of Binodini Devi’s writing

Chair: Urvashi Butalia

2:00 pm In – Conversation

Anjum Hasan; Mamang Dai; Dr. Rita Chowdhury; Anjulika Thingnam; Mona Zote, Lalnunsanga Ralte; Guru T. Ladakhi

Chair: Ravi Singh

3:00 pm Storytelling: Oral and the Written Word

Mamang Dai; L. Somi Roy; Dr. L. Thangi Chhangte; Janice Pariat; Dr. Rita Chowdhury; Veio Pou

4:00 pm Writing: Politics, Linguistics, Anthropology and Society

Speakers: Kishalay Bhattacharjee; Dr. L. Thangi Chhangte; Anjulika Thingnam; Lawmkunga Pachuau; Veio Pou
Chair: Smt. Geeta Dharmarajan

5:00 pm Readings
Janice Pariat; Anjum Hasan; Mona Zote; Lalnunsanga Ralte; Mamang Dai; Guru T. Ladakhi

Chair: Shri Ravi Singh

Venue: C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium

(Collaboration Speaking Tiger: and Zubaan Books)

6.00 pm An Evening of Classical Piano and Vocals
by Nise Meruno from Nagaland

Venue: Quadrangle Garden

7:00 pm A Being – Human; Being Human Human Beings

Play presented by Lapdiang A. Syiem from Meghalaya

With Apkyrmenskhem Tangsong (maryngod, bisli & ksing)

Juban Lamar (artistic design); and Fillamore Kharsynteng (technical support)

8:30 pm New Cinematic Voices: A Festival of Films

Ishu (Assam)

(91 min; 2017; dvd; English subtitles)

Directed by Utpal Borpujari who will introduce the film

Recipient of the Best Assamese Feature Film Award, 65th National Film Awards 2018; and Special Jury Award
(Indian Competition), 10th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2018