Presented by Wings Cultural Society

A collection of unique dastans (stories) narrated by artists as solo performances. Bey is a short story written by Shaukat Thanvi about a protagonist who is informed by an astrologer to beware of the letter ‘B’. Marhoom ki Yaad Mein is the best known essay from Patras Bokhari’s only masterpiece “Patras ke Mazameen”. It is the story of a cycle that Patras purchases from his friend Mirza

Dramatised narration in Urdu and Hindustani by Rajguru Mohan (Bey); and Tarique Hameed (Marhoom ki Yaad Mein)
 

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Dr. Neeta Mathur from Delhi, disciple of Pt. Gokulotsavji Maharaj

AT 19:00
Odissi Recital

By Gaurie Dwivedi from Delhi, disciple of Guru Sujata Mohapatra and Guru Ipsita Behoora 
 

(97 min; 2021; Spanish with English subtitles)

Director: Horacio Alcalá

In a small town outside of Oaxaca lives a group of Muxes, third gender and non-binary people, who make a living sewing and looking after their elders. Parallel to this, fashion designers in Spain plot a plan to appropriate the traditional dresses that the Muxes create. The film follows the highs and the lows of the Muxes, indulging in their intoxicating 'velas' and grieving their lost loves, all in the beautiful setting of rural Mexico. As tragedy strikes, the importance of kinship and chosen family is reverberated across the town.

India International Centre is in collaboration with the Embassy of Mexico.
 

Regimes of Hatred, Regimes of Conviviality
 

Speaker: Prof. Ashis Nandy, public intellectual, political psychologist and social theorist
Introduction by Programme Director, South African High Commission,  Cedrick C. Crowley, Deputy High Commissioner of South Africa
Opening remarks: Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies
Closing remarks: H.E. Mr. Joel Sibusiso Ndebele, High Commissioner of South Africa
The Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture was instituted at IIC in 2018 to mark the Centenary of Madiba

(Collaboration: South African High Commission; and Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

Decoding and Delivering Public Health
 

Speaker: Prof. K. Srinath Reddy, Honorary Distinguished Professor, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI). He is the
past President PHFI and formerly Head, Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)

Chair: Prof. Muchkund Dubey, President, Council for Social Development
 
 

(Collaboration: Council for Social Development)

Screening of a film, followed by recitation
 

Film - Rumi in the Land of Khusrau
(26 min; 2001; English)
A film by Muzaffar Ali who will introduce the film
Produced by Ministry of External Affairs

Followed by
Recitations of Rumi in Farsi and English
By Muzaffar Ali who will recite the original poems and his own English translations

Interpreted in Dance

By Shivani Varma

Kathak Recital
By Minu Garu from Delhi, disciple of Pt. Krishan Mohan Maharaj

AT 19:00
Kuchipudi Recital
By Meenakshi Aishwarya from Coimbatore, disciple of Guru Smt Sreelakshmy Govardhan

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Sita ke Badalte Roop (The Changing forms of Sita/India)
(80 min; 2022; Hindi with English subtitles)
Directed by Pushpa Rawat who will introduce the film

Pushpa Rawat plays Sita in the local Ramlila, opening up public spaces for women in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

This film is a part of the exhibition “Create, Collaborate, Catalyse: Reflections on Sexual Violence in South India” on view at the Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex

Before you Were My Mother (Nepal/India)

(73 min; 2022; Nepali/Meitei/Newari with English subtitles)
Director: Prasuna Dongol

Prasuna tries to come to terms with the differences she has with her mother and seeks a way to define her own life

AT 14:00
Gay India Matrimony (India)
(67 min; 2019; Bengali with English subtitles)
Director: Debalina 

Gay India Matrimony is a film that revolves around three characters exploring their marriage prospects, with one of them documenting their travails.

AT 15:15
Iqraar-naama (The Agreement/India)
(55 min; 2021; Hindi/Punjabi/Urdu)
Director: Priyanka Chhabra

A story of love and loss – an archive of “Home” in a partitioned subcontinent

AT 16:15
This Stained Dawn (Pakistan)
(89 min; 2021; Urdu with English subtitles)
Director: Anam Abbas

Karachi’s young feminists organize a woman’s march, coming up against Pakistan’s radical religious right.

AT 17:50
Gaine (Nepal)
(25 min; 2019; Nepali with English subtitles)
Director: Pradeep Dhakal

Recipient of the Award for Best Student Film, Film Southasia, Kathmandu 2022

…a journey into the lives of musician of a dying folk form that has been critical to a culture but has also been a vehicle for the dissemination of news in an era before the digital age - From the Jury Statement

AT 18:30
Taanga (Longing/India)
(90 min; 2021; English/Hindi/Punjabi/Urdu)
Director: Bani Singh

Recipient of the Ram Bahadur Trophy for Best Film, Film South Asia, Kathmandu 2022

This poignant film pans out from an individual’s life, making powerful connections to a larger historical narrative, a process in which a history of loss, home, fraught relationships and identity at large continue to cast a dark shadow on the present realities of the subcontinent - From the Jury Statement

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The Heartbroken Lover (India)
(10 min; 2021; Hindi with English subtitles)
Director: Ridhima Sharma

Tea and sympathy for heartbroken lovers at the innovative neighbourhood chaiwallah

AT 18:15
Highways of Life (India)
(52 min; 2020; Meitei with English subtitles)
Director: Amar Maibam

Highways of Life is a detailed look at the high octane lives of Manipur’s highway truckers

AT 19:10
Ghar Ka Pata (Home Address/India)
(67 min; 2020; English/Hindi/Kashmiri)
Director: Madhulika Jalali

Of longing, transience and memory – the story of a young Kashmiri Pandit woman finding her way home…
 

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Strike with the Beat (Myanmar)
(25 min; 2021; Burmese with English subtitles)
Director: Sai Kyaw Khiang 

On February 1, 2021, Myanmar’s military seized power and detained State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint and elected government members. After the coup, young Burmese calling themselves the Drum Revolution group came out on the streets and protested against the military junta. The junta brutally cracked down on peaceful protesters.

AT 18:30
Amid the Villus (Sri Lanka)
(46 min; 2021; Tamil with English subtitles)
Director: Sumathy Sivamohan 

When the civil war in Sri Lanka ended in 2009, the displaced people of Palaikuli in Musali South (northern Sri Lanka) returned to their homeland. Their homecoming was beset by a number of problems and challenges, including stone posts being driven into their land. 

AT 19:20
Moon on the Man (India)
(75 min; 2021; English/Hindi with subtitles)
Director: Prince Shah

Moon on the Man is an observational and exploratory feature length documentary that questions the most basic assumptions of reality, perception and choices.