Sarod Recital

By Chandrima Majumdar from Delhi, disciple of Pt. Narendra Nath Dhar

At 19:00
Odissi Recital

By Anushua Chowdhury from Delhi, disciple of Guru Smt. Priyambada Pattanaik and Guru Kavita Dwibedi

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

The Music Instinct: Science and Song (USA)
(114 min; 2019; English)
Director: Elena Mannes

The power of music: The Music Instinct: Science and Song provides a ground-breaking exploration into how and why the human organism--and the whole ebb and flow of the cosmos--is moved by the undeniable effect of music. This follows visionary researchers and accomplished musicians to the crossroads of science and culture in search of answers to music's deep mysteries.

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai)

(96 min/2022/Maithili with English subtitles)
Director & Editor: Pratik Sharma who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

The film portrays the story of a mother and child’s bond by using semiotics at large to convey the message. The film has very few dialogues. It has been shot in the interior parts of Bihar.  

(Collaboration: Shining Muskan Foundation)
 

Two short comedies by the great Russian playwright, Anton Chekhov – The Proposal and The Bear

Directed by Sohaila Kapur

Cast: The Proposal - Arti Nayar, Sunit Tandon, Tarique Hassan 
Cast: The Bear -  Vishaal Sethia, Sonali Sharma, Sohaila Kapur  

Director: Nirmal Chander who will introduce the film
Produced by Delhi Blue Pottery Trust

Screening will be followed by a discussion

“Hands destined to mould a thing of beauty”, the poet James Cousins wrote these lines about a young Sikh potter he met in Japan in 1921. Sardar Gurcharan Singh pioneered studio pottery in India, introducing the undervalued crafty to the imagination of the Indian masses, and striving to make colour and beauty accessible to all. The Lotus and the Swan celebrates his life and legacy
 

Speaker: Prof. Madhavan K. Palat, historian of modern Russian and European History and formerly Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Visiting Professor in Imperial Russian History, University of Chicago in 2006; National Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla 2010-2011; and Editor of the Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru published by Oxford University Press; 

Chair: Shri Ravi Bhoothalingam

Nehru regarded democracy in India as the product of both the mass nationalism of the 20th century and of the ancient traditions of panchayats; it flourished by contesting the despotism of colonialism and its caricature of British constitutionalism. He was committed to both parliamentary sovereignty and constitutional sanctity; and while he did not define a “basic structure” he had an implied one in mind

Chair: Devaki Jain

Speakers: Martha ‘Marty’ Alter Chen, Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Senior Advisor, WIEGO Network, Harvard Graduate School of Design; Indira Jaisingh, Senior Advocate; Vijay Mahajan, Founder Basix; Savitaben, street vendor; and Kantaben, SEWA Bank

Moderator: Renana Jhabvala

Organised in collaboration with SEWA Bharat to mark the birth date of Smt Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Life Trustee and Vice President of IIC

Perhaps one of the most important revolutions that have occurred in our society since independence is the change in the position of women, a feminist revolution. Kamaladevi Chatopadhyay early on recognised the significant role of women artisans, often not recognised and a few decades later Elaben took this forward with women in the informal economy, which constitutes nearly 90% of workers. SEWA, the movement and family of organisations that Elaben created transformed both the knowledge and practices in the fields of labour and finance.

SEWA Bank was the word’s first microfinance organisation, “owned and managed by women” to bring finance to poor women
 

A film based on the works of Didi Contractor

Director: Gurvinder Singh

Producer: The Eco Logical Foundation

Film on Delia Narayan “Didi” Contractor, American artist and builder known for her work on the vernacular traditions in India, using adobe, bamboo and stone for materials. 
 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation; and The Eco Logical Foundation; with the support of Council of Architects)

Speaker: H.E. Ms Kolinda Graber-Kitarović, former President of Croatia

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

(Collaboration: Indian Council for Cultural Relations)

Pandhari ke Rang (India)
(36 min; Hindi/Marathi with English subtitles)
Directors: Sachine Shirke and Pankaj Sharma

A colourful documentary, covering the equally colourful career of legendary makeup artist in Hindi cinema, Pandhari Juker popularly known as "Pandhari Dada". The documentary traces the creative journey of Pandhari Dada, in the much ignored art of "Make-up"

Bhovra (India)
(45 min; Hindi with English subtitles)
Director: Sachin Shirke and Pankaj Sharma

Based on G.A. Kulkarni’s Sahitya Akademi winning book “Kajalmaya”. Story of a tender relationship between middle-class family members, based in the rural Konkan part of Maharashtra. 

Producer: Chandrasheela Arts