IIC SPRING FESTIVAL OF DANCE AND MUSIC
PHYSICAL PROGRAMME
Sarod Recital
By Aayush Mohan from Delhi, disciple of Pt. Balwant Rai Verma, Smt Sharan Rani, Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar
Accompanied by Pt. Ramkumar Mishra on tabla
AT 19:00
Odissi Recital
By Sasmita Panda from Odisha, disciple of Smt. Meera Das
IIC SPRING FESTIVAL OF DANCE AND MUSIC
PHYSICAL PROGRAMME
Kathak Recital
By Arti Shrivastava Gedam from Delhi, disciple of Gurus Prerna Shrimali, Samiksha Sharma and Anjali Babar
Accompanists: Santosh Sinha (vocal); Parminder Singh (tabla); Lavinya (sitar); and Shahnawaaz (sarangi)
AT 19:00
Bharatanatyam Recital
By Tanya Saxena from Delhi, disciple of Grus A. Lakshmanaswamy and Kamalini Dutt
Accompanists: K. Venkateswaran (vocal); Radhika Kathal (natuvangam); Manohar Balatchandirane (mridangam); and K.P.Nandini (violin)
Chameli Devi Jain Award 2021
PHYSICAL PROGRAMME
Presentation of the award to an Outstanding Woman Mediaperson
Followed by
B.G. Verghese Memorial Lecture 2022
Health Beyond Covid – An Agenda Awaits
Speaker: Prof. K. Srinath Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India
Chair: Shri Harish Khare, President, The Media Foundation)
How the learnings from Covid-19 should push us to build a health system that serves all Indians
(Collaboration: The Media Foundation)
Remembering the INA Veterans: Captain Abbas Ali, Col. Prem and Capt. Lakshmi Sahgal
PHYSICAL PROGRAMME
Speakers: Qurban Ali, journalist and son of the late Capt. Abbas Ali; Ms Subhashini Ali, daughter of Col. Prem and Capt. Lakshmi Sahgal, former Member of the Loka Sabha and President, All India Democratic Women’s Association; and Shri Satish Jacob, formerly Deputy Bureau Chief, BBC and author of Amritsar: Mrs Gandhi’s Last Battle and Hotel Palestine Baghdad
(Collaboration: Business & Community Foundation)
IIC DOUBLE BILL MUSIC RECITALS
PHYSICAL PROGRAMME
Hindustani Music – Hawaiian Guitar Recital
By Neel Ranjan Mukherjee from Delhi, disciple of Gurus late Pt. Debu Chaudhuri and Shri Anup Jalota
Accompanists: Pt. Pradip Kumar Sarkar (tabla); and Amiya Haldar (tanpura)
At 19:00
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Lalit Deshpande from Pune, disciple of Pt. Anand Bhate
Accompanists: Lalit Sisodiya (harmonium); and Ujith Uday Kumar (tabla)
IIC DIAMOND JUBILEE FILM SCREENINGS
PHYSICAL PROGRAMME
FILMS ON ARTISTS
S.H. Raza, The Very Essence (51 min)
Director: Laurent Bregeat
Produced by Lalit Kala Akademi
The film will be introduced by Shri Ashok Vajpeyi
The film is a window to Raza’s life in France, and how he kept the Indian element in his works alive. It is made up of a series of conversations with the artist bringing out his ideology, the meaning of his art and how he faced criticism, especially for the repetitive use of the bindu.
(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
PHYSICAL PROGRAMME
The Population Myth: Islam, Family Planning and Politics in India
By S.Y. Quraishi (HarperCollins, New Delhi: 2021)
Discussants: Ms K. Sujatha Rao, former Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India; Ms Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director, The Population Foundation of India; and Shri S.Y. Quraishi, former Chief Election Commission of India and author of the book
Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC
IIC DOUBLE BILL MUSIC AND DANCE RECITALS
PHYSICAL PROGRAMME
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Surashree Ulhas Joshi from Pune, disciple of Guru Veena Sahasrabuddhe, Gwalior Gharana
Accompanists: Meenal Nandedkar (harmonium); and Koshr Korde (tabla)
At 19:00
Sattriya Recital
By Meenakshi Medhi from Delhi, disciple of the late Guru Jibanjit Dutta and Guru Haricharan Bhuyan Borbayan
The Beautifully Indian Hindu Mind
PHYSICAL PROGRAMME
A book by Harsha V. Dehejia (DK Printworld:2020)
Launch of the book by Dr. Karan Singh
Followed by a talk
The Third Eye of Indian Art
Speaker: Dr. Harsha V. Dehejia, Indo-Canadian allergologist, author, and radio host, and Professor of Indian Studies, Carleton University
Discussants: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, Hindi poet and critic, noted cultural and arts administrator; Shri Pawan K. Varma, former diplomat, writer, and politician; and Prof. Makarand Paranjpye, novelist and poet, Director, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla
(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)
Decoding the Pandemic
PHYSICAL PROGRAMME
By Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain and Arun Tiwari (New Delhi, Sakal Media Pvt. Ltd.: 2021)
Release of the book followed by a discussion
Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC
Discussants: Prof. K. Srinath Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India; Justice Shabihul Hasnain ‘Shastri’, Chairman, Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission; Shri Pallava Bagla, science journalist; and Prof. Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain, Honorary Professor and National Science Chair, Science and Engineering Research Board
Moderator: Ms Jasleen Vohra
