A concert of old film songs by the well-known lyricist and poet, Sahir Ludhianvi

Artists: Bhupinder Bhupi; Dolly Narang; Anupama Malhotra; Fanish Pawar; Parminder Chadha; Anushruti Pawar; Alok Sahdev; and others

Compere and sutradhar: Seema Verma

(Collaboration: Sakha Cultural Society)
 

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Mandar Gadgil from Pune, disciple of Pt. Vijay Koparkar
Accompanists: Kshitij (harmonium); and Saptak Sharma (tabla)

At 19:00
Bharatanatyam Recital  

By Samrat Dutta from Kolkata, disciple of Prof C.V. Chandrasekhar

Accompanists: Mohana Iyer on Nattuvangam; Anand R. Jayaraman on Violin; Brinda Radhakrishnan on Vocal; Shankar Narayanaswamy on Mridangam; Rupak Mukherjee on Flute; Debopam Das with Narration

Premiere performance by Ruchika Theatre Company
Directed and designed by Feisal Alkazi

Cast: Gayatri, Gunjan, Manvi, Arnav, Deepak, Dhruv, Raghav, Ritvik, Shashank and Vatsal

The migrant, either running away from disaster or war, whether from Syria or Ukraine or from Covid in our own country, is the most eloquent image of our century. In China from 1980 to 2015 the one child policy created a unique new breed of migrants, the ‘family planning refugees.’ Based on a novel by Ma Jian, the play explores the story of a young couple Meili and Kongzi as they travel down the Yangtze to try and escape. 

WORKSHOP & FILM SCREENINGS: 11:00 TO 14:00 AND 15:30 TO 17:00

Organised in collaboration with National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), the workshops will be conducted from 11:00 to 14:00 at NGMA, Jaipur House, Shershah Road, near India Gate

On 25 July 2022 at NGMA from 11:00 to 14:00
NGMA Lecture: The Genesis of Modern Art
Speaker: Sujata Prasad, former Civil Servant, author, and art columnist, presently Adviser, NGMA

Curated gallery walkthrough: Hastantaran
A retrospective of Nandalal Bose
Conducted by Ruchi Singh Baoni, Curator, NGMA

Live studio session inspired by the maestros of the Bengal School

From 15:30 to 17:00 at C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC 
Film: The Inner Eye (21 min; 1972; English)
A film by Satyajit Ray

Recipient of the President of India’s Gold Medal, 1974
Introduced by R. Siva Kumar, art historian and curator

Satyajit Ray’s tribute to Benode Behari Mukherjee, legendary artist and one of the pioneers of Indian modernism
 

SUNDAY 24

WORKSHOP & FILM SCREENINGS: 11:00 TO 14:00 AND 15:30 TO 17:00

Organised in collaboration with National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), the workshops will be conducted from 11:00 to 14:00 at NGMA, Jaipur House, Shershah Road, near India Gate

On 24 July 2022 at NGMA from 11:00 to 14:00
NGMA Lecture: Remembering Ramkinkar Baij
Speaker: A. Ramachandran, painter, sculptor, graphic artist, litterateur, and teacher

Curated gallery walkthrough: Viewing of NGMA’s Permanent Collection
Conducted by Sushmit Sharma, Deputy Curator NGMA

Pottery Lab: inspired by the NGMA Collection

From 15:30 to 17:00 at C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC 
Film and discussion: Ramkinkar Baij (30 min; 1975; English)
A film by Ritwik Ghatak

Introduced by K.S. Radhakrishnan, sculptor and curator

This film by legendary filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak sought to unravel the man behind the persona, but remained incomplete due to Ghatak’s sudden death. The Ghatak Memorial Trust has put together this version using available film footage.

K.S. Radhakrishnan will also screen his own short documentary on the artist

WORKSHOP & FILM SCREENINGS: 11:00 TO 14:00 AND 15:30 TO 17:00
 

Art Appreciation Workshops and Screening of Films on Artists: 23 to 25 July 2022
Organised in collaboration with National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), the workshops will be conducted from 11:00 to 14:00 at NGMA, Jaipur House, Shershah Road, near India Gate

On 23 July 2022 at NGMA from 11:00 to 14:00
NGMA Lecture: Amrita Sher-Gil’s Artistic Legacy
Speaker: Arpana Caur, artist and scholar
Chair: Adwaita Gadanayak, sculptor, curator and Director-General, NGMA

Curated gallery walkthrough: Kshetragya
The oeuvre of ten masters of Contextual Modernism
Conducted by Meghna Vyas Arora, Curator, NGM

Live studio session inspired by Amrita Sher-Gil and Nicholas Roericj

From 15:30 to 17:00 at C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC 
Film: Amrita Sher-Gil: Une Rapsodie Indienne 
(52 min; 2002; French with English subtitles)
Director: Patrick Cazals

Introduced by Yashodhara Dalmia, art historian and curator

Shot in New Delhi, Mumbai, Simla, Budapest and Paris, the film unfolds the complex life and extraordinary oeuvre of an artist who became a legend in her lifetime, but tragically died when she was only twenty-eight
 

Audio-visual presentation by Shri Shail Vyas, Homi Bhabha Fellow, Mumbai, musicologist and composer

Followed by a panel discussion

Panelists: Dr. R.S. Bisht, former Joint Director General, Archaeological Survey of India; Dr. Vasant Shinde, former Vice Chancellor, Deccan College, Pune; Dr. K.N. Dikshit, former Joint Director General, Archaeological Survey of India; and Dr. B.R. Mani, former Director General, Archaeological Survey of India

Chair: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director IIC

Moderator: Dr. V.N. Prabhakar, former Director, Archaeological Survey of India and Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar

An introduction to a new and fascinating research on Harappan Archaeomusicology that attempts to recreate ancient sounds and music. This multidisciplinary research has revealed a large set of linguistic data that strongly points towards a language that the Harappans may have spoken. The illustrated presentation will be followed by panel discussion with leading archaeologists who will share their views and discuss the far-reaching implications of this path breaking research 

 

Kathak Recital 

By Tabasmi Paul Majumdar from Delhi, disciple of Dr. Malabika Mitra
Accompanists: Kushal Basu (vocal); Siddhartha Bhattacharjee (tabla & Bol Padant); and Shabhoo Sisodiya (sarangi)

At 19:00
 

Hindustani Vocal Recital 
By Subhashis Bhawal from Kolkata, disciple of Pt. Amaresh Chandra Chawdhury, Pt. Samaresh Chawdhury, Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar and Pt. Ramashreya Jha
Accompanists: Chetan Nigam (harmonium); and Madhurjya Barthakur (tabla)
 

Challenges Africa Faces Today

Speaker: Amb. Gurjit Singh, India’s former Ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union
Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Welcome Address: Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies
Closing Address: H.E. Mr. Joel Sibusiso Ndebele, High Commissioner of South Africa

A career diplomat, Amb. Gurjit Singh is one of India’s foremost experts on African affairs. Amb. Gurjit Singh was posted as Deputy High Commissioner of India to Kenya (1995-2000); India’s Ambassador to Ethiopia and African Union (2005-2009); and he headed the undivided Africa division at the Ministry of External Affairs in 2001-2002 and was later Additional Secretary and Sherpa for the second India-Africa Summit 2009-2012. He has also served as India’s Ambassador to Indonesia, ASEAN and German. Amb. Gurjit Singh is Honorary Professor of International Studies at IIT-Indore; and is the author of the recently published book The Harambee Factor – India-Africa Economic and Development Partnership (Macmillian, 2022)

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)

Migration, Informality, and the Growing Precarity of Work

Speaker: Prof. Ravi Srivasavta, Director, Centre for Employment Studies, Institute for Human Development, Delhi

(Collaboration: Council for Social Development)