PHYSICAL / HYBRID PROGRAMME

Preserving the Last Frontier – Antarctica

Chair: Amb. Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, IIC, and former Foreign Secretary of India

Lead Talk on Keeping pace in contemporary Antarctic science under the changing geopolitical scenario: Dr. Rasik Ravindra, Polar scientist, former Director, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa 

Panelists: Dr. Thamban Meloth, Scientist G, Group Director, Polar Sciences, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Goa on Antarctica and Climate Change; Ms Sulagna Chattopadhyay, Editor-in-Chief, Geography and You, New Delhi on Future of Antarctica in a Changing World; Prof Sanjay Chaturvedi, Professor and Chairperson, Dept. of International Relations, South Asian University on Antarctic Geopolitics, Legal Status; and Prof. Anindya Sinha, Professor and Head, Academics, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru on Coping with Climate Change: Demographic history, population structure and conversation biology of penguins in Antarctica  

The panel discussion will focus on the scientific, political, environmental, and judicial issues involved in protecting Antarctica.

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Haiku: An Anthology of 1000 Haiku poems in Hindi

By M. Jamshed

Launch of the book followed by a discussion

Chief Guest: Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Hon’ble Minister of Minority Affairs, Government of India

Discussants: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC; Mr Sreenivasa Rao, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi; Ms Kamna Prasad, author and founder, Jashn-e-Bahar; Ms Vandita Mishra, National Opinion Editor, The Indian Express; Ms Marya Shakil, Senior Political Editor, CNN-News 18; Mr. Koji Sato, Director General, The Japan Foundation; and Shri M. Jamshed, author of the book

POSTPONE

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With sopranos and baritones, accompanied by violin, clarinet and piano
Presented by The Lyric Ensemble of Delhi

Artists: Aastha Mohapatra; Ankur Dang; Ashwati Parameshwar; Meera Arora; and Toshan Nongbet (vocalists)

With Ana Belén Ojeda Rojas (clarinet); Apratim Bayak (violin)
 

POSTPONE

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FILMS ON ARTISTS
 

Koodiyattam: The Rich Ancient Dying Art (India)
(180 min; 2001; with English subtitles)
Director: Adoor Gopalakrishnan

The film will be introduced by Shri Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Documentary film on Koodiyattam, a performance art that draws on the plays of Sanskrit dramatists of antiquity that is believed to have followed an unbroken tradition for more than 1,000 years in the state of Kerala. The renowned filmmaker, Adoor Gopalakrishnan was invited to direct this documentary for preparing the candidature file for UNESCO’s international distinction, “Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity”. The film was shot at the 16th century temple theatre at Kitangur, the oldest of the surviving kuttampalam, a theatre within a temple compound where koodiyattam is traditionally presented. 

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Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

Happiness Class (51 min; 2021; English & with subtitles)
Directed by Samina Mishra

Screening will be followed by a discussion with: 
Abha Adams, educationist, writer and former Education Adviser, Step by Step School, NOIDA; Dr. Manish Jain, Assistant Professor, School of Education Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi; and Samina Mishra, documentary filmmaker, writer and teacher

The film is a journey into the unique and fascinating world of children: their preoccupations, their worries, and their idea of happiness. It is set in the context of the Delhi Government’s efforts to curate a Happiness Curriculum in its schools, inspired by HH the Dalai Lama’s commitment to nurture social, emotional and ethical learning amongst the young. In a world challenged by competition, conflicts and polarization, the film asks what the pursuit of happiness really means and what role education can play

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

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Celebrating Guru-Shishya Parampara

Dhrupad Recital
By Santosh Kumar

Dhrupad Recital
By Harinath Jha and Mudit Jha

Dhrupad Recital
By Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar
Accompanied by Pt. Mohan Shyam Sharma on the pakhawaj

(Collaboration: Dagar Brothers Memorial Trust)
 

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(122 min; 2000; German/English & with subtitles)

Written and Directed by Mark Jonathan Harris
Narrated by Judi Dench

Multiple award winner including Oscar Award for Best Documentary, Features, Academy Awards, USA 2001; Audience Award for Best Documentary Film, Terezin Fort Film Festival 2001; Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Documentary, Evening Standard British Film Awards 2001; among others 

Film on the extraordinary British rescue operation known as the Kindertransport which saved the lives of over 10,000 Jewish and other children from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia. These children, or Kinder, as they came to be known were taken into foster homes and hostels in Britain, expecting to be reunited with their parents. The majority of them never saw their parents again. The film uses rare and extensive footage, photographs, and artefacts, and is told in the words of the child survivors, rescuers, parents, and foster parents
 

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Bharatanatyam Recital

By Rahul Dev Mondal from Kolkata, disciple of the late Guru Tusher Dey and Prof. Khagendra Nath Burman
 
 

At 19:00
 

Kuchipudi Recital

By Abhinaya Nagajothy from Delhi, disciple of Smt Seetha Nagajothy and Shri P. Nagajothy
 
 

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Concert presented by the Slovenian duo Aritmija - Tilen Stepišnik & Šemsudin Džopa, guitarists from Ljubljana with Indian artists, Sabiha Khan on vocals and Vinayak Netke on tabla

The concert marks 30th Anniversary of diplomatic relations between India and Slovenia

(Collaboration: Embassy of Slovenia)
 

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FILMS ON ARTISTS – DANCE ENGAGEMENTS

Two films on dance by Sandhya Kumar
The films will be introduced by Justin McCarthy, well-known Bharatanatyam dancer and Guru

The filmmaker Sandhya Kumar and  dancer-musician Justin McCarthy will initiate a discussion after the screenings

Light Falling on White Flowers (India)
(14 min; 2009; English)

Many years ago, a young girl was born with one dream – to trace back the sacred root of dance and restore it to the highest place in the arts. Isadora Duncan came to invent the ‘Modern Dance’. Where dwells this poetic spirit today.

O Friend, This Waiting! (India)
(32 min; 2012; Telugu & English with subtitles)

Could a song be full of love, and yet banal and trifling? Such were the padams of Kshetrayya. A wandering poet-musicians, Kshetrayya wrote for devadasis, the dancing courtesans at the courts of the 17th century Nayaka kings. His padams became the most cherished of her songs of love. O Friend, This Waiting! Reflects on the entwined fortunes of the padams and the women they were written for, from the 17th to the 20th century, while dwelling in the performance spaces of temples and courts of the Nayaka period.

Screening will be followed by a discussion with Justin McCarthy and Sandhya Kumar