Events
2022
UPCOMING EVENT
"Japan India: Cultural Investments"
an illustrated talk by Dr Anu Jindal
Chairperson: Dr Srikanth Kondapalli
Inputs on Ikebana by: Dr Kusum Ansal
An event celebrating the 70th year of Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and India
FITNESS FOREVER SERIES AT IIC, New Delhi
“Fitness Forever” - the inspiration for this series of talks/workshops/discussions is good ole Covid !
How a miniscule germ that can be annihilated by the simple soap has brought all of humanity to our knees – or many of us to our graves. How helpless we feel, flapping around, confused, defeated
While not much can be said or done in the face of the fury of nature
What IS in our hands - the least we can do - is take care of ourselves, OURSELVES
Our body is a gift of nature as the Buddhists say “precious human life”
Rather than fall prey to diseases how can we built up the strength, the immunity to shun diseases and follow the maxim “Prevention is better than cure”
The Fitness Forever series will encompass how to take care of body and mind based on the four pillars of good nutrition, sufficient exercise, remaining stress-free and good sleep. A variety of speakers will guide us to be stress free, how to be happy, how to laugh, how to learn to enjoy this “precious human life”, by focusing on making good health and building a strong immunity to be disease free, an integral part of our lifestyle.
IIC’s director Mr. K. N. Shrivastava has very kindly given the go ahead for this series.
Wednesday 27 April, 2022
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A DANCER NEVER GETS OLD Moderator: Dr Anu Jindal Seminar Rooms II & III, Kamaladevi Complex at 18:00 India International Centre, New Delhi Vidushi Saswati Sen is one of the senior most classical dancers today, acclaimed nationally and globally. Prime disciple of the legendary Pandi Birju Maharaj, she has been feted with numerous awards including by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, the Sanskriti Award and the Shringar Mani Award. Displaying immense talent as a young dancr in a cameo in Satyajit Ray's film "Shatranj ke Khilari", Saswati has since achieved many milestones thrugh her versatility and flair for abhinay. She continues the tradition of the Gurukul parampara through the Kalashram Institute, founded by Pandit Birju Maharaj. Saswati will share from her vast experience to enlighten how dance is therapeutic both for the dancer and the viewer. For a dancer – the physique, the stance, the posture, the breathing techniques akin to yogic pranayama, accompanied with music, the rhythm of time, the expressiveness through abhinay, all help in developing one's own identity and leads towards spirituality. Dance improves muscular strength and aids in increased coordination and mobility, and the experience of dance helps with emotional and cognitive fitness. |
FITNESS FOREVER second event - Illustrated talk on 30 March 2022 at IIC, New Delhi
"The Soil’s Health is our Health : Why Organic Farming is vital for health of the planet and people"
by Dr Vandana Shiva, founder Navdanya
Moderator: Dr Anu Jindal
Our health and the health of the planet is one health. It is connected to the health of the soil, seeds and plants we grow, the food we eat, the insects and microbes on which we depend, the water and the climate which sustain life. Our health begins in healthy soils, that are living systems. Doctors are increasingly finding that the roots of multiple chronic diseases lie in the health of the gut microbiome, which is connected to the health of soil biodiversity. The soil, the gut and our brain are one interconnected biome- violence to one part triggers violence in the entire interrelated system.
Chemically produced food has far less nutritional content, however regenerative organic agriculture increases nutritional content of food. Our bodies are not machines, food is not fuel to run the machine. Food is living, and eating is not a mechanical act, but the most significant act - a spiritual act, an ecological act, an agricultural act.
Health begins in food - Annam Sarvaushadhi Let Food be thy medicine.
FITNESS FOREVER – first event - Illustrated talk on 23 Feb 2022 at IIC, New Delhi
“Forget Six Packs – Are You Liver-Fit? The engine, the factory, the detox mantra within us”
by Dr. Arvinder Soin
Chairman & Chief Surgeon, Medanta Liver Transplant Institute, Gurugram, India
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Urmila Foundation in collaboration with India International Centre
presents
URMILA – ENCHANTED MOTHER
A Virtual Exhibition of Artworks, Curated by Anu Jindal
Artworks by
NILS-UDO Landscape Art (Germany)
HIMMAT SHAH Sculpture (India)
RAMESHWAR BROOTA Visual Art (India)
HILDEGARD WESTERKAMP Soundscape (Canada)
KAVAS KAPADIA Painting (India)
CHANG HOON WOO Painting (South Korea)
RAMAKRISHNA VEDALA Painting (India)
PRABIR PURKAYASTHA Photography/Digital Art (India)
NAOYUKI ISHIGA Kiri-e or Paper-cutting (Japan)
ANU JINDAL Visual Art (India)
on view online 4-17 January 2021 at IIC website
https://iicdelhi.in/programmes/urmila-enchanted-mother
https://urmilafoundation10.wixsite.com/urmilaartexhibition
view full show online
Enquiries: urmilafoundation10@gmail.com
“URMILA – ENCHANTED MOTHER”
A Virtual Exhibition of Artworks 4-17 January 2021
Curatorial Note
Adversity encourages innovation; pain draws out hitherto untapped emotions. Humanity today is in the stranglehold of the Covid-19 pandemic. Physically forced into insular lives, virtual connections have intensified. Thus struck, creativity continues unabated donning new avatars. This exhibition’s theme of mother and associated sentiments, sprung from the loss of my mother a year ago. Artworks of ten artists from around the globe are in varied genre and media.
Nils-Udo’s site specific installations celebrate nature by “drawing with flowers, painting with clouds, writing with water”. In urban spaces or deep womb of forests, he conjures up a wishful habitat, unblemished by humans. Himmat Shah, follows his maxim “do or die” in a fiery, unquenched quest. Wondrous as a child’s birth, creations originate from humble clay – his ultimate material. Rameshwar Broota’s magna canvases hide and reveal mysteries of life. In recent experiments with glass and resin, interplay of altering light conveys musings on birth, growth, the cycle of life. Hildegard Westerkamp’s soundscape compositions weave a magical world – a stimulating sound-sensorial experience.
Chang-Hoon Woo’s profound paintings delve into the tech-driven tableau of contemporary living. Kavas Kapadia’s delightful cameos of everyday life, rendered in water colours, display spontaneity and refreshing candour. Ramakrishna Vedala’s poetic portrayal of his mother draws out the spirituality and gentleness of her essence through moist, pigment soaked brushstrokes. Prabir Purkyastha’s visions are phantasmagorical journeys to a utopia, which surprisingly is very much our own planet. Naoyuki Ishiga translates his fascination with nature into highly intricate, gossamer, lace-like kiri-e or paper-cuts. Yours truly’s expression has leapfrogged by being orphaned, emerging anew to explore the matrix of the metaphysical.
Anu Jindal
Curator –“Urmila – Enchanted Mother”
January 2021
Inaugural Webinar - Panel Discussion on “THE ACT OF CREATION”
Monday 4 January 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K1CtO9kSxs
Speakers: Kishalay Bhattacharjee, Professor & Vice Dean at Jindal School of Journalism and Communication, O.P. Jindal Global University, Former journalist, NDTV
Sanjeev Bhargava, Founder Director & Producer SEHER festivals
Deepika Jindal, Creative & Managing Director, JSL Lifestyle Limited, Founder, ‘Arttdinox’, ‘stainless steel’ and an Educationist
Moderator: Anu Jindal, Artist, Art Historian & Educator, Former, Visiting Research Professor, International Research Centre for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Japan
Cue marker for Anu Jindal’s presentation from 6:30 to 18:10 minutes
2017:
2016:
2013:
" Doraemon, Shinchan and Us"
Art Workshop for children
conducted by Anu Jindal
Japanese animation has made a huge impact worldwide. In India, American animation programmes have largely been replaced by Japanese animation and the characters are household names.
Focusing on and inspired by the beauty of Japanese animation, children will learn to draw their favourite characters.
IIC Annexe, Lecture Room II
7 december 2013, Saturday; 10 am - 12 pm
Age group: 5 - 11 years
Children to bring all art material - drawing papers, pencils and colours
Entry: Open, Free of charge
"Contemporary Japanese Design" - Illustrated Talk by Dr. Anu Jindal
Japanese design - distinctive and idiosyncratic, has made a huge impact in modern products and lifestyle, from architecture to animation. The talk will also cover the Good Design Conference and Exhibition held in New Delhi in 2011 and impact of Japanese designed products on Indian market.
IIC Annexe, Lecture Room II
13 December 2013, friday; 6.30 - 7.45 pm
"Ode to Ukiyo-e" by Anu Jindal
An exhibition of paintings, drawings and digital works, inspired by the Japanese art of woodcut, known as ukiyo-e
17-25 Nov 2012, 11 am - 7 pm
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Mr. Noda from Japanese Embassy at the opening of ....
His Excellency Ambassador
phoenix in viridian
2012:
marking the year 2012 -60th anniversary of Japan-India diplomatic relations
"Japanese Art through the Ages" by Dr Anu Jindal
- A Series of 4 Illustrated Talks at IIC and IHC
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Four key forms of Japanese visual arts - Painting, Gardens, Sculpture and Contemporary expression are under discussion. Japanese Art is deeply imbued with the spirit, thinking and faith of the Japanese people - their love for nature, belief in the native Shinto to Buddhism and Zen, that which is surreal. From the esoteric beginnings of Japanese civilization to the fascinating contemporary expression replete with futuristic techniques, a visual feast of the Visual Arts of Japan
Event dates and venues:
Japanese Art through the Ages I - The Esoteric Brush of Japanese Painting
8 Oct 2012 (mon) 6.30 pm
India International Center Annexe (Lecture Room 2) Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi
Intro by Dr. Sushama Jain, Prof of Japanese, JNU
Japanese Art through the Ages II - Stillness in the Japanese Garden
15 Oct 2012 (mon) 6.30 pm
India International Center Annexe Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi.
Intro by Dr. Anita Sharma, Head & Prof, Dept of East Asian Studies, DU
Japanese Art through the Ages III - Buddhist icons to Installations
20 Nov 2012 (tue) 7 p.m.
India Habitat Center (Gulmohar Hall), Lodi Road, New Delhi.
Japanese Art through the Ages IV - Contemporary Japanese Art
27 Nov 2012 (tue) 7 p.m.
India Habitat Center (Gulmohar Hall), Lodi Road, New Delhi.
Introduction by Asha Baxi, Founding Chairperson Fashion Design and former Dean Academics, NIFT
Event duration : 1 hour
Admission: Free