International Talkies

The South Indian film industry has been in a vehement uproar over the last five to six years. The trend and the taste of the audience have turned the tables of focus towards South Indian movie industry, only further solidified by the Golden Globes’ win bagged by RRR’s music director MM Keeravani, as well as their Oscars’ nomination for Best Foreign Film. Sequels and prequels about 'smugglers' (Rockybhai and Pushpa) have taken over the game into what we cinematically call the "next level." Since R. Rajamouli and his vision of filmmaking which he calls 'larger than life’ films, fictitious characterizations are placed over and above gravity. His exuberance has paid off well at the box office, and his filmography proves the same. Emotional undertones in diverse stories like Eega aimed for the viewers' hearts straight in the bull's eye. Baahubali, RRR , and Pushpa broke the box office records, and the otherwise stereotypical advantages of Bollywood put the...

The MUN Society of Department of International Studies, Political Science and History conducted its flagship event of the year 2022-23, Dance of Democracy in connection with the International Day of Democracy was held on 30th September at 2 pm in Room 911, Central Block, Central Campus. The objective of the competition is to understand better the importance of democracy, as well as the difficulties in implementing democracy all across the world. Participants were required to choose any non-democratic country and propose a working plan for the implementation of democracy in that country, and present the plan within a stipulated time period along with defending their stance. The event started with the emcees of the day, Anjana Anil of 3MAIS and Ann Sumesh of 3HEP, who welcomed the gathering and introduced the event to the audience. They also introduced the judges of the day.  Aditya Sinha of 3MAIS was the moderator for the session. He explained to the participants the rules of t...

The Centre for East Asian Studies of the Department of International Studies, Political Science and History held a guest lecture on 30 September, 2022, on the topic " China’s Rise: Peaceful Transition or Inevitable Conflict?" . The guest speaker for the day was Dr. Jonathan Schwartz, Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the State University of New York.  The emcee of the lecture was Aishwarya Nair from 3MAIS. Dr. Manoharan N introduced the speaker, Dr. Jonathan Schwartz, to the audience. The speaker began by engaging the students and gave two questions for the students to think about throughout the lecture: why the students feel like they disagree with the speaker’s arguments, and what would be the most sensible for India in this position He then continued to address the topic of “China’s Rise: Peaceful Transition or Inevitable Conflict?” by beginning with a brief talk about the world order and the problems in it, and how there is a ...

  The Department of International Studies, Political Science and History held a guest lecture on 20 September 2022. The guest speaker for the day was Dr. Rahul Tripathi, Professor of Political Science in the DD Kosambi School of Social Sciences and Behavioral Studies, Goa University. Dr. Madhumati Deshpande, Co-ordinator and Professor of the department introduced the speaker. The speaker addressed the topic of “Dynamics of a ‘De-Globalized World’: Lessons for India”, highlighting the evolution of ‘de-globalization’ as a trend as well as India’s role in the de-globalized world.  The speaker began the lecture by briefing the students about globalization, the inception of the concept and its evolution through the years. He gave examples of John M Keynes’ writing about globalization, as well an ideal definition for the concept, while being aware that there cannot be one single definition for globalization per se. He also highlighted its flaws, theorists who disagreed with the rap...

The MUN Society of the Department of International Studies, Political Science and History organized its Inauguration and the induction of office bearers for the year 2023. The event started with an invocation dance by Natyarpana, the classical dance team of Christ University. It was followed by a welcome Address by Dr. Madhumathi Deshpande, Coordinator, Department of International Studies, Political Science, and History. After the address, Dr. Stefy V. Joseph, Faculty coordinator of ISPH MUNSOC revealed the team for the year 2022-23, and a video of the MUNSOC activities was displayed for the audience.  The Guest Speaker, Mr. Patrick Mueller, Deputy Consul General, Consulate General of Switzerland, Bengaluru, delivered his speech about the changing nature and scope of diplomacy. Mr. Mueller explained how Switzerland as a nation was committed towards making diplomacy an avenue of mutual trust and cooperation amongst nations. The various opportunities and initiatives of Swiss governme...

The Department of International Studies, Political Science and History held a lecture for India's 75 years of independence, focusing on the topic of Memories and Narratives of Partition . The guest speaker for the lecture was Professor Sucheta Mahajan. She teaches history at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her fields of interest include the short and long history of the twentieth century, its politics, political economy and social change, focusing on the India-Pakistan partition. Anjana Anil from 3MAIS delivered the welcome address for the lecture. Dr. Vagishwari from the Department of ISPH introduced the speaker to the audience. In her lecture, Prof. Sucheta Mahajan gave a great glimpse into ‘Oral history and memory work - recovering the voices of freedom and partition in India’. As a historian, her work goes beyond archives and associate with oral history, which has been now called memory works. The oral history traces the people who par...