The Nehru centre is administered by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations
Wed 01 July 6.30 pm
Talk : Chup Sadhana : The Yoga of Silence
Mansoor
Based on the book, Chup Sadhana : The Yoga of Silence, which acts as a bridge between different traditions, religions and cultures, Mansoor's talk will explore how silence can be recognized in the gap between two thoughts, two actions, two breaths, two moments. It may also just appear spontaneously, when one is resting, at peace, or just allowing a moment of stillness to happen. Chup Sadhana is an effortless no-practice practice, which reveals this ever-present, underlying Silence in which all the events of life are experienced. This is the missing link, which connects different spiritual traditions.
Mansoor has taught yoga extensively in USA, Europe & India and has 30 years experience of studying various spiritual paths, which gives him a unique and multi-facetted perspective, enabling him to reach out to many diverse communities. For further information, please contact Clarissa on 01273 684625 or 07979694776 (www.chup-sadhana.com)
Fri 03 July 6.30 pm
The Annual Nehru Memorial Lecture : Democracy and Violence: In South Asia and Beyond
Ramachandra Guha
In this lecture, Ramachandra Guha analyses the use and abuse of violence in the modern world. His focus is on social movements which protest the denial of democracy in multi-religious and multi-lingual nation-states. In particular, he compares and contrasts the insurgency in Kashmir with the struggles of the Tamils in Sri Lanka. Guha argues that the emotional and cultural aspects of democracy are as important as its formal or institutional aspects.
Ramachandra Guha is a historian and biographer based in Bangalore. Now a full-time writer, he has previously taught
at the universities of Yale and Stanford, held the Arné Naess Chair at the University of Oslo, and been the Indo-American
Community Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley. His books include a pioneering environmental
history, The Unquiet Woods (University of California Press), and an award-winning social history of cricket, A Corner of
a Foreign Field (Picador).
Ramachandra Guha's most recent book is India after Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy (published by Macmillan in the UK and in the US by Ecco Press). India after Gandhi was a finalist for the Mark Lytton History Prize and the Kiriyama Prize. It won the Ramnath Goenka award for the best work of non-fiction in India for 2007-8. It was chosen as a Book of the Year by the Economist, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the San Francisco Chronicle, Time Out, and Outlook.
Guha's books and essays have been translated into more than twenty languages. His awards include the Leopold-Hidy Prize of the American Society of Environmental History, the Daily Telegraph/Cricket Society prize, the Malcolm Adideshiah Award for excellence in social science research, and the R. K. Narayan Prize. The New York Times has referred to him as 'perhaps the best among India's non-fiction writers'; Time Magazine has called him 'Indian democracy's preeminent chronicler'.
In May 2008, Prospect and Foreign Policy magazines nominated Ramachandra Guha as one of the world's one hundred most influential intellectuals. In January 2009, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the Republic of India's third highest civilian honour.
Mon 06 July 6.30 pm
Inauguration of the Indian Classical Dance Festival
Dance: Contemporary
Padma Shri Astad Deboo
One of the Pioneers of contemporary dance in India, Astad's range is phenomenal; from introspective solo expression to challenging group work. His works has challenged ways of seeing dance in no less than 65 countries. Astad has combed through world cultures for material and fruitfully combined them with his own traditions by bringing experiences together to make an art of them. His work through the last three decades has broken many traditions and has opened doors for the present generation of dancers to venture into contemporary choreography.
Trained in Kathak and Kathakali, Astad has also studied dance at the Place in London and in New York, the Jose Limon technique. Diverse influences have given him not only a rich vocabulary of a successful soloist but also the resources to engage in creative collaborations with diverse; from music to martial arts. His work with the Dhrupad, one of the oldest forms of music has won accolades for its strength and interpretive clarity, his creative partnership with puppetry, the martial art and the Pungcholam drummers of Manipur have been described as poetry in motion. His ongoing work with the deaf for the last two decades has been successful nationally and internationally.
Astad Deboo will present three of his solo works from his diverse repertoire.
Tue 07 July 6.15 pm
Exhibition of Paintings: A Conversation with India
Priya Shah
In this collection of contemporary paintings, Priya Shah showcases India from a different perspective. Meticulously researched, and covering diverse subjects, each painting tells a different story. Think roadside vendor and street musician … festivals and street parades … music and dance … this exhibition is a riot of colour, noise and motion.
Priya is a former recipient of the Royal Society of Arts Student Design Award. Her artwork covers a broad range of topics, with an emphasis on wildlife and contemporary abstract art. Her painting, Elephants and St Pauls, was recently nominated for the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year Award 2008. Open until 10 July during office hours
Tue 07 July 6.45 pm
Dance: Bharatanatyam: Meera
Shobanaa Bhalchandra
The youngest of the Trio Sisters, Shobanaa Bhalchandra is well recognized as a seasoned and accomplished professional artiste as well as a senior guru in Bharatanatyam. One of the earliest and most senior disciples of the Padma Bhushan Dhananjayans, she has also had extensive training in abinaya from Padma Bhushan Kalanidhi Narayanan.
The unique production, Meera, is set to songs from the eponymous Indian Tamil film, the musical classic from 1945, as a tribute to the legendary M S Subbalakshmi. The popular songs from this film are strung together in a panorama of classical dance pieces to show the life history of Meera in different stages. It poignantly brings out the travails and tribulations of the princess whoforsakes royal pleasures in her devotion to Lord Krishna.
Wed 08 July 6.30 pm
Dance: Kathak : Kathak without Tabla
Guru Pratap Pawar and Taalis
The more we learn, less we know, This is what Guru Pawar has to say after a journey of 51 years of performing and teaching.
India's divine dancer, Pratap Pawar is the first disciple of Pt Birju Maharaj, who was sponsored to popularise Kathak abroad. Founder of the Triveni Dance Company (1980), he is the only dancer from abroad who has been honoured with the Government of India’s prestigious Padmashree-2008.
Taalis is a progressive drummer and percussionist exploring rhythms bridging India and the West. Having studied Taal with Yogi Pandit Suresh Talwalkar and Trilok Gurtu, he expresses the subtle textures and nuances of Indian Laya Shastra through his specially designed drums. In association with Pratap Pawar Triveni Dance Compan
Thu 09 July 6.30 pm
Indian Classical Dance: Manipuri
Manipuri Dance Visions Ensemble
The production unit of Manipuri Dance Visions, Institute of Manipuri dance is a premiere company dedicated to presenting traditional repertoire of Guru Bipin Singh's gharana of Manipuri dance. Founded by Sohini Ray, the world renowned master artiste of Manipuri dance, the company has its unique style of preserving the sacred spirit of the form yet adapt it to western stage. The company’s debut production in 2007, Harao-Kummei: Joyful celebrations of Manipuri dance won a Lester Horton award nomination, and since then the company has been touring nationally and internationally receiving raving reviews from the press. In 2008, their production Gita Govinda as a part of world Festival of Sacred Music was selected as Critic’s pick in Los Angeles Weekly and was performed in a sold-out house in Fountain theatre, Hollywood.
Fri 10 July 6.45 pm
Indian Classical Dance: Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam
Bettina Breese
Beginning to dance at the age of eight (Classical Ballet, Jazz, Historical, Dance, Kathak, Bettina began training in Bhratanatyam in 1988 under Irina Jankevic-Sommer, Bragha Guruswamy-Bessell, Sita Sophia Meyer-Dohm (Germany/Berlin), Meena Raman (Chennai) and under guidance of Bithika Chatterjee (Berlin). since 1991 studies in Kuchipudi Teachers: Padma Shrees Raja and Radha Reddy as well as Kaushalya Reddy (New Delhi), Sailajah (India/Chennai, former Madras).
Sat 11 July 6.30 pm
Indian Classical Dance: Odissi : Three Generations
Guru Shankar Behera and students
Shankar Behera’s Odissi dance has a unique stamp, distinct from each of the four gurus who have taught him. The precision of line sought by Kelucharan Mahapatra is enhanced with strong torso movements which imbue his dance with extraordinary grace. Prakriti Kashap of India Post declares ‘To watch the slender body of Shankar Behera perform Odissi was to awaken oneself to all the beauty and nuances of this dance form’.
Born in Orissa, Shankar Behera was initiated into music and dance by his grandfather, who had been a folk singer and dancer. At the age of ten he began classes under Mahadev Raut in Cuttak. At fourteen he was admitted to Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya, University of Orissa in Bhubaneshwar and was privileged to learn from the great teachers of Odissi, Pankaj Charan Das, Debaprasad Das and Mahadev Raut for six years.
While still at University, he also started receiving training with Kelucharan Mahapatra at the Kala Vikas Kendra in Cuttak. His association with Kelu Babu continued over the next three decades. Shankar Behera took residence in Bombay as the first teacher of Odissi who introduced many this form including the late Protima Bedi, Flora Devi and Sanjeevini Dutta.
Shankar Behera will perform with his student, Sanjeevini Dutta herself is a teacher of Odissi in the U.K, her disciple, Katie Ryan as three generations come together to share the stage in celebration of the Odissi dance form.
Tue 14 July 6.15 pm
Exhibition of Paintings in Miniature Style: Tradition & Beyond
Anita Kapur
Carrying on a tradition handed down from several generations of artists, a group of skilled miniaturists have put together a collection of work which depicts a multitude of subjects relating to everyday life in Rajasthan where these artists and their families have lived for several generations. The vibrant hues, symbolic of the desert landscape, are made from natural pigments like geru (terracotta), dried petals of marigolds and kesu, ground semi precious stones like malachite and lapis lazuli. The work is highlighted with gold leaf to give it that special magical touch.
Naina Kumari one of the few women miniaturists, the great Guru Ghanshyam Nimbuk and Navneet Pareek have their own distinctive styles and have exhibited in several London galleries since 1987 and have collectors who follow their exhibitions.
Navneet and artists from his atelier have done a mega project for HERMES of Paris in November 2008 for their outlets in New York in Madisson Avenue, Wall Street, Beverly Hills and Palm Beach. They won acclaim from New York designers. The curator of the exhibition, Anita Kapur has been mentor to the artists and through a long tradition of exhibitions projects their work in the UK, USA & Europe. This is her effort to keep this ancient tradition alive.
Inauguration: Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Hicks née Mountbatten has published India Remembered: A Personal Account of the Mountbattens During the Transfer of Power. She accompanied her parents to India and remained with them there throughout her father's term as Viceroy of pre-Independence India and then Governor-General of post-Partition India in 1947-48.
In association with Jeevika Trust a registered UK charity working in India Open until 17 July during office hours
Tue 14 July 6.45 pm
Illustrated Talk: Watching India-Pre Independence to Post Millennium
Andrew Redpath
Andrew Redpath spent his first three years in the Gilgit valley in western Kashmir, then lived in Lahore and Calcutta until Independence in 1947. He was involved continuously in the Indian business scene for 30 years up to the Millennium. Since then, he has become progressively engaged in the development challenges of rural India as Director of Jeevika Trust, formerly India Development Group which was founded by E.F.Schumacher in 1970.
In this talk he offers a personal perspective. India's dualities - traditional and modern, cities and villages, business and craft - have been accentuated by 'globalisation' and, he suggests, need more holistic approaches if they are not to impede her destiny on the global stage.
In association with Jeevika Trust a registered UK charity working in India
Wed 15 July 6.30 pm
Talk : From Chaos to Consciousness
Swami Ravindra Bharti
For thousands of years, man has lived with the concept of split - the material and the spiritual, the good and the evil, god and the devil. Both approaches are lopsided, causing misery and disintegration. Living life non-split and in totality can bring joy. The world is going through a big crisis. Everything is tense and everything is intense.
Swami Ravindra Bharti has spent over thirty years in the Buddha field of the enlightened master Osho. Ravindra has been sharing his bliss with people all over the world through his meditation camps. Devoted to Osho, he seems one with the master, when he meditates or conducts meditations. His soft and receptive being invites everyone to confide in him about their experiences while facing the challenges of the modern living. By giving unconditional and abundant love to all, he receives even more from them.
Thu 16 July 6.30 pm
Book Launch: Delhi: Adventures In A Megacity
Sam Miller
A travel book with a difference - a beautiful, considered meditation on one man's obsession with one of India's most extraordinary cities, Delhi, is an extraordinary portrait of one of the world’s largest cities. Sam Miller sets out to discover the real Delhi, a city he describes as being ‘India’s dream town – and its purgatory’. He treads the city streets, making his way through Delhi and its suburbs, visiting its less celebrated destinations. Miller’s quest is the here and now, the unexpected, the ignored and the eccentric. All the obvious ports of call – the ancient monuments, the imperial buildings and the celebrities of modern Delhi – make only passing appearances. Through his encounters with Delhi’s people – from a professor of astrophysics to a crematorium attendant, from ragpickers to members of the Police Brass Band – Miller creates a richly entertaining portrait of what Delhi means to its residents, and of what kind of city it is becoming. Miller is, like so many of the people he meets, a migrant in one of the world’s fastest growing cities – and the modern Delhi he depicts is one whose future concerns us all.
Miller possesses an intense curiosity; he has an infallible eye for life’s diversities, for all the marvellous and sublime moments that illuminate people’s lives. This is a generous, original, humorous portrait of a great city; one which unerringly locates the humanity beneath the mundane, the unsung and the unfamiliar.
Chief Guest: Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, and the former Indian High Commissioner in London.
Mon 20 July 6.30pm
Indian Classical Dance: Mohiniyattam
Kalamandalam Swarnadipa J Mahanta
Initiated into dance at the age of three, Swarnadipa trained in Kathak under Guru Manisha Bhattacharya, Bharatanatyam under Kalamandalam T Sankaranarayanan, Rabindra Nritham and Nazrul Nritya. Later it was emotive nature of Mohiniyattam that caught her imagination and through methodical and classical style of teaching and learning she acquired the dance form along with the spirit of Kerala and its language. Trained in Mohiniyattam under Kalamandalam Pushpalatha at Kerala Kalamandalam, she obtained a diploma and advanced stage of training with Guru Pallavikrishnan. Her awards include the West Bengal Best Dancer ‘Bangla Addithiya’ (Instituted by Shalimar Anand Bazar), the Best Young talent (Doverlane Music & Dance Competition), and the National Scholarship, from the Government of India for Higher studies in Mohiniyattam and Kuchipudi under the guidance of Guru Kalamandalam Pushpalatha and Guru Kalamandalam Rajalekshmi. Now Swarnadipa spreads the arts she learnt through Nritha Brithi Bathayon in West Bengal and Onika Nritha Nikethan in Kerala.
Accompanists: Bhaswati Mitra (vocal) and Naruopal Patra (tabla)
Tue 21 July 6.15 pm
Exhibition of Paintings: Mantra
Uma Malhotra
Uma Malhotra has always been passionate and extraordinarily able at creating works of art that have inspired the common art lover and the serious critic. After spending most of her working life lecturing English literature at Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University, Uma re-established her relationship with paints. In her earlier years, Uma leveraged her visual temperament and vivid imagination to produce abstract faces, nudes and then glass mirror collages. These works were given due acclaim and exhibited in various art galleries in Delhi.
Today, Uma has opted to explore her imagination by developing high impact art pieces inspired by Sanskrit mantras, in particular, the dynamic and unorthodox use of 'Aum'. Other well regarded artwork includes the delicate and simple, yet captivating, use of black and white colours. The 'peacock' is a recurring image in Uma’s paintings and one that has sparked a wave of interest from avid art lovers'.
Open until 26 July during office hours
Tue 21 July 6.45 pm
Music: Meerabai (in Hindi)
Bhaswati Mitra
Programme Cancelled
Wed 22 July 6.45 pm
Vedic Chanting
Krishnambika Nambiar
Associated with the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram at Chennai for several years, Krishnambika Nambiar has given lecture demonstrations in Vedic Chanting in India and abroad. The Vedas have been passed from generation to generation in the ancient method of learning by the ear in the Guru-Sishya Parampara (Master-Disciple Tradition). In fact the UNESCO has recognized Vedic Chanting as the oldest of oral traditions. One reason for not learning entirely from written text was that some sounds do not lend themselves to be accurately reproduced phonetically. They fall in between two syllables and there are many such sounds in the Vedas. These can be transmitted only orally, through deep listening. Devotion and faith in the higher energy is the basis on which Vedic Chanting.
Vedic Chanting uses sound and the effects of its vibration on the cells of the human body as an essential tool of healing. Through chanting various syllables through the mantras, spiritual practitioners, healers, and lay persons can have access to purification and restoration of harmony to a range of physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual dimensions. How to regulate breathing so that the vibrations can occur at what part of the body to give birth to the pure word sound is one of the main guidelines laid out in Vedic Chanting.
Thu 23 July 6.30 pm
An Evening with Gulzar
Gulzaar saab, as he is affectionately known, primarily works in Hindi-Urdu and also writes in Punjabi, several dialects of Hindi like braj bhasha, khadi boli, Haryanvi and Marwari. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2004 for his contribution to the arts, and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2002. He has also won a number of National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards in various categories. In 2009, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Jai Ho in the film Slumdog Millionaire (2008).
As a lyricist, Gulzar is best known for his association with the music directors Rahul Dev Burman and A R Rahman, and has also worked with other leading Hindi movie music directors including Sachin Dev Burman, Salil Chowdhury, and Madan Mohan. He began his career under two other artists, Bimal Roy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee. His most famous songs have been associated with Rahul Dev Burman in movies such as Musafir hoon yaron, Tera bina zindagi se koi, Ghar Jaayegi, Mera kuch saaman, Tujhse naraz nahi zindagi, to name a few. However he has had award-winning associations with Salil Chowdhury (Anand), Madan Mohan (Mausam), and more recently with Vishal Bhardwaj (Maachis), A R Rahman (Dil Se, Guru) and Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (Bunty aur Babli).
In association with Kriti UK. This event is by invitation only. If you wish to attend, please send an e-mail to sudeept@nehrucentre.org.uk
Fri 24 July 6.30 pm
Inauguration of the 3-Day Seminar : Deccani - A Common Foundation of Urdu and Hindi
Deccani or proto Urdu/Hindi is one of the Sanskrit based idiom which developed in the Deccan during the 14th to the end of the 17th centuries. Enormous literature produced in Deccani comprises various types of prose and poetry to include ghazal, narrative verse, geet and a variety of prose all recorded in Persian script. This Indic idiom assimilated influence from a number of Indian and foreign languages such as Braj, Marathi, Telugu, Kanarese, Persian and Arabic. It is, if not the only, the main recorded source for tracing the development of modern Urdu and Hindi.
The proposed seminar aims at going into the Deccani idiom as a linking factor between Urdu and Hindi and its impact on many other Indian languages. The seminar also intends to explore studies so far made in Deccani in India and abroad.
Eminent scholars from India and European countries and the USA will participate. Among the speakers on the inaugural day are: Dr Gopi Chan Narang, former President, Sahitya Academi Dehli, Dr Namwar Singh, former professor and Head Department of Hindi Jawaharlal Nehru University, Dr Shahid Mehdi, Vice Chairman ICCR and Dr M Z A Shakeb, Chairman, Ilmi Majlis London.
Inauguration : Lord Raj Bagri and Sir G K Noon In association with Ilmi Majlis-London, supported by Bagri Foundation, G K Noon Foundation, Urdu Education Foundation-UK and Bentham Institute of Management and Languages.
Fri 24 July 8.30 pm
Music : Sham-e-Ghazal
Radhika Chopra
Born and brought up in Jammu & Kashmir, Radhika Chopra trained in classical music at a young age under Pandit J R Sharma, and after her graduation joined the music faculty of Delhi University where she was awarded a scholarship to do an M.Phil and PhD. Later Radhika learnt thumri, dadra and traditional ghazal from the well known exponent of the Begum Akhtar school, Shanti Hiranand. Blessed with a mellifluous voice, Radhika instantly establishes a rapport with the listeners. A well-known artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan, she is empanelled with the ICCR. Radhika has travelled all over India for concerts and has had the privilege to work with eminent singers like Shubha Mudgal, Hans Raj Hans, Pankaj Udhas, Talat Aziz, Chandan Das, Sonu Nigam etc. Effortlessness, spontaneity and natural ease are the hallmarks of Radhika’s performance.
Accompanists : Pandit Vishwa Prakash (harmonium) and Alpesh Mohrir (tabla)
Sat 25 July 9.30 am – 5 pm
Seminar : Deccani - A Common Foundation of Urdu and Hindi
First two sessions (forenoon) Linguistic Studies (A) Second two sessions (afternoon) Linguistic Studies (B) Participants: Dr Abdus Sattar Dalvi (Mumbai), Simon Digby Sqr, Dr Noouddin Sayeed (Bangalore), Dr Suresh Dutt Aavasti (Hyderabad), Dr Shyam Manohar Pandey (London), Dr Fatima Begum Parveen (Hyderabad)and Dr Raheem Raza (Italy) and Dr Ravinder Gargesh (Delhi). Md quli, first major Deccani poet
Sat 25 July 6.00 pm
Book Launch : Mayray Draamay London Mein
Shamsuddin Agha
Gifted writer, stage director and actor, Shamsuddin Agha, who pioneered Asian Theatre in London in the late sixties, has several plays to his credit. He has written and acted in numerous videos and TV films. In addition to his three publications of plays, he has written for reputed magazines/journals including Franco Maria Ricci and Indian Perspectives. Fluent in Urdu, Hindi, Gujarati and English, he has translated children’s storybooks from English in to Urdu.
Sat 25 July 6.45 pm
Mushaira : Urdu/Hindi Poets
Expected poets Akbar Hyderabadi, Zahra Nigah, Sohan Rahi, Siddiqa Shabnam, Dr Gautam Sachdev, Dr Nikhil Kaushik, Usha Raje Saxena and Divya Mathur.
Sun 26 July 9.30 am - 5.00 pm
Seminar : Deccani - A Common Foundation of Urdu and Hindi
First two Sessions: Literary Studies : Poetry and Prose Second two Sessions: Evaluations of Deccani Studies and Plenary.
Participants: Dr Ali Asani (Harvard), Dr Giorgio Milanetti, Mr Kasim Dalvi (London), Dr Mahender Verma (York), Dr Saleem Quraishi (London), Dr Gautam Sacdev (London) Dr Taghi Abedi (Canada), Dr Muzaffar Shimiri (Hyderabad), Dr N Farees (Hyderabad), Mr Amin Mughal (London), Dr Chander Shekhar and Dr Aamar Ghaffar (Delhi).
Tue 28 July 6.15 pm
Exhibition of Paintings : Women – The Inspiration
Jyotsna Tandon
An alumni of the prestigious Govt. College of Art & Craft, Kolkata, Jyotsna Tandon is also the director of Rangparna Art Academy and also the director of Camlin Art School. Consultant to Bakhatram Bal Samaroh, an organisation that gives a global platform to child artists, she is also art consultant with various Indian art journals and newspapers with an impressive circulation.
Jyotsna Tandon's paintings have been exhibited in Jehangir Art Gallery; Birla Art Academy, Bhopal University, Kalidas Academy and many more such prestigious gatherings. She won the Indu Sethi Award, Vikram University, Ujjain and Kalidas Academy. A well known art critic too, she has delivered several lectures including How to Appreciate Paintings, Michael Angelo, Trends in Modern Painting and Is Modern Art Really Modern on All India Radio.
'Semi Abstract Oil' is Jyotsna’s specialisation but versatility is her forte. Water colour; graphics; sketches to acrylic; batik, murals and mixed mediums, she has excelled in all. In this exhibition her inspiration has been 'women'. In association with BEE Magazine celebrating women Open until 31July during office hours (www.readbee.com)
Tue 28 July 6.45 pm
Dance : Kuchipudi
Arunima Kumar
One of India’s most versatile Kuchipudi dancers, Arunima Kumar is a senior disciple of Padmashree Guru Jaya Rama Rao and Vanasree Rao. Initially trained under Padma Bhushan Swapnasundari, Arunima was formally launched in 1995 by the Kuchipudi Dance Academy and since then, she has pursued her art with relentless devotion, giving national and international performances and lecture demonstrations at prestigious cultural festivals and venues. Her performances reveal a confident and intellectual dancer with individuality. Enthralling Abhinaya, confident communication with her audiences and contemporary interpretations of traditional Padams, Javalis and other compositions mark her performances.
Recognized with the Sahitya Kala Parishad Scholarship for Dance in 1998 and the Shringarmani by Sur Shringar Samsad.in 2001, Arunima has also successfully ventured into dance choreography and research to explore different creative aspects of the performing arts. It is her vision to learn from and add to the various dimensions of the Kuchipudi style so as to spread the beauty and excellence of the classical form across national and international forums. She is keenly interested in dramatics and has performed in a number radio and television programs, music videos (Euphoria), advertisements and short films.
Thu 30 July 6.30 pm
NSF Annual Lecture: Subhas Bose and the Youth Today
Three talks include (1) Youth Movement in India by Chadra Bose, a young businessman who is a Forward Bloc member and actively involved with Youth Development, (2) Youth & Netaji (focus on UK) by Virendra Sharma, who was born in India and speaks fluent Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu. He was elected as MP in the Ealing Southall by-election in 2007. Also a member of Justice Select Committee & Human Rights Committee, he is Chair of All Party Tamils Group 2008 and Vice-chair of All Party Punjabis in Britain group 2008 (3) Netaji and Youth (Focus on India) by Dr Barun Mukherji, an Indian MP and the Deputy Chairman of Bengal State Committee, Forward Bloc and member of the Central Secretariat of All India Forward Bloc..He has recently also published a book on Netaji. Director of Chitta Basu Research Foundation, he is also the National Vice-President of Netaji Subhas Foundation.
In association with Netaji Subhas Foundation- India