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September 23, 2009

Green Theatre Festival in Udaipur, Sept 29-Oct 2

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--- On Wed, 9/23/09, Manish Jain <shikshantar@yahoo.com> wrote:

dear chandni-
pls share the attached invitation poster on india's first green theatre festival on sept 29-oct 2 in udaipur in your communities. it will feature over 20 performances related to the environment and our lifestyles/relationship with nature. it is being hosted by several local groups and communities. 
Udaipur as a Learning City welcomes you.
best wishes,
manish

Manish Jain
Shikshantar: The Peoples' Institute for Rethinking Education and Development
83 Adinath Nagar, Udaipur, Rajasthan, 313004 INDIA
Tel: 91-294-245-1303
Fax: 91-294-245-1925
Web: www.swaraj.org/shikshantar



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September 14, 2009

Special Event and Art Exhib for MF Husain, Sept 17-24, Delhi

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Inder Salim
Date: 2009/9/14
Subject: Fwd: HUSAIN AT 94- Saalgirah Mubarak, 11 am, September 17th 2009 at Husain Gallery, Jamia Millia Islamia


SAHMAT
29, Feroze Shah Road,New Delhi-110001
Telephone- 23381276/ 23070787
e-mail-sahmat@ vsnl.com
14.9.2009
FOR HUSAIN AT 94

Saalgirah Mubarak, September 17th 2009

SAHMAT, The Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust, in association with the
Outreach Programme of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi is pleased to
invite you to a special event - FOR HUSAIN AT 94 – celebrating the
94th birthday of artist MF Husain, at the MF Husain Gallery at Jamia
Milia Islamia.

An exhibition of over 100 artworks which have been made as a gift for
Husain by both eminent and emerging artists and art students will open
that morning at 11 am. Through the day, we will screen his movies:
Gajagamini, (2000),  with Madhuri Dixit, Meenaxi: A Tale of Three
Cities, (2004), with Tabu, and Through the Eyes of a Painter, (1966) –
which won the Silver Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival. The
filmmaker and critic K Bikram Singh will deliver a lecture on the work
of Husain based on his large new book on the painter. The Vice
Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, Najeeb Jung, will release the
book, For Husain at 94, which is the tribute gift to Husain from
artists. The evening will end with an Iftar outside the gallery.

This exhibition and book is both a tribute and a celebration of the
work and life of Husain from artists and a reminder to Husain that
inspite of attempts to denigrate his art and his forced exile, the
creative community holds him in the highest regard.

Please do join us.

Programme:

September 17th, 2009, Thursday

Exhibit opens at 11 am.

Gajagamini screens at 11.30 am

Meenaxi screens at 2.30 pm

Through the Eyes of a Painter screens at 4.15 pm

Husain at 94, book release by VC Janab Najeeb Jung at 4.50 pm

Lecture by K Bikram Singh at 5 pm

Iftar at 6.20 pm

The Exhibition runs from September 17th till September 24th, 11 am – 6 pm


List of artists follows:

Ajay Desai, Aji V.N.,Akash Gaur,Alex Mathew,Alexis Kersey,Amitava
Das,Anjolie Ela Menon,Anju Dodiya,Anjum Singh,Archana Hande,Arpana
Caur, Arpita Singh, Arun Kumar H.G.,Ashim Ghosh,Atul Dodiya,Aurogeeta
Das,Bari Kumar,Bharti Kapadia,Bharati Kher,Birendra Pani,Durga
Kainthola,Eleena Banik,Gargi Raina,
Gauri Gill,Gazanfar Zaidi,Gigi Scaria,Gulammohammed Sheikh,Habib
Rahman,Hafeez Ahmed,Haku Shah,Inder Salim,Jehangir Jani,Jitish
Kallat,Joydip Sengupta,Kanchan Chander,Kanishka Prasad,Kaushal
Sonkaria,Kaushik Sengupta,Kavita Nayyar,Kiyomi Talaulicar,M.S. Prakash
Babu,Madhvi Parekh,Manisha Parekh,Manu Parekh,Meera Devidayal,Megha
Joshi,Meher Pestonji,Mira Nair,Mithila Maniketh,Mona Rai,Mukesh
Sharma,Navjot Altaf,Neeta Mohindra,Nida Mahmood & Raoul Chandra,Nilima
Sheikh,Nuzhat Kazmi,Pallav Chander,Paramjit Singh,Parthiv
Shah,Prashant Panjiar & Itu Chaudhuri,Pravat Mishra,Prem
Singh,Priyanka Dua,Pushpamala N.,Raja Jaikrishan,Ram Rahman,Ranbir
Kaleka,Rashmi Kaleka,Rekha Rao,Richard Bartholomew,Saba Hasan,Samit
Das,Samjo Husain,Sandeep Biswas,Satish Panchal,Shamshad,Shobha
Broota,Showket Kathjoo,Subodh Gupta,Sudhir Patwardhan,Sunil
Gupta,Tabassum Zaidi,Tanmay Santra,Tanmaya Tyagi,Vijay Sekhon,Veer
Munshi,Venktesh Desai,Vibha Galhotra,Vijay S.Jodha, Viswanadhan,Vivan
Sundaram

And students of Delhi College of Art and Jamia Millia Islamia Art Department.

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September 14, 2009

Jashan–e–Aman, Festival of Peace, Sept 19-Oct 2, Delhi

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From: Yousuf

Jashan–e–Aman, Festival of Peace
Soch, Samajh, Seekh aur Saamna
(Thought, Understanding, Learning and Facing)

STEP (Standing Together to Enable Peace) cordially invites you to a 2-weeks long festival of peace in Delhi, to be held from September 19th – October 2nd 2009

Inaugural Ceremony 19th September 2009
Please do confirm your Presence

RSVP
paramjeetbernad@gmail.com - 9811084987
Abhishek.jani@gmail.com – 9899111320

Programmes open for public

19th Sept.
VENUE: Nehru Memorial Museum Library, New Delhi
5:30 – 6:00 pm
Curtain Raiser
Video screening: “Unheard Voices of India”
(produced by Saeed Akhtar Mirza, for ActionAid)

6:00 – 6:20 pm
Welcome speech: by STEP member

6:20 – 6:50 pm
Envision Peace (conversation):
Harsh Mander
Syeda Hameed

6:50 – 7:15 pm  Iftar (breaking of fast)

7:30 – 8:15 pm
Recital for Peace Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar

8:30 pm – Session: “The world at My Table” (by invitation)

26th Sept.
Nehru Memorial Museum Library, New Delhi
Time: 4:00 – 5:00 pm
“Us and Them” directed by Katkatha

5:15 – 7:30 pm
Screening of the documentary film: “Khayal Darpan”
Directed by Yousuf Saeed (Auditorium)
In conversation with the director

7: 30 – 9: 45 pm
Music for Peace
Bands from Various NGOs

27th Sept.
Venue: Dwarka Sector 3
Prodyokita Apartment RWA
Time: 11:00 -12:30 pm
Puppet Show: “Us and Them”
Dialogue with: Wasifudin Dagar

Movie Screening “Basant” (by Yousuf Saeed)
Time: 5:00 – 6:30 pm
Workshop: Dialoguing with Diversity – Exploring my Experiences


VENUE NMML
Time: 6:30 – 7:30pm
Play “Reality”
Imagining an Urban Eco-system

1st October
Venue: Lady Shri Ram College
Workshop: Teaching Peace – Educating for 21st Century
Time: 11:30 – 3:00 pm

JASHN Finale
Safdar Hashmi Amphitheatre Jamia Milia Islamia
Time: 7:00 – 9:30 pm
Sufi music performance from Ajmer, Kashmir and Delhi

2nd October
NMML
Time3:00 – 5:00 pm
Workshop: Youth and Peace

5:00 – 6:00 pm
Performance by – Theatre Y

6:00 – 7:00 pm
Panel Youth on Peace -envisioning youth movement for change: IYCN, Pravah, Hulchul and Youth Parliament and NAAM

7:00 – 7:15 pm
Launching STEP website for Change Festival montage
7:15 – 8:00 pm
Being Peace an interactive closing performance by students of Ritinjali Night

Idea behind this peace festival:
21st September is celebrated world over as International Peace Day and the 2nd of October the world pays homage to M.K Gandhi by celebrating International Non-Violence Day. Taking these to dates as our starting point for reflection this year we hope to celebrate the journey for building a peaceful society. Join us as we explore what peace means to us? How we can translate it into our daily lives? What values the society needs to promote to create a culture of peace? Where should one begin to build such a society? Through performing arts, discussions, dialogues and workshop we hope that for 12 day the city can reflect, act and enjoy fostering peace.  If you have any ideas or wish to contribute towards creating this platform for an engaging exploration, do visit us at www.sttep.co.in.

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September 13, 2009

Be the Change - Come Alive Event, Oct 2, Bombay or Pune

 

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From: Mansi Shah <shah.mansi.d@gmail.com>
Date: 2009/9/13
Subject: Be the Change - Come Alive Event


 

 

 

COME ALIVE

If given a day to BE JUST YOU…

What would you do? What would you do?

Hike up the mountain or dance like the wind?

Paint the town red or like a song bird would you sing?

Would you smile all day or read all night?

Or would you just be with nature and enjoy the sight?

Would you stop and stare and leave no wishes to spare?

To live that one dream for a day...would you dare?

Would you take the plunge? Would you take that dive?

My special special one …

What is it that makes you come alive?

-Sampada Nayak

 

2nd of October 2009

Commemorating the birth anniversary of the Mahatma

He came alive. A man of strong convictions, he believed in what he did and he helped others believe it too. And thus a nation came alive. And what better way to pay homage to the man than to come alive again? Together, all of us, as a mass, a single nation, a movement of alive people...

The Social Leadership Program of the Akanksha Foundation and Teach for India have arranged a special programme to celebrate the 140th birth anniversary of the Mahatma. A unique morning of doing, of meeting others, of discovering ways to come alive for a cause. Let’s all COME ALIVE!

 

How?

Well to start with, it’s simple.  Just BE YOURSELF. Choose an activity that brings a smile to your face, peace to your heart, ticks your fantasy, and kicks those endorphins!

Do something that the reclusive rebel and the dormant dreamer in you always wanted to do. COME ALIVE!!

Next, team up! Akanksha and Teach for India have arranged for you to do your ‘come alive’ activities with others less privileged who just like you love to paint, sing, play cricket…

And then on October 2 you’ll discover the joy of coming alive with others, you’ll laugh, talk and play with a diverse group of people. You’ll discover.

 

Here is how it works:

1.    By the 25th of September, choose an activity you are passionate about and sign up for the day by mailing Mansi Shah the attached form on slp@akanksha.org, or call her on 9870220888 or 022 23700253/846 ext.27.

2.    You will receive a confirmation email with the name of your group, your facilitator and details of where and when to assemble by September 28, 2009.

3.    Invite activity “experts” to join your group, inform Mansi about them. For example, if you are passionate about art, dance or theatre, an expert dancer, artist or actor. 

4.    Assemble on October 2nd at the specified location in either Mumbai or Pune. The day’s schedule will be explained to you at this time, and you’ll be divided into groups and assigned a facilitator (either an Akanksha student or staff member, or a Teach for India Fellow or staff member, or both). The morning will start with a reflection on giving, and getting the groups to think creatively about the activities they are going to do.

5.    Leave with your group and go to the site recommended to you. You may need to take a train or bus to reach your site. Stay with your group.

6.    Spend the next few hours doing what excites you. Step out of your comfort zone, and interact with people you don’t usually spend time with. Have fun and make it a meaningful experience for everyone.

7.    End with an hour-long reflection led by your group facilitator.

PS: There are no planned activities...The groups have to get together on 2nd of October and decide what they want to do...We will not be providing any materials, if you need any, you would need to arrange for them. Please spread the word.

 

How are our leaders at SLP coming alive???

“Playing with colors..That what makes me come alive”

– Shirajul

“We want to sing to our hearts content and come alive”

– Naheeda & Sangeeta

“Football...Playing football especially in the rain...that should make me come alive”

- Dheeraj

“Getting lost in my favorite book..I will come alive “

 -Subhangi

 

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive” – Howard Thurman

 

 

 


Aspire. Achieve. Be the Change.

Voltas House C, TB Kadam Marg, Chinchpokli, Mumbai 33 Tel: 23700253
To donate, contact: fundraise@akanksha.org
To volunteer, to teach or pursue a career at Akanksha, contact: hr@akanksha.org
To find out more, contact: admin@akanksha.org

www.akanksha.org


 

 

 

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September 2, 2009

Cyclothon Event in Bangalore, Oct 11


From: Kunal Shah

Dear Mathan,

Please use the attached mailer for your registered users.

You could hyperlink the mailer to : http://bsaherculescyclothon.in.com/preform.php

Thank you.  

 

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August 26, 2009

Training on Chittara Painting in Bangalore, Sept 4-7

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From: Geetha Bhat <cfria.art@gmail.com>
Subject: Training on Chittara Painting



Dear Friends,

Greetings from CFRIA !!!

Center For Revival of Indigenous Art (CFRIA) is a voluntary non-profit organization that is committed towards preserving indigenous art practices in India. Its aim is to revive, preserve and support declining indigenous art practices mostly significantly concerned with the economic regeneration of the artist community.

With this objective, CFRIA is organizing a 4 days training program on Chittara painting. Chittara is an autochthonus art practice of an indigenous community called Deevaru residing at Sagar, Shimoga. Chittara drawings are intricate patterns that represents the auspicious ceremonies and rituals of life symbolized in geometric patterns. It is a socio cultural art practice of women passed on from generation, using eco friendly materials.
Training will be conducted in Bangalore, those who are interested kindly contact us.

For any other information, please visit our website www.cfria.in or write to us at cfria.art@gmail.com. For registration, please call at 9686535353 or  9886064822.

Regards
Priya
Center for Revival of Indigenous Art
452, Ist Floor, IIIrd Cross,
Wilson Garden,
Bangalore, 560027, Karnataka, India,
Phone number: +91 (0) 80 222 35413
M- +91-9686535353, 9886064822
email: cfria.art@gmail.com
web- www.cfria.in
 



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August 25, 2009

Swapathgami Filmmaking Workshop, Oct 3-13, Udaipur

From: Manish Jain <m.jain@rocketmail.com>
Date: Aug 26, 2009
Subject: swapathgami filmmaking workshop

dear friendsHope you all are doing well!

I am writing to let you know that the sixth annual Swapathgami
Filmmaking Workshop will be held from October 3-13 2009, here in
Udaipur, Rajasthan. Our intention is to support community media and
diverse expressions.

As in years past, we will jump into filmmaking and genuine living!  We
will spend our time: making a film with a team, discussing various
kinds of films, participating in learning exchanges, bettering our
interviewing techniques, making a sound story and an image story, and
much more!  A few different independent / swapathgami filmmakers will
be coming to support our learning journey.  If you want to learn more
about the workshop, check out images and happenings of past years’
workshops at www.swaraj.org/shikshantar/walkoutsnetwork.htm

No prior filmmaking experience is necessary, nor are any
qualifications or degrees.  We are looking for dynamic, creative,
sincere people to be a part of this workshop.   We only have room for
25 people this year, so please get in touch as soon as possible, if
you're interested.

We will be serving delicious vegetarian and zero oil food and focusing
on local grains (bring your favorite recipes as well). We are asking
that people cover their own travel to-from Udaipur, and contribute
Rs.800 for food, accommodation and materials. As with all Swapathgami
events, people are invited to give what they can; scholarships are
available to those who need them. And if you can, your additional
contributions help to support other peoples’ participation.  We are
proud to say that the Swapathgami Network does not take any funding,
but rather is financed by its own members.

Please feel free to forward the invitation to others.  Please let me
<manish@swaraj.org> know, as soon as possible, if you are interested
in coming.

Best wishes and love,
Manish, Shammi, Nitin

Manish Jain
Shikshantar: The Peoples' Institute for Rethinking Education and Development
83 Adinath Nagar, Udaipur, Rajasthan, 313004 INDIA
Tel: 91-294-245-1303
Fax: 91-294-245-1925
Web: www.swaraj.org/shikshantar


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August 25, 2009

Workshop: Active Science with Arvind Gupta, Oct 23, Bangalore

From: sutradhar education resouce centre [mailto:sutradhar2007@gmail.com]
Subject: Imagine that-Arvind Gupta's Science Workshop

Imagine that!

Image removed by sender.Active science with Arvind Gupta

October 23

Sutradhar’s workshop for teachers of primary school science

 

Science is simply common sense at its best.

- Thomas Huxley

 

'Casual conversations with schoolchildren reveal that science is regarded as not only difficult but also boring… Science teaching in India is characterised by an almost complete absence of experimentation by children in the classroom. Science is taught in the classroom as a body of finished knowledge, as a discipline that is complete and already has answers to all the questions that are worth asking…'

Amitabha Mukherjee and Vijaya S Varma, Science Reporter

 

This quote from a back issue of the Science Reporter paints a grim picture of science teaching in India. How can we try to make  the subject interesting for young students? Arvind Gupta certainly feels that children learn science best through activities – through simple science ‘models’ which spin, jump, fly, twirl, make sound and do something unexpected. What’s more, interactive science in the primary school classroom requires neither expensive labs nor costly material.  And this is your chance to learn from the master himself.  

 

Image removed by sender.

 

The one-day workshop will explore the possibilities of using low-cost, throwaway materials to make science interesting and fun. Over the course of a day, participants will make 15 different toys including centrifuge, straw spinner, cricket cap and ice-cream spindle. They will learn how to introduce joyful science into the classroom; make children see the extraordinary in ordinary activities; and discover how science too can be as creative as art.  

 

     

Resource person: Arvind Gupta is a toymaker and storyteller, a writer whose wonderful books have been translated into many Indian languages. His tireless efforts to make science accessible to children have led him to work with NCERT, NBT, Hoshangabad Science Teaching Programme, Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics and various other organisations. He has been involved in activity based science teaching for over 30 years.He is also an engineer from IIT Kanpur.  All his books and 4000 photos of toys can be downloaded from his website http://arvindguptatoys.com


 

Venue: ‘Ashirwad’, opp State Bank of India, St. Marks Road,Bangalore.    

                    

On 23 October ’09 Timings: 9.30am – 5.30 pm 

 

Ph: Ashirwad 22210154        

 

For NGOs working with children and education, primary school science teachers and interested parents.

 

Call Sutradhar at 25215191 / 25288545 Tue- Sat for details.

 

Fees: Rs.750 per participant for NGOs and 

Rs. 1000 per participant for schools inclusive of food and material.

 

Accommodation can be arranged for outstation participants at extra cost.

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Sutradhar’s science kits and toys and books will be on sale at the venue.

Do forward this mailer to friends and colleagues.

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Please register by September 30 by payment of cash /cheque in favour of ‘Sutradhar’

Sutradhar, 59/1, 10A Main, 3 Cross, Indiranagar Stg 2, Bangalore 560 038.

Email: sutra@vsnl.com

Web: www.sutradhar.com

 

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August 25, 2009

'Finding Play', Aug 29, Bangalore

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118919281913

Finding Play (with Prayas Abhinav)

Play-space for children has become a matter for concern for parents, educationists and others. With landscaped parks that do not allow anyone to walk on the grass, what other spaces are available for children to design their play?

Finding Play will be a series of walks to identify alternative play-spaces for children. Neighbours who have empty space, equipment or enthusiasm will be asked if they will welcome children from the area to play there. Spaces which are identified will be marked in some ways so children can find and access the space. A map of all such spaces will also be shared.

Date:   Saturday, August 29, 2009
Time:   6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:       Construction Site turned community space, 4th Cross, New Tippasandra Ward No 83,
Street: Opposite BBMP park and Shishu Griha/Govt Playground
City/Town:      Bangalore, India
Phone:  9902591198
Email:  spiritedcaravans@cityspinning.org

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August 17, 2009

Shobdo Kolpo Bhrom - A Movie Festival for Youngsters, Aug 25, Kolkata


From: Subha Das Mollick <mollick.sd@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Aug 16, 2009
Subject: invitation to inauguration


Dear friends,

We are very happy to announce the inauguration of Shobdo Kolpo Bhrom - a movie festival for youngsters, on the 25th of August, at 6pm at Nandan III.  Please find the invitation card attached and please do come and participate in the discussion that will follow the screening. Your presence will make the event a success.

With best wishes,

Subha Das Mollick
(Festival curator)


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