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2017
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Tamil Heritage Trust & Varahamihira Science Forum - a lecture
by Prof Krishnaswami Alladi, University of Florida, USA - "Alladi
Ramakrishnan's Physics Seminar and Birth of MatScience" on 23rd December
2017, Saturday 4.00 - 5.30pm at Tamil Virtual Academy, Kotturpuram,
Chennai
varahamihiragopu.blogspot.in/...
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Tamil Heritage Trust - "Pechu Kacheri" on Kanchi Mahaamani - A glimpse of Kanchipuram-
glorious history, great kings and artists, a series of talks on
Kanchipuram on 16 - 17 December, 2017 both days between 9 AM - 3 PM IST @
Tamil Virtual Academy, Next to Anna Centenary Library, Kottupurm,
Chennai.
tamilheritage.in
facebook link
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Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) - launch of 'Forum of cities that segregate' on
12 December, 2017.
Municipal solid waste (MSW) continues to be a severe problem in
India due to poor management systems. From collection of wastes to
disposal, cities are struggling to implement an affordable and
sustainable model. On top of this, the amount of waste generated is
increasing every day. Urban India alone generates a gigantic 1.5 lakh
metric tonnes per day of MSW. This amount is increasing every year by 5
percent due to increasing population and consumption.
It is well understood that segregation at source is at the heart of the
waste management solution. Segregation improves collection efficiency
and leads to better efficiency in processing of waste. On 5th June,
2017, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) introduced a
countrywide campaign to segregate waste at source. But ensuring
segregation at source requires infrastructure for segregation and tough
compliance systems. Municipalities will need to put into place systems
that will transport segregated waste and then ensure processing of the
segregated waste. Municipalities will have to come out with bylaws that
support segregation.
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has been working with cities to
promote and implement source-segregation model of waste management. To
advance this work and to create a movement in the country on
source-segregation, CSE is launching the ‘Forum of Cities that
Segregate’ on 12th December, 2017. Under this forum, CSE shall be
working closely with over 25 cities to ensure that these cities adopt
100% source segregation and become the pioneer of waste management in
the country. These cities shall be the focal points for other cities to
learn waste management.
Main objectives of the forum:
Developing a knowledge exchange platform for participating cities on solid waste management (SWM)
Training and capacity building on source-segregation model of SWM
Tracking the progress of cities
Forum cities to become pioneer cities and handhold other cities on technical, economic and social aspects of SWM
Forum shall collate the feedback and inputs from the forum cities and
provide policy-relevant information to the state governments and Centre
on SWM.
Documentation of best practices on forum website
Launch of Forum of cities that segregate
Date: 12th December 2017
Launch Timing: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Venue: Jacaranda Hall, India Habitat Centre (IHC), New Delhi
mail: kvikas@cseindia.org
cseindia.org
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Thiruvannamalai Karthigai Deepam (in Tamil)
www.vikatan.com/news/...
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Release of publication Body Burden: Lifestyle Diseases - the second in the series of books on the State of India’s Health.
India faces a double burden of diseases. We have the diseases of the
poor - everything from malnutrition to cholera. But we also have the
diseases of the rich - cancer and diabetes. These diseases, called
lifestyle diseases or non-communicable diseases now contribute more to
India’s disease burden than communicable diseases and are responsible
for more than 61 per cent of all deaths in India. They are part of the
package of "toxic" development and are connected to our lifestyles. What
we eat? What air we breathe? And what environment we live in?
Body Burden: Lifestyle Diseases captures the latest research and surveys
and provides an understanding on what needs to be done to reverse the
trend.
Date: November 27, 2017
Time: 7 pm
Venue: Juniper, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 10003
Contact: vikas@cseindia.org
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The Crow and Other Mysteries - An Exhibition of Paintings by Darshana Bajaj
Date: 20-26 December, 2017
Inauguration: 19th December, 2017
Venue: Sarala’s Art Centre, 1/12, Ganeshpuram 3rd Street, Chennai 600018
Gallery Timings: 11.00 am - 6.15 pm
For details, contact 9094341945, 044 24338691/24315371
Artist’s Biography:
Darshana
Bajaj completed her MA History of Fine Arts from Stella Maris College
in 1996. Since then she has participated in a number of group and solo
shows in the city. She also has a diploma in drawing and painting from
the C.P. R. Art Centre, 2002, and has been fortunate to be briefly
guided by senior artists like A.V. Ilango and Geetha Ananthakrishnan.
This Chennai-based artist works as a language editor by day.
Artist’s Statement:
Art for me is an ongoing dialogue with life. It is an adventure, a
process that reveals the world to me... My journey as an artist has been
a journey of self-discovery as well as of spiritual and emotional
healing. While some of the paintings I do are a response to what I see
around me, most of them come from a place deep within...they are
paintings from the soul.
In The Crow and Other Mysteries (my 6th solo), I present my latest
series of paintings, called “Under a Crimson Sky”, as well as some
earlier works. In Under a Crimson Sky, I have tried to create a
parallel universe... a place where knowing exists along side of
innocence, where love and divine protection surround us, allowing us
peaceful days and restful nights. A place where children once again find
a playground in nature, and people live in harmony, watched and guided
by the eternal spirit depicted here as the ubiquitous crow. The
experiences of life, the traumas of the past, hold fragments of our soul
prisoner...it’s when we gather all these pieces, and put ourselves
right again, sometimes after a long journey...we may find ourselves, as
it were, under a crimson sky.
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Launch of CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
My Journey through India’s Green Movement by SUNITA NARAIN
Details our ideas and work of the past few decades -- from air pollution to colas and from tigers to climate change.
followed by the author in conversation with Manika Raikwar Ahirwal, Managing Editor, NDTV 24x7
Publishers: Penguin
Tuesday, 21st November, 7:00 PM
Gulmohar, India Habitat Centre New Delhi
Contact: Richard Mahapatra +919811054063
Centre for Science and Environment
41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi-110 062
Tel: +91-11-29956110, 29955124, 29956394, 29956399
cseindia.org
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Workshops at Kalarigram, Pondicherry
Yoga Sadhana Shibir with Swami Taponidhi - Dec 3rd to 10th 2017
Panchakarma Workshop - Dec 13th to 22nd 2017
Contact: 0413-2622091 or +91-8531914100
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27th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam @ Vaikom - an annual music festival conducted as the part of the Jayanthi celebration of Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Nov 18-23, 2017 Vaikom
Venue: Samithy Mandiram, Thekkenada, Vaikom
email: saisangeetholsavamvaikom@gmail.com
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Shri Veda Bharathi in collaboration with Govt.of Telangana and 25 other cultural
organizations held a National Seminar on “Samskritam & Bharateeya
Kalaavaibhavam” with special focus on Sangeetam, Naatakam and Naatyam,
during 10 to 12, November, 2017, at Hyderabad, for creation of awareness
among our youth and students.
shrivedabharathi.in/brochur.pdf
Shri Veda Bharathi
H.No.H Block 34, Madhuranagar, Hyderabad 500 038
Mob: 98494 59316 / Ph: 040-23812577
e-mail: shrivedabharathi@gmail.com
shrivedabharathi.in
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Release of book: Drought, But Why? and a panel discussion with Nila
Madhab Panda, the maker of "I am Kalam" and soon to be released "Kadvi
Hawa", a film on climate change and Eshwer Kale, an expert of water
budgeting model to fight drought and climate change.
November 3, 2017, 3:30 p.m
The book raises and answer the fundamental question: why drought in water rich India?
- a documentary screening on how a village has adopted water budget in
face of climate change in Marathwada and has become prosperous.
Venue: Tagore Hall Auditorium, Gandhi Smriti & Darshan Samiti, Near Rajghat, Delhi- 110092
Richard Mahapatra, Managing Editor, Down to Earth
vikas@cseindia.org
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AQUATERRA ADVENTURES
Leading adventure tour operator, that specialises in Treks & River Rafting in the Indian Himalayas and beyond.
Dec 15-17, 2017
India's First Outdoor Adventure Race - The Himalayan Adventure Challenge
with a 3-type format involving 2-3 disciplines - Bike - Paddle - Trek!
aquaterra.in/...
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Learn the magic of sight through experiential drawing with Priya Jayanand presented by Kalarigram
Priya Jayanand is a fine artist, Founder and Creative Director of
Moonware Creative Expressions. Apart from a fine art degree from one of
the industry’s top universities, she is also recognised by the late
president Dr A P J Abdul Kalam for winning the national award for
designing the UGC logo. An expert with over 10-years she has worked as
brand project leader, art director and a creative head for agencies and
branding studios in India and the United Arab Emirates. She uses various
mediums. Is an avid painter, sculptor, makes her trinket works on wood
and recycled materials. Most of her sculpting inspirations are from
nature and fairytales.
Art of Seeing Workshop on Oct 14th & 15th 2017.
Other Events and Workshops
Oct 20th to 27th 2017: Residential Kids Camp in Pune
Oct 26th 2017: BHU - A Dance Theatre Performance in CRIPA, Auroville
Oct 30th to Nov 5th 2017 - Kalarippayattu Workshop in Delhi
Dec 3rd to 10th 2017 - Yoga Sadhana Shibir with Swami Taponidhi
Dec 13th to 22nd 2017 - Panchakarma Workshop
Feb 5th to 13th 2018 - Tantrotsav 2018
email: kalarigram@gmail.com
facebook.com/...
Kalarigram Team | 0413-2622091
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Tamil Heritage Trust has been conducting annual SITE SEMINARS in
January, PECHU KACHERI in December Music season, Monthly HERITAGE
TALKS for the past 6,7 years. The First Mallai Study Tour MST#01
on 26th August 2017 received very good feedback.
The next Mallai Study Tour series continuing on a monthly basis with
MST#02 was on 23rd Sep 2017 Saturday - a ONE DAY tour by A/C Van starting at
6:00 am from Chennai and coming back by 8:30 pm on same day. INR 1750/= towards Travel cost,
Breakfast, Lunch, Evening Coffee , Water bottles and monument entry
fees - 8 am to 11:30 pm and
3:30 pm to 6:30 pm covering the key
monuments, with relevant historical, architectural,
mythological and epigraphical details.
Sivasankar Babu - 98400 68123
Kishore Mahadevan - 9940025869
Event Managers - Mallai Study Tours, Tamil Heritage Trust
MallaiStudyTours.THT@gmail.com
THT Website
THT Pechchu Kachcheri
THT Site Seminars
THT Facebook Page
THT Twitter
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Head of India's Top Sanskrit Research Center in Conversation with Rajiv Malhotra
youtu.be/9QSUsKZfoQA
infinityfoundation.com/
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Collecting
the Artist (An exhibition of works from the Madhavan Nayar Foundation
Collection) curated by Supriya Menon presented by India Foundation for
the Arts in collaboration with Kerala Museum
Preview: Saturday, August 05, 2017 | 04:00 PM | Kerala Museum
Inauguration by Shri Satyapal, Chairman, Kerala Lalitkala Academy.
A performative walk "Memoir (Revisit)" through the exhibition by artist Murali Cheeroth.
On view from: August 06, 2017 to October 31, 2017
Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 AM to 06:00 PM
Kerala Museum, Pathadipalam, Edappally, Kochi - 682 024
Contact: 0484 2541 768 / +91 81290 51880
Collecting the Artist is an exhibition that traces the untold
story of the Madhavan Nayar collection and pays tribute to his vision.
In 1991, entrepreneur Madhavan Nayar (1914 - 1994) embarked upon an
extraordinary project: to gift an art gallery to the city of Kochi. Over
three years he acquired nearly 230 works by some of the leading artists
of the century. Nayar's Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art opened
to the public in 1993. Through a display of major works from this
collection, the exhibition Collecting the Artist highlights the story of
the art movements that inspired their creators.
The Kerala Museum was established in Kochi by businessman and
philanthropist Madhavan Nayar in 1987. Managed by the Madhavan Nayar
Foundation, it includes the Museum of Kerala History, Gallery of Modern
and Contemporary Art and a Dolls Museum.
keralamuseum.com/
Supriya Menon is a Mumbai based curator and researcher. She has
worked on a range of cultural projects in India since 2014, including
the Bihar Museum, the Dharavi Biennale and Medicine Corner- a British
arts project exploring medicine and healing in India. She has previously
worked in public engagement and research roles at various museums in
England, including the Wellcome Collection, Sainsbury Centre for Visual
Arts, and Victoria & Albert Museum.Supriya Menon received a
fellowship from India Foundation for the Arts, under the Archival and
Museum Fellowship initiative, with support from Tata Trusts.
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Acharyanet
Online Carnatic Music Video Lessons taught by Great Music Gurus
streaming.acharyanet.com/
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Buddha Purnima 2017: How people are celebrating Gautam Buddha’s birthday worldwide
indianexpress.com/photos/...
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Satyabadi Music & Dance Festival
Satyabadi Sangeet Mahavidyalaya
is a not for profit organization and has been promoting academic
interest and exposure in terms of performance of Odissi dance, folk
dance, Odissi Vocal, Hindustani Vocal and Instrumental music through
regular training in class room and stage shows conducted by best
available resource personnels of India. The annual Dance and Music
Festival started in the year 1977 at Sakhigopal. The main objective of
the festival is not mere entertainment but education, which provides
refinement, it aims at the harmonious blending of spiritual aspects with
the glorious traditional culture observing this festival the
institution sets Objectives of analyze and evaluation of stage shows by
eminent interpreters and scholars in respective school and colleges.
The proposed festival is scheduled to go on stage in the month of
May 20th &21st in every year. it would be two days of
projected Classical dance and music performances with
selective groups and eminent personalities, but highlight would be
analysis and interpretation of each performance by scholars of various
discipline. After each performance scholars will analyze and interpret
perspectives of the performance in order to develop serious attitude
among the spectators that ultimately bring home sound appreciation of
these art forms. 100 numbers of students of Satyabadi Sangeet
Mahaviddyalaya will also perform during this festival
facebook.com link
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Thirteenth consecutive year International Dance festival at the
World Heritage Monument, Thanjavur Big Temple for seven days from 24 Feb
- 2 Mar 2017 conducted by The Brahan Natyanjali Foundation
Schedule
brahannatyanjali.in
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WhizJuniors Competition - National Competition that tests tech skills of young students
75 talented tech whiz kids from all over India were felicitated for
winning awards in a fiercely contested gamified competition. The biggest
Online Technology Competition of its kind, ‘WHIZ Juniors 2017’ was a
pan-India contest organized by the Mumbai-based Clone Futura.
The tech competition was held in five levels according to the school
grades (2nd to 12th standard). More than 70000+ students and 600+tech
savvy schools across India participated. The rigorous process of
checking and elimination by the experts over several rounds ensured that
only the best among the lot came out as the winners
Whiz juniors 2017 discovers India’s top 15 tech genius
About Clone Futura Education: Clone Futura offers onsite
customized training and support service in Computer, iPad and
Smartphones to people of all age groups - kids, women, and senior
citizens at their residence or work place. The institute’s objective is
to make every individual digitally literate; this is keeping with PM
Narendra Modi’s dream of Transforming India Digitally. To know more,
please visit
About Whiz Juniors: WhizJuniors is an Online Technology Learning
Platform for Students (std. 2nd to 12th) and Teachers. Also, an Annual
Tech Competition for children to showcase their Tech Skills. A Platform
for students to learn and practice latest technology courses which
enhances innovative and productive screen time. It provides an
opportunity to enhance the entrepreneurial and learning skills of young
minds with fun. They will learn quickly and easily the latest Tech
Courses through Online Videos and solve challenges to get certified. It
provides age appropriate courses developed by experts who understand the
requirements that are upgraded regularly.
For further information please contact
abhishek.sood@bluelotuspr.com: 9920250683
rajitha.nair@bluelotuspr.com : 9967432420
jinal.mehta@bluelotuspr.com : 9870893192
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Padma Awards 2017
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Centre for Science and Environment's Workshop for Children on Comics creation
January 15, 2017, 12.45-1.30 PM
Children's Pavilion, Hall No 18, Stall Number 17
World Book Fair
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
Free and open for children aged 6-16 on a first come-first served basi
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Tamil Heritage Trust an organization run by a few enthusiasts based in
Chennai, organizes monthly talks on issues related to heritage and
culture and also organizes intense heritage workshops.
tamilheritage.in/
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