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Activities |
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The Centre presents a range of possibilities for
Members: Music concerts, Seminars, Sessions, Round table discussions,
Cocktail parties, Book launches, Creative workshops, Film screenings,
Training Programmes, Media events, Exhibitions, Intellectual
discussions on topics related to national interest etc. |
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Panel Discussion on "Paid News" - Who will Watch the Watchdog? on Thursday, 2nd September, 2010 at 6.30 pm |
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Talk on "Adoor Goplakrishnan - A Life in Cinema" by Gautaman Bhaskaran on Sunday, 12th September, 2010 at 5.30 PM |
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Recent Completed
Activities :
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Discussions on Union Budget |
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Discussions on “Disaster Management” |
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Lecture-cum-Demonstration on various
dance forms of India – their differences and
similarities – by Mrs. Prathibha Prahlad,
famous dancer of India. |
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Screening of “The Most Amazing
Moments” by NGC ( National Geographic Channel
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Screening of “The Gospel of
Judas” by NGC ( National Geographic Channel
) |
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Screening of “Unlocking Da Vinci
Code” by NGC ( National Geographic Channel
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Interactive session on China's approach
to Economic Reforms and its unfinished Economic
Reforms Agenda |
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Interactive session on “Democracy
and Pluralism in India” by Dr. Ramachandra
Guha. |
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Discussion on “Oil Price Rise
and its impact on the Poor” |
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Interaction with Shri Mani Shankar
Aiyar, Union Minister for Panchayati Raj, Youth
Affairs & Sports |
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Screening of film "Bin Laden's Spy
in America" by NGC |
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Interactive Discussion on "Cost
Effectiveness of Delivering Public Services" |
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Release of book entitled "Astral
Alibi" |
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Interactive session on "Urban
Water Services-The need for Reform" on 05 October
2006 |
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Interactive Discussion on "Armed
Forces of India in 21st Century" led by Air
Mshl PK Dey |
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Talk on "Relevance of Cord and
Cord Blood Stemcell Banking" by Mr Ambar A
Rao |
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Celebration of First Anniversary of
Bangalore International Centre |
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Screening of a National Geographic
film viz., " INSIDE : ROLLING STONES IN RIO" |
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Lecture on "ENHANCING INDIA'S
CONSTRUCTIVE INFLUENCE IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA"
by Prof. James Manor (UK) |
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Lecture on "IN DEFENCE OF PUBLIC
SECTOR AND CIVIL SERVICE" by Prof. David Sims,
of UK in February, 2007 |
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An Interactive Discussion on "Urban
Governance and Bangalore" by Dr A Ravindra,
Former Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka
in February, 2007 |
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Screening of Czechoslovakian Film
"OSTRE SLEDOVANE VLAKY" (Closely Watched
Trains) in March, 2007 |
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Discussions on the "Union Budget-2007
and Karnataka Budget-2007" in March, 2007 |
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Screening of documentary film "The
Corporation" a film by Mark Achbar, Jennifer
Abbott & Joel Bakan in March, 2007 |
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Screening of French film " Une
Part du Ciel (A Piece of Sky) " in April, 2007 |
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Lecture by Mr. Aditya Sondhi a brilliant
and young Lawyer on "Reservations for OBCs
in higher education - Constitutional Issues and
perspectives" in April, 2007 |
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Screening of NGC Film "Munich
Olympic Massacre" in May, 2007 |
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Talk on "CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL
WARMING" by Dr. R K Pachauri, in May, 2007 |
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Screening of film "Fun@Sun :
Making of a Global Workplace" in June, 2007 |
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Screening of film "An Inconvenient
Truth : A Global Warning" in June, 2007 |
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Talk on "Indo-US Civil Nuclear
Co-operation Agreement" in June, 2007 |
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"German Classical Music Evening"
in June, 2007 |
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Celebration of "Kannada Journalism
Day" in July, 2007 |
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A Function to present a set of Gandhian
books to BIC Library and screening of a film "Freedom
in our Lifetime" in July, 2007 |
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Screening of film "The Curse of Talakadu"
in July, 2007 |
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Screening of Japanese Film "The
Sea is Watching" in July, 2007 |
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Screening of Iranian Film "At
Five in the Afternoon" in July, 2007 |
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Screening of two films - "Road
to America" (documentary) and "Chances
Are" (Fiction) in August, 2007 |
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A Programme - Meet the Author - Shrabani
Basu - The Author of the book "Spy Princess"
in August, 2007 |
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Independence Day Celebrations in August,
2007 |
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A programme on M S Subbalakshmi in
August, 2007 |
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Talk by Shri N Gopalaswami, Chief
Election Commissioner on "Conducting Elections
- Experiences in the UP and recent Elections"
in August, 2007 |
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Screening of films "Dry Days"
and "Michael Jackson comes to Manikganj"
made by Mrs. Nupur Basu, in August, 2007 |
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Talk by Ms. Kalpana Sharma, noted
Journalist on "Media and Terrorism" in
September, 2007 |
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Talk by Mr. Darryl D'Monte, Noted
Journalist on "Mumbai's Megacity Mess"
in September, 2007 |
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Lecture Demonstration by Dr. T S Sathyavathi
on "The niceties and nuances of Karnataka Classical
Music" in September, 2007 |
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Interactive Session by Prof. James
Mayall and Prof. Philip Towle on "World Order:
Problems and Prospects for the 21st Century"
in September, 2007 |
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Interactive Session by Mr. Champak
Chatterjee, Secretary, Dept. of School Education
and Literacy, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India on
"New Perspectives on Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan"
in October, 2007 |
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Talk by Mr. Arun Pai On "History
and Heritage of Bangalore" in October, 2007 |
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A presentation by Mr. Ravi Kumar Kashi
on "Generation of Meaning in Visual Art - Various
Approaches" in Octobr, 2007 |
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A Dance Performance by Mrs. Prathibha
Prahlad, the well-known dancer on "Classical
Dance Performance" in October, 2007 |
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A Nostalgic Musical Evening by Dr.
Sohail Hasan, who was presented old Hindi Film Songs
in October, 2007 |
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Celebration of Kannada Rajyotsava
on 2nd November, 2007 with an interactive session
on "KANNADA RAJYOTHSAVA - A FEW THOUGHTS"
led by Dr. Vinod Vyasulu |
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Presentation by Mr. Amitab Sengupta,
Artist from Kolkata, in November, 2007. |
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Second Anniversary Programmes of BIC
from 20th November to 21st November, 2007 |
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Talk by Mr. K B Jinan, well-known
Designer on "Initiating Collaboration between
the Community and the Artisans" on 8th December,
2007 |
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Screening of film "Footsteps
of Nikitin" by Mr. Phalguni Matilal on 28th
December, 2007. |
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Screening of a documentary Film "Pane
Amaro (Bitter Bread)" made by Mr. Gianfranco
Norelli, Journalist/Film
Director, USA, on 2nd January, 2008 |
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Talk by Mr. Jon Halliday and Mrs.
Jung Chang, Chinese Scholars on 7th January, 2008. |
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Screening of film
"Madame Butterfly" on 18th January,
2008. |
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Talk by Dr. Marti G Subrahmanyam
and Prof. Marc Luychx Ghisi on Thursday, the
24th January, 2008. |
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Talk by Mr. Reinhard Hans Butikofer
on 5th February, 2008 |
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A Solo performance by Mr. Parnab
Mukherjee on 11th February, 2008 |
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Talk by Prof. P K Michael Tharakan,
Shri Ramakrishna Hegde Chair in Decentralisation
and Governance, ISEC, on Monday, 25th February,
2008 |
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Discussions on Union Budget
2008-09 on 7th March, 2008 |
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Talk by Prof. Madav Badami on
"Urban Transport in India: Beyond the
Nano and Metro... and back to the Basics"
on 14th March, 2008 |
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Sabras by Smt. Sonal Mansingh
on 22nd March, 2008 at Chowdaiah Memorial
Hall |
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Talk by Mr. V Balu on "Land
Encroachments in Bangalore UrbanDisrict"
on 27th March, 2008 |
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Talk by Mrs. Achala Moulik on
4th April, 2008 on "Pushkin, the father
of modern Russian Literature. |
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Launch of Prof. Kishore Mahbubani's
new book viz., 'THE NEW ASIAN HEMISPHERE :
THE IRRESISTABLE SHIFT OF GLOBAL POWER TO
THE EAST" held on 8th April, 2008 |
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Discussions on "Should
the HAL Airport be kept Open?" on 11th
April, 2008 |
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Book Launch by Ms. Jasleem Dhamija
on 3rd May, 2008 |
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Talk by Mr. TCA Srinivasa Raghavan,
Columnist, Business Standard, on "The
Sixth Pay Commission : Incentivising the Civil
Service" on 7th May, 2008 |
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Talk by Prof. M D Usha Devi,
ISEC on "Marginalised Children in Primary
Education - Current Challenges for Schools
and Teachers" on Wednesday, the 21st
May, 2008 |
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Screening of film "The
Advocate" directed by Ms. Deepa Dhanraj
on 20th June, 2008 at 6 PM |
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Talk by Dr. Annapurna Garimella
on "Urbanization in Tourism's Own Landscape"
on Saturday, the28th June, 2008 An Airtel-Manthan
Arts & Culture Series Programme |
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Talk by Ms. Urmila Devi on "Reminiscences
of Mysore Palace" on Saturday, the 5th
July, 2008. An Airtel-Manthan Arts & Culture
Series Programme |
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Talk by Mr. Arvind Panagariya
on his recent book "INDIA : THE EMERGING
GIANT" on Wednesday, the 9th July, 2008
at 6.30 PM |
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Talk by Dr. Lata Mani on "BANGALORE
JOURNEY: LOCAL AND TRANSLOCAL REFLECTIONS
ON GLOBALISATION" on Thursday, the 24th
July, 2008 at 6 PM |
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Illustrated talk by Mr. Balan
Nambiar, on 'BHUTA MASK - MYTH, SPIRIT, RITUAL"
on Saturday, the 2nd August, 2008 at 6.30
PM. An Airtl-Manthan Arts and Culture Series
Programme. |
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Talk by Dr. Griffin M Thompson,
on "RELIABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY OF
ENERGY SERVICES REQUIRED FOR A DEVELOPING
ECONOMY VIS-A-VIS THE RISKS ANDIMPACTS OF
OVER-DEPENDENCE ON OIL, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
AND OTHERENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES" on
Tuesday, the 5th August, 2008 |
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Illustrated Talk on "THE
INTERREGNUM IN MYSORE'S HISTORY - HAIDAR ALI
AND TIPU SULTAN" by Mr. Vikram Sampath
on Saturday, the 13th September, 2008 at 6
P.M. An Airtel Manthan Arts and Culture Series
Programme. |
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Screening of classic Shakespeare
film "The Merchant of Venice" on
Friday the 29th August, 2008 at 6 p.m. |
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Talk on "Nano Technology
: Hype or Hope"? by Prof. Mohan Sundara
Rajan, an Eminent Science Communicator and
Author on Tuesday, 23rd Sept. 2008 at 6.30
pm. |
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Talk on "An Aesthetics
of Erasures" by Sadanand Menon on 31st
October, 2008 |
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Progrmme by Mr. Sikkil Gurucharan
(Intoxicated Eyes) at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall
in the evening on 11th October, 2008.
An Airtel-Manthan Arts & Culture Series
Programme |
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Appreciation of Hindustani Classical
Music" by Mr. Ravindra Katoti on Friday,
the 7th November, 6 PM. An Airtel Manthan
Arts and Culture Series Programme. |
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Talk by Roger Martin on 12th
November, 2008 |
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Talk by Gen Sood on "Leadership
in the Indian Army : The Legacy of Field Marshal
Sam Manekshaw" on 15th November, 2008 |
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Anniversary functions of Bangalore
International Centre on 22nd November, 2008 |
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Launch of "Imagining India
Discussion Series" on 12th December,
2008 - Lead Speaker Mr. Nandan Nilekani |
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Interactive Discussion on "Wikipedia
and free culture by Jimmy Wales, founder of
Wikipedia on 13th December, 2008 at 6 pm |
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"The Hard Rain slideshow"
by Mark Edwards on Saturday, 20th December,
2008. |
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"Howzaat & Vivarta"
by Sampradaya Dance Creations at Chowdaiah
Memorial Hall in the evening on 27th December,
2008. - An Airtel-Manthan Arts & Culture
Series Programme |
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Talk on "Foreign Aid -
Blessing or Curse?" by Prof. K P Chandrashekar,
TERI, on Friday, 9th January, 2009 at 6 pm |
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Launch of Book "Dialogues
of Civilization - William Jones and the Orientalists"
written by Mohanddas Moses and his wife Mrs.
Achala Moulik on 24th January, 2009. Mr. Nandan
Nilekani, Co-Chairman, Infosys Technologies
Ltd., will release the book. |
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Screening of film "No Country
for young girls" by Nupur Basu on Saturday,
31st January, 2009 at 6 pm |
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The Annual Interactive Session
on Union Budget 2009-10. "Recession and
the Interim Budget - Prognosis" on 2nd
March, 2009. |
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"Stree Katha" by Mythili
Prakash at Chowdaiah hall on 14th March, 2009
- An Airtel-Manthan Arts & Culture Series
programme |
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"The Prophet and the Poet"
Play on 25th March, 2009 at Alliance Francaise. |
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Talk on "Governance, Security
and Development" by Mr. K Sreedhar Rao,
on 17th April, 2009 at 6 pm |
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Lecture demonstration on "Appreciation
of Kathak Dance" by Hari and Chethna
on 24th April, 2009 at 6.30 pm. |
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Screening of South African film
" Cry, The Beloved Country" on 9th
May, 2009 |
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Screening of South African film "Sarafina" on Friday, 29th May, 2009 at 6 pm |
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Screening of film "Four Minutes" on 4th June, 2009 |
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Seminar on "World Development Report" on Tuesday 23rd June, 2009 : 10AM to 1PM |
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Talk by Mr. Jeb Brugmann on his latest book "Urban Revolution" on 25th June, 2009 at 6pm |
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Screening of Shakespeare film "Taming of the Shrew" on 26th June, 2009 |
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Appreciation of Hindustani Classical Music by Mowna Ramachandra : "The Monsoon Ragas" on 4th July, 2009 at 6 pm |
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Talk by Dr. Dayalan Davanesen on " MULTI MILLION DOLLAR ART FROM THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL DREAMTIME" Wednesday 15th July, 2009 at 6 pm |
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Discussions on Union Budget on Friday 17th July, 2009 at 6pm |
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Screening of a German film "A Friend of Mine" on Friday, 24th July, 2009 at 6 pm |
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"Krishnaabhuvam" - Experiencing Krishna by Susheela Mehta on Saturday, 8th August, 2009 at 6.30 pm |
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Launch of Book "Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom" by Rajni Bakshi on Saturday, 22nd August, 2009 at 6.30 pm |
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Screening of a documentary film on Vaclav Havel, the past President of the Czech Republic in August, 2009. |
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Screening of a film "The Other Song" on Saturday, 29th August, 2009 at 6 pm |
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Illustrated talk on "Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose" - The Patiot-Scientist and the Bengal Renaissance on Friday, 4th September, 2009 at 6 pm |
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Screening of film "Koi Sunta Hai" on Saturday, 12th September, 2009 at 6.30 pm |
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Screening of an Opera film based on Shakespeare's Play "Otello" on Friday, 18th September, 2009 at 6 p.m. |
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Re-Search for Gandhi in Germany - Past and Present" by Dr. Christian Bartolf on Monday, 5th October, 2009 at 6 pm |
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Illustrated talk on "Anger Management" by Dr. Rathna Isaac, Consultant Clinical Psychologist on Friday, 9th October, 2009 at 6 pm |
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Book Launch of "Making India Work" by William Nanda Bissell on Wednesday 21st October, 2009 at 6.30 pm. |
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Illustrated talk on "Choreography of Dance" by Smt. Usha Venkateswaran and Prof. Ashish Mohan Khokar on Saturday, 24th October, 2009. |
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An Evening in memory of Leela Naidu the famous yesteryear actress. "Lila" A documentary film by Bidisha Roy Das and Priyanjana Dutta on Friday, 30th October, 2009 at 6.00 pm |
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Memorial Meeting in Memory of "C B Muthamma - India's first woman career diplomat" on Monday, 16th November, 2009 at 6.30 pm |
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Fourth Anniversary Celebrations of Bangalore International Centre on Saturday, 21st November, 2009 at 5.30 pm |
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Data driven debate on "GM crops in India - Hero or Villain? You decide!" on Friday, 4th December 2009 at 6 pm |
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Illustrated talk on "No Retakes - the magic and the pitfalls of a stage production" by Arundhati Raja on Saturday, 5th December, 2009 at 6.30 pm |
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TALK BY GURUCHARAN DAS ON HIS BOOK "DIFFICULTY OF BEING GOOD" on Wednesday, 13 January, 2010 at 6PM |
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TALK BY PROF. SHREESH CHAUDHARY ON “ FOREIGN WORDS IN INDIAN LANGUAGES" ON FRIDAY, 15TH JANUARY, 2010 AT 6 PM |
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Screening of film “BISHAR BLUES” by AMITHAB CHAKRABORTY on Saturday, 23rd Jan 2010 at 6.30PM |
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Panel discussion on "INDIA'S CHANGING POLITICAL LANDSCAPE" on Friday, 29th January, 2010 at 5.30 pm |
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Talk on "After Copenhagen : a People-Friendly Climate Agenda for India and the World" by Mr Praful Bidwai, An Independent Columnist, Environmentalist and Writer-Researcher on Friday, 19th February, 2010 at 6.30 pm |
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Talk on "Management of Anxiety" by Dr. Sanjeev Jain, Professor of Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bangalore on Saturday, 27th February, 2010 at 6.30 pm |
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Illustrated Talk on "The Mind of a Woman : Potrayal in Bollywood" by Dr. Dinesh Bhugra on Friday, 5th March, 2010 on the occasion of International Women's Day |
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Presentation on "Creativity in the Arts" by Padmini Ravi on Saturday, 6th March, 2010 at 6.30 pm |
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Annual Interactive Session on Union Budget 2010-11 on 8th March, 2010 at 5.30 pm |
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"Trimukhi" music programme on Saturday, 20th March, 2010 at 6.30 pm |
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Illustrated Talk in celebration of World Heritage Day on "Heritage Imagineering" on Saturday, 10th April, 2010 at 6.30 pm |
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Talk on "Reflections on Leadership : An Antarctic Case Study" by Mr. Vijay Crishna on Monday, 26th April, 2010 at 6.30 pm. |
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Karnataka : Vibrant and Diverse Series - Illustrated Talk on "Mysore as a seat of classical Music" by Vikram Sampath on Saturday, 8th May, 2010 at 6.30 pm |
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Screening of a film "Tanvir ka Safarnama" by Mr. Ranjan Kamath on Friday, 14th May, 2010 at 6.30 pm |
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"CANVAS ASKEW" Series programme - Panel Discussion on "The Pursuit of Happiness" on Friday, 21st May, 2010 at 6.30 pm |
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Screening of film "Omar Mukhtar : Lion of the Desert" on Friday, 28th May, 2010 at 6.00 pm |
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Talk on "Pakistan's Fifth Estate : The ISI Directorate and the Madhuri Gupta Case" by Dr. Bidanda Chengappa on Friday, 4th June, 2010 at 6.30 pm |
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Talk on "Power Scenario in Karnataka" by Mr. K Jairaj, Addl. Chief Secretary, Energy Department, Govt. of Karnataka, on Friday, 11th June, 2010 at 6.00 pm |
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Talk on "The New Himalayas and the Global Raja-Mandala" by Mr. Nitin Pai, on Wednesday, 16th June, 2010 at 6.00 pm |
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Slide show of selected photographs with a live commentary on "Kailash and Manas - Visions of the Infinite" by Shri Debv Mukharji on Friday, 18th June, 2010 at 6.30 pm |
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Screening of film "The Nine Months" on Friday, 25th June, 2010 at 6.30 pm |
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Book Discussion on "Missing : Half the Story - Journalism as if Gender Matters" on Saturday, 3rd July, 2010 at 6.30 pm |
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Screening of epic musical film "Fiddler on the Roof" on Saturday, 10th July, 2010 at 5.00 pm |
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Screening of a documentary film "The Speaking Hand : Zakir Hussain and the Art of the Indian Drumming" on Sunday, 18th July, 2010 at 6.00 pm |
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Book Launch and Poetry Reading - "Interior Decoration" on Friday, 23rd July, 2010 at 6.30 pm |
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Screening of historical film "khartoum" on friday, 6th August, 2010 at 6.00 pm |
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Second event of the Canvas Askew Series - Talk on "Healthy Aging - No More an Oxymoron" by Dr. Srikala Bharath on Friday, 13th August, 2010 at 6.30 pm |
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Screening of Mexican film "La Perla" on Friday, 27th August, 2010 at 6.30 pm |
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