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Activities - Past 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 |
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Screening of “The Gospel
of Judas” by NGC |
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Screening of “Unlocking
Da Vinci Code” by NGC |
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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" |
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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" |
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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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Lecture by Ms. Ammu Joseph, well known Author and Social Activist
on "Gender and Media" 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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Function to present a set of Gandhian books to BIC Library and
screening of a film "Freedom in our Lifetime" in July, 200 |
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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 in 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" held on 8th December,
2007 |
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Screening
of film "Footsteps of Nikitin" by Mr. Phalguni Matilal
held 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, held
on 2nd January, 2008 |
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Talk
by Mr. Jon Halliday and Mrs. Jung Chang, Chinese Scholars held
on 7th January, 2008. |
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Screening
of film "Madame Butterfly" held 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 held on 5th February, 2008 |
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A
Solo performance by Mr. Parnab Mukherjee held on 11th February,
2008 |
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Talk
by Prof. P K Michael Tharakan, Shri Ramakrishna Hegde Chair
in Decentralisation and Governance, ISEC, held on 25th February,
2008 |
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Discussions
on Union Budget 2008-09 held 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" held on 14th
March, 2008 |
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Sabras
by Smt. Sonal Mansingh held on 22nd March, 2008 at Chowdaiah
Memorial Hall |
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Talk
by Mr. V Balu on "Land Encroachments in Bangalore UrbanDisrict"
held on 27th March, 2008 |
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Talk
by Mrs. Achala Moulik on 4th April, 2008 held 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?" held on
11th April, 2008 |
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Book
Launch by Ms. Jasleen Dhamija held on 3rd May, 2008 |
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Talk
by Mr. TCA Srinivasa Raghavan, Columnist, Business Standard,
held 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, the 28th 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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Discussion on "World Development Report : Reshaping Economic Geography"on Tuesday 23rd June, from 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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