Events in New Delhi

• * Weekdays in May : Ajanta Art Gallery, ICCR : Indian Contemporary Graphics Prints
  
• * 3rd May : Kamani : Ramayana Presentation by Myanmar Ramayana Troupe
  
• * 8th May : Kamani : Cultural Troupe from Bangladesh
  
• ****Retrospectives Series**** : India International Centre :
  • * 12th May : Sulochna Brahaspati (Hindustani vocal)
  • * 13th May : Deepmala Mohan (Folk songs of Uttar Pradesh)
  • * 14th May : Mahima Casewa (Ghazals)
• * 21st May : Tagore Hall : Horizon Series: Sitar & Sarod duet : Aggarwal Sisters
  
  
  

  Events in other cities

  
  
• Bangalore : Horizon Series : Bharatanatyam (7th : Krishna Kumar & 21st : A. Rashmi), Veena Recital (14th : M K Neelakan), Carnatic Vocal (28th : Kasaravalli Sisters)
• Calcutta: Ramayana from Myanmar (29th & 30th April), Cultural troupe from Bangladesh (13th)
• Chandernagar : Cultural troupe from Bangladesh (12th)
• Chandigarh : Horizon Series : Surgam Theatrical group (8th)
• Haldia : Cultural troupe from Bangladesh (11th)
• Hyderabad : Exhibitions: *Essence of Life: Paintings by Anita Plakkot (2nd to 6th)*, *Cartoons : Hindustan Times (10th to 19th)*, *Paintings of exotic birds by Sohel (27th to 31st)*
• Lucknow : Horizon Series : Sarangi Recital (12th)
• Patna : Ramayana from Myanmar (4th)
  
  

  Events Abroad

• Folk from Manipur : Kalavati Devi : to Finland & Estonia
• Mohiniattam group : Kshemavathi Kalamandalam : to Finland & Estonia
• Bharatanatyam : Geeta Chandran : to Ukraine, Romania, Morocco
• Puppet Theatre : Rangputhli : to Poland
  
  

Distinguished Visitors Programme

• While the extreme climatic conditions appear to have deterred eminent foreign scholars from visiting India at this time, the ICCR continues to facilitate the travel abroad of Indian scholars, artists and artisans. In May, these include
  • Prof Kedarnath Mishra (formerly of BHU; to Israel for lecture tour)
  • Dr (Ms) Shail Mayaram (from Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur; to Israel to attend workshop on "Problems relating to processes and modes of training in Narrative Poetry & Visual Arts")
  • Prof Sachidanandan Sahai (of the Department of Ancient Indian and Asian Studies, Magadh University, Bodhgaya; to Thailand for a project on "King Chulalongkorn's visit to India")
  
  *Travelling to Malaysia to participate in an international conference on "Languages, Literatures and Cultures" are Lipi Biswas (from Shantiniketan) & Shonali Nag (from Bangalore). The University of California, SantaCruz, U.S.A. is organising an international seminar on "Aspects of Embodiment in Indian Arts & Cultures" : the participants include Dr Vidya Niwas Misra (Sanskrit scholar from Varanasi), Sandip Ray ( film maker from Calcutta) and Purnima Chaudhury (Thumri exponent).
  
  

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