Indian Council for Cultural Relations

Programmes Newsletter

October 1998

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The Council extends its good wishes to the readers of this Newsletter on the auspicious occasions of : Dussehra (1st), Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday (2nd), Diwali (19th), Govardhan Puja (21st) and Bhai Duj (22nd)
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The Council's bilateral cultural interactions during October include : inaugurations of two prestigious exhibitions in India : in New Delhi of the Indo-Austrian exhibition of Contemporary Art ( "The Search Within" at the National Gallery of Modern Art) and in Calcutta of the "Treasures of Indian Art: Germany's Tribute" (at the NGMA); installation of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Catania, Italy; installation of a statue of Rabindranath Tagore in Paris; exchanges of visits by distinguished artists & scholars; cultural presentations in India by visiting artistes from Greece, Cyprus, Turkey and France and by empanelled artistes of the Council in nineteen countries around the globe.
The Horizon platform for young artistes features a Hindustani vocal music recital, a sitar recital and a Bharatanatyam performance during the month at the ICCR's Tagore Hall.

Events in New Delhi

* 21st-31st October : Ajanta Art Gallery, ICCR : Exhibition of paintings by Ms Rachel Lebenas, Argentinian artist

* from 24th October : National Gallery of Modern Art : Exhibition "The Search Within" : Indo-Austrian contemporary art

* 6th October : Kamani Auditorium : Traditional Greek Popular & Contemporary Music by Lakis Halkias and his ensemble

* 7th October : Teen Murti Auditorium : Piano Recital by Martino Tirimo from Cyprus

* 9th October : Tagore Hall : Horizon Series: Hindustani vocal music recital by Meeta Pandit & Sitar recital by Saeed Zafar Khan

* 16th October : Tagore Hall : Horizon Series: Bharatanatyam performance by Priyadarshini Govind

* 28th October : Teen Murti Auditorium : Turkish Classical Art Music : Women's chorus

* 29th October : IIT Auditorium : Les Hurleurs Rock group from France
* 30th October : Tagore Hall : Observance of UN Day

Events in other cities

from 15th October: NGMA, Calcutta : "Treasures of Indian Art : Germany's Tribute"

Greece's Lakis Halkias & his ensemble : in Mumbai (3rd) & Calcutta (8th)

Turkey's Women's Chorus in Chandigarh (27th)

France's "Les Hurleurs" in Mumbai (24th), Calcutta (22nd), Chennai (18th), Goa (27th), Thiruvananthapuram (13th), Bangalore (15th), Pondicherry (20th)

Events Abroad

* Paris, France: 13th District: Installation of a bronze statue of Rabindranath Tagore - commissioned, despatched and donated by ICCR*
* Catalina, Italy: Installation of life-size statue of Mahatma Gandhi, donated by the ICCR; holding of cultural performances*

Astad Deboo : Contemporary dance : USA, Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Cuba*
Ms Vijayalakshmi: Mohiniyattam: Turkey, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, UAE*
Ms Vandana Kaul : Kathak : Turkey, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, UAE*
Ms Mahima Casewa : light classical vocals : Netherlands, Denmark, Germany*
Prof Gora Sarabadhakary : Rabindra Sangeet: France*

Concluding their tours abroad are

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* Odissi : Aruna Mohanty : in Germany
> Ullas Kashalkar : Hindustani vocal music : in the U.S.A.
> Parthasarathy Choudhury : Sarod : in the USA

> Shubhendra Rao : Sitar : in the USA
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ICCR travel assistance is being provided to :

> Sulochna Brahaspati : Hindustani vocal music : to Switzerland and the U.K.

> Shobhana Rao : Light classical : to Germany, Belgium, the U.K.
> Sanjoy Bandopadhyay : Sitar : to Austria, France
> M.N. Narasimachari : Bharatanatyam: to Germany

Distinguished Visitors

The Council's distinguished guests in India include Mr Mac Maharaj, Minister of Transport from South Africa, Mr Vladimir Tolstoy (Leo Tolstoy's grandson) from Russia and Sr. Horacio Anibal Rodriguez, Artist from Argentina.

The ICCR is facilitating the travel of Indian scholars and artists to several countries for lecture tours and interaction with their counterparts during conferences, exhibitions and international festivals. Destinations include :

Sri Lanka: Artists' Camp : Shri D Ebenezer (Chennai)

Sri Lanka: Conference on Literature from C'Wealth countries: Shri Jayanta Mahapatra, Poet (Cuttack)

China: Seminar on Tan Yun-Shan: Shri C V Ranganathan (New Delhi)

Venezuela: Seminar on India: Dr Utpal K Banerjee (J.N.U., New Delhi)

Portugal: Conference on Children's Museums : Ms Hena Bajpai (Lucknow)

Australia: International Conference of International Council of Museums : Ms Rongsenia, Chairperson, Tribal Art & Textile Museum (Dimapur, Nagaland)

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Indian Council for Cultural Relations

Programmes Newsletter

October 1998

The Council extends its good wishes to the readers of this Newsletter on the auspicious occasions of : Dussehra (1st), Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday (2nd), Diwali (19th), Govardhan Puja (21st) and Bhai Duj (22nd)

Events in New Delhi

Events in other cities

Events Abroad

Distinguished Visitors

Don't be something ___ Do something !!