The Council's bilateral cultural interactions during September included : continuing prestigious exhibitions both in India ( "Treasures of Indian Art : Germany's Tribute" at the National Museum in New Delhi ) and abroad ( "The Search Within" in Austria ); installation of statues of Mahatma Gandhi at selected venues in Germany and Portugal during the President's tour; exchanges of visits by distinguished artists & scholars; organisation of and participation in international seminars; cultural presentations by empanelled artistes of the Council --- including presentations at the Kyongju World Culture Expo in the Republic of Korea, in , the Babylon Festival in Iraq and the Izmir Festival in Turkey.
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Retrospectives Series continued with presentations by Kathak danseuse Aditi Mangaldas and the Bhangra/ giddha troupe of Harvinder Singh Bajwa --- at the Kamani Auditorium on the 16th and 17th respectively
The Horizon platform for young artistes featured a Mohiniyattam recital by Pallavi Krishnan and a Kathak recital by Deepak Maharaj at the ICCR's Tagore Hall on Friday, 11th September.
Events in New Delhi
* till 30th September : National Museum : Exhibition "Treasures of Indian Art" : from the Berlin Museum
* till 4th September : Ajanta Art Gallery, ICCR : Exhibition of sculptures and paintings by CSN Patnaik
* 7th - 10th September : Ajanta Art Gallery, ICCR : Exhibition on photographic art: organised with the India International Photographic Council
* 11th September : Tagore Hall : Horizon Series: Mohiniyattam by Pallavi Krishnan and Kathak by Deepak Maharaj
* 16th September : Kamani Auditorium : Retrospectives Series : Kathak recital by Aditi Mangaldas
* 17th September : Kamani Auditorium : Retrospectives Series : Bhangra & Giddha by troupe of Harvinder Singh Bajwa
Events Abroad
* Salzburg, Austria: Indo-Austrian exhibition of contemporary art : The Search Within continues till 10th September*
* Berlin, Germany: Mahatma Gandhi School Premises: Installation (10th) of bronze bust of Mahatma Gandhi, donated by the ICCR, during the President of India's State Visit*
* Lisbon, Portugal: Restelo area: Installation (12th) of bronze life-size statue of Mahatma Gandhi, donated by the ICCR, during the President of India's State Visit*
The Council's distinguished guests in India included Sr. Horacio Anibal Rodriguez, Artist from Argentina; Mr Prasanna Vithange, film director from Sri Lanka; Mr Nenad Puhoyski, audio-visual expert from Croatia; ten scholars from Nepal and Bangladesh to participate in the IBBY Congress and Dr Abdelhadi Tazi from Moroccco to attend the ICCR-organised seminar on " Islam in India"
The ICCR facilitated 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 included :
Russia: Seminar on Music : Pt. Sunil Mukherjee : Sitar exponent
Europe: Lecture tour: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, V-C, Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University
Czech Republic: Conference on Modern South Asian Studies: Prof Abdul Gafoor Noorani, Mumbai
U.K.: International Symposium on Theatre, Film & TV lighting: Shri Tapas Sen
U.K.: Hindi Kavi Sammelan :
(i) Shri Som Thakur, Agra
(ii) Smt Indu Jain, Delhi
(iii) Shri Hullar Muradabadi, Muradabad
U.S.A.: International Conference on Rabindranath Tagore : Prof Ananda Lal, Calcutta
Indonesia: Art Summit: Shri Rustom Barrucha, Calcutta
France, Spain, the U.K. : Ms Geeti Sen, Art critic
Spur of the Month:
Nothing is really "Work" -- unless you would rather be doing something else
