ASM-MRC Programme on 18th October 2024 - Bombay Booked: Jashn-e-Talat with Sahar Zaman and Dhiraj Singh
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
The Mumbai Research Centre
invites you to Bombay Booked: Jashn-e-Talat
with Sahar Zaman and Dhiraj Singh
Celebrating 100 years of film and singing legend Talat Mahmood by revisiting his iconic life through the recently released award-winning book, “Talat Mahmood The Definitive Biography “. As an exclusive work of research and journalistic rigour, the book touches upon unknown aspects of his professional and personal life in detail, apart from touching upon his well-known films, songs, Ghazals and awards.
On Friday, 18th October 2024, 05:00 PM
Durbar Hall, The Asiatic Society of Mumbai.
About our speakers:
Sahar Zaman:
Sahar Zaman is an award-winning television news journalist, author and cultural curator. She is recognized for her work in television, print and digital, for over 20 years as a newscaster, political news editor and correspondent on prime-time news media across India's top networks. “Talat Mahmood The Definitive Biography” is her debut book to celebrate his centenary year. The book is an extension of her journalistic work that required thorough research, verification and chasing a tight deadline. The book has won two awards -
1. Popular Choice Auther Award by Times of India,
2. Biographer of the Year by Power Brands.
She is Talat Mahmood's grand-niece.
Prof Dhiraj Singh:
Prof. Dhiraj Singh is the Associate Dean & Director, Dadasaheb Phalke International Film School and Department of Media & Communication - at the MIT World Peace University in Pune. With more than 25 years of vast experience in communication, media, journalism, arts and films; he has won awards both as a journalist and author, including -
1. Man of Excellence award by Indian Achiever’s Forum
2. Best Author award by Salis Mania
He was also, formerly the Executive Director of India’s Parliament channel, the Lok Sabha TV. And, he currently writes opinion pieces for the Hindustan Times.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary, Asiatic Society of Mumbai
- Dr. Shehernaz Nalwalla, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson – MRC
Justice K.T. Telang Memorial Lecture on 24th October 2024 by Dr. Pradeep Chakravarthy
The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
takes pleasure in inviting you and your friends to
the 31st Justice K.T. Telang Memorial Lecture
by
Dr. Pradeep Chakravarthy
Author & Historian
on
“Multiple temple traditions in Tamil Nadu"
on
Thursday, 24th October, 2024 at 5.30 p.m.
in the Durbar Hall of the Society.
Mr. Paul Abraham
Founder, Sarmaya Arts Foundation,
will preside.
Please join us for tea at 5.00 p.m.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary
- Meenal Kshirsagar, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson, Endowment Lectures Committee
220th AGM Instruction Notice & Resolutions for AGM on 28th September 2024 at 3.30 p.m. (Saturday)
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
Town Hall, Mumbai 400 001
220th Annual General Meeting
Saturday, 28th September, 2024, at 3.30 p.m.
N O T I C E
1. As per the Resolution No. 15 passed in the 205th AGM (21st August, 2009), the Annual Report of the Society for the year 2023-2024 (containing the Audited Statement of Accounts) and the minutes of the previous AGM of 2023 (219th AGM held on 30th September, 2023) and also the minutes of the Special General Body Meeting held on Saturday, 3rd February 2024) are being sent to the Members by e-mail.
2. The printed copy of the Annual Report (2023-2024) and the minutes of the previous AGM of 2023 (219th AGM held on 30th September, 2023) and also the minutes of the Special General Body Meeting held on Saturday, 3rd February 2024, will also be available at the venue of the AGM on 28th September 2024.
3. Members are requested to intimate to the office in writing, within 30 days after the AGM, their desire to have a hard copy of the draft minutes of the AGM, 2024.
4. According to Rule No.4 of the Rules and Regulations of the Society, the following categories of Members of the Society are entitled to attend the Society’s AGM and vote – Resident, Resident Life, Non-Resident, Non-Resident Life, Patron Life Member, Donor Life Member & the Head of the Member Institute (in case of Institutional Membership).
5. Every member should bring his/her ORIGINAL I-CARD along with him/her at the time of the AGM (NO PHOTOCOPY / DIGITAL COPY / SOFT COPY WILL BE ACCEPTED). No member will be allowed in the meeting without an I-card (IN ORIGINAL).
6. Please note that members’ who are defaulters will not be allowed to attend the AGM.
7. Please pay your subscription before 28th September 2024. (Kindly ignore if payment is already made.)
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary
Place: Town Hall, Mumbai Date: 13th September, 2024
Download
1. Notice of 220th AGM dt 23rd August 2024
2. Notice dated 13th Sept 2024 - Agenda-cum-Resolutions
3. AGM & Special AGM Minutes
4. Annual Report 2023-2024
5. Statement of Accounts and Financial Review
YOUTUBE LINK
ENDOWMENT LECTURES SECTION
- Recording Billimoria Endowment Lecture by Prof Mayank Vahia held on 3rd September 2024
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1brEZ3hM8toTKCc- SqsZMR1acoySLijlg/view?usp= sharing - Twelfth Durga Bhagwat Endowment Lecture by Professor Subhash Walimbe
Retd. Faculty, Deccan College PGRI (Deemed University), Pune on“Peopling of the Indian subcontinent”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uVUar13sngqH6HYYE2qMoBUQpe7nS4Me/view?usp=sharing -
14th B. G. Deshmukh Endowment Lecture by Dr. K.P. Krishnan, IAS (Retd),
Former Secretary, Government of India on "Making Regulation in India work better"
https://youtu.be/Ix9tU5TtFa0 - Fourth Dr Meera Kosambi Endowment Lecture held on 12th March 2024
by Dipankar Gupta on “The Urban Shift: From Patriarchy to Masculinity”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/ 1d24c6G5dSaNXSSjblX7xJkvKDjXAJ p1E/view?usp=sharing - Prof. L B Kenny Endowment Lecture held on 21st February 2024 by Brinda Somaya
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EUZLdYSU5hnXfrzPWgcfwm6ph3uPMc17/view?usp=sharing -
30th Smt. Bansari Sheth Memorial Lecture by Mr Justice Rohinton Nariman Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India and former Solicitor General of India
on “The Constitution of India: Checks and Balances” held on Friday, 15th December 2023
https://www.youtube.com/live/JMNW2QCM9ac?si= ncSY4v3lt8XSdiFN - Dr Mani Kamerkar Endowment Lecture by Dr. Ramachandra Guha held on 8th December 2023
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sqoxBRA_6SdVgjNJS1-KcO7swud2x0aN/view?usp=sharing - Lit Club talk held on 30th August 2023 by Dr. Usha Thakkar and Dr. Pam Rajput
https://drive.google.com/file/d/ 1Od8wdaMga2HYlA2d4k5cNKUFhf7ZJ pVJ/view?usp=sharing -
Third Dr Meera Kosambi Endowment Lecture by Arshia Sattar, Ph.D. to be held on 29th March 2023
https://drive.google.com/file/d/ 19suuGtPEDCiz78sGzb9FadrLYnIPY qXF/view?usp=share_link - 13th B G Deshmukh Endowment Lecture by Ambassador Shyam Saran held on 5th April 2023
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GzFryOw8_evH_ yTkxUqjVig7snRrYJRm/view?usp= share_link - Gulestan & Rustom Billimoria Lecture by Prof. Naman Ahuja held on 27th February 2023 :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/ 1JaOmgKBMlWhGPy1nWRuqAALqg6u38 dE9/view?usp=share_link -
Eleventh Professor Dhirendra Narain Endowment Lecture by Dr. Chithra Madhavan, Historian, on “Art and Architecture of the Pallavas - bearing on Society and Culture,”
Dr. Usha R Vijailakshmi, Professor of History, Patkar-Varde College & Vice President, Asiatic Society of Mumbai, presided at the lecture.:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AJBFvv1PqeOQJZ2LWcVOF_ qewXs3-gGW/view?usp=share_link -
ASM LitClub talk by Dr Manil Suri held on 24-01-2023 : : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FDuwkqMIYpeRQVoJOg7rgzVzGhmN8vkk/view?usp=share_link
-
33rd Nabadurga Banerji Endowment Lecture held on 18th January 2023 by Dr. Choodamani Nandagopal, Art Historian, UNESCO Fellow & Tagore National Fellow,on “Imagery of Female Messengers Dutikas/Sakhis in Indian Art, Thought and Literature.” : https://drive.google.com/file/
d/18rDPm4XHpqWBFoMyQ9UAmrEYd7_ jdDvI/view?usp=share_link - Dr. Mani Kamerkar Endowment Lecture by Dr. Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi held on 7th November 2022 : 1. https://youtu.be/8XMmBMNV3VE (part 1) / 2. https://youtu.be/0tP5zhoW544 ( part 2)
- Dr. Meera Kosambi Endowment Lecture : https://youtu.be/MqeLV8MLT8E
-
The 12th B.G. Deshmukh Endowment Lecture (Online) delivered by Professor Bharat Karnad - YouTube held on 2nd March 2022 : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=
ZQZvEZBUsEU -
The 24th Gulestan and Rustom Billimoria Endowment Lecture (Online) by Professor Vasant Shinde on 23rd February 2022 : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=
SuukxGXZmRo - The 27th Bansari Sheth Memorial Lecture by Justice Gautam Patel : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEnWx1GYcAs
- 23rd Gulestan and Rustom Billimoria Endowment Lecture delivered by Dr Jonathan Mark Kenoyer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ugAURDFI5M
- 15th Mani Kamerkar Endowment Lecture : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfQWiREpJiI
- “The Ant who Swallowed the Sun - The Abhangs of the Marathi Women Saints” : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I46Yp-Uu0nI
- Nabadurga Banerjee Endownment Lecture by Dr. Radhika Seshan : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTHBtfDfPQQ
- 9th Durga Bhagwat Endowment Lecture by Dr. Shrikant Bahulkar : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NrTd0c2BlE
- Ninth Professor Dhirendra Narain Endowment Lecture delivered by Professor Dr Phiroze Vasunia : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU_T9Pjn2M0
- 27th Justice K.T. Telang Memorial Lecture (online) by Dr Madhavi Kolhatkar : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=immO1uO9uYk
- 11th B G Desmukh Endowment Lecture by Mr. Harsh Mariwala, Chairman, Marico Industries : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jskIs1YozpE
- The 40th Mahamahopadhyaya Dr. P. V. Kane Memorial Lecture : https://youtu.be/iKhVHPUTYyk
- Dr. Usha Thakkar on the Congress Radio: Voice of Freedom in 1942 : https://youtu.be/c1xNJfAOwWs
- Maharashtra through Maps Session I - Palghar to Sindhudurg with Sudhakar Solomonraj : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReZyHm9wbgU&feature=youtu.be
- Maharashtra through Maps Session II - Khandesh to Western Ghats with Sudhakar Solomonra : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuG-2BliqQY&ab_channel=MumbaiFestival
- Maharashtra through Maps Session III - Marathwada with Sudhakar Solomonraj : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vpcXMU2Xu
- Maharashtra through Maps Session IV - Vidarbha with Sudhakar Solomonraj : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9vc2EEpTqA&ab_channel=MumbaiFestival
- Two Hundred Years of Mumbai na Shamachar: Public Address by Berjis Desai : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ymryQyE9o
- Congress Radio - Voice of Freedom in 1942 : https://youtu.be/c1xNJfAOwWs
- From Bombay to Bokhara: India and Afghanistan in the Age of Empire : https://youtu.be/rzS3k5pn1cI
- 32nd Nabadurga Banerji Lecture held on 15th November 2021 : https://youtu.be/_doJBtEGjDQ
-
The 16th Dr. Mani Kamerkar Endowment Lecture “Early Christian Sailing Circuits in the Western Indian Ocean,’ held on 4th January 2022. : https://drive.google.com/file/
d/ 16E0hyiUBudOJMk16DwD7e8edZEoTX EkE/view - 32nd Nabadurga Banerji Endowment Lecture “Radio, academies, public concerts and the staging of modern Indian classical music: a case for new socio-aesthetic categories,” on 15th November 2021 : https://youtu.be/_doJBtEGjDQ
- 13th Professor L. B. Kenny Endowment Lecture (Online) by Rahul Mehrotra, Architect and Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Harvard University, on ‘Architecture and Planning in a Time of FLUX’
held on 17th January 2022. : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VwBj0hVix0WZ6rz57dRpo8_ Eu2F_Z-aD/view?ts=61eb787a - Professor Jyotindra Jain: The Ferocious Consort ( 10 th Durga Bhagwat Endowment Lecture) : https://youtu.be/Yi8pcrOrnps
Lit Club Lecture : https://youtu.be/_doJBtEGjDQ
- The Ranakpur temple ( Justice K T Telang lecture by Dr. Saryu Doshi) :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/ 1uxJkdErgYz0rpsGbql3q7o5OIVAeg pk8/view?usp=share_link - Recording of Lit Club talk by Sunil Shanbag :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/ 1RWEqEfh6g98g1RsmIAY3am21RB74b 8TU/view?usp=share_link - Lit Club Lecture: The Heritage of the Kakatiyas of Warangal - Dr. Varsha Shirgaonkar
Youtube link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EmhNU-bQnc&feature=youtu.be
Aroon Tikekar Fellowship Award and Guest Lecture
- 5th Dr Aroon Tikekar Memorial Fellowship - Award & Guest Lecture : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml3SK_jbb2E&
MRC Lectures
- Gerald Aungier (1640-1677), President of Surat and the 2nd Governor of Bombay (1669-1677), succeeding George Oxenden : https://drive.google.com/file/
d/ 1dJnCT6gMsYRT7CJmboiaCTvciwg_ rDzB/view?usp=share_link - Shokhiyon mein ghola jaye... A Musical programme on Dev Anand. Concept and presentation Manek Premchand : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14wkd00jjEvdWyADtT7g8szGTtKHbyhUF?usp=sharing
- Bombay Memorabilia (Part I) by Rajan Jayakar : https://youtu.be/RZJKOPJMeNs
- Bombay Memorabilia (Part II) by Rajan Jayakar : https://youtu.be/M7rg9gitkS0
- MRC Public Lecture - The Story of Bombay Through Philately by Pascal Roque Lopes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9rMU07YwDY
- In Search of the Unknown - A Photographic Talk by Bharath Ramarutham : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVDDjXldXwY
- Seeing Time - Public Clocks of Bombay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRyrPVKGlLg
- Orientation - The Geography of Belief : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdQbhFVeDCI
- From Tents Shows to the Lost Cinemas - The Story of Bombay's Early Film Culture by Sharon Irani : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q6-oDStWOw
- Jashn - Literature Panel Discussion : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96OXNTl0Zco
- Jashn- Forgotten Mumbai : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Duexhujh7u0
- Jashn - Ranjit Hoskote - Alkazi in 1950s Bombay : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4oJBk-7-Pk
- Jashn – Masala Trail with Anjali Koli : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6vqH6OXkk4&
- Jashn – Closing Ceremony and Valedictory Address by Gyan Prakash : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3cuY4QvpE
- Jashn - The Story of Mumbai through Puppets : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hba1khK-eY
- Jashn - TRANSLATING THE CITY : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uGTIljCHM0
- Jashn - BOMBAY EK GEET : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8lWv-gFeWQ
- Jashn - HERITAGE, CONSERVATION AND DEMOCRACY : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMEQBWrr5yo
- DASTAAN MUMBAI MEIN THEATRE KE AMAD KA : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1qCDl-QyM8
- Jashn - RIVERS OF BOMBAY : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpZrwDGTWXg
- Jashn - LIVE DEMO OF GRANTH SANJEEVANI : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egJ0phEB3ig
- Jashn - LOOK UP MUMBAI : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSEPqwXvzK4
- Jashn- THE OTHER MUMBAI : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8YHNHbBveM
- Jashn - A GLIMPSE INTO THE ASIATIC SOCIETY : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V2tKWttic0
- Jashn - WATER WALK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jK30Jq9yow
- Jashn - A MARITIME VOYAGE OF MUMBAI : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=278ivj_F1Jk
- Jashn - KEYNOTE ADDRESS : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLrz1tin5kE
- Jashn Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S1ZSsBVZts
- Jashn – Christopher London (Original) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPZdz9D0rrU
- Jashn-e-Dastaan-e-Mumbai Live with Rochelle Potkar : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSnKeQtUhOY
Foundation Day
- 217th Foundation Day Lectures by Jim Masselos and Arvind Ganachari : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S_uYPdoeV4
- Conservation of Old Books in the Asiatic Society of Mumbai : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfZCZn3xyr4
- Rare Books and Microfilming in the Asiatic Society of Mumbai : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvxeftcfEsw
- Binding of Old Books in the Asiatic Society of Mumbai : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3izVaXufSjQ
- Governor of Maharashtra visits Asiatic Society of Mumbai : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJrIADNrT68
- Granth Sanjeevani : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3UxTfBopsA
- Street Fauna and the Ecology of Mumbai : https://youtu.be/jwQ3OXhLyO4
- Naturally Mumbai: A Tribute to Sunderlal Bahuguna : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9d744Kdh3Q&ab_channel=MumbaiFestival
- Caring for Life: the Cipla Story since 1935 : https://youtu.be/LLScHbU5vrM
- Regenerating India's Ecological Civilization and Aranya Sanskriti" by Dr. Vandana Shiva" : https://youtu.be/QeAtggC6ePg
- Farokh Udwadia on "Medicine in Bombay Through the Ages": https://youtu.be/m-U_6X4dVVI