ASM MRC talk on 16th November 2024 by CMDE Srikant Kesnur
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
The Mumbai Research Centre
invites you to a talk on
"Naval Uprising of February 1946: The Last War of Independence?"
by CMDE Srikant Kesnur
on Saturday, 16th November 2024 at 5.00 p.m.
The Mumbai Research Centre of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai cordially invites you to a talk titled "Naval Uprising of February 1946: The Last War of Independence?" by CMDE Srikant Kesnur.
In this talk, Cmde (Dr) Srikant Kesnur, VSM (Retd) will delve into the sequence and significance of the Naval Uprising (formerly referred to as the Naval Mutiny) of February 1946. He will examine the involvement of Mumbai's citizens, the key figures in the uprising, and how the Indian Navy has commemorated this event over the years, providing a unique 'healing touch.' Additionally, he will address critical questions about preserving the memories and legacy of the uprising and whether it should be regarded as the Last War of Independence.
Saturday, 16th November 2024
Talk begins at 5:00 PM (Tea will be served at 4:30 PM)
Durbar Hall, The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary Asiatic Society of Mumbai
- Dr. Shehernaz Nalwalla, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson – MRC
Holiday Notice: 20th November 2024 - Office and Library will remain closed on account of General Elections to the Legislative Assembly Maharashtra 2024
REF.NO.: ASM/NOTICE/2024-25/477
H O L I D A Y N O T I C E
The Office and the Library of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai will remain closed on Wednesday, 20th November, 2024 on account of General Elections to the Legislative Assembly Maharashtra 2024, which has been declared as a holiday by the Government of Maharashtra.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary
Place : Town Hall, Mumbai
Dated: 7th November, 2024
List of Holidays for 2023-2024 in the Asiatic Society of Mumbai
REF. NO.: ASM/NOTICE-HOLIDAY/2023-24/014
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
LIST OF HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2024
The office and the Library of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai will remain closed for the following holidays:
Note : Besides the above, additional holidays declared by the Government of Maharashtra under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 will be followed by the Society as per practice.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary
Place : Town Hall, Mumbai
Dated: 11th January, 2024
B.G. Deshmukh Endowment Lecture on 11th Dec 2024 by Shri Tilak Devasher
The Asiatic Society of Mumbai takes pleasure in inviting you and your friends to 15th B. G. Deshmukh Endowment Lecture by Shri. Tilak Devasher, Author & Member, National Security Advisory Board Former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat on "Security: Why is it Critical for Good Governance?" on Wednesday 11th December 2024 at 5.30 p.m. in the Durbar Hall of the Society.
Shri. Vappala Balachandran, Author & Columnist Former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, 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
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
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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
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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
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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