ASM LitClub Conversation on 28th November 2023 with Anirban Bhattacharyya (A Collaborative programme with Literature Live!
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai and Literature Live!
invite you to an “In Conversation” on the novel
“The Hills are Burning” by Anirban Bhattacharyya with Jane Borges
Tuesday 28th November at 5 p.m
The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai in collaboration with Literature Live! takes pleasure in inviting you to join us in conversation with the author Anirban Bhattacharyya on his novel “The Hills are Burning” on Tuesday 28th November 2023 at 5 p.m. He will be in conversation with Jane Borges, Editor and Author.
The book is a semi-memoir. It is the true bittersweet, coming-of-age story about three friends growing up in a boarding school in Kalimpong, Darjeeling, West Bengal, set against the genesis and the subsequent violence of the Gorkhaland revolution of 1986-88.
This is an authentic representation about what transpired at that time, including the human rights violations and how the hills lost their innocence forever. It shows the effect of conflict on ordinary people, as seen through the eyes of the three children who are forced to grow up beyond their years as they are confronted by death and violence. It has been described as 'The Wonder Years meets The Killing Fields.'
The book debuted on Amazon International at No.1 for Indian writing in the USA, Australia and India. The first edition was sold out in three months' time and the second edition is now in stands.
Anirban Bhattacharyya wears many hats - he is a best-selling author, television content producer, stand up comedian and an actor. He likes writing across multiple genres. Anirban grew up in a boarding school at Kalimpong, and went on to do his Bachelor’s degree in English Literature at St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. Later a Master’s degree in Film, Television and Mass Communication from MCRC Jamia, New Delhi.
Jane Borges is a senior journalist and author. She has co-authored the non-fiction Mafia Queens of Mumbai and Bombay Balchao. In 2022 she won the Redlnk Journalism Award.
We look forward to your participation in this discussion.
Tea will be served at 4.30 p.m.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary Asiatic Society of Mumbai
- Meenal Kshirsagar, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson - ASM LitClub
Tikekar Memorial Lecture by Dr. Ajit Ranade on 1st December 2023
We invite you to the lecture on Friday, December 1, 2023 when the well-known economist and present vice-chancellor of the Gokhale Institute of Politics & Economics, Dr Ajit Ranade, will be speaking at The Asiatic Society of Mumbai.
Dr Ranade will deliver the next edition of the Tikekar Memorial Lecture, held by the Dr Aroon Tikekar Centre for Advanced Studies, on the future of Mumbai's economy and related issues. The subject title of his lecture is "Who Moved Mumbai's Economy? Its dynamic evolution and prospects."
Prof. Abhay Pethe, advisor to the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics will be responding to the lecture. The programme will be held in the Durbar Hall of the Society, starting at 5 PM with tea served at 4:30 PM.
The Tikekar Memorial Lecture series is a thought-provoking and idea-generating series of lectures from experts and analysts covering multiple aspects of Mumbai and its metropolitan region. The first lecture in this series was delivered by architect-activist P K Das with architect-planner Ravindra Punde as a discussant and was focused on the need for climate-responsive planning in the city and larger metropolitan region.
18th Dr Mani Kamerkar Endowment Lecture
The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
takes pleasure in inviting you and your friends to the
18th Dr Mani Kamerkar Endowment Lecture
by Dr. Ramachandra Guha, Historian & Author on “Rebels against the Raj: Western Fighters for India’s Freedom” on Friday 8th December 2023, at 5.30 p.m.
Dr. Dinyar Patel, Assistant Professor, History
S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), 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
NOTICE FOR POSTPONEMENT OF 219th AGM
NOTICE FOR POSTPONEMENT OF 219th AGM
Members may please note that the Two Hundred and Nineteenth (219th) Annual General Meeting of the Society, scheduled to be held on Saturday, 26th August, 2023 at 3.30 p.m. in the Durbar Hall of the Society (as per our Notice dated 25th July 2023) has been postponed to Saturday, 30th September, 2023, at 3.30 p.m. in order to give members sufficient time to peruse the Annual Report and the Audited Statement of Accounts for the year 2022-2023.”
Further, as the entire Agenda of the AGM is postponed to 30th September 2023, Items 2, 3 and 4 pertaining to the Elections will also be taken up at this postponed Annual General Meeting scheduled on 30th September 2023.”
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary
Town Hall, Mumbai. Date: 24th August, 2023
AGM Notice - 219th AGM of the Society on Saturday, 26th August, 2023 at 3.30 p.m.
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
Town Hall, Shahid Bhagatsingh Road, Mumbai 400 001
Tel: (office) 2266 0956, (Library) 22660062, (Hon. Secretary) 22665560
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: https://asiaticsociety.org.in
N O T I C E
The Two Hundred and Nineteenth (219th) Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held on Saturday, 26th August, 2023 at 3.30 p.m. in the Durbar Hall of the Society.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary
Town Hall, Mumbai. Date: 25th July, 2023
A G E N D A
1. To confirm the minutes of the Annual General Body Meeting held on Saturday, 27th August, 2022 and the Adjourned Meeting held on Saturday, 24th September, 2022.
2. To elect vote counters and scrutineers for the elections.
*3. (i) To elect the office bearers for two years (2023-2025) – President, 4 Vice-Presidents, and Hon. Secretary.
(ii) To elect 5 members of the Managing Committee for three years (2023-2026).
(iii) Also to fill three posts of the Managing Committee which have fallen vacant (as per Rule No.16) for a period of one year 2023-24 (being the residual period of the term 2021-2024).
(iv) And to fill two posts of the Managing Committee which have fallen vacant (as per Rule No.16), for a period of two years 2023-25 (being the residual period of the term 2022-2025)
(v) As well as one post of the Managing Committee which has fallen vacant (as per Rule No.15), for a period of two years 2023-25 (being the residual period of the term 2022-2025)
*4. To elect a Scrutinizing Committee consisting of seven members for the year 2023-2024.
5. To receive and adopt the Annual Report, the Audited Statement of Accounts of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai for the year 2022-2023 and to note the Action Taken Report.
6. To appoint the Statutory Auditors for two years 2023-24 and 2024-25
7. To ratify the names of the two Trustees recommended by the Managing Committee.
8. To consider the resolutions. Members’ resolutions should be proposed and seconded by at least one member each before they are handed over to the Society's office, the last date for which will be Friday, 4th August, 2023 by 5.00 p.m.
9. Any other business that may be brought forward with the permission of the Chair.
DOWNLOAD :
1. NOTICE (219th) Annual General Meeting
YOUTUBE LINK
ENDOWMENT LECTURES SECTION
- 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