Greetings from the Asiatic Society on the occasion of Independence Day
Greetings from the Asiatic Society on the occasion of Independence Day
We wish you a happy 75th Independence Day!
We are pleased to share with you some pages from the Times of India and the Bombay Chronicle from 15 August 1947, marking 75 years of Independence. Flipbook: https://www.flipsnack.com/iambecomedeath_2/pages-of-freedom.html
PDF for download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EcvKk_VJ4JoCFFjrKbT1BuCYDJEzdwUP/view?usp=sharing
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With Regards and Best Wishes for Independence Day, and a bright future for our country.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Officiating Hon. Secretary Asiatic Society of Mumbai
Lecture by Dr. Jehangir Sorabjee on "Bombay @ 75

Lecture by Dr. Tejas Garge on "Discovery of Rock Art in Konkan and its potential as World Heritage"

The Two Hundred and Eighteenth (218th) Annual General Meeting of the Society
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
Town Hall, Shahid Bhagatsingh Road, Mumbai 400 001
Tel: (office) 2266 0956, (Library) 22660062, (Hon. Secretary) 22665560
Fax: 22665139 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
N O T I C E
The Two Hundred and Eighteenth (218th) Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held on Saturday, 27th August, 2022, at 3.30 p.m. in the Durbar Hall of the Society.
Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Officiating Hon. Secretary
Town Hall, Mumbai.
Date: 21st July, 2022
A G E N D A
1. To confirm the minutes of the virtual meeting of the Annual General Body held on Saturday, 22nd January, 2022 (for the period 2020-2021) and the Adjourned Meeting held on Saturday, 12th March, 2022.
2. To elect vote counters and scrutineers for the elections.
3. To elect one office bearer for the post of Hon. Secretary for one year (2022-2023), which has fallen vacant (as per Rule No. 15) (being the residual period of the term 2021-2023)
4. To elect 5 members of the Managing Committee for a period of three years (2022-2025 term) and also to fill 2 posts of the Managing Committee which have fallen vacant (as per Rule No. 15) for a period of one year, 2022-2023 term (being the residual period of the term 2020-2023).
5. To elect a Scrutinizing Committee consisting of seven members for the year 2022-2023.
6. To receive and adopt the Annual Report, the Audited Statement of Accounts of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai for the year 2021-2022 and to note the Action Taken Report.
7. 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 Saturday, 6th August, 2022 by 1.00 p.m.
8. Any other business that may be brought forward with the permission of the Chair.
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YOUTUBE LINK
ENDOWMENT LECTURES SECTION
- 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
- 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
- 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