The Two Hundred and Twentieth (220th) Annual General Body Meeting
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
N O T I C E
The Two Hundred and Twentieth (220th) Annual General Body Meeting of the Society will be held on Saturday, 28th September, 2024, at 3.30 p.m. in the Durbar Hall of the Society.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary
Town Hall, Mumbai, Date: 23rd August, 2024
A G E N D A
1. To confirm the minutes of the previous meeting of the Annual General Body held on Saturday, 30th September, 2023 and the Special General Body Meeting held on Saturday, 3rd February, 2024.
2. To elect vote counters and scrutineers for the elections.
*3. To elect 5 members of the Managing Committee for a period of three years (2024-2027 term).
*4. To elect a Scrutinizing Committee consisting of seven members for the year 2024-2025.
5. To receive and adopt the Annual Report, the Audited Statement of Accounts of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai for the year 2023-2024 and to note the Action Taken Report.
6. To ratify the names of the two Trustees recommended by the Managing Committee.
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, 31st August, 2024 by 1.00 p.m.
8. Any other business that may be brought forward with the permission of the Chair.
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1. NOTICE (220TH) ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING
2. Nomination forms : Scrutinizing Committee | Managing Committee
ASM LitClub book Discussion on 5th September 2024. - TMS
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai
invites you to a discussion on the book: “Tilak: The Empire’s Biggest Enemy”
between the author Vaibhav Purandare and journalist Madhavankutty Pillai
at 5 p.m. on Thursday 5th September 2024 in the Durbar Hall
The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai is pleased to invite you to a discussion between the author Vaibhav Purandare and Madhavankutty Pillai, Deputy Editor, Open Magazine, on his book “Tilak: The Empire’s Biggest Enemy” published in July 2024. The discussion will be held on Thursday 5th September 2024 at 5 p.m. in the Durbar Hall of the Society.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak – the political revolutionary who ignited the spark of Indian nationalism was considered the biggest threat to British hegemony. He was termed ‘the father of Indian unrest’ by The Times, London, and the one-time Secretary of State for India Edward Montagu felt he had ‘the greatest influence of any person’ on the Indian people. Above all, for the British Raj, Tilak was sedition-monger in chief, it prosecuted him thrice and convicted him for his fiery writings in the nationalist daily “Kesari”.
Tilak: The Empire’s Biggest Enemy is an acclaimed biography of the man who raised the slogan ‘freedom is my birthright and I shall have it.’ Hailed as ‘Lokmanya’ or ‘One Revered by the People,’ Tilak transformed India's fight for freedom from polite discourse to a mass uprising. At a time when the British were undermining Indian self-esteem and dismissing Indians as ‘uncivilized heathens,’ Tilak argued powerfully that there was much of enormous value in India’s past, its culture, heritage and civilization, awakening Indians to a sense of their own identity.
Vaibhav Purandare’s biography traces Tilak's journey from his early days in Konkan to his influential role across India, highlighting his battles against the British, imprisonments, and his commitment to Swaraj.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak's story is not just a tale of resistance but a testament to perseverance and conviction.
Vaibhav Purandare is the author of the acclaimed “Shivaji: India’s Great Warrior King,” “Savarkar: The True Story of the Father of Hindutva,” “Hitler and India: The Untold Story of His Hatred for the Country and Its People,” “Sachin Tendulkar: A Definitive Biography,” and “Bal Thackeray & the Rise of the Shiv Sena." He works as a senior journalist and editor.
Please join us for tea at 4.30 pm.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary Asiatic Society of Mumbai
- Meenal Kshirsagar, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson - ASM LitClub
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