Lecture under the aegis of Centre for Labour Studies by Professor Bino Paul, Centre for Human Resources Management and Labour Relations School of Management & Labour Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, on “Indian Labour Market: a history of hope and despair” will be held on Tuesday 6th September 2022 at 5.30 p.m. in the Durbar Hall of the Society.
Dr. Krishnan Narayanan, India Value Fund Chair Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay, will preside.

The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai
Invites you to a talk on “Identity in Indian Art since Independence”
by Girish Shahane
on Tuesday 13th September at 5 pm in the Durbar Hall

The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai is pleased to invite you to a talk by Girish Shahane titled “Identity in Indian Art since Independence” in the Durbar Hall of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai on Tuesday 13th September at 5 pm.

In the 1950s, 1970s, 1990s and 2010s each witnessed the emergence of different approaches to identity as well as different notions of what art ought to be and the values it ought to embody. Using examples from leading artists of each era, the lecture illustrates the four stages in the development of ideas of identity in Indian Art over the past 75 years.
Girish Shahane is an independent writer and curator based in Mumbai. He has degrees in English Literature from Elphinstone College, University of Bombay and Oxford University which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He was Editor and later consulting editor of Art India magazine. Shahane has been Director of the Skoda Prize for Indian Contemporary Art Chennai, Artistic Director of Art Chennai, and Artistic Director of the Indian Art Fair 2015. He has been a columnist for TimeOut magazine, DNA newspaper, Yahoo India, Mint Lounge and Scroll.in
Please join us for tea at 4.30 pm.

- Meenal Kshirsagar, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson - ASM LitClub
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Officiating Hon. Secretary

The Mumbai Research Centre of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai presents a specially curated bus tour of Udwada and Sanjan, led by Dr. Kurush Dalal.
Sanjan (Medieval Sanskrit Samyāna) emerges as an important medieval entrepôt after the decline and silting of Bharuch and Sopara. Documented as early as the 8th century CE in the Sanjan copper plates of the Rashtrakuta monarch Amoghavarsha, Sanjan (on the Maroli river) was a port that traded with Persia, Arabia, Africa and perhaps even China. Excavations at Sanjan Bunder by Dr. Dalal and team reveal a rich array of pottery and jewellery representing various cultures interacting at the port. The village of Palgam on the opposite bank might also have been a minor ancient port, perhaps the 'Poulipoula' of Ptolemy.
Sanjan and later Udwada also become important in the cultural history of the Parsis. The famous legend of their arrival, wherein they demonstrated to the local ruler that would assimilate into society as sugar does in milk, is set in Sanjan, now marked by a memorial pillar. The visit to Sanjan and Udwada will cover places important in the history of the Parsi community, as narrated in the Qissa-e-Sanjan. Breakfast (packed), lunch and dinner (packed) will be provided, in Parsi style.
Date: 18th September 2022
Time: 5 am to 9 pm
Assembly and pick-up/drop spots will be communicated in the dedicated WhatsApp group.
Registration links:
General public ₹5000 — https://rzp.io/l/SanGen
Members ₹4500 — https://rzp.io/l/SanMem
Please Note: Photographs are best taken with the residents' permission. The double vaccination certificate is mandatory.
 
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