NAVIGATING RIVERS, BRIDGING CULTURES.
The Extraordinary Life of Captain Sir Alexander Burnes (1805- 1841)
Talk by Prof Mariam Dossal
Chair Prof Manjiri Kamat
Thursday, 8 February 2024
5:30 pm (Tea at 5:00 pm)
Durbar Hall, The Asiatic Society of Mumbai.
Captain Alexander Burnes of the 21st Bombay Native Infantry ranks among the foremost of nineteenth century British explorers. His detailed accounts of peoples and places he encountered while on missions in Kutch, in Sindh in the Bombay Presidency or navigating the 1000-mile course of the Indus river, were filled with new insights. Burnes also explored Punjab, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Persia, and opened the eyes of the Western world to ‘exotic’ lands and cultures.
Burnes was a member of the Managing Committee of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society as well as the Geographical Society of Bombay.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary
- Dr. Shehernaz Nalwalla, Chairperson, Mumbai Research Centre
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai
invites you to a talk on the book
“Women in State Politics in India Missing in the Corridors of Power”
by the editors Prof. Pam Rajput and Prof. Usha Thakkar
on Wednesday 30th August 2023 at 5 p.m.
The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai is delighted to invite you to a talk on the recently published book “Women in State Politics in India Missing in the Corridors of Power” by the editors – Prof. Pam Rajput and Prof. Usha Thakkar on Wednesday 30th August at 5 p.m.
This book is one of the first to explore the participation of women in state politics in India and how women navigate the dynamic spaces and hierarchies of the Indian political system. It analyses the gender profile of political parties and legislative bodies in 16 states in India.
Topical, rich in empirical data, the book is an essential read for scholars and researchers of Indian politics, gender studies, political science, sociology, public administration and South Asian studies.
Prof. Pam Rajput is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Punjab University and Founder Director of the Centre for Women’s Studies and Development, Chandigarh.
Prof. Usha Thakkar is President of the Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya, Mumbai. She retired as Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai. Prof. Usha Thakkar is an Honorary Fellow of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai
Please join us for this educative and enriching lecture.
Tea will be served at 4.30 pm.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary
- Meenal Kshirsagar. Vice President of the Society & Chairperson - ASM Lit Club Asiatic Society of Mumbai
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai
invites you to a talk
by celebrated writer Jerry Pinto
on his book “The Education of Yuri”
on Tuesday 11th April at 5 pm
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The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of MUmbai takes pleasure in inviting you to a talk by author Jerry Pinto on his latest publication, “The Education of Yuri” on Tuesday 11th April at 5 pm in the Durbar Hall of the Society.
This is a coming-of-age novel or bildungsroman, a tale that is warm, tender and funny. It is a novel on urban adolescence in India, it depicts the trials and tribulations of a precocious 15 year old growing up in Bombay in the early 1980s. You empathise with him as he experiences the intensity, pleasure and meaning of friendship and compassion and you savour the author’s unerring ear for language and dialogue.
This is a novel about a period in time when books and learning mattered, when poetry was recited and discussed. It is an oeuvre that is deeply rooted in Mumbai’s topography, in its social geography and its cultural history, it will be loved for decades by readers across generations.
Come and listen to Jerry Pinto, an author who writes straight from the heart and offers the reader the pleasure of recognition and nostalgia along with moments of pure hilarity.
Tea will be served at 4.30 pm.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande,Hon. Secretary,Asiatic Society of Mumbai
- Meenal Kshirsagar, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson - ASM Lit Club