Environment

Talk on “Where have all the Tigers gone” by Dr. K. Ullas Karanth- Senior Conservation Scientist, Wildlife Conservation Society, Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore. Moderated by: Mr. Chiranjeev Singh.

Fri, 4 Mar 20115:30 am

Book Launch of the book “Looking for America” by Mr. Avirook Sen.

Thu, 24 Feb 20115:30 am

Film

Screening of the film “The Die is Caste” by Mr. Ranjan Kamath.

Fri, 18 Feb 20115:30 am

Book Launch of “Fabindia- fabric of our lives” by Ms. Radhika Singh. Book Launched by: Shri. Girish Karnad

Fri, 11 Feb 20115:30 am

Health & Wellness

Talk on “Restoring ‘right order’: justice and archetypal healing in individuals and societies” by Ms. Ann Shearer- Jungian Analyst. Moderated by- Dr. Vithal Rajan, Social Activist and Writer, Member, Advisory Board, Jung Centre, Bangalore.

Wed, 9 Feb 20115:30 am

Book Launch of the Book “Latin America: an introduction” by Dr. Vasant Kumar Bawa, well known historian, activist and Former member of the IAS. Moderated by Ambassador Nazareth, Former Ambassador India to Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Belize

Mon, 7 Feb 20115:30 am

Governance

Panel Discussion on “Corruption and Sleaze in Public Life”. Panelists: 1. Mr. Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, 2. Dr. Sandeep Shastri, 3. Ms. Nomita Chandy. Moderated by: Dr. Samuel Paul

Thu, 3 Feb 20115:30 am

Film

Screening of film “Gulabi Talkies” and conversation between Girish Karnad and Girish Kasaravalli

Sat, 29 Jan 20115:30 am

Music

Violin Performance by Ms. Charumathi Raghuraman

Fri, 21 Jan 20115:30 am

Governance

Panel Discussion on “Civil Liberties and Rights in our Country and the Role of the State”. Panelists were: 1. Dr. Ramachandra Guha. 2. Prof. S.L. Rao. 3. Ms. Jija Madhavan Harisingh, I P S. Moderated By: Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah

Wed, 19 Jan 20115:30 am

Film

Screening of Indian Film “The Salt Stories”- TFSA

Fri, 14 Jan 20115:30 am

Film

Screening of Indian Film “Saamam (The Music)”- TFSA

Thu, 13 Jan 20115:30 am

Film

Screening of Indian Film “Out of Thin Air”- TFSA

Wed, 12 Jan 20115:30 am

Film

Screening of Sri Lankan Film “Mayomi”- TFSA

Tue, 11 Jan 20115:30 am

Film

Screening of Afghanistan Film “Afghan Girls can kick”- TFSA. Screening of Pakistan Film “The Battle for Pakistan”- TFSA

Mon, 10 Jan 20115:30 am

Talk by Soumya Sitaraman on her book “Let’s Celebrate! Follow the Hindu Moon”. Moderated by Mr. A P Venkateswaran, IFS (Retd). Former Foreign Secretary, Govt. of India

Fri, 7 Jan 20115:30 am

Music

Musical Event “Evening Ragas in Dilruba and Sitar” by Mr. Aranya Kumar and accompanists

Fri, 24 Dec 20105:30 am

Media

Screening of film “Wikirebels- The Documentary”.

Mon, 20 Dec 20105:30 am

Book Reading-cum- Discussion on the book “The Wheel Turned” by Malathi Ramachandran. Moderated by Mr. Aditya Sondhi, Advocate, Law Chambers.

Fri, 17 Dec 20105:30 am

Film

Screening of film “Blood and Iron” by Mr. Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.

Mon, 13 Dec 20105:30 am

International Relations

Talk on “India’s Look East Policy” by Ms. Latha Reddy, Secretary (East), MEA, GOI. Prof. S L Rao chaired the session.

Fri, 10 Dec 20105:30 am

History

Book Launch of “A Hundred Years of Lev Tolstoy and the Indian Connection” by Achala Moulik Moses. Mr. Nilolay A Listopadov, Consul General of the Russian Federation, Chennai chaired and moderated the discussion.

Wed, 8 Dec 20105:30 am

Environment

Talk on “ I will vote for good rains” by Mr. Peeyush Sekhsaria.

Fri, 3 Dec 20105:30 am

Environment

Talk on “Conservation in Forests and Cities” by Dr. Harini Nagendra

Fri, 26 Nov 20105:30 am

Music

Fifth Anniversary function of BIC. Percussion music programme from Indian Blue Band, Kolkatta. Exhibition-cum-Sale of Tribal paintings and articles from Tribal Emporium, GOI. Exhibition-cum-sale of paintings and handicrafts by Mrs. Geetha bhat. Contributory dinner was arranged to Members and their spouses.

Sun, 21 Nov 20105:30 am

Film

Screening of film “Fishers of Men” by Ranjan Kamath.

Fri, 12 Nov 20105:30 am

Health & Wellness

Interactive session on “The Father – Historical, Psychological and Cultural Perspectives” by Dr. Luigi Zoja, Italian Jungist. Moderated by Ms. Kusum Dhar Prabhu.

Wed, 10 Nov 20105:30 am

History

Illustrated talk on “Goddess Worship in Karnataka” by Vatsala Iyengar. Mrs. Sreelakshmi Gururaja chaired and moderated the session.

Fri, 29 Oct 20105:30 am

Health & Wellness

Third Programme under Canvas Askew Series. Talk on “Art and Mental Health” by Dr. Vivek Jain. Moderated by Abhijit Sengupta.

Wed, 6 Oct 20105:30 am

Film

Screening of Mexican film “Anonimo Mortal”

Fri, 17 Sep 20105:30 am

Film

Talk on “Adoor Gopalakrishnan” by Gautaman Bhaskaran. Screening of a Adoor film “Four Women”

Sun, 12 Sep 20105:30 am

Media

Panel Discussion on “Paid News”. Initiated by: Paranjoy Guha Thakurta. Moderated by: Ashwin Mahesh. Discussants: Suresh Menon, G N Mohan, Trilochan Sastry.

Thu, 2 Sep 20105:30 am

Film

Screening of Mexican film “La Perla”

Fri, 27 Aug 20105:30 am

Health & Wellness

Talk on “Healthy Ageing” by Dr. Srikala Bharath under Canvas Askew Programme

Fri, 13 Aug 20105:30 am

Film

Screening of film “Khartoum”

Fri, 6 Aug 20105:30 am

Book Launch and Poetry Reading of “Interior Decoration”

Fri, 23 Jul 20105:30 am

Film

Screening of film “Speaking Hands” on Ustad Zakir Hussain.

Sun, 18 Jul 20105:30 am

Film

Screening of the Film “Fiddler on the Roof”

Sat, 10 Jul 20105:30 am

Media

Book Discussions on “Missing : Half the Story”. Discussants were Kalpana Sharma, Ammu Joseph, Laxmi Murthy

Sat, 3 Jul 20105:30 am

Film

Screening of film “Nine Months” in collaboration with IFA. Mr. Merajur Rahman Baruah, Director was present.

Fri, 25 Jun 20105:30 am

Environment

Talk on “ Kailash and Manas – Visions of the Infinite” by Mr. Deb Mukharji

Fri, 18 Jun 20105:30 am

Environment

Talk on “The New Himalayas and the Global Raja-Mandala” by Mr. Nitin Pai. Mr. C V Ranganathan presided the event.

Wed, 16 Jun 20105:30 am

Environment

Talk on “Power Scenario in Karnataka” by Mr. K Jairaj. Presided by Prof. S L Rao

Fri, 11 Jun 20105:30 am

Defence & security

Talk on “Pakistan’s Fifth Estte : The ISI Directorate and the Madhuri Gupta Case” by Dr. Bidanda Chengappa. The discussion moderated by Mr. C V Ranganathan.

Fri, 4 Jun 20105:30 am

Film

Screening of film “Omar Mukhtar: Lion of the Desert”

Fri, 28 May 20105:30 am

Health & Wellness

“Canvas Askew Series” Programme in collaboration with IPS (Karnataka) and The Hindu. Inaugural event- Panel Discussion on “The Pursuit of Happiness”. Panelists : Dr. Mathew Varghese, Dr. Ravi Sankar Rao and Mrs. Shangon Dasgupta. Moderated by Dr. Ajit Bhide

Fri, 21 May 20105:30 am

Film

Screening of film “Tanvir ka Safarnama” by Mr. Ranjan Kamath. There was an interactive discussion on the film.

Fri, 14 May 20105:30 am

History

Karnataka : Vibrant and Diverse Series – illustrated talk on “Mysore as a seat of classical music” by Mr. Vikram Sampath and accompanists.

Sat, 8 May 20105:30 am

Management

Talk on “Reflections of Leadership : An Antarctic Case Study” by Mr. Vijay Crishna

Mon, 26 Apr 20105:30 am

History

Talk on “Heritage Imagineering” by Mr. Ramachandra Budihal. Mr. Chiranjeev Singh moderated the session

Sat, 10 Apr 20105:30 am

Music

“Trimukhi” Music programme by Benjamin Beirs, Amit Nadig, Muthu Kumar and others

Sat, 20 Mar 20105:30 am

Presentation on “Creativity in the Arts” by Padmini Ravi

Sat, 6 Mar 20105:30 am

Media

Illustrated Talk on “The Mind of a Woman :Portrayal in Bolllywood” by Dr. Dinesh Bhugra. Ms. Ammu Joseph chaired the session

Fri, 5 Mar 20105:30 am

Health & Wellness

Talk on “Management of Anxiety” by Dr. Sanjeev Jain, Professor of Psychiatry, NIMHANS

Sat, 27 Feb 20105:30 am

Environment

Talk on “After Copenhagen : a People-Friendly Climate Agenda for India and the World.

Fri, 19 Feb 20105:30 am

Governance

Panle Discussion on “India’s Changing Political Landscape” in collaboration with Janagraha at Mount Carmel College.Mr. Krishna Byregowda and Mr. Jayant Sinha were speakers. Mr. T V Mohan Das Pai moderated the discussions.

Fri, 29 Jan 20105:30 am

Film

Screening of film “Bishar Blues” by Mr. Amitabh Chakraborty.

Sat, 23 Jan 20105:30 am

Culture

Talk by Prof. Shreesh Chandra Chaudhary on “Foreign words in Indian Languages”

Fri, 15 Jan 20105:30 am

Health & Wellness

Talk by Gurucharan Das on his book “The Difficulty of Being Good”. Prof. S L Rao moderated the discussions.

Wed, 13 Jan 20105:30 am

Theatre

Illustrated Talk on “No Retakes – the magic and the pitfalls of a stage production” by Arundhati Raja

Sat, 5 Dec 20095:30 am

Science

Data Driven debate on “GM Crops in India – Hero or Villain? You decide! “ led by Dr. K K Narayanan, Past President, ABLE and Dr. Devinder Sharma, Chairman, Forum for Biotechnology and Food Security, New Delhi. The debate was moderated by Prof. S L Rao, Former Head, NCAER.

Fri, 4 Dec 20095:30 am

Music

Fourth Anniversary function of BIC. Following programmes were arranged: 1) “Rabindrasangeet” by Sromona Chakraborty, 2) Readings from Gitanjali by Ranjon & Sangeeta Ghoshal, 3) “Kalyan se Kalyan Tak” music programme by “Kinnari” featuring Prakash Sontakke, Karthik Mani, Adarsh Shenoy, Amit Nadig and Shadrach Solomon., 4) Contributory dinner for members and their families..

Sat, 21 Nov 20095:30 am

Memorial Meeting for Late C B Muthamma, India’s first women career diplomat.

Mon, 16 Nov 20095:30 am

Film

Screening of documentary film on Leela Naidu

Fri, 30 Oct 20095:30 am

Book launch of “Making India Work” by Mr. William Nanda Bissell

Wed, 21 Oct 20095:30 am

Health & Wellness

Talk on “Anger Management” by Dr. Rathna Isaac, Consultant Clinical Psychologist.

Fri, 9 Oct 20095:30 am

International Relations

Talk by Mr. Christian Bartolf on “ Re-Search for Gandhi in Germany – Past and Present”

Mon, 5 Oct 20095:30 am

Dance

Illustrated talk on “Choreography of Dance” by Mrs. Usha Venkateswaran and Prof. Ashish Mohan Khokar.

Thu, 24 Sep 20095:30 am

Film

Screening of opera film “Otello” based on Shakespeare’s Play

Fri, 18 Sep 20095:30 am

Film

Screening of film “Koi Sunta Hai” directed by Shabnam Virmani.

Sat, 12 Sep 20095:30 am

Science

Illustrated Talk on “ ACHARYA JAGADISH CHANDRA BOSE” by Dr. D P Sengupta, Hon. Professor, NIAS

Fri, 4 Sep 20095:30 am

Film

Screening of film “The Other Song” directed by Saba Dewan

Sat, 29 Aug 20095:30 am

Book Launch of “Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom” by Rajni Bakshi

Sat, 22 Aug 20095:30 am

Film

Screening of a film on Vaclav Havel, past President of Czech Republic

Thu, 20 Aug 20095:30 am

Dance

Dance Programme “Krishnaabhuvam” by Smt. Sushila Mehta

Sat, 8 Aug 20095:30 am

Film

Screening of German film “A Friend of Mine

Fri, 24 Jul 20095:30 am

Talk by Dr. Dayalan Devanesen on “Multi-Million Dollar Art from the Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime”

Wed, 15 Jul 20095:30 am

Music

Appreciation of Hindustani Classical Music “Monsoon Ragas” by Mowna Ramachandra

Sat, 4 Jul 20095:30 am

Film

Screening of a Shakespeare film “The Taming of the Shrew”

Fri, 26 Jun 20095:30 am

Cities

Book Launch by Mr. Jeb Brugmann – “Urban Revolution”

Thu, 25 Jun 20095:30 am

Film

Screening of German film “Four Minutes” in collaboration with Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore

Thu, 4 Jun 20095:30 am

Film

Screening of South African film “Sarafina”

Thu, 28 May 20095:30 am

Film

Screening of South African film “Cry, The Beloved Country”

Sat, 9 May 20095:30 am

Dance

Lecture Demonstration on “Appreciation of Kathak Dance” by Hari and Chethna

Fri, 24 Apr 20095:30 am

Governance

Talk on “Governance, Security and Development” by Mr. K Sreedhar Rao.Presided over by Dr. Samuel Paul, Founder Chairman of Public Affairs Centre

Fri, 17 Apr 20095:30 am

Theatre

“The Prophet and the Poet” Play at Alliance Francaise

Wed, 25 Mar 20095:30 am

Dance

“Stree Katha” Dance programme by Mythili Prakash at Chowdaiah Hall.

Sat, 14 Mar 20095:30 am

Film

Screening of film “No Country for Young Girls?” directed by Nupur Basu. Mrs. Sreelakshjmi Gururaja presided over the session after the screebning

Sat, 31 Jan 20095:30 am

History

Launch of Book Dialogue of Civilizations” written by Mohandas Moses and Achala Moulik. Book released by Mr. Nandan Nilekani.

Sat, 24 Jan 20095:30 am

Dance

Classical and Contemporary Dance – “Vivarta” – Manifestations of Vishnu and “Howzaat” – contemporary dance work on Cricket by Sampradaya Dance Creations, Toronto, Canada at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall

Sat, 27 Dec 20085:30 am

Environment

Presentation on “Hardrain Slideshow” by Mark Edwards.Ms. Suprabha Seshan also presented a slideshow on ecological regeneration.

Sat, 20 Dec 20085:30 am

Media

Talk on “Wikipedia and Free Culture” by Mr. Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia.

Sat, 13 Dec 20085:30 am

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