Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Delhi events this week

FYI

Book Release: Prapanch Kanya

2 pm, Thursday, 10th January, 2008

2nd Floor, Library Building

Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts

Mansingh Road (in front of Raksha Bhavan)

New Delhi

Entrance at A as shown in the attached map

Prapancha Kanya is a new book about Indian Philosophy and Sciences in the second millennium (800-2000CE). Written by Dr. Gopal Kamal and Ritu Kamal, the book also discusses the Indian Diaspora, including that of the Roma people. It is a sequel to an earlier book Panch Kanya: A Novel Introduction to Indian Philosophy, published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award 2002.

Drama: Gypsy Jaatak

6.30pm, Friday, 11th January, 2008

Amphitheatre

Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts

3, Rajendra Prasad Road

New Delhi

Entrance at B as shown in the attached map

Gypsy Jaatak (Purkhon ka Jaatak) is a dramatic representation of six Romani great-great…great-grandmothers, written by Dr. Gopal Kamal and directed by K. Krishna Rajan, with a troupe of actors from the National School of Drama and Sri Ram Centre. The trials and tribulations faced by these forgotten people of the Indian Diaspora in Europe find a voice in this play.

As part of the:

IGNCA

Diaspora Cultural Meet

Roma (Gypsy) Indian

2008



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