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2016
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Ayurvastra
Natural ayurvedic herbal dyed textiles
Ayurvedic Textiles are made using natural fibers and dyed with medicinal rich herbs.
Ayurvedic fabrics are not only eco-friendly but also give wellness or positive energy to skin.
The process is unique from pre-processing to dyeing as only natural
herbs and plants are used for all the process - natural gums are added
to fix the properties of the herbs by infusion method.
All the fabrics will have an energy and you can feel by using it.
GOTS certified fabrics are used and fabrics have normal standard
fastness. Customers are assisted to conduct the required test on the
fabrics.
Ayurvedic Demo program is organised every 2nd saturday in a month at Erode, Tamilnadu
Register to participate, visit the facility to understand more about the process.
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Kairali Exports
Head Oce and Showroom
SN Lace Buliding, Balaramapuram, Thiruvanathapuram,Kerala - 695501
Ph: 0471 - 2400371 ; Mob:+91 9387803812
Ayurvedic Herbal Farm and Handloom Center
12/192,Thailampalayam, Olakkovil PO, Nambiyur,Erode - 638 460
Ph: 0421 - 3219777 ; Mob: +91 9020503812 ; email: ayurvastrainfo@gmail.com
ayurkruti.com/ayurvastra
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A painting exhibition titled 'What flows through me, flows through you, too', by Darshana Bajaj.
Dates: 1 - 15 December, 2016
Timings: 11.30 AM and 8.00 PM
Venue: La Gallerie D'Expression, Hotel Ambassador Pallava, Chennai.
About the Exhibition: Interconnections and relationships, between Man
and Nature, Man and Man, and Man and himself, are the underlying
concerns in the paintings presented in this series. "In our striving for
personal glory, most of us choose to ignore a basic truth - oneness. At
a deeper level, we are all connected", believes the artist. Working
mostly in oils, Darshana explores different styles and mediums, using
images as well as words, to express her personal and spiritual journey
through life.
About the Artist: Darshana Bajaj is a self-taught artist, based in
Chennai. She has exhibited her works in a number of group and solo
shows, at the Lalit Kala Akademi, Prakrit Art Gallery, and Vinnyasa Art
Gallery, Chennai. Naturally drawn to art from childhood, her inclination
led her to a theoretical Masters degree in the History of Fine Arts
from Stella Maris College in 1994. But it was almost a decade later, at
the age of 30, that she decided to follow her passion and become a
full-time artist.
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India Foundation for the Arts (IFA)
Mysore Modernity, Artistic Nationalism and The Art of K Venkatappa by Somberikatte
Inaugural Lecture/Performance - Friday, November 25, 2016, 05:30 PM
Conference - Saturday & Sunda, November 26 & 27, 2016, 10:00 AM - 06:00 PM
A conference on a seminal figure in Karnataka's visual art landscape - K
Venkatappa. Artist K Venkatappa (1886 - 1965), student of Abanindranath
Tagore is the first modern artist of the Mysore State.
Scholars from India and abroad presented research that relooks at Venkatappa's art and times.
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The landscape, the skin and its relation to the colour red - the core of artist Puneet Kaushik's solo exhibition Barren Red.
20th December, 2016
At Gallery Espace, New Delhi
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DOWN TO EARTH magazine - Now in HINDI also !!
Down To Earth (DTE) magazine completed 25 years this year. Centre for Science and
Environment (CSE) launched the DTE Hindi edition of the
magazine effective October 2016. The magazine would be of immense use
and interest in the Hindi speaking States as its coverage will be more
on environmental issues closely related to the area.
downtoearth.org.in
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MK
Puri, the renowned artist represented India at the "China Hangzhou G20
International Art Exchange Exhibition from 11th to 16th October 2016 at
Hangzhou Qianjiang International Art Museum of China - Hangzhou City.
The theme for the G20 International Art Exchange Exhibition this year
was 'Peace, freedom and environmental protection'. Two paintings of MK
Puri were exhibited and the theme that he portrayed was Yoga and
Meditation which is a major part of Indian culture and heritage.
The purusha and prakriti content is highly visible
Acrylic on canvas - 5x5ft
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Acrylic on canvas - 53" x 47"
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artmkpuri.com
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Exhibition of world highest painting in mural style on canvas by Sarans Guruvayoor at 'Varnonnmeelanam'
Sarans took the challenge of drawing the Venugopala picture within 100
days. He started this penance on 24th February 2016and finished
with "Nethronmeelanam” (Opening of the eyes) on 5th May 2016.
Information provided by
Varnonmeelanam Art Gallery, Kerala, INDIA
e-mail:saransartgallery@gmail.com
Facebook page: varnonmeelanam
Contact: 8129862891(Anoop)
Charles 8129212872(Asst.Manager)
Kerala: Lord Krishna mural on way to Guinness
- DECCAN CHRONICLE, Jun 4, 2016
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Music for Vision Concerts to Mark New Phase in
Global Campaign to Eradicate Cataract Blindness
The concerts, being held at the prestigious NCPA, Mumbai and Siri Fort
Auditorium, Delhi are a unique Indo-US musical collaboration that brings
together leading international musicians. They are presented by
HelpMeSee and Music for Life International (MFLI), two well-known
international organisations. The dates of the concerts - October 20th
at Tata Theatre, NCPA, Mumbai and October 23rd at Siri Fort auditorium,
Delhi.
Legendary Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan; distinguished
US based conductor and MFLI Artistic Director, George Mathew; renowned
American violinist; Elmira Darvarova (the first woman ever to serve as
Concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York); and the
Bombay Chamber Orchestra which has brought orchestral music to Indian
audiences for more than half a century. The concerts featured iconic
works by Indian and American composers, Amjad Ali Kha,soloist in his Samaagam Concerto for Sarod and Orchestra, and Aaron
Copland's Appalachian Spring respectively.
MFLI Artistic Director George Mathew observed, "Music has the capacity
not only to bring people together for a cause, it frequently can become
the vehicle to illuminate that cause. Aaron Copland's iconic ballet is
an amazing metaphor for the power of community to generate the gift of
vision that HelpMeSee seeks to bring to millions of people affected by
cataract blindness in India and beyond."
helpmesee.org ; music4lifeinternational.org
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The Indira Sivasailam Endowment Medal conferred on sisters, Ranjani-Gayatri on October 7, 2016.
For the last seven years, the Indira Sivasailam Foundation has recognized an outstanding Carnatic musician.
Ranjani and Gayatri are world renowned Indian classical musicians with
professional experience of twenty five years. Known for their
versatility and multi-faceted capabilities as artists, Ranjani-Gayathri
forayed into the world of Carnatic music as children learning to play
the violin. Training under Sangita Bhooshanam Prof. T. S. Krishnaswami
in Mumbai, they made a name for themselves as gifted violinists,
performing in leading sabhas all over the country and overseas.
isfoundation.in
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Acharyanet - Creativity in Ragas Master Class by Chitravina N Ravikiran
About 20-30 raga alapanas covered with a listen and repeat
format.
streaming.acharyanet.com
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Ganeshas and Gowris fashioned by traditional
potters using fully soluble unbaked river or pond silt - various
traditional poses such as the Peetha Ganesha or the Lotus seated Ganesha
or Gowri or the Seyr Gowri. Each one of the 100 Ganesha
and Gowri idols individually hand-painted by Deepika of Bimba The
Art Ashram.
 
Other pooja offerings include skilfully handcrafted and vibrantly
handpainted small and large mantaps, peethams (stools), mini thottulus
(swings), colourful vertical and horizontal (festoons) and a wide
range of handmade Vastra (attire) and Aabharana (ornaments).
Deepak and Deepika ( tel 08041489354)
Bimba The Art Ashram 42 Ratna Vilas road Opp Canara Bank DVG rd branch Basavanagudi Bengaluru 560004
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India
Foundation for the Arts (IFA) in collaboration with Native Arts Trust,
Ooty presented Ooty Film Festival, a package of films supported by IFA,
and other independently made films, which explore fascinating issues,
tales and contexts.
July 29, 30 and 31,
2016, HADP Auditorium, Ooty.
Brochure
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Written by noted environmentalist and Down To Earth Editor Sunita
Narain, "Why I Should Be Tolerant" is a quasi-autobiographical book
which chronicles the global development discourse from the 20th and 21st
centuries. Narain, listed by Time magazine as one of the world's 100
Most Influential People, has captured the origin and context of the most
important environmental issues of our times. Her essays delve into,
among other things, the local-to-global connection, the problem of
inequity, the "right" development model and most importantly, the role
of the poor in the overall environmental discourse.
The book was released this World Environment Day coinciding with the 25th year celebrations of Down To Earth.
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Vriksha Vinyasa, Bimba The Art Ashram
Display of uniquely beautiful handcrafted furniture in wood, discounted in a discretionary way.
A unique celebration of Vriksha (wood) the legacy of a living tree, and
Vinyasa a reverent approach to transformation of life around us
into more life.
- Low and normal height solid wood twin and single seaters, Low and
normal sizes centre/ side tables, Cupboards / Display shelves, Worship
spaces (mantaps, budsudan), Space Partitioners, Mirrors
At Bimba The Art Ashram on an over 100 year old space on 42 Ratna Vilas road, Basavanagudi. |
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Fortnightly magazine Down To Earth (DTE)
When the Founder/Director of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the late Anil Agarwal, an IIT Kanpur alumnus, launched the fortnightly magazine Down To Earth (DTE)
in May 1992, it was the first of its kind. He was a true visionary who
knew what was happening to our environment. He wanted DTE to be
the source of information for all Indians to understand, decipher and
tackle the environmental degradation that was slowly setting in all
around us. The early 90s was also the post-liberalization period of new
hope when most people still felt that nothing wrong was going to happen
to their world as they knew it; and the air, water, nature, wildlife,
and climate etc were going to remain the same forever, irrespective of
what they did...
The reality, as we all know by now, has been different, as Anil Agarwal
had rightly predicted. Though he is sadly no more, his passion to
protect the environment and guide people have lived on through his Down
To Earth magazine. In today's world DTE is more relevant than when it
was conceived and DTE entering its 25th year of publishing is a clear
sign of its usefulness and importance.
To know more about Down To Earth & to subscribe, visit
downtoearth.org.in/
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KALASAGAR AWARD 2016 in the field of traditional performing art form is
announced and will be presented when Kalasagar is celebrating the
92ndbirth anniversary of its founder, Kalamandalam KrishnankuttyPoduval,
on 28 May 2016with the support Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India and
Kerala Kalamandalamtitled as ORU PIRANALINTE ORMAKAYIat Kerala
Kalamandalam KoothambalamKoothambalam.
Details
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India Foundation for the Arts in collaboration with the Kerala Museum offered a Museum Fellowship
India Foundation for the Arts in collaboration with Indira Gandhi
Rashtriya Manav Sanghralaya offered Two Museum
Fellowships.
For more information about the Kerala Museum and the collection at the Gallery of Indian Art, please visit their website keralamuseum.com/
For more information on The IGRMS museum in Bhopal, please refer to their website igrms.gov.in
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"THANK-YOU DALAI LAMA"
AN INDIAN PHOTOGRAPHER'S VISUAL TRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESSFUL REVIVAL OF TIBETAN CIVILIZATION BY DALAI LAMA
upto 15th April, 2016
'Thank you Dalai Lama' the world's biggest photo festival is being
presented at All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society (AIFACS). The
festival was based on internationally acclaimed Indian photo journalist
Vijay Kranti's pictorial work of the past four decades. Presented in all
the four galleries of AIFACS.
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Embroidered Histories by Barbara Karl
Indian Textiles for the Portuguese Market during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
316 pages Prize: € 60.00
978-3-205-20209-7
Early modern India was an economic core region producing manifold
textiles for export. During the sixteenth century a new customer entered
the stage and expanded its influence from the city of Goa - Portugal.
From early times, the Portuguese had bought and commissioned textiles,
among them large embroideries from Bengal and Gujarat, which are the
focus of this study. By providing European prints as models for the
professional local embroiderers they created a novel product that was
successful in Portugal and beyond throughout the seventeenth century.
The textiles were deemed valuable and rare enough to be included in
different travel accounts, letters and inventories, enabling us to trace
their place of production , their transportation to Europe and their
reception . Their intricate iconographies reflect political problematics
of the time and shed light onto the intercultural circumstances of
Portuguese colonial life.
boehlau-verlag.com/
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India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) in collaboration with National Museum presented atoot dor - Unbroken Thread : The Banarasi Brocade Sari at Home and in the World, an exhibition curated by Abeer Gupta, Suchitra Balasubrahmanyan & Dr. Anamika Pathak
On view between February 25 to April 25, 2016
National Museum, Janpath, New Delhi - 1100011
Abeer Gupta and Suchitra Balasubrahmanyan received a grant from IFA, in
collaboration with the National Museum, New Delhi, to engage with the
Decorative Arts Department, and re-stage their collection of brocade
saris, from Banaras.
Abeer's observations in Weaving the India Story, by Pallavi
Chattopadhyay, provide a succinct glimpse into this exhibition, "The
Banarasi sari has become a textile of India's identity to outsiders. The
exhibit explores the 'Banarasi', as both a textile for personal
adornment and as a cultural artifact produced, circulated, and sought
after at home and in the world.
About the Collection
The National Museum's collection of brocade saris represent all the
regions of the subcontinent, some of which date back to the
late-nineteenth century. Within this collection is a notable group of
saris from Banaras, exemplifying the many distinctive techniques, and
motifs special to this north Indian town. A selection from this
collection forms the core of this exhibit.
Abeer is an Assistant Professor, at the School of Design, Ambedkar
University, Delhi. He is a graduate of the National Institute of Design,
Ahmedabad, and received his masters in visual anthropology from
Goldsmiths College, London. Abeer has worked as an executive producer of
features, and as a director of documentaries in Bombay. Since 2009, he
has worked extensively in Ladakh, and Jammu and Kashmir, with oral
histories, material cultures, and visual archives.
Suchitra is an Associate Professor, at the School of Design, Ambedkar
University, Delhi. She is a graduate of the National Institute of
Design, Ahmedabad, with a PhD in History from CEPT University,
Ahmedabad. Suchitra's design practice has centred on social
communication design, exploring a variety of issues ranging from women's
health, child rights, primary education, minority rights, communalism,
and globalisation in rural and urban India.
indiaifa.org
nationalmuseumindia.gov.in
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Arohana School of Music
Master Classes on Tamil Masterpieces by Chitravina N Ravikiran & Sikkil Gurucharan
5 & 6 April 2016, Madison, WI, USA
Contact: suresh.vanitha@gmail.com or call +1-608-215-6967
View invite
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eBook - state of india's urban water bodies
The book shows the problem of urban floods with real examples and how
almost all the urban centres in the country are at the risk of floods
today. The one thing that is common to Mumbai, Srinagar and Chennai is that
floods have struck each of the state capitals in the recent past. Why
Urban India Floods highlights how unfettered urbanisation has led to the
depletion of waterbodies in urban areas, which has pushed urban floods.
The book shows the problem of urban floods with real examples and how
almost all the urban centres in the country are at the risk of floods.
It also highlights the need for immediate action to conserve and revive
our water bodies.
Special Price valid till March 31, 2016
This topical eBook is priced Rs.250/- with an introductory offer of Rs.150 on this till March 31, 2016.
Order online
Or mail DD/Cheque drawn in favour of "Society for Environmental Communications”, payable at New Delhi.
This is available only in eBook version.
Contact
Society for Environmental Communications
41 Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110062
Phone: 91-11-4061 6000
Fax: 91-11-29955879. Email: sales@cseindia.org
In case of any query, please write to: Ramachandran at: rchandran@cseindia.org
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FLORAL PATTERNS OF INDIA by HENRY WILSON
272 pages with 202 color photographs and 87 drawings
Size 29.00 X 20.00 cm. Printed and bound in china. 2016. U.K. POUND 32
RS. 3180.00 after discount
ABOUT THE BOOK
Author of Pattern and Ornament in the Arts of India Henry Wilson has
deepened his initial study of the decorative arts in India, creating a
companion volume that focuses on a single theme: the floral motifs in
India's architecture. From the illustrious Mughal Empire during its
greatest period of monument building and artistic creativity to the time
of British rule, which brought with it a period of peace that allowed
great wealth to be concentrated on the arts, the richness of India's
architecture is overwhelming.
Henry Wilson's photographs reveal the skill, patience, and imagination
of the thousands of craftsmen who have turned to floral motifs and
rendered them with precision and creativity. Juxtaposed with the
photographs are Wilson's own graphic transpositions of the designs-
detailed drawings created by hand but with a stencil-like clarity that
helps us understand the original historical patterns. The result is an
invaluable sourcebook that will appeal not only to those interested in
one of the world's oldest civilizations and greatest cultures but also
to anyone seeking inspiration for their own graphic creations.
 
Advanced payment by DD or Payable at par cheque for Rs. 3180/- in
the name of "ART BOOK CENTER" and send it the bookshop address and
inform by e-mail.
A.M.PATEL, ART BOOK CENTER
MADALPUR, NR. JAIN TEMPLE, ELLISBRIDGE, AHMEDABAD.380006
PH.NO: 079-26582130 ; MOBILE NO. 0 9825438502
E-MAIL: artbookcenter_2000@yahoo.com
WEB SITE
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Mylapore Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple 10 day Panguni Festival from March 14 to March 23, 2016.
Temple Ph: 044-24641670 / 044 - 24611356
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 Every Saturday Art at 6:30 pm- Open to all in "The Aangana” Bimba The Art Ashram
Saturday 12thMar - 630pm Rasalok solo still theatre of miniature art "Hanuman Courts Wilful Captivity”
Hanuman cleverly contrives to be imprisoned to fulfill the Mission he
sets out on. Solo artist Deepika Dorai, her handmade still
miniature moment and theatre in a minitheatre room transports us
to a world of Rasa.
Saturday 19th Mar - 630pm Bhakti Theatre "Garudaagamana- Grandeur of Arrival of MahaVishnu
In the Open air ambience in The Aangana On the Third Saturday of every
month we have introduced the experimental theatre. A Spellbinding
experience of a Divine Leela that can take us beyond dramatic
inspiration
Saturday 26th Mar -630pm Rasalok solo still theatre of miniature art "Hanuman Courts Wilful Captivity ”
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The Drama School (Mumbai) presented The India Theatre Programme July 2 - 31, 2016, Pondicherry
intensive 4 week
training and creation workshop in Pondicherry, India.
Indian dramatic practice dates back to the 1st century BCE, if not
earlier, and its fundamental principles have informed performance
practices from across the world (such as Grotowski, Stanislavsky,
Zarrilli and Schechner to name a just a few).
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The Brahan Natyanjali Foundation conducted
its consecutive thirteenth year International Dance festival at the
World Heritage Monument, Thanjavur Big Temple for seven days from 7
March 2016 to 13 March 2016
Schedule
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India Foundation for the Arts in association with Project 88 presented Art in Communities
February 23, 2016, 7.30pm
An evening of presentations with grantees and artists, Sumona
Chakravarty from the Hamdasti Collective, Kolkata, and Shaunak Mahbubani
and Rahul Gudipudi from the Klatsch Collective, Bangalore - their
artistic journeys with communities. The projects, from Bengal and
Karnataka respectively, brought together distinct contexts to enable an
insightful session on their creative pursuits and community
participation, in their local contexts.
Sumona, who heads the Hamdasti collective, -
their project, Chitpur Local. The project, through diverse activities -
from pop-up libraries, examining the idea of 'hawked' stories and
archives, to presentations on Chitpur's heritage art forms like
printing, jatra and jewellery making - has attempted to create a
cultural platform for Chitpur, in the current milieu of Kolkata.
Sumona received a grant from IFA, under its Arts Practice programme.
Shaunak and Rahul, of the Klatsch Collective, -
their project Myself Mohan 1909. The project involves a series of
multi-disciplinary artistic interventions in the 100-year old Mohan
building, in Chikpet, one of the busiest shopping areas of Bangalore.
Through engagements with the many narratives of the space, it brought
alive the biographical journey of the Mohan building.
Venue: Ground Floor, B.M.P. Building, Narayan A Sawant Rd, Azad Nagar, Colaba, Mumbai - 400005
Contact: 022 2281 0066
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India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) in collaboration with Rangayana, Dharwad presented Grant Showcase with IFA grantees and theatre practitioners Prakash and Rajani Garud and Sharanya Ramprakash
on January 30 & 31, 2016 at Dharwad, Karnataka
Prakash and his collaborator Rajani, were supported with a grant to
study the history and development of the 200-year old tradition of
Doddata, by tracing the changes in its practice in response to the Parsi
theatre and subsequently, the Company theatre. The research also
investigated into the politics of Kannada language and patronage by
religious institutions, which have informed the practice and performance
of Doddata in recent times.
Sharanya received a grant to create a theatrical production that
explores the position of women, role of women characters and streevesha
(female impersonation) within the male-dominated practice of Yakshagana.
Drawing from research and personal experience, the performance imagines
a reversal of roles in the popular Yakshagana plot of Draupadi
Vastrapaharana.
- Jan 30: Doddata performance - ABHIMANYU KALAGA episode from the Mahabharata, at Open Air Theatre, Rangayana, 7pm
- Jan 31: Presentations by Prakash and Rajani Garud, and Sharanya
Ramprakash at Rangayana Sanskrutika Samudaya Bhavana, 10:30am - 12:30pm
- Jan 31: Yakshagana AKSHAYAMBARA, Open Air Theatre, Rangayana, 7pm
Info: contactus@indiaifa.org / +91 8023414681
indiaifa.org
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CSE has been a strong advocate of what we call
'good food' - food that is good for nature (rich in biodiversity),
nutrition (not junk food and without poisons) and livelihoods (where
local people derive benefits). A few years ago, they published the book,
First Food, celebrating the diversity of such food and recipes from
across the country.
CSE organised an Organic Farmers' Market on January 30 at the India Habitat Centre,
New Delhi, to bring together farmers to showcase and sell their
produce - healthy, nutritious and pesticide-free vegetables, fruits,
millets, staples, oils, milk products and more and samples of healthy dishes.
A series of talks and interactive sessions on the
issues that matter to us from how to grow vegetables and making our own
compost.
On the Margosa Lawn of the India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Roadanytime between 10am to 3pm.
cseindia.org or downtoearth.org.in
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"Indian Steam Locomotives Out Of Museum" - a solo show of Kishore Pratim Biswas at Lalit Laka Akademy, Delhi from 26th Dec 2015 to 1st Jan 2016.
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