7th SH-JNM TALKS

Jana Natya Manch

1973 — 1989 — 2009

The Safdar Janam Talks on Culture and Politics

This year, to observe 20 years of Safdar's death, as well as 35 years of our work, Janam will organize a series of talks, one every month, each focusing on the complex and critical interconnections between culture and politics. The talks will be followed by a discussion on the issues thrown up.  The seventh of these is:

"Knowledge, Culture and the Market"

a talk by Jayati Ghosh

27 July 2009

6.00 p.m.

Muktadhara Art Gallery

Banga Sanskriti Bhavan

18-19 Bhai Veer Singh Marg

New Delhi 110001

Between Gol Market and St. Columba's School

 

JAYATI GHOSH, a leading Marxist economist is a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. In addition to her many scholarly works, she writes regular columns on economics and current affairs. She has been a member of the Knowledge Commission and is one of the founders of the Economic Research Foundation in New Delhi, a non-profit trust devoted to progressive economic research. She is closely involved with many progressive organisations and social movements. She has a deep interest in the arts, especially Western classical music.

 

Jana Natya Manch

ALL ARE WELCOME  

 

Email: jananatyamanch@gmail.com

Web: www.jananatyamanch.org

5th safdar-janam talks

Jana Natya Manch

1973 - 1989 - 2009

The Safdar-Janam Talks on Culture and Politics

This year, to observe 20 years of Safdar's death, as well as 35 years of our work, Janam is organising a series of talks, one every month, each focusing on the complex and critical interconnections between culture and politics. The talks are followed by a discussion. The fifth of these is:

"M.F. Husain's Bioscope"

An illustrated talk by Ram Rahman

30 May 2009

6.00 p.m.

Muktadhara Art Gallery

Banga Sanskriti Bhavan

18-19 Bhai Veer Singh Marg

Near Gol Market

RAM RAHMAN is a photojournalist, artist, curator, designer and activist, and his profusely illustrated talk will dwell on what makes Husain Husain, and why his work matters. Ram has shown his photographs in individual and group shows in India and around the world. He is one of the founding members of SAHMAT.

Please note that this talk is NOT being held at the Janam rehearsal space, where all the previous talks in this series have been held.

Jana Natya Manch

Email: jananatyamanch@gmail.com

Web: www.jananatyamanch.org

Safdar-Janam Talks: Vidya Rao on music and gender

Jana Natya Manch

1973 — 1989 — 2009

The Safdar Janam Talks on Culture and Politics

This year, to observe 20 years of Safdar's death, as well as 35 years of our work, Janam will organize a series of talks, one every month, each focusing on the complex and critical interconnections between culture and politics. The talks will be followed by a discussion on the issues thrown up.  The fourth of these is:

"Music and Gender"

a talk by Vidya Rao

23 April 2009

6..00 p.m.

4, Bishambhar Das Marg (directions below)

 

A disciple of the late Smt. Naina Devi, vidya Rao is a leading exponent of thumri-dadra singing. She has lectured in several universities, and she has published extensively on the subject. She is a publisher by profession.

Directions: Come to Gol Dak Khana (not Gol Market!), take Pandit Pant Marg, and look out for the first right turn. This is Bishambhar Das Marg. We are in 4 B.D. Marg, which is the second bungalow on the left with Hannan Mollah's name on it.

Jana Natya Manch

ALL ARE WELCOME

Poems for palestine, 17 april

As part of the Persistence/Resistance festival, Jana Natya Manch presents

UJLE SAFED KABOOTAR
kuchh nazmein philisteen ke naam

Palestine, the land that nurtured three great religions, a land ravaged by a brutal occupation and seemingly perpetual war, the land of a heroic people. The reading starts with a song on Palestine by Faiz Ahmed Faiz and a poem by the Somalian poet Safi Abdi. The centrepiece of the reading is the poem 'Under Siege' by Palestine's best-known poet, Mahmoud Darwish, who died last year. This is a deeply moving, sometimes philosophical, sometimes trenchant, poem that reasserts the basic human values of love, understanding, dignity and self-respect. The reading concludes with excerpts from Nizar Qabbani, Syria's greatest poet. The reading is accompanied by a visual essay by filmmaker and designer Sherna Dastur.

 

Poems by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Safi Abdi, Mahmoud Darwish and Nizar Qabbani
Translations by Brijesh
Images by Sherna Dastur
Poetry read by Brijesh and Sudhanva

Directed by Sudhanva Deshpande

 

17 April, 6.30 p.m., IIC Main Auditorium
No tickets or invitation required. All are welcome.

Jana Natya Manch is a Delhi-based group, best known for its political theatre. Visit www.jananatyamanch.org.

Palestine Solidarity Day, 30 March

On the Global Day of Action in 

Solidarity with the Palestinian People on March 30, 2009

 

THE PALESTINE SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE

invites you to

 

An evening of films, poetry, and a poster exhibition

4.00 p.m. – 8.00 p.m.

 

at

 

MUKTADHARA

18-19 Bhai Veer Singh Marg

Gole Market

New Delhi 110001

 

PROGRAMME

4.00 pm onwards: Screenings of Palestinian films

'The Gates are Open Sometimes', 'Rainbow', 'A Tale of a Palestinian Poetess (Fadwa)', 'The Fourth Room'

 

7.00 pm – 8.00 pm: Ujle Safed Kabootar, a reading of Palestinian poetry by Jana Natya Manch

 

Gargi Sen, Sudhanva Deshpande, Ayesha Kidwai,  & Prabir Purukayastha

 

Safdar Janam Talks on Culture and Politics

Jana Natya Manch

1973 — 1989 — 2009

The Safdar Janam Talks on Culture and Politics

This year, to observe 20 years of Safdar's death, as well as 35 years of our work, Janam will organize a series of talks, one every month, each focusing on the complex and critical interconnections between culture and politics. The talks will be followed by a discussion on the issues thrown up. The third of these is:

"Science and Technology in a Changing Global Culture"

a talk by D. Raghunandan

25 March 2009

6.00 p.m.

4, Bishambhar Das Marg (directions below)

d. RAGHUNANDAN, engineer, sociologist is a leading activist as well as one of the founders of the People's Science Movement. He is also Secretary, Delhi Science Forum.

Directions: Come to Gol Dak Khana (not Gol Market!), take Pandit Pant Marg, and look out for the first right turn. This is Bishambhar Das Marg. We are in 4 B.D. Marg, which is the second bungalow on the left with Hannan Mollah's name on it.

Jana Natya Manch

Email: jananatyamanch@gmail.com

Web: www.jananatyamanch.org

ALL ARE WELCOME

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Jana Natya Manch
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Janam's Books in Mumbai

Jana Natya Manch brings out a bilingual theatre quarterly Nukkad Janam Samvaad.

 

We have also published some other books –

• Peoples Art in the Twentieth Century
• Theatre of the Streets
• Shambukvadh A play in Hindi by Brijesh

 

 

You will be happy to know that these are now available in your city Mumbai at the Prithvi Bookshop, Prithvi Theatre, Juhu.

 

Please do go to the bookshop with your friends and buy Janam publications.

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Jana Natya Manch