a look back.....

During the last fifteen years, the india foundation has presented over 400 performing artists, hosted five festivals of films from India

shown nearly 100 art films from India, all with English sub-titles, six dance festivals

four festivals of classical music, four arts and photo exhibits, folk dances of India by Aavishkar,

locally produced one adaptation and two original plays KHOJ, NARMAD : MY LIFE and

MARK TWAIN INDIA with McAvoy Layne

and talks by over 30 scholars from and on India

here’s a list of events

presented with the cooperation of

some of the leading educational and cultural institutions since 1986

• May, 1986. Presented a play called GHANSIRAM KOTWAL at the Boll Theater, University of Dayton,
• A talk by Dr. Ram Joshi, Vice Chancellor of University of Bombay and a noted Gandhian Scholar on ‘Relevance of Gandhi Today’ at University of Dayton,
• Luncheon meeting with Consul General of India, Hon. P N Nazareth,
• Luncheon meeting with India’s Ambassador to the U S, Hon. S S Ray,

• Visit to the UD campus and talk by India’s Ambassador to the US Hon. Abid Hussain,
• Festival of Films from India, ‘Films by Five Indian Women Film Directors’,
• Panel discussion on ‘Life and Literature of Narmad, 19th century poet, educationist and social reformer from Western Indian state of Gujarat and presentation of the play ‘Narmad: My Life’ Both events cosponsored with the Indian Students Group at University of Dayton,
• Breakfast meeting with Lord Meghnad Desai, London School of Economics’ Center for Research on Globalization, attended by the officials and faculty members, University of Dayton and hosted by Dr. Bruce Hitchner and Center for International Programs,
• Panel discussion and reading from the English translation of the play that has been banned in India called ‘This Is Nathuram Godse...’ with Dr. Bruce Hitchner - Moderator, Dr Jim Malarkey, Chair, Dept. of Humanities, McGregor School, Antioch University, Dr. Dinesh Paliwal, Consul-Education and Culture, Consulate of India, New York, Marsha Hanna, Director, Human Race Theater Co., Dayton, Prof. Bruce Comer, Dept. of Theater and Film, Wright State University and Harish Trivedi

• Talk on Indian novelist R. K. Narayan by Harish Trivedi

• Sitar concert by Debu Chowdhary,
• Talk on ‘Indian writers writing in English’, by Preeti Sen Gupta
• Visit to the campus and reception for US Ambassador from India Dr.Abid Hussain,
• Talk by Dr. Ramesh Shukla on Sanskrit Literature,
• Two weeks spent by Visiting Scholar Dr. Manisha Tikekar of University of Bombay, India. She talked about ‘Status of Women in India’, ‘ Indian Political System’ and ‘Business Opportunities In India’. The last talk was at the College of Business and Administration, WSU

• A concert of Modern Indian Dances by Ananda Shankar, Tanushree Shankar and their troop from Calcutta, India,
• Reception and Dinner with Hon. Lalit Mansingh, Chief of the Mission, Embassy of India,
• A dance concert by Veena Devi and Ravindra Atibudhi, from India,
• A musical play called THE CAVE OF ALIBABA Dilip Chitre,
• Dances by Sonal Mansingh, New Delhi, India,
• Dances by Mallika Sarabhai and troupe,
• Dances by the Jhaveri Sisters,
• Exhibition of Paintings by Adil Mansuri, from India
• Exhibition of Prints by Ram Pallaniappan, Art Academy, Madras, India,
• A talk on ‘Investment Opportunities in India’ by India’s Ambassador to the US Hon. Abid Hussain,
• Concerts of Classical Music of India (Three day event),
• Reception, Dinner and presentation of the India Foundation Honors to Sinclair Community College (Dr. David Ponitz) with distinguished guest, Hon. S. S. Ray, India’s Ambassador to the US.,
• Talk by Dr. Ramesh Shukla, Visiting Scholar from India

Events at Antioch

• A talk titled SHAKUNTAL of Kalidas, by Harish Trivedi, (Dept. of Theater, Antioch)
• Rabindranath Tagore India’s Nobel laureate by Harish Trivedi (McGregor School, Antioch)

MEDFEST
in
Middletown

A two- week long culture fest celebrating India, cosponsored with Medfest of Middletown in 1989. Events included, dances of India, festival of films from India (films of Satyajit Ray), a science exhibition, exhibition of books and a publication of an anthology of poems by expatriate Indian poets living in the US and Canada called POETRY: INDIA. Poems in thirteen Indian languages with English translations of the same were published in this anthology.

‘India’ - an all day celebration of Indian arts and culture for elementary school students. Over two hundred students and teachers participated in this event.