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Harish Trivedi is a founder trustee and the Chairman of the India Foundation. He is a naturalized US citizen and a resident of that counrty for over thirty years. His academic background includes Masters, bachelors degrees and diplomas, certificates in Economics, Political Science, Law, Statistics, Library Science, Information Science, Management as well as a (incomplete) Doctorate in Theatre and Communications from Michigan State University.
Languages: Hindi, Gujarati and Marathi. These are all Indian regional languages, Harish is fluent in writing, reading, convrsation and translation from any of these languages in to and from english. His writings have appeared in numerous newspapers and periodicals in the US and India.
 | Harish has, for the India Foundation, curated
five Film Festivals, four arts and photo exhibits that included over 90
films in thirteen Indian languages and over two hundred works of art and
photographs. Some of the festival films were shown for the very first time
in this country.
Harish has produced all the cultural programmes including the dance and music festivals. Over 300 performing artists from India have participated in these events in Dayton and across the US. |
Plays written (In Gujarati) include, Kedi Karyalaya, 'Dhingali Ghar', Darpan, Takhto Boleche, Kanchan Bhayo Katheer. A Hindi version of 'An Inspector Calls' and Pirandello's 'Six Charaters In Search of An Author' called 'Khoj' Harish's Gujarati and English docu-drama 'Narmad - Maari Hakikat' and 'Narmad - My Life' have been performed in many major cities in the US, London, Paris and in over fifteen cities and towns in Gujarat. Over fifty-thousand people have seen the plays. The play is based on autobiographical writings of the 19th century social reformer, patriot and pioneering prose writer from Gujarat - Narmad (Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave) A second revised edition of the english language biography called NARMAD by Gulabdas Broker and originally published by the Sahitya Academy has also been brought out by the India Foundation. 'Narmad - Maari Hakikat' has been published by Kala Gurjari of Mumbai, India
A one-man show based on the writings of Mark Twain called 'MARK TWAIN IN INDIA' was created, produced and directed by Harish Trivedi. The lead role of Mark Twain was played by internationally known Mark Twain impressionist McCovoy Layne. He came highly recommended by the Mark Twain Society, Elmyra, New York and also by Arts and Entertainment Network. He has also appeared in a documentary on Mark Twain produced by A & E.
Both, 'Narmad - My Life' and 'Mark Twain In India' were produced with a grant from Culture Works and Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District. The english version of 'Narmad - My Life' is being published by a cultural trust in India and would be released later in Fall this year.
Other publications: Five Folk Plays ( a collection of translation of five Gujarati folk plays - Bhavai) published by Michigan State University and edited by Dr. Farley Richmond, 'Poetry : India, an anthology of poems written by expatriate Indians living in the US and Canada. It includes poems in ten Indian languages published in the original script and accompanied with an english translation of the same, perhaps the very first anthology of this kind. DOSTEE an english languge magazine of the India Foundation.
Soon to be staged: ECHOES a mixed media presentation in english about India's partition and Mahatma Gandhi's assassination.