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As Convener of the Asiatika Committee formed during the bicentenary of the Asiatic Society, my mandate was to reach out to the general public about the Society, its history, holdings, collections and activities. The project was funded by grants from Ford Foundation and Prince Klaus Fund for Culture and Development. I led a team that conceptualised and implemented heritage walks in and around the Society and Town Hall and organised cultural programmes. I prepared the text for an exhibition on the History, Collections and Activities of the Asiatic Society and wrote the script for a film ‘Steps in Time: 200 years of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai’, by Rafeeq Ellias.
Durbar Hall of the Asiatic Society
Poetry Reading on the steps of the Town hall
Visitors on the Heritage Walk
Asiatika Celebrations
Images © Rafeeq Elias, Sadanand Menon
My writings on The Asiatic Society
2008c “Beyond Orientalism? Not Quite, Not Yet! The Asiatic Society of Mumbai,” in K. Ganesh et al. (eds.) op. cit., 45-54.
2002 "The Asiatic Society of Bombay: A Guide to its History, Collections and Activities" Brochure, The Asiatic Society, Bombay.
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