CURRENT EVENTS
2 Fri 04.15 PM
E. Hotel
Gate No.1,
Express Avenue Mall
Patullos Road
Chennai 600 002
#MeToo: How a Hashtag Became a Rallying Cry
The #MeToo
movement against sexual harassment and assault has exploded in
India’s entertainment and news industries and reached the highest
echelons of government. This online outrage has grabbed the headlines
and air waves.
This evening
holds a discussion and joint conversation on the #MeToo phenomenon with
Chennai-based attorney Poongkhulali Balasubramanian and IWA member Rinku
Mecheri. Advocate
Balasubramanian
works closely with several non-governmental organisations
engaged in the cause of marginalised groups and also regularly
assists organizations to ensure compliance under the law preventing
sexual harassment at the workplace.
Please note this is an evening meeting.
HEALTH & ECOLOGY
13 Tue 10.15 AM
The Folly, Amethyst
Whites Road
Next to
Corporation Bank
Royapettah,
Chennai 600 014
Bio Degradable Plastic
With the growing
concern of the harmful effects of plastic on the environment, the
aspect of Bio Degradability of Plastic, brings hopeful solutions.
T.S. Shankar is a channel media controller by profession. His dream to abate
pollution caused by non-degradable plastic bags, led him to become an
entrepreneur and launch Biotech Bags India
Pte.Limited.
"I always wanted
to be an entrepreneur as well as do something for the environment”,
says this environment enthusiast. Biotech Bags successfully
explored the possibility of an enzyme and bacteria based substrate to
penetrate the polyethylene chain structure effectively and thus create Bio
Degradable Plastics.
Join us as Mr.
Shankar gives a presentation on Bio Degradable Plastic.
Let’s all do our bit to Save Planet Earth!
ART & HANDICRAFTS
15 Thu 10.15 AM
The Folly, Amethyst
Whites Road
Next to
Corporation Bank
Royapettah, Chennai 600 01
The Saga of storytelling – More than a story !
The Art of Story
telling is usually associated with entertainment. Little known is the
fact that its potency extends to various other spheres;which include
education, healing, personal discovery, transformation and more.
Our speaker, Indu Divya is a professional storyteller, speaker and a story coach. She
believes deeply in the magic of storytelling to engage,entertain and
inspire. Personal Storytelling is the genre she most enjoys and
considers to be her niche. Through her brand, The Narrative, she empowers people by helping them connect and communicate
effectively both, with themselves and others through heir stories.
Indu will focus
on personal stories, the stories we tell others and the stories we tell
ourselves and how we might use and rescript our stories to our
advantage.
MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS
20 Tue 05.00 PM
Sivagami Petachi
Auditorium
176, Luz Church
Road
Mylapore,
Chennai 600004
Bollylicious!Bollywood and Delicious
With their
initial mission of promoting Indian dance forms on professional
platforms in Europe, four young Belgian dancers established Bollylicious dance group. Today it comprises of Laura Neyskens, Ayla Joncheere, Julie Thomas, Tom Decuyper and Sooraj Subramaniam. Bollylicious is a very conscious balancing act where the
dancers are intercultural mediators fusing Indian dance with contemporary
dance techniques while respecting its roots and
traditions.This
world-renowned group has performed in honour of dignitaries such as Prime
Minister Modi, Amitabh Bachchan, Sushma Swaraj, their majesties the
King and Queen of Belgium and at the Jaipur Literary Festival. They
will be performing dances related to Hindi cinema as well as Indian
folk music and semi-classical forms in a liberal hybrid manner fused
with non-Indian dance styles.
Don’t miss this chance to
enjoy Bollywood the Danish way!CURRENT EVENTS
22 Thu10.15 A.M
The Folly, Amethyst
Whites Road
Next to
Corporation Bank
Royapettah,
Chennai 600 014
“Money Moves!”
“You’ve got to
tell your money what to do or it will leave.”- Dave Ramsey
Money is the
commodity we all love to have, but often hate addressing. The
world of personal finance is filled with soporific spreadsheets and
technical jargon. And yet, it is an essential discipline of every
household.
Aparna Ram Mohan, Managing
director, Srisattva Group,
guides us through the key takeaways of the world of personal
finance. Aparna is also Director, IQPC (International Quality and Productivity
Center) India and South Africa, as well as an Active Advisor to Board
of Directors of various Companies across the globe.
Join us as
Aparna unfolds the truly transformative money moves that have the power
to change our lives. Personal finance is everything to do with managing
your money and saving and investing. Become aware, show
interest, look around, and know the difference!
It’s your money.
Your life. Take charge.
PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION
27 Tue 04.00 P.M
E. Hotel
Gate No.1,
Express Avenue Mall
Patullos Road
Chennai 600 002
Garland of Ghazals
Originating
fromthe Sufi mysticism of Arabia, the musical form of ghazal is woven
around the theme of longing and loss, the pain of separation and
unconditional love. Ghazals celebrate Love, perhaps the most
uplifting human emotion. Many ghazal couplets can be interpreted in a
spiritual manner with the Beloved being a metaphor for the Divine.
Salman Usmani who hails from Lucknow is an accomplished singer of ghazals. He
learned music withUstad Gulshan Bharti from the Senia gharana . Salman
will present a garland of ghazals interspersed withcommentary.Soak yourself in
the mellifluous strains of poets who have wielded their pens with
finesse and feeling.
Please note this is an evening
meeting.
BOOK DISCUSSION
29 Thu 10.15 A.M
The Folly, Amethyst
Whites Road
Next to
Corporation Bank
Royapettah,
Chennai 600 014
Meet the Young Author from ourvery own Chennai
The Ammuchi
Puchi ,The High
Priestess Never Marries Witchcraft,
The Altar of The
Only World,The Queen of
Jasmine Country.Do these titles
intrigue you? Hazard a guess what topics they could possibly cover
and then come and spend a delightful morning with Sharanya Manivannan. We will trace her life from India through Sri Lanka,
Malaysia and back to India, as she wins accolades along the way, expressing
herself through books, poetry and even a children’s picture book!
Teaser: Sharanya
was specially commissioned to write and perform a poem at the 2015
Commonwealth Day Observance in Westminster Abbey, London,
to an audience which included the British royal family.
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC DAY
1Mon
10.15 AM
The Malayalee Club
28, Club Road,
Srinivasa Nagar
Chetpet, Chennai 600 031
International Music Day
October is a special
month at IWA as we fondly remember our Founder Member Nirmal Seshadri, as we celebrate
International Music Day on
her birthday on 1st
October. Remembering her passion for music and
performing arts, her
family instituted an award to be given to a young and
talented musician
every year.
This year IWA is proud
to honor Amirtha Varshini.Amirtha Varshini is a
versatile musician and singer. She is a flautist in the orchestra of the
Madras Musical Association. She is also an accomplished vocalist, singing a
variety of songs from classical opera to Tamil film songs and folk songs.
She was awarded scholarships to theInt ernational Music
Sessions, Long Island, New York (a summer music camp for talented
child musicians from all over the world) in 2017 and 2018.
As a special treat we
will also hear Lydian Nadhaswaram (IWA musicaward recipient)
perform along with his sister Amirtha Varshini.
We look forward to you
joining us at The Malayalee Club to acknowledge and hear
their performance followed by a lunch of scrumptious Kerala
cusine.
This is a members only
meeting.
ART & HANDICRAFTS
5Fri
10.15 AM
E. Hotel
Gate No.1, Express
Avenue Mall
Patullos Road
Chennai 600 002
Photography for Everyone,Everyone for Photography
Gayatri Nair is an
engineer-turned-photographer who is passionate about
making pictures of things as she sees them. She has a keen interest in
family, culture and society and this makes her an ardent wedding
photographer.
Gayatri is also a
trustee of the CPB Foundation, a registered nonprofit trust that promotes
photography as an art form and a skill; through year long
events and through the Chennai Photo Biennale- a four week long festival of photography exhibitions, walks,
talks, workshops and films.
Gayatri will speak to
us about her artistic journey and her current dream project, The
Chennai Photo Biennale. She will also give us tips on getting better
pictures on our smartphones!
MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS
8Mon 04.00 PM
The Folly, Amethyst
Whites Road
Next to Corporation
Bank
Royapettah, Chennai
600 014
The challenge Indian writing poses to English theatre
Over the last couple
of decades Indian playwrights and writers have engaged the attention
of English Theatre, either in original, translationor adaptation. How has
traditional English theatre, nourished on Western plays from
Shakespeare and Shaw to Pinter and Neil Simon, coped with this new
focus? What difficulties and challenges has this thrown up? What effect
has it had on audiences, used to “English English”? Renowned
theatre personality and voice-over artist PC Ramakrishna looks at this
progress, with the pitfalls encountered and
opportunities given.
P.C. Ramakrishna is a
theatre actor and a communications professional, long
associated with The Madras Players as an actor and administrator. He
served as its president for two decades and has acted in scores of
its theatrical productions since 1969.
Please note this is an
evening meeting.
HISTORY CULTURE TOURS/ HEALTH & ECOLOGY
10Wed 10.15 A.M
The Folly, Amethyst
Whites Road
Next to Corporation
Bank
Royapettah, Chennai
600 014
“Be the change you wish to see”
The pressing need of
the hour is the rapidly deteriorating environment in and
around Chennai that sorely needs our attention……. Here to
sound the warning bell and urging us to stand up and be counted is Arun Krishnamurthy, Founder of the NGO,the Environmentalist
Foundation of India (EFI).
He will talk to us on Chennai’s pristine
ecology and the need for people to participate inits conservation. He is the world’s
youngest awardee of the Rolex Award of Enterprise, the award
one of several, recognized his contribution to
the restoration of
Chennai’s Kilkattalai lake, one of the main feeders to the Pallikarnai
marsh. This “Lake Warrior” has spear headed the restoration of 39
lakes and 54 ponds in the country. His talk will b e accompanied by one of
the 6 environmental documentary films thatEFI has made for
creating public awareness. So, if you have ever felt distressed by the
litter and pollution……let’s learn how to turn our concern into something
meaningful and community – altering by actively
participating.
Together let’s make
mountains move!
HEALTH & ECOLOGY
16Tue10.15 A.M
The Folly, Amethyst
Whites Road
Next to Corporation
Bank
Royapettah, Chennai
600 014
A Donor’s Story!
The Journey of a
Kidney Donor, Anil Srivatsa, who went through emotional upheavals
and subsequent making of a champion for the cause of Organ
Donation. He encourages people to accept the concept of organ
donation and willingly become donors just like him.Anil has driven across
40 countries over 70,000 kilometers in his own car and taken the
message to schools, colleges and organizations.
From being the Chief
Executive Officer of Kings XI Punjab, an editor and publisher of
Blossom City, COO of Radio Today, broadcasting India’s first FM
Network for Women only, Executive vice-president of Imagine Asian TV,
director of Worldwide marketing and public relations for RTV, UK,
to being the Director of Cricket and South Asian at Kelly Broadcasting
Systems - his career is a mosaic of the eclectic and the creative.
Please join us as Anil
Srivatsa presents his true story of gifting a life.
PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION
23Tue10.15 A.M
The Folly, Amethyst
Whites Road
Next to Corporation
Bank
Royapettah, Chennai
600 014
The Idea of Happiness
What does the search
for happiness amount to? Why is it that people tend to find
existential meaning in unhappiness when happiness is valued so much? This
talk will explore some philosophical themes around the idea of
happiness.
Sundar Sarukkai is Professor of
Philosophy at the National Institute of Advanced Studies,
Bangalore. His work is primarily in the philosophy of natural
and social sciences. He is the author of many books including
Philosophy of Symmetry, Indian Philosophy and Philosophy of Science.
He is the Co-Chief Editor of the Springer Handbook of Logical
Thought in India. He has also been very active in outreach programmes
to take philosophy to different communities and places
as well as bringing philosophy to the public through his writing in
The Hindu. He is heading a project of philosophy in the
public domain, funded by the Tata Trusts.
Happiness is a state
we all aspire to.Aren’t you eager to
find out what happiness truly means?
DEEPAVALI
26Fri 4.00 PM
Mayor Ramanathan
Chettiar Centre
75/2, Santhome High
Road
M.R.C. Nagar, R.A.
Puram
Chennai 600 028
Deepavali Bazaar
“Deepavali” -The
festival of lights symbolizes the spiritual “victory of light over darkness,
good over evil and knowledge over ignorance”.
Do join us for IWA’s
Deepavali celebration with an evening filled with surprise
entertainment and shopping followed by a mouth watering High Tea.The ever popular
Khazaana stall will be present.
We are pleased to
invite IWA members for the Deepavali celebrations and no ticket purchase is
required for our members, however there will
be guest charges of Rs.600.
We look forward to welcoming
you there with friends and family.
Our heartfelt thanks
to Visalakshi Ramaswamy for graciously sponsoring the hall.
Please note this is an
evening meeting.
COOKING SWAPSHOP
29Mon 10.15 A.M
The Folly, Amethyst
Whites Road
Next to Corporation
Bank
Royapettah, Chennai
600 014
Learn About Lavender
Growing up in
Coimbatore, Siddharth Murthy’s passion is Food and visual arts. His
mother and grandmother were his foremost teachers, followed by
hotel management and the-hospitality industry.This took him around
the world and ultimately to Australia and landed him into -
Lavandula Farms owned by Carol White In Daylesford, a small
rural town. Here Sid prepares a menu for the cafe, that is
authentic and uses local/seasonal herbs from their own kitchen garden which
of course features lavender.
Come join us for this
interesting and fragrant talk on lavender and how it is used for
culinary purposes.
BOOK DISCUSSION
31Wed 10.15 A.M
Madras Literary Society
DPI Campus,
College Road,
Nungambakkam
Chennai 600 006
Come Kreeda With Us! Triple Treat laid out for you…..
Games in books, games in Chennai, games in MLS!
Do you know which game
Shankar and Parvathi played on Mount Kailasa? And the one
Ramanujan played with his mother?It’s all in the books
and what’s more, you get to play them! Following a short reading of
extracts, we invite you to take a step back into your childhood and crossing
all ages and boundaries, perhaps follow in the footsteps of Rama,
Sita and Lakshman, or...Perry Mason or...Edgar Allan Poe?
To enjoy this morning,
we have the perfect setting for you in the Madras Literary
Society, a 200-hundred-year-old library housed in a century old heritage
building, right in the heart of the city!First time visitors
please set out in good time and make your way to College Road. Sharing
the wall with WCC, is the entrance to the DPI compound and MLS is
the first Indo Saracenic building on your left,if you enter through
this gate.
Vinita Sidharta, the founder of
Kreeda will share with us the journey of the
organisation that has been researching and reviving traditional
games that were inspired by the shells and seeds and fruit-laden
trees of Chennai.
WONDROUS RAMESWARAM
AGELESS...SPIRITUAL...WONDROUS
RAMESWARAM
Take a trip to Rameswaram, a coastal Tamil Nadu
town considered the “ Varanasi of the
South “ and come back feeling blessed!
Fly to Madurai and
drive 3 1/2 hours down to Rameswaram in a luxurybus, with a well-informed
guide who will bring alive the stories of the Indian epic-The
Ramayana and stay at the four-star Hyatt Place for 2 nights.
There is so much to
see, take in the spectacular Ramanathaswamy temple, with its huge
sculpted pillars, that houses the longest ornate corridor in the world.
Bathe in the waters of the Agni Theertham, tantamount to doing
penance and wash away your sins. Visit Devipattinam, a delightful coastal
village and see the partly submerged navagrahas .
Drive on the 2 kms long cantilever Pamban
bridge touted as an
engineering marvel and catch a beautiful sunrise.
Drive to Dhanushkodi and hear the folklore
unfold. Take a boat ride to uninhabited Kurusudai Island with coral reefs and
fishes;get lucky and catch a
glimpse of a dolphin or a sea-cow.
Be transported to the
17th century...visit the palatial Ramanad Palace, the house of the
Sethupathy kings and be charmed by the colourful murals
adorning the walls.
And of course...pay
silent homage at the home of the’ Missile Man’revered as the ‘People’s
President’... Dr. Abdul Kalam. All this and more charming sights
will be yours to experience as you travel with us thru this picturesque
coastal town,
Dates of Travel:
19th-21st November
Approx. Cost: Rs. 19,500
(inclusive of travel) + 5% GST
Group No. 16 pax
Contact : Somna Sachdev
98410 22922
Sheela K Sarath 98840
33336
Last date for full
payment: October 5th
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