MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS
4 Thu 10.15 A.M
Curio Play
3, Ananda Road
Alwarpet
Chennai 600018
A Soulful Morning
Come and enjoy a
calm relaxed morning with songs about everyday life, untold
secrets of our lives and the truth - through the time bending lyrics of the
mystic saint poets from the Bhakti and Sufi traditions.
The vocalist and
composer, Vedanth Bhardwaj is well-known
for singing songs
from the Bhakti tradition- songs of Mirabai, Guru Nanak and Kabir adding
his own twists to the tunes. He has a unique style that blends
Indian classical and folk music.
Vedanth
Bharadwaj has been pursuing music as a full time career for the last eight
years. He has formally learnt Carnatic classical music for over fifteen
years from Sri Neyveli Santhanagopalan and currently under the
tutelage of Sri Ramamoorthy Rao for advanced Carnatic and Hindustani
vocal training for the last eight years. He is a qualified guitarist from the Trinity College of Music,
London.
PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION
9 Tue 10.15 A.M
Madras Club
8, Adyar Gate
Club Road
R.A. Puram
Chennai 600 028
Temple Tanks of India
The
temple-tanks of India are water bodies associated primarily with religion,
but they serve as important water-harvesting units too. The architects
of ancient and medieval India had designed and built these tanks
in such a way that they are not only beautiful architectural structures
but also serve a utilitarian purpose. This talk willfocus on temple-tanks
in various parts of India and also on irrigation tanks created
by kings.With
summer upon us benefit from a fine shower of knowledge blending
history, tradition, religion and art!
Chithra Madhavan has
a Ph.D. in Ancient History and Archaeology. Recipient
of two post-doctoral fellowships, she has authored eight
books and several research papers. She is guest-faculty at Kalakshetra
Foundation, the Asian College of Journalism and DakshinaChitra.
BOOK DISCUSSION
11 Thu 10.15
A.M
Focus Art Gallery
Raja
Annamalai Building (Air India Building)
19,
Rukmani Lakshmipathi Road
Egmore,
Chennai 600 008
The Autobiography of a Thousand Languages
Is
it true that you speak one, two or more Indian languages fluently, but do
most of your reading in English? This is largely due to our education
during the modernization of India, over three generations. Are
we not then, in some sense, home-grown exiles, i.e. living like refugees
in our own homes? Yet the paradox of history is that it is for this
group of Indians that English-language publishers have created a phantom
literature that is neither English nor an indigenous Indian language:
it is a third literature that is both beautiful and problematic — India Translated.
Come,
open yourself up to different perspectives and varied tongues in a
new venue. Our speaker, Ms Mini Krishnan will share treasures waiting
to be uncovered - and to delight. Her talk will also include literature
by writers, marginalized by society. She edits translations for
Oxford University Press (India), sourcing fiction, plays, travelogues,
autobiographies and biographies from 16 Indian languages.
To date she has edited 106 full-length translations. She writes
two columns for The Hindu: (1) This Word for That in the
Literary
Review and (2) Ethics & You in
Education Plus.
HEALTH & ECOLOGY
16 Tue10.15 A.M
The Folly Amethys
Whites Road
Next to
Corportion Bank
Royapettah,
Chennai 600 014
Heart of the Matter
Understanding
heart disease …
There are many
types of heart diseases and each one has its own symptoms and
treatment. For some, lifestyle changes and medicine can make a huge
difference in improving health, while others may need surgery to make
their ticker work well again.
Our speaker, Dr. G. Sengottuvelu is the Senior Consultant & Interventional
Cardiologist at Apollo Hospitals. A graduate from Madras Medical
College, Internal Medicine, DM and DNB in Cardiology, Dr
Sengottuvelu did his fellowship in interventional cardiology in a
prestigious institute in France with world renowned Dr Marie Claude
Morice. He is recognized for his pioneering work in complex
coronary and structural interventions and has performed over
15,000 procedures in the cath lab. A highly accomplished
interventional cardiologist and a key opinion leader in India on complex
stenting and valve interventions. He initiated and performed the
first transcatheter valve replacement at Apollo Hospital in
2015. He has over 100
publications and his work has been accepted and published in
world renowned journals. He has authored chapters in several text
books and over 300 abstracts and case studies in several conferences
around the world. His scientific reputation is rated high among his peers in the Asia pacific region.
Annual General Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the IWA Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday, April 26th, 2019 at the following address:
AVM Rajeswari Kalyana Mandapam
No.97, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai
Mylapore, Chennai 600 004.
REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS: 10.00 a.m.
AGM commences: 10.45 a.m.
The Agenda for the meeting is as follows:
Welcome Address Mahvash Sait
Passing of 2018 AGM Minutes
(sent out by E-mail) Sanyukta Gill
Secretary’s Report Sanyukta Gill
Membership Secretary’s Report Jeyasree Ravi
Treasurer’s Report Tehnez Bahadurji
Adoption of the Audited Accounts
for the year 2018-2019
Appointment of Auditors for 2019- 2020
Special Resolution to amend Clause 10 D
of the existing Bye-law
Special Resolution to reduce the Admission
Fee for Non-Indian members
Any Other Business
Remarks by the outgoing President Usha Jawahar
Introduction of the Election Committee Princess Naik
Presentation of the New
Managing Committee 2019-2020
Address by the incoming Presidents Nidhi Kapoor
Thadani &
Anjali Sacheti
Introduction of the New Executive Committee
Vote of Thanks Shobha Hebbar
Note: Copies of the accounts will be available for members.
COOKING SWAPSHOP
5 Tue 03.45 PM
Flower Bazaar Police Stataion
(Assembly Point)
C1, Flower
Bazaar, NSC Bose Road
Chennai 600 001
The food walk
Join us to
discover some interesting eating places in the buzzing area of George Town.We are on a Food
trail to discover some quaint some iconic eating spots – a walk
that will surely tickle your taste buds along with introducing you
to the history of these place.
Dhruva- Lawyer by profession, Radio Broadcaster to entertain
and aGuide with a
passion, will be accompanying us on this food walk.
Please note this
will involve walking in busy streets for about an hour with stops to
taste the food. Please bring your hat and sun glasses and walking
shoes. Make sure you are comfortable.
This is a warn-in meeting. So sign up fast at the below mentioned numbers between
March 1 - 3rd.
Whatsapp - Nandi Shah 9884070014
Assembly at flower
bazar police station- at the statue
of King George V. - by
3.45p.m. Kindly be on time as we will leave sharp at 3:50p.m.
The meeting will
last longer than our usual meeting times so please plan accordingly
for your cars to pick you up.
MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS
8 Fri 10.15 A.M
Madras Club
8 Adyar Club
Gate Road,
Chennai 600028
Sreemati -
On this women’s
day we will be celebrating the woman with all the riches of the
world in her persona - Sreemati. We welcome you to this joyous
celebration through the medium of puppetry.
The day begins
with Abharana, an interactive between the queen, who is a puppet and
her Sakhi, the dancer. It continues remembering the extraordinary
women of ancient India, Chudala, Maithreyi, Savithri, the Grihini and
Sulabha. This will be followed by a glimpse to the world of classical
puppetry.
Presenting this
world of puppets are two women from Bangalore, Anupama Hoskere and Divya
Hoskere. Anupama is a Master puppeteer (an
engineer who has a masters degree from the University of California)
and the founder of Dhaatu Puppet Theater which believes in the
traditional wisdom and values offered by Indian culture and uses
puppetry to spread this knowledge to children in the hope that it will be
a valuable space in their consciousness they can return to a later stage in
their life.
Divya Hoskere, her daughter, is a trained Bharatanatyam artist,puppeteer and
student of Bachelor’s of Design.
ARTS & HANDICRAFTS
12 Tue 10.15 A.M
Seetha Muthiah’s
Residence
Coromandel House
14 Boat Club
Road
R.A. Puram,
Chennai 600028
The Mystical Kolam
Shanthi Sridharan is an artist from Chennai with a particular focus on the great
Indian art of Kolam and Rangoli.Kolam is a
design philosophy based on connecting the dots with lines and curves to
create infinite design patterns. The Kolam patterns are a rich source of
figure language which serves as a stimulus for creation of new types of
languages to communicate. These drawings cannot be preserved. They
get walked on, washed out or blown by the wind; one has to let go
and new ones are made. This infinity and detachment creates an
unmatched mystic only paralleled to the aura associated with the
existence of the universe.Shanthi will
speak about this unique form of philosophy and art.
HISTORY CULTURE TOURS
14 Thu 10.15 A.M
E-Hotel
Gate
No.1, Express Avenue Mall
Patullos
Road
Chennai
600 002
History, Tradition and Evolution of Bharatanatyam
India’s
priceless artistic heritage is today the toast of the world. To help
preserve
this legacy for generation–next albeit, remains a challenge.Working
towards this preservation is Jayanthi Varma, dancer par excellence, who hails from the Royal Family of Cochin.
Early exposure
to Indian culture inculcated in Jayanthi an immense love and
respect for the spiritual and cultural heritage of India. From the age
of six, she was trained in Bharatanatyam by Padma Bhushan Smt.Kamala Lakshman and K.P.Kittappa Pillai
doyen of the Tanjore Quartet family.
Today, she is the Founder Director of Tapasya Kala Sampradaya since
1977, an organization that works to
preserve original cultural heritage.
Jayanthi
will outline what has been done to preserve this art form with the
help of “Marainduvarum Marabugal”,
Tapasya’s research documentary film that
captures eminent masters and artistes from hereditary
families from the field of Bharatanatyam and its music,sharing
nuances of their art and artistic heritage.Filmed
in the tradition centers of art like Thanjavur, Tiruvarur,
Kanchipuram this film gives us an added insight into
traditional teaching
techniques of the renowned families that nurtured and preserved the ancient art of Bharatanatyam.
HEALTH & ECOLOGY
19 Tue 10.15 A.M
The Folly, Amethyst
Whites
Road
Next
to Corporation Bank
Royapettah, Chennai 600 014
Vultures In Vain
Growing
up reading books by Kenneth Anderson and Jim Corbett, 18 years old Akshay Bharadwaj, currently doing his 1st year in thesIndian
Institute of Science, is a wildlife enthusiast. On behalf of Karnataka’s
forest department, Akshay has shot a documentary on the last remaining Vultures in
the scenic hills of Ramnagar, which tells us
the story about the fast declining vultures, of his home state. In his documentary
he has created an awareness on the dramatic effect their extinction
would have on our ecological environment.
Having
had the good fortune of visiting several forests and plethora of
habitats across our country, from traversing the vast expnses of nothingness
in the Thar desert to being stranded in thundering rain along
the Western Ghats, Akshay’s was a childhood that few could imagine
and even fewer could experience.
Come
listen to one of our youngest speakers Akshay, as he shares the
tales of the mystic and intriguing forests, about his struggles and experiences
and most of all his sustained motivation at this early age.
GRAND FINALE
25 Mon 07.00 P.M
Crowne Plaza
Chennai Adyar Park
132,
TTK Road, Alwarpet
Chennai
600 018n
Grand Finale!
“If you can make a woman laugh, you can make
her do anything” - Marilyn Monroe
It’s
the culmination of a wonderful year, full of friendship, activity, fun and
laughter.
The IWA Board is delighted to invite you to the final
event of the year,
The Grand Finale. Join
us for a night of merriment and laughter. We bring you an exciting evening
of comedy and live music followed by a scrumptious dinner.
This
event is open to spouses
and friends of members for Rs. 1800. There is a limit of 75 passes and it will be available at forthcoming
IWA meetings.
PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION
26 Tue 10.15 A.M
Alagammai Alagappan’s Residence
10
Chittaranjan Road,
Teynampet
Chennai-600
018IWA Helpline
Building, enhancing and restoring relationships
Our
speaker T.T.Srinath is a
sensitivity trainer, a member of the Indian
Society for Applied Behavioural Science, (ISABS). A Post-Graduate
in Human Resource Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur he is a
Ph.D. in Organisational Behaviour from Anna University, Chennai. He
is a Certificate holder in Sociodrama & Action Methods, issued by MPV/SAM
Sociodrama & Action Methods Training and accredited by the
British Psychodrama Association.He
has spent over 37 years as an entrepreneur including 20 years as a
human interaction facilitator. He has worked with more than 130 organisations
across the world interacting with thousands of participants
through his workshops..
He
is a stage actor, a member of The Madras Players, and an author.
BOOK DISCUSSION
28 Thu 10.15 A.M
Hanu Reddy Residences
39/18 Binny Road, Poes Garden
Chennai 600 086
Memory & Memories
Perhaps you remember every word spoken by
someone years ago but are struggling to remember the name of the
person sitting next to you? Is this important?
Holder of several records, author,
Ted-speaker, entrepreneur Mr Krishan Chahal shares the opinion that a good memory can
be a great asset and a bad memory can cost you
in more ways than one.Fortunately, everyone (yes, you too) has
the capacity for developing a good memory with the art which we will
learn from the Memory King and mnemonics expert.
The Indian Air Force, Indian Navy, Indian
Railways, Tatas and Birlas and many many on a longlist have
benefittedunder the Industry Outreach Initiative of Mirchi Networks Pvt Ltd.
IWA will gain from their Memory
ImprovementEducational Program.Bring your guests, bring your children, but
do warn in by sending a message to Gowri or Jaya.Can you afford to miss our Meeting this
March? Make a note of it, lest
you forget!
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