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E-Mail: [email protected] NewsletterNewsletter Website: www.nehru-centre.org Vol. 15 Issue 4 APRIL 2014 Price Rs. 10/- Per Copy Annual Subscription Rs. 100 Events At a Glance... “Internal Security” To commemorate late Shri Y.B. organized criminal syndicates SPECIAL ASTRONOMY LECTURE Chavan's enormous contributions provide logistical support to to National Security, Nehru Centre terrorists and insurgents by A Special Astronomy Lecture on "The European Extremely Large had organized seminars during his supplying weapons, explosives and Telescope" by Prof.Niranjan Thatte, birth centenary year. ammunitions. The insurgents and Professor of Astrophysics, terrorist groups, on their part Department of Physics, University of Dr. Pushpita Das, Associated provide training to the criminal Oxford, United Kingdom. Fellow, Institute for Defence syndicate in the use of guns and Studies and Analyses presented her explosives as well as sale passage Sunday,? 6th April ?2014 at 3 p.m. paper on 'Managing borders and through the territory held by them Hall of Culture coasts for a secure India'. Following in return for a share of the profit Discovery of India Building, are some excerpts from her from the drug trade. Many cases Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, presentation. have been recorded where money Mumbai 400018. generated through the drugs trade Some excerpts of her talks were has been used to fund various incorporated in the Newsletter for insurgent and terrorist movements Cultural Wing March 2014. Following are some in Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Inter Art more excerpts: the Northeast. (Dedicated to Vikram Sarabhai) Devised by Darpana Academy Trans-border crimes Dealing with the threats and of Performing Arts, challenges 16th to 18th April 2014, 6.30 pm Porous and poorly guarded borders Nehru Centre Auditorium as well as economically depressed Given these threats and challenges, border areas create conducive India has taken many steps over the atmosphere for criminal activities to decades to secure the country's Library flourish. Drugs and narcotics b o r d e r s . T h e s e i n c l u d e : Workshop on cartooning t r a f f i c k i n g , g u n r u n n i n g , deployment of security forces and For Students of Stds. V to VII smuggling of essential items, cattle, equipment for guarding and human beings and fake Indian surveillance, facilitating legitimate Monday, 21st April 2014 currency notes, petty crimes like crossing, development of the ‘Who Are We’ Hall theft and kidnapping etc. are quite border areas and cooperation with First Floor, Discovery of India Bldg. rampant along all the borders of neighbours. Timing : 10.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. India. Facilitating legitimate crossings To register, contact Arati Desai, Quite obviously, the nexus between Librarian on 24983921 or email her organized criminal networks and One of the major functions of a at [email protected] terrorists has created a force border is to allow legitimate trade powerful enough to cause and travel while at the same time instability in the country. The contd. on page 2 Nehru Centre Newsletter - April 2014 1

1 preventing illegal crossing. the borders. Towards this end, strategic roads are being constructed along Crossing by people and goods takes different borders: 804 km along the India-China border, 1377 km along the place through designate land India-Nepal border and 3 13 km along the India-Bhutan border. customs stations and immigration check posts situated along the In addition, various road and rail links which got severed during partition borders. With its high rate of or during the subsequent wars with Pakistan have also being restored. growth, the Indian economy has These include the Munabao-Khokhrapar rail line, the Dhaka-Agartala rail been attracting a huge amount of link, the Muzzafarabad-Srinagar road link, and the Moreh Kalemyo road trade and investment as well as the link. A number of new trans-border roads and railways projects such as the increased movement of people and Trilateral and the Asian Highways have also been initiated to improve cargo across the borders in recent cross-border connectivity. years. Bearing these in mind, attention is being given to facilitate Cooperation with Neighbours the smooth flow of legitimate goods and people while at the same time To effectively guard and manage the borders, it is important to solicit the keeping a record of such crossings. cooperation of neighbours. In this regard, India has been interacting with In this regard, three land customs neighbouring countries at various levels through institutionalized stations are in various stages of interactions. These interactions are held between ministers, government being upgraded as integrated check officials, border guarding forces and surveyors general of India and posts. These integrated check posts neighbouring countries regularly. For example, home secretaries meet house, under a single roof, annually to discuss bilateral border security and management issues. representatives from all the Similarly, the Directors General of the Border Security Force and the regulatory and security agencies Pakistan Rangers as well as the Coast Guard of India regularly interact with such as the customs, immigration, the Pakistan Rangers and the Maritime Security Agency respectively, to narcotics, phytosanitary and state discuss and resolve various issues relating to border management and police, making the clearance of coastal security. passengers and cargo easier and hassle free. In addition, to discuss various border disputes and to provide a framework for the solution of these problems India and its neighbours have constituted Developing the border areas Joint Boundary Working Groups. For instance, India has constituted two Joint Boundary Working Groups with Bangladesh, one to look after the To address the developmental demarcation issue and another to look into the issue of enclaves and adverse needs of the border population, to possessions. Similarly, India constituted the Joint Technical Level Boundary wean them away from indulging in Committee (JTLBC) with Nepal in 1981, and it has been successful in illegal activities as well as to instill a delineating 98 per cent of the India-Nepal border. These bilateral sense of security in them, various interactions have been quite effective in sensitizing India's neighbours border development programmes about threats and challenges that India faces from across the border and have been undertaken by the eliciting support to address them. government. The most important of these has been the Border Areas Development Programme, which to be continued ... covers 358 blocks in 96 border districts of 17 states. In addition, What Nehru said... border trade is also being encouraged as an alternative means The Official Language of livelihood for the border people. Hindi has been suggested in our Constitution as the link language for The idea is to allow the border Central and official purposes. As I have said earlier, I want English to people to trade their surplus continue here for many purposes, and it may even be a link language, for produce in exchange for essential example, between individual thinkers, literary men and authors. But the commodities. normal link language for India cannot be English. The normal link language has to be an Indian language, and of all the Indian languages, only Hindi is Besides, in an effort to make the feasible. That is the only claim that I make for it. bolder areas more accessible, road and rail networks are being April 24, 1963 constructed along as well as across

Nehru Centre Newsletter - April 2014 2 SKY SHOWS : ‘Violent Universe’

Timings

12 noon (Hindi) 1:30 pm (Marathi) 3:00 pm (English) 4:30 pm (Hindi)

NEHRU PLANETARIUM MONDAY CLOSED

37TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE NEHRU PLANETARIUM

To mark the 37th Anniversary of the Nehru Planetarium, following contests were organized. Given below were the results of various competitions held during 25 February 2014 to 1 March 2014. The concluding function of the 37th Anniversary Celebrations of Nehru Planetarium was held on Sunday, 2 March 2014 at 5 pm. at Hall of Quest, Basement Nehru Planetarium.

Padmashree Dr. Ramakrishna v. Hosur, Director, UoM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Science (CEBS), University of Mumbai Campus, Kalina, Mumbai, was the Chief Guest. He addressed the winners and gave away the prizes. Mr. Satish Sahney, Chief Executive, Nehru Centre; Mr. S. K. Kulkarni, Director (Finance and Administration), Nehru Centre and Mr. Arvind Paranjpye, Director Nehru Planetarium were also present.

Astro-Painting Astro-Essay Astro-Poetry Science Quiz Astro-Quiz Winner (25 February) (26 February) (27 February) (28 February) (1 March)

First Shivani S. Tushar Nayak Uma K. Punyaprasun J. Vinayak V. Doiphode Deodhar Shagara Borkar Balmohan Udayachal High Convent Girl’s St. Xavier’s Sangha’s Vidyamandir, School, High School, Boy’s Academy, Suvidyalaya Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai

Second Jayesh S. Ketaki Sawant Amit A. Darshit H. Chinmay Purandare Phadale Gawade Trevadia Udayachal High Convent Girl’s M. H. Chogale St. Joseph’s Balmohan School, High School, Vidyalaya High School Vidyamandir, Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai

Third Rasalika Krutika Rajesh Mansi H. Shooumik Shail Dave Seksaria Gite Oliparman Gulgule Jasudben M. L. M. H. Chogale M. H. Chogale Balmohan Jamnabai Narsee School, Vidyalaya, Vidyalaya, Vidyamandir School Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai MumMumbai Mumbai

Shivani S. Doiphode Uma K. Deodhar Tushar Nayak

Punyaprasun J. Shagara Vinayak V. Borkar

Nehru Centre Newsletter - April 2014 3 JUPITER

In the month of April 2014, Jupiter, the gas giant and the largest planet of our solar system can be seen right overhead as soon as it gets dark.

In Roman mythology Jupiter is the king of gods and god of sky and thunder. It is called Bruhaspati or Guru in India and known as Deva-guru or Guru of gods. Bruhaspati is also the “lord of prayer and devotion”.

This planet has a very special place in history of not just astronomy but also of science. In the month of January, 1610 Galileo Galilee, the Italian astronomer became the first man to observe this planet using a telescope and discovered it’s four moons or satellites. This was the period when the scientists had started questioning if indeed the Earth was the centre of the universe or the centre lies at the Sun. Galileo’s observations of the Moons of Jupiter was the beginning of the observational evidences suggesting that the Earth is not the centre of the universe. (That the Universe has no centre was realized much later.)

The mass of this fifth planet from the Sun is about two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in the Solar System combined. But its own mass is just about one-thousandth of the solar mass. Jupiter has 67 satellites but its fifth one, Amalthea, was discovered in 1892 nearly 300 years after the discovery of first four moon by Galileo. These four moon – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Calisto can be seen easily using simple amateur telescopes.

Composition of Jupiter is very similar to that of the Sun. It is nearly 90% hydrogen (molecular) and about 10% helium with small amount of methane, ammonia, hydrogen sulphide, etc. (all put together amounts to less than half a percent).

One can also observe atmospheric bands on the disk of the planet. When the sky is clear one can see as many as four bands from a city like Mumbai. The most interesting feature on the surface of Jupiter is its Great Red Spot is what is termed as an anticyclonic storm. It is nearly twice as big as the Earth. It is not known how or why it started but it has been observed for last 200 years.

SPECIAL ASTRONOMY LECTURE

A Special Astronomy Lecture on "The European Extremely Large Telescope" by Prof.Niranjan Thatte, Professor of Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

Sunday,? 6th April 2014 at 3 p.m.

Hall of Culture, Discovery of India Building, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, Mumbai 400018.

Nehru Centre Newsletter - April 2014 4 Cultural Wing INTER ART Nehru Centre is presenting INTER ART FESTIVAL (Dedicated to Vikram Sarabhai) Devised by Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, Ahmedabad. The festival is scheduled during 16th to 18th April 2014 at Nehru Centre Auditorium and the programmes are as follows:

April 16, 2014 Sets and props by Manikandan and Pandarinathan Costumes by Mallika Sarabhai LDR Lighting design by Yadavan Chandran

LDR is a multimedia performance that deals with the April 18, 2014 rootlessness and lack of sense of belonging of those that choose displacement for themselves-either going THE DAMMED abroad for better economic prospects, divided by time and circumstance from their moorings and loved ones. Too often we ignore and bypass the displaced people in society, allowing them to become invisible. Their voices are Integrating dance, theatre, text and video, LDR explores not heard; their struggles go unresolved further pushing them the nature of long distance relationships and the to the margins of society. The Dammed brings to the fore the displacement they bring, through their myriad, issue of internally displaced people, forced from their homes complexities and disjunctions, whilst dealing with a due to ethnic conflict, development projects, government fundamental question; how can we find togetherness actions and more… when living apart and on the move? Concept & Artistic Director : Naomi Deira Concept, Choreography and Direction: Revanta Sarabhai Creative Assistant: Kirlay Saint Claire Performed by Revanta Sarabhai and Sarathy Korwar Performed by Mallika Sarabhai & The Darpana Performing Original Music by Sarathy Korwar Group Dramaturge by Leo Spreksei Music by Jayant Nair Visuals by Stephen Thornhill & Darpana Communications April 17, 2014 Costume Design by Anuj Sharma UNEARTHED 16th to 18th April 2014, 6.30pm each day Nehru Centre Auditorium In a world that changes in front of our very eyes, who are we? Have we lost our sense of self? Why is it that we Entry: Entrance Cards will be available on Friday, the 11th April look for answers in the other, in the enemy, in the one 2014 from 10.30 am until availability of entrance cards from Booking who looks, behaves or is different? Why do we forget Counter of Nehru Centre Auditorium. our own distancing from our core selves and look instead for answers in others whom we can demonize? ANNOUNCEMENT - Annual Workshop What does this very personal and internal displacement from our own true self mean for a society? Gowri KATHAK DARPAN Ramnarayan adapts a story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (A Workshop on Kathak Dance by Pt. Birju Maharaj) into a physical theatre performance. 26th to 30th May 2014 Venue: Nehru Centre Auditorium Directed by Yadavan Chandran and Mallika Sarabhai Performed by Mallika Sarabhai with Palanivelu, The admission forms will be available from 15th April 2014 to Murali Nair, Padmakumar, Pinakin Thaker, Sonal 15th May 2014 from the office of the Culture Wing, Nehru Centre Solanki, Manikandan, Pooja Purohit and Priyanka Raja For details contact: Shri Prakash Pawar on Tel:24964676-79 Ext:119 Email: [email protected] OR Original music score by Jayan Nair and the Darpana Smt. Jayashree Metrani on Tel:24964676-79 Ext:169 musicians

Nehru Centre Newsletter - April 2014 5 The Art Gallery

Programmes for G.D.A. in Painting from . He has had many group shows and won April 2014 awards. His paintings are figurative in acrylics. LALLAN SINGH Vijay has G.D.A. in Painting from Pune. He has exhibited his works in Pune. His abstract paintings are in acrylic on canvas.

Tuesday 1st April to Monday 7th April 2014 ( Circular Gallery)

Painting by Sharmistha Chawat

C. P. CHOUDHARY . SHEETAL Sharmistha has Post Graduation in CHOUDHARY . SHARMISTHA Painting from Udaipur. Her CHAWAT . SUNIL CHOUDHARY paintings are on canvas.

Sunil graduated with M.A. degree in Painting from M.L.S. University, Udaipur. He works in acrylic and oil Sculpture by Lallan Singh pastels.

Lallan Singh graduated from Tuesday 8th April to Rajasthan. He does sculptures in Monday 14th April 2014 marble. He has had many shows and ( AC Gallery) attended many camps in India and a b r o a d . H e h a s w o n m a n y DIPAK ASOLE prestigious awards on state level.

Tuesday 1st April to Monday 7th April 2014 ( AC Gallery)

SUNIL SHELKE . VIJAY GHAYAL

Sculpture by C. P. Choudhary

C. P. Choudhary has M.A. degree in Painting from Udaipur University. Painting by Dipak Asole He has exhibited his marble sculptures in India. He has attended Dipak has received B.F.A. from many art camps and workshops. Nagpur and A.T.D. from Pusad. He has exhibited his paintings in oils on Sheetal has done Post Graduation in canvas in Pune and Nagpur. Painting from M.L.S. University, Rajasthan. She works in acrylic and Tuesday 8th April to Painting by Sunil Shelke etching. She has had exhibitions in Monday 14th April 2014 Sunil has secured A.T.D. from India and attended camps. ( Circular Gallery) Aurangabad and Dip. A.Ed, and Nehru Centre Newsletter - April 20142011 6 DHEERAJ SUTAR India and abroad. Her paintings are acrylic and oil pastels. He has won auctioned by leading auctioneers many awards. overseas. She paints in acrylic and oils. Tuesday 22nd April to Monday 28th April 2014 ( Circular Gallery )

SHASHIDHAR LOHAR . BHEEMRAO BADIGER . JAGADISH KADUR

Painting by Padmanabh Bendre

Padmanabh has received Bachelor Painting by Dheeraj Sutar degree in Architecture from M.S. Dheeraj hails from Kolhapur. He University, Baroda and Masters in received his art education from T o w n P l a n n i n g f r o m P u n e Kolhapur. His paintings are realistic University. He has had many solo with details in oils on canvas. shows in India and abroad, has participated in group shows and

Tuesday 15th April to attend camps. His paintings are Woodcut by Shashidhar Lohar Monday 21st April 2014 compositions in acrylic on canvas. Shashidhar has secured A.M. Diploma ( AC Gallery) Mahua is a self-taught artist. She from Dharwad and G.D.A. from K.E.N. CHAITANYA KUMBHAKARNA teaches pottery and sculpting to the School of Art, Bangalore. He has won students of Singapore International many awards. His compositions are in Chaitanya has secured B.F.A. and School. She has participated in many etching and woodcut . M.F.A. degree from Aurangabad. He prestigious exhibitions in India and has participated in many group abroad. She will exhibit her Bheemrao received A.M.G.D. from shows, attended many camps and Sculptures. Dharwad and M.V.A. from Hampi. won awards. His paintings are He has had many solo and group landscapes in water colours. Tuesday 22nd April to shows and won awards. His Monday 28th April 2014 landscapes are in oils and acrylic. Tuesday 15th April to (AC Gallery ) Monday 21st April 2014 Jagadish obtained Diploma in ( Circular Gallery) PRADIP GHADGE Painting from Karnataka. Presently teaching painting in Bangaluru. He DEVYANI PARIKH . has had many shows to his credit. His PADMANABH BENDRE . paintings are figurative compositions MAHUA ROY in acrylic on canvas.

Tuesday 29th April to Monday 5th May 2014 ( AC Gallery)

HOSHNAR KAIKOBAD

Hoshnar has secured G.D.A. in Applied Art from Pune. He has had solo and many group shows in India. His landscapes and figurative Painting by Pradip Ghadge Painting by Devyani Parekh compositions are in oils on canvas. Pradip has Diploma in Painting from Devyani has been exhibiting her Chitrakala Mahavidyalaya Khopoli. Tuesday 29th April to paintings since last forty years. She His paintings are portraits and Monday 5th May 2014 has won many prestigious awards in realistic landscapes in details in ( Circular Gallery) Nehru Centre Newsletter - April 2014 7 R. N. I. No. MAHENG/1999/121 MH/MR/WEST/114/2012-2014 FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY

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