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France says ‘Hello!’

Bonjour India, currently underway, will travel to 16 Indian cities all this month to strengthen ties between the two countries.
by Medha Kulkarni

Have you always loved French culture, and wanted to experience it firsthand? Well, lucky you. As part of the efforts to strengthen diplomatic ties between the France and India, Bonjour India,the Festival of France, is here and will travel to 16 different cities this year.

1985 saw the first Year of India in France, and it was replete with elephants ambling across the Trocadero in Paris to the Eiffel Tower. This year’s Indo-French cultural relationships celebrations comprise of a wide variety of wonderful cultural events. The beauty of this programme is that it has been designed such that it encompasses the entire realm of person-to-person exchange between India and France, whether in art, literature, cinema, fashion, performing arts or sports.

The first edition of Bonjour India was in 2009-2010, and it was so successful that it encouraged the Institut Français en Inde and the French Embassy in India, in association with the Alliance Française India network and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) to engineer this one, the second edition which started in January and will go on till April 2013.

Here’s a quick round up of what’s on offer in Mumbai:

March 12-18, Photography, Lost Highway – Part of the FOCUS festival, an exhibition of photographs by Chantal Stoman, at Studio X

March 18, Cinema, An Evening With Short Films, at Prithvi Theatre

March 20, Gastronomy, The Floating Buffet, at Novotel

March 26, Music, Amarallis Ensemble – Pain and Pleasure at the Court of Versailles, at the Experimental Theatre, NCPA.

Look for more details and schedules for other cities here.

(Picture courtesy bonjour-india.in. In the picture is the Amarallis Ensemble)

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How about an art attack?

Art Night Thursday, an ongoing art show initiative, makes art more accessible and time-friendly to the general public in Mumbai.
by Medha Kulkarni

On every second Thursday of the month, a handful of some of the art galleries at Colaba and Fort stay open till 9:30 pm to hold Art Night Thursday. Chatterjee & Lal, Chemould Prescott Road, Gallery Maskara, Gallery Beyond, Volte Gallery, Sakshi Gallery, The Guild, Lakeeren and Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke are amongst the participating galleries.

It’s a fabulous initiative that started a little over a year ago and has been instrumental in making art more accessible to the general public. Most galleries tend to be closed on weekends and shut by around 7 pm on weekdays. This makes it difficult for the regular office-going crowd, students etc. to ever go catch a show. Thus, keeping the galleries open on a weeknight till late has provided such people with the wonderful opportunity to be able to catch their favourite art shows without missing work.

Art Thursday this month is tomorrow, March 14, and you can get more information on the Mumbai Art Map here.

This month, Art Night Thursday highlights those galleries that are a part of the FOCUS Festival Mumbai, the first festival in the city dedicated solely to the work of young and promising photographers from all over the world.

I suggest picking up an art map from one of the outlets mentioned in the link above, and hit the art trail in the following order:

– Chemould Prescott Road : “Parsis” by Sooni Taraporevala, March 06 – April 06, 2013

– Art Musings : “37 Still Lifes”, March 14 – April 13, 2013

– Goethe-Institut Mumbai : “A Fantastic Legacy: Early Bombay Photography from 1840 to 1900”, March 13-27, 2013

– The Guild: Group exhibition March 13-27, 2013

– The Hermes Mumbai Store: “The Inhabited Space” by Sean Rocha, March 13-27

– Project 88 : “A Village in Bengal” by Chirodeep Chaudhuri, March 14-26, 2013

– Sakshi Gallery: “Poseurs”, March 14-24, 2013

– Studio-X: “Lost Highway” by Chantal Stoman, March 12-18, 2013

Medha Kulkarni, 25, lives in Mumbai and is a curator at Volte Gallery. Her hobbies include reading, travelling and writing.

(Picture courtesy mumbailocal.net)

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Online photo contest: ‘Ordinary women, extraordinary work’

US Consulate brings an online photo competition on the occasion of Women’s Day. You can submit entries till March 31.

In honour of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month in March, the US Consulate General Mumbai is hosting its third annual online photo contest on the theme ‘Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Work.’

The contest will run from March 1 to March 31, 2013 and is open to Indian nationals residing in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Goa. The photographs you submit must belong to you and must not be sourced from anywhere. If you win, your entry will be posted on the Consulate’s website and social media sites. “This is our third year of the contest celebrating women and their valuable place in Indian society. This time we are highlighting ordinary women who overcome the odds to do incredible and inspirational work,” Cultural Affairs Officer Angela L Gemza said.

Photos should be emailed to MumbaiPublicAffairs@state.gov. Additionally, this year the Consulate has introduced a Twitpic category in which contestants can post their pictures on Twitter to @USAndMumbai using the hashtag #OWEWphoto.

All photos will be judged by noted digital artist Rahul Gajjar, press photographer Mukesh Parpiani and a panel of American officers from the US Consulate General, Mumbai. For complete contest rules visit: http://tinyurl.com/OWEWphoto

The prizes include a two-night stay in Goa, plus gift vouchers and other goodies like gym memberships and fitness DVDs.

(Picture courtesy telegraph.co.uk)

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Get a classical music scholarship from the State

The Maharashtra State Government invites budding musicians to apply for the Pt Bhimsen Joshi music scholarship before February 28, 2013.

It’s a good time to be a classical musician, or at least be associated with classical music, if you’re a Maharashtra resident. The Government has two ways to help you out if you’re looking for monetary assistance.

The State Government recently rolled out two good incentives for those in the field of Hindustani classical music – the Pandit Bhimsen Joshi scholarship for students of classical music, and a grant for organisations working in classical music.

Those who hold a degree in Hindustani classical music can apply for the scholarship, provided they furnish such documents such as their degree, a character certificate from the institution granting that degree, their family’s income certificate, and a brief note and supporting documents of the higher studies they wish to undertake in classical music. A total of 12 students (six seeking a scholarship for vocal music, six for instrumental music) will be selected for the scholarship, which will grant them Rs 5,000 per month for a period of two years, if selected. Students will be selected after evaluation by a team of experts on the basis of the applicant’s merit and financial background.

Similarly, those institutions imparting free classical music training to the public for a period of at least 10 years and satisfying other eligibility criteria (the institution must carry out cultural programmes throughout the year, it must be a registered organisation, among others) can apply for grant in-aid to the Government.

The cut-off date for application for both these is February 28, 2013. Send your applications to Cultural Affairs Department, Old Sachivalay, Vistar Bhavan, 1st floor, MG Road, Mumbai- 400032.

(Picture courtesy vikartoons.blogspot.com)

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Want a better Mumbai? You have a week to do it

Volunteer for a Better India’s Mumbai week starts from tomorrow. Railway station cleanups, traffic management, and medical camps seek participation.

Starting tomorrow, you can quit cribbing about the deteriorating state of the city and actually do something about it. The Volunteer for a Better India initiative is starting its Mumbai week tomorrow onwards, and you can volunteer to clean up railway stations, learn and help in traffic management, participate in patriotic hour, or help at medical camps in slums. This is a social initiative by the Art of Living Foundation.

“Between February 10 and 20, several activities around the city will be initiated,” the organisers say. “A diversified choice is given to people, so that they can easily participate in the activities of their interest.”

If you want to participate, you can choose from these activities:

Western Railway clean up 

Sr.No

 Station Date

Time

 Contact

1

 Goregaon 16-02-2013

9am-11am

 Mamta- 9867697989

2

 Kandivali 19-02-2013

9am-11am

 Rakhee-9967661920

3

 Borivali 17-02-2013

9am-11am

 Satish -9987031401

 4

 Bandra 19-02-2013

9am-11am

 Vinita -981906408

5

 Dadar 17-02-2013

6am-9am

 Shibani-98212028854

6

 Andheri 16-02-2013

9am-12pm

  Tejas-9867323388

Central Railway cleanup

Sr.No

 Station Name

Clean Up Date

 Clean up Time Contact

1

 Ulhasnagar

18/02/13

 8am-11am  Akshata -7738383930

2

 Dombivili & Mulund

17/02/2013

 8am-11am  Akshata -7738383930

3

 Thane

16/02/13

 8am-11am  Akshata -7738383930

4

 Ghatkopar

16/02/13

 8.30am-11am  Akshata -7738383930

5

 Dadar

19/02/13

 8am-10am Akshata -7738383930

Patriotic Hour

Patriotic songs, music and skits will be performed to revive the love for the country. During this hour, awareness campaigns for Railway safety rules will also be launched.

Sr.No

 Station Name Date Time Contact

1

 Goregaon 18-02-2013 5pm-8pm

Siddharth -8097080908

2

 Kandivali 21-02-2013 5pm-8pm

Siddharth -8097080908

3

 Borivali 20-02-2013 5pm-8pm

Siddharth -8097080908

4

 Mira Road 19-02-2013 5pm-8pm

Siddharth -8097080908

5

 Bandra  19-02-2013  5pm-8pm

Siddharth -8097080908

6

 Dadar 19-02-2013 6pm-8pm  Shibani-98212028854

7

 Andheri 18-02-2013 6.30-8.30pm  Tejas-9867323388

Medical camps in slums

To be held at Bhagat Singh Nagar, Goregaon (west) and in Motilal Nagar, Goregaon (west), on February 17, contact Sukeerti on 9987688005.

(Picture courtesy fusionview.co.uk) 

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Help out on V-Day: ‘Love’ this NGO

City-based Men Against Violence and Abuse (MAVA) hopes to win $5,000 Fetzer Institute prize in online contest for global NGOs.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

It’s the day to show some love! And while you’re celebrating Valentine’s Day, you might consider showing some love to a city-based NGO, which could stand a chance to win $5,000 if it receives enough ‘Love’ .

The NGO Men Against Violence and Abuse (MAVA) has entered an online competition run by the US-based Fetzer Institute on its website www.tellusworld.org, which invites voluntary organisations to share their stories on how they are promoting love and forgiveness in the communities they work for. MAVA, it may be known, is an organisation that works to fight violence against girls and women in India by involving men in their efforts.

Said Harish Sadani (in pic), Honorary Secretary of MAVA, “We hope we receive enough votes on the site. The organisers have liked our story and the concept behind our NGO.” Voting begins from today – all you have to do is hit the ‘Love’ button on this link. You can also peruse other entries and vote for the ones you like. You can vote only once per entry.

(Picture courtesy changemakers.org)

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