1800 hrs: Bollywood dance performance by “Garam Masala” group at the opening of Multicultural Week at Pardubice at Hronovická Cultural Centre Address: Hronovická 406, 560 02 Pardubice.

16 May 2012

1600 hrs: Screening of Bollywood movie ‘3 Idiots’, subtitled in Czech language at Campus of Pardubice University as part of the Multicultural Week in Pardubice.

17 May 2012

1600 hrs: Screening of Bollywood movie ‘Tare Zameen Par’, subtitled in Czech language  at Campus of Pardubice University as part of the Multicultural Week in Pardubice.

18 May 2012

1600 hrs: Screening of Bollywood movie ‘Paheli’, subtitled in Czech language at Campus of Pardubice University as part of the Multicultural Week in Pardubice.

23 May 2012

1630 hrs: ‘Day of India’ at České Budějovice at University of South Bohemia in the British Centre, Krajinska Street.

2000 hrs: Screening of Bollywood movie ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ at Kotva Cinema in České Budějovice.

31 May – 15 June 2012

Painting Exhibition “Towards Moksha” by Ms. Arshi Ahmed at Galerie Jakubská, Jakubská 4,  Staré Město, Praha1

6 June 2012

‘Day of India’ at Pilsen

15 October – 10 November 2012

“Tagore’s Paintings” Exhibition at Karolinum of Charles University.

For more information please contact Cultural Wing at tel: 257107034 or email: culture@india.cz

The proceedings of the Plenary session and the media statements of the Fourth BRICS Summit in New Delhi will be webcast live on 29 March 2012 from 1100 hrs Indian Standard Time (IST) on the Ministry of External Affairs website (http://mea.gov.in/), MEA YouTube Channel (http://youtube.com/user/MeaIndia/) and on the official web page of the New Delhi BRICS Summit (http://bricsindia.in/).

Interested people are invited to avail of the opportunity of live streaming of the BRICS Summit.

International Hindi Festival (Jan 10 – 12, 2012)

For the past ten years, Aksharam in collaboration with The Pravasi Today Group organises International Hindi Festival – the largest annual global event held. Famous Hindi scholars, writers, intellectuals, expatriate writers, journalists, theater personalities, etc. participate in the event. Every year, the programme receives the support of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.

This year, the Festival is being organised from January 10 to 12. The programme will start on the occasion of World Hindi Day on January 10 and will conclude on January 12. The event is organised by Pravasi Duniya ( No 1 NRI Media Group, Aksharam ( International literary organisation, Hansraj College, Delhi University, and is being supported by ICCR and Vishnu Prabhakar Janmstabdi Committee.

The Festival would be inaugurated at Azad Bhavan, New Delhi in collaboration with ICCR. The inauguration would be graced by Dr. Namvar Singh, Dr. Ved Pratap Vaidik, Dr. Ashok Chakradhar, eminent writers, journalists, Director General of ICCR, ambassadors  of several countries, senior representatives of Government of India and eminent members of NRI communities.

In the event, alongside many eminent NRI scholars and writers alongwith Indian writers like Chitra Mudgal, Devendra Raj Ankur, Sheen Kaf Nizam, Manoj Srivastava and Kailash Pant, will be felicitated. In the cultural programme theatrical staging of Awara Mesiah and international poetry recitation will be the main attraction.

An event likely to reach to 25 lacs people in India and abroad through Media with Jagran and Aakashvani as Media Partner, participation of around 500 eminent NRIs from 25 countries, participation from around 50 Universities, Members of Diplomatic community, eminent scholars and academicians make this event a truly unique and ideal opportunity to brand, popularize and do actual business in the event. We hope that you that you would avail this opportunity to reach to NRI world through this event.

Few main features about this event:

1. Reaching to around 25 lacs audience in India and abroad

2. Media Partnership with Jagran the largest newspaper chain and a very

Popular website putting 2 ads on inaugural and closing function

3. Media Partnership with Aakashwani reaching to lacs of people.

4. Support of ICCR, Ministry of External Affairs

5. Participation of the students from 50 Universities.

6. Participation by500Eminent NRIs from 25 countries

7 Publicity on Pravasi Today No 1 NRI portal

8. Publicity on Pravasi Duniya No 1 Hindi NRI portal.

9. Expected Footfall around 5000

10 Wide Media Coverage

11 Publicity by NRI media and Indian mission abroad

More details are available at the following link:

http://www.pravasitoday.com/international-hindi-festival-in-delhi-from-jan-10-12

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2012     (7 – 9 January 2012)

7-9 January 2012 Birla Auditorium , Jaipur, Rajasthan For further information, please visit the website http://www.pbdindia.org

Following is the schedule of Know India Programmes, applicable to the Persons of Indian Origin in the age group of 18 – 26 years, to be conducted by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs of the Government of India:

Guidelines, application form and details of these programmes are available at website http://moia.gov.in

“Shiva’s Wheel of Life”

Dance-audiovisual performance
inspired by Indian Culture and dance

[January 29, 1900 hrs, Divadlo ABC, Praha-1]

• Protocol between the Republic of India and the Czech Republic on the amendment to the Agreement between the Republic of India and the Czech Republic for the Promotion and Protection of Investments, signed on October 11, 1996 at Prague

• Agreement between the Republic of India and the Czech Republic for the Promotion and Protection of Investments, signed on October 11, 1996 at Prague

The reading room of the new Cultural Wing is open to the public. We are planning electronic catalogue in the near future which will enable external loans.

• Bringing out a Monograph on Tagore in English.

Papia Ghoshal's Painting

• Exhibition: “Homage to Tagore through Bengalˮ; by Papia Ghoshal in cooperation with Embassy of India, Prague; Exhibition is held in   Brněnské kulturní centrum, Galerie 10, Radnická 10, Brno; July 25 – August 1, 2011, Mo-Fri from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Bringing out a special issue of India Perspectives on Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore in Czech language.
• Screening of Indian movie “Paheliˮ on Saturday 20.8.2011, 5 p.m. at Embassy premises (Eng. Riddle, 2005, 134 min, Czech  subtitles, Director: Amol Palekar; Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukherji, Suniel Shetty, Juhi Chawla). Paheli is a love story based on “Duvidhaˮ, Vijaydan Dethan´s re-telling of a classic Rajasthani folktale. In true fairytale style it tells the story of Lachchi (Rani Mukherji), an innocent girl married to Kishan, whose only real interest is money. On the night of their marriage, he leaves to pursue his business interests. However a ghost (Shah Rukh Khan) has fallen in love with Lachchi and when Kishan goes away he takes on his appearance and wins everyone´s hearts. When the real Kishan finally returns five years later, confusion understandably abounds until finally a wise old shepherd (Amitabh Bachchan) devises the three tests to resolve the “paheliˮ that has baffled everyone.

• 12- member Rajasthani Folk Dance Group led by Mr. Salim Khan Langa will be performing at Pilsen Tourism Expo (ITEP) on 20 and 21 October.

• Screening of Bollywood Movie “Taal” at Embassy’s premises on Monday, 7 November 2011 at 5 PM with Czech Subtitles (approx 179 minutes)

Manav (Akshaye Khanna), the brilliant young son of NRI billionaire (Amrish Puri), falls in love with the beautiful Mansi (Aishwarya Rai), a gifted folk singer and dancer on his visit to a small town in Himachal Pradesh.  But their love pledge is threatened when Mansi and her highly respected father, folk singer Tarababu (Aloknath), are insulted and humiliated by Manav’s family in Mumbai. Disillusioned, Mansi vows to climb up the ladder of success in Manav’s ruthless world of materialism with the help of Vikrant (Anil Kapoor), a music composer and head of an entertaining company.  Soon the three are locked in an intriguing situation, looking for a solution.

• Screening of Bollywood movie“ Gadar“ at Embassy‘s premises on Friday, 25 November 2011 at 5 PM with English Subtitles (approx 170 minutes)

Director: Anil Sharma

Amongst the communal riots that erupt in the city, Tara (Sunny Deol) shelters a wayward Sakina (Amisha Patel) from a crazed mob and a bond that blossoms in to love is created. The two eventually get married and have a son. The happy family, now living in Amritsar, gets the shock of their lives when Sakina learns that her father (Amrish Puri), whom she previously believed died in the riots back in Amritsar, is still alive after seeing his picture in a tattered, old newspaper. Upon contacting him, Sakina´s father, now the mayor of Lahore in Pakistan, arranges for his daughter to arrive in Lahore to see him. Sakina leaves for Lahore minus Tara and her son, and upon reaching the city, learns of her father’s plans for her – plans that include forcing Sakina to forget about her family and start life anew in Pakistan. Then begins an extraordinary journey which will lead Tara to cross the border into Pakistan to find his love.

• Bharatnatyam Dance Performance by Rasabihari Devi Dasi at Hall ‘C’ of BVV, Brno on 14 January 2012 at 1400 hrs.
• Bollywood Dance Performance by ‘Garam Masala’ Group at Hall ‘A” of BVV, Brno on 15 January 2012 at 1600 hrs
• ‘Day of India’ event on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 11.30 AM at Kulturni dum, Hronovická 406, Pardubice.
• ‘Day of India’ event on Monday, March 5, 2012 at 12.30 PM at Edupont, Humpolec.

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Karnataka : http://ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in

Andamand and Nicobar : http://ceoan.and.nic.in

Orissa : www.ceoorissa.nic.in