Through photographs, installations and text, the exhibition will bring to focus, Kamaladevi’s seminal role in the National movement and her contribution to the making of modern India
Curated by Birad Rajaram Yajnik
Inauguration on Saturday, 16 April 2016 at 18:00
As part of this exhibition, there will be several related programmes
On 18th April 2016 at 18:30 pm in the Art Gallery
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay The Activist
Speaker: Dr. Aparna Basu, historian and former President, All India Women’s Conference
Followed by a presentation
Kamaladevi ki Janam Kahani
Performance by Patachitra artist, Gurupada Chitrakar from West Bengal on the life of Kamaladeviji
Followed by
Kamaladevi’s Vision for Handloom and Handicraft Through the Cooperative Movement
Speakers: Smt Gulshan Nanda, former Chairperson, Central Cottage Industries Emporium; and Shri K.B. Johar, former Managing Director, Central Cottage Industries Emporium
20th April 2016 at 18:30 pm in the Art Gallery
Reminiscing
Speaker: Smt Jasleen Dhamija, veteran Indian textile art historian, crafts expert and former UN Advisor
Followed by
Kamaladeviji and Theatre: Sangeet Natak Akademi and SMM Theatre Crafts Trust
Speaker: Smt Usha Malik, former Secretary, Sangeet Natak Akademi
On 22nd April 2016 from 10:00 to 17:00 in Seminar Rooms I to III, Kamaladevi Complex
Round table on: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay and The Making of Modern India
Speakers at the roundtable will include, Shri Gopal Gandhi, Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Dr. Devaki Jain, Prof. Mridula Mukherjee, Dr. Radha Kumar, Shri Ashoke Chatterjee, Dr. Shobita Punja, Smt Mirnal Pande among others
Performance
Friday, 22nd April at 19.00 pm in the Gandhi - King Plaza
Kamaladevi - Yaadon ke Kuch Panne
Solo presentation in Hindi by Bhagirathi Bai, Seagull Theatre, Guwahati
The play is based on “Bharathiya Mahileyara Swathanthra Horata”, a translation by well-known Kannada writer, K. Vaidehi, of Indian Women’s Freedom Struggle by Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
(Collaboration: IGNCA)
Organised in collaboration with Delhi Crafts Council and with the support of Rohini Nilekani and Nandan Nilekani
