Delhi Blogger's Meet - XXI (4th Anniversary Meet)

Exactly 4 years ago, a bunch of bloggers in Delhi met offline for the very first first time in 2004. Today Delhi Bloggers have come a long way. Join them for this special edition of Delhi Bloggers Meet.

Date: Sunday, January 13, 2008
Time: 4.30 PM to 9.00 PM
Venue: Blues, Outer Circle, Connaught Place, New Delhi.

For further details click here: http://delhibloggers.eventbrite.com/

Poetry Reading @ British Council Tomorrow

Poets Jane Bhandari and Sudeep Sen will be reading from some of their work which features the monsoon as a recurring theme. Sohail Hashmi presents a range of Urdu and Hindi texts that examine life around the monsoon in North India.

British Council Auditorium
6:30p.m., 21st August 2007.

From an email by Peter Griffin: "Among the poets is a good friend, Jane Bhandari. Jane's on of those rare folk - she's active in Poetry Circle, PEN, Caferati, and runs Re-Loquations (formerly Loquations), and is regarded highly by all of them, both for her poetry and the unstinting generosity with critique and help."

Black Pamphlets [Film On Students Elections]

"Black Pamphlets"
Duration: 84 minutes

A film about Students elections, students politics, Campus democracy
and Youth. The film follows the twelve day election campaign of Delhi university students' Union(DUSU) Elections which are held on First Friday of September Every year. [details here]

College Screening Schedule:

## 14th August'07
@ Swami Shraddhanand College
Alipur, Delhi
time : 11:30 a.m.

## 16th August'07
@ Ambedkar college,
Yamuna Vihar, Delhi
time : 12:00 a.m.

## 17th August'07
@ Aditi Mahavidhyalaya
Bawana, Delhi
time: 11.00 a.m.

## 20-21 August'07
@ Activity Center,
Arts Faculty,(north Campus)
Delhi
time 12:00 p.m.

## 22nd August'07
Hindu College,North Campus,
delhi
time 12.00 p.m.

## 23rd August'07
Ramjas College,
Delhi
time 11.00 a.m .

## 24th August'07
Ramlal Anand College,
South Campus,
Delhi
time 11.00 a.m.

[via CG]

Ghalib in New Delhi

When:
3rd June, 6.30 pm onwards

Where:
Alliance Française, Next to Annex building of India International Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi

Play Info ( 105 min.):
'Ghalib in New Delhi' is a rib tickling comical play with a touch of satire showing ghalib revisiting Delhi. The occupants of his haveli thinks that he is Ghalib's Jinn ( ghost ). And he also finds it difficult to identify with today's fast paced delhi where people can't even pronounce urdu words properly. He tries to adjust with this changed world which is completely different from the delhi he lived in. Will he able to fit himself in this new avatar of delhi? Watch this hilarious play to find out!

Entry:
Tickets @ Rs 500/- Rs. 300/- & Rs. 200/- available at ALLIANCE FRANCAISE from June 1 (11am to 6pm) and on the show day.
For details, Tele Booking, Online Booking Contact : Pierrot's Troupe-C-2/29, East of Kailash, New Delhi-65, Phones : 26391075, 9810255291, 9810460366 pierrotstroupe @ yahoo .com

An Odyssey with Lens

a solo photography exhibition by Shamim Akhtar

A glimpse of his journey from Lakshadweep to Laddakh via Delhi.

When: 28th May 2007 to 30th May 2007, from 11am to 7pm,
Where: Convention centre, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

for details contact Shamim on 9873476655.

Gigs in May

Half Step Down
Date: May 17
Time: 8pm
Venue: Cafe Morrison (South Ex)
Entry: ??

The Superfuzz and Hypnosis
Date: 20th May, Sunday
Time: 8pm Onwards
Venue: Piccadelhi, Delhi
Entry: Free Entry

Menwhopause
Date: 26th May (Saturday)
Venue: Kamani Auditorium, Delhi
Time: 8:00 pm. (SHARP!)
Entry: By invitation - (mail music AT prospectam.com)

all details from Gigpad

2nd HABITAT FILM FESTIVAL

Venue: India Habitat Center, Lodhi Road.
Entry: Passes available at the Programme Desk exclusively from May 16. (Free?...not sure)

Schedule:
22nd May
6.30pm: 'Nayi Neralu' (The Shadow Of The Dog)Kannada/135 mins) by Girish Kasaravalli
9:00pm: 'Adieu' (Assamese/91 mins) by Arup Manna
23rd May
6:30pm: 'Aadum Koothu' (Tamil) by T.V. Chandran
8:30pm: 'Mane' (Kannada/105 mins) by Girish Kasaravalli
24th May
6:30pm: 'Atheetham' (Malayalam/90 mins) by Devan Nair
8:30pm: 'Hope' ( Telugu/90 mins) by K.Satish
25th May
6:30pm: 'Cyanide' (Kannada/105 mins) by A.M.R.Ramesh
9:00pm: 'Restaurant' (Marathi/140 mins) by Sachin Kundalkar
26th May
11.00am: 'Veyil' (Tamil/120 mins) by G.Vasantabalan
3:00pm: 'Sonam' (Mohpa(Arunachali) 120 mins) by Ahsan Muzid
6:00pm: 'Anuranan' ( Bengali/113 mins) by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
8:00pm: 'Dweepa' (Kannada/2002/120 mins) by Girish Kasaravalli
27th May
3:00pm: 'Shevri' (Marathi/104 mins) by Gajendra Ahira
5:00pm: 'Thayisaheba' (Kannada/120 mins) by Girish Kasaravalli
7:30pm: 'The Bong Connection' ( Bengali - English/138 mins) by Anjan Dutt