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Nehru Centre Newsletter - February 2015 1

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GLIMPSES OF JHANSI (U.P.), ORCHHA & DATIA (M.P.) STUDY CAMP

Selected works of students, done during the Study Camp will be exhibited.

10th February 2015 to 16th February 2015(AC & Circular Gallery). Also continues in Circular Gallery from 17th to 23rd February 2015

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Meet the author - Meet Kashvee R. Barjatya, author of “Lost in the Woods.”

Date: Saturday, 21st February 2015Time: 10.00 am to 12.00 noonVenue : Hall of Harmony

Cultural Wing

A discussion on Marathi Films based on Marathi literature and followed by screening of Marathi film “AanaMdacao JaaD” based on the story of Shri S. N. Navare and produced by Asmita Chitra, Mumbai.

27th February 2015, 6.30 pmNehru Centre Auditorium

Nehru Planetarium

38th Planetarium Anniversary Celebrations – 3rd March 2015

Various competitions are being organised by the Planetarium from 24 February 2015 to 3 March 2015.

(See details inside)

Vol. 16 Issue 2 FEBRUARY 2015

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Rajni Patel Memorial Lecture

January 9, 2015 was the birth

centenary of late Shri Rajni Patel

who was instrumental in the

founding of Nehru Centre. As a

tribute to him the first Memorial

lecture was delivered that day by

Shri Soli Sorabjee, former

Attorney General of India on

‘Fundamental Rights and

Fundamental Duties’.

Following are some excerpts

from his talk:

The demand for guaranteed

rights for the people of India was

ancient and persistent. It was

made as far back as in 1895 in the

Constitution of India Bill, popularly

called the ‘Swaraj Bill’, which was

inspired by Lokmanya Tilak. The

Indian National Congress at its

special session held in Bombay in

1918, after the publication of the

Montague-Chelmsford Report,

demanded that the new Government

of India Act should contain a

“declaration of the Rights of the

People of India’. Mrs. Annie Besant’s

Commonwealth of India Bill also

empahsized a specific declaration of

fundamental rights for every person.

In the Madras Session in 1927, the

contd. on page 2

Seen on the dais are (L to R) Shri I. M. Kadri, General Secretary, Nehru Centre; Shri Soli Sorabjee, Shri R. D. Pradhan, Vice-Chairman, Nehru Centre and Smt. Bakul Patel, Jt. Secretary, Nehru Centre.

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What Nehru said...

TOWARDS SOCIALIST DEMOCRACY

Democracy normally means political democracy, giving each person a vote. The right of voting is good and useful but it is precious little good if it is accompanied by hunger and starvation.

Therefore, the proper way is to have full democracy in the sense of not only political democracy but economic democracy. It should give an opportunity to large numbers of people to profit by the democratic method and to have a more or less equal chances to progress. Political democracy should inevitably lead up to economic democracy.

From speech at a public meeting, Bangalore, February 6, 1962

Indian National Congress laid down

that the basis of a future Constitution

must be a declaration of fundamental

rights. In 1928, the Motilal Nehru

Committee incorporated in its report

a provision for enumeration of

fundamental rights. In 1932, in its

Karachi Session, the Indian National

Congress reiterated its resolve to

regard a written guarantee of

fundamental rights as essential to

any future constitutional set-up in

India. The subject of fundamental

rights figured prominently in the

deliberations of the Sapru Committee

(1944-45). The Sapru Committee was

of the opinion that in the peculiar

circumstances of India, fundamental

rights were necessary not only as an

assurance and guarantee to the

minorities but also for prescribing a

standard of conduct for the

legislatures, governments and the

courts.

On January 26, 1950 India became a

Sovereign Democratic Republic as

contemplated by the Constitution of

India which was adopted by the

Constituent Assembly on November

26, 1949. After three debates in the

Constituent Assembly which spread

over 38 days the Constitution of India

in Part III guaranteed a wide array of

fundamental rights which were also

made justiceable.

The co-relation between rights and

duties has been recognized by our

ancient rishis and sacred texts.

Bhagwad Gita teaches us that “Your

duty is your right. Gandhiji summed

up the matter admirably and said: “I

learned from my illiterate but wise

mother that all rights to be deserved and

preserved come from duty well done.”

Similar thought has been expressed

by other great thinkers. Einstein

stated “Everyday, on hundred

occasions, I remind myself that my

mental and physical life depends on the

toil of other persons, living or dead. So

I must try to repay whatever I have

received and am receiving.” Walter

Lippman, a very famous journalist

and renowned American political

commentator, projected the same

thought when he said: “For every

right that you cherish you have a

duty which you must fulfil. For

every hope that you entertain, you

have a task you must perform. For

every good that you wish could

happen... you will have to sacrifice

your comfort and ease. There is

nothing for nothing any longer”.

Universal Declaration of Human

Rights 1948 (UDHR), which is

regarded as the Magna Carta of

Mankind, recognizes the vital link

b e t w e e n h u m a n r i g h t s a n d

corresponding responsib i l i ty

entailed in the exercise of one’s right.

Article 29 of the Declaraion reads

thus:

1. Everyone has duties to the

community in which alone the free

and full development of his

personality is possible.

It is interesting that the American

Declaration of the Rights and Duties

of Man of May 2, 1948 prescribes in

Chapter 1 Rights and in Chapter 2

prescribes Duties. Curiously one of

the duties prescribed is “the duty to

pay taxes”. The African Charter on

Human and Peoples Rights of June

26, 1981 prescribes along with

guaranteed rights duties one of

which is “very individual shall have

duties towards his family and

society, the State and other legally

recognized communities and the

international community”. Again it is

interesing that Article 29 (6)

prescribes the duty “to pay taxes

imposed by law in the interest of the

society”.

The thinking that every right gives

rise to a corresponding duty has

acquired increasing acceptance. The

Inter-Action Council comprising of

eminent persons proposed to the

United Nations a draft. ‘A Universal

D e c l a r a t i o n o f H u m a n

Responsibilities’ dated 1st September

1997. The basic premise is that

freedom without acceptance of

responsibility can destroy the

freedom itself, whereas when rights

and responsibilities are balanced,

freedom is enchanced and a better

world order can be created.

(to be continued)

NEHRU PLANETARIUM

SKY SHOWS : ‘Ancient Skies & Ancient Mysteries’

Timings

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

MONDAY CLOSED

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An Inquiry based learning of Science and Technology Workshop

An Inquiry based learning of Science and Technology Workshop for Students of standard VII and VIII on Saturday, 13 December 2014 was conducted by Nishith Deodhar, MD of Aplab Ltd, and co-founder of I n q u i s t e a m E d u c a t i o n a l Foundation. We bring you here the summary of this workshop.

Basically the inquiry approach is more focused on using and learning content as a means to develop information-processing and problem-solving skills. The system is tailored for students, with the teacher as a facilitator of learning. There is more emphasis on "how we come to know" and less on "what we know." Students are involved in the construction of knowledge through active involvement. The more interested and engaged students are by a subject or a project, the easier it is for them to construct an in-depth knowledge of it. Learning becomes almost effortless when something fascinates students and reflects their interests and goals.

An inquiry based learning rarely proceeds in a straight line of questions and answers. Close examination of one intriguing phenomenon often leads to new questions and new interest. The Science inquiry workshop lasted for three hours with a rapt audience of 7th and 8th graders. The first session on inquiry into electricity led the discussion from what electricity is, to how it drives our machines, and how it is delivered. The entire group discussed, exchanged ideas, scientifically analyzed and criticized propositions and put forward their own propositions. A variety of subjects were dealt with. For instance, ‘why do birds on an electric wire do not electrocuted? What are electric poles composed of?’ And questions pertaining to Potential Energy like ‘what would happen if I dropped a ball in a tunnel drilled across the diameter of Earth?’ In the second session the students were provided with basic electricity kits to investigate which circuits work with two lamps in series and parallel. Students through experiential learning were able to answer which of the two lamps is brighter when connected in series and parallel, etc. They used their experience from the previous session to "complete the circuit path" for a lamp to be lit. They understood the concept of circuit breakers and how fuses work and how to prevent electrical fires. The group was extremely motivated and wanted to continue "exploring" even after the end of the sessions. Student-focus for durations longer than 40 minutes is rare to see, and their excited involvement for three hours was a pleasure to watch and it was a validation of Inquiry based techniques.

Shri Nishith Deodhar

3 8 t h A n n i v e r s a r y Celebrations – 2015

To celebrate the 38th Anniversary of the Nehru Planetarium (3rd March 2015), the following competitions are being organised by the Planetarium from 24 February 2015 to 3 March 2015.

Astro-Painting Competition

Astro- Elocution Competition

10 am to 1 pm

Astro-Poetry Competition

10 am to 1 pm

Astro-Quiz Competition

10 am to 1 pm

Science Quiz Competition

10 am to 1 pm

For further details contact :

Shri Suhas B. Naik-Satam, Programme Coordinator, Nehru Planetarium on 24964676-80, Fax: 24924133 or email: suhasnasa@gmail.com before 20th February 2015.

Tuesday, 24 February 2015

For students of standards IV to VII.10 am to 1 pm

Wednesday, 25 February 2015

For students of VIII and IX standards.

Thursday, 26 February 2015

For students of standards V to IX.

Friday, 27 February 2015

For students of standards VIII to IX.

Saturday, 28 February 2015

For students of standards VII and VIII.

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STAR CHART FOR FEBRUARY 2015

Phases of the Moon (timings in IST hh:mm)

Full (Amavasya) (Shukla Paksha Ashtami)

Moon Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter(Poornima) (Krishna Paksha

Ashtami)

04 Feb., 04:39 12 Feb., 09:20 19 Feb., 05:17 25 Feb., 10:45

The map shows slightly more sky than that will be visible from a given location. Thus the map can be used elsewhere in India at 21:00 hrs Indian Time. Hold the chart vertically before your eye sand turn it until the geographical direction you are facing shows at the bottom of the chart.

(Disclaimer: The Indian names of the stars and

planet, given in parenthesis for the purpose to

remind the reader that India has a rich astronomical

tradition. We do not subscribe to astrology.)

This month also we have a chance to see all the planets in one night. This will happen around mid month, however, this month Mercury will be seen above the Eastern horizon in the morning sky. We should mark the second and third week of February for meeting of Moon with the planets. On 13th Moon passes close to Saturn. They would be just about 2 deg from each other. On 17th thin lunar crescent can be seen right next to Mercury. Venus and Mars can be seen close to each other right above the western horizon soon after the sunset.

After the new moon on19th thin lunar crescent can be seen right below the duo and next day it is right above them. Then on 22nd Mars and Venus are closest this year. They are less than half a degree apart. At dusk Jupiter is well above the eastern horizon. On 4th Jupiter, Moon and Regulus (Magha) would make a nice triangle. On 25th nearly half illuminated Moon is right below Hyades cluster, which is a group of stars near Aldebaran (Rohini).

Mercury remains in Capricornus all through this month. Venus moves from Aquarius to Pisces on 17th and then to Cetus 27th. Mars moves from Aquarius to Pisces on 12th. Jupiter moves from Leo to Cancer on 4th. Saturn remains in Scorpius this month. The Sun moves from Capricornus to Aquarius 17th.

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Nehru Centre Newsletter - February 2015

T o c o m m e m o r a t e jaagaitk marazI BaaYaa idvasa, N e h r u C e n t r e i s organizing discussion on Marathi Films based on Marathi literature and followed by screening of

Marathi film “AanaMdacao JaaD” based on the story of Shri S. N. Navare (Shanna) and produced by Asmita Chitra, Mumbai.

T h e d i s c u s s i o n i s dedicated to the memory of senior writer, Late Shri S. N. Navare and senior film producer and actress Late Smt. Smita Talwalkar.

The participants of the discussions are :

Smt. Suhas Joshi, renowned actressShri Purushottam Berde, renowned director Shri Ganesh Matkari, renowned writer and critic& Shri Sanjay Mone, renowned actor and writer

The programme will be co-ordinated and compered by Smt. Uttara Mone.

Date & Time: 27th February 2015, 6.30 pmVenue: Nehru Centre Auditorium

saaih%ya vaOBavaNehru Centre had organized its MUSHAIRA on Saturday, 20th December 2014 at the Nehru Centre Auditorium.

Review: Mushaira

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Entry: Entrance Cards will be available on Tuesday, 24th February 2015 from 10.30 am until availability of entrance cards from Booking Counter of Nehru Centre Auditorium.

The Mushaira was inaugurated by Dr. A. M. Zutshi Gulzar Dehalvi by lighting the traditional Shama along with Shri I. M. Kadri, General Secretary, Nehru Centre and the Shri Shamim Tarique.

Shri Shamim Tarique did the Nizamat and Dr. A. M. Zutshi Gulzar Dehalvi presided over the Mushaira.

The Mushaira was very well attended and appreciated by Urdu scholars and Urdu lovers.

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Programmes forFebruary 2015UDAYRAJ GADNIS

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Udayraj has M.A. degree from University of Bombay majoring in Psychology. He has around fifty solo and twenty group shows to his credit. He has won many state and national awards. His paintings are spiritual subjects. Presently teaching in London.

Tuesday 3rd February 2015 toMonday 9th February 2015

( AC Gallery )

For the last 21 years Nehru Centre Art Gallery has been organizing Study Camp of selected students from the Art Colleges of Maharashtra at various states in India.

This year the 22nd camp was taken to Jhansi in U.P., Orchha and Datia in M.P. The participating students were from Kolhapur, Sangli, Pune, Dombivali, Vasai and Mumbai. Students visited different locations and did water colour paintings on the spot under the guidance of an eminent painter Shri Vikrant Shitole, who also worked with them.

Tuesday 10th February 2015 to Monday 16th February 2015 (AC & Circular Gallery). Also continues in Circular Gallery from 17th to 23rd February 2015

‘Mahavidya - Dhumavati’ - Painting by Udayraj Gadnis

Shri Vikrant Shitole giving live demonstration to the student artists at the camp

Shri Vikrant Shitole giving finishing touches to his painting of ‘Kanchan Ghat’ at Betva river

‘Jhansi Fort’ by Atul Gendle

‘Jahangir Mahal’ by Dinesh Chaudhari‘Laxminarayan Mandir’ by Gajanan Shelke

‘Shiv Mandir’ by Tushar Dange‘Kanchan Ghat at Betva River’ by Paresh Thukrul

‘Raja Mahal’ by Akshay Upase

‘Sawan Bhado Towers’ by Akshay Kashid

The selected works of the camp are being exhibited in both the Galleries.

STUDY CAMP AT JHANSI (U.P.), ORCHHA & DATIA (M.P.)

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SATISH TODKAR . RAJU INGALE . B. R. MESTRI

Satish is from Kolhapur. He specializes in portraits in oils.

Painting by Amalesh DasPainting by Raju Ingale

Painting by Pradip Maiti

Raju does realistic paintings on saints in oils on canvas.

B. R. Mestri also does potraits and realistic paintings on Gods and Shivaji Maharaj.

Tuesday 3rd February toMonday 9th February 2015

(Circular Gallery)

‘BALLERINA’ by PARUL SHAH

Parul is a self-taught artist. She has been painting since last ten years and developed getting expertise in oil pastels. She has won many awards.

Tuesday 17th February 2015 to Monday 23rd February 2015

(AC Gallery)

AMALESH DAS . ATISH MUKHERJEE . PRADIP MAITI . RANJANA MUKHERJEE . SUSMITA GHOSH DAS (A Group from West Bengal)

Amalesh received B.V.A. from Kolkata and M.F.A. from Khairagarh in Fine Arts. He has many exhibitions and awards to his credit. His figurative paintings are in mix media on canvas.

Atish has B.V.A. degree in Fine Arts from Kolkata. He has had many shows in India. His figurative compositions are in Tempera on canvas and board.

Pradip obtained Diploma in Painting & Mural with first class from Kolkata. He has many exhibitions to his credit and won many awards. He is the Founder Member of Rural Child Art Organizat ion. His f igurat ive paintings are in tempera on canvas and board.

Ranjana passed B.V.A. in Visual Art f rom Kolkata and a l so had professional training in Batik design. Her floral compositions are in tempera on board.

Susmita has B.V.A. degree from K o l k a t a a n d M . F . A . f r o m Khairagarh. She has had many solo and group shows and won National Scholarship. Her bold figurative paintings are in acrylic on canvas.

Tuesday 24th February 2015 to Monday 2nd March 2015

(AC Gallery)

MEERA SAWANT . ROHINI SHEKOKAR . KEDAR SHINDE

Meera received B.F.A. & M.F.A. from Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai. She will display Graphics in colours. She has done many exhibitions in India.

Rohini obtained B.F.A. in Fine Arts and M.F.A. in Murals from Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai. Her compositions are in acrylic and mix media on canvas.

Painting by Kedar Shinde

Kedar has AT.D., B.F.A. in Fine Arts and M.F.A. in Mural design from Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai. His paintings are in acrylic and mix media on canvas.

Tuesday 24th February 2015 to Monday 2nd March 2015

(Circular Gallery)

Painting by Parul Shah

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Infopack

Coalition politics and India.

This includes books, journal andnewspaper articles and a webliography.

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Meet the author

Meet Kashvee R. Barjatya, one of the youngest published authors in the world as she reads from her book “Lost in the Woods.”

Date: Saturday, 21st February 2015Time: 10.00 am to 12.00 noonVenue : Hall of Harmony

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