An American college, which has on its rolls over 20,000 students from
170 nations, screened the 1970s bollywood blockbuster "Sholay" as it
hosted a `Year of India' during the 2012-13 academic year that will also
see presentations to explore India.
Queens College of the City
University of New York (CUNY) is hosting a 'Year of India' with
exhibitions, a film series, and performances and student-sponsored
activities on culture, sports, and everyday life in India.
Presentations
will explore India - its society and politics, arts and culture, math
and science, religions and economics - as well as its influence in the
South Asian region and the world, and its diaspora in the US, said a
press release by Queens College.
"Sholay", the most successful
Hindi film of all time, was screened Sep 12, to kick off the
"Representing South Asia on Film" series, which includes 16 titles
including "Lagaan", "The Namesake", "Awara" and "Aparajito", as well as
three panel discussions on topics raised in the series.
A day before that New Age guru Deepak Chopra made a presentation.
"Hindustani
Music of North India", a concert scheduled for Oct 12, will feature
noted tabla player and Yale faculty member Samir Chatterjee and flautist
Steve Gorn. This concert at the LeFrak Concert Hall in Queens College
is the first performance of the Aaron Copland School of Music's Chamber
Music Live fall season.
Queens College's 'Year of India' will
also feature student and faculty exchanges, newly developed
credit-bearing courses taught by professors from the college and their
partner institutions in India, and programmes by members of the Indian
community. To encourage collaborations and partnerships, faculty will
lead three study tours to India for faculty, students, and staff.
An
exhibition titled "Art from the Land of the Peacock" will spotlight
India's distinctive and diverse artistic traditions while drawing upon
the collections at Queens College's Art Library. It will run Nov 1 to
June 27, 2013 at the Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library in the campus.
The
Indian Consulate of New York is hosting a reception Sep 20 for Queens
College celebrating what the college calls "a vibrant, diverse country
with a complex history and globally significant economy".
The
college, located in America's most diverse county, examines each year
the history, art, and culture of a different country. China and Turkey
have been featured before.
Queens College of CUNY, founded in
1937, has on its rolls over 20,000 students from 170 nations and gets
cited every year by The Princeton Review as one of the nation's 100
'Best Value' colleges.
US college screens `Sholay' to kick off 'Year of India'
