The Urban Heritage Committee is delighted to report that its Adopt-a-Book Program has raised a whopping amount of INR 10.8 lakhs over the course of the last few months. Our own PP Shailesh Haribhakti has donated INR 5,00,000 to this cause to restore and digitize 50 books. Initiated by a drive at the recently concluded...
'Repair and Restoration: Let's Talk about Mumbai's Modern Heritage', a presentation on Swastik Court by Atul Kumar, Founder Trustee, Art Deco Mumbai, followed by a conversation between architects Vikas Dilawari, Robert Stephens, and Atul. Venue: Durbar Hall, the Asiatic Society of Mumbai; 11th February, 2023. As part of the ongoing initiatives of The Urban Heritage Committee,...
The Killa-e-Lizzat culinary walk organised by RCB’s Urban Heritage Committee on February 4th began at 8.30 a.m. outside St Thomas’ Cathedral where 22 eager and hungry Rotarians began what was a delicious 3-hour and 2km food trail through Horniman circle and Fort, helmed ably by our guide, Riddhi Joshi and organised by the Asiatic Society,...
RCB was delighted to bring to its members an exclusive event on 6 October 2022 when the Paranjoti Academy Chorus (PAC) one of India’s oldest and possibly best choral groups performed at the Rendezvous at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. The PAC has made numerous tours of Europe, USA, Japan & Philippines winning several accolades...
Rhythm of India, a fundraiser organised by the Urban Heritage Committee of Rotary Club of Bombay, mesmerised and educated the audience on Friday, August 12th, 2022, with a sitar performance by Pandit Chandrasekhar Phanse and his students from all over the world. This was to commemorate 75 years of India’s Independence and Azadi Ka Amrit...
In 2015, The Indian Textile and Costume Gallery, the first in the city of Mumbai, was established at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS). CSMVS has a modest but significant collection of around a thousand textiles which can best be termed an interesting mix of historical and representative textiles. Textile traditions of India have...
The story of British Bombay begins with one solitary European structure, the former Manor House of the Portuguese landlord of Bombaim, Garcia da Orta, which was quickly rechristened Bombay Castle. Seen here in the exhibition through the Dutch clergyman Phillipus Baldaeus’ view from the 1670s, the entire fort of Bombay was centered around this one structure. The...
On April 1st, 2022, the Urban Heritage Committee, along with the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, opened the Map Exhibition at the Durbar Hall for a month-long showcase of rare maps of Mumbai spanning 300 years. It was a wellattended event with Rotarians, media, donors and interested parties coming together. Prof. Vispi Balaporia, President of ASM, and...
Last year, Rotary Club of Bombay collaborated with MCGM on the Mumbai Billboard-Bus shelter project. The project was helmed by RCB’s Urban Heritage Committee and Priyasri Art Gallery. MCGM recently published a coffee table book on the same and it was released by Mayor Kishori Pednekar at her office last week. RCB’s Rtn. Priyasri Patodia...
Director-in-charge: Rtn. Jamshed Banaji Chair: Rtn. Samir Chinai Co-Chair: Rtn. Anita Patel Members: PP Sonya Mehta, Rtn. Aditya Somani, Rtn. Ashok Jatia, Rtn. Aziz Jhaveri, Rtn. Rhea Bhumgara, Rtn. Ptn. Sandra Merchant, Rtn. Ptn. Yasmin Divecha, Rtn. Ptn. Arzan Soonawalla Continuing Our Heritage Efforts We are excited that the Asiatic Society Library has acquired new equipment for the Hermes Cartographic...
BY ANDRÉ J.J. BAPTISTA (PHD) ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE AND ARCHAEOLOGY THE TALK LOCATED THE HISTORY OF THE BASSEIN FORT, JUST NORTH OF MUMBAI, INTO THE LARGER NARRATIVE OF PORTUGUESE CONQUEST, RULE AND ITS IMPACT ON THE WEST COAST OF INDIA, PARTICULARLY THE NORTH KONKAN. André began with a political history of Bassein or Vasai from Bahadur Shah...
Director-in-charge: Rtn. Peter Born Chairperson: Rtn. Natasha Treasurywala Vice-Chairperson: Rtn. Anita Patel Committee members: President Preeti Mehta, PE Rtn. Framroze Mehta, PP Rtn. (Dr.) Sonya Mehta, Rtn. Aditya Somani, Rtn. Ashok Jatia, Rtn. Aziz Javeri, Rtn. Manjeet Kriplani, Rtn. Jamshed Banaji, Rtn. Rhea Bhumgara, Rtn. Ptn. Sandra Merchant, Rtn. Ptn. Arnaz Soonawalla, Rtn. Ptn. Yasmin Divecha This past year,...