AT the meeting on September 3rd, 2019, Rtn. Sheila Bulchandani’s granddaughter Samira appealed to the audience to Adopt-A-Book at the Asiatic Library. The initiative was started by our Club’s Urban Heritage Committee four years ago. Samira explained that a shortage of funds at the Asiatic resulted in the inability to restore and preserve old manuscripts and...
The Rotary Club of Bombay has been actively invested in the Asiatic Society of Mumbai through its many funding and reno vation interventions. For the first time in its 215-year-old history, a woman has been appointed as the president of the Society. The announcement of 77-year-old Vispi Balaporia’s appointment was made on Saturday after she reportedly...
Director-in-charge: Rtn. Homi Katgara Chairperson: Rtn. Natasha Treasurywala Co-Chairperson: Rtn. Anita Patel Committee Members: Rtn. Aditya Somani, PP Rtn. (Dr.) Sonya Mehta, Rtn. Ashok Jatia, Rtn. Munna Javeri, Rtn. Manjeet Kripalani, Rtn. Ptn. Sandra Merchant, Rtn. Jamshed Banaji, Rtn. Rhea Bhumgara, Rtn. Ptn. Arnaz Soonawalla, Rtn. Ptn. Yasmin Divecha, Rtn. Fali Mehta, PE Rtn. Preeti Mehta Projects Completed: Durbar Hall office...
The Urban Heritage Committee is proud to bring you Love Letters, one of the longest running plays in history, starring Shernaz Patel and Rajit Kapur at the Asiatic Library’s Durbar Hall on Friday, April 26, 2019. Donor passes are available with the Rotary office at Rs 2,000 per pass. DID YOU KNOW? Playwriter A. R. Gurney...
The Urban Heritage Committee organised a wonderful evening of music, featuring acclaimed jazz pianist and composer Richard X Bennett at the Durbar Hall of the Asiatic Library on January 18, 2019. The concert was well attended by a select audience of about 80 guests. Richard, a New York-based musician has headlined in Mumbai at the...
By Alpana Lath Sawai The institution makes itself more accessible by carefully preserving and digitising its catalogue, revamping its reading rooms and offering novel ways to engage with the public Deep in the bowels of Fort, hidden in plain sight, stands The Asiatic Society of Mumbai, one of Mumbai’s most popular selfie points. There are always...
The city's oldest public library, the Asiatic Society of Mumbai has revamped their social media feed. We meet the people who initiated the turnaround When we talk of visiting the Asiatic Society, we think only of the steps or stop there. Nobody thinks of it as a library." Over a phone conversation, Nirbhay Kanoria states the...
The Urban Heritage Committee of the Rotary Club of Bombay was formed three years ago as a result of a deep interest in conserving the historical and cultural heritage of Mumbai IT WAS FITTING THAT THE COMMITTEE focussed on the Asiatic Library as its first major project. The library, a seat of learning established in 1804, has...
The Hermes team visited the Asiatic Library last week to see the restoration and conservation of books which has been sponsored by them and facilitated by the Rotary Club of Bombay. 100 books have been restored. The process took 10 months for 100 books. It is a painstaking, manual process and the results are amazing. The...
Asiatic Society of Mumbai recently published its report for the year 2017 - 2018. In their report they thanked RCB for mobilising funds amounting to ₹3,50,000/- sponsored by Hermès for ‘Restoration and Digitisation of Books’....
Rotarians and their guests were regaled by a powerful performance of ‘9 Parts of Desire’ a one-woman act by Ira Dubey. The award-winning, internationally acclaimed play by Heather Raffo was organised by the Urban Heritage Committee at Asiatic Library’s historic Darbar Hall, on March 17. The play is an unflinching look at the heartrending effect of...
I am a life member of Asiatic Society of Mumbai and attended 213th Annual General meeting on Saturday, 19th August in the Town Hall of the Society. At the 213th Annual General meeting of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai held on 19th August in the Town Hall of the Society, the President, Mr. S.G. Kale, while...