[Reader-list] [Announcements] Remembering 1857: 10th and 11th May, New York

[Anand Vivek Taneja]

Two events to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the The Great Rebellion
in India. Spread the word.

1) Rebellion: History, Music, Poetry
    featuring musicians Achyut Joshi,  Dave Sharma and Samita Sinha; and
narratives,    poetry and folksongs from 1857
    Alwan For the Arts, 16, Beaver Street
    Thursday, May 10, 7pm

2)The Uprising: Reflections on 1857
    A panel discussion with Janaki Bakhle, Faisal Devji, Salahuddin Malik
and Veena Oldenburg
    602 Hamilton, Columbia University
    Friday, May 11, 6.30pm

1857 – A defining moment in the history of South Asia and British
colonialism.

May 10th, 2007 will mark the 150th anniversary of the Rebellion of 1857.  As
the largest anti-colonial uprising of the 19th century, the Rebellion marks
a watershed moment in history at multiple levels: the end of the East India
Company's rule and beginning of direct British government rule and the Raj;
the completion of the loss of Mughal sovereignty in India; and a sea change
in North Indian life, culture and politics.


1) Rebellion: History, Music, Poetry

To mark the 150th anniversary, we are revisiting 1857 through multiple
narratives of the event - narratives of revenge, lament and lost
possibilities -  through history, music, poetry, and images.  The program
will integrate live performances of ghazals and various Indian musical
forms, readings of selected poetry and historical prose, and images of the
uprising and its aftermath.

May 10, 2007. 7pm
Alwan for the Arts, 16 Beaver St.


Music - Achyut Joshi, Dave Sharma, Samita Sinha

Poetry/Narrative/Images - "The 'Wheat-ish' Log Collective" - Sajid Huq,
Prashant Keshavmurthy, Daanish Masood, Haroon Moghul, Anand V Taneja

About Achyut Joshi - Achyut Joshi has trained in Hindustani Classical Music
as a student of Raghunandan Panshikar of the Jaipur Gharana. In 2005 he was
awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study music in India. He teaches high
school math in New York City.

About Samita Sinha - Though trained primarily in classical Hindustani music,
Samita Sinha's repertoire spans a range of styles in several different
languages. She experiments in synthesizing elements of Hindustani music with
jazz, electronic music, and theater. In 2002 she was awarded the Fulbright
Scholarship to study in the guru-shishya tradition in India with Dr. Alka
Deo Marulkar. Since returning to New York City her main projects have
included KAASH, Sunny Jain Collective, and Sekou Sundiata's the
51st(dream)state.
More at http://www.samitasinha.com/


>From Dave Sharma's Myspace page - Sharmaji creates a bass-heavy, post-desi
sound that is as consistently powerful as it is diverse in background-- and
completely NYC. As a DJ and percussionist he's brought his riddims to
artists as diverse as Karsh Kale, Ming & FS, Tina Sugandh, JUNGLI, and
Timbaland's hookstress RajeSwari, as well as for NYC's 9-years-strong
Basment Bhangra party...
In 2004 he started a long-term relationship with AR Rahman's Broadway
musical "Bombay Dreams"
More at http://www.myspace.com/davesharma

The 'Wheat-ish' Log Collective - Came up over chai one rainy New York
afternoon as a bunch of impecunious desi graduate students and NGO types
realized that the state sponsored  'celebrations' of 1857 in India were
going to entirely painted in black and white, and that even if sitting in
NYC, we needed to do something to change the tints of the picture.




2) The Uprising: Reflections on 1857

To mark the 150th anniversary of the rebellion of 1857, we will come
together for brief reflections on the event, its lasting repercussions in
the 90 years of the Raj that followed, and its relevance to current Indian
identity and politics.  Professors Janaki Bakhle, Faisal Devji, Salahuddin
Malik, and Veena Oldenburg will offer brief remarks on 1857 and after. This
will be followed by an intra panel discussion and an interactive Q&A session
with the audience.

May 11, 2007. 6.30pm
602 Hamilton, Columbia University.

 - Janaki Bakhle teaches History at Columbia University. Prof. Bakhle has
recently published *Two Men and Music: Nationalism in the Making of an
Indian Classical Tradition *(New York: Oxford, 2005). She is currently
researching Marathi Revolutionaries in the early twentieth century. Bakhle
is working to situate their activities within a specifically Marathi
discourse.

 - Faisal Devji teaches History at the New School. He is interested in the
political thought of modern Islam as well as in the transformation of
liberal categories and democratic practice in South Asia. His broader
concerns are with ethics and violence in a globalized world. Prof. Devji has
recently published *Landscapes of the Jihad: Militancy, Morality, Modernity*
.

- **Salahuddin Malik, a professor of history, earned his PhD at McGill
University in Montreal. He is a widely-published specialist on 19th century
British India and Islam.  He teaches Ancient World and upper-level courses
on Islam and South Asia.

-Veena Oldenburg teaches at Baruch College, CUNY. Among her publications is
her work on British colonial urbanization, *The Making of Colonial Lucknow,
1856-77* (Princeton University Press, 1984),  "Life Style as Resistance: The
Case of the Courtesans of Lucknow" (Feminist Studies , 1990) and *Dowry
Murder: The Imperial Origins of a Cultural Crime* (Oxford University Press,
2002).

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