YES: Prints by Manjula Padmanabhan

with Indian Classical Music

The Center for South Asia Studies
Invites you to join us for

Two events on Tuesday, November 15
At 10 Stephens Hall (directions here)

5:30 pm - Indian Classical Music Concert
With Sonali Sheth and Manali Sheth
Accompanied by Vivek Narayanadas

6:00 -7:30 pm - Art Exhibition: Opening reception with the artist
“YES: Prints by Manjula Padmanabhan”
With Manjula Padmanabhan
Works on display through January 2006

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Manjula Padmanabhan (b. 1953) is a writer and artist. This collection of
etchings features whimsical representations of animal and human figures,
and amalgams of the two. Padhmanabhan will also display several
lithographs and glazed ceramic bowls. Her books include Hot Death, Cold
Soup, a collection of short stories, Getting There, a travel memoir, and
Kleptomania, another short story anthology. "Harvest," her fifth play,
won first prize in the 1997 Onassis Prize for Theatre. She has
illustrated 23 books for children, including her own two children's
novels, "Mouse Attack" and "Mouse Invaders." Her comic strips have
appeared regularly in Bombay's Sunday Observer and New Delhi's Pioneer.

She writes a regular blog, which can be viewed here:

http://marginalien.blogspot.com/

Her online exhibition is at this site:

http://www.anothersubcontinent.com/manjula1.html

Sonali Sheth is a disciple of Shaiq Chisty and has been learning sitar
for the last 5 years. She will be playing Raag Bihag.
Manali Sheth is also a disciple of Shaiq Chisty and has been learning
santoor for the last three years. She will be playing a traditional
composition in the folk melody raga known as Pahadi.
Vivek Narayanadas has been playing the tabla since the age of 8. He was
taught by Ramesh Kumar and Sanjiv Munshi.