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Please click here for the PDF File  Photographing the Digital Realm, an exhibition of works by contemporary American artist Dennis Landi, is on display at the American Center in New Delhi until June 16. Landi, a New Delhi-based software engineer, uses technology in innovative ways to create a new breed of photographic canvases and ceramic tiles. The exhibition is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays and 1 to 6 p.m. on Saturdays. American basketball coach J.D. Walsh-with Michael Owen, U.S. Consul General for Mumbai-at a training session at the YMCA in Mumbai in April. Besides teaching kids the technical aspects of the game, Walsh gave pointers to coaches and interacted with basketball players in Mumbai, Pune, Chennai and Kolkata. Based in New York, Walsh uses sports to teach teamwork, communication and healthy lifestyle choices. Visitors at the Landmarks of New York exhibition at the American Center in Kolkata. The 81 black and white photos provide a glimpse of New York from the 1640s to the present and commemorate the 40th anniversary of a law that required preservation of icons such as the Chrysler and Flatiron Buildings, the New York Public Library and the Ellis Island Immigration Center. The exhibit also traveled to Jamshedpur and will go to Chennai, Hyderabad, Mysore, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bhopal and New Delhi. A bust of Dalip Singh Saund, the first Indian American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, was unveiled at the American Center in New Delhi by former Prime Minister I.K. Gujral in May. The bust was donated by Anup Singh, Saund's nephew. Also present was Steven J. White, Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy. From 1957 to 1963, Saund represented his California congressional district. Anis Siddiqi, an India-born American lawyer and alumni of Aligarh Muslim University, visited the university in April after more than 50 years. He met the vice chancellor and faculty, visited his old dorm and signed autographs for the university's students enrolled in the U.S. State Department-funded Access English program. His son, Adnan, is the U.S. Embassy counselor for cultural affairs. |
