An interview with Andreas Deffner
Andreas Deffner’s photographs offer a fascinating window into the strange and distant world of the Andaman Islands, an archipelago in the Bay of Bengal about 670 sea miles West of Thailand and 150 sea...
Videos
Celebrating 125 years of Alliance Francaise in Pondicherry
Alliance Francaise Pondicherry celebrated its 125th anniversary ceremoniously on 28 February, 2014. It is the oldest Alliance Francaise among all the others in Asia. The celebrations included series of cultural events by both...
Ramesh Shotham and the Mahaphon Clang
Ramesh Shotham is a percussionist and drummer from Chennai. He began his musical career as a self-taught drummer, co-leading a rock band called Human Bondage established in 1970 in Bombay and Bangalore then hitting the road gigging in clubs...
Astad Deboo : Interpreting Tagore
Astad Deboo, with the team of Salaam Baalak Trust presented Interpreting Tagore on 20 February. It was performed to a packed Sri Aurobindo Auditorium at Auroville, Tamilnadu. The Inquirer team had reported on...
Lessons in Faith and Harmony
A conference on Faith and Harmony was held on 15 February, 2014 by Students Council of Pondicherry University, in collaboration with KMCC, Pondicherry State Committee. Celebrated speakers from different universities participated in discussions on...
Saibal Chatterjee talks on Indian Contemporary Cinema
A talk on Indian Contemporary Cinema by Mr. Saibal Chatterjee, award winning film critic and journalist at Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas, Auroville at ‘A Panorama of Contemporary Indian Cinema’ commemorating 100 years of...
Environmental studies in engineering curriculum are the need of the hour, says Dr. G D Agrawal
In the efforts to use media for creating awareness, the Department of Electronic Media and Mass Communication, Pondicherry University, has taken up an initiative ‘Earth Matters’. It organized a documentary film screening at SOM...
Inauguration of International Seminar on Agrarian Transition in India
The department of Sociology, Pondicherry University organised an International Seminar on ‘Agrarian Transition in India’. The inauguration was held at Cultural cum Convention Centre, PU, on 28 January. Joan P. Mencher, Anthropologist, retd. Professor,...
Republic Day celebrations at Pondicherry University
Pondicherry University celebrated the 65th Republic Day of the nation on 26 January, 2014. Prof. (Mrs.) Chandra Krishnamurthy, Vice Chancellor, Pondicherry University hoisted the National Flag to mark the Republic day celebrations. This...
Break the Barriers, Open the Doors
A one day workshop on awareness about United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disability (UNCRPD) was conducted by Higher Education for Persons with Special Needs (HESPN) enabling unit, in collaboration with the...
