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Shakuntala Awaits: Drama and Conversation with Isheeta Ganguly Event Details In-person Saturday, November 1, 2025 • 6:30 PM 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021 Buy Tickets Photos

India Heritage Center Award Video Photos

Indur’s 80th Birthday Party Video Photos

Saami brothers Qawalli at 517East 87th Street on Sunday June 22nd Photos

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Three Iconic Directors: Gurinder Chadha, Deepa Mehta, and Mira Nair The Bhenji Brigade: Viewpoints In-person Wed 11 Oct 2023  |  6:30 – 10 p.m. 725 Park Ave. (at 70th St.), New York, NY 10021 Buy Tickets The in-person portion of this event is sold out. Stay tuned for information on how to register for the [...]

JLF Women in Culture Conclave SEP 9, MONDAY, 6-9 PM Join us at the Opening Night of the Jaipur Literature Festival, NYC with Women in Culture Conclave, an evening of conversations/readings/fireside chats with culture makers, writers and ideators, contemplating women's role in history & narrative as both disruptors and transmitters of culture. Curated by Myna [...]

Indur & Aroon Shivdasani are delighted to invite you to a Concert by Mezzo Soprano Zoi Florosz August 14th, 2024 | 6 pm - 9 pm Performance to begin promptly at 7 pm at - 517 East 87th Street, Apt 1, New York Please RSVP  aroon212@gmail.com by July 31, 2024.   ‘Zoi Florosz is a natural [...]

SANJ Diwali Ball. Photos:

Art & Identity: Navigating the Spaces In Between Join Columbia alumni and students for a celebratory evening at the annual Asian Columbia Alumni Association (ACAA) Welcome Back Reception. This year's program will feature CAA Arts Access and a panel discussion titled Art and Identity: Navigating the Spaces In Between. Led by Playwright/Director Isheeta Ganguly '98PH, [...]

Fempowerment I'd like to invite you to an exclusive Fashion Show & Curtain Raiser of Gingerblu SS 2024 and the esteemed Fempowerment Foundation. There will be a fashion show, live performance, and an illuminating panel discussion followed by Cocktails & Hors  d'oeuvres, Please send me your email address so we could send you the final [...]

Feroz Abbas Khan’s Mughal-e-Azam tours the United States!!!

Sunset Soirée: Gala in a Mughal Garden The Untermyer Gardens Conservancy presented its eleventh annual Sunset Soirée on Sunday, June 4, 2023. The theme of the sold-out event was Gala in a Mughal Garden, and it took place in the Walled Garden of Untermyer Gardens in Yonkers, New York. Based on the Taj Mahal in [...]

SAWACCS GALA NOVEMBER 2022 Photos:

Artist Delna Dastur's Exhibition - Virginia September 2022 Photos:

Old Sanawarian Reunion October 2022 Photos:

Children's Hope Gala October 2022 Photos:

Screening of Shonali Bose’s Raatrani Indur & Aroon Shivdasani are delighted to invite you to a screening of RAATRANI Tuesday September 6th at 6 pm at 517East 87th Street, Apt. # 1, (between East End Ave & York Ave) New York, NY 10128 Raatrani, written by Nilesh Maniyar; directed by Shonali Bose was the opening segment [...]

The SEEMA Special Film Festival Get ready to curl up in your couches or sit by the fireplace with your iPad and watch the SEEMA Film Festival specially curated by Aroon Shivdasani, the doyenne of Indian performing arts. The segment features four shorts, interesting interviews, and a conversation with Madhur Jaffreyabout her role as a [...]

Untermeyer Indo-Persian Conservancy's First Indian Celebration New York's Indian-American and Indophile community gathered to celebrate the first Indian Mughal Garden party at these beautiful gardens. The late summer evening included tours of the gardens, a dance performance and a cocktail party. Gallery:

2019 Sindhnama Book Launch A detailed coffee table book about the rich heritage of Sindh, once a part of India, now in Pakistan. Written, collated and illustrated by Nandita Bhavnani and the late Gita Simoes. Gallery:

2018 Book Launch of Aruna Jagtiani's A Final Homecoming The story of Bhai Pratap: My father and builder of the new Sindh in India. The story of a charismatic, freedom-fighting philanthropist from one of Sindh's foremost families who was an avid Gandhian, a financial supporter of the independence movement and a determination to create a [...]

2018 Book Launch of Aseem Chhabra’s Priyanka Chopra The incredible story of a Global Hollywood Star. Gallery

1999 Jazz Singer Asha Putli's CD launch Renowned Jazz singer Asha Putli made a CD of popular old Hindi songs sung in her own inimitable style. Jazz afficianados abounded at the launch party with Lionel Hampton as the Guest of Honour. Gallery:

Artist Vrindavan Solanki’s sketching Workshop Gallery:

1992-2004 Formation of a Chair for Indian Studies at Columbia University The Jagdish Bhagwati Chair for Indian Political Economy at Columbia University was finally endowed in 2004 after years of exciting fundraisers with a dedicated group of prominent Indians. Gallery: