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Celebrate Gateway Bombay
BOLLYWOOD MUSIC
1-4 pm | Atrium
Disc jockey Komal Trivedi of WZBC radio at Boston College shares her passion for South Asian and underground music by playing selections from the greatest Bollywood films.
DANCE PERFORMANCES
2-3:30 pm | Atrium
Students from Aangikam Dance Academy in Nashua, NH perform Bollywood dances
MUMBAI STREET VENDORS
1- 4 pm | Atrium
Meet vendors that can be found on almost any street in Mumbai as they ply their wares in the museum's atrium throughout the afternoon.
DOCENT TOURS
1 and 3 pm | Gateway Bombay Gallery
DROP-IN ART ACTIVITIES
1-3 pm | Art Studios
Make a cityscape of Bombay, also known as the Queen’s Necklace.
FILM
One City, Two Worlds
2001, 24 min., directed by Zafar Hai
Noon and 4 pm | Morse Auditorium
Witness the eloquent juxtaposition of parallel worlds in Bombay-one where vendors in bustling street markets meet daily challenge of survival, and one where privileged upper-class Bombayites navigate their posh, technologically modern world.
FILM
Merchants of Bombay
2004, 24 min., directed by Zafar Hai
2 pm | Morse Auditorium
This documentary touches on the lives and times of four men whose spectacular business careers spanned the 19th century and transformed Bombay: Jamsetjee Jejeeboy, David Sassoon, Premchand Roychand and Jamsetji Tata. Made possible by the Lowell Institute.
FILM
Dabbawallas
2004, 60 min., directed by Paul S. Goodman
3 pm | Morse Auditorium
Every day in Bombay, 4,000 Dabbawallas, or box people, deliver 100,000 lunches from people's homes to their place of work amd then back again. This 100-year-old system operates without technology or modern management practices, yet is nearly 100 percent reliable. Discover the secrets of its success as the semi-literate workers go about their jobs on the streets oif Mumbai.
Reservations suggested for films, call (978)745-9500, ext. 3011.
*Special Presentation: Dabbawallas Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker Paul Goodman on Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 7 pm.
Date: 07/21/2007
Location: eabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
Time: 12:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Cost: All programs included with museum admission.
Contact: 978.745.9500
Web: http://www.pem.org/exhibitions/exhibition.php?id=66
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