#TalkTheWalk 2: James Wales in India by Dr Uday S Kulkarni

KHAKI turns 5 on 26th January! And to mark the occasion, the KHAKI Lab is hosting an exhibition of Scottish artist James Wales’s watercolour paintings of ‘Mumbai in the 1700s’ from 23rd to 26th January. On the final day of the exhibition, author of the newly-released book, ‘James Wales: Artist and Antiquarian in the time of Sawai Madhavrao Peshwa’, Dr Uday S Kulkarni takes us on a journey of late-eighteenth-century India through James Wales’s eyes, covering Wales’s observations of the nobility, life in the cities and villages, memoranda of travel in India, ‘horrid’ social customs, temples and their deities, festivals and forms of entertainment as expressed in his journals and illustrations.

As a curtain-raiser to Dr Kulkarni’s #TalkTheWalk session, artist Sameer Kulavoor will speak on ‘Art as the Chronicler of Times’

Dr Uday S. Kulkarni’s book on James Wales will be released on the occasion. This and other books by Dr Kulkarni will be available at the event at a 25% discount.

Dr Uday S. Kulkarni is a surgeon by training and a historian by passion. In 1979, he joined the Indian Navy and served in the defence forces for sixteen years. He took voluntary retirement in 1995 in the rank of Surgeon Commander and began practicing as a surgeon in Pune. While continuing his surgical practice, he returned to his love of history in 2010 to write ‘The Solstice at Panipat’, an account of the third battle of Panipat. He has also translated and edited ‘Bakhar of Panipat’ with Ninad Bedekar. ‘James Wales: Artist and Antiquarian in the time of Sawai Madhavrao Peshwa’ is his most recent work.

Sameer Kulavoor is a visual artist living and working in Mumbai, India. His work lies at the intersection of art, graphic design & contemporary illustration and has taken the form of paintings, murals, books, zines, prints and objects. He is interested in why things look the way they do; constantly exploring and understanding the impact that time, culture, politics and socio-economic conditions have on our visible and invisible surroundings. 

Venue: KHAKI Lab, 302, Hari Chambers, Above 1441 Pizzeria, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Fort, Mumbai -1

- Age limit: 12 and above.

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- Smoking and drinking is strictly prohibited.

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