| Conference
with Vice President India Bhairon Singh Shekhawat >> |
New Delhi,
May lst, 2006 |
| Conference
with famous Indian
Sculptor Ram Sutar >> |
New Delhi,
April 8th, 2006 |
| Conference
about Roma History and
Arts >> |
Stockholm,
January 26th, 2007 |
| Romani
Studies Conference, Istanbul >> |
Istanbul,
May 15th-17th, 2005 |
| Conference
with Indian National
Minister for Culture >> |
New Delhi,
May 8th, 2002 |
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| Conference
with Vice President of India Bhairon Singh Shekhawat |
New Delhi,
May lst, 2006 |
In a meeting with his Excellence Vice President of India Bhairon
Singh Shekhawat at the end of my annual exhibition tour in India
in April/May 2006 I had the opportunity to remember common roots
of European Sinti and Roma and India and to emphasize and promote
more efforts of Indian government and politics in general in
favour of her sisters and brothers in Europe very often suffering
from precarious economic situation and discrimininative and
racist politics. |
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On May l, Katarzyna Pollok met Vice-President Bhairon Singh
Shekhawat in Delhi with a delegation led by Roma Centre Chairman
Shyam Singh Shashi. She apprised Mr. Shekhawat of
Problems faced by Roma in Europe. The delegation
included famous Indian sculptor Padmashri Ram V.Sutar, G.
S. Negi, Madhu Pant, Dr. Hari Singh, Dr. Puran Pal, Virendra
Prabhakar, Shri K. L. Kochar (Secretary of Mr. Shekhawat)
see also press release
here>> |
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| Conference
with famous Indian Sculptor Ram Sutar |
New Delhi,
April 8th, 2006 |
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After a meeting with Padmashri Ram V. Sutar organised by Dr.
Shashi and an artistic discussion with the famous artist and
most important sculptor of India, Mr. Sutar gave a signed
copy of one of his well known works to his fellow artist,
Mrs. Pollok.
from left: Dr. Shyam Singh Shashi, Ram Sutar, Mrs. Pollok,
Anil Sutar (son of Ram Sutar) |
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| Conference
about Roma History and Arts |
Stockholm,
January 26th, 2007 |
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Read
this article about my presentation about Roma history and
about visualizing Roma history in arts which I consider to
be part of the struggle for identity
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| Romani
Studies Conference, Istanbul: |
Istanbul,
May 15th-17th, 2005 |
On invitation of The Center for Migration Research (CMR)
and the International Romani Studies Network (IRSN) Mrs. Pollok
contributed to The Second International Romani Studies Conference
at Bilgi University in Istanbul titled The Other Side of Europe
– Diaspora, Politics and Culture on May 14th and 15th
2005
In the session titled: I HISTORY, DIASPORA AND IDENTITY
Mrs. Pollok held a Lecture
titled
"Is
there something like Roma Art?
A Sinti Artist in the Gadje world"
(click here
for full text and links) |
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| Meeting
with Mr. Jagmohan,
Indian National Minister for Culture andTourism |
New
Delhi, May 8th, 2002 |
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| On initiativeof
Dr. Shyam Singh Shashi, Padma Shri, renowned scholar and poet
and with the important assistance of Mr. Naik and several
personalities of Hindu Heritage Foundation Katarzyna Pollok
was invited by Mr. Jagmohan, National Minister for Culture
and Tourism to a short but intensive personal meeting, where
I could present parts of my artwork and explain my arduous
interest in Indian culture.
Mr. Jagmohan acknowledged my artwork very friendly
and promised to help me in my efforts of retracing my Indian
roots, especially the roots of my people they have left till
today in Indian arts and culture, spirituality and tradition.
The minister invited me to return to India for a few months
in the spring of 2003 - Thank you all!
I am still glad to also be supported by my Roma
brother Dr. Hristo Kyuchukov, the Secretary General of the
International Romani Union, who also took part in the inauguration
of my Delhi exhibition a few days earlier.
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Naik, Jagmohan, Voigt, Pollok, Shashi, NN,
Kyuchukov
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