India Club is delighted to host the Singapore launch of Abhinav Bindra’s “A Shot at History: My Obsessive quest for Olympic Gold” (co-authored by Singapore’s own Rohit Brijnath). At the Beijing Olympics four years ago, Abhinav Bindra became the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal (between 1928 and 1980, India had won 8 gold medals in hockey, but none in an individual sport). This is his story, told with the help of the celebrated sports journalist Rohit Brijnath (who currently works for the Straits Times, having previously made his reputation at India Today and Sportsworld in India). The book is already a best-seller in India, and copies of the book will be available for sale at the venue, including opportunities to have it signed by the co-authors.

Venue: Raffles and Draycott rooms of the Tanglin Club
Date & time: 12 noon on Sunday, February 5th 2012.
Discussion with the co-authors will be followed by lunch.
Attendance is free for India Club members, $35 for non-members.
RSVP: office@indiaclub.org.sg or call 9227 0957 (registration is first come, first served).

We look forward to seeing you at the event.

India Club is privileged to welcome Dr Abdul Kalam, who will give an inspirational talk to members and friends of the India Club, entitled “Igniting the mind of the new India: Harnessing Science to inspire youth”. The 11th President of India is still acknowledged to be the “People’s President", an inspirational figure whose ideas and vision remain a beacon of hope and integrity in India’s public life.

Dr Kalam received the Bharat Ratna in 1997 for his pivotal contributions to India’s scientific and technological establishment, especially the space program. He played a crucial role in leading and organizing the work that went toward the Pokhran II nuclear tests in May 1998, and was Project Director of the teams that created the successful SLV-2 and SLV-3 indigenous satellite programs.

His books, speeches and inspirational example truly made him the People’s President – and Dr. Kalam continues to ignite the minds of India’s youth with his visionary ideas today through a variety of institutions aimed at enhancing the sense of service and patriotism among India’s youth.

Date: Wednesday, September 21, 6.30-8pm (sandwiches, snacks and tea will be served after the talk)

Venue: Raffles Room, Tanglin Club

India Club Members: Free

Non Members Fee: $30.
Student Fee: $15

Rahul Jacob was the Travel, Food and Drinks Editor of the Financial Times (London) from 2003 to 2010 , and this is a delightful collection of his evocative travel essays published in that newspaper and elsewhere. Rahul is currently the South China (including Hong Kong) bureau chief of the Financial Times, and has previously worked at FORTUNE and TIME magazines (the latter as Asia business editor), after completing a Masters from Columbia University’s Journalism School, and a BA(Hons) from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi.

Our friend Deepika Shetty’s review of the book said it “shows how journalists wanting to be taken seriously as writers can make their columns work in book form". The Asian Review of Books called it “both delightful and erudite, just the thing to take one’s mind off the bland and homogeneous experience of global air travel". Outlook (India) described him as a “natural cosmopolitan, straddling cultures, countries and continents with an ease that could put a diplomat to shame". The former Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten says, “This is a wonderfully entertaining guide and companion, both for old hands and first-time visitors…Jacob observes the new wonders of the world with wry humour.” And fellow travel-writer Pico Iyer said, “Rahul Jacob seems to me an archetypal traveller of our times, so conversant with East and West that he dissolves the distances between them.”
I can attest that an afternoon with Rahul is unfailingly fulfilling and enlightening.

Venue: Raffles Room, Tanglin Club
Time: 3 pm onwards
Date: 22nd May, Sunday

Free for India Club Members

Non Members: $35

RSVP office@indiaclub.org.sg / sms 92270957

Regards

P K Basu
President
INDIA CLUB

India Club presents the Singapore launch of MJ Akbar’s celebrated new book, “Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan“.

MJ Akbar is India’s pre-eminent journalist (founding editor of SUNDAY and THE TELEGRAPH, each of which became trend-setting publications, and currently Editorial Director of INDIA TODAY, India’s leading newsmagazine) and a world-renowned scholar of Islam and the History of the Indian sub-continent. We are delighted that he will be back amongst us to talk about (and launch) the book, which is currently the #1 non-fiction best-seller in India. The Economist has said about it, “Among many recent books on Pakistan, Mr Akbar’s stands out…It is a lively read; Mr Akbar is a stylish writer with an excellent eye for a gag.”

Date: Thursday, February 24 , 2011
Time:• 7:00pm onwards (the Book Launch will be followed by Dinner)

Venue: The Tanglin Club (Raffles room)
5 Stevens Road

India Club Members: Free

Non Members: $ 35

RSVP: office @ indiaclub .org . sg

Call/ SMS : 92270957

The INDIA CLUB, Singapore and Tagore Society

are proud to present an exclusive opportunity to have tea with

Sharmila Tagore

celebrated film actress, chairman of the Central Film Certification Board and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador

Date: Saturday, 2nd October 2010
Venue: Tanglin Club (Raffles room), 5 Stevens Road, Singapore.
(No car parking at Tanglin Club. Nearest public parking at Shaw Centre, Hotel Royal Plaza on Scotts, International Building etc)
Time: 3:30 p.m.; sumptuous high tea included
RSVP: office@indiaclub.org.sg; 92270957
Entrance fee: For INDIA CLUB members - $30; For all others $60 each.
Payment of fees by cash or local cheque at the door.

You can sign up to be an India Club member at the door for $150 per person. Free posters for first 10 new members.