Upcoming Events

Conversation Evening with Sonali Deraniyagala on her memoir “Wave”

Date:   Wednesday, November - 20, 2024
Time:   5.30pm
Location:   Levinthal Hal
Stanford Humanities Center
424 Santa Teresa Street
Stanford CA 94305

Wave: Life and Memories after the Tsunami is a memoir by Sri Lankan economist Sonali Deraniyagala, about the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. The book, Wave is her personal reminiscing of the nearly incomprehensible event and its aftermath.

Recent Events

The Mukhi House Museum: A Love Story Spanning Three-Hundred Years

Date:   Saturday, September - 14, 2024
Time:   2.00 pm
Location:   Palo Alto Art Center
1313 Newell Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303

Dr. Bhavnani, a 4th-generation Mukhi family descendent, whose mother grew up in The Mukhi House will describe his personal journey in understanding the devotion, heartbreak, & reconciliation that shaped the destiny of this building

Ideologies that shaped the Crafts Movement in India – Ethel Mairet, Coomaraswamy and Gandhi

Date:   Friday, July - 19, 2024
Time:   4.00 pm
Location:   Palo Alto Rinconada Library
1213 Newell Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Radhi Parekh will discuss how the lives of three public figures in late 19th thro’ mid-20th cen. intersect in unique and unexpected ways through their particular insights into the crafts tradition of the sub-continent, combined with the evolution of the Arts & Crafts Movement in England.