Center to host talk by culture expert

Center to host talk by culture expert

The Indian Cultural Center Bali plans to hold a special lecture
titled India and South East Asia -- Exploring the Cultural
Linkages, presented by Prof. Sachchidananda Sahai, Fellow at the
Indian Institute of Advanced Studies in Simla, India.

The lecture will be given at the center, Jl Raya Puputan 42 to
44, Renon, Denpasar, on March 18, at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Prof Sahai is an internationally acknowledged expert on
southeast Asian culture. His academic training was at Banaras
Hindu University. He continued his studies at the Sorbonne,
Paris, where he specialized in the epigraphy of Cambodia, Java
and Bali.

He is now working on a comparative study of southeast Asian
culture.

After completing his recent field work in ASEAN countries
(Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam), Prof Sahai is visiting
Bali.

For more information on the lecture, please contact: Dr.
Somvir, head of Indian Cultural Center, Denpasar, and Nandini
Khrisna at: (0361) 241978; Fax: (0361) 241980. -- JP