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SUMMARY:DELHI’S DIPLOMATIC DOMAINS  A photography exhibition by Lalit Ver
 ma
DESCRIPTION:Alliance Française de Delhi presents\nDELHI’S DIPLOMATIC DOM
 AINS\nA photography exhibition by Lalit Verma\n\n Friday 23rd May\, 6.00p
 m\nExhibition-on-view from 24th May to 4th June 2014\, 10am to 8pm\nGaleri
 e Romain Rolland\, Alliance Française de Delhi\n72 Lodi Estate\, New Delh
 i 110003\nNew Delhi is home to the second largest bilateral diplomatic com
 munity in the world\, second only to the United States' capital\, Washingt
 on\, D.C.  Following the lead of the Apostolic Nunciature in 1955\, over 
 50 embassies from Africa\, the Americas\, Australasia and Europe have esta
 blished themselves in Delhi's unique diplomatic enclave\, Chanakyapuri. Si
 xteen additional missions have remained in heritage buildings either as Ch
 ancery-cum-Residences or separate Residences in formerly requisitioned pro
 perties that were acquired in the area of Lutyens' Imperial Capital. These
  missions are the subject of this work.   Enunciator\nThis exhibition of
 fers a rare opportunity to glimpse beyond the gates of 36 of New Delhi's p
 urpose-built and heritage property foreign missions. In Lalit Verma's mast
 erful photographs\, taken for the book Delhi's Diplomatic Domains: Chancer
 ies and Residences of Chanakyapuri and Imperial New Delhi\, by Gladys Aban
 kwa-Meier-Klodt\, and published by Full Circle\, the architecture\, interi
 ors and landscaping of the world's first exclusive\, purpose-built diploma
 tic quarter are brought out from behind high boundary walls. Showcased are
  individual countries' use of various means and materials to transform arc
 hitecture into statements of national identity\, including several never-b
 efore-seen photographs from Lalit Verma's unpublished archive.\nABOUT THE 
 PHOTOGRAPHER\nLalit Verma\, a former Tata Group executive\, is the Founder
  and Director of Aurodhan Art Gallery in Pondicherry. A curator of numerou
 s shows around the world\, he has also hosted leading artists of local and
  international renown in his South Indian gallery. Lalit’s initial foray
  into photography was described by eminent American photographer Mary Elle
 n Mark as “beautiful work by a man who loves and understands lndia”.\n
 CONTENTS\nDiplomatic Domains\nAustralia\, Bangladesh\, Belgium\, Bhutan\, 
 Brazil\, Canada\, Denmark\, Egypt\, Finland\, France\, Germany\, Ghana\, H
 oly See\, Hungary\, Iraq\, Italy\, Malaysia\, Nepal\, The Netherlands\, Ne
 w Zealand\, Nigeria\, Norway\, Pakistan\, Palestine\, Philippines\, Poland
 \, Saudi Arabia\, Singapore\, Slovakia\, Spain\, Sri Lanka\, Sudan\, Swede
 n\, Switzerland\, Thailand\, Turkey and Venezuela.For more information\,\n
 please write to communication@afdelhi.org\n\n\n&nbsp\;
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LOCATION:Alliance Française de Delhi\, K K Birla Line \, 72 Lodhi Estate\,
  New Delhi\, 110003\, India
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