tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2854264963788153488.post2354205729951015958..comments2024-03-18T17:25:47.646+05:30Comments on Kiran Mazumdar Shaw: What Price Philanthropy? Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393464661332006504noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2854264963788153488.post-50691636327915329672016-03-29T16:56:37.171+05:302016-03-29T16:56:37.171+05:30There should be an open competition and a tenderin...There should be an open competition and a tendering process, Is it RV Deshpande's (Minister of Tourism) personal property to invite Abhishek (or any crony) and have a open ended MOU (which I am sure is drafted by Poddar and Gang (MDP, Ms Shaw) eminent Champagne drinking Citizens of Bangalore!Vijayanand Rajunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2854264963788153488.post-33285545108074561102016-03-27T22:49:04.583+05:302016-03-27T22:49:04.583+05:30A sad, sad situation where a handful of the few sp...A sad, sad situation where a handful of the few spoil it for the community at large. A microcosm of the country at large - one step forward and two steps back. We are really lucky to have Abhishek Poddar (whose lifelong passion with the arts is commendable, to say nothing of his personal art collection and the kind of contacts he has in the international art scene) get involved. But as usual, whatever enthusiasm he had must have dissipated by now. I hope he gets another opportunity, this time without the 'small minds' of backward thinking people in the way. Thank you Ms Shaw for that heartfelt article and I hope your good offices can help change things. Gautam Devhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441717877534284600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2854264963788153488.post-86292198669078039402016-03-27T12:33:55.790+05:302016-03-27T12:33:55.790+05:30I support the VAG and its new avatar with Tasveer ...I support the VAG and its new avatar with Tasveer Foundation. <br /><br />I feel that the decision of who manages a public institution should go to the people best able to do so, with adequate resources, integrity and experience. Regarding the Tasveer foundation, its members seem qualified in various spheres. Why should VAG be left in incapable and inefficient hands and remain the mediocre, smelly, badly managed space that it is? <br /><br />The world over private institutions supports the arts and that includes the fantastic MOMA and British Museum that rely on what we call ppps’ to exist. Why not adopt a model that seems to have worked the world over?<br /><br />I think the fact that the protesting artists have refused to enter into a dialogue with the foundation or the government might reveal a deep insecurity. It also seems petty with half truths, a refusal to engage, high emotions and personal attacks. Its seen this way as the creation of a new entity for Bangalore with large private funds might threaten existing ecosystems who fought long and hard to create their own spaces and have survived much including very often, their own mediocrity. The VAG does not belong to artists, it belongs to the citizens of Karnataka, who, looking at the state of the gallery, might deserve better.<br />Ryan Lobohttp://www.ryanlobo.blogspot.innoreply@blogger.com