My Child & I

The family is visiting friends for chai & chatting.

Hostess: "Tea for all adults; And maybe hot chocolate for the kids?"

Secondborn: "I'll have coffee!"

Hostess (playfully) : " I don't know how to make coffee"

Secondborn: "My Mom knows; She can teach you!"

Hostess: "But I don't want to learn"

Secondborn: "Then can you just buy it from the shop nearby? "

Hostess: " You can just please have tea!"

Tea for Tot!

KSPCB: Painting & Essay Competetion for Children

The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board is organizing a Painting and Essay Competition on Saturday June 2, 2012 at Bal Bhavan premises.

The Painting Competition is open for all school children studying in primary, middle or high school. The essay writing is open to high school children only.

Theme: Green Economy: Does it include you?

Competition is free of cost.

Drawing Sheets will be provided- Children should bring their own colouring materail/paints.

Painting Competition between 10:30 and 11:30am

Essay writing from 12 noon- 1pm.

Prize distribution will be held at the Gnana Jyoti Auditorium , Central College premises, Bangalore on 5th June on occasion of World Environmental Day 2012.

My Child & I

Family is watching television together and a song & dance rain sequence appears.

Secondborn: " That boy & girl forgot to take umbrella ?"

Firstborn: " Actually, they look happy to be dancing in the rain "

Secondborn: "Only peacocks dance when it rains!"

Firstborn: "Shall we dance when it rains ?"

Secondborn: " OK- But remember to on the heater so the water is hot, ok?"

Showers of joy!

Mango Mela 2012

Mouth watering varieties of mangoes from across the country are up for grabs at various Hopcoms outlets in the State, as the farmers' cooperative has launched its much-awaited mango mela. Varieties such as Badami, Malgoa, Kalapadu, Rathnagiri Alphonso, Mallika, Banganpalli, Raspuri, Neelam, Kesar, Sendura, Dasheri, Thothapuri, Sakkareguthi, Aamarpalli and Kesar are available. 

This year, the mela will be held at all the Hopcoms retail outlets across the city. Also, retail stores will be organised at special mobile outlets in H S R Layout, Kengeri Satellite Town and J P Nagar.

Apart from our 287 outlets, fruits will be sold in mobile vehicles at a few areas. The highlight of this year’s mela will be sale of mangoes which are ripened with Ethylene. Different varieties of mangoes from all across the country will be sold at discount rates. Consumers can know the daily prices of fruits by sending an SMS FRUITS RATE to 92433 55223.

Spic Macay: National Convention 2012, Mangalore

The convention comprises of sessions that start from 4 in the morning and go on till 10 in the evening with intensives in yoga, classical music, dance and crafts to folk performances, screening of cinema classics and inspiring talks. Each hour in the convention is perfectly planned to provide a complete insightful experience of the true Indian culture and heritage.

Schedule

Day 1 : 28th May
10.00 AM	Registration begins
1.00 PM – 2.00 PM	Vidwan Mambalam Siva (Nadaswaram)
2.00 PM – 4.00 PM	Shri Chittani Ramachandra Hegde (Yakshagana)
4.00 PM – 5.00 PM	Orientation for participants by Dr. Kiran Seth
5.00 PM – 6.00 PM	Dinner
6.00 PM – 7.00 PM	Inaugural Ceremony
7.00 PM – 9.00 PM	Prof. T N Krishnan (Carnatic Violin)
9.00 PM – 11.00 PM	Begum Parveen Sultana (Hindustani Vocal)
11.15 PM	Lights out
Day 2 : 29th May
4.00 AM – 7.00 AM	Naad Yog and Hatha Yog
7.00 AM – 7:30 AM	Shramdaan
7.30 AM – 9.00 AM	Personal Time and Breakfast
9.00 AM – 12 Noon	Intensives with maestros in music/dance/theatre/art/craft
12 Noon – 1.00 PM	Lunch
1.00 PM – 2.30 PM	Guru S Thanil Singh & Troupe (Pung Cholom)
2.30 PM – 5.00 PM	Cinema Classic
5.00 PM – 6.00 PM	Dinner
6.00 PM – 8.00 PM	Vidushi Malavika Sarukkai (Bharatanatyam)
8.00 PM – 10.00 PM	Vidwan N Ravikiran (Chitravina)
10.15 PM	Lights Out
Day 3 : 30th May
4.00 AM – 1.00 PM	Similar Schedule
1.00 PM – 2.30 PM	Mr. Mahmood Farooqui and troupe (Dastangoi)
2.30 PM – 5.00 PM	Cinema Screening by Shri Girish Kasaravalli
5.00 PM – 6.00 PM	Dinner
6.00 PM – 8.00 PM	Vidwan T V Sankaranarayanan (Carnatic Vocal)
8.00 PM – 10.00 PM	Shri Margi Madhu (Koodiyattam)
10.15 PM	Lights Out
Day 4 : 31st May
4.00 AM – 1.00 PM	Similar Schedule
1.00 PM – 2.30 PM	Talk by Shri Mumtaz Ali
2.30 PM – 5.00 PM	Folk forms from Karnataka
5.00 PM – 6.00 PM	Dinner
6.00 PM – 8.00 PM	Dr. N Rajam (Hindustani Violin)
8.00 PM – 10.00 PM	Vidwan T N Seshagopalan (Carnatic Vocal)
10.15 PM	Lights Out
Day 5 : 1st June
4.00 AM – 1.00 PM	Similar Schedule
1.00 PM – 2.30 PM	Nazeer & Naseer Ahmed Khan Warsi (Qawalli)
2.30 PM – 5.00 PM	Cinema Screening by Shri Nandan Kudhyadi
5.00 PM – 6.00 PM	Dinner
6.00 PM – 8.00 PM	Smt. Madhavi Mudgal (Odissi)
8.00 PM – 10.00 PM	Shri Mysore Nagaraj and Dr. Manjunath (Carnatic Violin)
10.15 PM	Lights Out
Day 6 : 2nd June
4.00 AM – 9.00 AM	Similar Schedule
9.00 AM – 11.00 AM	Intensives with maestros in music/dance/theatre/art/craft
11.00 AM – 12 Noon	Lunch
12 Noon – 2.30 PM	Presentation by Intensive groups
2.30 PM – 5.15 PM	Compulsory Rest
5.15 PM – 6.00 PM	Dinner
6.00 PM – 6.00 AM	Pts. Rajan & Sajan Mishra (Hindustani Vocal)
	Vidwan U Shrinivas (Carnatic Mandolin)
	Vidwan T V Gopalakrishnan (Carnatic Vocal)
	Ustad Shahid Pervez Khan (Sitar)
	Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar (Dhrupad)
	Pt. Venkatesh Kumar (Hinduatani Vocal)
Day 7 : 3rd June
7.30 AM – 9.00 AM	Personal Time and Breakfast
9.00 AM – 3.00 PM	Heritage Walks

Intensives:

Vivekananda Kendra (Hatha Yog)	Dr. Kiran Seth (Naad Yog)
Vid. Malavika Sarukkai (Bharatanatyam)	The Dhananjayans (Bharatanatyam)
Smt. Madhavi Mudgal (Odissi)	Smt. Ritha Devi (Odissi)
Shri Narasimhachari & Vasanthalakshmi (Kuchupudi)	Smt. Vyjayanthi Kashi (Kuchupudi)
Shri Margi Madhu (Koodiyattam)	Shri Kalamandalam Kuttan (Kathakali)
Guru S Thanil Singh (Pung Cholom)	Shri Bellagallu Veerana (Leather Puppetry)
Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar (Dhrupad)	Shri Karaikudi Subramaniam (Carnatic Veena/Vocal)
Pt. Kaivalya Kumar Gurav  (Hindustani Vocal)	Vid. T V Gopalakrishnan (CarnaticVocal)
Shri M Ganapathi Hegde (Yakshagana make-up)

Crafts:

• NE – Assam – Weaving – Jamini Peyang & Bapu Kan
• BIHAR -Papier Mache with Madhubani Painting – Narendra Karan & Sunita Karan
• ORISSA – Saura & Pattachitra painting – Bijay Kumar Pariki
• MP – Gond tribal painting – Anand Shyam & Kalabai Shyam
• AP – Kalamkari painting –  Vishwanath Reddy
• RAJASTHAN  - Phad painting- Kalyan Joshi & Rahul Pathak
• NE – Tripura – Bamboo crafts – Subrata Chakraborty
• RAJASTHAN – Tie & dye / Leheriya technique – Smt Ram Kanya Devi & Babu Lal Chippa
• MP – Bagh block print and Natural dyeing – Ibrahim Haji
• TN – Pottery – R. Thangaiya
• UP – Wood carving and inlay – Mohd Matloob
• DELHI – Gandhi samiti – Charkha spinning
• UP – Mooj grass crafts – Om Prakash & Shiv Kumari
• KARNATAKA – Lambadi embroidery- Mr. Veerana of Sandur Kala Kendra
• KARNATAKA – Chittara Painting

Heritage walks – Karkala – Moodbidri, Udupi – Barkur, Mangalore city
The PDF of the complete schedule can be found here : http://goo.gl/obMmI