tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237253582024-03-07T10:17:49.819+05:30Whazzup Mumbai !!! (Bombay)Part listing, part review, part feature, part critique. Whatever I feel like writing about Bombay / Mumbai and its events and activities.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-48976215075212634652009-01-17T20:43:00.001+05:302009-01-17T20:44:29.804+05:30Trishna, Andheri, MumbaiTrishna<br /><br />I had eaten the signature Butter Pepper Garlic Crab at Trishna in Fort a couple of years ago and still remember fondly, the perfect balance of sweet crab flesh mingled with the saltiness of Amul Butter and the bite of freshly crushed peppercorns. But I much preferred the overall taste of food at <a href="http://grandnunkim.blogspot.com/2008/08/patio-gajalee-mumbai-india.html">Gajalee</a> not to mention the proximity.<br /><br />On my most recent trip to <a href="http://whazzupmumbai.blogspot.com/">Bombay</a> I saw that Trishna had opened a branch in Andheri too. We were tired and exhausted from our traveling, but decided to stop in here and savour the food.<br /><br />Read my review <a href="http://grandnunkim.blogspot.com/2009/01/trishna-andheri-mumbai.html">here</a>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-71956883503786108412008-11-28T23:08:00.000+05:302008-11-28T23:09:36.053+05:30Disjointed Questions on the Bombay Blasts and its aftermathBeing in <a href="http://whazzupegypt.blogspot.com/">a distant country</a> while Bombay is under siege, is nerve wracking at best.<br /><br />My first long stay in Bombay was for my first job, with <a href="http://kimelody.blogspot.com/">MBA degree</a> in hand. The first weekend trip we took together as Management trainees was a <i>local train</i> ride from Andheri to South Bombay. We caught up with other batchmates in town for a movie at <i>Metro Cinema</i> and headed over to Cafe Mondegar for a drink and later carried onto <i>Cafe Leopold</i> because we had heard so much about these Bombay favourites. We then walked over to the Gateway of India and gazed at the iconic <i>Taj Palace and towers</i>. Gathering courage we felt we could project enough confidence to walk in and use their washrooms, which we managed.<br /><br />Since this was the late 90's, B-School salaries weren't as astronomical as they were at the turn of the millennium and we obviously couldn't afford to eat in there, so we headed over to <i>Bademiyan's</i> for more affordable fare.<br /><br />All these locations were under the media spotlight for the last 48 hours, for reasons one would never have dreamed about.<br /><br />Personally, this attack was very hard hitting because of the sheer numbers of family and friends who live in the area, who were working late in the area, or were eating in the area after work. As is usual after every such attack in India, we started calling and smsing, then emailing and scrapping (when the phone lines were jammed and over loaded) and everyone we knew in the location to check on their status. This time it was a much, much longer list of people we were checking on.<br /><br />Some were barricaded inside their houses and offices in the area while their lifts were shut down and they were advised not to leave the premises. Many spent that first night in the office while the rest of us helplessly spent the night hoping and praying for their safety and that the violence wouldn't spread to the surrounding buildings.<br /><br />We stayed glued to the television and kept refreshing news sites on our computer screen and anxiously followed the sequence of events. Coherent thought was not easy and plenty of questions and inconsistencies kept popping up in my mind.<br /><br />First of all: kudos to our NSG, army, hotel staff and police for their heroic efforts.<br /><br /><b>Why/How did this happen:</b><br />Intelligence failure is something the foreign media has been harping about in relation to these attacks, but as someone else mentioned: weren't 9/11 and the London Subway attacks, intelligence failures too.<br /><br />Could we have done anything more to secure the locations?<br />How many locations will you secure? We have a country of a billion+ citizens, so I don't think it is about securing locations. Terrorists target any and every location. The only way every place can be secured is if citizens take responsibility of being aware of their surroundings and people around them.<br />We need to stop cribbing about and finding innovative ways to avoid security measures at malls, cinema halls etc. They are there for our security.<br /><br />Our government should focus on stemming the problem at its roots: training camps, poverty, education, unemployment.<br /><br />The terrorists were armed with AK47's while a lot of the police and railway police were equipped with nothing more than a lathi. Do they even stand a chance?<br /><br />Why were 3 top cops traveling in the same vehicle?<br /><br /><b>Rescue efforts:</b><br />The staff at the hotels responded admirably and heroically. Some even lost their own lives while saving the guests. I am not sure if they receive training drills for terrorist situations, but they did their best.<br /><br />Politicians have no business being anywhere in the area when such situations are ongoing. Having them around, means that security and armed forces are forced to divert their attention to the "security of the politician"<br />What business did Gopinath Munde have to be at the Nariman House today?<br />Same problem when they visit hospitals were the wounded are taken. Doctors and nurses are forced to stop tending to their patients and clear the area so the politician and their entourage of news crews and security personnel royally stroll through the area and promise tax payer funds (other peoples money) as remuneration.<br /><br /><b>Media:</b><br />While NDTV was the most restrained of the lot, our media still behaved as irresponsibly as always.<br /><br />People whose family members were stuck inside, is it fair to thrust microphones at their faces and ask them how they are feeling?<br /><br />Rescued people being brought out of the hotel after a horrifying ordeal, is it fair to thrust microphones at their faces and ask them how they are feeling?<br /><br />While Right to Information is a wonderful act, some lines should be drawn when it comes to National Security. Broadcasting the immediate moves of the security forces, dissecting their rescue maneuvers, having ex army personnel describe helicopter rescue operations in detail - this only gives more intelligence to the terrorists holed up inside who could be in contact with anyone with a cable connection outside the location, even if cable connection at the hotels had been cut off.<br /><br />Broadcasting false reports of the operation being over when it isn't because they see a thumbs-up being exchanged between two NSG personnel.<br /><br />We need an appointed official spokesperson who is the only authority allowed to speak to the media when an operation is ongoing. This person needs to receive reports from all relevant sources and be advised on what news can be released and what cannot. Press should only be allowed at this location and not crawling around the affected area causing more security hazards or getting caught in the cross fire. This should give controlled information and hopefully control the rumour-mongering too.<br /><br />If the press are controlled in one location, it will also prevent the crowds who were at the locations today not to show solidarity or out of concern but were there for the sole reason of getting their face on camera. (This is a reality in India)<br /><br /><b>Role of Politicians:</b><br />They haven't done anything to prevent the situation, they should stay away from the situation as mentioned above.<br /><br />Where has the champion of Bombay, Mr Raj Thackeray disappeared to? Which safe location is he hiding in?<br /><br />Our Home Minister was ineffectual as always. Surprisingly, our Prime Ministers speech didn't induce confidence either.<br /><br />Politicians need to rise above their petty politics of deciding whether to hold a bundh on December 1st or not.<br />They should instead be visiting the homes of the brave security personnel who lost their lives and appreciating the efforts of their husbands, sons and fathers (not to be sexist, but no female personnel casualty has been reported yet in this case) who lost their lives in the service of the country. This is one of the few useful things that they can do at this point of time.<br /><br />I also pray that they do not use this attack to further communalize our country for their own vote bank politics.<br /><br /><b>Future Action:</b><br />It may seem insensitive to say this at this point, but as a country we should take advantage of the terrorists targeting Americans, British and Israeli citizens.<br />The US previously tried to restrain India when they spoke about retaliation after the parliament attacks.<br />This is the right opportunity to use this joint sentiment against these terrorists to take a stand and launch a forceful offensive against terrorist camps targeting India.<br />Use the Israeli intelligence and their expertise to stem the flow of terrorists into India and destroy their their training camps.<br />We need a single security network that is pan-country, not disjointed co-ordination between multiple agencies.<br /><br />We need to make our country safe again. Where people do not flinch at a loud sound, where people do not have to think twice before leaving their houses to catch a train, shop for groceries or watch a movie. We need to feel safe. It is our right as citizens.<br /><br />Published on <a href="http://desicritics.org/2008/11/28/121112.php">desicritics.org</a>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-56156313161847504902008-09-06T06:00:00.002+05:302008-09-06T06:29:51.548+05:30Terrible Service from Meru CabsA friend of mine recommended me to try <a href="http://www.merucabs.com/">Meru Cabs</a> the next time I was in Mumbai.<br /><br />His office uses them regularly and he found them to be good and cleaner than regular taxis and found their prices better than the airconditioned blue & white taxis.<br /><br />Since I had to make a sudden trip down, I decided to use their web booking system 2 days in advance to pick me up from the International Airport and drop me to the place I was staying in Bombay.<br /><br />They asked for the following details online:<br /><i>Name : <br />Pick up Address : <br />Pick up Landmark : <br />Destination Area : <br />Contact No. :<br />Your Email id :</i><br /><br />After filling all of that, I received this mail from them after an hour<br /><i> Dear Customer,<br /><br />We refer to your booking request dated 27th July 2008<br /><br />We regret to inform you that we accept bookings only 24 hrs in advance , hence we request you to contact our Customer Care Center at 022 44224422 at least 60minutes prior to your pickup schedule and confirm if we have any free cabs in the nearby vicinity to serve your request.<br /><br />We appreciate your cooperation.<br /><br />Thank you for showing interest in Meru<br /><br />Regards, <br />Customer Care Executive<br />Meru</i><br /><br />This made sense, so I tried again the next day before heading to the airport, to catch my flight to Bombay.<br /><br />I received another polite mail saying that they did not have allotted parking space at the International terminal and hence could not guarantee a pick up.<br /><br />Ok, this too was understandable. So I made my way to my temporary residence in Bombay-Bandra using a regular taxi service from the airport.<br /><br />The next day I had to catch a domestic flight, so I gave them a call 14 hours in advance to book a cab from Bandra to the Domestic Airport. (this was 5pm the previous day)<br /><br />I was told that because of the weather, they could not confirm bookings this early, but if I called one hour before I needed to leave (which was 8am) I would definitely get a booking. I did not fancy navigating up asteep slope with my heavy luggage to find a regular taxi in the morning and I told the call center guy that. But he said, <i>"Maam 99% you will be able to get a cab if you call at 7am, but I cannot take a booking right now"</i><br /><br />I checked again at 10pm before going to sleep (international flight the previous night caused sleep deprivation that had to be made up) if I could book a cab and was again told to call an hour before I needed to leave.<br /><br />The next morning I woke up early, because I could not sleep with this end being lose. At 5am (2 hours before the recommended time), I called to book a taxi to pick me up at 8am and was told <b>"I'm sorry, but all our taxis are booked, we cannot give you a booking</b><br /><br />In some ad of theirs, I read that they had more than 2000 taxis operating in Bombay. They weren't accepting bookings at night, but yet at 5am in the morning, they said they did not have any cabs available.<br /><br />I asked the lady what the possibility of being able to book a cab one hour later would be and she said "We don't have any cabs free till 4pm".<br /><br />While I can understand that some things are unpredictable and uncontrollable, <b>why give false promises?</b><br /><br />The whole ordeal just left a very bad taste in my mouth and I doubt I will ever use their service again.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-56679788917273828642008-08-29T23:33:00.001+05:302008-08-29T23:35:11.718+05:30Jhama Sweets, ChemburJhama is an extremely popular sweet shop in Chembur in Mumbai.<br /><br />I have an uncle who lives nearby who never fails to pick up a box of their sweets for us when he visits. So I have tried their kaju kathri and various other sweets, whose names I don't even know and found them outstanding!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ0HGJJhAO_RHMM5X_8cZd0TQJ3BUYw16XF-vIJOyGXSYqxzp7YfvA4yx76IjCCnqYD8wyNhRrlgTQHeLx_oFhJWpcB7osBiXaOT6kGBrRzK4VWYUYihIMCTNRxItmFnw5EvBa/s400/Jhama+Sweets+Chembur.jpg" /><br /></div><br />Read my Entire Review on my <a href="http://grandnunkim.blogspot.com/2008/08/jhama-sweets-chembur-mumbai.html">Restaurant Review Blog</a>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-24669868180207527422008-08-25T15:03:00.002+05:302008-08-25T15:04:47.267+05:301298 ambulance Service in Mumbai<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1zDFZ5MKbNviDNCdB4dqY33TDn0m9KshquDB7oNRGHzO6PHAYmdm4BeOkLBWgMMf7R59gZG8hLN8slxanwA_DfNyOCX4cv0z6dJHVVvt5KexCu9l3HyAVzun_qWu50gNVz1y/s1600-h/Dial+1298+for+Ambulance+Flier.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 473px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1zDFZ5MKbNviDNCdB4dqY33TDn0m9KshquDB7oNRGHzO6PHAYmdm4BeOkLBWgMMf7R59gZG8hLN8slxanwA_DfNyOCX4cv0z6dJHVVvt5KexCu9l3HyAVzun_qWu50gNVz1y/s400/Dial+1298+for+Ambulance+Flier.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238386255457203826" border="0" /></a>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-81096211964531446372008-08-24T19:05:00.001+05:302008-08-24T19:06:54.551+05:30Prithvi Theatre Cafe, JuhuThis Cafe was one of my favorites in Mumbai. Yes, you read it right, it "WAS".<br /><br />Close to my house, this was where me and my husband often sat discussing the play we were going to watch over a cup of coffee and light snacks like cheese balls or dissecting and analysing the play we had just watched over raan and Prithvi's famous irish coffee :)<br /><br />Doubt I will visit the cafe again, unless something changes drastically and they can match the standards of the previous avataar.<br /><br />Read my entire review on <a href="http://grandnunkim.blogspot.com/2008/08/prithvi-theatre-cafe-juhu-mumbai.html">Restaurant Review Blog</a>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-81881314552714233462008-08-24T18:44:00.001+05:302008-08-24T18:45:34.575+05:30Oasis, ChemburThe ambience was really nice, inspite of the loud kitty party like dinner going on on the premises. (in one of the other rooms)<br /><br />The food was the star. Being back in India after ages, I had decided I would only drink and eat Indian specialities. In keeping with that, I ordered a <a href="http://jhovaan.blogspot.com/2008/06/lassi-indian-yoghurt-drink.html">masaledaar chaas</a> (70) and asked them to add some finely chopped chillies to the drink. The drink was outstandingly flavored and balanced and the chillies were chopped so fine, that they did not catch in your teeth (they were chopped not pureed)<br /><br />Read the rest of my review on my <a href="http://grandnunkim.blogspot.com/2008/08/oasis-chembur-mumbai.html">Restaurant Review Blog</a>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-40417971882971937282008-08-24T17:34:00.000+05:302008-08-24T17:35:12.119+05:30Patio, GajaleeI have always been a huge fan of Gajalee in Mumbai for sea food. I fing their sea food better than Mahesh Lunch home or Trishna. (although Trishna's butter pepper garlic crab topples the scales completely)<br /><br />My husband too loves the food at Gajalee. There was one branch very close to his office in Vile Parle and most office meetings invariably took place there. The days I couldn't send him lunch, he would order in from there. Its a wonder I haven't reviewed this place before, given how often we have eaten there.<br /><br />Our standard order used to be a starter of solkadi (drink made of kokum - red berry- garlic and coconut milk which is an excellent appetiser, digestive and accompaniment to the food) and King fish fry (a large slice of king fish/eeson - batter fried and served with an amazing spicy green chutney which definitely has green mango in it for sourness)<br /><br />Read my entire review <a href="http://grandnunkim.blogspot.com/2008/08/patio-gajalee-mumbai-india.html">here</a>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-76258337271540060872008-05-13T04:41:00.001+05:302008-05-13T04:44:48.451+05:30Of Aunties and All That :The Rise and Fall of a Bombay Goan EraRoland Francis<br />roland.francis@gmail.com<br /><br />If Bombay in its post-Raj era had been a relic of British rule in India, growing up in the city, we knew nothing of it, or maybe just didn't care. To us youthful Goans, it was a place where our parents had emigrated to and where we were born.<br /><br />Correctly said, we didn't even call ourselves Goans. We were labeled makapaos, just as there were labels for everybody else. The Parsis were called bawas, the Sindhis papads, the Maharashtrians ghatis, the Gujaratis gujjus, the Sikhs surds and the Anglos payday kings.<br /><br />If Byculla, Mazagon, Colaba, Girgaum, Mahim, Bandra, Chembur, Malad and Borivali were Goan kingdoms, then Dhobitalao was surely the capital of them all. It was the fountainhead of the Goan in Bombay and the place where no matter where you lived, you always knew someone there.<br /><br />So it was no surprise what happened when Morarji Desai of 'pisskey' fame (he banned whiskey but believed in 'auto-urine therapy') decided in his Gujarati bania wisdom that the Bombayite needed to abstain from liquor. It was in Dhobitalao that the legend of the Goan Aunty was born.<br /><br />Dhobitalao was the area which had the most Goans per square inch. Perhaps historian Dr. Teresa Albuquerque -- the sister of editor Frank Moraes, and aunt of Dom Moraes -- may explain why, but it could have been due to the kudds or village clubs locating there.<br />It was the Goan heartbeat with the Sonapur lane its aorta.<br /><br />Though mainly lower-class Goan in population, it was a vibrant neighborhood comparable to a bustling village church area on a Sunday morning.<br /><br />If you were an uncharitable traveler, you may have compared it to Warsaw's Jewish ghetto. There were the similar winding streets and narrow lanes we called gullies. Hardly any dead ends and, if you knew the place well, even a battalion-sized force could not encircle you.<br /><br />So, Dhobitalao became the Goan Aunty's liquor heartland.<br />A place where any drunken Goan's wife could at last find the solution to her financial woes. Don't forget that although Bombay's Goan community was solid burgher in it's work ethic -- with more than it's share of educators, doctors, lawyers, high ranking police and army officers who made their name throughout the country -- these elite Goans formed the fringes who lived mostly in places I have described above, outside of Dhobitalao.<br /><br />The core was the underclass of barely educated and underemployed Goan labour, a goodly chunk of which lived in Dhobitalao. Of this, quite a few did nothing more in life than hit the bottle and consequently their families suffered. Whether it was the frustrations of a city or the longing for their native Goan village, it was difficult to tell.<br /><br />Not only the Goan community, but the rest of Bombay took their Goan Aunties to heart. Bombay was a bon vivant place then. The music scene, the advertising crowd, the business community, the religious groups -- all had the need of a tipple when the occasion arose. And such occasions were many.<br />Give a man the freedom of a bottle and he may choose to ignore it. Take the choice away from him and he will spare no effort to drink when he can.<br /><br />It started out with a few Aunties allotting a small room in their house to known musicians and fellow village seafarers living in nearby kudds, to sit, have a few drinks and thereby earn a little income. The moonshine was bought from East Indian Christians living in the suburbs, who distilled it in their large backyards mostly in Bandra and Borivali and transported it to the city in rubber packs. The kind you fill with hot water and use as a compress on your aching back.<br /><br />Overripe fruit was used as the ingredient and the resultant distillate had a rather palatable flavor, while giving you the necessary high. Few Goan musicians could blow or play without this nectar and few Goan college professors could unwind without it.<br /><br />The police took a rather benign view of the whole thing in the beginning. Police stations were headed by Anglo Indians, Parsis and Jews. It was not unusual for, say Inspector Mistry, to caution an enthusiastic aunty that she should tone down her operations to no more than a few bottles, enough to care for her family with as less disturbance to the neighbors as possible.<br /><br />However as Aunty's services to the thirsting Bombayman spread beyond the original confines, the Aunty, like any good corporation, expanded her market share. Except that beyond word of mouth, she had no need of any marketing.<br /><br />Liquor needs went beyond what amateur operations could supply and the channels expanded to South Indians operating giant vats in the marshes and vast hutments of Dharavi, Asia's biggest slum. Using, at times, groups of lepers to carry the booze to avoid police searches.<br /><br />They used battery-grade sulphates commonly called battery powder to distill it faster, and spoiled rice and sugarcane molasses instead of overripe fruits. Police saw an opportunity of their own, in this expansion process. They made fortunes from extorting the Aunties and their suppliers, though extortion might be the wrong word here. It was all a peaceful business process. The cops got a feel of Aunty's turnover and put a proportionate 'toll' on it.<br /><br />Business was good for everyone -- the Aunties, the cops and the consumers. A win-win situation as we call it today.<br /><br />Village socials, dances and weddings were no longer the muted occasions they became when Prohibition was initially introduced to the city. Aunties spread everywhere and no place in Bombay was more than a little walking distance from the nearest speakeasy.<br /><br />With competition the business evolved. The drinker needed some visual stimulation and younger and fulsome Aunties began wearing low-cut revealing blouses and throwing flirting looks and invitations. The older ones substituted with putting their frisky nubile daughters to serve the clientele with strict instructions on how far to go and advice on how to further relationships when they encountered eligible and responsible regulars.<br /><br />Many an Aunty's daughter was married off to a Times of India reporter or an upcoming schoolteacher or even a prosperous businessman's son. The Uncle was completely out of the picture. He was either told to get out of the house by 5 pm and sleep at a relative's, or better still he was packed off to Goa with a regular remittance following.<br /><br />Just as Goans prospered with a stint in the Gulf countries or earlier than that, in Africa, the Aunties too prospered. Most were possessed of shrewdness and spent their money educating their children and buying flats and homes in the suburbs.<br /><br />Bandra was a favourite. In fact I was dating a very beautiful girl of Sophia College which was then the St Xavier's College female equivalent, who went on to become a medical doctor and who unbeknownst to me, was an Aunty's daughter. The day of enlightening came when she invited me over to her house in Dhobitalao quite early in the evening, but not early enough to discover (to her chagrin) a few customers straggling in. She avoided me after that, though having a rich Aunty as a mother in law would not have found disfavor with me.<br /><br />Prohibition spanned more than one generation and an entire Goan culture encompassed it. Tiatrs were staged around Aunty's lives or with her financial assistance. Booze was supplied to the tiatrist if he was good and his presence in the joint would increase the clientele.<br /><br />Bands would not venture to the show without a nip sized bottle in their inside pocket and this helped the composition as well as the quality of the music. Many a hot song would not have been birthed without this necessary ingredient.<br /><br />My father had a good friend who after liberation went from Bombay to a police officer's career in Goa. There was an occasion when he had to come back to the city to arrest and take back a criminal who had fled here after committing a crime in Bardez. Having found and handed the felon to the Byculla Police Station for temporary custody, he came over to where we lived nearby and whispered an invitation in my father's willing ear to celebrate his success at a nearby Aunty's.<br /><br />By this time the Prohibition Branch had been added to the Bombay Police and they had a habit of raiding speakeasies at their peak hour of business. Both my father and Blasco, his friend, were trapped along with the 50 or so other customers.<br /><br />Mum had suggested to them that they drink at home, but they ignored her advice. So when they did not return at a late hour, I was sent to see what the problem was. I was too young to visit such joints then but I was the usual smart Bombay kid and in no time I found out from word on the street that a certain place had been raided.<br /><br />Walking, I came across my father and Blasco coolly returning from the other direction. It transpired that while the clientele were lined up for questioning, Blasco could have stepped out of the line and revealed he was from Goa Police but he feared that he might be arrested instead of released and would lose his job as a Police Officer breaking the law.<br /><br />However when his turn came he decided to reveal it and was told as a brother officer to walk away and take his companion, my father, with him.<br /><br />When I came of drinking age myself, I was a regular visitor at Cardozo's joint in Mazagaon. Peter Cardozo was in a much senior league than the biggest Aunty. He employed trucks to bring commercially bottled feni and naval rum from Goa to Mazagon and my favorite was the Old Barrel brand which he sold for 20 rupees, the same price as the rum.<br /><br />The feni was good, better than today's Big Boss and I considered myself too haughty to drink the usual country stuff. I was one of Cardozo's VIPs as I used to bring my friends almost every weekend and was a big spender.<br /><br />For us, the all-you-can eat fresh Bombay Ducks fried in turmeric outside his doors was a complimentary from Cardozo who was a young mid-30s entrepreneur.<br /><br />One day while relaxing in this manner with three others, suddenly the word 'raid' was heard. Leaving the bottle and the tasty Bombay Ducks, we ran to the nearest window that let out into a side street, along with the other customers and jumped from a height of about six feet.<br /><br />Not all of the others were as young, athletic and of the level of sobriety as we, and a couple of them at least landed on their bones and started moaning and shouting in pain. We were not callous boys but we had no wish to remain to help them when faced with an arrest.<br /><br />My Mum was a strict nurse and would have given me a strong Catholic guilt trip of how she had raised her only child to no good result. We walked back discretely to the front and saw Cardozo, limbs akimbo, telling one and all it was a false alarm. We went back to our places as if nothing had happened. Cardozo took care of the injured in style, by brazenly calling an ambulance and paying all the concerned charges.<br /><br />When V. P. Naik the new state of Maharashtra Chief Minister replaced Morarjibhai of the Bombay Province, he relaxed prohibition. Not only because it had caused lasting harm to the Bombay public's health and guts but was also because of the culture of bribery and corruption that was taking root in the Bombay Police force.<br /><br />I am sure that being a big grape grower had something to do with his decision. Beer was now made available and the government started permitted Country Liquor outlets, selling brand names like Rocket and Double Ghoda (Twin Horse), which kicked you much harder than a horse could.<br /><br />No doubt these liquids had their origins in distilleries belonging to Naik and his sugar-baron cohorts from the Vidharbha region of Maharashtra. This gradual relaxation of a meaningless law sounded the death knell of the Bombay Goan Aunty. By then she had made her money and she could well say like Shakespeare 'all's well that ends well'. It was the end of a Bombay Goan era.<br /><br />--<br />Roland Francis is based in Toronto, and wrote this in May 2008. It is to be published in a forthcoming book on Goans in Bombay, covering the 1930s to the 1970s, currently being edited by Reena Martins, a feature-writer and journalist based in India's commercial and media capital.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-82544655453965353662008-04-20T19:29:00.002+05:302008-04-20T19:32:55.256+05:30An Offering to the GoddessDeepa Krishnan has written a wonderful article with pictures (drool) of the pedhas offered to the Mumbadevi.<br /><br />Read the article at <a href="http://desicritics.org/2008/04/20/093503.php">http://desicritics.org/2008/04/20/093503.php</a><br /><br /><p>In the little lane behind the Mumbadevi temple, doodh pedhas are still made the old fashioned way.</p> <p>Milk is mixed with sugar, heated and stirred constantly, until it thickens and acquires the colour of a creamy latte. </p> <p><img style="width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/2427172217_dbdfc926d5.jpg" alt="" align="middle" height="500" width="375" /></p> <p>It is then hand-rolled into little offerings for the Goddess Mumba. Not that she hangs on to them permanently - she merely blesses them, and the priest at the temple hands them right back to you as holy prasad. </p><br />Read the entire article at <a href="http://desicritics.org/2008/04/20/093503.php">http://desicritics.org/2008/04/20/093503.php</a>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-45367263694518299382008-03-13T04:11:00.001+05:302008-03-13T04:27:56.842+05:30Sandra from BandraI'd heard a lot about this documentary since the Bandra Festival 2 years ago. I finally found the whole clip available online (18 minutes)<br /><br /><a href="http://imaginingourselves.imow.org/pb/Story.aspx?id=1430&lang=1">http://imaginingourselves.imow.org/pb/Story.aspx?id=1430&lang=1</a><br /><br />Its quite interesting and maybe you will see someone you recognise in the film, the places are definitely very easily identifiable to anyone who has spent any time in Bandra.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Tip: Let the movie download fully once and then once it has reached the end, click on the Play arrow again & you will be able to view it smoothly.</span>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-81071765525033292762007-09-12T04:07:00.000+05:302007-09-12T04:10:13.250+05:30Amboli Trip report and snapsAn attempt by a friend - Animish Mandrekar - to put forward what he clicked during his recent 3 day trip to Amboli.<br /><br />Please click the below link for view his blog:<br /><br /><a href="http://amphibicexperienceinamboli.blogspot.com/">http://amphibicexperienceinamboli.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />Do click on the link, there are some beautiful photos of amphibians that are rarely captured or photographed.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-37352729931533131822007-09-07T17:18:00.000+05:302007-12-15T17:21:29.493+05:30An evening in Mumbai<a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2007/09/07/stories/2007090750080400.htm">Hindu Business Line</a><br /><br /><i> …or a daylong discovery of Chennai — organised must-sees minus the hassles. </i><p align="justify"> </p><p> </p> <hr noshade="noshade" style="color:brown;"><i> <p>By engaging locals, they get invaluable “insider” information as well. </p> </i><hr color="brown" noshade="noshade"> <center> <span style="font-size:85%;"> Shaju John </span><br /> <img src="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2007/09/07/images/2007090750080401.jpg" align="middle" border="1" height="360" width="425" /><br /><span class="leftnavi" style="font-size:85%;"> <em style="">Inside a city</em>: Catamaran at the Marina Beach </span> </center><p> </p><p> <em style="">Vijaysree Venkatraman </em> </p> <p> </p><p> There are tour operators galore cashing in on the travel boom to our photogenic country, but few have taken up the formidable challenge of ensuring clients a tourism-rich experience. Filter Coffee Tours hopes to make a difference with services that help well-heeled international visitors experience the subcontinent’s colour and complexity, minus the customary hiccups.</p> <p>Back in 2004, Zuleika Nazneen, an HR professional and Deepa Krishnan, a banking consultant, formed a company to offer customised tours for business travellers to Chennai. They realised they had a niche market as overseas clients — with a weekend or evenings to spare — turned to them for advice on local must-sees and places to go gift-shopping for friends and family back home. Soon they began catering to other high-end travellers looking for premium tours in the chaotic metro.</p> <p>Hardly anyone in the business sees the city as little more than a gateway to the real tourist spots which lie further afield. But Zuleika, who requisitions vehicles from her husband’s travel agency, successfully hunts for new places of interest — as a counterpoint to the not-to-be-missed ancient temples of Chennai. And Deepa recently created Mumbai Magic. Both entrepreneurs are conceptualising creative tours that afford quiet moments of discovery in metros where the frenetic pace of life can unsettle the uninitiated visitor.</p> <span class="subsectionhead" style="font-size:100%;color:red;"> Mumbai Magic </span> <p> </p><center> <p> </p> <span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><br /> <img src="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2007/09/07/images/2007090750080402.jpg" align="middle" border="1" height="303" width="425" /><br /><span class="leftnavi" style="font-size:85%;"> An antiques shop in Mumbai. </span> </center><p> </p> <p>Mumbai offers a kaleidoscope of experiences for anyone who is willing to venture into the narrow and crowded alleys of the city’s various marketplaces. “But my clients will always get more than an offbeat shopping experience even at places like Chor Bazaar,” says Deepa. This tour of the “thieves market” begins at Mutton Street, which is flanked by antique shops selling cuckoo clocks, gramophones and other bric-a-brac. Further, every side-street has its speciality product — perfumes, kebabs and what have you. </p> <p>The guides have been specially trained to point out aspects that visitors would otherwise miss out — the neighbourhood mosque with the marzipan colours, the pastel shades the Bohri Muslim women dress in as opposed to black <i>burqas< /em>, and other minutiae that make the place distinctive. Even as they walk away with decent bargains, the visitors get a quick primer on Islam as it is practised in that corner of the city.</i></p> <p><i>Woven into every tour narrative is the story of how Mumbai became this bustling cosmopolitan city from its humble beginnings as a fishing village. The cultural diversity is evident in everyday lives. Besides, the city’s calendar is full of festivals, many of which involve exuberant public celebrations.</i></p> <p><i>And there are other finds. In the winter months, Mumbai is home to half a million birds, a fact which even long-time residents are unaware of. Flamingos, a good quarter-lakh of them, make their colourful appearance in Sewri Bay tucked away amidst tall buildings, slums, and open dumping grounds. </i></p> <i><span class="subsectionhead" style="font-size:100%;color:red;"> On your feet </span> </i><p><i> </i></p><center><i> <span style="font-size:85%;"> Paul Noronha </span><br /> <img src="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2007/09/07/images/2007090750080404.jpg" align="middle" border="1" height="302" width="249" /><br /><span class="leftnavi" style="font-size:85%;"> Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations </span> </i></center><p><i> </i></p> <p><i>Tours for smaller groups — less than six people— include bazaar walks, heritage district walks and boat tours, minus car service costs. The Cuisine Tour, a special treat for foodies, is new on the menu. A Cricket Tour is also on the cards in both Mumbai and Chennai.</i></p> <p><i>Deepa and Zuleika pay their multilingual guides — five in Mumbai and three in Chennai — handsomely. They also promote responsible tourism and try to ensure that some of the money generated trickles into the neighbourhood. By engaging locals in their business, they get invaluable “insider” information as well.</i></p> <p><i>On the whole one wonders if it is easier to sell Mumbai, which also gets a greater share of international visitors. Chennai does have a reputation of being a staid city, says the bubbly Zuleika, but visitors delight in everything it has to offer. “For many of them shopping for silks in Usman Road, buying trinkets on the sidewalks in Pondy Bazaar or just crossing the roads becomes an adventure,” she adds. </i></p> <p><i>But there is more. The truly daring can go on a catamaran ride at dawn. These boats are nothing more than logs of wood tied together and used by fishermen all along the Coromandel coast. Filter Coffee Tours also takes groups to watch <i>kol am (flour-based painting) contests in Mylapore, a suburb which is even older than the city it is now a part of.</i></i></p> <i><i><span class="subsectionhead" style="font-size:100%;color:red;"> Living traditions </span> </i></i><p><i><i> </i></i></p><center><i><i> <span style="font-size:85%;"> S.R. Raghunathan </span><br /> <img src="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2007/09/07/images/2007090750080403.jpg" align="middle" border="1" height="361" width="249" /><br /><span class="leftnavi" style="font-size:85%;"> Kolam festival in Chennai </span> </i></i></center><p><i><i> </i></i></p> <p><i><i>Many aspects of our culture that we consider commonplace could be fascinating for the visitor if the significance behind these living traditions is researched and presented well, says Deepa. Nor does she believe in confining her operations to familiar cities — the ones she grew up or worked in. So the capital New Delhi — with the Taj Mahal as a day trip — has been added on. </i></i></p> <p><i><i>Drawing up imaginative tours involves researching facts and asking people the right questions. “That is how you find the legends and stories,” says Deepa. A three-generation-blog — <a href="http://www.mumbai-magic.blogspot.com/">http://www.mumbai-magic.blogspot.com</a> — which she maintains together with her mother and her teenaged daughter, is a fount of information on various communities, cuisines and locales in Mumbai. “I can’t wait to come to India, and try all this,” says a visitor to the blog.</i></i></p>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-4378969030088474872007-09-01T17:56:00.001+05:302007-09-01T18:25:42.148+05:3014 Sep : Music Concert_ SIGNUM QUARTETT<div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;"><span class="646492212-01092007">Not sure of the Location details. Please call your local Max Mueller Bhavan / Goethe Institut</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;"><span class="646492212-01092007"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span></span><br /></div><!-- Converted from text/rtf format --><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="en-gb"><b><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">Max Mueller Bhavan/ Goethe-Institut</span></b></span></div> <p align="center"><span lang="en-gb"><b><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">an collaboration with</span></b></span></p> <p align="center"><span lang="en-gb"><b><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">SPIC MACAY</span></b></span></p> <p align="center"><span lang="en-gb"><b><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">presents</span></b></span></p> <p align="center"><span lang="en-gb"><b><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:7;">Signum Quartett</span></b></span></p> <p align="center"><span lang="en-gb"><b><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">String quartets covering three centuries: from Joseph Haydn to Jörg Widmann</span></b></span></p> <p align="center"><span lang="en-gb"><b><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Saturday, 8 September 2007<br />6.30 p.m.<br />The Seminar Hall<br />Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)</span></b></span></p> <p align="center"><span lang="en-gb"><b><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">New Delhi</span></b></span></p><br /><p align="center"><span lang="en-gb"><i><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">** Passes available at Max Mueller Bhavan reception on first-come-first-serve</span> </i></span></p><br /><p><span lang="de"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><img alt="ole0.bmp" src="http://www.blogger.com/No%20AttachName" /></span></span><br /><span lang="en-gb"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;">Signum Quartett</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;"> </span></span><br /><span lang="en-gb"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Kerstin Dill</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> (violin)<br /></span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Annette Walther</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> (violin)<br /></span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Simon Tandree</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> (viola)<br /></span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Thomas Schmitz</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> (cello) </span></span></p> <p align="justify"><span lang="en-gb"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">Following successful performances in Chennai and Puducherry in 2006, the internationally renowned Signum Quartett now embarks on an extensive tour of South Asia at the invitation of the Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan. The programme for the concert in Delhi will include pieces by Schumann and Haydn and will feature the first violin quartet by the young German composer Jörg Widman. </span></span></p> <p align="justify"><span lang="en-gb"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">The Signum Quartett received its first lessons from Konrad Grahe. Shortly after its founding, the quartet was awarded 1st prize in Germany's 1994 nationwide youth competition Jugend musiziert and a prize at the Charles Hennen Concours in 1997. They continued their studies with the Melos and Alban Berg quartets. Masterclasses with György Kurtàg, Tabea Zimmermann, the Artemis quartet as well as with members of the Amadeus, Smetana, Cherubini, and the LaSalle Quartets were further inspirations. </span></span></p> <p align="justify"><span lang="en-gb"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">In the framework of the summer academy Prague-Vienna-Budapest in 1999, the Signum Quartett received the Thomastik Infeld prize which enabled the four musicians to record a live CD in Vienna. The ensemble was awarded scholarships from the chamber music foundation Villa Musica and the Werner Richard- Dr. Carl Dörken foundation, the "Freunde junger Musiker Düsseldorf/Meerbusch" and the Bruno-Frey-Stiftung. In 2004, the Signum Quartett won the nationwide German Musikwettbewerb and the special award of Zonta International. At the previous Musikwettbewerb competition in 2000, they received a scholarship and the special prize of the Rheingau music festival. </span></span></p> <p align="justify"><span lang="en-gb"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">The Signum Quartett performed extensively in Barcelona and Madrid, at the Schubertiada a Vilbertran in Spain, at the Ludwigsburger Festspiele festival, the Oberstdorfer Musiksommer, the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Salon of the Arts in Sofia, and at the Rheingau music festival. Their concerts were broadcast nationally and internationally, by the WDR, NDR, SWR, BR, Deutschlandfunk, DRS, and ORF radios. Following an initiative by the Villa Musica foundation, the four musicians were invited to record a CD with the SWR radio. The programme juxtaposes works by Schumann and Haydn with the world premiere recording of Jörg Widmann's first string quartet.</span></span></p> <p><span lang="en-gb"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">Concert programme</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"> </span></span><br /><span lang="en-gb"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):</span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">String Quartet in D major, op.76, No.5 (1797)</span> <br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">Jörg Widmann (born in 1973):</span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">String Quartet No.1 (1997)</span> <br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">Robert Schumann (1810-1856):</span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">String Quartet in A major, op. 41/3 (1842)</span> <br /> <br /> <br /><b></b><b></b><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">Tourplan South Asia</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"> </span></span> </p><ul> <ul> <ul> <ul> <ul> <ul> <ul> <p><span lang="en-gb"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> 03.09.</span></span><span lang="fr"> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">2007</span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> Karachi</span> </span><br /><span lang="fr"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> 05.09. 2007</span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> Lahore</span></span><br /><span lang="fr"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> 07.09. 2007</span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> Jaipur</span> </span><br /><span lang="fr"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></span><span lang="en-gb"> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">08.09. 2007</span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> New Delhi</span> </span><br /><span lang="en-gb"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> 10.09. 2007</span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> Dhaka</span></span><br /><span lang="en-gb"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> 12.09. 2007</span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> Kolkata</span></span><br /><span lang="en-gb"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> 14.09. 2007 Mumbai</span> </span><br /><span lang="en-gb"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> 17.09. 2007</span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> Hyderabad</span></span><br /><span lang="en-gb"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></span><span lang="it"> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">19.09. 2007</span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> Bangalore</span></span><br /><span lang="it"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> 21.09. 2007</span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> Chennai</span></span><br /><span lang="it"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> 23.09. 2007 Colombo</span></span></p></ul></ul></ul></ul></ul></ul></ul>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-85501905982457196992007-08-31T05:33:00.000+05:302007-09-01T18:26:33.922+05:301 & 2 Sep : The Photography Exhibition 'Vanyasrushti-Thane 2007'<div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span >Rotary Club of Thane's</span><strong> </strong></span></div> <div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>Here on Project Environment</strong></span></div> <div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Sahayog Mandir, 2<sup>nd</sup> Floor, Sahayog Mandir Path, Ghantali, Thane (W) - 400 601 </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><b>'HOPE' (<strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Here on Project Environment), </span></strong>a Thane based voluntary organization working in the field of environmental education, awareness and conservation organises a photography exhibition of selected photographs from Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary. </b></span></div> <div><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></strong> </div> <div><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="font-family:verdana;"><u><span style="font-size:130%;">Photography Exhibition 'Vanyasrushti-Thane 2007'</span></u> </span></b></span></div> <div><strong><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span> </div> <div><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>Venue:</em> Sahayog Mandir, 2nd floor, Sahyog Mandir Path, Off Ghantali, Naupada, Thane(W) </span></b></span></div> <div><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>Date & Time:</em> On Saturday <strong><span style="font-size:85%;">1 <sup>st</sup></span></strong> September, between 11 am to 9 pm </span></b></span></div> <div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><b><span style="font-family:verdana;"> On <strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Sunday 2<sup>nd</sup> September,</span></strong> between 9 am to 9 pm</span> </b></span></div> <div><span style="font-size:85%;"><b></b></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span> </div> <div><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="font-family:verdana;"><u>The exhibition is open for all & entry is free.</u> </span></b></span></div> <div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span> </div> <div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><em><strong>For details please contact: Event Coordinators;</strong></em></span></div> <div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em><strong> </strong><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Rajendra Gosavi: , Rajesh Sachdev: , Yuwaraj Gurjar:<br /></b></span></em></span></div> <div align="justify"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> </span></em></strong> </div> <div align="justify"> </div> <div align="justify"> </div> <div align="justify"><br /> </div> <span width="1" style="color:white;">__._,_.___</span> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --><img src="http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97476590/grpId=12250113/grpspId=1705106835/msgId=139/stime=1188516032" nosend="1" height="1" width="1" /><br /><!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --><!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --><br /><div style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(102, 102, 102); padding: 5px 0px; font-size: 77%; font-family: verdana;">Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional<br /><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bhavanscultural/join;_ylc=X3oDMTJnMHF0NGg4BF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzEyMjUwMTEzBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTEwNjgzNQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNzdG5ncwRzdGltZQMxMTg4NTE2MDMy">Change settings via the Web</a> (Yahoo! 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(Theosophy Hall)<div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><b>From:</b> PEN India <br /></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="533141009-30082007"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;"> </span></span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="533141009-30082007"> <span style="font-size:130%;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>The PEN All-India Centre, Mumbai invites you, with you friends, </strong></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>to two events this September:</strong> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ></span></span></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"><b style=""><span style=""><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"><b style=""><span style="color:blue;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">8 September</span> </span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"><b style=""><span style=""><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></span></b> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"><b style=""><span style=""><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">THE FLOWERING OF ATTENTION</span> </span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="">A presentation on and readings from J Krishnamurti's teachings</span></i></b><span style=""></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style=""><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></span></span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">Date: 8 September, 2007 (Saturday)</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">Time: 6.30 pm</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">Place: Prithvi House, 1<sup>st</sup> Floor (Opp. Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu)</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">ENTRY IS FREE</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></span></b> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></span></b> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:blue;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">13 September</span></span></span></b></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b style="">POETRY READING</b> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b style=""><i style="">by Hyderabad-based poet Sridala Swami from her debut collection </i><em><span style="font-style: normal;">A Reluctant Survivor</span></em></b> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ></span></span></span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Date: 13 September, 2007 (Thursday)<span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Time: 6.15 pm<span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">Place: Theosophy Hall, 3<sup>rd</sup> Floor, 40 New Marine Lines, Churchgate, Mumbai.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">ENTRY IS FREE</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" 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Mumbai</span></span></p>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-75249490114541526992007-08-29T12:59:00.000+05:302007-09-01T18:27:55.776+05:30{whazzupmumbai} Sep 1 - Sep 16 : The Great Crossword Sale - exclusive preview<div><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><b>From:</b> Crossword Book Rewards <br /></span></div> <p align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><a class="clicklink" href="http://www.emmasoftware.com/show.php?a=2419154&b=38615"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><br /></span></a> </span></p> <table align="center" border="1" bordercolor="#000000" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="839" width="594"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td height="900"><img src="http://images.emmasoftware.com/ml/294/20070828/2/CWD-SALE_NEW.jpg" nosend="1" height="168" width="597" /> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="597"> <tbody> <tr 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/>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-18280552601728487922007-08-25T18:18:00.000+05:302007-08-26T20:57:13.943+05:30Be a part in saving Mumbai's Botanical garden, popularly known as 'Rani Bagh'Dear friends,<p>We, the undersigned nature lovers, have come together to form the Save Rani Bagh Botanical Garden Action Committee to protect 3177 trees in the 53-acre Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai, better known as Rani Bagh. </p><p>Recently publicized Municipal Corporation plans to "modernize" Rani Bagh, which is both a public botanical garden as well as a zoo, will necessitate large scale construction activity entailing tree felling and will make entry unaffordable for common citizens.</p><p>To raise awareness about this crucial issue we appeal to you to sign a petition at <a href="http://www.saveranibagh.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi">http://www.saveranibagh.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi</a> or visit our website <a href="http://www.saveranibagh.org/">http://www.saveranibagh.org</a>. Your e-mail ID will be kept confidential. Please pass on this link to your friends. </p><p>We need to act urgently! Master plans for the "makeover" are reportedly ready. </p><p>We need your support! Please visit our website <a href="http://www.saveranibagh.org/">http://www.saveranibagh.org</a><br />and join us in our efforts.<br /><br />For Save Rani Bagh Botanical Garden Action Committee<br />Dr. Usha Desai, Hutoxi Arethna, Neelima Kalgi, Katie Bagli, Dr. Shelia Tanna, Renee Vyas, Hutokshi Rustomfram, Shubhada Nikharge, Ajay Bijoor</p>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-37155951044817296552007-08-24T18:42:00.000+05:302007-08-26T20:58:22.639+05:30Vikalp screening at Prithvi on Monday, 27thVIKALP: Films for Freedom<br />In collaboration with Prithvi Theatre<br />Presents <p>SERUPPU (Footwear)<br />A Film by Amudhan R.P. </p><p>On </p><p>Monday, 27 th August, 7 PM<br />At Prithvi House,<br />Opp Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road, Mumbai 400049.<br /><br />More information is available through</p><p><a href="http://www.prithvitheatre.org/">www.prithvitheatre.org</a> / vikalp.prithvi@gmail.com<br /><br /><br />*ENTRY FREE, LIMITED SEATS.<br />*FIRST COME, FIRST SEATED BASIS.<br /><br /><br />SERUPPU (Footwear)<br />Amudhan R.P./India/2007/74 mins<br />In Tamil with English subtitles</p><p>The Presidential Order 1950: Para 3, by the Union Government of India,<br />states 'No person who professes a religion different from Hindu, shall be<br />deemed to be a member of a Scheduled Caste.'<br /><br />Seruppu is a socio-cultural documentary on the lives of Catholic<br />Arundhatiyars (Dalits/harijans/untouchables) of Dharmanathapuram, an old<br />slum located at the heart of Tiruchirappalli in Tamilnadu, a southern state<br />in India. </p><p>The people of Dharmanathapuram are involved in making footwear, one of the<br />traditional caste based occupations within India.</p><p>To rephrase Para 3 of the Presidential Order 1950, Dalits or the people from<br />the 'lower castes' within the Indian caste system, who do not follow Hindu<br />religion (including those who have converted to Christianity or Islam), are<br />not considered as Scheduled Caste. They can't avail of the quota reserved<br />for the Scheduled Caste in jobs or educational institutions or any other<br />already non-existent support mechanism that is otherwise available to a<br />Scheduled Caste according to the Indian Constitution. </p><p>Besides, the upper caste Hindus who have converted to Christianity continue<br />to follow their caste based practices of discrimination, exclusiveness,<br />untouchability, and at times violence against their fellow Christians who<br />happen to be Dalits as well. </p><p>This film brings out the discrimination and struggle faced by the Catholic<br />Arundhatiyars of Dharmanathapuram who also face stiff competition from the<br />increasing mechanization of the modes of production in the footwear<br />manufacturing industry in the era of globalization. <br /><br />About the Filmmaker<br />Amudhan R.P.(Director / Producer / Cameraperson / Editor) has been making<br />films since 1996 beginning with Leelavati. Seruppu is his most recent work<br />after Pee-The Shit and Notes From the Crematorium.<br />Amudhan is actively engaged with Marupakkam, a media action group based in<br />Madurai involved in organising regular screenings, video workshops and film<br />festivals. Marupakkam also organizes the Madurai Film Festival every year. </p><p>Awards/Festivals<br />Muvattupuzha Documentary Film Festival 2007, Kerala<br />Moving People Film Festival 2007, WSF,Kenya<br />VIBGYOR Documentary and Short Film Festival 2007, Kerala<br />Third Prize, Jeevika - South Asian Documentary Film Festival 2007 , New<br />Delhi<br /><br />More information on the film available on</p><p><a href="http://amudhanrp.blogspot.com/">http://amudhanrp.blogspot.com/</a></p>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-50360764892566673632007-08-24T05:20:00.001+05:302007-08-26T20:59:19.515+05:3026 Aug : Guru Purnima Celebration (Mumbai) by disciples of Sitar Maestro Pt. Arvind ParikhFrom: Ramprapanna Bhattacharya<br /><div><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div><br />Hi All,<br /><br />This is to invite you all to the event of Guru Purnima Celebration by disciples of Sitar Maestro Pt. Arvind Parikh. The detail of the event is given below:<br /><br /><br />Performing Artists: Ganesh Mohan, Ramprapanna Bhattacharya, Aswin Dalvi, Mehboob Nadeem , Tushar Bhatiya, Pulok Lahiri, Ramkrishna Das, Maruti Patil, Arshad Khan, among others.<br /><br />Venue: P. L. Deshpande Kala Academy at the Ravindra Natya Mandir (4th Floor), Prabhadevi, Mumbai<br /><br />Date: 26th of August 2007, Sunday<br />Occasion: 'Guru Purnima Celebration by disciples of Sitar Maestro Pt. Arvind Parikh'<br /><br />Program Schedule<br /><br />SESSION,1<br />Start Time :9:30am - 1:00 pm<br /><br />Performers:<br /><br />Nadheem, Shakeel, Arsahd (Vocal), Altaf, Rashid, Arshad (Sitar), Pulok Lahiri, Bhopal, Choudhari,<br /><br />LUNCH BREAK, 1:00PM TO 2:30 PM<br /><br />SESSION,2<br /><br />Start Time : 2:45pm<br /><br />Performers:<br />Ajit Kittor, Joshi, Amruta, Sarang, Rafiq, Tiwari (Vocal), Vandana, Maruti, Tushar Bhatia, Ashwin Dalvi, Ganesh Mohan, Ramprapanna, Ramkrishna Das (Vocal)<br /><br />(Note: Please excuse me for giving the first/last names of the performing artists, as I got this list only.)<br /><br />For more information, please drop an email to me.<br /><br /> </div><span style="font-family:comic sans ms;color:#a94a76;">Ramprapanna Bhattacharya<br />Webpage: <a href="http://www.geocities.com/vilayatkhani_gharana/Home.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://www.geocities.com/vilayatkhani_gharana/Home.html</a><br /><br /><span style="color:#585e82;">We do not get a second chance to make the first impression.</span></span><br /></div></div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-5859517318136689322007-08-23T17:10:00.000+05:302007-08-26T21:01:17.987+05:3030 Aug - 2 Sep : I Cant Stop Loving You - The Ray Charles MusicalKim<p><a href="http://whazzupegypt.blogspot.com/">http://whazzupegypt.blogspot.com/</a></p><p><br />JOHNNIE WALKER LIVE PRESENTS THE SMASH HIT SHOW FROM LONDON'S WESTEND</p><p>I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU - THE RAY CHARLES MUSICAL</p><p>THE SHOW FEATURES A BIG BAND ENSEMBLE, DAZZLING DANCERS & PERFORMANCES OF<br />RAY'S TIMELESS CLASSICS</p><p>INCLUDING GEORGIA, HIT THE ROAD JACK, UNCHAIN MY HEART AND MANY MORE HITS!</p><p>VENUE: THE JAMSHED BHABHA AUDITORIUM NCPA MUMBAI AUGUST 30 TO SEPTEMBER 2,<br />2007</p><p>DATE TIME </p><p>AUG 30 7:30 P.M.<br />AUG 31 7:30 P.M.<br />SEP 01 4:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.<br />SEP 02 4:00 P.M. & 8:00 P.M.<br /><br /></p><p>DUE TO A HUGE DEMAND FOR TICKETS FOR THE<br />WEST END PRODUCTION "I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU - THE RAY CHARLES MUSICAL"</p><p>WE ARE UNABLE TO FURTHER ACCEPT OR ACTIVATE TICKET BOOKING OR BLOCKING<br />THROUGH THIS SITE.</p><p>INCONVENIENCE IS REGRETTED</p><p>TICKETS ARE PRICED AT Rs. 2000/- Rs.1000/- & Rs.500/-</p><p> </p><p>PUBLIC SALE STARTS ON AUG 20 AT RYTHMN HOUSE (22842835) NCPA (22824567)<br />ST. ANDREWS AUDITORIUM BANDRA (W) (26459667) JOHNNIE WALKER SELECT BANDRA<br />(W) (26486367)<br />The Ray Charles Musical</p><p><a href="http://oranjuice.net/events/view/3">http://oranjuice.net/events/view/3</a></p>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-6373251289666088042007-08-23T15:52:00.001+05:302007-08-26T21:03:21.025+05:3024 aug : Meet Greg Roberts, Malavika Sangghvi & Anil Dharker at Crossword Kemps corn<span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Crossword Bookstores</b><br /><br /></span> <p align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">If you can't read this message, please <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.emmasoftware.com/show.php?a=1581424&b=38376" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000ff;">click here</span></a> </span></p> <table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="839" width="622"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td height="900"><img src="" nosend="1" align="top" border="0" height="149" width="631" /> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="622"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td height="504"> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">Dear Book Rewards Member,</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">It is always a pleasure to write to our special customers about a new event at Crossword. This time around, we bring you the following book reading & discussion at Crossword Kemps Corner.<br /></span></p> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" height="456" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="3" bg height="48" style="color:#fefbc2;"> <p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">Join us for the reading & discussion on<span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color:#0000ff;"> "The Making of Samovar"</span></b></span> <span style="color:#000000;"><b>How a Mumbai Cafe became a metaphor for a generation </b></span>by <span style="font-size:100%;color:#ff0000;"><b>Usha Khanna</b></span>.<br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="color:#000000;"><br />Topic of Discussion - <b><span style="color:#0000ff;">"The value of spaces in a city that nurture and foster creative and intellectual discourse" </span></b><span style="color:#0000ff;">.</span><br /><br />Panelists - Eminent Author <span style="font-size:100%;color:#ff0000;"><b>Gregory Roberts</b></span>, Noted Journalist <b><span style="font-size:100%;color:#ff0000;">Malavika Sangghvi</span></b> & Columnist <span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color:#ff0000;">Anil Dharker</span></b></span></span></span></span></p></td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="220" valign="top"> <p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><i><br />Date & Time:</i><b><i> Friday, 24th August 2007, 7.00pm.<br /></i></b><i>Venue:<b> </b></i><b><i>Crossword Kemps Corner<br /></i></b><br /><b>About the book: </b><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size:100%;color:#ff0000;">'The Making of Samovar'</span></b> is about the making of Mumbai's legendary Cafe Samovar, that has served for over four decades as the watering hole, salon, dining hall and meeting place of its leading intellectuals and artists. Cafe Samovar has been the hotbed of creativity, nurturing artistic genius and providing an environment for the growth of some of the greatest names in the arts in India. Nestled on a humble corridor in the Jehangir Art gallery, Mumbai's premiere art institution, Samovar - through its proprietress the indefatigable Usha Khanna - has been privy to some of the art world's best-kept secrets. </span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">When the history of artsy -bohemian Mumbai is recorded, a chapter will surely be dedicated to the Cafe named Samovar.</span><br /></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><b>About the Author: </b><br /><b><span style="color:#ff0000;"><br /></span></b><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="color:#000000;">Written by <b><span style="font-size:100%;color:#ff0000;">Usha Khanna </span></b>; directed & designed by Devika Bhojwani and edited by Malavika Sangghvi it is a one of a kind, treasured tribute, a delightful read and a page turning glimpse into Mumbai's world of art and intellectuals. </span></span></span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">It begins in a kitchen in Rawalpindi in 1927, with the birth of the author, traces her involvement with the Freedom Struggle in Kashmir, her marriage to a young revolutionary, her tryst with Parisian cafe society, where she first experienced art cafes on the Left Bank; her exposure to new-wave art-house cinema, and every thing else that inspired her to create Mumbai's first and best loved artsy bohemian cafe Samovar- the haunt of artists, poets, film makers and students. </span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">We look forward to seeing you at the store.</span></p></td> <td align="center" height="220" valign="top" width="26%"><img src="" nosend="1" height="160" width="187" /></td></tr> <tr></tr> <tr></tr></tbody></table><br /> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="99%"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="50%"><span 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width="159"> <div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.crosswordbookstores.com/Html/cwchain.htm#ahmd" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">Vishakhapatnam</span></a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-36912817181599963222007-08-22T04:11:00.000+05:302007-08-22T05:31:39.492+05:3026 Aug : IndieFocus - A Producers' WorkshopSun Aug 26, 2007 2:00 pm<p>PVR Juhu</p><p>mumbai, maharashtra, India</p><p>Phone: +91 9833255171</p><p>BAISCOPE ENTERTAINMENT</p><p>In Association with</p><p>PVR Cinemas</p><p>presents</p><p>IndieFocus<br />- A Producers' Workshop<br />with</p><p>Kurt Inderbitzin</p><p>( Dean, Whistling Woods )</p><p>An afternoon exploring what almost no film schools would teach you. . .</p><p>- Raising finances for independent/non studio films<br />- Optioning scripts<br />- Selling films and negotiating distribution deals<br />- Playing the film festival game</p><p><br />The workshop will also screen a short film 'Mom N Dad'<br />followed by a Q&A with the director Kavita Carmeiro</p><p><br />On Sunday, 26th July, 2007<br />after 2 pm<br />3rd Floor, PVR Cinemas, Dynamix Mall, Near Iskcon Temple, Juhu</p><p>Annual Membership fees: Rs. 500<br />Session fees for Non-members: Rs. 100<br />Session fees for Members: Rs. 20</p><p><br />Please contact baiscopeent@gmail.com<br />or<br />log onto <a href="http://www.baiscopeent.com/">www.baiscopeent.com</a> for more information organised by BAISCOPE<br />ENTERTAINMENT & EDUCATION SOCIETY</p>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-81511647448609153442007-08-19T14:42:00.000+05:302007-08-22T05:33:04.697+05:3022 August/ Gieve Patel Book launch<div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><span class="014101109-19082007"> </span>The PEN All-India Centre<span class="gmail_quote"> is happy to announce its fourth event this August...<br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE PEN ALL-INDIA CENTRE & </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">CROSSWORD</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> invite you to the launch of<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-style: italic;">POETRY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE </span><br />edited by <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">GIEVE PATEL</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Poetry with Young People</span> </span>is an anthology of poems written by students aged between 12 and 18, over a decade, at the Rishi Valley School. These poems have emerged from a series of annual workshops conducted at the School by eminent poet, painter and playwright Gieve Patel.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Patel read to the students from great world poetry, and attempted to impart to them both a sense of poetic form, and the need to write poetry from personal experience and inspiration. The result is an impressive collection of poetry dealing with such varied subjects as mothers, lovers, animals, teachers, the natural world, war, and the environment. Patel writes, in his Introduction to this selection, that the poems are "distinguished by a sense of full-grown awareness".<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Well-known stage and screen actor <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">TOM ALTER</span> </span>will read from the book. Two ex-students of Rishi Valley School, Natasha Vakil and Ashesh Dhawale, will also read with him. The discussion will be moderated by Ranjit Hoskote.<br /><br />Date: <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">22 August (Wednesday)</span><br />Time: <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">7 pm </span><br />Place: <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Crossword Bookstore, Kemp's Corner</span><br /><br /><br />Ranjit Hoskote<br />Hon. Secretary-Treasurer<br />THE PEN ALL-INDIA CENTRE<br /><br /><br />+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<br /></span></div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23725358.post-82249935879302713342007-08-13T23:31:00.000+05:302007-08-22T05:34:17.347+05:3018 Aug : Wonderful world of INSCETS : Shardul BajikarOn Saturday, 18th August, 2007, at 2:30 pm at the SPJIMR Auditorium,<br />Mr.Shardul Bajikar shall conduct a Slide and Talk Show on the above topic.<p>Mr. Shardul Bajikar has graduated in Zoology from Thakur College, Mumbai. He<br />is passionate about wildlife and has been moving around in various Nature<br />preserves since more than six years. He loves watching insects and other<br />invertebrate life, and has managed to photograph many. Currently Shardul is<br />working with the Sanctuary Magazine and conducts several<br />educational programmes for students and teachers. He will present the talk<br />on Identifying the variuos TYPES / CATEGORIES of insects, which will be easy<br />from layman's point of view.</p><p>For further details, contact:<br />Bhavan's Cultural Centre office,<br />opp.Bhavan's Book Stall,<br />Bhavan's Campus, Andheri (West),<br />Bombay - 400058. Phone: 32938017</p><p>Always enjoy Nature......</p><p>Dr. Parvish Pandya<br />Co-ordinator, Ecology Programmes,<br />Bhavan's Cultural Centre.</p>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14687803417221589161noreply@blogger.com0