The 15th edition of Geeth Gaatha Chal, the most-awaited Doctor’s Musical Nite, will be held on Jan.24 (Sunday) at MMC&RI Platinum Jubilee Hall in J.K.Grounds here from 5 pm onwards.
The team, led by Dr. M.S. Natashekar, will entertain the public with haunting melodies from movies of the golden old era.
The musical team includes: Dr. A.L. Hemalatha, Dr. P.A. Kushalappa, Dr. U.G. Shenoy, Dr. N. Snehashree, Dr. Seethalaxmi Somanath, Dr. Somnath Vasudev, Dr. U. Ganesh Rao, R.L. Varsha, Preethi Prabhu, Sparsha Shenoy, Arathi Rao, Madan, Apoorva Natashekhar and Kavitha Niyath.
Geeth Gaatha Chal has presented about 360 numbers during the past 14 years. The best 28 among them will be presented this year. The programme also includes two dances from students of Ganabharathi, choreographed by Nagashree Phaneendra.
Dr. Mahesh Kumar will be the chief guest. Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem will be the guest of honour.
Dr. C. Umesh Kamath of Kamakshi Hospital is the Organising Chairperson and Dr. M.S. Vishweshwara is the Programme Co-ordinator. Industrialist Dr. M. Jagannath Shenoi has sponsored the programme, which will be anchored by Syed Aftab Ahmed.
Admission is open to all.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Wednesday – January 20th, 2016
People donating blood at the camp organised by the Pejawar Blood Donating Team and the District Muslim Paryaya Souharda Samiti in Udupi on Sunday.
Udupi, KARNATAKA :
Blood donation camp organized by Pejawar Blood Donating Team, District Muslim Paryaya Souharda Samiti
A large number of people participated in the voluntary blood donation camp organised by the Pejawar Blood Donating team and Udupi District Muslim Paryaya Souharda Samiti on the SMSP Sanskrit College premises here on Sunday.
The camp had been organised as a mark of respect to Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt, who will be ascending the Paryayat Peetha for a record fifth time on Monday.
Inaugurating the camp, Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt said that the bonds between the Hindu and Muslim communities should become stronger.
The Muslim community had fully co-operated in the run up to his fifth Paryaya, he said.
Members of the District Muslim Paryaya Souharda Samiti had supplied buttermilk to his devotees on his “Pura Pravesha” (entry to the city) on January 4.
The samiti had also donated foodgrains and vegetables as “horekanike” a few days ago.
Now, they had organised a blood donation camp on the eve of Paryaya. This showed their harmonious nature.
“The spirit of cooperation between Hindus and Muslims should increase. This should become a model to the country” he said.
He recalled that his preceptor’s guru, that is his guru’s guru, Vishwajna Tirtha, had accepted ‘horekanike’ from the philanthropist Haji Abdullah Saheb, also the founder of Corporation Bank, during his Paryaya in 1904.
Haji Abubakar Parkala, president of the samiti, Mohammed Arif, secretary, and others were present.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Udupi – January 18th, 2016
They have no cutouts in cinema theatres. They have no big fan following. They led a simple life just like anybody else until the rain gods lashed their fury on Chennai in December.
They rose to the occasion. They saved lives and brought smiles to many others. “We had to make a choice. Whether to sit at home or get out there and save people,” they said. They then became real heroes.
On Monday, 14 people, who volunteered in flood relief work and did a heroic job, were honoured with awards at the Adding Smiles Ambassador Awards 2016 organised by Adding Smiles Foundation.
“We were doing our duty to help someone who is in need,” said Blue Cross general manager Dawn Williams, one of the awardees, in a video on the awardees.
All the 14 volunteers, including Peter Van Geit, Chennai Trekking Club founder and senior citizens of Anandam Homes, were presented with ‘Real Hero Awards’.
Awards were also given to celebrities, who were active during flood relief. The team ‘Mana Madras Kosam’ with Telugu film actors including Navdeep, Kajal Agarwal and Samantha , Sathyam Cinemas and Tamil actor Parthepan were presented awards.
“I am doing whatever little I can do. I have changed myself. As you grow older, you get fearless and want to do things before you go away,” the award winning composer said.
Activist and founder of NGO Prajwala Sunitha Krishnan, team from National Award winning Tamil film Kaaka Muttai, former RBI governor C Rangarajan, national paralympic swimming champion Madhavi Latha, founder and dean of Great Lakes Institute of Management Prof Bala V Balachandran, acid attack survivor Soniya Choudhary were some of the awardees in the ‘ambassador awards’ category.
The highlight of the evening was music composer AR Rahman, who was one of the awardees in ‘Adding Smiles Ambassador Awards’ category. The category included people, who have come the hard way to live a dream and spread smiles in the life of others by way of help.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Chennai / by V. Tejonmayan, TNN / January 19th, 2016
Mysore Muslim FC maintaining a clean slate with three wins in the super-league beat Spirited Youth FC 2-1 in their last fixture to clinched the MDFA ‘B’ Division Football League title for the Govindaraju Memorial Trophy held at the University Football Grounds here yesterday.
Shabaz (57th) and Saadat (64th) were the goal scorers for Mysore Muslims FC. Vaibhav reduced the margin for the Spirited Youth FC in the 40th minute. Mysore Muslims FC (3 wins from 3 games) and Soniya FC (2 wins and a loss from 3 games) earned promotion to the ‘A’ Division.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / Monday – January 18th, 2016
Mustafa M. Raja (left) and Anjana K. Murthy who won the titles in the AITA National U-10 Tennis Tournament (boys & girls) organised by Nagaraj Tennis Centre, Mysuru yesterday are seen with their prizes.
Mysuru :
City’s Mustafa M. Raja, a standard student of Excel Public School, Mysuru and Karnataka’s Anjana K. Murthy bagged the top honours by winning the U-10 boys and girls singles titles respectively in the AITA National U-10 Tennis Tournament conducted by Nagaraj’s Tennis Centre at SJCE Tennis Courts here yesterday.
In the U-10 boys singles final, Mustafa M. Raja beat Jason Michael David 4-3 (8-6), 3-4 (8-10), 4-2 to clinch the title and in the girls category Anjana K. Murthy beat Kaniska Shree (KAR) 4-3 (7-2), 4-3 (9-7) to bag the title.
The results (Final): Boys: U-10 Singles: Mustafa M. Raja (KAR) bt Jason Michael David (KAR) 4-3 (8-6), 3-4 (8-10), 4-2.
Girls U-10 singles: Anjana K. Murthy (KAR) bt M.S. Kaniska Shree 4-3 (7-2), 4-3 (9-7).
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / Monday – January 18th, 2016
Two quick thinking interns perform a miracle on a road accident victim
The mini-bus echoed with laughter and song of doctors and interns returning from a trek to Anantagiri hills on Sunday evening before it stopped at a roadside eatery in Bandalguda. All the doctors stepped out to stretch and walk into Dwaraka hotel, when a miracle happened. Rather, two doctors Dr Faizah Anjum and Dr Savitri Devi, performed a miracle on a road accident victim.
Armed with just a pen and a newspaper the quick thinking doctors created a bespoke contraption to save a life. “It was 7 p.m., as the other doctors went into the restaurant we were resting when the driver said he would move the bus as there was an accident. We rushed there and waded through the crowd to see the victim lying on the road near the divider. He had feeble pulse and his pupils were dilated and we got to work,” says Dr Faizah Anjum.
The accident victim was a 30-your-old man, who while running on the road, slammed onto an onrushing RTC bus and fell aside near the divider, informed an official of Narsingi police station.
“We started work on him right there without moving him on the road itself,” says Savitri.
“We kept a pen to keep his tongue from blocking the air passage. While Savitri used the newspaper to blow air into his lungs, I kept working on his chest for the CPR. After about 20 minutes, the patient came to his senses and started breathing on his own and even started screaming. Then the ambulance came and we gave him an IV drip before he was taken to the tertiary care centre of Osmania General Hospital,” said Faizah.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by Serish Nanisetti / Hyderabad – January 13th, 2016
Internationally-renowned mime artist Irshad Panjatam left job at Begumpet airport to follow his dream.— Photo: G. Ramakrishna
Hyderabad, TELANGANA / Berlin, GERMANY :
When 85-year old mime artist Irshad Panjatam was about 18-years-old, he had joined the Begumpet airport as a ground apprentice engineer. Getting such a job back then was perhaps not easy, which is why many at his workplace advised him against quitting, when he took the decision a year after joining.
“I left the job because tightening nuts and bolts, was not what I wanted to do,” recalled Mr. Panjatam, who is in Hyderabad currently. Though he eventually become an artiste, it was not until 1958 that he discovered his true calling in pantomime, which then changed his life and has made him the internationally renowned mime artiste that he is.
Remembering that crucial moment, Mr. Panjatam takes a ride through memory lane during an interview to YUNUS Y. LASANIA .
Excerpts:
How did you get introduced to and develop your skills? Was the art form present in India back then?
I never knew the word pantomime. When I was working with the Hindustani Theatre in New Delhi, I was part of famous Sanskrit play. During rehearsals in the third act, the main actor was not there, so I took stage in his place. Dr. Charles Fabri, a very famous art critic, was present in the rehearsal room.
I started performing, but the musicians were not ready to support me, hence my movements were absolutely silent; without music and without song. Dr. Fabri said it was a very good pantomime act, and then he gave me a book on it. I read the introductory lines and learnt what mime was. It was 1958, and the art form was not present here. I learnt everything on my own.
What was your first performance like? How was the reception to your performances?
I started with short stories like Aesop’s Fables. I showed it to some of my good friends who were also my critics. In 1962, the Indian Arts and Crafts Society, a prestigious organisation of Delhi at that time, put me on stage for my first mime performance. The house was full, and it was well received. After that my friends told me that I was alone here (as an artiste), and that I had to go abroad and perform to know where I stood.
Your first international performance took place in the neighbouring Pakistan. How did that happen?
When I was performing in Delhi, a delegation from the Women’s College in Lahore was present. One of the girls asked me when I was coming to perform in Pakistan, and gave me her college’s address. So my journey began with Pakistan in 1963. I left with Rs.5 in my pocket on the Amritsar Express train, and performed at her college, for which I earned Rs.350 (Pakistani currency).
From there on, I travelled to Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Yugoslavia (currently Bosnia and Herzegova, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia), Germany, France, and Britain, where I had performed. It was always about luck, as I was received well and nobody had has criticised my work.
You settled in Berlin, Germany, and have also acted in German movies. Did you come to India often after you shifted from Hyderabad?
I met my wife Ingrid in Bombay. She had come to India as an Indian art student, and was doing archive work in Uttar Pradesh between 1971/72. We settled in Berlin where I started a school called the ‘Pantomime Workshop of Irshad Panjatan’. I used to visit India once in three or four years.
I closed my school in 1995 after the doctor’s advice to not perform. Later, I started my career in German films, and the one that made me famous is ‘Der Schuh des Manitu (Manitu’s Shoe), which broke all records, as it was viewed about 40 million times. I was doing about one or two movies in a year after that.
How would you describe pantomime is your words?
It is an art of telling a story, experiencing a mood or emotions without resorting to words and only with body movements. I never play with any music or dialogues – I am a pure mime. Silence has power.
My German film ‘Der Schuh des Manitu (Manitu’s Shoe) was viewed about 40 million times
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Telangana / by Yunus Y. Lasania / January 05th, 2016
City’s upcoming tennis player Mustafa M. Raja registered his first tournament win of the year 2016 by winning “The Talent’s Cup 2016-17”, 10 years and Under Tennis Tournament held at the Talent Sports Academy, Begur Road, Bengaluru recently.
Mustafa displayed fine form throughout the tournament winning matches with relative ease. Results – Round 1: 6-1, R2: 6-1, Quarter Finals: 6-0, Semi Finals: 6-1 and in the finals he defeated Jason: 4-2, 4-1.
Mustafa studies at Excel Public School and trains with Nagaraj at the Nagaraj Tennis Academy, SJCE campus. He is the son of Murtuza Raja and Farida Raja of Mysuru.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / January 11th, 2016
Girls once again roost the rule in Lucknow University’s medal tally, with Samiya Ahmad, MSc Mathematics student sweeping with 12 medals. In the list of 159 medals released by LU on Thursday, 72% winners who will awarded on the convocation ceremony to be held in January end or February first week are in girl’s kitty. There are around 192 medals which will be awarded on the convocation day.
Securing 85.5% in MSc Mathematics, Samiya Ahmad has won the maximum of 12 medals. With 71.9% marks, MA Ancient History topper Arun Kumar will be awarded nine medals. Ajendra Singh. MSc Physics topper Ajendra Singh will be conferred with seven medals. He has secured 77.2% marks in his examinations. Law student Ambika Mehrotra will be awarded six medals for securing 70% marks in her examinations.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Lucknow / by Isha Jain, TNN / January 07th, 2015
Exercising its powers under provisions in Section 28(1)(G) of the Karnataka Universities Act 2000, the Karnataka Government has nominated six members to the Syndicate of the University of Mysore (UoM) through a circular issued by In-Charge Principal Secretary to the Department of Education K.L. Subramanya.
Those nominated to the UoM Syndicate are Prof. D. Nanjundaiah, resident of Vijayanagar 2nd Stage, Ln. H. Ramesh, resident of Kestur Koppal in K.R. Nagar taluk, Mohammed Abbas Salam Tanveer, resident of Chamaraja Mohalla, Shruthi Tharun Giri, resident of Yadavagiri , Kumar, retired Principal and a resident of Kuvempunagar and M.S.S. Kumar (Marballi Kumar), resident of Marballi in Mysuru taluk.
Ln. H. Ramesh, who retired after serving as Accounts Officer at KPTCL, is now serving as the Vice-President of the State Unit of KPTCL Employees Union, President of KPTCL Housing Co-operative Society besides serving as the Regional President of Lions Club of Mysore Kuvempunagar.
M.S.S. Kumar (Marballi Kumar), son of former Taluk Board President late M.D. Shivappa, is the General Secretary of Mysore District Congress Committee besides serving the Greater Mysuru Housing Society as its President.
Shruthi Tharun Giri
The only lady nominated to the Syndicate
The only lady nominated to the Syndicate is Shruthi Tharun Giri. She holds a Post Graduate Degree in International Relations from the University of Nottingham, England and has a Bachelors Degree in Political Science from the prestigious Lady Shriram College in New Delhi.
Shruthi Tharun Giri is married to Tharun Giri, Managing Director of Windflower Resorts and Spa, Mysuru.
Shruthi has experience in opening Placement Cells in Colleges and has also helped her husband set up a chain of Ayurvedic Spas, which have gone on to win numerous awards and recognition.
She is also actively involved in local charity organisations with focus on providing education and infrastructure for under privileged women and children.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Sunday – January 10th, 2016
