Magazine of June - 2010 - Rups.net

OUR INSTITUTIONSCanada Sabha: Fifty-five members attended thefirst satsang of 2010 held on April 11 in Mississauga,Ontario. The new prayer booklet in English andDevanagri scripts was introduced by Ganesh Shenoywho specially thanked Lakhman Ragade for this effort.The satsang was notable in that seven children aged4-7, led the bhajans.During the AGM held after prasad bhojan, thefollowing office bearers were elected for a two-yearterm: Vivek Kulkarni (President), Kishore Nadkarni(Vice President), Ganesh Shenoy (Secretary) andVinayak Shanbhag (Treasurer). The meeting adjournedafter thanking the 2007-2010 office bearers, especially,for their outstanding work during the TercentenaryCelebrations.Reported by Vivek KulkarniSaraswat Mahila Samaj, Mumbai: On April 10,the artistes of the evening’s Vasantik Sammelan weresisters Dr. Leena and Anjali Gangolli. Anjali, a giftedsitarist trained under Pandit Kartick Kumar and NiladriKumar, gave a short rendering of Maru Bihaag and acomposition in Hansadhwani. Leena, a vocalist trainedin Hindustani classical music, presented a bouquet oflove songs in tune with the season - a sufi song, natyasangeet, ghazals, Kalidasa’s composition and a patrioticsong.On April 21, Winfred Lobo demonstratedMangalorean ‘Mai’s Chicken’ and ‘Galmbo or Dry FishChutney’ while Roopa Lobo teased our palettes with‘American Sev Puri’ and a sweet ‘Parwal ke Pakhawaj’.The audience appreciated both the well-planneddemonstration and the dishes; recipe-printouts weredistributed. Geeta Bijur introduced Winfred, anexpert in Hospitality Management and Manager,‘Silent Resorts’, and Roopa, Principal, Kangaroo Kids,Kandivli. Sunanda Gangolli proposed the vote ofthanks.The first Sugam Sangeet Puraskar awarded to DivyaBijur in March 2010 (reported in the May issue of KS),and which will be awarded annually to a deservingfemale, amateur light music singer, has been institutedby the family and friends of Geeta Yennemadi, thewell-known Chitrapur Saraswat composer and singer.Forthcoming programme: June 19, 2010: at 5.00 pm:‘Experiences in my life and career’ by Shri NalkurShripad Rao, a talk in the ‘Narendra Kamat LectureSeries’.Reported by Smita MavinkurveSaraswat Senior Citizens Association, Mumbai:After a great beginning to the New Year with ourannual get-together and a delightful music programmeby Chaitra Balwally of Pune in January, our Februarymeeting was differently nice: it was a talk by ourmember, Usha Kalyanpur, who had just retired as Headof the Nursing Department of KEM Hospital, after 30+years of service. She spoke on geriatric problems: howto take care of such ailments and how to avoid them.The members found her talk very informative anduseful and a lively question-answer session followed.The March get-together was another "healthy" issue— Deepa Hoskote, a specialist in "Vibro Therapy”,gave an interesting introduction about this systemof medicine and encouraged questions at the end ofwhich, she gave away the right medicines (free) toall those who consulted her. In April, boys and girlscelebrated SSCA’s birthday, by sponsoring deliciousgoodies; for a change, members generally enjoyedthemselves just relaxing and chatting with each other.Reported by Kunda KagalELECTION NOTICEERRATUM AND CLARIFICATIONPlease refer to the Election Notification thathas appeared on page 20 of the May 2010 issueof Kanara Saraswat.The number of vacancies are 3 and not 5.Only 3 are to be elected.Shivshankar MurdeshwarHon. SecretaryWe request that all monthly contributions to “Hereand There” and “Our Institutions” be limited to 150-160 words; in view of space constraints; contributionsexceeding this limit will be edited to meet thisrequirement. Please also note that the deadline forreceiving contributions is the 12th of every month;contributions received thereafter will be published ina later issue.- Editorial Committee58Vol. 91, No.6, June 2010Kanara Saraswat