KNSS March 2018

KNSS Benevolent Fund News
Membership: In the month of February, 10 new members have
been enrolled in Benevolent Fund, taking the total Membership
in Benevolent Fund to 5049.
Details of enrolment Karayogam wise are as follows:
Members enrolled
BANASANKARI
SULLIA
5040 Mrs. Vidya Divakaran 5046 M. Sethumadhavan Nambiar
5041 Kannoly Vijayan Nair KGF
T. DASARAHALLI
5047 Praseed Mohanan
5042 Ramkumar, O. Kurup INDIRANAGAR
5043 Pradeep Menon 5048 Pradeep Kumar, k.p
5044 Rajagopalan, R
JAYAMAHAL
5045 Bibbin, V.G
5049 Jayakrishnan, K.T
Total Membership as
on 28th February,2018 5049
Benevolent Fund request Karayogams to enroll atleast
10 members every month. We request all KNSS
members to enroll in Benevolent Fund. Let us take the
membership strength to 6000 by the end of 2018.
Donations during the Month of February / March, 18
Shri. V. Vijayan, Treasurer, KNSS Board,
(Permanent Donor) Rs. 101
Shri K. Sivadas, Kothanur Karayogam
(Permanent Donor) Rs. 101
Shri . Suresh Nair, EC Member ,
Benevolent Fund Committee
(Permanent Donor) Rs. 201
Mrs. Thankam Gangadharan,
Vijayanagar Karayogam Rs. 4,000
Sri. P Balagopalan on the occasion of
the remembrance day of his mother
Madhavi Amma on 25th March 2018 Rs. 101
Rs. 4,504
Benevolent Committee of KNSS thank all the donors.
President
Muralidhar Nair
9342854850
Secretary
N. Keshava Pillai
9448021933
“Kindle your English- taste bud”
Treasurer
P S Nair
9620542748
Chairman’s Relief Fund (CRF)
Donations received in Feb 2018:
1. Mr. Gangadharan (Jayamahal) -Rs 601
2. Mr. Padmakumar (Sadashivanagar) -Rs 501
3. Mr. K G Shankar, on his 86th Birthday -Rs 1000
4. Mr. P K B Nair from Dooravaninagar -Rs 1200
Total Rs 3302
Pension from CRF Rs. 7000/-
(M S Nagar, KGF, Mathikere, T Dasarahalli, Nelliyadi)
Chairman requests philanthropic members to donate
liberally to CRF.
We introduced the column “Kindle your English taste bud “ in our April 2016 issue with a view to improve the knowledge and interest in
English language. Every month we will publish ten words / idioms. The readers, especially teenagers, are welcome to write sentences using
the words / idioms and send to KNSS News Bulletin with contact and Karayogam details (email id: knssnews@gmail.com). Selected entries
shall be published with the names of the sender in the subsequent issues of KNSS News Bulletin.
-Editor
1. nexus: connected group or series
2. the lion’s share: the greatest or most valuable portion
3. let bygones be bygones: let past quarrels or disagreements be ignored or forgotten
4. give credence to: believe
5. cock sure: aggressively sure and certain
6. spick and span: extremely neat and tidy
7. sober-minded: serious, with a sense of responsibility
8. nip in the bud: end any project before it has a chance of maturing
9. sit on the fence: refrain from giving one’s support to either side
10. bent upon: determined to take a certain action
R Krishna Pillai
B.A, B.Com, B.Ed
We feel happy to receive and publish selected responses for “Kindle your English- taste bud” February 2018
Anil kumar Janardanan, T.Dasarahalli Karayogam, Bangalore
1. Not worth one’s salt: After completing post-graduation Ashokan kept jumping Jobs as he felt the roles offered in the industries not worth his salt.
2. Blow one’s own trumphet: The director urged the regional sales managers to furnish the sales figures achieved against the target agreed upon rather
than blowing their own trumphets.
3. Black sheep: On the eve of bandh the city police department rounded up all the black sheeps as a precautionary measure so that they
do not adventure into any untoward activities.
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