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ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನಿನ್ನ ಸದ್ಗುಣಗಳ ಬಲ್ಲ
ಗೆಳೆಯರು ಬಗೆ ನೂರಾಗಿ
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ಹಾಲಲ್ಲ ಹುಡುಗ
ಬಿಳಿಚಿಕೊಂಡ ಮುಖದಲ್ಲಿ
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-ವೈ.ಅವನೀಂದ್ರನಾಥ್ ರಾವ್

Nritya Bharati, The Festival

NRITYA BHARATI
THE COMPLETE EXPERIENCE OF INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE
KAMANI AUDITORIUM, NEW DELHI
MARCH 23 THRU 25, 2012, 6:30 PM
Nritya Bharati, The Festival (Third Edition)
Sri Geetagovinda Pratisthana, Puducherry is presenting the Third Edition of The Nritya Bharati Festival at Kamani Auditorium, New Delhi from the 23^rd thru 25^th March 2012. This Festival has emerged as a major platform for solo performances in major Indian classical dance forms such as Bharatanatyam, Kuchipuddi, Kathak, Mohiniyattam, Manipuri, Odissi and Sattriya. The Festival endeavors to preserve and promote the heritage of each dance form in its pristine pure form with equal emphasis on geeta, sahitya, raga, tala, vadya and Nritya with a special focus on abhinaya, retaining complete fidelity to the classical traditions. The Festival also encourages use of various regional classical musical traditions of India in their typical styles in the accompanying music for the dance performances.
The Third Edition of Nritya Bharati Festival will feature a mix of veterans and promising young of dancers of various classical forms. Dr Subas Pani, writer, translator and scholar with research interest in Jagannatha, Jayadeva and Geetagovinda has curated the Festival as its Creative Director.
Friday 23rd March 2012 Jyotsna Jgannathan (Bharatanatyam) Prerana Shrimali (Kathak)
Saturday 24th March 2012 Naren Boruah (Sattriya) Swapnasundari (Vilasini Natyam)
Sunday 25th March 2012 Sujata Mohapatra (Odissi)   Neena Prasad (Mohiniyattam)

ದೆಹಲಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅಗ್ನಿ ಮತ್ತು ಮಳೆ

ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾರ್ನಾಡ್ ಅವರ ’ಅಗ್ನಿ ಮತ್ತು ಮಳೆ’ ಕನ್ನಡ ನಾಟಕವನ್ನು ನಟನ ಮೈಸೂರು ತಂಡವು ದೆಹಲಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾರ್ಚ್ 10, 2012 ರಂದು ಪ್ರದರ್ಶಿಸಿತು. ನಾಟಕದ ರಂಗ ವಿನ್ಯಾಸ ಮತ್ತು ನಿರ್ದೇಶನ: ಮಂಡ್ಯ ರಮೇಶ್.

ರಾಜ

ರಾಜ ಮತ್ತು ಜಾತಿಗಾರ

ರಾಜ, ಅದ್ವರ್ಯು ಪರಾವಸು, ಜಾತಿಗಾರ 

ಅರವಸು ಮತ್ತು ನಿತ್ತಿಲೆ

ನಿತ್ತಿಲೆ, ಅರವಸು, ಅಂಧಕ 

ನಿತ್ತಿಲೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅಂಧಕ

ವಿಶಾಖ ಮತ್ತು ಯವಕ್ರೀತ

ವಿಶಾಖ ಮತ್ತು ಯವಕ್ರೀತ

ವಿಶಾಖ ಮತ್ತು ಯವಕ್ರೀತ

ಯವಕ್ರೀತ, ಅರವಸು ಮತ್ತ್ತು ನಿತ್ತಿಲೆ

ರೈಭ್ಯ, ವಿಶಾಖ, ಅರವಸು

ವಿಶಾಖ, ರೈಭ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಅರವಸು

ರೈಭ್ಯ, ವಿಶಾಖ, ಅರವಸು

ವಿಶಾಖ ಮತ್ತು ಯವಕ್ರೀತ

ಯವಕ್ರೀತ ಮತ್ತು ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ ರಾಕ್ಷಸ

ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ ರಾಕ್ಷಸ

ನಿತ್ತಿಲೆ ಅಣ್ಣ ಮತ್ತು ಅರವಸು

ರೈಭ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಪರಾವಸು

ಅರವಸು ಮತ್ತು ಪರಾವಸು

ವಿಶಾಖ ಮತ್ತು ಪರಾವಸು

ವಿಶಾಖ

ನಿತ್ತಿಲೆ ಅಣ್ಣ, ನಿತ್ತಿಲೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅರವಸು

ಅರಸ

ಪರಾವಸು

ಅರವಸು ಮತ್ತು ನಿತ್ತಿಲೆ

ಅರವಸು ಮತ್ತು ಜಾತಿಗಾರ

ಅರವಸು, ನಿತ್ತಿಲೆ ಮತ್ತು ಜಾತಿಗಾರ

ನಾಟಕ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶಿಸಿದ ನಟನಾ ತಂಡ

ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕ ಮಂಡ್ಯ ರಮೇಶ್

ಮಂಡ್ಯ ರಮೇಶ್ ರಂಗೋತ್ಸವ

National award winning film Byari

National award winning film Byari is an ethnic community study

Elated at his debut film getting national award for best film, the director of Byari KP Suveeran said the film was about conditioning of women in the Byari Muslim community based on sexuality.
Byari shared the national award for best film with Marathi film Deool by Umesh Kulkarni at the 59th National awards announced today.
"Byari (also known as Beary), is an ethnic society trapped in their own faiths and beliefs, having its own traditions and distinct cultural identity. I did a lot of research on the society and their beliefs after reading works by various authors," he said.
He said the film was shot in 16 mm on a limited budget, but he could capture the environs of the Byari despite limitations. "When I see the film now, I think I could have beautified it more," Suveeran, hailing from Kannur, said.
"I am basically a theatre man. And you can find some traits of the theatre in the movie also. When I started working on this film, I had to face this challenge. A certain amount of give and take should be visible when one works in both the mediums," he said.

This is the first-ever film made in Byari language, spoken mainly by people belonging to the community concentrated in the coastal regions of north Kerala and Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.
In the Ullal region in Dakshina Kannada, people belonging to other communities have also adopted Byari as their local language. Byari language, which has links with Malayalam, Urdu and Tulu, does not have a script.
The film, which was shown in some festivals, had won rave reviews. It has Tamil and Malayalam actress Mallika (who got a special mention from the Jury for her performance) in the lead role, while popular Malayalam actor Mamukkoya--appears in a "very serious negative role" in the film as her father, the director said.

59th National Films Awards



The Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Smt. Ambika Soni with the Jury Members for the 59th National Film Awards, Ms. Rohini Hattangady, Feature Film Jury (Central Panel), Shri Ramesh Sharma, Non-feature film Jury and Ms. Vijaya Mulay, Best Writing on Cinema Jury, in New Delhi on March 07, 2012.

Vidya Balan has been named as the best actress in the 59th National Films Awards for her brilliant portrayal of Silk Smitha in last year’s blockbuster ‘The Dirty Picture’.
Marathi actor Girish Kulkarni has been adjudged as the best actor for the film ‘Deool’.
The jury, consisting of actress Rohini Hattangadi amongst others, announced the winners on Wednesday in New Delhi.
The list of winners:
Best Child Artist: Partho Gupte for ‘Stanley ka Dabba’ and child actors of ‘Chillar Party’
Best Director: Gurvinder Singh for ‘Anek Ghode da Daan’
Best Film: ‘Deool’ and 'Byari'
Best Screenplay: Vikas Behal and Nitesh Tiwari (Chillar Party)
Best Dialogue: Girish Kulkarni for ‘Deool’
Best Editing: Praveen KL and NBSrikanth for ‘Aranya Kandam’
Best Special Effects: ‘RA.One’
Best Bengali Film- 'Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona'
Best Dogri Film : Dilesh Basiya Koi
Best Hindi Film : ‘I Am’
Best Kannada Film: ‘Koorma Avatar’
Best Manipuri Film: 'Phijigee Mani'
Best Marathi Film: ‘Shaala’
Best Tamil Film: ‘Vaagai Sooda Vaa’
Best Punjabi Film: 'Anne Gode Da Daan'
Best Choreography: Bosco and Ceasar for ‘Senorita’ in ‘Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara’
Best Jury Film: ‘Ronjana Aami Aar Ashbo Na’
Best Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya for ‘Agar Zindagi’ from ‘I Am’
Best Music: Neel Dutta ‘Ranjona..’
Best Makeup: Vikram Gaekward for ‘Baal Gandharva’ and ‘The Dirty Picture’
Best Costume: Neeta Lulla for ‘Bal Gandharva’ and Neharika Khan for ‘The Dirty Picture’
Best Supporting Actor: Appu Kutti
Best Playback singer(female): Rupa Ganguly

Holi Celebrations Start

No country is as colourful in its traditions as India - from the lavish sets of Bollywood and the rich spectrums of their cuisine to the lush pigmentation of silk saris and religious icons.

So to celebrate the spring - the time of year when dark, bleak winter fades and flowers bloom into a thousand shimmering shades - they really have to pull out all the stops.

Thousands of Hindus came from across India to the small village of Nandgaon, near Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, to celebrate the Lathmar Holi Festival Friday.

Vibrant: People throw coloured powder as they celebrate Lathmar Holi at Nandgaon village in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh yesterday

Ecstatic: Participants quaff cold drinks laced with bhang - a paste made from cannabis - as the run around the town playing and making merry

Burst of colour: A Hindu worshipper throws a bucket of colored water on others during Lathmar Holi at Nandagram Temple in Nandgaon Friday

A prelude to the major national Holi spring festival - known as the Festival of Colours - it sees participants shower each other with brightly coloured dyes and millions of flower petals.

According to legend, Lord Krishna visited his principle consort and childhood friend, Radha, in the village on this day and playfully teased her and her friends. The women responded by chasing him away with sticks.

In the festival men in traditional dress take on the role of gops (friends of Krishna), while women play gopis (friends of Radha). 

The men sing provocative songs and throw the coloured powders and flowers on the women, who fight back by pretending to beat them with bamboo.

Indian Hindu women from Nandgaon village beat the shield of a man from Barsana during Lathmar Holi in Nandgaon

Holy: The ritual fighting remembers the legend of Lord Krishna, who was chased away from the village by his lover Radha and her friends after teasing them

Devotional: Hindu worshippers covered in various colored powders sing prayers during Lathmar Holi at Nandagram Temple, in Nandgaon

It is claimed that the Hindu deity Krishna, who was dark in colour, was jealous of the fair-coloured Radha. He pestered his foster mother Yasodha about it so much that, fed up, she told him he could change Radha's skin by sprinkling her with colours.

Krishna and his shepherd friends visited Radha and her cowherd girls on this day and teased her by throwing colours at her. She and the girls responded by chasing them away with the sticks, called lathis.

In the Lathmar Holi festival, the men from Nandgaon first come to the neighbouring village of Barsana to play Holi with the women there. On the second day, men from Barsana travel to Nandgaon to play the game with their women.

Fun: Young men smeared in various colours joyfully celebrate the festival, which heralds the start of spring

Tiring: Some of the village's older men take a rest from the action

During breaks from the action, those taking part sip an a cold drink called thandai, intoxicating because it is laced with bhang paste, which is made from cannabis, known to Indians as 'ganja'.

After quaffing the bhang, the participants laugh, cry and crave sweets, the ecstatic experience heightened by the theatrical revelry of the festivities. 

The women of both villages begin preparing a month in advance, with mother-in-laws feeding their daughters-in-law rich food so that they show off their prowess on the Holi battle zone. 

It is a show of love, fun and equality, one, its participants believe, that even the gods descend to witness.

Daily Mail

World Book Fair 2012 inaugurated at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

The Union Minister for Human Resource Development and Communications and Information Technology, Mr. Kapil Sibal releasing a book entitled “Point of View”, at the inauguration of the 20th New Delhi World Book Fair-2012, at Pragati Maidan, in New Delhi on February 25, 2012.

The Union Minister for Human Resource Development and Communications and Information Technology, Mr. Kapil Sibal releasing a book entitled “Balraj My Brother”, written by Shri Bhisham Sahni, at the inauguration of the 20th New Delhi World Book Fair-2012, at Pragati Maidan, in New Delhi on February 25, 2012.

The Union Minister for Human Resource Development and Communications and Information Technology, Mr. Kapil Sibal  releases balloons during inaugural function of "World Book Fair 2012" at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on on February 25, 2012.

Book lovers Book lovers at a stall after inauguration of World Book Fair 2012 at Pragati Maidan.

School children at a stall after inauguration of World Book Fair 2012 at Pragati Maidan..

‘Jindal Prize – 2011’ to Shri Dharmasthala Veerendra Heggade

Shri Dharmasthala Veerendra Heggade receiving the Award

‘Jindal Prize – 2011’ for ‘Health – Including drugless healing’ with a cash prize of Rs. 1 Crore is awarded to Shri Dharmasthala Veerendra Heggade for his exceptional contribution in the field of Naturopathy.

Shri Dharmasthala Veerendra Heggade, a visionary leader has multifarious achievements to his credit.  He established first ever college imparting undergraduate courses in naturopathy and yoga in 1989 which is now offering PG courses for the first time in the country.  800 qualified doctors of naturopathy have been produced by the college so far.  He established two naturopathy hospitals with 300 beds and 200 beds.  He is conducting yoga training camps regularly in various places in Karnataka benefitting lakhs of people.  Colleges of Ayurveda in Udipi and Hasan, started by him and offering UG, PG and Ph.D programmes are acclaimed as colleges of excellence.

Pursuing his goal of comprehensive healthcare, he started 4½ years Bachelor’s course of physiotherapy and nursing, 2 years master course and doctorate programme, a 650 bed allopathic hospital at Dharwad with 11 operation theatres and other modern facilities, a Dental College, an eye hospital and is also running free mobile hospital with minor operation theatre and lab offering free treatment to numerous patients daily at their doorsteps.

Janajagruthi a mass movement forum against alcoholism promoted by him conducts scientific de-addiction camps at the community level, to de-addict chronic alcoholics. Janajagruthi forum has so far conducted 406 de-addiction camps de-addicting 32,000 addicts.

Apart from his outstanding contribution in the field of Healthcare, Shri Veerendra Heggade is undertaking rural development works on a very large scale. He has promoted 1,18,200 Self Help Groups empowering 1.4 million families.

DHAN (Development of Humane Action) Foundation

Winner of Jindal Prize - 2011 for Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation‘Jindal Prize – 2011’ for Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation with a cash prize of Rs. 1 Crore is awarded to DHAN Foundation.

Rishi Valley Education Centre
Winner of Jindal Prize - 2011 for Education - with Emphasis on Moral Upliftment

‘Jindal Prize – 2011’ in the field of  ‘Education – with Emphasis on Moral Upliftment’ with a cash prize of Rs. 1 Crore is awarded to M/s. Rishi Valley Education Centre for their innovation of MGML methodology of teaching which has already been adopted in a number of states successfully.

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam 
Winner of S R Jindal Prize - 2011for Exemplary Service to Mankind in the field of Science and Technology

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam receiving the award

‘S R Jindal Prize – 2011’ with a cash prize of Rs. 1 Crore is awarded to Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam for his exemplary service to mankind in the field of Science and Technology.

Mr. Justice Santosh Hegde
Winner of S R Jindal Prize - 2011for Exemplary Service to Mankind in the field of Social Development

‘S R Jindal Prize – 2011’ with a cash prize of Rs. 1 Crore is awarded to Justice N. Santosh Hegde for Exemplary Service to mankind in the field of Social Development.

Justice N. Santosh Hegde receiving the award

The “S R Jindal Prize” is instituted by the Sitaram Jindal Foundation to accolade exceptional service rendered by individuals or organisations towards eradication of corruption and for Rural Development & Poverty Alleviation in the country.

‘S R Jindal Prize’ for crusade against corruption is instituted with the goal of making India a corruption free country. Corruption in India is a consequence of the nexus between bureaucracy, politics and criminals. It is responsible for leakages in the service delivery system of the country. Only a small fraction of allotted funds reaches the real beneficiaries. Therefore it is necessary to recognize and honor such persons who have stood against this nexus even at the risk of their own well being. To strengthen their crusade the Foundation has instituted this prize.

Ten prizes of Rs. Ten lakhs each, a memento and a citation will be awarded to persons or organisations who have made exceptional impact on the society through their fight against corruption.

‘S R Jindal Prize’ for Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation is instituted to recognise the efforts of selfless workers towards social upliftment who have rendered yeomen service towards rural development & poverty alleviation.

Five prizes of Rs.25 lakhs each, a memento and a citation will be awarded to persons or organisations to honour those who are relentlessly working towards rural development, alleviation of poverty and making an impact on the society.

Photo: Prakash Shetty Ulepady