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Sindhupare: A Mixed-Media Art Exhibition starts Today

Sindhupare is a Bengali word that literally means “beside the sea“. The name has been derived from the famous poem Sindhupare by ‘Thakur’ Rabindra Nath Tagore. It is a Mixed-Media Art Exhibition. This Tagore Art Installation Project
 is to be held at Udaipur, Jodhpur, Kolkata, Jaipur, and Mumbai. The Udaipur based theatre company ‘Out of Cocoon’ is opening this mixed-media art exhibition under the creative direction of Jarka Heller (UK) and Anne Visboel (Denmark). The event is supported by West Zone Cultural Centre (WZCC), as part of the Indian Government’s Tagore Commemoration Grant Scheme (TCGS). The Inaugural event is to be held at Sculpture Korte, 125-A Ambamata Scheme, opp. Aurvedic College, Udaipur today, and the free event will run from 5 – 13 February 2012, daily at 6-9 p.m.

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The Tagore poem ‘Sindhupare’ (Beside the Sea) is used as the inspiration for artistic creations from international sculptors, artists, actors and composers. Their creative works have been integrated into a ‘life journey’ following the path of the poem. Visitors will be introduced to Sindhupare through exhibits that touch all five human senses, allowing them to experience the depth and beauty of this profound example of Tagore’s work.

Therefore, the art lovers and Tagore fans should not miss this opportunity to visit the exhibition.

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Article By: Dan Lane

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Pamper or Art: A Beautiful Jaipur Literature Festival Report

Jaipur Literature Festival

The Jaipur Literature Festival(JLF) – A grand event… with grander publicity & episode grandiosity! As the name depicted & as the description lamented, the event had captured for itself an already starred attention. But vaguely & sadly, the end of the event saw a criticism nationally as well as internationally in the literary world.

Though there may be an unending debate over the nature of the fest & how it was enacted. Somewhat (in petty senses) a successful event commercially but still just to acquaint our readers with the ultimate reasons of the literary & the journalistic criticism, we describe here some points :-

First of all, a Literature Festival organized in India without any writer of Indian language! Leave others, not even a single writer of Hindi language. French sessions can on a general basis be of no use or leisure to the common Indian folk!

Secondly, the fest basically lacked in the presence of “authentic” writers, particularly the current international fictional faces of Indian Literature. It was more of a celebrity pamper than a literary directorate. Most of the guests invited were those people who belonged to film industry, politics or other areas; and later had written a book or two by choice.

Chetan Bhagat is still a commercial attraction (an IIT-D, IIM-A graduate will always be!) No doubt, his height of success is not that easy to achieve but why to forget those 3 Bookers (Aravinda Adiga, Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai) that came to India in the last 15 years; the quality of writing clearly demarcates the persisting difference between a writer & an engineer.

And the prominent one, the major attraction in fact 😉 the Salman Rushdie controversy! I must share it that Salman Rushdie has been awarded the “Booker of Bookers Award” for his book “The Midnight Children” twice. That is, he is till date considered the best awarded writer in the world. Any writer may have tentative thoughts but if a person of his status after achieving such a long & class experience has given written form to his ideas then those definitely deserve to be given a view. First an invitation, then asked not to come & at last a video conferencing under restrictions!

A literary issue was converted into a religious issue on the grounds of political benefits & losses. No comments over religious sentiments, but how many know that what has been written actually in his book!! How can you, when it is already banned! People’s justification lies only on what the leaders say. And the world knows how much they need to be trusted! Literature should be seen in literary terms, at least for the sake of this art. The problem is that we misdifferentiate some things, rest it is in itself a big beautiful world.

And lastly & very simply, 🙂 if it was to be an all-English show; as a part of the lavish Indian class of English-reading youngsters, we had expected our stars- Nicholas Sparks (A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe); Cecelia Ahern (P.S. I Love You) & Paulo Coelho (Brida, The Alchemist, etc.) to “preach” us but no such loved name! Even a single of these would have made the day of millions. But regrets of expecting them to be invited!

In all, a big name, but remained bereft of a worthy judgement ……

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PVR Cinemas Udaipur- दर्शकों की जेब पर डाका !!

PVR Udaipur

उदयपुर पी.वी आर. सिनेमा सीधे सीधे स्थानीय लोगों को मूर्ख बनाने का काम कर रहा है. पी.वी.आर. सिनेमा की ओर से वर्तमान में चल रही फिल्मो की सूची के साथ समाचार पत्रों में विज्ञापन द्वारा यह बताया जा रहा है कि दोपहर दो बजे तक “हैप्पी आवर्स” के दौरान टिकटों पर सोमवार से गुरुवार तक  “डिस्काउंट” दिया जा रहा है. यह लगभग पचास प्रतिशत तक है. किन्तु जब टिकट काउंटर पर जायें तो टका सा जवाब मिलता है, “जी, यह सिर्फ पुरानी रिलीज फिल्मो पर लागू है, इसी हफ्ते रिलीज़ हुई फिल्मो पर नहीं.”  जबकि फिलहाल पीवीआर में सिर्फ दो फिल्में अग्निपथ (कुल पंद्रह शो) तथा अंडरवर्ल्ड ( दो शो) ही प्रदर्शित की जा रही है. ज्यादा बात की जाये तो कहते है, आप वहां जाकर अपनी शिकायत दर्ज करवा सकते हैं.

कल “अलर्ट रीडर्स” की तरफ से शिकायत आने पर यूबी सदस्य ने जाकर पड़ताल की तो मामला सही निकला. वहां ” अग्निपथ” फिल्म की टिकट दोपहर बारह बजे बाद रियायती दर पर उपलब्ध नहीं थी. जबकि स्थानीय समाचारपत्रों में अपने विज्ञापन में बिना ” * कंडीशन अप्लाई” के सीधे तौर पर लिखा हुआ है कि सोमवार से गुरुवार दोपहर दो बजे तक रियायती टिकट ही जारी किये जायेंगे. पी.वी.आर के अधिकारियों से जब इसका कारण जानना चाहा तो बताया गया कि ये निर्णय दिल्ली में बैठे आला अधिकारी लेते हैं. जब छपे हुए प्रपत्र में शिकायत दर्ज कर बॉक्स में डालना चाहा तो पाया कि बॉक्स पूरी तरह भरा हुआ था. प्रबंधन की तरफ से उसे खाली करने का कोई इंतज़ाम नहीं पाया गया.

उल्लेखनीय है कि जब पीवीआर ने झीलों के शहर में अपनी स्क्रीन्स ओपन की तो शहरवासियों ने उसका दिल खोलकर स्वागत किया. किन्तु इस प्रकार की शिकायतें कंपनी की छवि को नुक्सान पंहुचा रही है. कंपनी “विज्ञापन में कुछ और तथा सामने कुछ और..” जैसी राह पर निकल चुकी है, जो घातक है. अब जो कालेज स्टुडेंट और मध्यमवर्गी लोग फिल्म देखने आ रहे है, उन्हें महंगी सामान्य दरों पर टिकट खरीदना पड़ रहा है. क्योंकि इतना दूर सेलिब्रेशन माल में जाकर पुनः आना भी एक तरह से जेब के लिए लाभकारी नहीं है.
इस बारे में व्यूअर्स के कमेंट्स सादर आमंत्रित है.

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Personality Workshop for Parents at CPS

On 31st january , Rotary Club Meera organized a special event for CPS school parents under its project “Personality Wave: enhance your inner and Outer self”. An interactive workshop was arranged for the parents at CPS school to prepare them for the day ahead. The theme of the event was “keep yourself healthy and energetic throughout the day“.


Health and nutrition was addressed by Dr. Garima Chaturvedi. Yoga instructor Meera Upadhayay taught the audience some easy to do yogasans at home and at office. Dr. AshutoshPandya informed the audience about common skin problems and also advised them how to keep skin healthy throughout the day.
At the start of the program ,welcome speech was delivered by President Dr. Veena Sandhya. Compeering was done by CPS associate Mrs. Ruchi. There was an interactive session held after the end, and Dr. Veena Sandhya suggested for opening of a health club which jumpstarted with immediate registration of 40 members. Vote of thanks was given by Secretary Mrs Devika Singhvi. CPS school Principal also addressed the audience. The whole event was planned by Joint Secretary Dr. Garima Chaturvedi.

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Pictures and Press Release: Dr. Veena Sandhya

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Tasavvur: A Musical Tribute to Jagjit Singh at Cafe Rocks

DUE TO SOME UNAVOIDABLE CIRCUMSTANCES THE SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED

After a great rocking evening with the Devine Legacy, Café Rocks is up with another event, but this time in totally different mood. The event is named “Tasavvur”, and as the name indicates, it is an evening with the surroundings of Ghazals.

The evening is planned as a musical tribute to Padma Bhushan Late Sh. Jagjit Singh, on 8th Feb 2012 (7 pm onwards), where there will be the aroma of your favourite coffee and recital of the ghazals of Jagjit Singh by Dr. Devendra Hiran, followed by buffet. The entry ticket for the evening costs Rs. 350 only. You can collect your tickets from Café Rocks, situated at 4-A, Ashok Nagar Main Road, Udaipur.

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Sunrise Group Of Institutes Brings you Job Fair 2012

Job fairs are now a days becoming one of the most common method of Entry Level Recruitment and initial Screening. After all such fair offers the corporate recruiter an opportunity to reach to and interview the highest possible number of prospects in the shortest possible amount of time. On the other hand for the students, these career fairs open the gate of opportunity to meet with multiple employers in the same day.

Sunrise Group of Institutes brings you Job Fair 2012. An golden opportunity for you to grab on to the Huge Packages and Delightful Perks offered by some of the Big Guns of the field.

“Our Career fair focuses on opening the gates of opportunity for the job seekers. The Fair is set to be organized on 31 January,2012. The placement package ranges from 2.5 to 5 Lacs per annum.The College and the members of SGI feels huge honor in announcing its first Job Fair in such a short time of its operation.”

– Himanshu Jain (Member SGI)

 

The Job Fair will be addressed by : (Details of the Companies along with the Qualifications required are listed below)

 

  • INTECH SOLUTIONS

Company – Intech Software Solutions, Bangalore

Job Title – Trainee Software Engineer

Job Location – Mumbai /Pune /Indore/Bangalore

Recruitment Process :Aptitude Test,Technical Test,HR interview

Website – www.intechsolutions.co.in

Qualification Criteria :

BE / B Tech / MCA with 60% Aggregate -2011

Discipline like IT / IS / CS (10th & 10+2 with 55% Aggregate)

No backlogs or arrears.

 

  • NIKUNJ

Name: Nikunj Group

HO Address: Sri Joravar Bhavan, 93 M. Karve Road, Marine Lines, Mumbai- 400020

Job Profile (Complete Details): Techno Commercial

Recruitment Process: Written test, Group Discussion, Tech Interview, Personal Interview.

Company website: www.nickunjgroup.com

Qualification: BE (Mech.)

Training Period & Job Location: Six month + Six month, PAN India

Offer letter On The Spot.

 

  • DATA64 TECHNO SOLUTIONS

About : Data64 Techno Solutions Pvt Ltd is an innovative Consulting and Educational organization that develops, evaluates and disseminates programs that foster intellectual development and career enhancement.It is incubated by Science & Technology Park, a STEP promoted by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India.

Qualifications:

BE/B.Tech. (CSE/IT/EC – Batch of 2012)

No existing backlogs

First Division (10, 10+2 & Engineering Consolidated/Average)

 

The list for the Job Fair 2012 also includes companies like:

  • Genpact

  • Wipro

  • Motiff

  • World Web Creative

  • Advaiya

  • Pyrotech

  • Arcgate

  • Vlcc

  • Sew

  • Red Tape

  • Sigma

 

To be a part of this Career Fair : Register Here

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[Pictures] BN Girls College celebrates Mayuri 2012

Mayuri is a 3 day event that is conducted by the B.N.P.G. girls’ college from past 17 years. This is a cultural fest that includes all types of programmes, such as dance, song, fancy dress, fashion, in all western, traditional, filmy, and folk flavors, with the traditional touch. This year the 2012 celebration of Mayuri was commemorated from 27th to 29th January 2012.

Mayuri 2012

The fest was full of cultural activities, and ended with prize distribution at the end of each day. There was the Best Students of BN competition on the last day of the fest. Many dignitaries attended the fest in the span of three days including Mr. Raghuveer Meena, Mrs. Rajni Dangi, Shilendra Dashora (Director, West Zone Cultural Centre), Mrs. Neelima Sukhadia, etc. The last day was attended by the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Mr. Ashok Gehlot, where he praised the works by the BN Educational Sansthan, and emphasized on efforts to make B.N. a separate full fledged University.

Check out the pictures from the 3 day event below.

 

Mayuri 2012

Mayuri 2012

Mayuri 2012

Mayuri 2012

Mayuri 2012

Mayuri 2012

Mayuri 2012

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Guest Article by: Dimpy Chundawat

Photos by: Mujtaba RG

Edited by: Prasun Bannerjee

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Writers from the state felicitated with the Amrit Award in Udaipur

Ashok Gehlot

The Amrit Award ceremony was held in Udaipur yesterday on account of the 55th Foundation day of the Literature Academy (Sahitya Akademy). On this occasion, for the first time in the history of 55 years, the Chief Minister attended the ceremony. Chief Minister Mr. Ashok Gehlot felicitated 13 writers from the state with the Amrit Shri Award. The laureates who were awarded with the Amrit Shri Felicitation were:

  • Bhagwati Prasad Devpura (Nathdawara)
  • Mohanlal Madhukar (Bharatpur)
  • Shri Harsh(Bikaner)
  • Nalini Upadhyay (Jaipur )
  • Murlimanohar Manjul (Jaipur)
  • Abid Adeeb (Udaipur)
  • Jaynarayan Godd(Jaipur)
  • Satyaendra Chaturvedi (Jaipur)
  • Madan Mohan Parihar(Jodhpur)
  • Suresh Mishra (Jaipur)
  • Bhawanilal Bhartiya (Jodhpur)
  • Ranveer Sahay Verma (Jaipur)
  • Brijendra Koshik (Kota)

On this occasion, the cheif minister announced the Jannu Bhai (Janardhan Rai Nagar) award to be given to one writer every year, which will also include the prize amount of Rs. 1 Lakh cash, and the selection of the laureate will be done at the state level by all the 8 Literature Academy.

During the ceremony, Academy president Ved Vyas said that from April the other academies, universities and cultural institutions will campaign together with the cultural renaissance.

The dignitaries present in the ceremony were Dr. B.L. Sharma, Vice Chancellor, Rajasthan University, Prof. I. V. Trivedi, Vice Chancellor, MLSU, Vice Chancellor of Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University Kota Dr. Naresh Dadhich, creative writer Prof. Nand Chaturvedi, MP Raghuveer Meena, Sajjan Katara, and the Rajasthan Sahitya Academy dignitaries including President Ved Vyas.

Rajasthan Sahitya Academy Award

Rajasthan Sahitiya Academy Award

Rajasthan Sahitiya Academy Award

Rajasthan Sahitiya Academy Award

Rajasthan Sahitiya Academy Award

Photographs by: Mujtaba RG

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लो वसंत फिर आ गया..!

दुनिया भर की टेंशन, फेसबुक-ट्विटर पर खुद को खोजते, इतनी सारी व्यस्तताओं और उलझनों के बीच हमारे मन का कोई हिस्सा अपने “होने” के एहसास को बचाने की भरसक कोशिश करता है और हमें बार बार ये एहसास कराता है कि हमारे अन्दर कुछ “अनूठा” अभी भी जिंदा है…मरा नहीं है.. हम अभी भी इतने “मेकेनिकल” नहीं हुए है, जितना हम अपने आप को मान लेते है.. और इन्ही तमाम उलझनों और टेंशनो के बीच हमारे मन ने आज खेतो में उगी पीली फसल
और उदयपुर की सड़कों पर आँखों में घुस रहे छोटे छोटे कीड़े “मोयला” (जिनसे सब डरते है) ने हमें जाता ही दिया है कि लो ऋतुराज बसंत आ ही गया. यूँ भी देखा जाये तो ये ऋतुएं किसी कलेंडर की मोहताज तो होती नहीं… हमारा मन ही इन्हें समझ जाता है… सर्दी किसी बुझती लौ की तरह अपनी तमाम ताकत का एहसास करवा रही है..तो समझ लो वसंत आ रहा है. वैसे एक बात तो है.. सर्दी-गर्मी-वर्षा..ये ऋतुएं हमारा तन समझता है… पर वसंत की अनुभूति हमारे मन तक होती है. आज वसंत पंचमी के दिन हमारे उत्तर भारतीय भाई तो पूरे पीले-केसरिया वस्त्र पहने अलग  ही आभा दे रहे होंगे. वीणा- सितार में राग बसंत गूंज रही होंगी.. सितार की बात आई तो बताते चले..हमारे बंगाली भाई आज माँ सरस्वती की पूजा करते हैं. माँ सरस्वती की कृपा हमें कुछ करने का जज्बा जगाती है. पर आज ज्यादा धार्मिक बातें करने का मन नहीं है सो माँ सरस्वती को यहीं प्रणाम.

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उदयपुर ब्लॉग के कर्ता-धर्ता..सभी परीक्षाओं में व्यस्त है .(माँ सरस्वती की सबसे ज्यादा याद तो इन्हें आ रही होंगी आज.. दो अगरबत्ती ज्यादा जलाने वाले
है..) दिल दिमाग फुर्सत पाना चाहता है. कड़ाके की ठण्ड से थोड़ी निजात मिली है. खिड़की से अन्दर आने वाली धूप अब थोड़ी थोड़ी चुभने लगी है. वसंत, तुम्हारे आते ही मौसम कसमसाने लगा है. सर्दी का मन तो नहीं है जाने का..बार बार लौट लौट कर अपने होने का एहसास करवा रही है.. प्रकृति ने चारो तरफ
पीला-केसरिया रंग उढेल दिया है.. गुनगुनी सर्दी दिल को कुछ ज्यादा ही बैचेन किये दे रही है. मन कह रहा है कि बस कुछ चमत्कार हो जाये और “वो” मेरे पास
हो.. दिल के करीब रहने वाले गीत लबों पर आने को बेताब है. मन अपनी चंचलपना पूरी शिद्दत से दिखा रहा है. मौन हैं..चकित है.. कि इस वसंत का एहसान माने, शुक्रिया अदा करें इसका..कि डांट लगायें.. वसंत का आगमन..बहार को देखकर मन उड़ चला है ..फिर से !

घर-घर चर्चा हो रही फूलों में इस बार लेकर वसंत आ रहा खुशियों का त्योहार बहरहाल मन की इन्ही अनसुलझी परतों के बीच ऋतुराज वसंत महाराज तो आ ही गए है. और ये जब जब आते है तो हमें किसी और ही पुरानी दुनिया में ले जाते है. किताबों का बोझ आज भी उतना ही है. बस जब छोटे थे तो “विद्या” पौधे की पत्ती ज़रूर किताबों में छुपा दिया करते थे. पीली सरसों अब उतनी दिखाई नहीं देती. टेरेस पर लगे पौधे पर ज़रूर गुलाब उग आया है. बड़ा सा… पर उसकी पत्तियों को किताब में सहेजना अब उतना अच्छा नहीं लगता. हवा की हलकी खनक आज भी महसूस होती है. शाम को फतहसागर फिर से जवां लगने लगा है. कुल्हड़ की कॉफी रंग जमा रही है. मौसम अलग सा मिज़ाज जता रहा है. मदहोशी फिर से छाने लगी है. वसंत आज हमें फिर से उकसा रहा है, उन पुराने दिनों को फिर से जीने को. आज जब हम अपने आप ही नाराज़ होने लगे है.. उदास ज्यादा और खुश कम होते है..पहले की मदहोशी और आज की मदहोशी के
मिज़ाज, सुर और परिभाषाएं, सब बदल गए है. तो आज के दिन कुछ अलग ढंग से वसंत के साथ कुछ अलग हटकर करते है.. पुराने दिनों को ताज़ा करते हुए  अलग ढंग से जीते है. आज खुद से नाराज़ न हो. सबसे कटे हुए, अलगाए हुए उदासीन न बैठे.. बस कुछ ऐसा करें कि ये दिन गुज़र न पाए…आज के खास दिन “मेकेनिकल लाइफ” को अलविदा कह दे. जिन चीजों को हम कई दिनों से नज़र-अंदाज़ कर रहे थे, उन्हें आज कर ही डालते है. चलिए इसी अंदाज़ में आज ऋतुराज का अभिनन्दन करें… वसंत मनाएं.. दिल को खूब खूब महकने दे..चहकने दे.. आप सभी को इस मनमोहक आनंदित कर देने वाली वसंत ऋतु
की बहुत बहुत बधाई.
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Indian National Girls Day Celebrated – SAVE THE GIRL CHILD

Rally against Infant Mortality

“SAVE THE GIRL CHILD”                 “SAVE THE GIRL CHILD”                 “SAVE THE GIRL CHILD”

This was the message one could see yesterday morning while moving towards their offices in lanes of Bapu Bazar, Town Hall and Delhi Gate. Some must be thinking or amazed to see the crowd or some must be trying to guess why these people are out  & what was the occasion?? Whereas many people joined in to be the part of the gentle cause without even bothering about the occasion. The hoardings and the banners must clear some of your doubts but the question for what is the incident, remains the same. So let me clear your doubt. It was the occasion of Indian National Girls Day announced in 2009 by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government with the hope to spread the awareness against the sex selection, female infant mortality and abortion of girl child. On the day i.e. 24th January in the year 1966 the most powerful lady in the Indian Politics daughter of Pandit Jawharlal Nehru none other than Indira Gandhi joined in as the first woman Prime Minister of the Republic of India is an anecdote behind selecting the date.

An appeal by the leading newspaper Dainik Bhaskar  and thousands of people, ample of organizations formed the part of the rally which started from Town Hall passing through Bapu Bazar, Delhi Gate summed up at District Collectorate where many organization handovered the letter to Additional District Magistrate (ADM, city) Mr. Mohammad Yaseen Pathan in the name of Chief Minister for the state. People from all walks of life joined and appreciated the cause weather it was MLA Raguveer Singh Meena, Congress Representative Neelima Sukhadiya, Dr. Prashant Agarwal of Narayan Seva Sansthan, Mr. Rahul Agarwal of Pacific Group, Mr. Harish Rajani of Sunrise Group and even Mr. B. L. Shekhawat Unit head of Danik Bhaskar Udaipur. There was a massive support to the rally.

Check out the Pictures of this Activity 🙂

Rally against Infant Mortality

Rally against Infant Mortality

Rally against Infant Mortality

Rally against Infant Mortality

Rally against Infant Mortality

Rally against Infant Mortality

Rally against Infant Mortality