Citygritty 8212; Pune

Young careThe young are not as uncaring and self-centred as they may sometimes seem when they get obsessed with their looks, their clothe...

Young care
The young are not as uncaring and self-centred as they may sometimes seem when they get obsessed with their looks, their clothes and so on. But on July 24, members of the Express Youth Forum showed that they had more to them than just youth. These young people headed by Anjali Gunaga, Jyoti Ghugle, Amit Pingale and others organised an entertainment program for the members of the Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre at Khadki. The dance program which had a fusion of Indian and Western dance enthralled the disabled soldiers and antakshari where the patients 68, at present of the home also participated. The event brought some cheer and helped forge a bond.

EYF also donated 125 books, magazines and novels that these men could read in their spare time otherwise, their workshop manufactures electronic parts. The programme ended on the musical notes of the EYF orchestra and a promise to make this new relationship a permanent one. The Kargil conflict has spawned a whole host of fund-raising events. Operation Vijay, an art exhibition organised by the Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalay and the Babu Genu Trust at the Balgandharva Kaladalan is one such event. On display are colourful abstracts, still life, portraits and landscape paintings.

Kargil on their mind
The Kargil conflict has obviously left its imprint on the artistic consciousness, for, interspersed with the other subjects of paintings, one finds images of war. A soldier playing on the harmonica, the muzzle of a tank through the mist, a rangoli portrait of a soldier 8211; all are part of the creative expressions on display.The exhibition which started on July 22 will be on till Wednesday.

China fare After a delicious Thai Food Festival, Sagar Plaza is now going to tickle your taste buds with a Chinese Food Festival starting July 28 to August 1. Chef Wong is going to churn some special Chinese dishes using special ingredients to give a typical Chinese flavour to the cuisine.

Sagar Plaza plans to theme up their festival with the Chinese Kite Festival, and plans to put up a 25-feet kite and lanterns all the way as part of ambience. The food festival will be on from 7 p.m. onwards on week days and on Saturday, July 31 and Sunday, August 1, lunch will also be served between noon and 3 p.m.

Urdu poetry at the Commune
A lyrical mood prevailed at the Gautama the Buddha auditorium on July 25. As part of the five-day annual Osho Full Moon festival a Kavi sammelan of Urdu poets was organised. The programme began with Shama Singh Saba who was followed by Anjum Rahbar and her husband Rahat Indauri. Tufail Chaturvedi offered a poetic tribute to Osho who he recalled had quoted one of Chaturvedi8217;s poems in one of his books in Hindi. The five-day celebration will include an Odissi dance recital by Bijayini Satpathy and a performance by Punjab da puttar Jasbir Jassi.