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In remembranceThe birth anniversary of celebrated flautist, Pt Pannalal Ghosh, was celebrated at the Bharat Natya Mandir recently. This w...

In remembrance
The birth anniversary of celebrated flautist, Pt Pannalal Ghosh, was celebrated at the Bharat Natya Mandir recently. This was the ninth consecutive year when the anniversary was celebrated by Amulya Jyoti, an organisation founded by the late flautist. The function opened with a flute recital by Anirudha Abhyankar followed by a vocal recital by Shaunal Abhisheki. The highlight of the evening was a duet on the flute and harmonium by Pt Appa Jalgaonkar and Pt Keshav Ginde.

Welcoming shravan
Ladies, all dressed in green, assembled at Officers Institute amidst the lush green campus of CME to welcome the onset of shravan. Every thing from decoration to drinks were in different shades of green. The host 102 Engineers Regiment and 80 EODE, under the aegis of Bina Bhatt, practiced hard to make the event a success. The meet began at 10.30 am on arrival of the first lady of CME, Situ Puri, who was also the chief guest for the day. The function began with the solo song on shravan. As it is said, 8220;work and play go together,8221; the ladies were taught four mocktails like Grasshopper, Virgin Mary, Pussy Foot and Fruit Punch were shown. This was followed by a dance by the host ladies dressed in black jeans and yellow T-shirts. The audience was also involved in the contests 8211; Shravan Queen and Bijali Rani. Rajni Huda and Ela Bijal won the titles.

A voluminous gift
The Inner wheel club of Pune Riverside donated note books to five municipal schools of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Vidyalaya on Dhole Patil road. Almost 1,500 books were distributed to the needy kids of the municipal schools by the members on July 16 and 18. The theme adopted by the club for this year is Communicate and Educate8217; and under its aegis the Inner Wheel club will be conducting other ventures.

Topper felicitated
Zarine Ansari, the SSC topper this year, was felicitated by The Muslim Welfare Education Society, Pune Camp on Sunday, July 26. She was presented with a shield. The chief guest H M Sheikh, principal of Ness Wadia, presented the trophy to Zarine.

Anti-war films screened
Concerned about the nuclear tests conducted in the sub-continent, the University Working women8217;s Association UWA arranged for the screening of two films on July 29. The first one, The War Games, an old BBC film couldn8217;t have been more timely and thought provoking. The film explores the aftermath of a nuclear attack on Britain as the Russians launch a full-fledged attack.

The film was followed by the brilliant Dr Strangelove8230; or how I learnt to stop worrying and start loving the bomb. Considered as one of director Stanley Kubrick8217;s best works, it takes a number of pot-shots at the nuclear deterrence at the height of the cold war. With the ladies taking a stand, here8217;s hoping that the politicians on both sides of the border don8217;t mess things up.

Getting technology savvy
Students and faculty of the Dr Kalmadi Shamarao High School got together to honour Kenneth Keniston, professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT for human development and director of projects. He initiated the India Technology Education Programme ITEP which has active participation from visiting American students. The project aims to teach internet protocol and also create a website for the school. The school8217;s computer department, headed by Sucheta Deshpande, has achieved a number of accolades in the recent past. The school topped a software programming contest held by the Computer Society of India and one of the students won the silver medal in the elementary grade exam held by C-DAC.

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Honouring Dada
The Rotary Club of Pune Cantonment was installed on Monday, July 20 at the Holiday Inn. With Dada J P Vaswani speaking at the occasion, it was an eager crowd that participated in the installation ceremony. Dada Vaswani spoke on the benefits of positive thinking and exhorted everybody to follow a positive life. With his 80th birthday coming up, people all over the city are gearing up for a great bash. Dada Vaswani, a great lover of kids, organised the Dada Mela8217; earlier in the week where Jack and Jill Bellani8217;s lovable six and a half feet tall dinosaur Marney also took part. Here8217;s hoping for more.

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