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Festival of coloursIt is said all evils came to an end on Holi when Prahlad, the son of King Harshavardhan, came out of the burning flame...

Festival of colours
It is said all evils came to an end on Holi when Prahlad, the son of King Harshavardhan, came out of the burning flames from the lap of Holika. Holika had a blessing that fire cannot destroy her. Prahlad was a worshiper of Lord Vishnu but his father believed that he is the Almighty, so he asked his sister Holika to kill Prahlad.

Holi was burned a day prior to the colour festival at many places in the city. There was great fun and excitement seen in Ganga Retreat where Euphoria performed live and kept the scene alive with catchy numbers. Special arrangements were made for a colourful rain dance. The CME campus saw a lot of life as people actively celebrated Holi. All the officers got together with their families at the Officers’ Institute where special arrangements were made for entertainment, dance, food, water and colours.

The Anandamayee Ashram celebrated Holi with great fervour on March 2. Akhand Nam Kirtan was performed throughout the day along with Chaitanya Mahaprabhu puja. In the evening mahaprasad was distributed to the devotees.

Woman power
Pune’s women-based organisation, Swayamsiddha, is holding a one-day workshop on women and family law. The main aim of the workshop will be to critically assess how far laws have fulfilled the expectations of women based on the practical experiences of women groups working in this field. Other areas of discussion will be domestic violence, the positive and negative aspects of family courts, divorce, custody and maintenance and the Dowry Prohibition Act and Rape laws. The workshop will begin at 9.00 am at the Medical Hall, Students Welfare Association, F C Road.

A tribute to Mukesh
A marathi book on the yesteryear playback legend, Mukesh, is being compiled by Mendjogi. The book aims to cover both, the personal and professional, aspects of his life. Therefore, the compiler has requested citizens to send in their contributions pertaining to the late singer’s life. The contributions could include photographs, write-ups of personal memories, rare cassettes, video cassettes and any other special information. These can be sent to Shraddharaj Park, opposite Zunjar Mandal, Tanajinagar, Chinchwad Gaon. The author can also be contacted at phone 785741 between 6.00 pm and 8.00 pm.

A noble gesture
The Lions Club of Poona Erandvane presented the Late Shri Mama Sahib Mohol Primary School with plastic models of the human anatomy recently. This school has been adopted by the club as its permanent project to extend various help on a time-bound basis. In the last couple of years, the club has helped the school by donating books, rain gear, a public address system and drinking water facility.

Calling parents
The Innerwheel Club of Pune Riverside, in association with CARE programme, has organised a two-hour workshop for parents of children aged between five and 12. This workshop (talk and slide show), to be held at 10.30 am on March 12 at C-6 Brahma Paradise, Mangaldas Road, will cover topics like – Making learning fun, parents as teachers, helping children manage time, methods of teaching. Details can be had over phone on 623722.

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The club had also organised a hepatitis B camp on February 28 at Dr Gulshan Thukral’s clinic, San Mahu Complex where around 80 people were immunised. The next camp will be held on March 20.

Sindhi writer felicitated
The Maharashtra Rajya Sindhi Sahitya Academy has selected Pune-based Sindhi writer, Rita Shahani for their Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 1998. A cash prize of Rs 10,000 and a trophy was awarded to her at a special function held at Deshpande Hall, Nagpur on February 26 at the hands of the state cultural and education minister Anil Deshmukh.

Celebration time
The fourth anniversary of the Pimpri Chinchwad Bunts Sangha was recently celebrated at the PCMC auditorium in Chinchwad. Sudhakar Hegde, a noted hotelier from Mumbai, was the chief guest. Sanjiva K Shetty, head of department K J Somaiya College, Mumbai, was the guest of honour. Sunita M Shetty was felicitated by the Sangha on the occasion for her immense contribution to the Kannada language winning the Rana Abbakka award instituted by the government of Karnataka.