Society Scenes 8212; Pune

Cultural PrescriptionThe Cancer Patients Aid Association CPAA will be organising a cultural programme for children afflicted with leuke...

Cultural Prescription
The Cancer Patients Aid Association CPAA will be organising a cultural programme for children afflicted with leukemia on Saturday, July 25. The programme will be held at Dr Mrs Erin N Nagarwala High School, Kalyani Nagar at 4.30 pm. The CPAA8217;s play group for children has been active for one year working with the staff of the Inlaks Budhrani hospital. The programme will include a number of musical and dance programmes by Shefali Lahoti8217;s dance group, a play in Marathi by the Maharashtra Cultural Centre and a fancy dress competition by the kids admitted at the hospital. So those interested can call up Dolly Rizvi, director of the Pune chapter of CPAA at 680066/ 682224 for further details.

Kudos to Kirti
A pune girl does us proud once again. But then they are known to do so every now and then. Kirti Pandhe, a senior systems analyst with Fujitsu USA Incorporated, won the Fujitsu President8217;s award for the best performance in the International Information Systems competition held by Fujitsu Incorporated every year. She was given the award last month on the occasion of Fujitsu Day. A product of Rosary School and Apte College, Pune, she took her degree in Computer technology from the Pune Institute of Computer Technology.

Free treatment
The Innerwheel Club of Pune Central organised a free camp for the ortho-handicapped kids on Sunday, July 12 in association with the Inlaks Budhrani hospital. Eight doctors from the hospital examined the patients, with 70 children being registered for the camp. Of them 23 kids were recommended for corrective surgery. The club will organise a free cataract operation camp on Sunday July 26 in association with Ruby Hall.

Silent road to nirvana
July 10 holds great significance for the followers of Meher Baba because it was on this day, 73 years ago, that Baba decided to take to silence. Although the silence was for a year he continued with his silence for the rest of his life, till January 31, 1969. His followers observed complete silence, midnight of July 9 to midnight July 10, followed by a video satsang that commemorated the event. It was a unique satsang where the only discourse was one of complete silence. That in itself is a notable event. So silence is not only golden, but also a path to attain nirvana.

Riverside8217;s change of guard
The Rotary Club of Pune Riverside saw a change of guard as Rohit Jerajani was appointed the president of the club for the year 1998-99. He was installed as the president of the club at the hands of Dr L R Bhojwani at a function at Holiday Inn. The other important appointees were Riaz Zubairy as the vice president, Sanjay Merchant as honorary secretary and Vipin Shah as the honorary treasurer. Riaz Zubairy was also honored with the Outstanding Rotarian of the Year award. A fashion show was also organised during the installation ceremony.

Cooperative credit meet
The 35th Annual General Body meeting of the Pune Cooperative Credit Society will be held on Sunday, July 19 at 10.30 am at the City Church Parish centre. All members are invited to attend the meeting.

Mobile meetings
The Arya Samaj is going mobile with the intention of reaching to people all over the city. In its latest effort, the Samaj will be holding a meeting at 12/9, Riverside Estate near Narangi Baug, Boat Club Road, on Saturday, July 18 from 4 to 7 pm.

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Carnatic melody
Carnatic music enthusiasts can look forward to a programme of Carnatic vocal concert organised by The Poona Sangeetha Sabha. The performance is by D S Srivathsa and group on July 19 at Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan School hall, Off Senapati Bapat road at 6.00 pm.