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October 23, 2009

Kseniya Simonova - Sand Animation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kseniya_Simonova


From: Peter Griffin
Date: 2009/10/23
Subject: [Griff's Picks] Kseniya Simonova - Sand Animation
To: Griff's Picks <griffspicks@googlegroups.com>


Got this via Nishant Shah who says: "I don't have words for this. I don't think I have seen anything so beautiful, moving and sublime in contemporary art lately. Superlatives are inadequate, so I will just let you experience it instead."

I shall do likewise.

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October 5, 2009

Screening of 'War and Peace', Oct 9, TIFR, Bombay

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If you would like to attend this event, mail Anand Patwardhan at anandpat@gmail.com.

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October 5, 2009

Screening of 'The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela', Oct 22, Bombay

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From: sophie parisse <sophie.parisse@gmail.com>
Date: 2009/10/5
Subject: ciné liberté invite, come & spread the word



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September 27, 2009

The joy of giving away a book every day of the week: Literary Angels Book Giveaway

 

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From: Ahalya Naidu
Date: 2009/9/27
Subject: The joy of giving away a book every day of the week: Literary Angels Book Giveaway
To: ahalya@literaryangels.com


Hi,

Now, here’s how it works.

I have seven books. One for each day of the week, starting from September 27. Every morning I post a question, not a quiz, I just want to hear from you, dear reader. I will choose one person each day (a random choice), and at the end of the week, I parcel the books off to you. The first book giveaway is at http://www.literaryangels.com/archives/88, visit the link, and answer the question there.

I bet you want to know what these books are. I won’t give away the titles, but the books – the books with uncracked spines – are by Mark Twain, Roald Dahl, Leonard Mann, Bill Bryson and two super secret authors. I have chosen these books carefully, they are connected with the art of reading and writing, and are a valuable addition to your library. And they are all entertaining reads.

May I ask for one teeny-weeny favour though? Spread the word. Twitter about the giveaway, write a blog post about it, get your friends to spread the word too and let me know. If you would do me this huge favour (and tell me about it) you stand to win the Super Nice Book At The End Of The Week! Oh, and I promise to have more giveaways. One every month. What do you think?

Here are the rules for my giveaway, courtesy Meethil Momaya, who is also running a book giveaway for JoGW on his wildlife blog Jungle Book.in

Here is the step by step guide:

1. Read the blog post of the day – there will be one for each day start­ing 27 September
2. Reply to the question(s) in the blog post, if any. Or fol­low the instruc­tions at the end of each post
3. If your com­ments don’t show up, don’t panic, they might be held up for moderation.
4. The contest for a book will close at mid­night of each day
6. Win­ner of the pre­vi­ous day will be announced on the fol­low­ing day
7. Title of the book will be kept undis­closed till the end of the week
8. All books will ship 4 Octo­ber onwards
9. Open to res­i­dents of the world
10. A spe­cial gift will be announced at the end of the week

Do This.

1. Use the same email id for all com­ments across the week
2. You may leave behind more than one com­ment each day
3. You may reply to other peo­ples comments
4. You may spread the word (twit­ter, blog, FB wall, etc.) and get your friends to join in
5. Give con­struc­tive criticism

Don’t Do This

1. Do not use mul­ti­ple email ids. Your IP will be monitored
2. Do not use foul lan­guage. You will not win
3. Do not wait till the 11th hour to com­ment, don’t trust tech too much

Why am I doing this? Well, other than it giving me a thrill to be able to give really nice books away to people I haven’t met yet, I am also introducing my baby, Literary Angels, to the world. Since I hope to work with books all my life, I hope I get a lot of readers to like me.

To dig deeper and know why I am really giving away the books, here’s the story:

At the end of a sleepy, leafy lane close to my school was my library. Keith’s Book Shack. I remember everything, everything about it. The dust, the dogs snoozing in the corner, the place where all the Agatha Christies were kept (first row, second shelf from the top), the Perry Masons, and my number – 7497.

That library changed me.

I cannot forget the kindness the old librarian showed me when I had too little money and just one more book that I wanted to borrow. He gave it to me. To keep. I stammered and refused, he smiled and pushed the book towards me. It was a slim volume of Peanuts. I never was a fan of the dog, and I still am not. But, it’s the first book I see when I open my bookshelf. That day, I felt the joy of receiving.

That day has led to this day, twenty years later. You could say that it is a tribute to the kind librarian who once gave me a book.

What goes around, comes around…


Lost in a good book,
Ahalya Naidu
http://www.literaryangels.com/

---

Another Book Giveaway during the Joy of Giving Week

Excerpts from her mail to me are below.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ahalya Naidu


Also, there's another book giveaway running during the Joy of Giving Week. My friend, the wildlife photographer I once told you about, Meethil Momaya, he is also running a free book giveaway. He is also giving away 7 books and a special one for those who spread the word :)

Am pasting his latest question:
http://www.junglebook.in/archives/64

Responsible Tourism

by Meethil on September 28, 2009

Band­hav­garh Tiger Reserve is famous for its tigers. Peo­ple from all over the world come here to see and pho­to­graph the big cat. But Band­hav­garh 1 is burst­ing at the seams – not with tigers but with Maruti Gyp­sies. A case of over­ex­po­sure at its worst. Dur­ing peak tourism sea­son, the jun­gle is as chaotic as a mela. It’s dis­turb­ing for the ani­mals and depress­ing for the trees. Last sea­son, the admin­is­tra­tion restricted the num­ber of cars enter­ing from each of the three gates. The thought behind the action was pri­mar­ily traf­fic con­trol – not for­est health. But all the expo­sure has its ben­e­fit – the national park or its tigers won’t be dis­ap­pear­ing any­time soon.

Abun­dant infor­ma­tion leads to abun­dant tourism, abun­dant tourism leads to abun­dant rev­enue, which leads to abun­dant tourism-related infra­struc­ture (guides, lit­er­a­ture, hotels, restau­rants, etc) which again leads to abun­dant tourism. Vicious circle.

On the other hand, Narara2, a part of Marine National Park3, suf­fers in silence. It is one of the rare places in the world where you can see Corals with­out hav­ing to dive under­wa­ter. Dur­ing my last two vis­its there I saw not one. Muddy deposits have choked them to death. The muddy water is a result of con­struc­tion activ­i­ties car­ried out to lay pipes for a major oil com­pany. Did you know about this place? Then how will you know what is killing it?

Lack of infor­ma­tion leads to lack of tourism, lack of tourism leads to lack of rev­enue, which leads to lack of tourism-related infra­struc­ture (lit­er­a­ture, guides, hotels, restau­rants, etc) which again leads to lack of tourism. Vicious circle.

The onus of respon­si­ble tourism lies on us, the tourist. We should not only ensure that a place is not dam­aged by our vis­its, but, we should also ensure that a place does not die because we do not visit it.

For Your Third Book
Use the com­ments sys­tem to tell me in no more than 150 words, how can we con­vince peo­ple to be respon­si­ble tourists?
  1. Declared National Park in 1982 ↩
  2. 60 km from Jam­na­gar, Gujarat ↩
  3. Also declared in 1982 ↩

Warm regards,
Ahalya

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September 23, 2009

Green Theatre Festival in Udaipur, Sept 29-Oct 2

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--- On Wed, 9/23/09, Manish Jain <shikshantar@yahoo.com> wrote:

dear chandni-
pls share the attached invitation poster on india's first green theatre festival on sept 29-oct 2 in udaipur in your communities. it will feature over 20 performances related to the environment and our lifestyles/relationship with nature. it is being hosted by several local groups and communities. 
Udaipur as a Learning City welcomes you.
best wishes,
manish

Manish Jain
Shikshantar: The Peoples' Institute for Rethinking Education and Development
83 Adinath Nagar, Udaipur, Rajasthan, 313004 INDIA
Tel: 91-294-245-1303
Fax: 91-294-245-1925
Web: www.swaraj.org/shikshantar



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September 19, 2009

Women Entrepreneurs 2009 - Exhibition & Sale, Sept 23-24, Bombay

 

Hi,

If you attend this exhibition, do check out Gramshree's stall.

Gramshree is an Ahmedabad-based NGO that trains women from slums and lower income groups in traditional handicraft production, while providing them with healthcare, a savings mechanism, and an annual supply of food staples.

Gramshree was founded by Manav Sadhna, an NGO that works for the upliftment of poor and needy children.

www.manavsadhna.org

Thanks.

- Chandni

Subject: Invitation for Mumbai Exhibition - Women Entrepreneurs 2009 at Taj President, Cuffe Parade


Dear Participant,

E - invite of Mumbai Exhibition 2009 for your reference. 




 

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September 16, 2009

Inspiring Stories - A MetaGood Project: Looking For Freelancers & Story Ideas

From nirat@metagood.org
Sep 16, 2009

Overview

Inspiring Stories is a MetaGood project (www.metagood.org) which seeks
to unearth stories of inspiring individuals and groups who are doing
work that is making a difference and enabling positive changes in our
society. These stories would be captured through interviews, photo &
video documentaries and would be disseminated over the MetaGood website
& spin-off books.

Themes For Inspiring Stories

Inspiring Stories will run stories aligned to a few themes because this
will allow us to have depth and focus and will also enable us to create
spin-offs such as theme specific books that will be released under
Creative Commons licensing at cost only pricing.

The 7 themes that Inspiring Stories will run (sequentially) are:

1. Inspiring Career Transitions
2. Social Entrepreneurs / Innovators
3. Stories Of Sustainable Business
4. Inspiring People In The Government
5. Stories Of Inspiring Underprivileged
6. Inspiring Students
7. Inspiring Social Change Movements

Theme & Story Formats

Each of the themes will run for 20 stories. Theme 1 will start first and
once we're through with 20 stories in it, we'd move to Theme 2 and so
on. The story length would be between 3,000 & 4,000 words with 5-7
associated images.

We have a freelance program in which we commission stories to interested
writers and pay Rs 10,000 for each story successfully completed.

Creative Commons Licensing

These stories would be put up on the MetaGood website and also other
formats such as books for each theme. We'd be releasing the stories
under a Creative Commons license enabling noncommercial reuse of the
stories by other entities.

Looking For Freelancers & Story Ideas

If you would like to participate either as a freelancer or you know of
someone who would make a great person to feature in one of our stories,
then please reach out to me on nirat@metagood.org or call me on + 91
9899692572.

Thanks
Nirat

Nirat Bhatnagar
Gurgaon

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September 14, 2009

Special Event and Art Exhib for MF Husain, Sept 17-24, Delhi

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Inder Salim
Date: 2009/9/14
Subject: Fwd: HUSAIN AT 94- Saalgirah Mubarak, 11 am, September 17th 2009 at Husain Gallery, Jamia Millia Islamia


SAHMAT
29, Feroze Shah Road,New Delhi-110001
Telephone- 23381276/ 23070787
e-mail-sahmat@ vsnl.com
14.9.2009
FOR HUSAIN AT 94

Saalgirah Mubarak, September 17th 2009

SAHMAT, The Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust, in association with the
Outreach Programme of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi is pleased to
invite you to a special event - FOR HUSAIN AT 94 – celebrating the
94th birthday of artist MF Husain, at the MF Husain Gallery at Jamia
Milia Islamia.

An exhibition of over 100 artworks which have been made as a gift for
Husain by both eminent and emerging artists and art students will open
that morning at 11 am. Through the day, we will screen his movies:
Gajagamini, (2000),  with Madhuri Dixit, Meenaxi: A Tale of Three
Cities, (2004), with Tabu, and Through the Eyes of a Painter, (1966) –
which won the Silver Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival. The
filmmaker and critic K Bikram Singh will deliver a lecture on the work
of Husain based on his large new book on the painter. The Vice
Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, Najeeb Jung, will release the
book, For Husain at 94, which is the tribute gift to Husain from
artists. The evening will end with an Iftar outside the gallery.

This exhibition and book is both a tribute and a celebration of the
work and life of Husain from artists and a reminder to Husain that
inspite of attempts to denigrate his art and his forced exile, the
creative community holds him in the highest regard.

Please do join us.

Programme:

September 17th, 2009, Thursday

Exhibit opens at 11 am.

Gajagamini screens at 11.30 am

Meenaxi screens at 2.30 pm

Through the Eyes of a Painter screens at 4.15 pm

Husain at 94, book release by VC Janab Najeeb Jung at 4.50 pm

Lecture by K Bikram Singh at 5 pm

Iftar at 6.20 pm

The Exhibition runs from September 17th till September 24th, 11 am – 6 pm


List of artists follows:

Ajay Desai, Aji V.N.,Akash Gaur,Alex Mathew,Alexis Kersey,Amitava
Das,Anjolie Ela Menon,Anju Dodiya,Anjum Singh,Archana Hande,Arpana
Caur, Arpita Singh, Arun Kumar H.G.,Ashim Ghosh,Atul Dodiya,Aurogeeta
Das,Bari Kumar,Bharti Kapadia,Bharati Kher,Birendra Pani,Durga
Kainthola,Eleena Banik,Gargi Raina,
Gauri Gill,Gazanfar Zaidi,Gigi Scaria,Gulammohammed Sheikh,Habib
Rahman,Hafeez Ahmed,Haku Shah,Inder Salim,Jehangir Jani,Jitish
Kallat,Joydip Sengupta,Kanchan Chander,Kanishka Prasad,Kaushal
Sonkaria,Kaushik Sengupta,Kavita Nayyar,Kiyomi Talaulicar,M.S. Prakash
Babu,Madhvi Parekh,Manisha Parekh,Manu Parekh,Meera Devidayal,Megha
Joshi,Meher Pestonji,Mira Nair,Mithila Maniketh,Mona Rai,Mukesh
Sharma,Navjot Altaf,Neeta Mohindra,Nida Mahmood & Raoul Chandra,Nilima
Sheikh,Nuzhat Kazmi,Pallav Chander,Paramjit Singh,Parthiv
Shah,Prashant Panjiar & Itu Chaudhuri,Pravat Mishra,Prem
Singh,Priyanka Dua,Pushpamala N.,Raja Jaikrishan,Ram Rahman,Ranbir
Kaleka,Rashmi Kaleka,Rekha Rao,Richard Bartholomew,Saba Hasan,Samit
Das,Samjo Husain,Sandeep Biswas,Satish Panchal,Shamshad,Shobha
Broota,Showket Kathjoo,Subodh Gupta,Sudhir Patwardhan,Sunil
Gupta,Tabassum Zaidi,Tanmay Santra,Tanmaya Tyagi,Vijay Sekhon,Veer
Munshi,Venktesh Desai,Vibha Galhotra,Vijay S.Jodha, Viswanadhan,Vivan
Sundaram

And students of Delhi College of Art and Jamia Millia Islamia Art Department.

http://peripherals.blog.com

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September 14, 2009

Jashan–e–Aman, Festival of Peace, Sept 19-Oct 2, Delhi

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From: Yousuf

Jashan–e–Aman, Festival of Peace
Soch, Samajh, Seekh aur Saamna
(Thought, Understanding, Learning and Facing)

STEP (Standing Together to Enable Peace) cordially invites you to a 2-weeks long festival of peace in Delhi, to be held from September 19th – October 2nd 2009

Inaugural Ceremony 19th September 2009
Please do confirm your Presence

RSVP
paramjeetbernad@gmail.com - 9811084987
Abhishek.jani@gmail.com – 9899111320

Programmes open for public

19th Sept.
VENUE: Nehru Memorial Museum Library, New Delhi
5:30 – 6:00 pm
Curtain Raiser
Video screening: “Unheard Voices of India”
(produced by Saeed Akhtar Mirza, for ActionAid)

6:00 – 6:20 pm
Welcome speech: by STEP member

6:20 – 6:50 pm
Envision Peace (conversation):
Harsh Mander
Syeda Hameed

6:50 – 7:15 pm  Iftar (breaking of fast)

7:30 – 8:15 pm
Recital for Peace Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar

8:30 pm – Session: “The world at My Table” (by invitation)

26th Sept.
Nehru Memorial Museum Library, New Delhi
Time: 4:00 – 5:00 pm
“Us and Them” directed by Katkatha

5:15 – 7:30 pm
Screening of the documentary film: “Khayal Darpan”
Directed by Yousuf Saeed (Auditorium)
In conversation with the director

7: 30 – 9: 45 pm
Music for Peace
Bands from Various NGOs

27th Sept.
Venue: Dwarka Sector 3
Prodyokita Apartment RWA
Time: 11:00 -12:30 pm
Puppet Show: “Us and Them”
Dialogue with: Wasifudin Dagar

Movie Screening “Basant” (by Yousuf Saeed)
Time: 5:00 – 6:30 pm
Workshop: Dialoguing with Diversity – Exploring my Experiences


VENUE NMML
Time: 6:30 – 7:30pm
Play “Reality”
Imagining an Urban Eco-system

1st October
Venue: Lady Shri Ram College
Workshop: Teaching Peace – Educating for 21st Century
Time: 11:30 – 3:00 pm

JASHN Finale
Safdar Hashmi Amphitheatre Jamia Milia Islamia
Time: 7:00 – 9:30 pm
Sufi music performance from Ajmer, Kashmir and Delhi

2nd October
NMML
Time3:00 – 5:00 pm
Workshop: Youth and Peace

5:00 – 6:00 pm
Performance by – Theatre Y

6:00 – 7:00 pm
Panel Youth on Peace -envisioning youth movement for change: IYCN, Pravah, Hulchul and Youth Parliament and NAAM

7:00 – 7:15 pm
Launching STEP website for Change Festival montage
7:15 – 8:00 pm
Being Peace an interactive closing performance by students of Ritinjali Night

Idea behind this peace festival:
21st September is celebrated world over as International Peace Day and the 2nd of October the world pays homage to M.K Gandhi by celebrating International Non-Violence Day. Taking these to dates as our starting point for reflection this year we hope to celebrate the journey for building a peaceful society. Join us as we explore what peace means to us? How we can translate it into our daily lives? What values the society needs to promote to create a culture of peace? Where should one begin to build such a society? Through performing arts, discussions, dialogues and workshop we hope that for 12 day the city can reflect, act and enjoy fostering peace.  If you have any ideas or wish to contribute towards creating this platform for an engaging exploration, do visit us at www.sttep.co.in.

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September 13, 2009

Be the Change - Come Alive Event, Oct 2, Bombay or Pune

 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mansi Shah <shah.mansi.d@gmail.com>
Date: 2009/9/13
Subject: Be the Change - Come Alive Event


 

 

 

COME ALIVE

If given a day to BE JUST YOU…

What would you do? What would you do?

Hike up the mountain or dance like the wind?

Paint the town red or like a song bird would you sing?

Would you smile all day or read all night?

Or would you just be with nature and enjoy the sight?

Would you stop and stare and leave no wishes to spare?

To live that one dream for a day...would you dare?

Would you take the plunge? Would you take that dive?

My special special one …

What is it that makes you come alive?

-Sampada Nayak

 

2nd of October 2009

Commemorating the birth anniversary of the Mahatma

He came alive. A man of strong convictions, he believed in what he did and he helped others believe it too. And thus a nation came alive. And what better way to pay homage to the man than to come alive again? Together, all of us, as a mass, a single nation, a movement of alive people...

The Social Leadership Program of the Akanksha Foundation and Teach for India have arranged a special programme to celebrate the 140th birth anniversary of the Mahatma. A unique morning of doing, of meeting others, of discovering ways to come alive for a cause. Let’s all COME ALIVE!

 

How?

Well to start with, it’s simple.  Just BE YOURSELF. Choose an activity that brings a smile to your face, peace to your heart, ticks your fantasy, and kicks those endorphins!

Do something that the reclusive rebel and the dormant dreamer in you always wanted to do. COME ALIVE!!

Next, team up! Akanksha and Teach for India have arranged for you to do your ‘come alive’ activities with others less privileged who just like you love to paint, sing, play cricket…

And then on October 2 you’ll discover the joy of coming alive with others, you’ll laugh, talk and play with a diverse group of people. You’ll discover.

 

Here is how it works:

1.    By the 25th of September, choose an activity you are passionate about and sign up for the day by mailing Mansi Shah the attached form on slp@akanksha.org, or call her on 9870220888 or 022 23700253/846 ext.27.

2.    You will receive a confirmation email with the name of your group, your facilitator and details of where and when to assemble by September 28, 2009.

3.    Invite activity “experts” to join your group, inform Mansi about them. For example, if you are passionate about art, dance or theatre, an expert dancer, artist or actor. 

4.    Assemble on October 2nd at the specified location in either Mumbai or Pune. The day’s schedule will be explained to you at this time, and you’ll be divided into groups and assigned a facilitator (either an Akanksha student or staff member, or a Teach for India Fellow or staff member, or both). The morning will start with a reflection on giving, and getting the groups to think creatively about the activities they are going to do.

5.    Leave with your group and go to the site recommended to you. You may need to take a train or bus to reach your site. Stay with your group.

6.    Spend the next few hours doing what excites you. Step out of your comfort zone, and interact with people you don’t usually spend time with. Have fun and make it a meaningful experience for everyone.

7.    End with an hour-long reflection led by your group facilitator.

PS: There are no planned activities...The groups have to get together on 2nd of October and decide what they want to do...We will not be providing any materials, if you need any, you would need to arrange for them. Please spread the word.

 

How are our leaders at SLP coming alive???

“Playing with colors..That what makes me come alive”

– Shirajul

“We want to sing to our hearts content and come alive”

– Naheeda & Sangeeta

“Football...Playing football especially in the rain...that should make me come alive”

- Dheeraj

“Getting lost in my favorite book..I will come alive “

 -Subhangi

 

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive” – Howard Thurman

 

 

 


Aspire. Achieve. Be the Change.

Voltas House C, TB Kadam Marg, Chinchpokli, Mumbai 33 Tel: 23700253
To donate, contact: fundraise@akanksha.org
To volunteer, to teach or pursue a career at Akanksha, contact: hr@akanksha.org
To find out more, contact: admin@akanksha.org

www.akanksha.org


 

 

 

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