COOKING SWAPSHOP
02 Thu 10.15
A.M
Sheetal Parakh’s Residence
6 Tarapore Avenue, Harrington Road
(First left turn from the service road
along the
subway) Chetpet,
Chennai 600 031
Chennai 600 031
From the Garden to your Plate…
Eating doesn’t get any more local than your
own backyard. Whether it’s for the love of gardening, love of the
freshest produce, or economic thrift, more of us are looking to our yards as not
only a source of beauty but as an important source of food.
Shefalii Dadabhoy, a
true foodie and passionate home cook, is going to share her experience of creating an
organic, edible garden. She understands the benefits of eating healthy
and grows her own greens on her terrace. Her many travels around the
world and her evolved palate make her cooking style very international,
bringing variety of flavor combinations to the table.
She is going to demonstrate making
delicious salads fresh from the garden along with interesting dressings to
compliment them. She will also give us tips on which food combinations work best
and how to get the most from
our garden!
BOOK DISCUSSION
07 Tue 04.00 P.M
The Folly, Amethyst
Whites Road
Next to Corporation Bank
Royapettah, Chennai 600 014
Material Memorabilia!
Despite being born into a family affected
by the Divide, Aanchal Malhotra had thought little about the Partition –
until she encountered objects that had once belonged
to her ancestors in an Undivided India. A gaz, a ghara, a maang-tikka,
a pocketknife, a peacock-shaped bracelet and a set of
kitchen utensils: these were what accompanied her great-grandparents as they
fled their homes and through them she learnt of their migration
and life before the Divide. This led her to search for the belongings
of other migrants to discover the stories hidden in them. That speak of
their owners’ pasts and emerge as testaments to the struggle,
sacrifice, pain and belonging at an unparalleled moment in history.
Written as a crossover between history and anthropology,
‘Remnants of a Separation’ tells
stories from both sides
of the border and is the product of years of painstaking
and passionate research. Join us in conversation with the
author herself as she shares her journey with us.
Aanchal Malhotra is an artist and oral
historian working with memory and material culture. She is the co-founder
of the Museum of Material Memory, a digital repository of
material culture from the Indian subcontinent, tracing family
histories and social ethnography through heirlooms, collectibles and objects
of antiquity. She currently lives in New Delhi and this is her first
book.
MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS
9 Thu 04.00 P.M
K M College of Music and Technology
19, Vinayagapuram, 2nd Street
MMDA Colony, Arumbakkam, Chennai 600 104
(Landmark - take the first left, a narrow
street after the
Arumbakkam metro station)Music & Performing Arts
A Spiritual Musical Journey!
KM College of Music and Technology was
set up by the Legendary A R Rahman with the aim of bringing up a whole generation of outstanding musicians. It
also houses their philanthrophic initiative called the ‘Sunshine
Orchestra’. It is making a positive impact in society as those chosen
for the training are from the under privileged section of society.
Dr Adam Greig and Dr Jyoti Nair, the academic co-ordinators,will take us around the school , giving us
a brief account of training that goes on there. At the Auditorium, the
students will mesmerize us with a variety program of Sufi Qawwali, Russian
Piano which is a combination of unusual warmth of sound and
dazzling technique and a capsule of Hindustani Classical and
Western Music .
CURRENT EVENTS
14 Tue 04.00 PM
At Surekha Kothari’s Residence
‘The Art’, T3, 5th Floor
28 &29. Kothari Road (off Sterling
Road)
Nungambakkam,
Chennai 600 034
To be a CEO someday…
Today we celebrate Children’s day! So it is
fitting that our high-achieving, ambitious, aerospace engineering student is
a young lady of 19! Anannya Parekh founded
the Inner Goddess Academy at
the age of 17! She leads a team of 25 young people who
work towards enriching young women with skills thus enabling them
to be at the forefront of leadership.
Besides public speaking and strategic
thinking, she is a Kathak dancer,having given over 50 stage shows. She is an
educator at Unacademy –India’s largest free online learning
platform.With these skills and achievements, it is
no wonder that Anannya was chosen to be the India representative at
the (G)irls G20 Summit 2017 in Germany where there was 1 female delegate
from each of the G20 nations. Business savvy and driven, Anannya’s
ambition is to be CEO someday. She takes us through her journey, her
experiences at the G20 summit, her goals and the lessons she has learnt on the way.
ARTS & HANDICRAFTS
16 Thu 10.15
A.M
Forum Art Gallery
57, 5th Padmanabha Street
Adyar, Chennai 600 020
Funtooning!!!!
Do you have what it takes to become a
cartoonist?
In this short morning session, Biswajit Balasubramanian,
with 15 years experience in cartoon drawing and
conducting numerous workshops, will lead you to understand and unearth your
hidden cartooning skills through drawing games, speed drawing, and
storytelling exercises. He will also highlight the basic foundations of the
creative process from idea development to the finished cartoon.
And who knows…. at the end of the session,
you may have even created a comic book!
Participants are requested to bring a drawing
pad, black pen,pencil and eraser.
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PHILOSOHY & RELIGION/COOKING SWAPSHOP
23 Thu 11.00 AM
G N Chetty Road
T. Nagar, Chennai 600 017
Gurdwara, the Sikh temple
‘Perhaps
this sense of unity is the source of power I find in these volumes.
They speak
to persons of any religion or of none. They speak for the
human heart
and the searching mind.’- Mrs. Pearl S Buck Nobel Laureate on the English
version of the Guru Granth
Sahib
You would have often seen men in uniform,
or people in your work place or fellow travellers wearing a Turban on
their head, it is part of the five K’s that are not just symbols, but articles of
faith that collectively form the external identity and the Khalsa
devotee’s commitment to the Sikh Rehni (Sikh way of life).
To understand these concepts further we
will visit the Gurdwara (abode of the Divine) and see what makes this community
strong and vibrant. We will also experience a daily prayer
service and share the experience of a Langar (temple community lunch).
The temple requires everyone to be seated on
the floor in the Darbar Sahib (main prayer hall), however if
you are unable to do so, we will make alternate seating
available for you.t is mandatory for everyone to cover their
heads inside a Gurdwara, so kindly bring a headscarf or
dupatta for the same.
Please call Sheetal Parakh on 9840027222 /
Ritu Sahi on 9382881478 for directions.
MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS
28 Tue 04.00 P.M
E-Hotel
Express Avenue Mall
Gate 1, Patullos Road
Royapettah, Chennai 600 002
Mali - The pop star!
Mali aka Maalavika Manoj is a Mumbai based singer and songwriter,whose tunes capture the authenticity of
classic Pop from the 1970s- 90s.Her debut ‘E P Rush’ embraces the kind of warm, raw, analog
sounds that are rarely heard in contemporary pop
today.
A storyteller as much as a musician, Mali’s
songs are inspired by people,those who are close to her and those she
encountered along the way.‘Dreamimg’ is a song about going through
school life with ADHD,‘Changed Situations’ is about making and
losing a friend and ‘Poor Girl’s Dream’ is about being the new kid on block
in a big city like Mumbai.
She is also a playback singer for Tamil
films, with contributions to soundtracks such Haris Jayaraj’s ‘Iru
Mugan’ and Anirudh Ravichander’s ‘Vivegam’ and ‘Onnume Aagale’.Mali is the talented grand daughter of our
member Beena Ram Mohan.
ODISHA -THE LAND DIVINE
Sprinkled with architecturally celebrated temples, consecrated
shrines and regal monuments, Odisha is among India’s hidden cultural
treasures.
Bhubaneswar, the city of temples beckons through
the brilliance and magnetism of ancient Kalinga age temples.The Jagannath Temple dominates the landscape around Puri
and is famous for its annual RathYatra; the beach here conjures beautiful views of the sunrise
and the shallow water allows walking up to a very large distance. Konark
- Sun Temple, now a UNESCO heritage site, is an architectural marvel.
Come, unravel the hidden!
Friday, 2nd February 2018 – Arrive in
Bhubaneswar for an overnight stay.On your arrival at the Biju Patnaik airport check into your hotel
and relax.Later, venture on a private guided tour of Lingaraj
Temple dedicated
to Lord Harihara, a combination of Shiva & Vishnu and whose
sprawling complex comprises of 64 smaller shrines followed by a visit to the
small and compact Mukteshwar Temple renowned for its imposing ceiling
that is adorned with an eight petal lotus in the porch and with sculptures
& images of figures of ascetics & yogis in different meditation
poses.
Saturday, 3rd February 2018 –
Bhubaneswar to Puri - Following breakfast, check out and be taken on a guided tour of the cave
complex of Udayagiri and Khandagiri dating back to 2nd century BC and
once the home of Jain ascetics, complete with paintings and
illustrations. Later make a stop at Dhauli which was the battlefield of the
Kalinga War and has a grand peace pagoda.
Reach Puri by road (around 60kms) where on arrival by the
afternoon,check into the hotel and relax. Later, be taken on a cycle
rickshaw tour around Puri allowing you to take in its rich
heritage in a relaxed and personalized manner.
The rickshaw tour is an award winning initiative by a local
volunteer group to revive this non polluting mode of transport besides ensuring
economy for the rickshaw pullers whose livelihood was once at stake. Over
the close to three hour guided tour, cover some of the city’s prime
sights including the 12th century built Jagannath Temple, the tallest temple in the state standing at 65m high crowned by the wheel of
Vishnu and a flag. The temple complex also comprises of 30 smaller
shrines besides the 16 pillared Nata Mandir (Dance Hall) and Bhoga Mandir
(Hall of offerings). The tour will also cover Shankara and Haridas Math, Gambhira where the spiritual teacher Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
lived anda few other holy tanks.
Sunday, 4th February 2018 - Puri –
Konark - Puri After
breakfast,be taken to visit the heritage site of Konark
(around 32 kms) along the Puri-Konark marine drive featured amongst the top 50 roads to
traverse in India. Once at Konark, visit the 13th century built Sun
Temple admiring the intricate carvings on its walls.
Return to Puri by the afternoon and relax.
Next, go on a visit to the artistic village of Raghurajpur (around 14kms from Puri) renowned for Pattachitra
which is a traditional form of painting and other crafts such as palm leaf inscriptions, stone
and wood carvings, paper mache, mural painting, wooden and cow dung toys,appliqué and terracotta works.You will also be treated to an exclusive Gotipua
dance performance in the adjacent Gurukul Academy executed by a group of boys who perform acrobatic figures inspired by the life of Radha and Krishna.
Monday, 5th February 2018 – Puri –
Chilka – Puri Depart
to Satpada (around 50 kms from Puri) to embark
on a close to a 3 hour boat ride on the Chilka
Lake to watch
dolphins including
stops at the island of Kalijai housing a temple of Mother Kali and
passing by the island of Nalabana declared a restricted bird sanctuary
famous for
migratory birds such as flamingos, herons and storks.
Return to Puri by late afternoon and spend the evening at leisure.
Tuesday, 6th February 2018 – Puri -
Pipli - Bhubaneswar
Following breakfast, check out and be transferred to Bhubaneswar
with an en route stop at the village of Pipli
famous for its appliqué art work flaunted across the several shops sellin g appliquéd handbags, bed
sheets, wall hangings, purses and canopies.
Arrive at Bhubaneswar in time to board your return flight home.
Departure : 2nd February 2018 from
Chennai
Arrival : 6th Febraury 2018
Cost : Approximately Rs 58,000/-
Last day to warn in – 30th November
2017
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