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Monday, October 02, 2006
Thursday, September 28, 2006
2006 Inauguration Pictures
Patron-In Chief Mr Tulsyan, Mrs Priyanka Upendra (chief guest), and the president Mr B K Pal.
(Courtesy: Deccan Herald)Tuesday, September 26, 2006
On Radio City 91 FM
Yeah right, we just featured on the Good Morning Bangalore show today, with Vasanthi in conversation with Himadri Nandi from our pujo (audio/transcript to be added soon on the blog)
PUJO 2006 - WHAT'S IN STORE ?
Heard of such stuff @ any other puja around in Bangalore ?
- AnandaMela - Food festival (& needless to say, stalls everyday)
- Dandia
- Dance-Puppetry-Film
- Pot Painting Competition
- Casual Song Gathering aka “Maddox Square Recreated” (I am waiting to see what this will turn out to be with all the talented and not so talented around ... ;))
And we have the usual fare of Dance Recitals, Bouquet of Songs etc; only performed by some extraordinary groups:
- “Arjaman” (Kolkata)
- “Creations” (Kolkata)
- Debajyoti Ghosh Group
- “Trinoyonee” (Bablu Mukherjee Group)
- Baul Gaan by Raju Das
- and the ever effervescent and energized Youth from Jayamahal !
Check the schedule on the left for details, yeah scroll down ...
If you miss any of these dont blame us that we did not inform you .............
Right from the 27th of September upto the 2nd of October 2006.
Monday, September 18, 2006
Old memories
It's been 10 years this year that I haven't been to the Joymahal pujas.
Something that was a fairly regular part of my life for the roughly first 16 years of my life.
Some wonderful memories associated with the little ground off Nandi Durga road.
Probably the earliest memory I have of the place is getting a prize for a recitation competition. I guess I was four years old. The book - a Moby Book edition of David Copperfield - is still with me.
Mostly, my memories of the pujas in Joymahal involve the great bhogs of the afternoons, and some memorable 'hanging out' in the evenings. I guess that was the only 'hanging out' we guys were allowed to do at the time - and the semi supervised state of relative freedom was utilized to the hilt by many of us.
I agree with my buddy Rick that this pujo is run by some of the nicest people. I don't know about the people having funds , or the place being cramped - but the Joymahal pujos were all I knew during those five great days every year. I don't agree with the space bit, because as far as I can recall, it was the space in the grounds I used to enjoy the most - all the running around and jumping about.
Anyways.....it's fair to say that I'm looking forward to walking down the same roads this year....after ages. Call it nostalgia, but I'm looking forward to it more than I've looked forward to anything else I can recall in the recent past.
Something that was a fairly regular part of my life for the roughly first 16 years of my life.
Some wonderful memories associated with the little ground off Nandi Durga road.
Probably the earliest memory I have of the place is getting a prize for a recitation competition. I guess I was four years old. The book - a Moby Book edition of David Copperfield - is still with me.
Mostly, my memories of the pujas in Joymahal involve the great bhogs of the afternoons, and some memorable 'hanging out' in the evenings. I guess that was the only 'hanging out' we guys were allowed to do at the time - and the semi supervised state of relative freedom was utilized to the hilt by many of us.
I agree with my buddy Rick that this pujo is run by some of the nicest people. I don't know about the people having funds , or the place being cramped - but the Joymahal pujos were all I knew during those five great days every year. I don't agree with the space bit, because as far as I can recall, it was the space in the grounds I used to enjoy the most - all the running around and jumping about.
Anyways.....it's fair to say that I'm looking forward to walking down the same roads this year....after ages. Call it nostalgia, but I'm looking forward to it more than I've looked forward to anything else I can recall in the recent past.
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