Metamorphosis 2008: Montessori Event

The Indian Montessori Association, in association with Indian Institute for Montessori Studies has been conducting the ‘Montessori Mela’ during the month of February every year, under the name ‘Metamorphosis’. Over the years this event has generated a lot of response from Montessorians and public alike. As per the request of public, we have decided to dedicate Metamorphosis 2008 to bring the program for primary age group to public notice.

The Association is setting up a working primary class room to bring clarity to the idea of Montessori and to give those interested a glimpse into the way the program works. Children from various schools will take turns to work there. There will also an exhibition of a preprimary class, with trained teachers to explain the usage of materials. Events will be staged from time to time by children of different schools throughout the day.

At the exhibition, the changes in the child at each stage of development, his needs, his tasks and the approach to educate him will be portrayed in the stall of Indian Institute of Montessori Studies. The trainee teachers of the Institute will explain activities of the children to the visitors. There will also be a panel of experienced Montessorians from both preprimary and primary to answer questions of the public. Stalls of manufacturers of materials, publishers of books and information regarding schools will also be available.

We propose to release our magazine to coincide with the occasion. It will contain articles on the Montessori method as a whole and a directory of Montessori schools and material manufacturers.
The program details are :
Inaguration by Mrs. Pramila Nesargi
(Women’s commission Chairperson)
Release of Magazine, “Child and You” by
Mr. C V Thirumala Rao, Rtd. Director of Public Instructions
A working MontessoriPrimary environment
(6 - 9 years old)
Exhibition of Pre-primary materials
Stage events by various primary and pre-primary Montessori school children

Date : 3-Feb-2008 (Sunday)
Time : 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Venue : Rotary House of Friendship, Lavelle Road, (Next to Hotel Regalis), Bangalore

Organized by: Indian Montessori Association (IMA) & Indian Institute for Montessori studies (IIMS)
For more details, contact: +91-80-22484416

Add comment January 31st, 2008

Upcoming events at The Smriti Nandan Cultural Centre

Friday, 01-Feb-2008 at 6.30 pm – “Rasa Yatra” – An Evening of Portrayal of various Rasas in different Ragas concept of Indian Classical Music by Lalita Ubhayaker and vocal recital by Purnima Kulkarni, Bharati Pratap and Meghana Kulkarni and Compere by Tara Kini. Accompaniment on Harmonium by Vyasamurti Katti and Tabla by Udayraj Karpur.

RASA YATRA is a journey through the essence of Ragas to create an experience of how different Ragas portray different moods. Does a Raga lend itself to one particular emotion or is it possible to convey a range of emotions within the magic of a single Raga framework? Join us on this exploratory journey and find out for yourself.

Every Monday - Satsang programme - “Hour of God” - 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm. (04-Feb-2008, 11-Feb-2008, 18-Feb-2008 & 25-Feb-2008)

Every Second Wednesday - 13-Feb-2008 at 6.30 pm - Literary Evening
“Via Media” - How information filtered through the media influences our perceptions followed by a discussion on the importance of content.

Wednesday, 20-Feb-2008 at 6.30 pm – “Sarod Recital” by Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta accompanied on Tabla by Pt. Ravindra Yavgal.

Buddhadev Das Gupta is the senior most exponent of one of the most authentic sarod gharanas today. He is a true genius with numerous achievements and one of the best known cultural ambassadors of our country.

His unique musical personality that has shaped a distinctive style, completely his own. A deep understanding of the raga, a rare accuracy of the swaras, a superb balance between a gayaki and tantrakari, together with powerful bol patterns and fluent ekhara taans, of which he has been a pioneer, mark his music. Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta’s style represents a modern synthesis of the rebabiya and beenkar styles. A hallmark of Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta is his architectural formal organization.

At present, he is attached to the ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata, as member of its Experts Committee. He is also the Guru of the newly formed instrumental division, which imparts advanced training on the sitar and sarod.

Thursday, 21-Feb-2008 – Purnima Satsang programme at 4.30 pm. Discourse by Sri. B.K. Sridhar on “Mahima of Srichakra” and chanting of slokas from Soundarya Lahari by Smt. Sujaya Nagabhushan.

R.S.V.P for all events - 22258091 / 65979732.

Do let me know in case you have any queries or clarifications on the same.

Archisman Panigrahi
For Smriti Nandan Cultural Centre,
#15/3, Palace Road,
Bangalore 560 052
www.smritinandan.org
Ph:91-80-2225-8091
91-80-6597-9732

Add comment January 23rd, 2008

Flickers-2008 seminar on Cinema and Television

This is to invite you to ‘Flickers 2008′, the seminar on Cinema and Television, on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 , between 9 am and 4 pm, at Sathya Sai Samskrutha Sadanam, Bangalore.

The seminar, organised by Commits, as part of its regular academia-industry interface, will have leading filmmakers Shimit Amin (director, Chak De! India), Anurag Kashyap (director, No Smoking), Rohit Vaid (producer of upcoming musical on NDTV, Say Shava Shava), Gaurav Momaya (Asst director, Dhamaal), Prema Sridevi (Bureau Chief-Kerala, Times Now) Faye D’Souza (Principal Correspondent, CNBC) and Deep Pal (Principal Correspondent and Anchor, CNBC-Awaaz) interacting with the students through the day.

The ticket has been priced at Rs.200 , which includes lunch at the venue, and a certificate of attendance. For every 10 tickets bought, a discount of 10% on the total ticket value will be offered. You can find out more about purchasing tickets by calling 91-80-2553 0923/4111 4010.

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CONVERGENCE INSTITUTE OF MEDIA, MANAGEMENT & IT STUDIES
#7, IV MAIN, TAVAREKERE MAIN ROAD, OPP S & S EXPORTS
BANGALORE 560029, KARNATAKA, INDIA
Tel: 91-80-2553 0923/4111 4010
URL: www.commitsindia.com, Email: commits@gmail.com

2 comments December 20th, 2007

Citizen’s protest through the arts against atrocities in Nandigram

Citizen’s protest through the arts against atrocities in Nandigram
Date: Sunday, 18/11/’07
Time: 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Place: Gandhi Statue, in front of the cricket stadium;
and pavement in front of Cauvery Emporium

Our means of protest will be through songs, poetry, street plays, live arts, performances, installations, etc
the schedule so far:
2:00 PM - congregation in front of Gandhi statue
3:00 PM - Mayaavan theatre troupe presents a street play on Nandigram in front of Cauvery Emporium
4:00 PM - performance - ‘Otherness of the Body’ by Parnab Mukhejee, In front of the Gandhi statue.
Six PM onwards, candle-lit vigil with performances of songs and poetry in front of the Gandhi statue.
Other events will be updated as and when we finalize them on the blog.

All through, there will be continuous performances at both venues.
If you’d like to take an active role, by putting up performances/street art/installation/collaborative happenings (poetry-art-movement-performance)/any form of artistic expression, or by coming with innovative posters, paintings, digital art, etc.;
please mail us with your idea at
nandigrambangalore@gmail.com Or call:
9845820971 (Arundhati)
9902989764 (Kallol)
9880966313 (Arka)
Or leave your contacts in the form of a comment on
nandigram-bangalore.blogspot.com
(latest by Friday afternoon)
This is an apolitical protest through the form of artistic expression. Hence, there will be NO sloganeering or promoting of any political or organizational banners.

Please do put up the attached flier wherever you can, and if you happen to know others who’d be able to contribute to the cause, please pass on our contact details to them.

Please do spread this around to your contacts and to the media

1 comment November 14th, 2007

Bangalore Barcamp 5 BCB5 Registrations are open

BarCamp Bangalore - 5 Winter edition will happen 17th and 18th of November 2007. IIMB will host this winter edition. Registrations are open now for Barcamp Bangalore 2007 Winter edition from 00:00 hrs 5th November 2007. Please go ahead and register.

• You can IRC from the site itself logon to #bcb on freenode
• Participant registration is now Open BCB5 Registrations
• Collective registration is Open Register a new collective | List of Collectives | What are Collectives? | Discuss & plan your collectives barcampbangalore here
• Blog badges made available here. Start using them now!!
• BCB5 blog is now announced, Check out the Barcamp Bangalore Blog. Keep an eye on Barcamp Bangalore happenings.

2 comments November 5th, 2007