Deepa's Jottings

 Kathalaya is holding yet another grand Indo European festival from July 23 rd To August 10, 2011 in India. We are covering five cities and four states - Vishakapatnam, Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru and Chennai as part of theStoryfestival -Kathothsava 2011.The aim of the festival is to create a platform for storytellers from Europe and India to meet and exchange common factors in Storytelling namely communication, Education and skills of telling.As part of the festival we have Performances of Storytelling and Puppetry - 6 shows Training by experts and doctorates in the field of puppetry and Education for teachers. Venue -Alliance Francaise…

  Painting Day at Ranga Shankara A "Painting Day" is organized at Ranga Shankara on Sat, 9 Jul between 2 PM and 6 PM. Thisevent is open to all children above 5. Children should come with brushes and crayons; RangaShankara will provide paper and paint.The art pieces that will emerge from the Painting Day will be exhibited at Ranga Shankara forover a month.The Painting Day will open the AHA! International Theatre for Children Fest '11.Date: 09 Jul ‘11 Venue: Ranga Shankara Time: 2 pm to 6 pm Age Group: 5 to 12 years You bring: Pencils, erasers, brushes, palette (to mix…

When my daughter visited Bangalore, she went by herself to get a lot of shopping done. This morning, I went to her room here in the US, to see something, and found out what happens to (at least the print edition) of Citizen Matters after it is read....This pleased me intensely, as the whole Citizen Matters team is a great one for recycling and re-using, and what better use of paper than to recycle it and make containers?So Citizen Matters is useful to the public....when it's being read, and afterwards, too!  ⊕

 Kathalaya is holding yet another grand Indo European festival from July 23 rd To August 10, 2011 in India. We are covering five cities and four states - Vishakapatnam, Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru and Chennai as part of theStoryfestival -Kathothsava 2011.The aim of the festival is to create a platform for storytellers from Europe and India to meet and exchange common factors in Storytelling namely communication, Education and skills of telling.As part of the festival we have Performances of Storytelling and Puppetry - 6 shows Training by experts and doctorates in the field of puppetry and Education for teachers. Venue -Alliance Francaise…

 TASVEER (supported by RBS Private Banking)cordially invites you to Recorder of Life, Beauty and TruthBy Late. T.S. SatyanDetails of the ExhibitionDate: 15th July to 5th August, 2011Time: 10:00 am to 7:00 pm (Sunday Holiday)Venue: Tasveer, The Gallery at SUA House, 26/1,Kasturba cross road, Bangalore -560001For further details contact: Gaurav Jayaprakash +91 9886451705 (Relationship Manager)For Press enquiries contact: Megha - 9830994976meghag@perfectrelations.comT. S. Satyan was born in 1923 in Mysore and was also educated in this glorious capital of a princely state. He was among the first to take to photojournalism and for most part of his professional life remained a freelancer…

 TASVEER (supported by RBS Private Banking)cordially invites you to Recorder of Life, Beauty and TruthBy Late. T.S. SatyanDetails of the ExhibitionDate: 15th July to 5th August, 2011Time: 10:00 am to 7:00 pm (Sunday Holiday)Venue: Tasveer, The Gallery at SUA House, 26/1,Kasturba cross road, Bangalore -560001For further details contact: Gaurav Jayaprakash +91 9886451705 (Relationship Manager)For Press enquiries contact: Megha - 9830994976meghag@perfectrelations.comT. S. Satyan was born in 1923 in Mysore and was also educated in this glorious capital of a princely state. He was among the first to take to photojournalism and for most part of his professional life remained a freelancer…

 Internet Surveillance Policy: "...the second time as farce?" - A Public Lecture by Caspar BowdenThe Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, invites you to a public lecture by Caspar Bowden*, the Chief Privacy Adviser of Microsoft's Worldwide Technology Office, on Internet Surveillance Policy: "...the second time as farce?AbstractIn 2000, as Director of the independent think-tank, "Foundation for Information Policy Research", Caspar led a campaign to revise several aspects of a new comprehensive UK law governing electronic surveillance ("the RIP Act"). UK legislated in this area many years before most other countries, and the approach was widely criticized although some amendments…

It is rather a sad fact of life that though we all pay tribute to one of our great Nobel Laureates, the multi-faceted Rabindranath Tagore, most of us do not know too much about him, whether about his artistic and educational endeavours, or his personality. As part of the ongoing celebrations of Tagore's birth anniversary, there, "Key Tumi?" ("Who are You?" was staged on August 30, at Chowdiah Memorial Hall, by Maam Entertainment. The play was in the form of a soliloquy, written by Amit Ranjan Biswas, who also handled the direction of the production. Amit Ranjan Biswas is a…

When the festival is over, Ganesha does not always merge with the elements and reach Kailasa as he is supposed to. He is often abandoned in public places: Similarly, when the patriotic frenzy of "Pandrah August" fades, our country's flag is cast aside with disrespect: Both these photos were taken in Lalbagh. Devotion of any kind...whether to God or to country...is something that should be practised and lived, daily, not indulged in for one day in a feel-good token display.

 Internet Surveillance Policy: "...the second time as farce?" - A Public Lecture by Caspar BowdenThe Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, invites you to a public lecture by Caspar Bowden*, the Chief Privacy Adviser of Microsoft's Worldwide Technology Office, on Internet Surveillance Policy: "...the second time as farce?AbstractIn 2000, as Director of the independent think-tank, "Foundation for Information Policy Research", Caspar led a campaign to revise several aspects of a new comprehensive UK law governing electronic surveillance ("the RIP Act"). UK legislated in this area many years before most other countries, and the approach was widely criticized although some amendments…