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As a part of the lake awareness campaign, a tour of Jakkur Lake has been organised by the Narasipura Lake team. All are welcome. Date: Sunday 29th June 2014 Time: 7:15am (at Jakkur lake near STP gate) (http://wikimapia.org/4129931/Jakkur-Lake-Paradise-for-Birds )  Water expert Mr Vishwanath will help you understand lake rejuvenation and its effect on biodiversity. Please make your own arrangements to reach Jakkur Lake. Those going from Vidyaranyapura and Doddabommasandra can meet at 6:30am near Venkateshwara Temple, IEHCS Layout to plan car/bike pooling and proceed to Jakkur Lake. Some guidelines1. Carry your own water & light snacks, avoid plastic as there are no bins by the…

Please join the Arekere (Dorsani Palya) Reserve Forest team on Sunday, 29th June 2014 at 7:00 a.m. The task at hand will be to continue cleaning up from where the volunteers stopped last week. For the exact location, please see the earlier post here. Children are most welcome to go along with their parents/ grandparents.  The Arekere (Dorsani Palya) Reserve Forest    Mr Saravanan, who is coordinating the cleanup efforts, had this to say about the start they made on 21st June: It is quite interesting to see our first baby steps towards this cleanup drive. It was a successful and motivating…

Please join the Arekere (Dorsani Palya) Reserve Forest team on Sunday, 29th June 2014 at 7:00 a.m. The task at hand will be to continue cleaning up from where the volunteers stopped last week. For the exact location, please see the earlier post here. Children are most welcome to go along with their parents/ grandparents.  The Arekere (Dorsani Palya) Reserve Forest    Mr Saravanan, who is coordinating the cleanup efforts, had this to say about the start they made on 21st June: It is quite interesting to see our first baby steps towards this cleanup drive. It was a successful and motivating…

    Read about the efforts at Vibhutipura Lake in an earlier post here.  

    Read about the efforts at Vibhutipura Lake in an earlier post here.  

After planting a few hundreds of trees at Kasavahalli Lake and Begur Lake this month, Say Trees is now going to plant saplings close to Bellandur Lake. The target is 4000 saplings in next 3 weeks, starting on 5th July 2014.  Say Trees is looking for nature lovers and corporates to join hands and to help achieve this massive task.Individuals who wish to participate, please fill the form below.https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AqW7DMKbmz7yPjcRj6k-kcJNHlNEqgkUdXxi6KpGdfY/viewformVenue: near Bellandur Lake (close to Koramangala, Bangalore)Date: 5th July 2014For more details, please contact: Kapil +91-9886993070 / Sumant +91-8867391150   

After planting a few hundreds of trees at Kasavahalli Lake and Begur Lake this month, Say Trees is now going to plant saplings close to Bellandur Lake. The target is 4000 saplings in next 3 weeks, starting on 5th July 2014.  Say Trees is looking for nature lovers and corporates to join hands and to help achieve this massive task.Individuals who wish to participate, please fill the form below.https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AqW7DMKbmz7yPjcRj6k-kcJNHlNEqgkUdXxi6KpGdfY/viewformVenue: near Bellandur Lake (close to Koramangala, Bangalore)Date: 5th July 2014For more details, please contact: Kapil +91-9886993070 / Sumant +91-8867391150   

In an earlier column we explored how musicians attempt to push boundaries in their presentations, particularly by bringing poetry, often arcane, to the stage. In this post, let’s continue examining how others have attempted to similarly expand both the listeners’ choices and their own exploration of vernacular poetry. Swati Tirunal is perhaps the most famous of all poet-composers from Kerala. The works of other Malayalam poets such as Warriyar, Thampi, Tulasivanam are slowly becoming popular as they are presented as songs thanks to the efforts of vocalists such as Shankaran Namboothiri. Here is the composition "Karuna Cheyvaa Enthu Thaamasam" of…

In an earlier column we explored how musicians attempt to push boundaries in their presentations, particularly by bringing poetry, often arcane, to the stage. In this post, let’s continue examining how others have attempted to similarly expand both the listeners’ choices and their own exploration of vernacular poetry. Swati Tirunal is perhaps the most famous of all poet-composers from Kerala. The works of other Malayalam poets such as Warriyar, Thampi, Tulasivanam are slowly becoming popular as they are presented as songs thanks to the efforts of vocalists such as Shankaran Namboothiri. Here is the composition "Karuna Cheyvaa Enthu Thaamasam" of…

Report received from Arvind Keerthi At the tree-planting event at Munnekolala Lake (14th June 1014), it took a hundred+ volunteers less than two hours to set in soil 250 saplings! We are pleased by the unstinted support shown by the BBMP, whose Chief Engineer (Lakes) Shri B. V. Satish and Conservator of Forests, Shri Jagannatha Rao were in attendance, and indeed made possible the entire exercise. The BBMP was of course not the only wind at our backs - citizen-volunteers from the Munnekolala Lake Rejuvenation Association (MLRA), as well as United Way of Bengaluru tirelessly planned and executed the work…