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A sister and brother at pottery town. The sister saw my camera, flashed an absolutely charming smile, caught her brother and forced him to pose. Pic by Ravi Kaushik ⊕

Yes, we are talking about the jamuns, the ooty apples and the lychees who made a colourful entry on fruit carts recently. Pause on your way back home to pick them up else you may miss out this season! ⊕

11th Jun is PNLIT Founder's Day and what better way to celebrate it in 2011, than at the local Puttenahalli Government School, JP Nagar 7th Phase. The school, with Chenna Basappa as Head Master, has 850-odd students in Std 1 to Std 10. The first batch of about 90 students is due to appear for the SSLC exam in April 2012. In addition, there is an Anganwadi that the younger children attend. Prize Distribution at Puttenahalli Gov school. Best all-round performer receiving his watch from Nidhi Aggarwal, a donor PNLIT, along with the staff of Puttenahalli Government School, organised a…

  INTACH Bangalore invites you to ART REACH - an attempt to reach art to people. The event will have a charity sale and display of works by the famed artist Dr MS Murthy. Dr Murthy has generously agreed to display nearly 100 of his creations, ranging from some rare early works to more recent ones. A part of the proceeds will go to fund INTACH Bangalore's activities.Dr Murthy has participated in many national and international exhibitions and has won numerous awards. His works are on display at the NGMA, New Delhi, and are also part of several private collections. At…

 Hands On A unique ‘on-the-job' experience for those interested in working behind the scenes. Apart from weekend training-sessions conducted by experts on Light design, Make-up design, Sound design, and Set design; the selected participants will have the opportunity to join the production team of two ongoing productions by rafiki due to open in July. Workshop theme Facilitator DateLight Design Anish Victor 11th and 12th JuneMake-up Design Ramakrishna Kannarpadi 18th and 19th JuneSound Design Clement Vincent 25th and 26th JuneSet Design Dominic Taylor 2nd and 3rd JulyFor details and registrations contact Anil Ramachandra of Vibgyor on 98456 02265. VenueVIBGYOR ENTERTAINMENT, #71, Sona Towers,…

The Karnataka Athletics Association has announced the list of athletes selected to represent Karnataka at 51st National Senior Athletic Championship – 2011. The athletics meet will be held at Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore from 11th to 14th June 2011. Men: V.Sanjay, Stephen, Bopanna G N, Sonith Mendon ,G Jagadish, Joseph Basappa, Rijo K George, D  Raghu, Ranjan Kariyappa, Anoop T K P Gopinathan, M K Sumanth, Chandrashekar, K Girish, Harshith S, Suprith, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Sanjaya Yadav, Balakrishna, M Harikrishnan, Rateesh Kumar, Anish Kumar, Carl Britto, Deepak Choudary, Kasinath, Surendra Kumar, Ajay Yadav, K M Aiyappa Women:Rebecca Jose, Shalini Naik, K…

On an overcast Sunday afternoon, I headed to Freedom Park to cover the anti corruption fast and protest over midnight raid by the UPA Government at Ramlila Grounds in Delhi.  As I parked my bike, the first thing in noticed was not the sea of people who had turned up for the protest but the several peanuts, ice cream and bhel puri vendors that had gathered that had set shop there to make a quick buck. If it weren’t for slogans of  “Jai Bharath Mata Ki” emanating from inside the shamiyana, I would think I was at the wrong place.…

Sohni D S, 14, a Class IX student replies in an instant when asked to name a threat to our environment, “Plastic covers,” she says. A much younger Rajeev Singh, 10, a class V student, lists cutting trees as a threat to our environment.Sohini and Rajeev are both students of Bangalore Scottish School in Navodaya Nagar, JP Nagar. The school with strength of close to hundred children has planned several activities on the occasion of World Environment Day (June 5th).“We want to educate our children on the importance of environment, the impact of our actions and what we can do…

Premachandra Kalyana Mantap is bustling with Silks of India, a textile exhibition. 60 stalls stock a vibrant collection of cottons, silk cottons, and silks. With an extensive collection of sarees, running fabric and ready made as well as ready to stitch garments, the exhibition has artisans from different states such Tamil Nadu, Chattisgarh, Kashmir, Gujarat, Assam and Rajasthan. At Premachandra Kalyana Mantap 10th Main Road, 3rd Block Jayanagar till June 5th. ⊕

Once upon a time, not so long ago, our city with its salubrious climate, smooth roads and countless trees made it a pensioners’ paradise. Indeed, Bengaluru had at least two other names as well – The Garden City and the City of Lakes. All this changed within the last three decades or so. The tree cover has been blown and the lakes are vanishing. If in the 1830s there were an incredible 19,800 lakes and tanks, by the 1960s the number dwindled to 280 and reduced further by 1990 to less than 80. They vanished as quickly as the population…