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Baar Baar Rafi, a city-based Mohammed Rafi fan club, is organising a Rafi tribute concert on July 31 to mark the 31{+s}{+t}death anniversary of the legendary singer. The tribute, Remembering the Unforgotten, a karaoke night, will feature 31 of Rafi's hit songs sung by several talented artistes including Chandan from Tamil Nadu and Nagachandrika from Karnataka among others. A host of singers from the fan club will also perform during the concert. . The concert begins at 6 p.m. in the Bangalore Gayana Samaj, K R Road, Opposite KIMS Hospital, Basavangudi. Tickets are priced at Rs. 500, Rs. 300 and…

Among the many times that I wonder about how the extremely marginalized cope with an empty stomach is when I hear the words "Mummy, I am hungry" on television. It is the ad jingle for a snack popular with children and youth since it entered India over twenty five years back. And it reminds me of the umpteen choices of 'fast' foods (usually unhealthy), available in urban areas. But, unlike the mum in the commercial, mothers of many children in this unenviable position cannot conjure up anything filling or tasty in two minutes! Take the case of Vimala and her…

Bengaluru is food world, everything is about food and everything is about choice. The days when there was one eatery in one area are now gone. Food lovers love the variety. Pic: Sherene David Shanthinagar, once a quiet place, is now a place of booming business for small eateries. Places like Kashivishwanath, and Kolkata chaats are gaining wide popularity among the residents and is fast becoming the favorite hangouts of many students. "I started this shop around 6 months ago," says the owner of ‘Kaashivishwanath samosa shop'. "I used to work with my uncle at the main shop, he taught…

The Karnataka state government's deadlines to launch mega transport projects continue to be paper statements of intent. Namma Metro's persistent delay is now virtually taken for granted. In the meantime, despite the deadline of 2013-14, Bangalore's Rs.6700 crores High Speed Rail Link (HSRL between city centre and the airport) is still stuck at the preliminary stage. A concessionaire, the firm that will fund, build and operate the PPP, is yet to be selected through tender process; construction will start only after the concessionaire awards tenders to other parties. Currently, only prequalification of concessionaires is completed. Prequalification is the process of…

  rafikipresents"THE FABULOUS ADVENTURES OF ADITI AND FRIENDS"A Theatrical Experience for Children Directed by Anish Victor | Written by SunithaThe performance is based on the series written by Suniti Namjoshi, published by Tulika.Cast : Anil Ramachandra, Ashiqa Salvan, Charumathi Suprajha, Jayanthi Satchidanda, Ravindra Vijay and Shree Lakshmi Rao.  School shows on Weekdays (Mon - Fri) : 11th - 28th July 2011 at 10.30am and 1pm.Public shows on Sundays : 17th and 24th July 2011 at 3.30pm LIMITED SEATING.Venue : KK Foundation and Public Charitable Trust, Off Cunningham Road, Bengalooru (Behind KFC on Cunningham Road). Call : 98864 74674 for bookings. Follow us on http://www.facebook.com/aditiandfriends --…

 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…

It was World Environment Day last week and India had the honour of hosting the International World Environment Day 2011 for the very first time. Jairam Ramesh, our erudite and enthusiastic environment minister called trees ‘water pumps’ and paradoxically the event was devoted to ‘Forests: Nature at your service’. As a media fellow of UNEP, I was proud to sit in the audience and listen to the minister tell the world that India was among the developing nations working towards addressing the pressures of ecological change. He told us about India’s Rural Employment Act and the country’s encouragement of renewable…

 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,…

Once upon a time there was a city called Bengaluru which was known as the Garden City with many magnificent trees dotting every road in the city. Then came along the ogre called Metro Rail (BMRCL) and took away all the splendour of the beautiful Garden City reducing it to a pathetic sight of dug roads, cranes that topple every other day and traffic jams. Namma Bengaluru, the city I remember as I moved in here 12 years ago, was a peaceful city with beautiful boulevards all around and huge raintrees spreading their canopies over the roads providing shade to…