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The Bangalore University presented "World of Books 2011", an international book festival, which was held from the 2nd to 11th September, at Tripuravasini, Palace Grounds, Bangalore. The book festival played host to many leading bookstores including Oxford Bookstore, Hachette and others. The 10-day book festival saw thousands of people flocking in to take a look at the lakhs of books that were on display. For many of the booklovers, this festival has been a season of celebration. "I visit the book festival every year with my daughter," says Geeta, a bank employee, "my daughter is crazy about books and this festival is a…

The boys’ and girls’ teams of Sports School, Kudige emerged victors at the Rotary Indirangar inter-school hockey tournament as it drew to a close on 3rd September. The final matches were held at the Karnataka State Hockey Stadium (KSHA) in Langford Town. It was the 21st edition of the ‘G.S.Randhawa Memorial Inter School Boys Hockey Tournament’, and the maiden edition of the ‘Bangalore Bothi Reddy Cup Inter School Girls Hockey Tournament’. The Kudige boys’ team beat Rashtriya Military School and the girls’ team beat Bishop Cotton ‘A’ in the finals to clinch the title. Jyothi from Kudige and Vivek Kumar…

Uma Devi and I H Manudev won the maiden six-red snooker state-ranking tournament organized by Karnataka State Billiards Association (KSBA). The men and women's finals were played at the KSBA hall near Vasanthanagar on 31st and 30th August respectively. Ajay Bhushan and M S Arun will be the State entries in the forthcoming Nationals at Chandigarh from 17 to 25th September 2011. Manudev and Balaji Reddy get direct entry. Uma Devi and Chitra M will represent women at the National tourney. Uma overcame an ailing Chitra who was suffering from stiff neck pains and spasm. Chitra lost three frames to…

The Karnataka State billiards Association (KSBA), on 6th September, felicitated National Billiards & Snooker Championship winners and achievers in the recently concluded Nationals, which were held at Chennai. The event was held at KSBA hall near Vasanth Nagar. The following players were felicitated at the event. Varsha Sanjeev, 15, a ninth standard student at Sophia High School, received a cash award of Rs 30,000. She is the first triple title winner from Karnataka. She won the Sub Junior Billiards, Sub Jr Snooker, Junior Billiards. Uma Devi Nagaraj 46, received a cash award of Rs 20,000. She has been Billiards State…

Whitefield Diaries Screening followed by panel discussion Sep 10th, 2011 6-7.30pm Whitefield Club, Bangalore Map to location All are welcome A series of six short films, titled Whitefield Diaries is being screened a special event on September 10th, 6-7.30pm, at the Whitefield Club. The films capture the transformation of Whitefield from its origins in the 1880s to the present day, especially more recently, with rapid urbanisation. The famous inner circle and outer circle of Whitefield, and the Waverly Inn where Winston Churchill stayed are covered in the films. Whitefield is tucked within the great triangle between KR Puram, Marathahalli and…

A group of like-minded individuals some curious, some creatively inclined and some very talented assembled at PageTurners Bookstore, MG Road on Saturday, September 3, for a popular event called the Open Show. I probably belong to the category of the curious and creatively inclined and couldn't wait to check it out. Open Show organises events around the world where the public can see compelling work and interact directly with photographers, filmmakers and multimedia producers. Free monthly social screenings give five curated presenters (from students to professionals) 10 minutes to project a 20 image project or 3‐7 min. multimedia work with…

"It can be presented as a speeding arrow reaching its target or as an intimate conversation between spouses." That's how R Visweswaran, veena maestro from Mysore describes naya or the rakthi raga Begada in his talk, "Classification of ragas as Ghana, Naya and Deshya ragas." He was speaking at  Shabda  an unusual performing arts event held recently at the Bangalore Gayana Samaja in Chamarajapet, recently. Shabda came into being when three carnatic musicians T M Krishna, H K Venkatram and R K Shriram Kumar met at the Music Academy canteen last December in Chennai. While T M Krishna and R…

INTACH Bangalore invites you to the Foundation stone-laying ceremony of Bengaluru Parampareya Udyaana (Bangalore Heritage Park), a one-of-its-kind, open air, garden museum showcasing urban heritage. It was conceived of as a theme park by the Government and has been conceptualised and designed as a heritage park by INTACH Bangalore.The museum will highlight the art, architecture, culture and history of Bangalore. It is spread over the Bugle Rock Park, Bull temple area and Mallikarjuna Temple area. Foundation stone-laying ceremony on:  2 September 2011, at 6.00 pm.Location: In front of the Bull Temple, Basavanagudi (opposite BMS Engineering College)Shri Sadananda Gowda, Honourable Chief Minister of Karnataka, will lay the Foundation…

During the launch of her book 'The Bad Boy's Guide to the Good Indian Girl' this month in Bangalore, co-author Annie Zaidi talked about a friend in college. Though Annie was close to her friend for three years, she never realised that her friend used to smoke through college even though smoking was banned in campus. It was many years later, when they met again, that Annie came to know about this.The book by Annie and Smriti Ravindran explains why Good Indian Girls (GIGs, as they are called in the book) have to be ashamed of something as simple as…

The third phase of the  'B' Division hockey tournament organised by Karnataka State Hockey Association (KSHA), kicked off on 24th August. After more than a month of league matches, the tournament is heading to an end. The matches are being played at the hockey stadium in Shanthinagar.The four teams to qualify for the third phase are - SAI ‘C’, DYSS ‘B’, ASC Boys and Jain College. The  teams will also  be promoted to 'A' Division after the tounrmanet concludes.Match results of the final phase matches24 August - SAI ‘C’ Beat DYSS ‘B’ by 7-125 August - ASC Boys Beat S.B.M.Jain…