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Vol. 13. No.3. March - 2014

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NewsNewsNewsNewsNewsHomage to

Sangeetha Kalanidhi

Padmabhushana

Dr. R.K. SrikantanNada - Nudi Namana

Date : 02.03.2014, Sunday, 10.00 a.m.Venue : Khincha Auditorium, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,

Race Course Road, Bangalore – 560 001

Nudi Namana

* Unveiling of Portrait - Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman, ISRO &Disciple of RKS

* Unveiling of Bust - Sri.S.N.Chandrasekhar, Senior Journalist( Sculptor : Smt. Kanaka Murthy)

* Music Personality of RKS, - Vidushi Dr. T.S.Sathyavathi, Vocalist

* Life of RKS - Dr. N.S. Krishnamurthy, Former Director, All India Radio

Nada Namana

* CarnaticVocal Music: Vidushi M.S.Sheela* Violin : Vidushi Charulatha Ramanujam

* Mrudanga : Vidwan Aanoor Ananthakrishna Sharma* Hindustani Vocal Music : Pandit Vinayak Torvi

* Tabla : Pandit Rajendra Nakod* Harmonium : Pandit Narasimha Kulkarni

* Carnatic Vocal Music :Vidwan Rudrapatnam S. Ramakanth & Party

Please join and take part to pay homage to GaanayogiBharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Doordarshan ,

All India Radio, Ananya, Hamsadhwani Creations

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The passing away

of musical maestro VidwanR K Srikantan on Feb. 17,barely a month after his94th birthday, has comeas a shock to the BangaloreKendra of Bhavan. He was,not only a close associate ofthe Kendra, almost since itsinception, but a real mentorto both the Bhavanites andthe usual members of theaudience. Indeed, the doyen’sdemise is irreparable in thereal sense of the word.

Reciprocally, VirtuosoSrikantan himself had a softcorner for the Kendra, takingkeen interest not only inprogrammes related to musicbut almost all events andcelebrations under itsauspices. Besides conductingvery useful workshops for thebenefit of aspirants on variousaspects of music, he evincedkeen interest in the Kendra’sKala Bharati with particularreference to its sectiondealing with music- vocal,instrumental and percussion.In fact, this aesthetic activity

A MUSICAL GENIUS ISNO MORE

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had the unique privilege of havinghim address its very firstconvocation and give away thecertificates.

VidwanSrikantan was equallyappreciative of theBhavan’s contributionin the field ofpublications. In fact,its Pusthaka Bharatiwas one of hisfavourite haunts,often buying booksof choice. Likewise,he never rejected aninvitation to be theChief Guest at bookrelease functions. And

when he did so, one could be surethat he made a thoroughstudy of the relevant publicationand make very pertinent andeducative references about it. Hiswords on such occasions testifiednot only for his wide interests, buthis scholarship in the subject dealttherein.

It is no exaggeration if it isadded that in his passing away

R.K.S. receiving the third highsest civilian AwardPadma Bhushan from Mrs. Pratibha Patil

President of India in 2011

BHAVAN'SPUSTHAKABHARATI RKSFAVOURATESPOT

PUBLICATIONS

OF BHAVAN

EVOKED HIS

APPRECIATION

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the Kendra will direly miss hisrich musical efflorescence as alsohis very presence. What remainsfor us at the Bhavan is to pray for

Carnatic Vocal Concert by Padmabhushan Dr. R.K. Srikantan and party at theBhavan (1980) a picture from BVB archives )

the peace of his soul and conveyits deep-felt condolences to thebereaved family and his countlessdisciples spread far and wide.

Felicitation to Dr. R.K. Srikantan at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan - KalabharathiConvocation - 2010 (L-R) Chief Justice of Kerala, Justice Manjula Chellur,Sri. H.N. Suresh, Director, BVB, Sri. K.G. Raghavan, Hon. Secretary, BVB,

Sri. N. Ramanuja, Chairman, BVB

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AYURVEDA ASMALADY FORLIFE-TIMEILLS MOOTED

Educating young adults on

the basics of healthy nutrition isthe best way to control lifetime disorders, according toDr. Malavika Seshadri a doctorin the Department of SwasthaVriti (Preventive and SocialMedicine), Chennai. Quotingfrom WHO (World HealthOrganization) report, she said 62per cent of all deaths are causedby non-communicable diseases, aresult of life-time disorders. Thefigure she warned, might rise to73 per cent by 2020.

Dr. Malavika Seshadri whowas speaking at the Bhavan forthe Dr.G Srinivasa Murthyendowment on Feb.6, said thatthese disorders were caused byincrease in consuming junk foodsand mindless eating habits.She declared that Ayurveda, hasthe answer for this malady.

Claiming that Ayurveda is theoldest system of medicine, she

said that more than a systemit is a way of life, propounded bypioneers who have evolved aregimen that helps maintenance ofgood health and vigour.

In this context of ‘hita’ and‘ahita’ (healthy and unhealthyfoods), Dr.Malavika Seshadriexplained what constitutes anutritious diet, detailing factorsthat combine to serve as balanceddiet.

The lecture at the ESV Hallwas well attended, the questionhours that ensued thereaftertestifying to the interest it hadgenerated.

Earlier, K C Pemmaiah onbehalf of the Bhavan welcomedthe audience and introduced thespeaker.

Dr. Malavika Seshadri

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SPECIALIST LISTSDO’S & DON’TSTO KEEPDIABETES AWAY

A study by the International

Diabetic Foundation (IDF) haspointed out that 6.3 crore Indianpopulation are diabetics as ofdate. As per the same survey,20 crore more might be addedby the year 2013, India therebygetting the dubious distinction ofbeing dubbed as “diabeticcapital’’.

These facts were revealedby Dr. K.S. Lakshminarayanaof Sri Vadiraja Trust.Dr. Lakshminarayana is arenowned practitioner inHomoeopathy withspecialisation in diabeties.

He was speaking at aworkshop jointly got up by theBhavan and the Trust on“Drugless Way of DefeatingDiabetes” at the Khinchaauditorium on Feb 9.

Analysing various causesfor inheriting diabetes andexplaining how important it is toadopt healing methods, besidesovercoming the use and abuse

of drugs to maintain sugar level,Dr. Lakshminarayana declaredthat the best way to controldiabetes is to take food onlywhen hungry and not as per thediet sheet of a hospital. Properlycooked, food should be takenwithin three hours of its cooking.Decayed food should be avoided,he advised, quoting severalancient texts.

Referring to our diet, thedoctor said our food comprisesof sweet (madhura), sour (amla),bitter (tikta), salty (lavana),pungent(katu) and astringent(kashaya). Its format is C6 H1206 (Carbon 6, Hydrogen 12and Oxygen 6). He advisedthat “we should allow the twelveorgans of our body to performtheir function to be able tonaturally take care of maintainingsugar level”. If there is extra sugar,the body will store it, if less the

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body will automatically draw thesugar from the store, he added.

The doctor wondered howvalid the variation level fixed bydifferent laboratories can becredible as the entire system isunscientific. He displayed somelaboratory reports to showdifferent sugar levels of anindividual within a span of onehour.

In conclusion, the doctorsaid as long as one takes medicinehe is a patient. One has to takemedicine for certain ailments for aspecific period, but for a diabeticmedicine is a must for as long ashe lives. He however advisedcultivating the habit of the art ofself healing, pointing out thatthere were hundreds of drugless

processes. He demonstratedsome exercises which help theprocess.

On this occasion, mentallychallenged children of Vadirajatrust, presented couple of dancerecitals which touched hearts ofmany in the audience

Earlier, Sri. H.N. Suresh,Director, BVB, welcomed thegathering. Hon. Secretary Sri. K.G. Raghavan proposeda vote of thanks.

A WONDERLAND OFSUGER LEVELSEXPOSED

Mentallychallenged

childrenperforming

during the

programme

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It is nothing unusual if

eminent or even divinepersonalities are shrouded incontroversies. Lord Rama,considered as one of the Avatars(incarnations) of Vishnu was noexception, though many suchmisconceptions have been provedwrong.

This could be borne outfrom the commentaries of scholarson Srimad Ramayana, the epicstory of Sri Rama’s life, and thatprecisely was the topic ofan endowment lecture ofDr M E Rangachar, a scholar inVedanta for the Bhavan onFebruary 15, 2014.

The endowment is in honourof Dr. N S Anantharangachar, aneminent scholar and well-knownadministrator. The topic of thefirst talk in the endowmentwas entitled ‘RamayanadalliRasanimishagalu’.

Prefacing briefly on thetopic, Dr.Rangachar, a PhD

holder, winner of the President’saward and author of severalbooks, highlighted specificaspects where one comesacross certain dualities likewhether Rama was a human orGod, whether he had one wife ora bigamist, whether he was afterhis father’s kingdom etc.Such dualities have beendrawn, from the commentariesof renowned scholars likeGovindaraja andMaheswarateertha.

The speaker to set the recordstraight quoted from some stanzasas adequate ‘pramana’ (proofs)to show that Sri Rama wasundoubtedly God, a divine being.As emphatically, he asserted thathe was ‘Eka Patnivratasta’,vouched by none other than Sitaherself. The testimony comes inthe form of her clean chit for

VEDIC SCHOLARSETS RIGHTFEW QUALITIESIN RAMAYANA

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Rama and Sri Rama himselfhaving said he ‘never looked atother women’, though it is truethat there were several women inthe palace serving him. Nor couldit be alleged that he was after theKingdom, though it was his birthright.

Dr. Rangacharya said that hebased his deduction on theinterpretation of different workslike Champu Ramayana,Raghuvamsha and theUpanishads.

Earlier, after the customarywelcome, Sri Srinivas Rangan,son of Dr.NSA gave some detailsof his distinguished father whowas at different points of timePrincipal of the Sanskrit College,

Mysore, DEO, DDPI, andRegistrar of the State ArtAcademies. After retiring, heserved as Registrar of Bhavanhere, adding that he was a prolificwriter, with no less than 100books to his credit, VaidikaSahitya Charite among them beingoutstanding.

Before proposing a vote ofthanks, Prof. Rangan summarized Dr. Rangacharya’s lecture.

TRIBUTES

TO DR. N.S.

ANANTHARANGACHARYA

BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVANCordially invite you toDr. K M Munshi Memorial Lecture 2014ByBharat Ratna Prof. C N R RaoOn Doing Science in IndiaHis Excellency, Dr. H R Bhardwaj,Governor of KarnatakaWill felicitate Prof. C N R RaoOn this occasionSri N Ramanuja,Chairman, BVB BangaloreWill presideon March 28, 2014, Friday, at 3.30 p.m. Venue: Khincha Auditorium, Bharatiya Vidya BhavanR.C. Road, Bangalore - 560 001.

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BBMP SCHOOLSPORTS MEETSPRINGS WITHFLYING START

With the motto “Sports for

Health” and with such glitteringnames like Sachin Tendulkar,Leander Paes, Vijendra Singhand P K Sindhu from the sportsarena making up the mascots,it is no surprise that the thirdannual sports event of theBhavan’s BBMP School inSriramapuram had a rollickingstart on February 1.

Inaugurating the colorfulfunction, Jayavanthi Sham, formerIndian International andKarnataka Women’s Basketballteam captain, hoisted the schoolflag and took the salute from themarching students of Vindhya,Aravali, Mt. Everest andKanchenjunga houses.

The students with CyrilJones, the school Captain in thelead took the sportsman’s salute.Harini G S, Assistant SchoolCaptain, welcomed the gathering

which was followed by 20interesting events.

The KG children put upcolorful events entitled thirstycrow, humpty dumpty, a fewathletic feats and sack race,three-legged race, wheel barrowand lemon and spoon racesadded to the attraction, followedby a competition in which Sachinof Class III was declared as boysindividual champion and Radheof class II the girls champion.

Smt. Jayavanthi Shamwho gave away the prizescomplemented the School for

Sports day parade by school children

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organizing such an interesting fareand stressed on the importance ofsports in cultivating discipline.

Sri Janardhan a Local PoliceInspector who walked in later,

spoke highly of the good workbeing turned out by the School,affirming that the facilities of theSchool is of internationalstandard.

SportsDay

lights and

delights

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BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVANIN ASSOCIATION WITH

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Sun 10.00 a.m. - Khincha Hall 2. Homage toSangeetha KalanidhiPadma BhushanaDr. R.K. SrikantanNaada - Nudi Namana

(Pl. see the page - 1)

Sat 10.00 a.m. - Khincha Hall 8. BVB- ICCR

Horizan Programme

Celebration of InternationalWomen's Day :Seminar in the morning cultural

programme in the evening

(In association with Shambhavi

School of Dance)

(Pl. see the page - 13 )

Sat 5.30 p.m. - Khincha Hall15. Musical tribute to

Ustad Hafeez Ahmed Khan Sahib ofRampur - Sahaswan Gharana

Chief Guest -

Prof. Shiraj HasanDirector, Indian Institute of

Astrophysics, Bangalore

Excerpts from recordings of theUstads Concerts

Recitals -Prof. Subhendu Ghosh(Vocal)

Pt. Rajendra Prasanna (bansuri)

Sun 4.00 p.m. - Khincha Hall 16. Sapthak presents

Yakshagana - Gadha Yuddha by

Idagunji Sri MahaganapathyYakshagana Mandali - Keremane

PROGRAMME :MARCH - 2014

Sat 6.00 p.m. - Khincha Hall 22. Bharathanatya RangapraveshaDr. Pooja S. Iyengar (Disciple ofVidhushi Maithili Krishnaswamy)

Dr. Pooja S.Iyengar

Sun 6.00 p.m. - Khincha Hall 23. Hindustani MusicVocal - Pt. Raghunandan Bhat andPt. M.P. Hegde

Fri 3.30 p.m. - Khincha Hall28. Bhavan's Dr. K.M. Munshi'sMemorial LectureInstitute ofGood Governanceby Bharatha RatnaProf. C.N.R. RaoTopic : Doing Science in IndiaNational Research Professor andPresident and Linus Pauling ResearchProfessor of Jawaharlal Nehru Centrefor Advanced Scientific ResearchChief Guest : H.E. Dr. H.R. BhardwajGovernor of Karnataka

Sat 5.30 p.m. - Khincha Hall 29. Saraswathi MemorialCarnatic Music Concert

Sat 6.00 p.m. - Khincha Hall 29. Launch of book :India - A Fellowship of FaithsAuthored by : Dr. H.R. BhardwajGovernor of KarnatakaChief Guest : Justice M.N. VenkatachaliahFormer Chief Justice of India

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