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Participate: Flamingos and children’s creative competitions

BNHS, in association with the Mumbai Port Trust, is organising children’s creative competitions in three categories to celebrate Flamingo Festival.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

Mumbai is truly blessed to annually host beautiful flamingos every year, and making the occasion even more special is this festival.

BNHS, in association with Mumbai Port Trust, is organising three Children’s Competitions in the categories of Painting, Poetry and Slogan Writing. Winners will be felicitated at the time of the annual BNHS Flamingo Festival that will be held on February 28, 2015.

The competitions are open to children residing in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region only. These are the details and rules:

BNHS Children’s Competitions – Flamingo

Categories: Painting, Poetry Writing, Slogan Writing

Language: English, Marathi or Hindi

Age Group: Students of 5th to 8th standards

Eligibility: Those students residing in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Vasai-Virar, Thane, Bhiwandi, Kalyan-Dombivli, Ambernath, Badlapur, Ulhasnagar, Khopoli, Matheran, Karjat, Uran, Panvel, Navi Mumbai, Pen, Alibaug)

Last Date: Entries should reach BNHS before February 21, 2015 by post, courier or hand delivery

Rules:

– Paintings, Poetry and Slogans should be original

– Each participant can send entries in one or more categories

– Each participant can send only one entry per category

– Paintings should be sent on A3 size white drawing paper

– Poetry and Slogans can be sent on any white paper

– Do not send entries on glossy or laminated paper

– Do not stick anything on the paper

– All entries of one participant in different categories can be sent in a single envelope

– For Painting, any medium such as poster colours, colour pencils, crayons, etc can be used – Computer graphics will not be accepted

– Teachers can collate all entries of their students and send together

– Participants should write their name, age, standard, residence/school address, email, contact number and teacher’s name in pencil on the rear side of the paper

– Three winners will be selected from each category and prizes will be given on the occasion of BNHS Flamingo Festival (Sewri Jetty, Mumbai) on 28th February 2015

– Kindly note that no entries will be returned to participants

Interested? Ask your child to participate in the competitions and send entries to BNHS, Hornbill House, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road, opposite Lion Gate, Fort, Mumbai – 400001. Contact number: 022-22821811 (Monday to Friday).
(Picture courtesy Siddhesh Surve)
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School children paint to spread cancer awareness

Wockhardt Hospitals organised a ‘Cancer Awareness Day’ on its south Mumbai premises with an intra school drawing competition inviting Mumbai students.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

Wockhardt Hospitals, South Mumbai, yesterday organised ‘Cancer Awareness Day’ with an intra-school drawing competition on its premises. The event invited students from different city-based schools to participate in large numbers and was aimed at debunking the myths and fear about cancer and to spread a ray of hope amongst the survivors.

Explained Zahabiya Khorakiwala, Managing Director, Wockhardt Hospitals,“We set the event theme as ‘Life wins – fight against cancer’, and children in the age-group of 8 to 12 years responded enthusiastically by turning out intriguing and colorful sketches on their drawing sheets. It was such a wonderful experience for both the school children and the Hospital, since children undergoing cancer treatment also participated in the event. We found that the children who had participated in this competition had given a thought and conceptualised with research and read about it.” She added that it is possible that children might not be interested in the subject it it remains restricted to textbooks.

Talking about the Hospital’s preventive and curative program against the cancer, Dr Boman Dabhar,  Medical Oncologist at Wockhardt Hospitals said, “It was an overwhelming experience to witness a huge gathering of students and their schools supporting the noble cause of creating awareness about cancer. As children are the future of the nation, such initiatives create an immense impact amongst the population at large.” He added that cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide today, with an estimated 13 million new cases diagnosed every year. “Numbers are rising and, compared with figures at the start of the new millennium, are expected to double by 2020, and triple by 2030. Yet, according to the WHO, up to one in three cancers can be prevented through diet and lifestyle changes” said Dr Dabhar.

The drawing competition was followed by a street play, ‘Suresh ki Kahaani’ by Ameya Mahajan and his team. Subsequently, a corporate film was played for doctors, school principals and teachers on coping with cancer. Students were awarded for their best drawings and trophies were given as a token of appreciation to the participating schools. Similarly, the principals and teachers of each school were felicitated by the Hospital and were handed out the participating certificates for their respective schools.

Schools participating in the event included St Mary’s High School – ICSE, Regina Pacis, St Lady Engineer High School, NMT English Medium High School, Balmohan Vidya Mandir, KMS Shirodkar High School – CBSC, KMS Shirodkar High School, Sharadashram Vidya Mandir High School, Cankid High School, and Banerjee School.

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Seniors rock the stage at Umang 2015

Our social initiatives partner Silver Inning Foundation and Rotary Club, Rotaract Club of Rizvi Law College host awesome seniors talent show.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

Who says senior citizens are just supposed to put their feet up and watch the world go by?

The Metrognome’s social initiatives partner, Silver Inning Foundation put up a breathtaking senior citizens talent show, Umang 2015, at Birla Matoshree Sabhagriha, recently to a packed house and some extremely talented acts. The show’s partners included Rotary Club of Mumbai, Nariman Point, Rotaract Club of Rizvi Law College.

UmangUmang is a unique stage talent show for senior citizens over 55 years of age. This year, the event was included under the Umang Rotary District 3140 Service week.

Said Sailesh Mishra, Founder President of Silver Inning Foundation, “As there are not enough opportunities for the elderly to show their talent, the main purpose of this programme is to provide a platform for them. This is not a competition between the elderly, but a forum to encourage them to demonstrate their hidden talent. We are the pioneers in the country to annually organise this unique talent show for seniors since 2008. Every senior citizen is invited to participate without affiliation to any organisation, community, class, or caste.”

Over time, the fast pace of our lives and changing traditions have dampened the spirits of senior citizens by suggesting that they can no longer contribute to society and benefit from being active. “But we don’t accept this reasoning for our elderly parents, friends, or neighbours. We can help them maximise their health and vitality by keeping them active and involved in the world around them,” Sailesh says.

Vipul Shah of Rotary Club of Mumbai, Nariman Point said, “It was magical to see vibrant and evergreen seniors performing in as many as 27 acts. They were agedUmang from  55 years to 81 years, and they sang, danced, enacted social plays, performed music. The saying ‘Bachpan after pachhpan’ is apt for such a show.”

Siddharth Jaiswal, President, Rotaract Club of Rizvi Law College said, “It was one of the biggest-ever talent shows of senior citizens all over Maharashtra. Seniors wait for this event every year. The hall was packed with 1,000 elders in the audience, as also young volunteers from the Rotaract Club of Rizvi Law College, TISS, Sophia College and Nirmala Niketan College of Social Work.”

The show saw participation from 126 seniors and 20 senior citizens organisations. The associate partners for the show were Dignity Foundation, FESCOM Mumbai, HelpAge India, Harmony for Silvers Foundation, 1298 Senior Citizens Helpline, A1 Snehanjali, The Metrognome and Palliative Care Department, Bhaktivedanta Hospital. The show was co-hosted by Rotary Club of Bombay Pier.

(Pictures courtesy Aaji Care)

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Film journalist says ‘I hate Bollywood’

‘I hate Bollywood’ is Mumbai film journalist Rohit Khilnani’s debut novel, which was launched by Bollywood film actor Amitabh Bachchan.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

Amidst a packed house, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan launched well-known entertainment journalist, Rohit Khilnani’s debut novel, I Hate Bollywood at Sofitel, BKC, Mumbai.

At the launch of Rohit’s book, Bachchanspoke at length about a chapter in the book, ‘The Hospital Beat’. The chapter talks about how reporters cover celebrities when they are admitted in the hospital. It focusses on reporters outside Lilavati Hospital when Bachchan was admitted there in 2006. “Of course the media has to do its job, but there have been times when my car couldn’t move because the media had blocked the way,” he said, also recollecting an incident when a reporter had entered the hospital in disguise. “Jaya asked me why am I giving interviews from the hospital room, I told her I have not given any interview. Later we realised that this reporter had entered my room dressed as a doctor.”

To which the author admitted, “Yes, media can be insensitive sometimes!”

Speaking at the launch, Rohit said, “From my 15 years of experience in film journalism, I have realised one thing: everyone wants to know more and more about Bollywood. So I thought of putting my experiences on paper for all those who love or hate Bollywood. Of course, I have made a fiction story out of it so that it entertains the reader. I Hate Bollywood is like a masala film, it has action, drama and romance!”

The novel takes an interesting look at Bollywood from a reporter’s point of view. Born and brought up in Chembur, a Mumbai suburb, in the ’80s, Raghu Kumar has his first brush with filmstars as a child. Ever since, he is intrigued by the workings of Bollywood. In the ’90s, Raghu is hired by popular film journalist Rajeev Mehra for the newspaper The News, where his big story is an interview of yesteryear star Parveen Babi. Thus starts his tryst with journalism. He then moves on to reporting for news channels, where he has his own programme.

But a trap is laid by a senior colleague to trip him up and he walks right into it. It takes him two years to bounce back. Despite doing well, hobnobbing with top filmstars and getting invited to the best parties in town, Raghu still hates Bollywood.

Rohit Khilnani is the Entertainment Editor at Headlines Today. He specialises in Bollywood and has worked closely with the who’s who of the Hindi film industry. He started his career as a freelance writer for India’s leading newspapers, including The Times of India and The Indian Express. He has previously worked for NDTV and CNN-IBN.

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Love fashion? This forum is for you

The Whistling Woods Neeta Lulla School of Fashion will host its 2nd ‘The Future of Fashion’ forum tomorrow in Mumbai.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

For those seriously interested in fashion and wanting to make a career in the field, comes this wonderful opportunity to interact with and hear from industry stalwarts in Mumbai.

WWNL 1.22The Whistling Woods Neeta Lulla School of Fashion will present ‘The Future of Fashion Forum’ tomorrow, January 24, 2015, an event for all those aspiring to make a mark in the ever-evolving fashion industry. This school of fashion located at Film City, Goregaon, claims to be the first to conduct this kind of an event. Neeta Lulla, Subhash Ghai, and Meghna Ghai Puri will inaugurate the event along with fashion veteran Hemant Trivedi.

The forum is aimed at offering an in-depth perspective to fashion aspirants on how to launch a career in fashion across vocations like fashion designing, styling and trend spotting. The panel will include some of the renowned names from the world of fashion like Sonaakshi Raaj and Falguni & Shane – top designers of the India fashion industry. The event will also feature personalities like Vinay Nadkarni, Anjana Sharma, Payal Singhal, Gaviin Miguel, Mohini Boparai, Nisha Jhangiani, Ken Fernandez, Shubhika Davda, Arden Dsouza, Anna Romanczuk, Darshini Lal, Gaurang Shah, and Bhamini Subrhamanium as guest speakers, amongst others. The forum will comprise of various panel discussions where the distinguished names from the industry will share their insights on the rapidly evolving fashion and retail industry. The topics for panel discussion include ‘Developing the Fashion Eco System’, ‘Changing Face of Fashion’, ‘Insight by New Age Designers’, ‘Visual Merchandising’, ‘Masterclass – Indian Textiles Blend with Contemporary Fashion’ and ‘Master Haute Couture’.

neeta lullaNeeta Lulla (in pic on left) says, “This is the second year of the Future of Fashion Forum and building on the grand success of last year, the forum this year is going to be grander with stalwarts from the industry gracing us with their presence and interacting with aspirants wanting to create a niche in the ever-evolving fashion industry.”

Entry to the event is free and open to all. The event will take place on Saturday, January 24, between 10 am to 6 pm. The fashion school is located at Whistling Woods International, Filmcity Complex, Goregaon (E), Mumbai – 400065.

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Mumbai gets a new film club, courtesy Osianama

Two new clubs – for cinema and vintage automobiles – come to Mumbai, with a premiere of Hindi film ‘Baby’.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

After months of deliberation, Mumbai has finally been chosen as the first venue for Osianama, India’s pioneering cultural centre, with the launch of the first two (of nine) clubs focusing on Indian and world cinema, and vintage and classic automobiles, at the iconic art-deco Liberty Cinema.

Tomorrow, January 23, will see Osianama inaugurate the film ‘club’, titled ‘Cinefan’ with the premiere of Neeraj Pandey’s film, Baby. On Sunday, January 25, Pandey and the film’s lead actor Anupam Kher will also conduct a masterclass for film enthusiasts and students.

Osianama plans to be the nerve-centre for the exhibition, edutainment, screening and knowledge for the arts, auto, cinema, culture and the preservation of its heritage. It complements the vast emerging online knowledgebase – osianama.com – “to rebuild the educational global platform for India’s cultural civilisation”.

Osianama Chairman Neville TuliNeville Tuli, Chairman of Osianama, states that Osianama embraces nine membership-driven cultural clubs under its umbrella which will be inaugurated step by step between January 2015 and March 2016. The Osianama ‘clubs’ are Vintage and Classic Automobiles; Cinefan; Antiquities and Fine Arts Appreciation; Books and Poetry; Photography; Architectural Heritage and Preservation; All Creatures Great and Small and Animal Welfare; Design, Craft and Popular Cultures, and Sporting Heritage.

“Osianama is starting with the launch of the first two clubs immediately, followed by the Fine Arts Club and Books and Poetry Club in April, when our activities begin on a daily basis,” Tuli explains.

The Osianama Cinefan Club will host premieres of over 50 top quality films from India and the best of world cinema in its first year. It will also organise 12 major exhibitions (such as On Orson Welles, Clark Gable, Marlon Brando, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, the Marx Brothers, etc. apart from exhibiting Polish poster design from the 1950-70s, Japanese aesthetics and the Samurai, Sci-Fi and horror designs of the 1950-60s, and also host related discussions, master classes and debates with a focus on Hollywood, Indian and world cinema.

Tuli says, “This has been a pivotal institutional step of one’s vision for the past 20 years. Few, if any, cultural institutions, have been built in this world with such independence from patronage, sponsorship and donations. We have always envisaged art, culture and its heritage as India’s greatest assets which will balance and nurture both economic and religious forces once having built its own material infrastructure with daily financial independence.”

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