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रचना 1 ए�प २०१५

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Maharashtra Mandal Chicago, Inc. (Year of Establishment: 1969) The first Maharashtra mandal in the United States of America, serving the local community as a non profit organization Website: http://www.mahamandalchicago.org Email Address for correspondence: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

सा�हत / मजकर पाठ�वणासाठठ सपकर : 'रचना' सपादक - Editor - उला नगरर Email - [email protected] [email protected]

Rachana Advertising: Annual (all issues)

¼” Page $100 ½” Page $150 Full Page $200

MMC 2015 4 Rachana Editions – 1. Makar Sankrant 2. Gudi Padwa 3. Ganesh Chaturthi, 4. Diwali

Please find the pricing structure for 2015. We encourage you to signup for annual membership of your Mandal. The membership is offered for an individual or a family. Becoming MMC member allows you to get tickets at discounted prices. Regular Family Membership (Husband, Wife and Kids): $30 Single Membership (One person only): $15 Life Membership: $350

सदस वगर ण (Membership Fees)

Time Line 2015

रचना मखपष : रााल पाटला

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ा अकात,

अधयण मनोगत 4

मखपषठ सपपार �नका 5

क�वता - शभ सकलपाचण गढ� 7

सण शकतण: �वदा बाळ 9

क�वता - नव�चा हषर 11

आप स: गढ�पाडवा / वषरप�तपदा 12वषर पप

�शकागो मराठठ �वदाम�दर 14

बाोदान – Poem Swish 15

बाोदान – Tree of Life 15

शबदकोड 17 The Greatest Gift of all 18 सदर माझ घर! 22

शबदकोड - उततर 24

आमह� बलवाचार - Vegetarian Taco Pasta Salad 25

आमह� बलवाचार - Mango Strawberry Clafoutis 26

य�च 27 Through my Camera Lens 28 रह ना रह हम! 29

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नमसकार मडळण, नववषारा शभा ! Happy Gudhi Padwa and Wish You All A Prosperous New Year!!!

सकातणचा (Sankrant )कारकम “चा �मळन साराजण” दगार, �झममा, सणशकतण अम�रकत� fusion dance ,

उभा उभा �वनोद आ� गाणाचण म�फ “ सवर हर� “ हा बरोबर दकात साजरा झाा. All credit goes to

the wonderful audience ! ऐन �हवाळात, snow शण झगडत आप सवा�नण वन आपला सा�नक काकाराना दाद �द�त. तसच मणना राउत, सबोप भाव, हाचा "ोकमान �टळक” हा �सनमा पाहन आजा fast life मध

प आपलाा �टळकाा �शकवणचण आठव दऊन पढा �पढ�ा ताचा वारसा कसा दावा अस दाखवन गा. Dr ाद�च आव�दावर lecture Vernon Hills Library आोिजत क होत .सवारना खपच आवड.

Healthcare मध अस काह� कारकम आाचा पतन आमह� करत आहोत.

आता वप ाग गढ� पाडवाा “आषावर बो काह�” आ� होळणच !

पतक कारकमाचण पडदामागचण पाद असत. सकातणा- नवणन स�मतणचण जळवाजळव, website रचना चा अक, तर ोकमान �टळक �सनमा साठठ theater आ� internet चा DCP code,

आता गढ� पाडवाा कारकमासाठठ P-३ visa चण गडबड, काकाराचण राहणाचण सो, आणा नणाचण सो

workshop चण arrangement, शण सतनारााचण पजा , सारानण �मळन का पसाद, and not to forget the Youth! The youth in our committee are planning the 'No sew blankets" for charity at the Gudhi Padwa event !! प हा पाद�तह� एक मजा असत एक समापान �मळत हाचण पचणतण २०१५ ा स�मतणा वारवार त आ�

सवरज हा साठठ झटत आहत.

आता काह� आगामण कारकमाचण ोडण अ�पक मा�हतण.. भरगोस कारकम घवन त आहोत .. There has been a valid request from the community to have write-ups in English also. Upcoming events

• Sports: May 17th Carom and Badminton, June 7th Table tennis. Please visit the website for more details

• Charity: April 26th, March of Dimes, June 21st, Father's day Alzheimer’s walk, October 3rd, Feed My Starving Children at 3 locations all on same day!

• Picnic - MMC picnic and Box cricket has become more and more popular and hence we need a bigger space. Join us on July 25th at Busse Woods.

• Ganapati: 19th September एक आगळा वगळा कारकम - ोकपारा सादर करा �मळन सारज ! "Lokdhara saadar karooya Miloon sarejaan' This is an interactive program of group performances 'of the Marathi Chicagoans, by the Marathi Chicagoans and for the Marathi Chicagoans!! This will be based on various themes which will be picked by the groups in advance and practiced during summer and presented at Ganapati with a bang. We are expecting at least 10 groups. So start collecting your groups... We will have separate

अधयण मनोगत

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meetings in library to help you with theme, to form groups etc. We shall be advertising shortly for this event on our website, on face book and in Rachana. Please contact any of our committee members for more details. Stay Tuned !! Please feel free to contact Pankaj Akolkar 630 346 9598 for any information about the website, programs for this year आा इर मा�ही - Website : Our IT team is working hard to get you all the information through the Email blast and the website so please visit website mahamandalchicago.org Volunteer sign up: Your feedback is very valuable and will help us plan the event to your satisfaction. All this will not be possible without the continuous support of our volunteers. We have created a new tab on our website for people to sign up for various activities.Please Sign up! Rachana: Rachana Team is all set for the Volume II. This year we shall have a print edition for our members, in addition to the online Rachana PDF. The cover page competition was won by Mrs. Runali Patil.Please contribute to the success of Rachana with your articles, poems etc. Sponsors: A special thanks to our Sponsors –

• Excellence Shelters (Gold Sponsor) • Maharashtra Foundation (Gudhi Padwa) • Dr. Bhorade (generous donation for Rachana printing & MMC programs)

It is the valuable support from our sponsors, donors and advertisers which help us enable us to keep the tickets at lower rates for all of us. BMM Representative: The EC has re-appointed Mr. Niteen Joshi as the BMM representative of MMC for the next 2 years starting July 2015. He, as always is making sure MMC community here is informed of BMM Awards, and Scholarship opportunities and news about the BMM 2015 LA Convention. Thanks to the Gudhi Padwa Coordinator, Rekha Deodhar, the entire MMC 2015 committee (there are 30 of them) and unconditional support of my beloved Pankaj (अगद� एका पाावर) and beloved children Radhika and Neil. Now that spring is here, taxes are done and summer holidays are round the corner, let us all enjoy Ayushyawar Bolu Kahi and Holi !! चा तर मडळण भटात Lemont Temple मध ए�प १९ ा दपार� २.३० वाजता !!

आप�

सचता अकोकर, अधया, महाराष मडळ �शकागो २०१५

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महाराषटमडळट�शकागोट२०१५टतफ� टाटवष�टएकटअ�भनवटकलपनाट टमखपषठ सपपारट आोिजतटकरणातटआ�ट.टपमखटसकलपनाटहोतणट– गढ�पाडवा आ� सणशकतण.टतााटउदडटप�तसादट�मळााट.टताटसपप�चाट�नकाटखा�पमा.ट- ThanksटtoटPallaviटRajwadeटforटjudgingटRachanaटcoverpageटcompetition. �वजत मखपषठ - रााल पाटला घोषवाक सपप�तण इतर सहभागण वाक – ाभणा मराठठस घर नादत

�शकागोत सण-ब उभ राहत पाह मराठठ तण | सख शातण सपनन

होतण | �शकागोत समर हातण | सौदा�मनणा ||

गहसवा�मनण कार �सधद�स नत, मराठठ परपरा ह� �तच जागत

पन हा नाह� क� को मा कर दार; पन असा आह �क को ाबवार?

सण महज सपर वतरळ हो - जनम

दार, माा करार आ� घडवार

सण शिकत कोण दत नसत, तण घाचण

असत

टज भवानण माता !

नवा गाचण दोन भजा�कत पनष प� अ�चत अघट�त ता सराचण पकज रमण नवा मनचण �बकद राण

मराठठ पाऊ पडत पढ ज वसत मराठठ सण, त का उ मराठठ पाऊ पडत पढ

“Women have infinite power to

show the wonders of this world; they create, foster, and love with all their heart.”

सनमान नार�चा जा घरा

सवगर परवर तोच खरा

मखपषठ सपपार �नका

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माततवाच द , वातसलाच स�दारन नटा सणजनम परत परत घ

नाना नाव नाना रप , आहत प�त�बब तझणच सार� सवावबण झा�स त , नाह� उर�स अबा नार� बपन झगारन , सवात उपभोगणा घ उच भरार�

शगार , वातसल , पम , ममता

यात पसण , यात माता कपण मद , तर कपण कठोर कपण करन , तर कपण ….ट भार�

नस�गरक, ऐ�तहा�सक, अधाितमक सवरपटअसटसवरटसाचट

हतटतामागणटअप �टजवळणकट

अनटससकारटसारटघड�वणाचट

चटशशटप�तपदाट

मराठठटसटहाटगढ�पाडवा शभटसकलपाचणटगढ�टउभाराट

बहमधवजााटनमनटकराट

वसतटऋतचणटसरवातट

रामाचटअोधाटपनरागमनट

सतगाचा पारभटशा�वाहनटशकाचाटपम�दनट

सारटसागतटआहटहाटपावनट

कड�बाचण पानटखाऊटरकतशशणसाठठ शणखड-पर�चटभोजनटमग, घऊनटभट�गाठठ साडतणनाताटहाटमहतरटपकडाट

चाटशभटसकलपाचणटगढ�टउभाराट

- सौ.टनणा जोशण, �शकागो

क�वता - शभटसकलपाचणटगढ�

रखा�च : रापा गोडाब

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- Sayuj Choudhari

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�वदाता महज शाळत� हशार

समज� जाार�, वकततव सपप�त, खळात बयणस �मळवार�, पमात पडन वकर गन क� म गण.ट पिसतसावा वषारप�त एक सवरसामान ग�हण होतण.ट सासरा बताा आ�रक प�रिसतणमळ नोकर�चण आवकता होतण.टआकाशवाण करता ग�हण ट कारकमात सादरकत� महन जबाबदार� सवणकार� आ� खप मानवर ोकाशण ओळखण होणाचण सपण ताना �मळा�.टप हा नोकर�त पढ महावा तसा वाव �मळाा नाह�.टट

ाचट काावपणतट �वदाताट दोनटम ााट आट झालाट होता.ट पशाचणट अततटगरजट होतण.ट आकाशवाणवराट कामामळटिसााट �वषावर अनभवट होता.ट सण टमा�सकातट कामट करणाचणट �वदातानाट खपटइाटहोतणटतणटशाताबाट�कलसकरानणटमानताट�दलानट प रट झा�.ट वचा�रकट पातळणवरट सण टमा�सकामळटआपट वाढतट गोट अस �वदाताटमहतात.टकारकनणपासनटमहजटाराटपानाटउततरटदणाचटकामटकरतटकरतटसपादक� �हटागलावरट तानणट हक-हकट बदटकरतट नवट�वचारटनवट�वषटमाडााटसरवातटक�.ट सण टचाट वाचकवगरट मधमट वग�ट होता.ट वाचकााटपातनट खपट अनभवट �मळतट ग.ट सपादक�ट��हतानाट सवादााट रपातणट �खाामळटवाचकाशणट एकट पकारचट नातट जळ.ट �वचाराना सपषटताट तट ग�.ट �वचारट ह� कतणट करणाचणटप�ह�टपार�- तणटचढाचणट �कटनाह�टहाट �नर टपतकानट सवत पट घावा.ट पट आपलाट

�वचारातटआ�टकतणतटकमणतटकमणटअतरटअसावटहाटमदा �वदाताटआवजरनटमाडतात

आपट हषारट महन बयणसटआ� कौतकट कर इतप�तट सवरट ठठकट असतटपरतट �वचारााट �वकासामळट काह�ट ठामटमत बनतट ग�ट आ�ट ताट पमाट वागणाचटसवात ट हवट असट जवहाट पकषारनट वाटााटागत तवहाट घरातट वातावरट बदटआहट हटयातटत. अशाटवळणट�वदाताानणटजट�नर टघतटतटसोपटनवहत.टताट �नर ाचण जवाबदार�टतानणट घत�टआ�ट �कमतह�ट �द�.ट �वचारााटतफावतणमळट तानणट घरट सोडनट सवत ट रहाटपसतटक.

िसाचट पनट हाट �वदाताााटकाारताट सवार�पकट काळजणचाट �बदट होता.टसणाट �वकासासाठठट �तातट असलाटग ावग ाचाट शोपट घणाचणट सपणट �ताट दावणट�हट सणमकतणचणट सरवात.ट महनट अशणट सपणट�मळवनट दणासाठठट मदतट करट तााशणटआप क�नट सवादट सापट फारट आवकट आहटअसट जवहाटआपलााट पटट तवहाट सणमकतणचाट

�वदा बाळ

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रचना 10 ए�प २०१५

पवासट सरट होतो.ट सणमकतणट महजट माटसवतताट उननतणकरताट जट �मळवाचट आहटतासाठठचणटपडपडटअसट�वदाताानाटवाटत. आताट ह�ट सणमकतणट कोापासनाट ाचट उततरटपरपरनट घड�वलाट सणाट प�तमपासन.ट ाटकरताट सण- परषट सवादट होट आवकट आह.टतामळट गरसमजानट होारट वादट �मटट शकतणटआ�ट सणचट मनटआ�ट मतट समजनट घणाचाटपतनह�टहोऊटशक.टसण- परषााटसहजणवनातटदोघानाट समानट दजारट असााट हवा.ट शार��रकटपातळणवरटसण- परषट�नसगरततचटवगळटअसतात.टपट तामळट शषठ-क�नषठताटकशणटकाटमान�टजातट असाट पनट �वदातााट �वचारतात.ट सणट�शक�टक� �बघड टआ�टपरषट �शकनटशहााटहोटअशाट �वचारााटोकानाट फटआगरकरटकव�ट ोक�हतवाद�ट ानणट िसााट पगतणकरताटकलाटपडपडणचाटखराटअरटसमजाटअसताटतरटह� चळवळट सरट करणाचट आमहााटकारच नवहतटअस �वदातााटमहतात.

कसोट�ाट वळणट आपलााट जट पटटआहट तट ठामपट करणाचट परट िसानणटदाखवााटहव.टिसानणटआपटआपटसवात ट�मळवााटहव.टताटकरताटसवावबणटहोट�कतणटआवकटआह ह �वदाताटकळकळणनटपटवनटदतात.ट पनाचणट भणतणट वाटट दवट नट तकर सगतट�वचारट करनट तानाट समोरट जाणाचणट �हमतटदाखव�ट क�टआपचटआपलााट मकतटकरतो.टसामानटसणाटघडोघडणटपनटआहत.टभणतणटआहट�नर टघणाचणटपाडसटहोतटनाह�टक डणतनटबाहरटपडणाच.टअशावळणटआपाराचणटोगटसललाचणटताकदट दणाचणट जणट गरजट आहटतण �वदाताााटचळवळणनट�द�.

सणमकतणट महजट परषाशणटआमनसामनट

ढाट कााट तरट असाट �वचारट करट महजटचळवळणट बदट गरसमजट करनट घणासारखटहो.ट परषाशणट सवादट सापटअततटआवकटआह.ट�वदाताााट नार�टसमताटमच टनटतातटपढाकारट घता.ट िसावराट अताचारााट�वरोपातटसणपरषानणटएकटकामटमहनटपरषानाटसभासदतवटखट ठवार�ट नार�टसमताटमच ट ह�टबहदाटप�ह�चटसघटना. परषसतताकटपशतणटअजनह�टरढटआहटमहनटतणटबदणाचाट पतनट आतम�नभररट सवावबणटसणनचट कराचाट असाट तर�ट तट वाढ- मणट ह�टवाढतोट अशणट भ�मकाट परषानट घत�ट तरटसहजणवनटसमशट होट ह �वदाताटसाततानटपट साधाट सोोाट सवादातनट सागतट राहतातटतााट �मळनट साराजण ट मा�सकातन.ट सण-परषााट समतबदट �वचारट करणासट पवततटकरारट हटमा�सकटअततटप�तकटप�रिसतणतट१९८९ट सा�ट सरट क.ट ताचाट रौोट महोतसवटनकताचट साजराट झाा.ट तातणट सपादक�ातनट�वदाताट ताचट परखडट �वचारटमाडतटअसतात.टअपशशाट जोखडातनट िसानणट सटट पा�हज.टसणनचट सणचणट प�तषठाट जप�ट पा�हज.ट अगद�टसापट उदाहरट महजट सणाट नावामागट सौटावावट क�ट शणमतणाट हळद�-ककट कोााटावाचाटहटभदटिसाचटएक-मक�मधटकरतातटह�ट पोकाचणट सचनाट �वदाताट दतात.ट नवसटउपास-तापासटकशासाठठटकटजातातटाचणटकारटसमजावनट घवनट ताट समसाट सोड�वणासाठठटखाणाकट उपाट कोतट हट समजावनट �दटमहजटअपशशचाटअडळाटओाडताट.

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महातमाट फलानणट १८४८ट मधट म �चणटप�ह�ट शाळाट काढ�ट आ�ट सणट मकतणटआदोनााट एकाट अारनट �दशाट दाखवनट �द�.टताट �दशनट हाट काटर�ट वाटवरनट जातानाट�वदाताानणट िसाशणट सोपट पट सवादट सापतटसवतताट आषाचट �शलपकारट आपचट असट�कतणट समापानट कारकट असतट हाट �वचारटसाततानटपटवाचाटपतनटका. �वदाताााट वकतणमतवातट बोणााटकबणतट एकट जादट आह.ट वाचणट पचाहततर�ट

ओाडलाट एववाट मानवरट कारकतारटअसलाट तर�ट आपट तााशणट गोपाट मारटशकतोट हट तााट मनमोकळाटसवभावामळच. �वदा ताटअशाचटरहा.

- �खकाटशभाटजोशण मळ - साठट हााट �वदाताट आ�ट ….ट टपसतकाचाटआपारट

टकखकट- कलपनाटनक�कर

बागडतटआटनवणनटवषर ओसडटागाटनव�चाटहषर सभोवारटकोवळणटपरवषट�ट

उजळलाटजटजनाटसम�त पानटट �ोसचणटडोकावतण म टखळतणटआनदानण �नसगारतटरम�टममट षट� घरकामटसारट�वसारोनण बतटरचताटसट�च

वळटभानटहरपतटमाझ

समरताटसगळटआोत�म

हासतटनाचतटआाटच सौ.टनणाटजोशण, �शकागो

क�वता - नव�चाटहषर

रखा�च : रापा गोडाब

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स�ातीनतर होळी आली. “ होळी र होळी परणाची पोळी “ महणत होिलका दहन झाल.

धळवडीनतर रगाचा उधळणीत रगपचमी साजरी झाली. ज ज महारा� महणत आपला लाडका छ�पती िशवाजी महाराजाचा जतीचा कार�म

पण सगळानी उतसाहात पार पाडला. आता �ा सगळात चा�ल लागत ती वसतोतसवाची, मराठी वषारराची, महणजच गढीपाड�ाची.

मराठी �दनद�शका ही च��मणावर आधा�रत

असत. च� मिहनाचा पिहला �दवशी महणजच

च� शकल �ितपदला आपण गढीपाडवा साजरा करतो. गढीपाडवा महणजच वषर�ितपदा, हा �दवस

साड तीन म�तारपकक एक, तसच शािलवाहन

शकाचा वषारचा पिहला �दवस आह. �ा वष� �ी शािलवाहन शक १९३७ स� होत आह. नवीन

सवतसराचा हा पिहला �दवस. नारद ऋष�ना जी साठ मल झाली तीच सवतसर महणणन ओळखली जातात. अस मानतात �क दव �ा �तक

सवतसराचा पिहला �दवस तोरण िन ग�ा उा�न साजरा करतात. �ा वष� जनाम

सवतसर सपणन मनममनाम सवतसर स� होत आह.

तसच �महाडपराणात �ाच पिव� �दवशी ��दवान ह जग उतपप कल असा सदर आह.

रामाणानसार ाच �दवशी �ण रामच�ानी रावणाचा आिण इतर राकसाचा पराव क�न

अोधमध �वश कला महणणन �जन ताच सवागत

घरावर तोरण िन ग�ा महणजच िवज धवज

उा�न कल. आपला मराठी लोकासाठी गढी पाडवा हा �दवस छ�पती िशवाजी महाराजानी वनावर िमळवलला िवजानतर घरी परतलला मरा�ाचा सनमानाचा �दवस. �ाच �दवशी च�

नवरा�ही स� होत. ह

नवरा� शारदी नवरा�

सारखच काही जण साजर करतात.

आपल ब�ताशी सण ह ऋतण, िनसगर आिण

शतीशी सल� आहत. वषर �ितपदा हा वसत ऋतणचा आगमनाचा िन रबबी िपकाचा मौसम सपवणन नवीन

िपकासाठी नागरणीची स�वात करणाचा �दवस.

वसत ऋतणचा सरवातीस वातावरणात सखद

शीतलता असत. झाडाना नवीन पालवी फटत

असत. जणण सगळीकड नवीन मागलाची स�वात

होत असत. �ा �दवशी घरासमोर अगणामध सडा घालणन रागोळी काढतात. दाराला आबाचा

आपा स: गढलपाडवा / वषर पप�ा ख मा�का - पवर २ र

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पानाची तोरण बाधतात. घरातील ज� ��क एक

वळणची मोठी काठी आणणन, सवचछ धवणन, ितचा एका टोकाला ताबड व� वा खण, आबाचा डहाळा, ताब�ा फलाची माळ आिण साखरचा गाठी बाधणन तावर लोटी �कवा ाड उपड

ठवतात. अशी ही गढी मख दरवाजाचा उज�ा बाजणस रागोळी घातलला जागवर �कवा आजकालचा उच इमारत�चा ससकक तीत बालकनी वा िखडककवर ऊच जागी उी करतात. �तक

घराघरातील हा ��धवज जणण घरातला उच

कतरतवाच �तीकच. अशी ही गढी घरातील

अमगलावर िवज िमळवणन धनधान, समक�ीचा �पान िखडका, बालकनीतणन �दमाखान घराघरातील िवजाच धवज फडकावत असत. गढी सण�दानतर ५-१० िमिनटात उारावी अस

शा� सागत. सकाळचा �ा वळी कोवळी सणर�करण आपला शरीरात तज ततव िन �ाणऊजार दीघरकाळ �टकवतात. आजकाल बाजारात छो�ा छो�ा रडीमड ग�ाही उपलबध आहत पण

तातणन आपली ही परपरा फ� शोपरती िजवत

राहत कक का अस वाटत ! �ा �दवशी लहान मलाकडणन (तसच दसऱाचा �दवशी) सरसवती दवीच पणजन क�न घतात.

सकाळी सकाळी गढीपणजा क�न झालावर कडण�नबाचा कोवळा पानाच वाटण जात िमरी, हरबऱाची डाळ, ओवा, मीठ िन गळ अस िम�ण

मोड मोड खातात. �तक सणाला ता ता ऋतणला अनस�न उपलबध असलला औषधी गो�ी

खाणाची परपरा इमही �दसणन त. कडण�नबाच

अनक औषधी गण आपलाला माहीतच आहत.

कडण�नब आपल र� श� करतो िन शरीराची �ितकार श�क वाढवतो. कडण�नब िन गळाच ह

चाटण जणण णाऱा वषारतला कडण गोड आिण सख

दखाच �ितकच.

�ा �दवशी नवनवीन कपड घालणन लोक

आनदान एकमकाना टणन नववषारची सरवात

सखान करतात. आपलाकड �ा �दवशी ब�ताशी �ीखड परीचा बत असतो. हा �दवस साड तीन

म�तारपकक असलान कठलाही चागला कामाची स�वात करणास हा �दवस पिव� समजतात.

शतकरीस�ा नवीन िपकासाठी नागरणीस सरवात

करतात.

सधाकाळी वा दसऱा �दवशी सकाळी हळदककण अकता वा�न गढी उतरवतात. अनकाचा मनात

लहानपणी गढीवरचा उतवलला गाठी ावाबिहणीबरोबर वाटणन खाणातला आनद

घोळवणन जातात. आपला नातवासाठी ताचा लहानपणी आणलला सपशल गाठी आठवणन आजी आजोबा रमणन जातात.

चला तर मग, दा २०/२१ माचरला आपला प�रसरात जर कोणाचा घराबाहर उच

गढी उारलली �दसली तर न�क ओळखा �क

आपला मराठी माणणस �ा परदशातही आपली परपरा जपतो आपला �हदणचा एकतची गढी उा�न.

- वषार िवसाळ

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�शागो मरा� �वदामम��र

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You just can't have your game these days

You try hard but you just can't do it

Every time you shoot you don't hear the

swish

But you still work hard and try

You practice every day to be the best

You practice day and night to beat the rest

It still doesn't come but you know it takes

time

So you keep on track and work hard

Now again you hear the swish of the hoop

Soon enough you're the best on the team

You help them win every game

Now every time you hear the swish of the

hoop

You remember how it was in the past

Making no shots, but still telling yourself to

never give up

- Sayuj Choudhari (5th Grade)

Sitting in a train, traveling to southern-India, I gloomily stared as the towns passed by. Suddenly, like a streak of lightning, we entered the city of Kerala, as streets and streets full of blurry coconut trees flashed before my eyes. While the mind blowing sight flew by, I was aggravated to learn more about this astonishing greenery. The train screeched to a halt. The other passengers and I that were supposed to get off at this stop got off the train as the distant wail of the whistle was heard when it rolled off. The moment I stepped out of the train, I started studying more and more about the tree of life: The Coconut Tree.

The coconut tree is called the Tree of Life. It is called this because each and every part of this tree plays an important part in our everyday lives. Here are many of the uses that I have made my research on while I was on my trip.

Roots of the coconut tree provide us with beverages, medicine, dye, toothbrush, and mouthwash. They are also useful for treating diarrhea, dysentery, and other digestive problems. The bark/trunk is the biggest part of the tree. It is useful for paper pulp, and other thin substances. It is also used for many construction purposes like buildings and residential houses and for creating furniture.

As useless as these pointy leaves may seem, but actually they are very useful in many ways. When the leaves are dried, they can be used for paper pulp and

Poem - Swish

बााोदान Tree of Life

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brooms. They can also be used for creating bags, shades, decors, fans, and also hats. Some people in rural areas use it for covering roofs, creating fences, and kindling fires.

Smooth and brown, the shell of the coconut is a part of the fruit of the coconut itself and it is also eaten along with the coconut meat. It is used as a material in many different handicrafts. In cooking it is used in producing charcoal and creating dishes and kitchen utensils.

The prickly and bushy part of the outside of the coconut is called the husk. The husk can be used for pottery wheels and/or potting mediums. If husks are discarded, then the discarded husks are used for household products and flooring materials. A natural elastic fiber, extracted from the husk is called the coir. The coir offers us with ropes, mats, coarse clothes, and brushes.

Greater than great is the meat of the coconut fruit from the tree of life. The meat of the coconut tree is a great source of protein and acts like a natural laxative. The meat also gives us natural needs such as, animal feeds, flower, desiccated, milk, chips, copra, candies, and other sweet delicacies. The oil produced from the meat is useful in skin, hair, and facial care. This is because of its powerful anti microbial effects on the human body.

Purest of the pure is the water inside the young fruit. It is the most health benefiting water ever discovered. It provides the delicate human body with proper hydration of the body, natural cleansing of

the kidney, and balances the electrolytes in the body.

This tree is The Best tree in the world! I thought to myself as I was skimming through my notes. My notes told me that I HAVE to write an amazing story about this no matter what!! And, that’s when I wrote this story, all about the one and only: Coconut Tree. So, when you ever go to the top three Coconut producing countries- Indonesia, Philippines, and India- Be sure to remember the importance of this unpredictable tree full of more than million uses all over the world!!

- Riddhi Bhagwat (4th Grade)

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शबदकोड

उभटशबद 1.ट�दषट� 2.टपसतकाचटसहाट- इटोकटवाचनासाठठटतात 3.टनगरपा�कनटआकाराटकर 4.टरोखटरककम, नकद 5.ट�व�वपट�वचारटमाडार�टमडळण 6.टओझ 7.टावणामधटनााचणटभ�मकाटसाकाराराटकावत 12.टएकटफळ 14.ट�ननद, अपमानासपद 15.टऐनट(दपार�), जासतणचाटघाताटर 16.टदरवाजामध 17.टघरातटअडकवनटहाचा�टमार�दतटठवाराटतरगवास 19.टिजाटमाकडाचटका�ळजटखाचटहोतटतण! 23.टजजा 24.टगनातटनवरा-नवर�टमधटपरटकापड 26.ट�वा 29.ट�बनट__ - अ�तरकाचाटमहोरका 30.टखा�टवाकनट(मजरा) 32.टत ड 34.टसमाजवाद�टपयाचणटअदायर

आडवटशबद 1.ट अवतामाटहतात, ___ _____ 5.टगट, सघटनचाटभाग 8.टकावळा 9.टअगातट, वावरट(�वषशततट�पशाच, आतमा, ताद�च)टट 10.टमाडण, महाराषटमडळट�शकागोचटचततप! 11.टखपटखललानटपोटातटआ�टकळ 13.टएखाद�टगोषटटनट�मळ, तापासनट___ राह 14.ट(शात)टिजकलाटशाटसोडनटद 18.ट___ गमत 20.टनवरा 21.टमनसचाटससापक! 22.टनकक�टकर, __ बाप 23.ट�हाटाटलासटपापडटबनतो! 24.टदर� 25.टएककटमककामटगाठत, मजट____ कर�त 27.टआकाशात 28.टमधस 31.टकमर 33.टआनदटघ, �वट�प 35.टजााटआपटपजतोटतो 36.ट, क�टटकारसान 37.टसवरटसामनटोक

- अ�भिजत रार�कर

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I’ve been accused of being many things. But being totally thrilled with myself is probably the accusation I cherish most. And because it came from a friend whom I love dearly, I know it has little to do with lack of humility. She didn’t so much accuse me of being thrilled with myself as of being thrilled with my life and everyone and everything in it.

What greater gift is there?

I took my puppy to the groomers this morning and of course I posted pictures on Facebook. And while staring smitten at said pictures I couldn’t stop thinking what an absolutely gorgeous puppy he is and how very lucky we were to find him. I mean truly, if I know anything at all, I know that this is the best dog in the world. And I mean sweetest disposition, dying to please you, squeezable, huggable, insanely adorable best dog in the world. And that’s when I was reminded of my friend’s words. Maybe, I thought in a moment of sparkling wisdom, just maybe, he isn’t as superior to all living dogs past and present as I think he is. But truly, what a gift to feel so unarguably that he is!

And I’ll admit it. I do kinda feel that way about my babies, my nieces and nephews, the hubby, my parents, my in-laws, my friends, you know what I’m getting at here, don’t you? Being thrilled with my sphere does seem to afflict me in large enough doses to border on annoying. This general ‘thrilledness’ however, doesn’t quite extend its band of joy over one part of my life. My writing. And if you’re a writer you’re going, ‘well, du-uh.’ Because what kind of flesh and blood writer would I be if I were thrilled with what I spend hours and

days and years squeezing my soul into? It’s not like I’m never thrilled with it. Especially when I keep a safe distance from words like ‘thrilledness,’ I do suspect some of it is good. And this is what keeps me hooked. Albeit struggling on the line like the trout who was stupid enough to be attracted to the bait in the first place.

Why have I never met a writer who looked me straight in the eye and said, ‘Oh I just love the brilliance that rains on the page each time I open up my laptop,’ or even a simple, ‘Gosh, I love what I write’? Pop your head into a writer group meeting and you’re more likely to hear how hard it is, how crazy, how lonely, how impossible. ‘Why do we do it?’ is a question we writers love to ask. It’s as much part of us as taking our laptops to Starbucks is. It’s what makes us writers.

But of course we all know why we really write. We do it because we love to do it, because we can’t not do it. And because we do think we rain brilliance on the page every now and again. And then we quake in terror when we recognize this conceited thought, because self doubt is so much safer than loving what we love and then knowing that it might not sell, it might get panned by critics, it might be loved by none other than just us and our mothers.

As we slave away at our keyboards, twin monsters shimmy on our two shoulders. Self-doubt and old fashioned superstition. Yup, superstition. No matter how unsuperstitious we believe we are, we are terrified of tempting fate into taking away any success we might dare to celebrate.

I once had the gall to call something I wrote “flipping brilliant” and then I was immediately struck by a lightning bolt and accosted with self doubt for months and months, because

The Greatest Gift of All

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something had to balance out this unbalanced bout of good fortune, right?

My first reaction after selling my books to my publisher, once the shaking, weeping, throwing my arms around random strangers in glee had passed, was being enveloped in the strangest dark cloud. I utterly befuddled myself. Here I was, my dearest dream coming true, and I was happy, really I was, but it was a happiness shrouded in a weird sort of terror. Suddenly, there was this solidarity that poured out from all my published friends. They knew exactly what I was feeling. For all the times that I had wanted to yell, ‘What is wrong with you?’ into their faces when they had looked stressed and scared and generally knotted up in tension, suddenly all of it made sense.

This internal drama I wish I could describe better continued for weeks. With everything from the fear of my contract being withdrawn, to my agent suddenly realizing she had made a mistake, to never being able to think of a third book, to bizarre images of truly hideous covers on my books danced around in my brain like those Bollywood numbers I love so much. I knew something was terribly wrong with this picture. I knew I was doing something horribly stupid but I couldn’t pinpoint the cause of my own bizarre reaction.

And then one day I heard my son tell my brother about some child in school who was riding his high horse and treating everyone else like the horse’s droppings. This is what my brother said to my son: “Remember, child, whatever goes up must come down.”

Boom.

Every idiom ever thrown at me as a child spun around me like those numbers that spin around those mathematical geniuses in movies. ‘Pride comes before a fall.’ ‘The higher

they rise the harder they fall.’ ‘For every success there is a price to pay.’ Pound of flesh. Pound of flesh. Pound. Of. Flesh. Is this what I was teaching my children? Certainly, I’d repeated the ‘no free lunches’ wisdom to them often enough. And most definitely this was what I was taught as a child. No wonder I was freaking out. The fall was coming. The flesh was waiting to be claimed. Had I even struggled hard enough to feel this great?

Bulbs popped all around my head. When philosophers tell us we fear success, is this what they mean? When self help gurus tell us to stop holding ourselves back, is this what they mean? When we indulge in self sabotage, is this what we are doing? When Oprah Winfrey famously said she had made the conscious decision to be okay with what the universe was bestowing upon her, is this what she was dealing with?

In that case, my bizarre reaction was about courage. It was about opening myself up to the possibility of loss related to something I value so very much. To accept the joy in success you have to acknowledge the success and consequently accept the possibility of what exists not existing anymore. And that’s the scariest thing. If you sell a book, it can bomb. If you write one winner, you may never be able to write another. Outside of writing, if you have a great job, you could lose it. If you feel great, you could get sick. If you drive a fancy car, you could crash it. The evil eye and every superstition ever created is the voice we give these fears.

My mother won’t let me tell people my children are good kids, because that would open them up to the evil eye and who knows what awful things they might get into. Even as I write this, my fingers tremble with the possibilities of all

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the bad things I might set off by exposing my joy to the world.

But maybe these platitudes and superstitions aren’t meant to be about cautiousness and fear but about separating joy from pride. The bad kind of pride. And relegating success where it belongs, outside of yourself. And relegating joy where it belongs, within yourself. Which brings me back to my puppy. Him wining the cutest puppy award at The Cutest Puppy in the World contest would be success. The way my heart glows when I look at this snub face and his wiggling bum when he wags his tail is joy. The A on my kids’ report cards is success. The spark that lights their eyes when they get excited about science and understand the mechanics of a quadratic equation, that’s joy. Selling my book is success, getting to spend hours and days and years creating characters that feel like real people not just to me but to perfect strangers, that is joy. Even more so,

knowing that I would not exchange those hours and days and years for anything else is joy. Success can be gone from one moment to the next. Joy can also be gone, but only if we confuse it with success.

The gift isn’t that the puppy is cute or the husband adorable. The gift is being able to recognize the fact that this is so. The greater gift is being able to acknowledge it without fearing its loss.

- Sonali Dev

- Meehika Joshi (3rd Grade)

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खरतर तण एक खप सदर सकाळ होतण. डणचा कडाका पडाा आपणचण मोहक डण आ�

कोवळा उनहाच मऊसत कवडस. �ता घरासमोरन जाार� वाटह� सदर सकाळणएवढ�च

सदर होतण. ा सगळा स�दारा कलोळावर ओरखडा असवा तशण तण �ता घराा गर�त

उभण होतण. परत एकदा �म�नटा�म�नटाा आत आत

उतरत जाार नरा अनभवत. इतका सदर सकाळण तण �नराश का होत होतण ह मा कोााच

उमजणासारख नवहत.

तस �ताभोवतण नरााच ढग जम �ता नवणन उर नवहत. कपण बर.. हा! रमाकात.. �तचा नवरा.. तो गलापासन ह अस का�हस जावाा ाग

होत. महज �तच �ता नवर ावर खप पम होत

आ� तण एकट� पड� होतण अस काह� नाह� खरतर.

रमाकात जाारच होता. ताा त मा�हत होत. तण अशणच कपणमपण काह�बाह� �वकाा सधाकाळचण ाचण. �ता चहर ाकड बघन रमाकात गरज

नस� तर� �वकत घाचा. तवहा तण होतण 20 - 22

वषा�चण म गण. अप आचा ससार साभाळार�. एकटा आ�शवा �ता नातवाक मा�हत नवहत.

तर अशण तण का�हतर� �वकाा एक �दवस आ� आ� रमाकात नमक नको अस महाा. तण उदास

होऊन ग� आ� चार �दवसानण सकाळणच उगव�. डोळ सज, मनातन घाबर�. ‘‘आ ग� पवार! दवाखानात न असत प तमह� काह�च �वकत

नाह� घतत. पस नवहत. रहाचण खो� �रकामण करावण ाग�.’’

रमाकात मळातन हादरा. �बचारा सापा मास.

वान पननाशणा आा. अमाप पसा आ� माग

पढ कोण नाह�. एववा मोठा सदर बगलात

एकटा रहाचा भतासारखा. बगा मा तो सदर ठवाचा. तण ताचण गरज होतण.

तर रमाकाता अचानक �ता आा मत ा आप जबाबदार असलासारख वाटाा ाग

आ� तान त ा त इच रहा महन सा�गत.

उपकार महन नाह� तर बगलाचण दखरख कराा महन. बगलामप काह� असदर असता कामा न

अशण ताचण अट होतण. तर अशण तण रमाकाता घरात दाख झा�. टाप�टपणच वळ होत प त

ग�रबणत. एववा मोठा बगलाचण ववसा राखताना �ता नाक� नऊ ाच. ‘आपणचण हाऊसक�पर कस काम कराचण ह सगळ!’ असा �ता पन पडाचा. तण सोडन ग� तवहाच नमका आप आो हा ोगाोग महज आप भाग क� दभारग असाह� पन �ता पडाचा. एववा सगळा ववसखा� �तचा जणव गदमरन गा नसता तरच नव. चागचग खाा �मळत

असनह� तण ओढ� �दसाा ाग�

‘‘घरात कण आग तर त अशण समोर त जाऊ

नकोस. माझा सदर घरात� दखरख करार� बाह� सदरच हवण. इ का कमण आह त ा?

पा�हज त आह. पसाह� कमण वाटत अस तर साग.

मागशण तवढा पगार दन प ह घर आ�

घरात� पतक गोषट सदरच �दस� पा�हज. सगळ

कस आनद� �दस पा�हज.’’

रमाकातच ह शबद ऐकन �ता �भतण वाटाचण आ�

मग तण घाबरन आनद� रहाचा पतन कराचण. हळहळ �ता ह हकमण आनद� रहा जमाा

सम�र माझ घर!

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ाग. मग रमाकाता सदर बगलासारखण, बागसारखण तण ह� हसर� �दसाा ाग�. तण पव� रहाचण ता�ठकाण �तचण काह� जाशण ओळख

होतण त बप �तन अजन प रप तोड नवहत.

अपनमपन एका काककड जाऊन ाचण तण. असच

एक �दवस बोता बोता �ता त डन तण कठ

रहात आ� का काम करत ह ताना कळ.

आवड नाह� फारस ताना, प ‘इच रहा! ’ मह ताना परवडणासारख नवहत महन गोप

बसला. अारतच बातमण पसर�. �तन वसतण सोडलापासन नाकावरा झरार ा म ाना आत को�तच �मळा. आपलाा कपण घासह� न घाार� म गण कवळ पसा आह महन एका महातार ाबरोबर नसतण रहात महज का.. अचानक सगळाा अगात ससकतण सवपरन

सचार.

झा! तण म टोळकानण रमाकाता बगलावर आ�. म कस� माकडच तण. ताना मा�हत

असला फकत एकाच पशतणन तानण आपा �नषप न दवाा सरवात क�. रमाकात आ�

�तामप होऊ शकतण अा सवर मानवण ववहाराचण उजळण करन ‘�ता कदतन

सोडन द नाह�तर...!’ अशण पमक� दऊन तण म

�नघन ग�.

बाहरच दार, बागत� झाड, ॉन, बगलाा �भतण ाा झाला ददरशनण आपण चक�त आ� मग

दतखण झाला रमाकाता ह का? �न कशासाठठ? ह

कळाा बराच वळ ागा. तोवर घरात तण घाबर� आ� रडव� झा� होतण. सवतत दतखण होऊन घरात ार ा रमाकाता ग पळ�, घाबर� तण �दस�. ताा पहाताच �ता रड

फट अपरापण भावनच आ� आप रडतो

ाचह�. ‘‘का रडतस? काळजण कर नकोस मण त ा जाा सागार नाह� ामळ. अारत त ा ह� कद

वाटत अस तर त जाऊ शकतस. �वचार कर. जाारच असशण तर मा जाणापव� ह सगळ होत

तस करन घ आ� मग जा. च रडत वळ घाव

नकोस.’’ वरकरण कठोर वाट तर� हा शबदानण �ता ताळावर आ आ� तण कामाा ाग�.

प �तच काम प र वहाा आपणच परत एकदा सगळण टोळण ऊन ग� आ� बागचण नासपस

करन ग�. ावळा ताना त ड दाा तणच

होतण. ‘‘अिजबात घाबर नकोस. वसतणत परत

रहाा. त ा काऽऽह� ास होार नाह�.’’ एक ज

�ता आगोपागण �नरखत महाा. तण शहार� आ� सनन मनानण कामाा ाग�.

वकरच सगळा बगा पवरवत झाा आ� �तन

ठरव आज रमाकातशण बोाचच. ‘‘ह

माझाान होार नाह�. जोवर मण इ रहात

तोवर तण म अशण उतमात करत रहाार. �कतणवळा �नसतराच ह सगळ. तापया मण इन

ग बर. मा दसर� नोकर� �मळवन दाा तमह� मदत करा.’’ ‘‘गन करशण माझाशण?’’

‘‘का?’’

महज रमाकाता प हच साध कराच होत? तण मनात कळवळ�.. ‘‘त घर ान ठवतस. मा सव

झा� तझण. जाच तर जा त प आपण �वचार कर. बद काह�ह� होार नाह� प�रिसतणत गन

कलान. फकत गळात घाशण त मगळस ा पोरासोराना अडव. तववाचसाठठ. नवरपाचा अ�पकार गाजवाचण माझण इा कवहाच सप�.’’

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रचना 24 ए�प २०१५

‘प मग माझ का? माझा इा?’

�ता डोळात पन उतराच. ‘‘जा यण तो जो को सापड ता यण ह नात सप. कदा�चत

ताआपण मणच सपन. प तोवर.. इ सगळ

सदरच राह पा�हज. तझा चहर ापासन

बागप�त सगळ. तवढ वचन हव मा.’’

एक �दवस त जाऊन सहा करन आ. रमाकातन

आप वचन पाळ. �ता रमाकात आवडह� ागा. सदर आ� हसर �दसणाच ताच दडप

ह� आवडन घत �तन. तशण तशण तण अजन सदर �दस ाग�. मग रमाकात अजन खश राह ागा. असच आवडणाा पवारत एकदा नवराबाको असणाच सोपसकार पार पड.

हा वग सहन न होऊन महा �कवा वळ झा� होतण महा. रमाकाता शवटाचण सरवात झा�. रमाकातन �तच स�दर डोळात �टपन घत आ�

शवटाकड हसन पाह ागा. त पाहन मा �ता डोळात ताासाठठ प�हा खराखरा अश आा. शवटा वासाा रमाकाता आसवाचह� सदर अस उमग. प तर� ‘सदर हसत रहा’ अस

सागन रमाकातन �नरोप घता.

�ता रडाच होत. तण दडपान हसतच रहात होतण. सदर रहाच, हसत रहाच ाचण इतक� सकतण आ� मग सव ाग� होतण �ता क� पचना.. �तचा सताप सताप होऊ ागा.. प तर� तण हसत

रहात होतण. ता बगलान प�हलादाच इतक भसर हस पाह असाव.

सगळा गोषट� पार पडलावर एववा मोठा घरात तण एकट�च उर� आ� अचानक

�ता मोकळ मोकळ वाट. तण मनापासन रड

ाग�. आनदान क� दतखान �ताह� सागता ार नाह� प आतन आतन दाटत ार ा आसवाा तळाा तण जना िजवगाा भटाव तस भट�. आ� मग आता तण ता सगळा स�दारा कलोळावर ओरखाडा असावा तशण �नराश राह ाग�.

- नणरजा पटवपरन, मब

शब�ोड - उतर

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रचना 25 ए�प २०१५

Vegetarian Taco Pasta Salad Ingredients • Wholegrain Pasta (Rotini/Penne) - 1 Cup Uncooked • Pinto Beans - ¼ Cup • Red Onion - ¼ Cup • Green and Red Bell peppers - ½ Cup • Shredded Lettuce - 1 Cup • Tomato - 1 medium • Sweet Corn - ¼ Cup • Taco Seasoning (Hot and Spicy mix) - 1 tbsp. • Red Salsa - ½ Cup • Salt and Pepper to taste Garnishing

• Sour Cream • Mexican cheese mix

Method 1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and salt it generously.

Cook Pasta according to package directions. Drain the cooked pasta and place in a large bowl.

2. Add onion, green/red peppers, lettuce, tomato, pinto beans and corn in the pasta. Mix well.

3. Add taco seasoning and salsa and toss everything together to combine.

4. Season with salt and pepper according to taste. 5. Cover and refrigerate at least for 1 hour because the

flavors of the seasoning and salsa will incorporate with the veggies and pasta.

6. When ready to serve add Mexican cheese mix with a dollop of sour cream. Enjoy!!

Tips For non-veg taco pasta salad, marinate bite size chicken

breasts/ thighs in taco seasoning and lime juice. Grill or sauté the chicken till it is tender and cooked properly. Mix with the salad.

Taco seasoning already has salt in it. So adjust the salt in the salad accordingly or buy a low sodium taco seasoning.

For more heat and spice add half Jalapeno or chili flakes.

- Madhura Joshi

आमह� बलवाचार

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रचना 26 ए�प २०१५

Mango Strawberry Clafoutis (French Fruit Cake) Ingredients: All Purpose Flour 1/2 cup Milk 2% or Whole - 1 Cup Eggs 3 Sugar 1/2 cup divided Butter salted 3 Tbsp Vanilla Extract 1 1/2 tsp Mangoes 2 cups chopped in small cubes Strawberries 1 Cup chopped in small pieces Saffron 2 pinches If you do not have salted butter, add couple of pinches of salt. Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Using stand mixer or blender, mix Flour, 1/4 cup of Sugar, Eggs and Vanilla extract and set aside. Coat an ovenproof dish , about 8 to 10 inches in diameter, with 1 Tbsp of Butter. Pour the mixture until it forms a layer about 1/4 inch thick. Place in the oven for about 7 to 9 minutes. This mixture should be set but not completely done. When you insert a knife, it should not come out clean. remove from oven once you see the mixture is set and not runny. In a Skillet, heat up 2 Tbsp of butter. Add Strawberries, 1/4th cup pf Sugar and Saffron Heat until Sugar is dissolved and has coated the strawberries. Mixture will have some amount of liquid. Take the ovenproof dish which has base layer of the cake and add layer of Mango chunks followed by layer of Strawberries. Then pour the remaining Flour mixture and place in the oven for about 37 to 40 minutes. You will see the cake puffs up when hot from oven but goes down when it has cooled down sufficiently. Serve this cake warm. You can eat this cake as is for Breakfast since almost all the sweetness comes from the fruit or serve with a dollop of ice cream for Dessert. Enjoy!!

- Amita Bhalerao

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रचना 27 ए�प २०१५

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Brahminy kite

The brahminy kite (Haliastur indus) is a medium-sized bird of prey found in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia. They are found mainly on the coast and in inland wetlands where they feed on dead fish and other prey. Adults have a reddish brown plumage and a contrasting white head and breast which makes them easy to distinguish from other birds of prey.

It is primarily a scavenger, feeding mainly on dead fish and crabs, especially in wetlands and marshland but occasionally hunts live prey such as hares and bats. They may also indulge and attempt to steal prey from other birds….

breeding season in South Asia is from December to April…nests are constructed of small branches and sticks with a bowl inside and lined with leaves, and are sited in various trees, often mangroves…A clutch of two dull white or bluish-white oval eggs measuring 52 x 41 mm is laid. Both parents take part in nest building and feeding but only the female incubates. The incubation period is about 26 to 27 days….

Greater flamingo

The greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread species of the flamingo family. It is found in parts of Africa, southern Asia (coastal regions of Pakistan and India), and southern Europe…

This is the largest species of flamingo, averaging 110–150 cm (43–60 in) tall and weighing 2–4 kg. The largest male flamingos have been recorded at up to 187 cm (74 in) tall and 4.5 kg….

Through My Camera Lens

-ByटDr.टSudhirटGaikwadटInamdarट

Mumbai

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रचना 29 ए�प २०१५

रह ना रह हम! गला काह� म�हनात आपलाा सोडन गला �व�वप यातण �दगगजाच

पणसमर!

बबणटशकताट(टजषठ अ�भनण) आर.टक.ट�मट(जषठटवग�चकार) आतमारामटभभडट( जषठटअ�भनत) आर.टआरटपाट�ट(टउपमखम णट- महाराष) साकटमजावरट(टपकारटखक) अजटवढावकरट(टअ�भनत) �ओनाडरट�नमॉट(ट�म.टसपॉकट - अ�भनताट) �मनणट�मनोससोट(टमजरट�गटबसबॉट- �शकागोकर प�हाटकष-व�टखळाडट) चालसरटटाऊनसट(टजरटचाटसह-�नमारताटनोबट�वजताटशासत) शाह�रटसाबळट(टोकशाह�रटकाकार)

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