Ed’s note….

Dear Twinklers, Circlers, Tablers, and readers…

Finally it’s the end of another great tabling year and also time for another col-

orful issue of VIBGYOR .

I am glad that through this issue we have managed to capture and reflect the

full spectrum of our wonderful and strong Area VII - from fellowship to projects

to fund raisers to our hobbies and interests to some fantastic twinkler activi-

ties to some marvelous activities by our wonderful Circlers - the full 360o

Thanks for sharing your joy as articles! Now enjoy!

Lets keep smiling & keep shining.

Yours in Tabling.

Tr. Vinay Kumar

Coimbatore ACME RT 133

Vibgyor Editor - Area VII

National IT Convenor

Back in October 2008, I had a weekend to myself and decided to head out to some jun-gle around Coimbatore. It had to be place that I have not seen before and hopefully there would be good exploring to be done. I had ridden to Munnar the same year, at an earlier date, and on the way had seen a board that read “Trekking and jungle accom-modation” this was in Chinaar check post after Udumalpet towards Marayoor. Thank-fully, I had photographed it. Found the photo with not much of difficulty and sure enough it had the forest reservation office’s num-bers. I called for a room and booked myself at the Churilipatti Forest Cabin. No idea what to expect there. When I was about to leave the house, I met a good friend of mine (Murali) who asked where I was off to and was interested to join. So off we went, the two of us, to Chinaar Wildlife Sanctuary. It is 90Kms from Coimba-tore and we reached there at about 2 PM. Parked up at the check post, near the book-ing office and checked in. We were intro-duced to one Mayilsamy, who would guide us. The three of us then headed to Marayoor to pick up groceries for dinner and some

beer. We got back a little late it was 6:30 PM and we had to trek into the jungle to reach Churilipatti. I did not know that we would have to walk for about an hour n a half. We started at 7. It was pitch dark. Mayilsamy led the way with a 12 year old boy walking behind us, carrying a water jug filled with curry for our dinner. At first we were walking on a jeep track that was lit by the moonlight. So the track was lit and the sky was flooded with stars but, strangely everything else around the track was dark, I mean pitch black. We couldn’t see an elephant 20ft away from us. The jungle slowly got closer to the track as we walked deeper. At one point the track was a tunnel through over hanging vegetation. The track dipped at certain points and came up after a curve. After walking for about 20 minutes, Mayilsamy froze in his tracks and whispered “Yannai.. munnadi” (elephant up ahead). I couldn’t see it. Heard some movement in the vege-tation to my left. We picked up pace.

Just when I thought we were in the clear there was a loud snap to my right.

We found ourselves on a track that was par-allel to a stream. The jungle in between the track and the stream was where bisons were grazing. The whole jungle shook with the bi-sons charging through the bush to our right. They were running in the same direction we were headed, not at us. In the jungle with pitch black around you, this sound is enough to get your heart pounding. I thought I was going to have a heart attack. We stood still Mayilsamy flashed his torch light ahead of us, showing the track. The bisons were going to cut across the track about 40ft in front of us. However, as soon as the torch light came on, the bisons came to halt and the jungle returned to its silence as if nothing had moved seconds back. We couldn’t see them through the bushes even when the torch was shown in their direc-tion. Again we were told to pick up pace look straight ahead and keep walking. I was sure our friendly bison was going to T bone us. But the jungle was silent and we passed through. Took a right into the jungle and left the track. Now we were walking on a one-man path among trees that were 30 to 50 feet high and filled on the ground with thick vegetation.

There was a forest outpost here. There were two guards there who were joking about bisons grazing in the area and also, a cou-ple of elephants. We sat there for a while and had some tea. Any-thing to feel like we were in civilization I guess. We started off into the jungle again after a small chat. The one-man path became a rocky trail. The vegetation grew thinner and soon we were stand-ing on a rock out crop and looking at our hut down below. The hut is placed on a rock by a stream. The place was amazing. It had a rock piled compound wall. The hut was placed on stilts so we had a good view above the compound. The stream was actu-ally very strong and we could hear the loud gush of water. The boys started a fire in the compound and prepared a meal of cha-pathis and fried vegetables. We just sat in side the compound wall on a couple of garden chairs and soaked in the air. The amount of stars you can see from here is about a million times more than what you would see in Nilgiris. I kid you not.

The hut can house two people, maybe three if you have a sleeping bag. It is very well appointed with clean western style toilet and bathroom. Well appointed for the place it is in – the middle of the jungle. It is also the best place to sip on beer and enjoy the sound of the forest. We chatted away for a while. Had some hot dinner, then decided to go down to the stream. The stream lit by the moon is a sight to behold. Animals do not come here because it has rock face all around and hoofs do not get a good grip here. The place is not cold, it was pleasant. At about 11 pm we hit the sack. Only in the morning we could see that the terrain was hill all around and the vegetation was not as thick as we had felt the previous night. Al-though we trekked a longish route that lasted about an hour n half we did not see any animals but the scenery was awesome. We headed back to the car at about 11 AM and headed back to Coim-batore. We Coimbatoreans, are very lucky to have places like this so close to us. I am planning my next visit there already. Hopefully Ill be able to make it before the summer sets in.

I quietly yelled at the driver to stop the old Mahindra jeep I was riding in. I just spotted a type of monkey in the canopy as we were riding through the Si-lent Valley National Park rain forest. It was black and had a dense gray lion-like mane. I quickly got down from the vehicle and shot a few pictures. I realized that it was not alone; there was actually a group of more than 20 of them, males, females, adults and infants. The driver of the jeep that followed ours would tell me that it’s a Lion Tailed Macaque, not surpris-ingly the animal has a lion like tail. But it seemed as though Lion Faced Macaque would be a more appropriate name. Nevertheless we were very lucky to see them because appar-ently they are very difficult to come by. A forest watcher would later tell me that they eat only fruits, buds and some other edible parts of a

certain tree and only when the food is at a cer-tain stage of maturity. As their food matures at different times of a year depending on the altitude where the trees grow, the groups move to various altitudes where they can feed. Lion Tailed Macaque is a magnificent looking animal that combines the grace of a lion with the characteristics of a primate. As magnificent as they are I would later learn to my distress that it is among the rarest and the most threatened primates in the world. It is listed as endangered in IUCN Red List (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Although they look ex-otic, these are found only in the Western Ghats of Southwest India scattered over various ar-eas of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. IUCN reports that there are only 3000 to 3500 of these animals living. Unlike some of the other primates, like the ones that snatch ice cream from little children when you visit a hilltop tem-ple, Lion Tailed Macaques avoid human prox-imity. They don't live in plantations either. This effectively reduces their habitat as we humans

expand ours by converting forests into agricul-tural area and other things like water reser-voirs, resulting in decline in their population. If you live in Coimbatore, Silent Valley National Park, the origin of which probably dates back to 50 million years, is only about 60 km away by road. You could reach there while enjoying the scenic views in less than 2 hrs, and begin lamenting why you have never been there be-fore. The spectacular beauty and the scale - 237.52 Sq Km to be precise - of this forest re-serve is stunning, particularly when you stand on top of the massive 100 ft watchtower that gives a 360 degree view of the park in its entire glory. If you have the eye, you could even spot some beautiful birds from there, binoculars though would be even better. But before going that far you need to first go to the base camp in Mukkali. There you need to rent a Jeep (Rs 1000 for 6 people) to take you into the Park. The Jeep will be arranged by the folks in the base camp for you.

Lion Tailed Macaque

There is an entrance fee (25/adult) and still camera (25/day) and video camera (200/day) charges as well. The long ride in the Jeep from there to the Juras-sic Park type entrance is a refreshing one. It can be an adventurous one as well; Tigers have been spotted on that ride, although very rarely. The driver who drove us is famous around the park because he has spotted a female

tiger with 4 cubs on that path.

Malabar Squirrel

Crested Serpent Eagle

Spotted Honey Duck Butterflies (this species nomenclature is based on the ed’s fictitious knowledge)

Giant Wood Spider

There are several ways to experience and explore this treasure trove of nature. If you want to get more serious than seeing the view from the watch tower, you could trek on the trails. There are 3 trails but you do have to make reservations beforehand to take these treks. The Park of-fers Nature Camps for more serious naturalists too. Check out the Park's website — http://silentvalley.gov.in

While the Lion Tailed Macaque is the Park's flagship animal, it obviously hosts a lot more. It has about 1000 species of flower plants and over 100 species of orchids among other flora. Some of these orchids are highly endangered. The park has been identified as one of the "Important Bird Areas of India". You could just tell as you enter the park from the songs and whistling of the birds. 211 species of birds have been spotted here. The Park also hosts the Nilgiri Langur, an-other highly endangered animal which we spotted, along with about 30 more unique mammals. The Park is also home to hundreds of varie-ties of butterflies, reptiles, insects, frogs and fishes. And like any serious forest around this part of the world, it has leeches too, so if you are not into blood being sucked away from you unknowingly, do dress up to keep the leeches away.

Thinking BIG is always good. But thinking some-thing unimaginable is rather risky... This was the thought that came into my mind when our Fund Raising convener & our Secretary Tr. E.P.Kumar revealed his vision of planning to sell 15-18 tons of sweets and Rs. 25 lacs worth of crackers in one of our meetings. But looking at his calculated approach, planned steps and road map for smooth execution and more ever, the confidence he had in the project, we all felt that we could achieve it. And it all started three weeks prior to the “D – DAY”. In a city like Erode, wherein the tablers do have wide contacts, all their near and dear ones – whole heartedly came forward to support us. And as the corporate community is already aware of our noble cause, they too generously came forward to place orders from 10 kilos to 1000 kilos of sweets. This made us feel that the GOAL is achievable. And what more! As the day of our sales started nearing, the extensive publicity of 50000 paper pamphlets, banners on more than 100 autos, 500 wall posters and 10 mega-size hoardings at all vantage points, 1 Illuminated van running 18 hours round the city and providing discount cou-pons provided to most of the schools.

Regular screening in all the local channels did the MAGIC. Also - sales started booming in our two retail counters with people thronging to support our noble cause. As the striking day started nearing, the Himala-yan task started becoming a reality. Things would have been smother, had the work would have been executed as per the planned schedule... But there arose a peculiar problem, with few of the corporate orders pre-ponding their delivery schedule. It was there I learnt a great lesson from our convenor to handle every situation with smile and positive attitude. Because, that is the only way the problems can turn into better op-portunities of higher sales. With every member sharing the work responsibility, we achieved the mammoth sweet sale of 15000kilos to a tune of 25lacks and cracker sale of 30 lacks. And the night before the Diwali, all of us had a great social with bursting crackers, with a sense of fulfilment that we had happily achieved our task. With our total sales touching 40000 families with excellent quality sweets with round table & FTE logo on each of the boxes, we had mobilised Rs. 8 lacks highest ever in fund raising.

This Grand success of achieving the unimaginable gave us the confi-dence to bid for NAGM-2012. With this kind of bonding, I am sure that having our mastermind and passion-ate E.P.Kumar as NAGM convenor and a wonderful blend of active ta-blers with highest level of bonding, we can plan and host

a wonderful National AGM 2012 at Coimbatore.

Excellent, super hot machi!!! These were the words used by listeners to ex-press their view on the CURT 186-Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM “Hot singer” show. A show which was held to find the best singing talent in town. More than 1000 applicants, applied for the contest and after various rounds of auditions 3 finalists appeared for the MEGA "Hot singer" finals on 29th Jan at Corporation Kalai aran-gam. What did we get out of the show ? - well it was a good fund raiser and loads of publicity on Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM for 23 days!!!

34 times a day!!! with a special mention of "Freedom through eduction" initiative of RTI. What was more special and unique was that the final grand finale was live telecast on Ra-dio Mirchi with thousands of radio audience tuning in. We had a special session in the pro-gram to highlight RTI and its contribition to society. The star of the show was Anuradha Sriram and various RJ's who entertained the crowd along with Agneesh and Prassanna (winners of Vijay Tv's Super singer)

Overall, all tablers enjoyed the show and not to forget the loads of fellowship during the countdown to the event!!!

Hot singer - was Hot Machi !!!

Democracy is an elusive concept in West Asia and North Africa. Oil sustains most of the re-gimes that hold power in this part of the world. The United States of America supports most of these regimes. The popular uprising in Egypt is but a manifestation of the intentions of not only the people of Egypt but also of a large part of West Asia.

As they should, countries conduct their foreign policies on the basis of self interest, but, policy without substance is no policy at all. Countries and individuals around the world should sup-port the call for reform across not only West Asia but any other place where there is oppres-sion of human rights.

The Battle of Spirits@ Ootty Pattanam by 143 In order to expand the vast empire of Malabar province; The group of Kings and Queens from Calicut 143 Kingdom started off their march to invade the "Blue Mountains". The mighty army was led by none other than the Maharaja Subil A royal welcome was arranged for the army in Ooty Pattanam by the PRO Minister of Sulli-van Court who was promptly bribed by the Calicut Army. While the state kings and minis-ters made plans all night for the next day's series of battles with the doubly and triply malted Spirits flowing from the Subil Experi-enced Hands; each moves for the wars, bat-tles, invasions and conquests were all planned meticulously. All was planned the whole night and in the middle of the night by about 2am; The GCRT-143 Team were smashed by the over flowing Spirits but the Strategies were ‘All Set’. The eldest son of the Liquor Minister ‘Kureethadam the Aji’ the heir Prince Ro-han had already taken position in the bound-ary of Oot y Pattanam namely the Lawrence school. Nobody in Tamilnadu knew about this smart move. He had studied the territory and had made a treaty with the Nilgiris. We got a detailed tour of the Kingdom of Ooty Pat-tanam the next morning when the Queens visited him.

Early next morning the queens went to the temple and prayed for the Kings welfare so that their spirited husbands won the war. There was a horse racing session in the morn-ing to brush up the battle skills. The Kings and Queens had a heavy breakfast at the Sullivan court. Then we all marched to the Holiday Inn which was the pre battle ground. There we met up with the other princely state kings and queens to gather more support for the battle that was supposed to happen that night. The robes for the attack were planned and crafted and were under the safe custody of The Queen Amitha After a sumptuous lunch the queens navi-gated the territories of Ooty Pattanam where antiques and collectible merchandise were in plenty and the entire Queens’ mouth watered for these valuable possessions. Calls came left and right to the Kings and the ministers from their respective Queens to plan a strategic attack so that all those possessions would be of theirs’...... While the Kings went on to make more plans for the big night’s war with the abundant Sprit which kept on flowing big time in Holi-day Inn from the King Subil. The Strategic Minister ‘George the Neat’ who is the ‘Thammil bheetham Thomman’ from the lot

kept a tight control on the over spirited Calicut Team with his neatness. Our Teina Aunty the Queen of Aji had pam-pered her husband Aji Minister with well cooked cakes and curries to muscle up her man and Minister Aji was all rocking....Our Lady Queen Ami was the strong support for the Maharajah and actually it was her idea for this massive attack. All the Kings and Queens adorned themselves with the help of each other with their jewel studded crowns and gowns and reached the Fern hill palace for the big Strategic Attacking Event. Then; there was: The conquest.... the 17th AREA VII AGM................ Only when the army reached the Fern hill Pal-ace with the attacking robes and arms and ammunitions; then did the army realized the warmth by which our counterparts received us and the army felt at home...!!!Then the Kings, Queens and the Ministers sang, danced and The Calicutians Conquered.....!!!! The army easily conquered the venue with our Maharaja’s Unique and Swift Aadals and Paadals....!!!! It was noted that our over spir-ited Maharajah Subil was after the perform-ing artists of the other gender; which later on; on clarification the king clarified that it was an information exchange session and nothing else...!!

Also the quick dancing movements of Minister Ramesh were attracted by certain queens from the neighbouring states and Our Ramesh Min-ister was almost kidnapped by those Queens’ husbands; and the timely interference of King Aji helped save the Minister Ramesh’s Health and Wealth. His queen Princess Deepa’s prayers worked. After the battle was won; The King Sybil was so spirited and smashed that Queen Ami was forced to carry her man in her shoulders which she tried and but was in vain. The rest of the army looked amazed and ap-plauded The Calicutians for the brave and won-derful tactics and the moves. By that time Our KingSubil and the Spirit minister Aji was so rocking that the Oot y Pattanam’s Fern Hill Pal-ace was vibrating and reverberating with the Calicut Team’s Elephantiac steps and moves and the Fern Hill Palace Walls were shivering like Earth Quake. Then by 4am morning; the unofficial an-nouncement came ‘The Calicut Team who did-n’t believe in customs formalities’ won the bat-tle. They conquered with their four men army and The King declared. –The war is over.... Let’s leave the Tamil Empire intact. Let’s go back to bed. The Battle was over. The next day morning: The kings with their head weight because of the Spiritual Outlook

got up a little late and proceeded to The Court of Sullivan for breakfast. Certain kings were asking for buttermilk for which nobody knew the reason. We explored the cultural and historical sites of Oot y Pattanam and finally landed up at the Gymkhana Club where we had the victory bash. We imported a troop of country musi-cians from Europe and sang about the marvel-lous conquest we made last night... They were thoughtful and caring and gave away gifts for our little prince and princess. Thus the weekend getaway remains fresh in our minds and we still hope for more conquests like these which will be launched again by the mightier and Strong 143 Empire. We loved the Nilgiris the queen of hill stations...and the Area AGM And Thus the Battle of Ooty Pattanam became an unbeatable history where Spirit overtook the Spirit; and it became known as the Battle of Spirits........................ Tr George Kuraikkose GCRT -143

My entry to GCRT 143 was unexpected…..Having been outside Calicut for almost 14 years, I was struggling to find make some good friends here. Needless to say, I was really struggling to cope with this new environment without getting to know people!!! Most of my friends who had studied with me at school and college were settled abroad. One fine day, some members from GCRT namely Subil, Ajith (Chairman & Secretary of GCRT 143) had come to my office to invite me to join GCRT 143. I was really skeptical as I knew very well the politics and back biting which goes on in other clubs. My first worry was cleared when they clearly told me that this was a small gathering with 15 members and who are all very close knit in terms of family and business, free from back biting and politics. I was able to strike a chord straight away with both Chairman and Secre-tary without any problems. My problem of meeting new friends was solved instantly when I had gone for one of their family dinner meeting. One advantage was meeting people whom I had already known before and meeting new people. The business meetings were really serious and I was impressed with the projects which they were handling. When I took my wife along with me for one of our family meetings, she too was very skeptical whether this is just like any other club or is it different? Her doubt was cleared as soon as she entered the hall where most of the better halves were really friendly and greeted us with a big smile!!! I hope that I will be able to contribute positively to the clubs activities and lend my full support to my team members. Looking forward to stay here for sometime!!! JAI HO GCRT 143 Tr. Basanth Chathanath GCRT -143

Dear tablers, The honour of being invited and inducted into ta-bling with the likes of past and present tablers was a very humbling and rewarding experience. A new terminology called ‘fellowship’, with its true intent and meaning, was added into the same space as ‘family and friends’. It took me not very long to realize and feel the positive outcomes of such en-riching and long-lasting relationship. The learning and bonding that we all would have shared and experienced in our school and college days have yet again been resurrected with the fel-lowship of tablers. The focus on fellowship is what makes tabling shine and radiate, and provide the warmth to all our moral and social responsibilities. The concept of having tablers, circlers & twinklers taking part in various activities on a unified plat-form has brought the best in each one of us. Having spent some wonderful time with fellow ta-blers in meetings and social, PTBAT (Proud To Be A Tabler) sessions and NAGM, has made me realize the potential of collective leadership, which per-fectly fits into our motto of “Together, we can & we will”. Am thankful for all the love, the recogni-tion, the award ( Bob Chandran) bestowed and feel proud to be associated with this movement called ROUND TABLE. Yours In Tabling, LMF Tr. Ajay Kumar Jain, TRT 116.

I am a couch surfer, as are my guests; we find one another through the Couch Surfing Pro-ject, at couchsurfing.com, started in 1999 a global community built on a MySpace or Face-book model of personal profiles connected through a network of “friends.” According to

statistics on the site, it has well over 2 mil-lion couch surfers from more than

20,000 towns and cities around the world. The group’s philosophy is also its method, which might be summed up this way: I will offer you my couch free, along with the com-

pany of my friends and a tour of my favorite spots in my city. In return, you will give of yourself, and not just slink into my home at 3 a.m. after you’ve done your own tour of my city. In this way, we will be friends, if only for a day or two. Or, as its mission statement pro-claims: “Participate in creating a better world, one couch at a time.”

Couch surfing takes an ancient notion of hos-pitality and tucks it into a thoroughly modern paradigm, the social networking Web site. But, as its members say sternly, it is not a site for dating, or for freeloaders. Infact it was my aunt who got me introduced into it when she was unable to host a couple. I have numerous experiences. A memorable one was hosting a franco-american couple who have been cycling through Africa and In-dia. This was way back in 2008. They con-tacted me through hospitality club. You can view them @ www.worldbiking.info. They came carrying all their stuff and halting at my place as part of a Biking Expedition.

Some of the top Couch surfing websites are: www.couchsurfing.com - A professional-looking site, with numerous functions, that aims to “create deep and meaningful connections that cross oceans, continents and cultures”.

www.globalfreeloaders.com - An Australian hospitality network, with the antipodes particu-larly well represented. www.hospitalityclub.org - One of the web origi-nals, aiming to “bring people together”. Duration of stay and specifics (such as food) are set out be-fore your stay.

www.stay4free.com - A global “free accommo-dation network” based in Holland. www.travelhoo.com - Another of the early web outfits. Also offers a travel partner-finding service. Sign up to surf .

Prasanna Krishna – ACME 133

“Couch surfing is a lifestyle and a

commitment”.

Socials for TRT116—Tr. Mathaai The Onam social was hosted by LMF Trs.Raj Kumar, Alexander Neroth, Mathai John and Sq Leg Kannan at Raj Kumars residence in September 2010. Everyone had a great time and we are planning to make this social an annual event.

Diwali Social of ERT 98 Date- 30th Oct 10 Venue- Coimbatore Golf Club Hosted By LMF Tr. Senthil Kumar M, Amit Mohatta & Samanth Bajaj There could not have been a better venue for this social. The ambiance was great espe-cially with the fireworks. The roulettes table was busy throughout the night. All Ta-blers ,Circulars, Sq legs and Twinkelers had a great time at the party.

Joint Social with NRT176 as part of national Fellowship Day Date-20th November 10 Venue- LMF Tr. Rajesh Ganapathy’s Residence at Nagercoil Hosted By NRT176 The Tablers of NRT176 arranged a great joint social as part of the National fellowship day. A special thanks to all tablers of NRT176 for giving us such a great time at Nagercoil.

The more you GIVE, the more you GET.

Participate in as many activities as possible & Enjoy friendship.

Your suggestions are welcome …

Love,

Babu.C, TMAN

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PROJECT TIGER

Twlr. Bhavika of CMRT 62 and Twlr. Mehak of CPRT 101 selected as RUN-NERS at this National-Level Competi-tion.

YOUNG PICASSO 2010 Twlr. Mohammed Aahil (ORT 55) of

SUB-JUNIOR section, Twlr. Bhavika Duggar (CMRT 62) of JUNIOR section and Twlr. Mehak Khemka (CPRT 101) of SUPER-JUNIOR section are the win-ners.

Twlr. Jay (CRT 117) of SUB-JUNIOR, Twlr. Varshini (TRT 116) of JUNIOR and Twlr. Tejaswini (CMRT 62) of SUPER-JUNIOR sections are the runners.

98 - NOT OUT Twlrs - Sachin, Rishie, Sharav, Hiran,

Mitresh, Surya, Koushik, Minali, Prithvi, Harshini, Krithunya and many more were the winners at the various sporting activities conducted at the Area Sports Meet.

Painting Outings Services Sports Workshops Pen-Pals Cooking Fellowship

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL. See it always with FRESH EYES.

Even with 99 national parks and 513 wild life sanctuaries in the country, ever wondered our National Animal is soon destined to be seen only in Zoos and not in Jungles?

The tiger population’s alarming drop to 1411 as per the last tiger census carried out by the Government of India two years back, invoked the government and various corporates’ atten-tion to take up several measures to safe guard them.

Entitled VII Stripes, Save the Tiger initiative of RTI Area VII. A novel idea of Painting and Essay Writing competition for all our twinklers in the country was initiated. With Oct 01 to Oct 07 being designated as World Wildlife Week, twinklers picked their pens & brushes and had their imaginations run wild. The response in Area VII was fantastic.

And the results are as follows 1st Place - Twr Hardik Chauduri ( VRT # 77), 2nd Place - Twr Bhavika Dugar (CMRT # 62), 3rd Place - Twr Viren Gehani ( PURT # 144) Consolation prize :- Twr Mehak Khemka ( CPRT 101) , Twr Parinati Khara (VRT # 77) Best Caption :- " I need help , Not a reason to yelp. Shoot with a Camera not with a Gun" - Twr Shaurya Marwah ( HDRT #189) I sincerely thank the Tmen of each area for their efforts. And FYI—all the paintings are safely stored! Tr Satish Balagopal - ACME 133 -—Convener - Project Tiger— Area VII - RTI

THE TWINKLING STARS OF AREA 7 THE TWINKLERS OF AREA 7 ARE A BUNCH OF INNOCENT, NAUGHTY, VIBRANT, IN-TELLIGENT, CONFIDENT AND CARING JUNIORS JUST AS THEIR PARENTS. WHAT WE SOW IS WHAT WE REAP. WHEN KIDS WATCH THEIR PARENTS THEIR LITTLE MIND SCRUTINIZES ALL THEIR ACTIONS .AREA 7 HAS ALWAYS ENCOURAGED TWINKLER ACTIVITIES. THIS YEAR TOO THEY HAD THEIR SHARE OF ACTIVITIES. A LOT OF TWINKLERS PARTICIPATED IN THE PIGGY BANK INITIATIVE, WHERE PIGGY BANKS WERE MADE OUT OF WASTE. THE PROCEEDS WENT INTO THE PLANTING OF SAP-LINGS ON 14 TH NOV- CHILDREN S DAY. THE TIGER PROJECT WAS ALSO APPRECI-ATED. WE ALSO GOT TO SEE OUR YOUNG PICASSO`S IN ACTION . THE THEME WAS LOVE. THE WORD LOVE- HAD A DIFFERENT MEANING FOR EACH TWINKLER. LOVE FOR GREENERY, LOVE FOR THEIR SIBLINGS, LOVE FOR THEIR NATION AND LOVE FOR ROUND TABLE AS WELL. ROUND TABLE AND LADIES CIRCLE ARE PREPARING THE FOUNDATION OF VERY THOUGHTFUL AND VIBRANT CITIZENS , THAT IS THE ........ FUTURE. CR. SHEETAL CHHABRIA—AREA7 TW CONVENOR, SMALC 91

STRIPES- Orange & Black. The Twinklers of Palghat Ladies Circle 34 & Palak-kad Round Table 81 are having a lot of fun with geometry, the latest being stripes. Yes, it is ‘Save the Tiger’ project. We had a colourful painting to start with, then a HRD session on nature & to make it full circle, we had the screening of ‘Save the Tiger’ movie by renowned filmmaker Mr.Shekar Dattaray at Rosi Modern English Me-dium school. This movie was screened for around 200 children. The movie is very informative & can keep any age group interested. It was such a hit in their school as there was an interactive session also. The Principal of the school was so im-pressed, that she told my mom they could do any other such initiatives like this at their school in the future also. Our circler aunties are also plan-ning to screen this movie in other schools also. A lot is being planned for this quarter also. My thanx to T man- Babu uncle for timely inputs now & then. A Very Happy New Year to all the wonderful Twinklers, Aunties & Uncles from all of us at PLC 34 & PRT 81. Tw.Ritikaa Rajesh Ambal. Pink Crafter. PLC 34 & PRT 81.

Dear Young Friends, It looks like it’s just yesterday I was appointed as the TMAN of Area VII, not realizing that six months are already over. All these days had been wonderful interacting with many of you all, not to mention the kind of talent many of you all exhibited during the “PROJECT TIGER” & “YOUNG PICASSO-2010” painting contests. And what more… looking at the kind of activity reports I get from the table conveners, I am sure you are hav-ing a fantastic time and will continue to do so. Friends, many of us go for table functions along with our parents and make new friends over there. But how many of us continue to stay in touch with them? Also, you might be surprised to know that there are so many of known and little known friends out there who have similar tastes or share the same days as birthdays. You will definitely agree with me that making FRIENDS across places would be just great. After all that is what our parents too do, right? It is with this idea I have compiled a data base of all the twinklers aged five and above in our area with their areas of interest. So why don’t you take a pen & paper and start writing letters to the ones who share common interests and is of your age? I am sure you will love it. Kindly take the help of your dad to get their addresses from the RTI directory and start penning them. Who knows… you might end up getting the best friend for a lifetime…. Towards Sharing the Joy to Enjoy, BABU. C—TMAN – Area VII P.S: I request the parents to encourage our little ones to make new friends. I am positive they will enjoy a new set of friends apart from their school / colony counterparts. Twinkler Name Sex Age Twinkler Name Sex Age Twinkler Name Sex Age

Tiruppur RT 116

Karan Job Alex Neroth M 6 Rhea Reuben F 16 Krish M 5

Krishna Skanda Sudan M 5 Chirag M 14 Tushar Shetty M 7

Aaditya M 12 Hiral F 12 A. Rakesh M 11

Sarvesh M 6 Bharath M 16 A. Sanjuvikashni F 7

Adithya M 5 Mahima F 11 Gauri Chakravarthy F 13

Athul M 6 Pranavya F 17 Aditi F 12

Varshini F 7 KC Vishnu Niranjan M 14 Tarjani F 10

Suganth M 7 KC Nimalan Sakthi M 12 Shivansh M 5

Farzan Lellinwalla M 13

Twinkler Name Sex Age Loves Twinkler Name Sex Age Loves

Coimbatore RT 9 Coimbatore CRT 31

Shakti K.A. M 10

Motor Racing, Swimming,

Dancing, Cycling Parth Gupta M 6 Cricket, TV Shows

Prithvi C.G. M 10 Drawing, Racing Naren Shivashankar M 6 NA

Varun G. M 6 Art, Playing Haren Shivashankar M NA NA

Abinav R.K. M 10 Tennis, Golf Rohan M NA

Ananya R.K. F 7 Music, Arts Ooty RT 55

Chaitanya M 5 Tennis Adil M 10 Craft

Tharun N.P. M 9 Swimming, Tennis Kamran M 5 Painting

Sai Sharan M 7 Yoga, Music Iram F NA Reading

Shravan M 13 Video Games Inad M NA Computers

Vishhruth M 9 Arts, Fooling Around Salem RT 28

Tarun M 13 Tennis, Sports E.Sudarshan M 9 Cricket, Reading, Drawing

Jeevan M 11 Reading, Music K.Dhathri F 5 Reading,Drawing

Shravanthika F NA shuttle, band M.Thejas M 8 Chess,Drawing

Shruthi F NA drawing, coloring Mehaa Rajesh F 12 Tennis

Sanjay M NA Tennis, Sports G.R.Vyshnavi F 11 Piano,Voilin

Cbe Metro RT 62 G.R.Amirtha Varshni F 7 Drawing

Bhavika Dugar F 7 Swimming A.V.R.Siddhanth M 11 Tennis

Prakalya Balaji F 7 Tennis/art A.V.R.Shree Smaran M 8 Piano

Venil Nambi F 6 S.Sandeep M 9 Video Games,Cricket

Prapanjj Senthil M 9 Cars Rishi V.K M 6 Dancing

Udhithaa senthil F 7 dance V.Sharvesh Shanmugan M 5 Drawaing,Football

Pranav V M 13 Cricket V.I.Madhurandhan M 6 Building Blocks

Tejaswini V F 9 watching tv V.Laksanaa F 8 Drawing,Video Games

Anirudh Anand M 10 music/art Varsha Manoj F 14 Reading,Piano

Mohit Kikani M 10 cricket/drums Varun M 17 Reading

Varchas Shivakumar M 5 cars Vishnu M 12 Stamp Collections

Twinkler Name Sex Age Loves Twinkler Name Sex Age Loves

Calicut RT 69

Salem CRT

84

Nikita F 11 Reading Manav M 8 Cricket

Siddharth M 9 Music / Reading Prithvi Parmar M 13 Tennis

Saurav M 11

Music/ Dance/

Kungfu Tanya f 9 Drawing

Nakul M 5 Reading Kushi f 8 Dance & Watching TV

Palghat RT

81 Milana f 5 Painting

Afrin Maryam F 7 Painting Aakash m 9 Swimming & TT

Shreya F 9 Painting Aadarsh m 8 Swimming & TT

Shub M 5 Drawing Vijayasankar m 15 Tennis

Evan M 5

Computer Games,

Painting Nithiyasaai f 11 Music

Ritika F 14 Dancing Madhu f 8 Drawing

Rupika F 11 Painting Erode RT 98

Shilpa F 12 Painting Shree Harshini F 11 Classical Dance

Varna F 8 Painting S.P.Akshya F 8 Drawing, Coloring, Reading & PC

Sanjana F 5 Drawing M.Sachin Dev M 10

Tennis, Squash,Reading , Foot-

ball,Horse Riding

Meenakshi F 11 Painting Udhayakumaran M 8 Reading, Computer Games

Niveditha F 6 Drawing S.P.Aathmicka F 6 Dancing,Drawing & Music

Bharath M 16 Cricket Rishie Nandhan M 10 Tabla, Cycling, Reading, Electronics

Karthika F 13 Dancing Chinmayee F 6 Painting, Writing

Pooja F 17 Badminton S.K. Sivadhitya M 5 Horse Riding, Swimming, TV Shows

Pranav

(Sreekuttan) M 14 Computer Games B.Koushik M 12 Tennis

Gopika F 15 Reading M. Yashwanth Ram M 10 Painting, Dance

Gowtham M 9 Playing Cards M. Ritika F 8 Dance

Pranav M 13 Computer Games Tejasriya F 7 Dancing & Drawing

Meghna F 6 Dancing R.Hiranmayee F 9 Keyboard & Stamp Collection

Akash M 15 Reading & Sports R.Krithunya F 6 Dance

Varsha F 13

Dancing, Singing,

Painting V.G. Shambavi F 11 Classical Dance, Movies, Drawing

Raksha F 13

Dancing, Singing,

Painting V. G. Guruharshan M 8 Outdoor games

Twinkler Name Sex Age Loves Twinkler Name Sex Age Loves

Cbe Penta RT 101 Cbe ACME RT 133

Yash Khemka M 15 Reading, Cricket Heysha F 6 Painting, Crafts

Mehak Khemka F 9 Painting, Cartoons Aadhya F 5 Coloring, Puzzles

Astriti Lakshmi F 7

Drawing & Painting,

Dancing Mayanka F 7 NA

Aditi Mallika Rajyalakshmi F 11

Chess, Piano, Paint-

ing, Music, Dance Netra F 14 Dancing, painting

Aravind Ganesh M 12

Dancing, Basketball,

Reading, Cycling Tejas M 8 Drawing, Soccer

Pranov Krishna M 8 Dancing Harshitha F 6 Drawing, Singing

Dhuruva SCS. M 8 Tennis, Guitar, Cars Mirra Shruthika F 8 Painting

Taarah Nandanah Menon F NA Madhura F 9 Art, Music,Riding

MANASVI F NA Manasa F 6 Music

RAGHAV KRISHNA M 6 Reading, Golf, Cricket Shivaan M 10

Cricket, Golf, Tennis, Aircraft,

Castles

Connoor RT 117 Pravathi F 11 Art,Music,Cycling

Dhriti F 7 NA Shanmathi F 8 Video Games, Dancing

Dhuruv M 14 NA Manav M 8 Music

Vedant M 8 NA Arya Vora F 6 Dance, Reading

Prachi F 7 NA Sudarshan M NA Reading, Sports

Purab M 7 NA Shambavi F NA Singing, Painting

Marc M 5 NA Nishta F 10 Painting / Reading

Meeth M 6 Painting

Maanya F NA Painting, Singing

Maansha F NA Painting, Singing

Rahul M 13 NA

Rohit M 6 NA

Aashish M 15 Watching Movies

Beautiful are the th

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into words and beautiful

are the words

that inspire both th

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the “transformed VIB-

GYOR always inspir

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assuming office as chairpe

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fellowship. Area ‘s vibra

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positive act of the f

loor circler. Let us

lend this vibrancy t

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and keep the Ladies

Circle India flag al

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ways flying high.

Cr.Soumya Sanjjay

AREA 7 Chairperson

CIRCLING AND I The word has a different meaning for every Circler. For me it has been a life changing stance, if I may say so. Apart from making me realise my potential , it has given me innumerable opportunities to make lovely friends for life. I have witnessed the Metamorphosis in my confidence from being a new circler taking up Chairperson to Area 7Twinkler Convener in becoming the future ACP of AREA7. I now look at life in a very different aspect altogether. It has also brought about humility and ambition in me. An ambition to bring Circling and my SMALC-91 to greater heights and I know we can do it because our Circle comprises of “like minded” and “innovative Circlers”. So thank you Ladies Circle India, for making us what we are…………. CIRCLING ANGELS……… Article by Cr.Sheetal Chhabria, Area7 Twinkler Convener SMALC-91 Sent by Sec.Cr.VaniSrinath SMALC-91

“Oink Oink” “Oink Oink”... Nope we are not responsible for those missing pigs. Pork is the first thing that came to my mind when we decided on Coorg being our choice of place for our AGM. I Pity the vege-tarians, they don’t know what they’re miss-ing. So Coorg it was. On July 22,2010 we started our journey towards the Western Ghats. Ko-dagu or Coorg as we all know it has a lot to offer in terms of outdoor activities, food and shopping. Misty hills, lush forest, acres and acres of tea and coffee plantation was what Coorg is about. Was wondering whether we would ever leave this place. We made our way towards Windflower Spa and Resort which was nestled so quietly in the middle of the coffee plantations. The 1st thing that caught my eye was the swimming pool , if you plan to jump off it you are in for a dive or you could save yourself by hanging onto a tree. After a short nap we left to “Capitol Village” for dinner . We had the localites playing their music and dancing the coorgi way. We learnt a few moves though we eventually went back

to our very own “Dapang Kuthus”. The meal was sumptuous. Coorgis are biased towards non vegetarians with their variety in meat and pork. Next morning, rather afternoon we left to the Dubare elephant camp. As usual the adults were totally responsible for their children missing out on going to the camp. It was lunch time for the animals. We were late as

usual. Children you shall have your revenge one day. We went river rafting. It was so much fun. We were allowed to jump of our boats to float in the river. After lunch near the river we left to our resort to rejuvenate for the eventful eve-ning that was to come. As the sky grew dark the men did their boring jobs of filling their glasses. While the ever en-thusiastic women performed a dance. A few of the kids also entertained us with their dance performance. We played a lot of games like Dumb Charades, Dog and the bone.etc All in all a fun filled night. Saturday July 24th , the day of our AGM. We left to the golf club . While our outgoing Cha-riman Lucky said his goodbyes and gave us such a memorable gift we welcomed our new chaiman Kalpesh. While you know what the rest of the meeting would be like. So lets skip

to the lunch part… well why not not go di-rectly to the night when we had Tabler Sri-kanths Social . We danced the night away hoping it would never end. Sunday is one day we always long for but not this time. It was our last day at Coorg. On the way to coimbatore we had lunch in Mysore. As we moved away from Coorg we hoped that in the years to come we would explore more of this beautiful place called COORG.

Palghat Ladies Circle 34 had been making great progress on the Publicity front. PLC 34 has been disseminating Publicity activ-ity through various programmes and through the media. To give the year an excellent start there was good coverage of our AGM in the Local dai-lies. All major events held were published in

the local newspapers Malayala Manorama and Mathrubhoomi. Amazing Publicity for La-dies Circle India, as there was a photo in these same newspapers of the National President Shilpa Baid and team during the former’s visit to Palakkad. Our Publicity Convenor Cr.Ramya Rajesh saw to it that an article or a photo-graph appeared in the newspaper twice a month and has gone out of her way to make PLC 34 known to everyone in and around Palakkad.

Publicity initiatives that are worth mentioning are the Charity Boxes that are kept at differ-ent business establishments with the name of PLC 34 and its logo. There were also various Brochures on Ladies Circle India and PLC 34 released and distributed. As a part of the Go-Green Initiative, Eco Friendly bags with the name and logo of PLC 34 were distributed to shops in and around Palakkad.

The most priced Publicity drive is ”Vayana Kalari” (an ongoing one), is sponsoring 10 sets of Malayalam Manorama Newspaper to 10 classes benefitting more than 500 students of Rosi English Medium School, Palakkad. This initiative inculcates the reading habit in chil-dren which also improves their vocabulary and of course not to forget their awareness of cur-rent affairs. Another initiative worth mention-ing under the Publicity drive would be “Save Tigers Awareness”. As the 2nd quarter’s theme was “Go Green” we took this as an opportunity to make children of age groups of 4 to 15 aware of “The Truth about Tigers”, a short film by Shekar Dattari. Taking into consideration the tips provided by Area 7 of doing Health Camps as a Publicity Initiative, Diabetic camps were conducted by PLC 34 along with Palghat Diabetic Centre. We released 1000 pamphlets which were provided along with that day’s Newspaper and 10 post-ers for Diabetic camp coverage. The Diabetic Camp coverage was on the local news channel as well as the Local Newspaper. Vision Eye Screening Programme for 400 plus students was conducted jointly with PRT 81 at Technical High School for which the pre-events and post events were covered in the Local Daily, the Deepika and Dinathandhi. Brochures were also released and distributed in association with Trinity Eye Centre.

The icing on the cake was the Road safety awareness week jointly organised with Ghani Honda & the State Police. This was done at Subix childrens theme park with the DIG of Po-lice inaugurating the event & an interactive session on road safety was done with the chil-dren & adults. There was also a gadget pro-vided by Honda in which one could sit & drive- a play station model, which had a bee-line of children & adults waiting in queue for their turn. The public enjoyed this event & infact asked us where our next event was. This event was widely covered in Malayalam Manorama, Mathrubhumi & sthe Hindu with articles & photographs. The local TV channel ACV also aired a 3 minute coverage of this event. This in short covers the publicity initiative of PLC 34 that were covered during the first half of the Circling year. Cr.Tina Mathew, Secretary PLC-34

Yes you are right! The title is a total copy from the book and now a movie Eat, Pray, Love. But then I cannot help it as this was the sole agenda during our trip to Pondi. We left on 19th day of November 2010 to Pondi for our National Fellowship Day. Of course the original plan to leave in 4 different cars at 7 in the morning did not happen as we are all normally famous for maintaining ISTs (Indian Standard Time) and so it happened that we all left at different stages of the first half of the day. Our car had complete stock of food; drink and gr8 company the perfect in-gredients to make a fun trip! And that it was definitely! The first evening at Pondi was a totally re-laxed one. And for people like me who always has a list of places to eat even before the ac-tual trip happens, it was a great relief as I could tick off one place in my list (incidentally I had 4). So we went to ‘Le Club’ for some

yummmm Steaks, Crepes, lovely cocktails and desert. The desert a chocolate bomb ab-stained by few calorie watchers was ordered repeatedly as and when it kept breaking or

rather ‘blasting’ their respective will power. The next morning after a late morning break-fast we left on a city tour. We first took a walk on beach road and then drove through the French quarters of Pondicherry with a running commentary by our very own guide Tr Amar-nath. And some of us got off to do some road side shopping, post which met at a quaint res-taurant in the French quarters for some drinks to beat the heat, followed by a soul filling lunch at Sq Leg Jayaprakash’s restaurant . We were so full that we had to drag ourselves to the hotel and then to the beds and snooze to get ready for the Social that nite. There were a bunch of enthusiastic few who actually went to the beach and took the kids to the pool! The Social was a total fun time with us danc-ing away until the wee hours and asking the DJ as always for ‘one last song’. Our host ta-bles from Pondi PRRT 104 and table MRT 14 from Madurai were such a friendly and fun group who made us completely comfortable and guaranteed fun! How could I forget? the social was followed by an after party at Tr

Raghu MRT 14 room. A lovely nite filled with music, laughter and more drinking which had to be forcefully wound up at 4am. The next day we woke up really late checked out and went to GRT where our Inter Area Joint meeting was to take place. And surprise of surprises we were the first to reach and af-ter a pretty quick meeting had our lunch as most of our group was leaving for Coimbatore the same day. But NO not me… remember? I had 3 more places to tick off my little list!!!

The much awaited event of our AREA 7, The Sports Meet, 98 Not Out was held in ERODE on 11th & 12th of December. The event started with a wide variety of sports & in-door games on 11th morning at Club Me-lange. All the events went on well as we planned. The highlight of the whole event was the Hand Ball match that was in the evening followed by a wonderful Social with our DJ blowing off the speakers. The next day, 12th Dec, all the events was in C.S.Academy with everything arranged & organised perfectly. It was a joy to watch all the Circlers participated with full enthusiasm. Tablers played cricket on that day. On the whole Twinklers played very sportively. We were so happy for all the active participa-tion in all the events with great zeal & enthu-

siasm. And even more happy to see them walk away with a handful of prizes. Cr. Abirami VC, Area Sports Convenor ELC-78.

Diwali Delight was our mega Fund raising Event of this year. We had Crackers & Sweets Stalls for a week during Diwali . This was a joint event with our Tablers ERT 98. We the Circlers were in the Sweets Retail Sales in Club Melange. The full week was so memorable that almost all the Circlers were at the stall . As we say TEAM WORK WORKS, it really worked very well . We had a fantastic week full of work , fun , chatting & full day joint fellowship with Tablers. The sales went on very smooth & perfect . We were not able to manage the customers be-cause they came in huge numbers to buy sweets & savories . Everyone praised that the sweets tasted good & again & again repeated customers came to buy them. The last day we decided to close the stall because of lack of supply since it was more sales than what we had expected . At that stage we couldn't sup-ply. On the whole the sales were fantastic & su-perb . Every day we had fun filled fellowship experience . The day before Diwali , we burst beautiful shots in the midnight . All the kids enjoyed bursting crackers in the night after that we all shared the Diwali Greetings to one another .

Cr . Savitha. Chairperson

ELC-78

Parent Social was one of the memorable event by our Table ERT 98, which was held in The Club Melange on 20th of Oc-tober. This social was as special as a festive ceremony where we can meet our rela-tives & friends, like wise all the parents of our Tablers & Circlers were invited for the social. So many parents were present . This event gave us a chance to know each others parents very well. The parents those who were present had a good feel on all of us & our organization.

We have to search within us , any talent will be hidden and that should be brought out . He was very good at drawing & drew some pictures on the stage. Every-one including the parents rounded the chief guest o see his drawings. He sang few classical songs. He earns through tak-ing Carnatic Music Classes . He has been acted in a Tamil movie NAAN KADAVUL. This gives an immense pleasure to write an article of such a great personality like Mr. Krishnamoorthy who is considered to be a role model to achieve great heights in life.

Our Sq leg Tr. Shivbal gave a wonderful pres-entation about what is Round Table & Ladies Circle. Till date what have we done to the so-ciety . After seeing the presentation our par-ents had a good view on RT & LC . Another amazing factor in the social was the Chief guest who was invited has no hands & no legs . We all were stunned to see such a person giving speech to a speechless audi-ence. The chief guest Mr. Krishnamoorthy gave an inspiring speech on life. He said I’m not wor-ried for what I am, have to see what I can do to succeed in life with what I am. God doesn't give everything to all , but should be satisfied with what is given & try to live a successful life.

The day 22nd of January 2011, will be etched in the minds of many Coimbatoreans for a long time to come. If you are wondering what was so special of this day, then I have to start at the very beginning. Coimbatore Metropolitan Ladies Circle 23 had begun its Circling year with a lot of fanfare. The new team had lofty dreams for the Cir-cling year ahead, many worthy Projects had to be implemented, fun times to be had as well as to replenish the coffers and to blow our trumpets’ loud and clear. All this came together in the form of a single event, an ex-travagant one at that, to raise funds. Chairperson Cr Lavanya an accomplished and successful dancer and a celebrity herself came up with the idea to give Coimbatore a one of its kind Dance spectacle. With the idea well in place, Abhinava Dance Company from Banga-lore was roped in to collaborate with us. They are one of the foremost dance companies in the country. The Company’s’ creative duo Nirupama & Rajendra strive to constantly ex-plore new creative avenues in bringing out the true essence of Indian dance. Deeply rooted in the Indian tradition, their dance has its own distinct style of presentation by fusing ethnic and modern genres of dance. They have per-

formed to packed audiences across India, UK, USA, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Their

dance production Sambhrama cele-brates life, nature and the symbiotic relationship man has with the Universe. Through

the dance the message that they wish to con-vey is that of wellness and prosperity to the world. Thus, Sambhrama - a celebration was brought alive on stage on the 22nd. The Sarojini Natraj Auditorium in Kikani School was packed to the gills with music and dance aficionados. The crowd sat mesmerized as the graceful dancers moved fluidly to depict the stories they had to tell. Be it the story of mischievous Lord Krishna with Radha and the Gopikas on the banks of Jamuna or the pining Meera with her all encompassing love for Krishna, or the powerful rendition of Lord Shiva the viewer was enthralled and transported back in time. The dancers further weaved their magic with the amazing footwork. The fusion dance with its colourful and breathtakingly beautiful cos-tumes, with matching jewellery and accesso-ries was a visual treat. The music at times riv-eting and lilting sometimes was a perfect ac-companiment to the dance. Hence for the au-dience Sambhrama harmonized, healed, united and filled the heart with visions of

beauty. The event would definitely be remem-bered for a long time. Many luminaries graced the occasion. The foremost being the Mayor, IG of Police and the Corporation Commissioner. President La-dies Circle India, Cr Shilpa Baid was there to share this joyous event. We also had the Past Presidents of Ladies Circle India Shashi Gulati, Asha Bhaskar and Revathy Prasad gracing the occasion. Huge Billboard hoardings were placed in van-tage points of the city. Advertorials and arti-cles appeared in the English and Tamil Dai-lies , pre and post the event. The publicity gar-nered from this event was immense. The proceeds from this grand spectacle will go towards the construction of a Computer class-room at Okkilipalayam Panchyat Union Mid-dle School at Madukarai. This would help more than 200 students each year. Also, the Circle would be donating for Pediatric Laparo-scopic Instruments at Coimbatore General Hospital and Oncology equipments at Rama-krishna Hospital, Coimbatore. This event brought forth bonhomie among the 23ers and the vain lot that we all are, we go around preening for we were able to success-fully pull off a Mega programme! Cr. Preethika Balaji—CMLC 23

"Memorable" would be the right word to start with. Yes am describing my experience at the"Majja ni life" National Agm which was held at Hyderabad. It was Tablers Ashvin, Kalpesh, Jyotish, Rajesh, Santosh and me from CURT186 who had at-tended the NAGM. We left for Hydreabad on 16th morning all eager and excited. It almost looked like the tablers had chartered the flight to hyd. We had enough tablers on the flight to actually conduct a meeting on board. We were greeted at the airport by the Ahmadabad Tablers. The registration process was a long one, we had to sign ,report ,shuttle between a dozen counters there. We then checked in the service apartment had a lovely lunch nap and got set for the party that night. . The theme was "salsa" and we were all in red and black which was the colour code that night. The weather was simply amaz-ing which added to the party mood at The Boulder Hills Golf Course.. The music was not bad with the hit numbers of the season "Shila ki jawani and Munni badnam" played over and over again. The bar and food were on too, till

the wee hrs. By the time we got back to our rooms it was abt 3 30 am. The next day we were all at the apartment till late afternoon as our tablers were getting ready with the seargeanting preparation. That night the theme was "Halloween". Many tablers were beyond recognition and i had to strain my brains to actually guess who was cos all were in masks,make up and dressed evil!!! There was a dance group and a singer that night to entertain us all. The dance floor was on fire again with the songs "shila ki jawani and munni badnam"as usual being played over and over again. There was a vast spread of food served hot till late in the night. The next day i did my favourite thing "shopping"!!!! While the tablers attended the Agm .The Agm session got over pretty much early because of lack of quorum. The presi-dents banquet started early. We had some lovely speeches by the national president, the and tablers and the other national board mem-bers after which the party started full on with the songs "shila ki jawani and munni badnam" again alternating.By the end of the third night i felt like it was Round Table India s anthem!! The bar and food were in full flow and every one were having a good time on the floor. To sum it all, it was one of the memorable NAGM s that i had attended.

Have you ever wondered what you are worth? Have you ever asked yourself why you exist? As vague and existential it may sound, these maybe the very questions we need to ask our-selves everyday to make life worth living. I came to such a conclusion when I read about my friend Sheena, who pretty much like me was a regular woman but unlike me was quite prodigious in the field of arts right from a very young age. We went to college together and I still remember the ease at which she conjured images on paper, black board or sometimes even etch on the wooden desks or stone or whatever she got her hands on, graphics, de-signs, pictures, cartoon, anything and every-thing. Her art was different, insightful, and ex-

traordinary. We knew she would do great things with her talent and she would go places. She did become famous, but not so much for the obvious reasons of her talent to draw or design, but she went places, because she asked herself one day,’

What am I worth? Why do I exist? What do I contribute? Sheena moved to the USA as a student in 1998 with a scholarship to study art in Parsons New York; the Mecca for any art student. And then went on to teach there. Sheena later joined a graphic design firm as a chief designer. She was the chief designer for many years and do-ing very well for herself. But the Sheena just wasn’t satisfied. She felt jaded in her work and wondered if she was another dispensable com-modity in her firm, perhaps even the world.

I imagine that she may have asked herself “Why do I exist? Is there something I do that will make some difference to someone’s life?” “Will the world even clinch if I suddenly drop dead?” she would’ve wondered. The sad reali-sation that except for a few friends and family, nothing would be affected and the world would just go on as it is would’ve shaken her to the chore. “No one is indispensable” she would’ve thought to herself. It is a disturbing thought indeed. Perhaps on realising this Sheena may have wanted to do something of consequence. Perhaps she needed to contrib-ute in some way to make a difference. She may have wanted to create her own ripple. Life needs to be lived deliberately. We can’t simply exist and disappear, we are here for a purpose and we need to find our own niche in the system that turns the wheel of life. We need to be grease that makes the wheel turn better.

Of course anything Sheena did would be artis-tic. But here it was the thought to be of conse-quence that stirred here creative juice...and her talent was a mere tool in the creative process. She conjured up from thin air the Uniform Pro-ject. Before I go on to explain what that is, what you need to know is, Sheena is today fa-mous in the whole of USA, as a girl in a black dress. So much so, the immigration officer has granted her the coveted celebrity status to continue in the US of A. The moral of the story: If Sheena could do it so can each one of us. All we need to is perhaps wake up from our sleep walk and think out of the box. Because we need to be the grease that turns the wheel of life. WE SHOULD BE IN-DESPENSIBLE. And to know about the waves Sheena created from her single ripple, read on: Conscious

Revolutionize the way people perceive ethical fash-

ion and place social responsibility at the center of

consumer culture. Use fashion as a vehicle to make

acts of charity more inspired and playful, enabling

individuals to rise as role models of style, sustain-

ability and social consciousness.

The Uniform Project™ started in 2009 when a

young woman realized she was drowning in the

doldrums of an advertising career. To counter the

uninspired demands of the corporate world, she

came up with an unusual creative challenge; to

wear the same dress for an entire year – but, and

this is where the real challenge came in, she'd have

to make it look unique every single day and do so

without buying anything new. The challenge was

also designed to be an online fundraiser, raising

money to send underprivileged kids to school.

Thus, in May 2009, with fashion as her medium,

and education her cause, U.P founder Sheena

Matheiken launched the Uniform Project, pledging

to wear one little black dress for 365 days as an

exercise in sustainability and a fundraiser to sup-

port the Akanksha Foundation – a non-profit or-

ganization providing education to children living in

Indian slums. And for the next year, Sheena rein-

vented her uniform solely using accessories that

were either vintage, handmade, reused or donated.

Almost immediately, Sheena and the U.P were hit

with a deluge of media attention. The project was

featured in major publications ranging from the

New York Times, The Guardian, CNN, BBC, Times

London, LA Times, MSNBC, NPR, PBS, Vogue, Elle,

Glamour, Marie Claire to hundreds of fashion, cul-

ture and design blogs, as well as TV shows around

the world. By the end of the yearlong challenge, the

U.P site received over 2 million hits and raised over

$100,000 in donations for the Akanksha Founda-

tion and Sheena was named one of Elle Magazine's

Women of the Year for 2009

The U.P now has an international following of sup-

porters, a few of whom have joined Sheena to form

the Uniform Project company. The U.P is now in its

second year, expanding its first year model as a

global platform converging philanthropy, fashion,

sustainability and social commerce into an ongoing

mission.