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The purport of theoft-repeated phrase ‘God is one;He is referred to in differentnames’ can be realized byreading ‘India-A Fellowship ofFaiths’, a classic work ofDr. H R Bharadwaj, Governorof Karnataka, said Prof.G. Venkatasubbiah, the wellknown littérateur andlexicographer.

He was speaking afterreleasing the illustrated 122-pagevolume at the Bhavan onNovember 14.

Dr. Bharadwaj who waspresent at the function, opined

that there has not been anyconcerted effort in interpreting‘Dharma’ properly. That is whythe country is today facing evilslike terrorism. He said that hisbook was an effort to fill thevoid.

He explained how Indiawas an ancient country withcontinuous spiritual traditiondating back to 5000 years.Inevitably, those followingdifferent faiths will have to learnto swim together as one people’,he declared.

Writer, Sri MallepuramVenkatesh, who spoke on the

BHAVAN LAUNCHES GOVERNOR’S TOME

Prof. G. Venkatasubbaiah lanching H.E. Dr. H.K. Bhardwaj's bookat Bhavan on Nov 14.

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book under release, said that thebook in a nutshell gives thetimeless cultural and spirituallegacy of India, nurtured by sagesof ancient times and MahatmaGandhi in our own times. Theauthor succinctly describes thisevolution of concepts of unity indiversity he said, paying glowingtributes to Dr. Bharadwaj whohas come out with such aninvaluable book.

Earlier, Sri N Ramanuja,who welcomed the chiefguests, profoundly thanked theGovernor for selecting Bhavanfor the launch of his book.Sri A Krishnamurthy, Secretaryproposed a vote of thanks.

Dr. Mathoor Krishnamurti,the Director of Bhavan, whocompeered the programme, notedthat the book was pricedat Rs.500. But he askedDr. Bharadwaj for the prize atwhich he expected it to be sold.

Pat came the Governor’sreply: ‘so far I have authored fourbooks, but none of them haveI sold for money. Even in thiscase, I am willing to give it freeto the interested’.

Accordingly, the Governorhanded over a copy each to thepersons present shaking handswith each!

UNITY IN DIVERSITY

Governor, Dr. H.K. Bhardwaj talking to Sri N. Ramanuja, Chairman, Bhavan, Karnataka, at Bhavan-Prism Pusthaka Bharathi on the occasion of

the release of the former's book

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The highlight of theinaugural of Bhavanotsava 2009to mark the 40th anniversary ofthe Bangalore Kendra of Bhavan,was the release of two morevolumes in Kannada of the100-volume works of MahatmaGandhi.

The stupendous task ofediting the massive output ofGandhi’s writings published bythe Union Government has beenundertaken by Dr.MeenakshiDeshpande Mahishi under thetitle ‘Mahatma Gandhi KrithiSanchaya’. Volume Nos 14 and15 were released on that festiveoccasion on November 15, 2009.

Senior freedom fighter SriH S Doreswamy who releasedVolume No. 14 observed that the

TAIL GANDHIAN WAY, YOUTH TOLD

youth of the country shoulddevelop the spirit of fighting theproblems that are plaguing thecountry, by finding solutions tothem in the Gandhian way.

He, however, regretted thatinstead of finding solutions onthe basis of Gandhiji’sprinciples, the tendency todayseems to be to blow up smallproblems. It is here that the youthhas to play its positive role, headded.

Sri Manu Baligar, Directorof the Directorate of Kannadaand Culture, who releasedVolume 15 strongly contendedthat following Gandhianprinciples was the only way tosolve problems facing societytoday. He complemented

Dignitaries as the inauguration of Bhavanotsava - 2009 whenVolumes Nos 14 & 15 of Gandhi Krithi Sanchaya were launched

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Dr.Meena Deshpande on hercommendable achievement.

Chief Editor of the series,Dr. Meena Deshpande observedthat following Gandhianprinciples was the best solutionto overcome clashes betweenindividuals as also betweencommunities.

She went on to explain howthe translation job is importantfor conveying lofty Gandhianideals to the youth of the countryso that they can apply them intheir day to day life.

An exhibition of paintings bythe students of Kala Bharathi waspart of the celebration. ArtistShekar S Bellary had displayed afew of his portraits of Gandhiji.

The cultural programme inconnection with the annualevent includes performance byeminent artists of music, danceand folk forms likeYakshagana. These progrmmesare slated for weekends everySaturday and Sunday till Dec11, 2009.

Along with Sri N Ramanuja,Chairman, Bhavan Karnataka,Sri S Shadakshari, ManagingDirector of the RamanashreeGroup of Hotels, graced theoccasion.

DAUNTING TASK OF TRANSLATION

Sri Mantapa Prabhakar as KaikeyiBhavanotsava - 2009

Sri. Chepparada Mane Sridhar as'Manthare' at Bhavanotsava - 2009

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The newly constructedSchool at Sriramapuram, which iscoming up under the jointauspices of the Bhavan and BBMPis fast getting ready. The groundfloor which is almost completed,is all set for the classes to functionin the next academic year.

This assurance was given toSri Suresh Kumar, State Ministerfor Law and Parliamentary Affairsby the Architect and contractor ofthe school on Nov. 19, 2009 whenthe minister visited the spot.

He was accompanied by SriV.P. Ikkeri, Joint Commissioner(West) of BBMP and Sri Remesh,Chief Executive Engineer. SriSuresh Kumar was told that thesecond and third floors would alsobe ready by June 2010.

BHAVAN’S BBMP SCHOOL ALL AGOG

On arrival at the spotSri. Suresh Kumar was received bySri. Ramanuja, Chairman, BhavanKarnataka, Sri A. Krishnamurti,Secretary and Sri H.N. SureshDirector of Programmes andProjects. They briefed the Ministerabout the role of the Bhavan inrealising the latter’s dream ofhaving a model school with CBSCsyllabus in the centre of the city.

Sri Suresh Kumar who washappy at the progress made on thebuilding hoped that similarschools in the Joint venture of theBhavan will become possible inBellary, Belgaum, Mysore andDavanagere, Mangalore.

Dr. Rajeswari Raghu, AdvisorBhavan’s Schools was present onthe occasion.

Sri Suresh Kumar State Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs along with Sri. N.Ramanuja, BVB Chairman, during visit to Bhavan BBMP School construction site.

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The need for an innovativeand creative approach to findsolutions to a plethora ofproblems facing the country wasunderscored by Sri Anil Gokak,IAS (Retd) at the 40th

convocation of the Bhavan’s H BCollege of Communication andManagement on October 28,2009. The college offersPG Diploma under the Bhavan’sRajendra Prasad Instituteof Communication andManagement, Mumbai.

Delivering his convocationaddress, Sri Gokak who is aformer Secretary to the Uniongovernment said the complexityof these problems as well as thoserelating to the daunting povertyalleviation defy simplisticsolutions, especially when people

STRESS ON CREATIVE APPROACH

are getting increasingly restlessdue to rising expectations.

Congratulating the graduatesof the year on their success in theexamination and embarking ontheir voyage of a ‘life-longexamination of life itself ’,Sri Gokak explained how Indianeconomy and its corporate sectorwere meeting with the twinchallenges of liberalization andglobalization with success. Yet itcan’t be said that all the problemsare solved. Among them he listedthose relating to erosion ofvalues, illiteracy, health andnaxalism. These he said, can betackled only with innovation andcreativity.

Sri Gokak said that in thistask the expertise they hadacquired in their study, should be

Ms. N. VijayaLakshmi who secured 'All India I Rank in IRPM' receivingthe award from the Chief Guest

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of immense value. This, againcan be done by identifying waysand means to prepare a road mapfor the country’s innovativenessand creativity. All that remainsfor them is to see how best theywould avail the services of thegovernment and the publicservices.

Before Sri Gokak deliveredhis well thought out essay, hedistributed the diplomacertificates to the successfulcandidates. He profusely thankedthe college management forgiving him the privilege ofaddressing a gathering on theoccasion of its annualconvocation.

Sri N Ramanuja, Chairman,Bhavan Karnataka, presided overthe function. Dr.MathoorKrishnamurti Director and Sri AKrishnamurthy, Secretary, gracedthe occasion with their presence.Prof S N Subba Roa, Principalproposed vote of thanks.

Among the medal winners inthe PG Diploma examination, thename of N Vijayalakshmi of‘Industrial Relations andPersonnel Management’ standsout. She secured the first rank atthe all India level, doing proudboth to herself and her AlmaMater. Here is our heartycongratulations and best wishesfor a bright future for her.

ROAD MAP FOR INNOVATION

NEW COMPOSITION FOR BHARATANATYAA number of new compositions in Kannada specially made for

Bharatanatya, Choreographed and performed bysome senior students of Nupura, will be presented at the Bhavan on

Saturday, the 19th December, 2009 at 6.00 p.m.This is a special programme will be featured under PadmabhooshanaDr. K. Venkatalakshamma endowment programme at Bharatiya Vidya

Bhavan instituted by Nupura, Bangalore.The music compositions are made by

Vocalist Vidwan Sri. Balasubramanya Sharma andMridangist Vidwan Sri. G. Gurumurthy.

The performers areSmt. Suma Krishnamurthy, Smt. Deepti Mukund,

Smt. Prabha Kini, Smt. Sri Vidya Krishna,Smt. Chitra Aravind and Kum. Bharathi Vittal

ALL ARE WELCOME

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The urgent need for policymakers to focus on improvingstandards of science andtechnology so as to minimizeimport cost of industrialcomponents as also to broadbase the skill based talent poolwas stressed by Prof C N R Rao,National Research Professorand Chairman ScientificAdvisory Council to the PrimeMinister, in a talk at the Bhavanon November 1, 2009.

Prof. Rao was speakingafter launching ‘Chronicle ofNavaratna: the BEL story’, abook by Dr. C R Subramanian,former Chairman and Managing

Director of Bharat Electricals(BEL). Besides the authorhimself, the function at theBhavan’s Khincha auditoriumwas graced by Sri N Ramanuja,Chairman, Bhavan Karnataka,Prof V K Atre, former ScientificAdvisor to the Defense Ministryand Dr. Vinod Sharma,Chairman, Department ofC o m m u n i c a t i o n a n dEngineering, IISc., Bangalore.

Prof Rao was sore that thecountry was facing a shortageof talented personnel tohead prestigious scientificinstitutions. He said, ‘we arehardly able to find suitable

PLEA FOR A TALENT POOL

Launching of the book 'Chronicle of Navarathna' the BEL story byProf. C.N.R. Rao, National Research Professor and Chairman Scientific

Advisory Council while other dignitaries on the dais join.

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candidates to succeed retiringexperts. He said he had beenasked by the Prime Minister tosuggest suitable persons forpremier establishments likethe Atomic EngineeringCommission, citing the exampleof scouting for a successor to theAtomic Energy CommissionChairman, Dr. Anil K Kodkar.

Prof. Rao while assertingthat there was no lack of fundsfor research in science andtechnology, pointed out that‘what we are facing isdifficulty in finding talent’ ifwe had to compare ourselveswith countries like China, SouthKorea and Japan.

He came down heavily onour Defence Ministry as also theUnion Government for beingcontent with mere dividendsinstead of allowing publicsector giants to tread the path ofself reliance for their growth.

Mr V K Atre endorsed ProfRao’s views about talentshortage in the country. He

stressed the need for the countryto maintain a positive outlookand go ahead with the goodwork that has been done so far.

The book by one who hadfirst hand knowledge from thevery beginning of BEL, one ofthe giant public sector units ofthe country, gives us insightwith the way it grew up toattain the status of aNavaratna company. Itunfolds how it overcameobstacles to evolve on a majorelectric company, meeting theneeds of both the defence andcivil sections.

Earlier, after renderingthe invocation, Dr. MathoorKrishnamurti, Director,welcomed the gathering. Sri CR Subramaniam, the author,introduced the chief guests andgave a gist of the book slated forrelease.

Dr. Nagesh Malavalli, thePrincipal of the MPBIM collegeproposed a vote of thanks.

CALL FOR POSITIVE OUT LOOK

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It is deplorable that neitherthe State Government nor itsworld of music at large had doneanything to perpetuate thememory of Smt. BangaloreNagaratnamma, a Savant ofyesteryears, observed Sri. A.S.Chandramouli, Deputy Directorof Doordarshan Kendra,Bangalore at a function underSusruthi Ramiah SubramanianEndowment at the Bhavan onNovember 18, 2009.

Sri Chandramouli wasspeaking after releasing“Anjali”, a monograph on thelife and works of Smt.Nagaratnamma who was anexponent of music andBharthanatya. The book is atoken of appreciation of Smt.Janaki Subramanian, a disciple ofSmt. Nagaratnamma.

Sri Chandramouli agreedthat this lapse was due to the lackof authentic material on thesubject. He congratulated Smt.Janaki Subramanian for fillingthe void with this. Illustratedbook in Kannada, Tamil andEnglish. The book gives a briefaccount of the noble woman’slast days of life when the authorwas her student.

It may be mentioned inthis connection that it wasNagaratnamma to whom thecredit for creating an edifice toSaint Sri Tyagaraja, one ofthe trinities of Carnatic musicgoes. She had lavished all herbelongings, including a vastcollection of jewelry and a housein Sowcarpet of Chennai on the

NAGARATNAMMA REMEMBERED

Launching of the Book 'Anjali' by Sri A.S. Chandramouli Dy. Director,Doordarshan Kendra while other dignitaries on the dais join.

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monument Carnatic musiciansthe world over annuallycongregate at this sacred Samadiof Tyagaraja to pay homage to thesaint singer. They gratefullyremember Nagaratnamma on thatoccasion at her own samadiwhich is erected in the samevicinity.

It is equally worth while torecall that the State SangeetNritya Academy had given itsaward to Nagaratnamma in 1967.The citation issued on theoccasion is in the name of

Nanjangud Nagaratnamma (theprefix changed after she settleddown in Bangalore), throws lighton her life and contribution to theworld of music. Also an old issueof “India Today”, the newsfortnightly and the memoirs ofDVG provide adequate sourcematerial on her noble life.

Smt. Janaki Subramanianwhile proposing a vote of thanks,said she was grateful to theBhavan for annually organizinga programme to keep Smt.Nagaratnamma’s memory alive.

TWO SACRED MEMORIALS

VISIT TO GARWALE

Picture shows Sri Ajay Vikram Singh IAS Former Defence Secretary ofGovernment of India visit to Vidhya Bhavan School at Garwale also in thepicture Sri. N. Ramanuja Chairman BVB Karnataka, Dr. A.V. Narasimha

Murthy, Chairman, BVB Mysore Kendra, Sri Balaji Kashyap, Hon.Secretary, BVB Kodagu Kendra, teachers and some students of the school.

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PROGRAMME : DECEMBER 2009 Sat 5.00 p.m. : Bhavanotsavan 2009 -

Flute recital by Kumari K.V. Madhura 5. Khincha Hall 'Billu Vidye' (Archery demonstration) by

6.00 p.m. Sri. L. Subba Rao, GunturChief Guests : Smt. Dwarki Krishnaswamy

Smt. Seetha Ramachandra

Sun 10.00 a.m. : Bhavanotsava 2009 -Carnatic Vocal by Dr. Hamsini Nagendra

6. Khincha Hall Bharatanatya recital : Sri Vasanth Kiran11.00 a.m. Chief Guest : Smt. Chitra Venugopal

5.00 p.m. Bharathanatya ArangetramMs. Anusha and Ms. ArunaDisciple of Smt. Lalitha SrinivasanChief Guest :Sri A.N. Yellappa ReddyGuests of Honour :Smt. Sandhya Kiran & Sri Kiran SubramanyamDirectors Rasika Academy of Performing ArtsSri V. Srinivasa Raju, Trustee Navachetana Trust, Presents

Fri 5.00 p.m. : Bhavanotsava - 2009 11. Khincha Hall Classical and folk dances by

M.P.B.I.M. students

Sat 12.00 p.m. : American Corner : 12. Khincha Hall SCREENING OF FILM

BREAKAWAY

Sun 6.15 p.m. : Bharatanatya Arangetram 13. Khincha Hall Kum. K. Tejeshwini

Disciple of Smt. G.S. Rajalakshmi

Mon 6.00 p.m. : Smt. Koushalya Bai Endowment 14. ESV Hall Devotional and Light music concert by

Sri. Umesh Desai

Sat 5.00 p.m. : Padmabhushana Dr. K. Venkatalakshamma 19. Khincha Hall memorial endowment -

GurusmaraneBharatanatya by senior artistes of NupuraChief Guests : Smt. Sharada Rudra

Dr. D. Sarvotthama Kamat

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