Save Lalbagh

Dear All,

Earlier this week(April 13 and 14), the Bangalore Metro Rail corporation(BMRCL) has demolished over 500 feet of Lalbagh’s wall and cut down 5 eucalyptus trees inside Lalbagh. BMRCL proposes to have a Metro station inside Lalbagh itself!

Lalbagh is protected by a separate, stringent law. In a highly undemocratic move, the Karnataka Government changed the law by moving an ordinance to acquire LalbaGh land for the Metro, rather than prefer a debate over the changed law, in the Assembly. The opposition has also failed to protest this undemocratic move.

Lalbagh and Lakshman Rao Park on R.V.Road, (also called the AC Road, Nanda Road ), both major landmarks and heritage of Bangalore are being destroyed for the Metro. This when the High Court is hearing PIL over alternatives in Metro alignment.

What seems like a minor portion of Lalbagh gone today will surely lead to greater portion of the park being taken away to create parking zones and malls that the Metro plans at its stations.

When they sought clearance, Metro authorities claimed trees on Nanda Road will be pruned, and not felled. Now they want to cut 323 trees on Nanda Road(R.V.Road) alone. The BBMP Tree Officer has confirmed that the tree felling in Lalbagh was not cleared by him.

This makes felling of Lalbagh’s heritage trees, daylight robbery!

Don’t be a mute witness to this wanton destruction and illegal desecration of our parks and open spaces. Come out and protest. Demand from candidates standing from Bangalore South to make their stand clear on the issue.

Let us stop the illegal construction of Metro in Lalbagh.

Join the Human Chain to be formed at the illegal demolition site(at R.V.Road, near Lalbagh westgate) on Wednesday,

April 15, 6.00 pm. Be there. 6 pm

. ……. Hasiru Usiru

Act More!!

JOIN THE DOTS presents

Act More

This three hour THEATRE workshop is aimed at individuals in the age group of 14yrs – 65yrs. It is based on the principles of experiential learning. This medium of theatre is designed to help you be creative, innovative and pursue your hobby. Come de-stress as you explore theatre during the session and follow up sessions will be made available to interested individuals.

Day& Date; Saturday 18th April

Duration ; 2.30 – 5.30 pm.

Registration Fee: Rs. 500/-

Venue; Cubbon Park

You can also get in touch with me for more details

PH: 9844014223

drdayaprasad99@gmail.com

De-Stress on Saturday Morning

Saturday morning…. long weekend…. destressing!!!! and that too at 10 in the morning. No ways. let me sleep a while longer. Well, all those who thought this way truely missed out on a great opportunity. But this was not the case for 16 participants who decided to be there.  I am sure all of them were successful in shedding a lot of stress by the end of the 3 hour session. Let us hear from them what they felt about it.

Do feel free to comment and let us know how you felt at the end of the workshop.

Here is a quick look at what happened at the workshop.

 

Standing L-R: Dr. Syeda, Swaroopa, Dipica, Kamini aunty, Krishnan, Yadav, Ramesh, Sunil, Nikhil, Srikanth Sitting: Tabu, Meghna, Mukesh, Sachin, Amit

 

Standing L-R: Dr. Syeda, Swaroopa, Dipica, Kamini aunty, Krishnan, Yadav, Ramesh, Sunil, Nikhil, Srikanth Sitting: Tabu, Meghna, Mukesh, Sachin, Amit

Who is stressed more??

OOps!! Cant point out to a single person…. All of you are stressed.

Is it me?

Definately not us

Yadav says “Lisyen to my story”

Who is the boss?

Few people are already laughing…

Some more have joined in

What are these guys still worrying about?

Yes… and…

The King and the Queens

Let me show you how its done..

Stop worrying start romancing

Audience having a good laugh

Just Chill Madi

Aamir Khan in the forest…

Yes wow wow wow and wowowow

More laughters

Titanic in Bangalore???

Laughs and more laughs

Rapt attention

Alls well that ends well!!!

Young India on Climate Change

We at the British Council have organised a program on the subject of “What does young Indian think about Climate Change?

British Council recently conducted a research in 4 cities in India covering about 800 plus young people (18 to 25) to find out what they really think about climate change. The research was conducted by A C Nielson.
Now we are ready with the research findings and we want to use this as a platform to initiate dialogue with the youth on this topic. We hope to create awareness and motivate them to take some concrete steps towards mitigating the results of climate change.
 
The event
A film on climate change (about an hour)
Sharing of research findings (5 minutes)
Panel discussion (50 minutes)

 

Theatre workshop

Join the dots presents a 3 hour theatre workshop Lend me your voice…. Speak for someone Let someone speak for you Follow the voice in sync Create something new It’s as easy as 123…

1. Sign up for the workshop

2. Listen to the magic of voice

3. See it come alive in a performance

Date: 28th March, Saturday

Timing: 2.30-5.30 pm

Venue: Cubbon Park

Registration fee: Rs.500/-

Ph: 9844014223

Meeting Macbeth.. Repeat show!!

Meeting Macbeth, a devised performance, at the premises of Sukrupa, #15, G.R.Layout, Cholanayakanahalli, R.T.Nagar (Near Rajiv Gandhi Dental College), on Monday, the 23rd of March, at seven P.M.
‘Meeting Macbeth’ is a piece created in our recent workshop on physicality, voice, breath, rhythm and movement through Shakespearean text. It is about ‘meeting’ Macbeth – discovering the archetypal Macbeth and Lady Macbeth who lie within us.  The performers explore the connections between Macbeth and their personal lives, and the world they (and indeed all of us) live in, by sharing personal stories inspired by and created in response to the text. It is also an exploration of the interconnections of masculine and feminine energy in the form of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, and their interrelationship, as well as looking at the witches and looking for their meaning and significance through acts of ritual, play, movement, song and dance. The performance attempts to look at the human face of Macbeth – at the man behind the mask of  the painted devil, trying to find that human face in the mirror. In so doing, it laments the passing of an inner state of beauty, and its replacement with a world of cynicism where a religion of love is turned into a religion of blood, where unknowing and terror haunt our footsteps. Above all, the performance is a celebration of theatre – of all the rasaas of the Indian tradition, and is thus ultimately an attempt to celebrate Shakespeare through Indian performance aesthetics, and in so doing, celebrate the human self itself.
This performance is being presented in association with Sukrupa, an NGO whose mission is to help underprivileged children escape a background of poverty, slum life, illiteracy and ignorance, replacing these challenges with hope and opportunities available to mainstream children.

Cast: Dayaprasad, Mythili, Neelam, Richa and Vindhya

Entry is by invitation only, and is restricted to thirty people.

Please call 9844014223 or mail drdayaprasad99@gmail.com

Deccan Herald, !9 March 2009

Reflections in the mirror..

Presented by Join the dots

Come see the reflection of your idea, thought and fantasy become real

Its as easy as 1-2-3

1. Sign up for the workshop

2. Bring an Idea, a Thought and a Fantasy with you

3. See it come alive in a three-hour theatre workshop

Venue; Cubbon Park

Date;Saturday- 21st March

Time; 2.30 pm – 5.30 pm

Registration Fee; Rs.500/-

PH: 9844014223

drdayaprasad99@gmail.com

Theatre Personality says….

Theatre – Rahul george, theatre personality
A recent play that I liked the most is an adaptation of the book Five Point Someone that was performed by a theatre group called Evam that is based in Chennai. Usually, when a play is based on a book, it tends to fall short of details, but this one seems to have woven all the intricate details and that is what makes it a treat to watch. Everything was brought out excellently in the play in minimal sets.

Read it here in todays Bangalore Mirror: http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=54&contentid=2009031420090314191330818224f7d83&sectxslt=

JTD helps beat Recession……..

Deccan Herald, 13 March 2009

NO RECESSION

Down, but not out

Madhuri Kalyan

Metrolife catches up with the youth in the City who have not let recession affect their lives

The dark clouds of recession are still looming, and for many employees, the threat of layoffs is still at large. In this seemingly dire situation, we tracked some youngsters who refused to let the environment impact them; rather, they impact the environment by turning it into a positive experience, and were also courageous enough to come on record to speak about their experiences. One of them is Raghavendra Puranam, an IIT graduate. He says being spiritual has helped him cope with the turn of events after getting laid off . “Although I lost my job, it did bring out some positive things too. This crisis has given me that chance to discover how strong, calm and confident I have become due to regular practice of yoga and meditation, and I could smile even while the news was being conveyed to me. This is a result of regular and continuous practice of the techniques that I had learned from a workshop when I was in final year of college in IIT Madras. It did not take me a second to decide what I will do next, I will attend the teachers training programme conducted by the the same team and spread this wonderful knowledge to other youth.” For Yadav B V, a software engineer, it’s a chance to explore his theatre skills, “I recently attended a theatre workshop by ‘Join the Dots’ and that helped me loosen up a lot. I plan to attend more theatre workshops in future, but am also on a lookout for a job simultaneously.” Although, it is not easy to handle suddenly being out of a job, most people can get jobs back as easily, says Sundeep Tangirala, a team lead in a software company, “My team has shrunk down by 15 to 20 per cent after the recession, and those who are laid off are given adequate notice, with almost six month of paychecks, and many I know have got three to four offers before they got out of the company. The job market is always on a hunt for new, talented people.” But for some, their job is not the end of it all, but an opportunity to explore bigger aspirations in life. Says Raghavendra, “It has given me an opportunity to explore two other options which I wouldn’t have if I was in a full time job. First, entrepreneurship in aerospace field and second, focusing on service activities. Looking for a job comes last in my priority list.” Says Sanjay Gulabani, director of a software company, and a facilitator of programmes for youth called YES!, “Recession is like an eraser on a big white-board filled with crap. I guess nature has given us recessions to erase filth and create a better value-based sane world, free of societal illnesses such as corruption and greed for power or money, both caused because of an insecurity and fear due to improper distribution of intelligence and resources.” Click here for the actual page: http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Mar132009/metro20090312123641.asp

PIXEL en INC in Bengaluru Pages!!!!!!

To know more about them check out their website http://pixinc.in/

The Bengaluru Pages Feb 16 - 28 2009. In the Pic: Karthik and Mukesh in their new office!!