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Vision 2030, Kerala to have a new face!
Sam Pitroda, who has taken up the role of mentor of the state, has called for Kerala to focus on ten core areas to put the state on a fast development track. Sam Pitroda is an Adviser to Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations and Chairman of a High Level Committee on Railways. The meeting was held at Thiruvananthapuram with Chief Minister Oommen Chandy inaugurating the function. The meeting was presided over by KPCC President Ramesh Chennithala. MPs Shashi Tharoor and P J Kurian, Nafeesath Beevi and RGIDS director Prof G Balchandran also attended the meeting. Sam Pitroda, who held discussions with Oomen Chandy, the Chief Minister of Kerala, on various development initiatives.He suggested that the state should take Public Private Participation route to attract capital investments in the state for development projects.
Flower Show @ Kottayam
Three day long flower show organized by Agri-horticultural society has started at Kottayam. The show is taking place at Nagambadom Municipal playground. The show started on 12thJanuary 2012 and will be end on January 15. The event showcases varieties of flowers and medicinal plants. Wide range of flower and medicinal plants from 27 plant nurseries will be the most attraction of the fest. Air conditioned 40,000 sq. ft.shed with modern facilities has set up for the flower fest. And it is the largest flower fest in mid-Kerala. The fest is organized by horticulture society and is sponsored by Malabar Gold group.
Kerala Strikers – Official Website and Theme Song launched
Kerala Strikers, the official entry of Malayalam Film Industry in the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL), has launched its official website. The team led by Megastar Mohanlal also launched its Signature Music Video as well. The music CD was launched in a function featuring young Superstar Prithviraj and S. Sreesanth, Kerala’s presence in the Indian International Cricket team. The first copy of the music CD was presented to Prithviraj by the fast bowler S. Sreesanth. The official web site of the Kerala celebrity team, Kerala Strikers, was launched in all pomp and glory by actor, producer and director Thyagarajan. The music video featuring the stars of Malayalam Cinema was directed by A. L. Vijayan. The music was composed by Sanjeev Thomas, lead guitarist of A. R. Rahman. The video was shot over 15 days in various locations. The whole team will be featured in the video. Plus Bhavana and Laxmi Rai, the brand ambassadors of the Kerala Strikers are also featured in the video. The team organized by the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) is confident in the team and hopes they could emerge as Champions in the debut season of the Kerala Strikers.
Gamer’s Meet-up @ Cochin
- Gamers meet up
UTV Indiagames, a Mumbai based Game development Company, is organizing a Gamer’s Meet-up, due to be held tomorrow 17th September 2011. The event is scheduled to begin by 3 PM in the evening at Lokah Restaurant and Café, NH Bypass, Cochin. The event is co-hosted by C-Sharks Games & Solution Pvt. Ltd; a well famous Cochin based Game development Company. This model has been successful with Gamer’s Meet-Up being held at Mumbai, Pune and Pondicherry with an average of over 70 attendees gracing the event. The event is all about games and the main agenda of the Meet-up is about creating awareness among parents, friends and relatives and the seriousness of gaming. Other purposes of the Meet-up are creating awareness among the gamers across the world that there are serious gamers in India as well. The Gamer’s Meet-up also is a platform for gamers to have chat, discuss and share ideas between them and thus helping them unite and stand for the betterment of gaming and Game development in India. C-Sharks is one of the leading game development companies in India, working with many publishers and game portals worldwide. Indiagames is engaged in publishing and developing games across various platforms including Online and Mobile. UTV Indiagames is a leading Game development Company in India and they have been organizing similar Meet-ups across several cities in India and all of them proved to be successful. This event also is a platform to showcase your skills. So if you are a game freak this is an event you cannot miss. The gamers are surely in for a treat and the youngsters in Kerala can surely hope for a lot from the event. The event will be a certain boost to the gaming society in India and the network for the gamers to interact among themselves. The details of the event are available on www.indiagames.com and www.facebook.com/pages/Lokah-Restaurant-Caf%C3%A9/146003955434131. You can register to the event at www.facebook.com/Indiagames?sk=app_228253077198062. So, get ready. This is one event you would never want to miss.
POOKKALAMS- CELEBRATION OF OUR PROUD HERITAGE
Pookkalam, the most nostalgic of the memories that every Keralite has when he think of the season of Onam. Every time we hear the name, our minds fly to some sweet rituals and relinquishing memories of our childhood. And then we feel whatever we achieve, our happiness lies here bound to our culture.
The term refers to the marvellous design made in the yards filled with flowers. The festival of Onam is celebrated in Kerala for 10 days and hence the beautiful Pookkalams also decorate our front yards for the same period. But they differ in their sizes in all these days. The first day, Atham will have just a small one, a circle of smaller perimeter. And as the number of days advances the number of circles and the perimeter, both increases. Finally at Thiruvonam, a vast beautiful art with flowers will be displayed.
But these are all history now. We found these only in the memories of our elders and rarely in the villages. But Pookkalams are still there, overcoming all the modernisations and lifestyle advancements. They represent a proud and noble heritage we had which somewhat on the forgotten side now.
They represent a lifestyle that is close to nature- a lifestyle that knows no artificiality. No man made colours or plastic flowers found their place in our Pookkalams. It presents some flowers that have the smell of our villages.
The flowers that have prime importance in the making are Thumba (Lucas Aspera), Mukkutti (little tree plant), Kakka Poovu, Chemparathy (hibiscus), Thechi Poovu, Onginipoo (Lantana), Hanuman Kireedom (Red Pagoda plant) and Chethi (Ixora). The younger generation would wonder hearing many of the names stated wondering what these flowers are. And they should indeed as the majority of those flowers have vanished from our surroundings as we started to prefer artificial beauty.
The recent trend is to order the flowers at the flower shops for the competitions of Pookkalam. Schools colleges and clubs conduct various competitions with the arrival of the season and the main attraction of them is certainly the Pookkalams.
Yes. Pookkalams have been shifted from its place in our homes to a new one- among the competitions. As we are in the century of IT revolution, the internet is also contributing to our celebrations. Websites like www.onlineindiangames.com/pookkalam/ are conducting online games of Pookkalam.
Even in the competitions it is a delight to watch the kids making it. And wish heart fully that The Pookkalams regain their place in our lives…
Gandhi Award for Fr. Davis Chiramel on World Kidney Day
Gandhi Award for Fr Davis Chiramel, founder of Kidney Federation of India
Fr. Davis chiramel
Kottayam : This year’s Mahatma Gandhi National Foundation’s award for Gandhi Award is announced by the Foundation Chairman Eby J Jose. Fr. Davis Chiramel, founder of Kidney Foundation is the winner of Gandhi award. The award was decided by the committee headed by V.V. Augustine, who was the ex member of National Commission for Minorities. The award includes a Shield, Award of merit and Rs:25,000/-
The committee found that Fr. Davis Chiramel gave an awareness about the Kidney related diseases to the society by donate his own Kidney itself. Fr. Davis Chiramel introduced an idea of Kidney Bank, for Kidney donation which is the 1st similar kind of project in the world itself. By this he shown the Gandhian message by showing his message is his life itself. Fr. Davis is the chairman of Kidney Federation of India also. Now he is the vicar of Pootharackal Parish at Trichur diocese. The award will be presented at the ceremony which will be conducted on the 1st week of May at Ernakulam.
A special seminar will be conduct at Pala on today(10/03/2011), the world Kidney day, by the foundation.
Phone Number of Fr. Davis Chiramel – 9846236342
Phone Number of Eby J Jose – 9447702117
Miss Queen of India 2011
The Miss Queen of India 2011 will be held at 6.30 pm tomorrow. The venue will be the Golden Palms Resorts, Bangalore .The main sponsors of this event is Manappuram group of companies who are doing business across twenty states in India. There will be total of sixteen participants from four zones across India. The finalists from south zone are Nikitha Narayan, Aishwarya Muralidharan, Divya.M.S and Denzilina Brown. Among them Aishwarya Muralidharan is the only one from Kerala. The finalists from north zone are Rupa Khurana, Aakrithi Goyal, Romika Bhatt and Mahima Bhakshi. The finalists from east zone are Sneha Chattopadhyay, Saba Khan, Ranjana Mishra and Sriya and Smitha Chootray. The finalists from west zone are Bhawna Ahuja, Pooja Bhamrah, Surabhi rao and Abhiruchi Sharma. The grooming sessions was done at Ramada Resorts Cochin. There will be four sequences for this event. Apart from the main title there will be ten titles which are Miss Beautiful Eyes, Miss Beautiful Face, Miss Beautiful Smile, Miss Beautiful Hair, Miss Photogenic, Miss Beautiful Skin, Miss Congeniality, Miss Talented, Miss Cat Walk, and Miss Perfect 10. The judges for this event are Miss World Runner up Ms Parvathy Oomanakuttan, IPL Cochin team co-owner Vivek Venugopal, Actress Simer Mottiani, Fashion Designer Sajimon Parayil, Vijaya Babu and Ms Thoshma Biju.
Latest Updates: Pooja Bhamrah from Mumbai is been selected as the Miss Queen of India 2011. She will also get a cash price of Rs 1,00000 . Keralas Aishwarya Muralidharan is been selected as the first runner up and will price money of Rs 50,000. Saba Khan from Jemshedpur got the second runner up and get a cash price of Rs 35,000.
Ther awards for other titles are:
Miss Beautiful Eyes : Nikitha Narayan from Bangalore
Miss Beautiful Face : Aakrithi Goyal from Delhi
Miss Beautiful Smile :Aishwarya Muralidharan from Kerala
Miss Beautiful Hair : Abhiruchi Sharma from Mumbai
Miss Photogenic : Sriya and Smitha Chootray from Kolkatta
Miss Talented : Aishwarya Muralidharan from Kerala
Miss Cat Walk : Denzilina Brown form Bangalore
Miss Perfect 10 :Surabhi rao from Mumbai
