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Navi Mumbai Kendra
The Kendra organised a Satsang on Adi Shankaracharya recently. Well known Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader, Chinmaya Mission teacher and a banker, Shantala Bhat conducted the Satsang, singing bhajans in her mellifluous voice and talking about the Hindu great spiritual leader Adi Shankaracharya.
The audience listened in rapt silence to the interesting discourse. This was followed by the traditional arti.
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A workshop on Warli art was held on December 26, 2022 by Navi Mumbai Kendra’s Children’s Club. Dwelling on the history of the art, explaining about its importance and usefulness, Aarti Kute, founder of ‘Masti ka Pitaara’ and an expert on the theme, demonstrated how animal drawings could be made using this simple art, to an eager audience of children aged five to fifteen.
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A Satsang by Chinmaya Mission teacher, Mahila Pramukh of VHP and former banker Smt Shantala Bhat was held on November 11, 2022 where she spoke of the ten avatars of Vishnu and sang lively bhajans and kirtan.
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The Kendra’s Children’s Club organised the ‘When I grow up I want to be…..’ contest online on November 18, 2022.
Anika Bhat, of Avalon Heights School, as an otolaryngologist (ENT specialist) won the first prize. Her gear of an ENT doctor with her instrument was impressive. Vedant Gudibandha of Father Agnel School, walked away with the second prize as a storyteller and writer. Third prize winner was Arjun Adige of Avalon Heights School dressed as an engineer. Four other children were awarded the consolation prizes.
The judge for the occasion was Smt Sunita Dhagat, a former Pidilite employee and currently an honorary teacher for Class 8 and 9 students.
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The Diwali Mela organised by Bhavan’s Children’s club on October 22, 2022 at the Kendra premises consisted of children making killas (forts), attending an interesting mandala art workshop and participating in enjoyable games.
Vedant Gudibanda won a special prize for his creative masterpiece. The first prize was given to Ansh Kute, second to Arjun Adige and the third to Samar Jaggi. Madhav Kabra won the consolation prize. Shivranjani Gudibanda conducted the Mandala workshop. In the games conducted, Ira Srivastava, Leysha Saxena, Ganesh, Prisha, Yagya Kapoor, Ansh Kute, and Madhav Kabra won the prizes.
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Bhavan’s Kala Kendra organised a musical extravaganza, ‘Ek pyar ka nagma hai’ on October 16, 2022 where doctors of The Tuning Folks presented a bouquet of Laxmikant Pyarelal songs.
The singers who enthralled the audience included Dr Anil Bradoo, urologist who started this group about ten years back, Dr Sayali Divekar, dentist; Dr Manish Sharma Ophthalmologist; Dr Anita Patel, Urologist, Dr Mita Vira, Intensivist; Dr Sanjay Nabar, Urologist, and Dr Indumathi Gopinathan, Pathologist.
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Kala Kendra of Bhavan’s Navi Mumbai Kendra was inaugurated on Dussehra day by Chief Guest Padma Shree Dr R Chidambaram, former Director BARC and Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission; Guest of Honour, Captain BV J K Sharma, CEO for Navi Mumbai International Airport; Guest of Honour Bibhu Nayak, Country Manager Fugro India and Devaki Pandit.
Devaki Pandit, the well-known classical singer enthralled the audience with her performance. Winner of several awards like the Alpha Gaurav Puraskar, Mewati Gharana Award, Maharashtra State Award, Kesarbai Keskar scholarship and others, she kept the audience spellbound during the two hours of the recital.
Several eminent personalities from the world of education and culture graced the programme.
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A vibrant and interactive workshop on the power of words, ‘Golden Power,’ was organised by the Kendra’s Children’s Club on July 2, 2022. The workshop was conducted by Nayana Bhat, educationist with 30 years’ experience in teaching and a freelance mental health and psychological counsellor. Nayana Bhat started with sound activity, followed by a word game, story writing and the effect of words and tone while speaking.
‘Bharat, Ek Khoj’ was the theme for a workshop by Arti Kute on August 6, 2022. Arti Kute is a management professional with more than 15 years’ experience in corporates.
The interactive session dealt with the national symbols of India, making of a collage and several other activities.
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Monsoon songs, dances, and poems were presented by the talented children of the Kendra in an online programme on June 25, 2022. Marathi, English, Hindi and even Konkani poems and songs were included. Though it was not a competition, the show was so impressive that all participants were awarded participation prizes. In an online essay contest held earlier on the topic ‘My first day of school’, Vedant Gudibanda, Akshara Bedekar, Paarmi Shah and Vivaan Kini won the prizes in the above eight group while Anika Bhat, Ansh Kute, Arjun Adige and Myra Hamid Syed won prizes in the below eight category.
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An interesting craft workshop was held for the members of the Kendra’s Children’s Club on May 28, 2022. Mugdha Nadkarni, an innovative craft teacher and recipient of several prizes for her craft and needlework, conducted the class.
Despite the holiday season, several enthusiastic children from Vashi, Koparkhairane and even Chembur participated in the workshop. This was the fourth programme of the year.
The workshop consisted of making lovely wall hangings. Children were asked to bring cardboard, ice-cream spoons, coloured paper, and the like and they diligently followed the instructions.
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