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Know Your Campus
Get Noticed
Campus Khichdi
Community Kitchen
Page 3
FunXone
Kids Corner
Dance Forms of India
Our resident Ms Usha takes a plunge in bringing up a series on Dance forms of India. This volume covers Kathak.
Realty Correction | Verdict 2009
Our resident Vishnu, take you through the real estate scenario in these times of recession. Also talks about the
election scene and a peek into the elections and Verdict 2009.
Saraswati Puja
Blood Donation Camp
Know about you’re the IT Initiatives in
Gardenia, first of its kind in any
apartment complex
This edition we meet our Vice President of BGAOA, Mr. Arun
Bagchi. Running such a big society is a big challenge, and
today speaking to the Vice President of BGAOA we try to
understand what goes on being in such important roles.
Recommended Reading - Bhumika K
Smiles !
Colour and Light
In this Issue
Featured Article – Get Noticed!!
Volume 3 / April 09
Page 3!!! Campus Khichdi
Know Your Campus
Kids Corner
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From the Editors Desk…
It has been a stressed quarter for most of us. The
recession, job cuts, extra hours at work, and now the
political drama for the power is keeping most of us
busy. In midst of all, we thrive at Gardenia.
This quarter was again had some festivals, more
regional, but being in a harmonious campus like
Gardenia, we celebrated everything. We started with
Makar Shankranti, Saraswati Puja, Holi & Ugadi.
Spandan this edition covers the essence of these
festivals and how Gardenia celebrated them.
Our resident Vishnu contributes to the edition with
his reality checks on the real estate market and also
digs into forecasting the verdict for the Battle to
Power.
We are happy to see Usha, our resident, continue the
series on Dance Forms of India, with the next article
on “Kathak”.
We had our Special General Body meeting during this
period, to take some important decisions on
operation issues of this campus. The President and
the Treasurer put up all the relevant information and
decision in front of the general body and with
debates and arguments things were worked out and
proceedings went well.
Our resident and Treasurer Mr. Partha Sarthy
organized a blood donation camp in the campus
along with Lions Club of Bangalore and NIMANHS.
The camp was very successful.
In the know your campus section we cover “One
Solutions”, BGAOA’s IT initiatives in the campus.
Partha and Narayan take us through the 1st
of its kind
solution to manage and provide easy access to
residents and MC members to manage this campus
efficiently and effectively.
I got into a candid chat with our Vice President of
BGAOA, to know him with and without the VP hat.
We feature our very own Arun Bagchi in our Page 3.
Community kitchen cooks up some mouth watering
Sankranti Specials. The Children section is filled with a
lot of goodies. A write up on “Colour & Light” by
Purnima. Our kid poet Bhumika Kesanur of A-502
review and recommends her friends books to read
this summer is and she wrote a piece on Smile.
In the Fun Xone we take a dig at the Recession and
enjoy the gags on the current economic situation.
Hope we look forward to some exciting times in the
coming quarter. Let’s see some positives in the
market and hope to see positive power at the centre.
Enjoy reading Spandan and Be Part of it!!
Arghaya Palit – A 1209
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IT Initiatives and One Solutions
To run an apartment scheme as large as our, the IT
team within BGAOA were quick enough to
understand the need of a state of art solution specific
to meet the day in & day out requirement of the
association and its members. When the tem set out
to draft the requirement we had few things in mind.
We kept in mind transparency, easy to use and a
scalable solution at low infrastructure cost.. With all
this in mind we teamed with One Solution.
BGAOA is the first association in India (as per media
reports) to implement integrated software solutions
that addresses various issues involved in managing an
apartment complex. Today BGAOA has been using
the software for almost 7 months now.
The Software has two distinct users. The resident user
and the office application user. The software ensures
anytime, anywhere access (24/7) to data for all office
application users. Relevant information can be
accessed easily using various search parameters.
Resident details , information regarding Move Ins /
Outs, Financial data such as receipts and expenses,
Maintenance receivables management, Order
Management System, Fixed Assets management and
repairs tracking facility, Complaints registration and
resolution, Hall Bookings , Stores Management,
Service Providers data, Notices Management, Polling ,
Alerting Services, Budget Planner, Vendor listings,
Graphical view of various trend lines etc.., are some
of the modules that are available to an office
application user. All reports are downloadable as
Excel files. As the association matures and time goes
by, it is not possible to manage a large complex like
ours without a tailor made software. Traditional
methods of storing data as Excel / Word files are
grossly inadequate to store/access files / data over a
period of time. The next time you visit the association
office for some data and the staff reverts to you
immediately with relevant information, you can be
sure they are accessing Onesolution !!
The software also enables sharing of information on
various vendors - across apartment complexes. This
will enable MCs take informed decisions. All MC
members have access to important data. The
accounts administrator (member of the MC) can set
permissions for any user across modules. The web
site is SSL enabled with a 128 bit encryption key. Both
these measures enhance security.
A short live presentation on the Software was made
during the SGBM held on 8th March 2009 to inform
members about the IT initiatives taken by BGAOA and
to highlight its relevance in managing the campus and
its operations.
For the resident s, imagine you wish to book Hall for a
Birthday party, but you are unable to come to the
association to do so, you can do so from the comfort
of your home or office. You can check out the
availability of the Hall before reserving the Hall.
However, if you do not make the payment within 48
hrs, the hall will automatically get released for others
to book.
Imagine you have come late from the office and are
tired to book a complaint about the leaking tap in the
"complaints register" or visit the association office to
register a complaint.; do not worry, BGAOA has
provided an interface that enables you to register
your complaint online and also keep track of the
progress made on your complaint.
You can view your outstanding Maintenance Charges
receivables online and also view the details of various
payments made by you. Residents can participate in
Polls, view association notices online, share their
experiences on various service providers with
members from other apartment complexes, access
the library section, share poetry with others and
participate in a pan India discussion forum. You can
also place FREE advertisements and upload HTML
pages which can be viewed by members across
apartment complexes.
The IT Team is managed by Narayan Easwaran,
Arghaya Palit & others. We are thankful to Mr.
ParthaSarthy who has spent a lot of time to have One
Solution for BGAOA up & running and we hope we
are all using such great facility and making our stay @
Gardenia memorable.
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Realty Correction – Myths and Truths
By Vishnu S Jarugumilli B - 305
“Real estate stocks have fallen by 90%. Real estate
prices will also crash.” –Public perception
“We are launching a project in Hyderabad at 30%
discount to market prices.” – Rajiv Singh, Vice
Chairman, DLF.
“Real estate prices to drop by 20% in March.” –
Economic times, dated Feb 3, 2009.
No doubt the real estate market outlook today looks
gloomy. Buyers have practically disappeared from the
market and that fact manifests itself in the Q3
numbers of realty companies. In such circumstances
what should the sellers and buyers do? This piece is
an attempt to answer that question to the best of my
ability
In my view, markets will always go by the supply,
demand dynamics. This is the only truth. Hence a
correct assessment of the supply-demand situation is
imperative for any impartial projections. But there
are several facets to this equation. For example
� Compare a premium gated layout in Devanahalli
with one in say, South Bangalore. While both of
them are in Bangalore, the outlook varies
dramatically because of one important factor.
Occupancy - and the number of people living in
each layout.
� Take an apartment complex in Whitefield with
one in Koramangala. I am sure the outlook varies
here too.
� Compare two layouts which are unoccupied
(bought for investment during the boom times)
one in Devanahalli and one in Jigani. There will
be a difference here too.
Hence I tried to put the Bangalore realty picture in a
table format taking some of the factors into account.
It goes like this.
But before we proceed, I need to clarify the
backdrop against which this assessment is being
made.
� Almost all the top builders in Bangalore are now
concentrating on only ongoing projects putting
all new ventures on the backburner. Hence the
future supply in the next 1 year is from only the
ongoing ventures and not new ones.
� Interest rates are now firmly in the downward
trajectory and are likely to remain so throughout
2009.
� However banks are still vary of lending and have
considerably increased the upfront payments.
Hence loan availability is down to 60% of the
property cost VS 80-85% earlier.
� “Bad times” column in the table will apply only if
we see 10-15% cut in the salaries and workforce
from tier-1 employers and 20-25% from tier-2
and 3 employers. If either job cuts or pay cuts
are not as severe, the correction may not
manifest itself as it will then be compensated by
the interest rate cut as well as the already
existing correction in prices.
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Villas
� Occupancy in the top 3-4 villa complexes of
Whitefield has been very high with great rental
returns. But as rents are expected to soften
significantly, resale prices are expected to fall by
20-25% in the next one year if the economy does
not recover. After all, where can you find tenants
willing to pay Rs 2 lacs per month as rent, in
these troubled times?
� Occupancy in second rate Whitefield villa
complexes has always been medium-low. The
future here may be bad.
� Price correction in Devanahalli villas may be
high. Vacancies will be very high.
� Jakkur and Sarjapur road will be a mixed bag.
Gated Plots
� South Bangalore: Not many good gated layouts
either in existence or on offer. Will tide over the
bad times quite effortlessly.
� North Bangalore/Devanahalli: Men will be
separated from the boys. The good top 2-3 will
survive this year with 20-25% price cuts. Others
will have to pray hard. (We can do that. India is a
very religious nation)
� Whitefield / Sarjapur road / Marathahalli:
occupancies in these layouts has picked up in the
last 2-3 years. Since future supply is very limited,
these areas will scrape through with minor
bruises.
� 30-50kms from Bangalore in all directions: The
lights have gone out. 2009 will be a year of
power cuts.
Independent Houses (all over Bangalore)
� The tide started turning against them quite some
time back. Read
http://www.crorepatihomes.net/articles/death.
htm
� However boom times of the last 3-4 years
masked thier inherent weakness. With the
market drying up there will be a severe
correction whether in koramangala or
Kamakshipalya.
� Anyway, they don’t come cheap. A good locality
is still quoting Rs 6000/- per sft. Which means,
that you shell out 70 lacs for a 1200 sft plot and
then spend money on construction.
� In fact I dread to think as to what will happen to
all these roadside independent houses in
another 10 years time, exposed as they are to
traffic, chaos, insecurity and rampant
commercialization.
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VERDICT – 2009
Hung by a fine thread!
By Vishnu S Jarugumilli B - 305
The importance of the coming Lok Sabha elections
can not be over-emphasized. Unlike in 2004 when the
world economy was on an upswing, this time around,
the country is going into elections in a global
downturn. Typically, the importance and criticality of
the government in the economic sphere is inversely
proportional to the state of the economy. In boom
times, the government can take a strategic back seat
as private enterprise and initiative takes centre-stage.
But in times of global economic turmoil, governments
are expected to play not just a hand-holding role but
also actively participate in investment and
consumption to kick-start an ailing economy.
It is in this context that the trends in the present
electoral battle are increasingly becoming a cause for
worry. No doubt, there is not much to differentiate in
terms of economic philosophy between the two
dominant players, i.e. the UPA and the NDA. Save a
couple of minor details, both are expected to pursue
the same philosophy. But more than that, the
emergence of the third front and the traction it has
gained in key states has thrown a distinct possibility
of a hung parliament where no combination can
present a credible case for a stable government
formation. The need of the hour is the formation of a
stable central government which has enough strength
in Lok Sabha to implement its agenda without fear of
any number churning. That possibility, unfortunately,
may be negated in the coming Lok Sabha.
Let me explain the region wise scenario to tell you
why I am saying so:
NORTH (UP, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab,
Haryana, MP and J&K)
The biggest state here, UP, will witness a fight
between SP and BSP, both of which are notorious to
make last minute reversal of stand. Though on paper,
SP is with UPA, the way SP treated the Congress
during seat sharing talks is indicative of the disdain
with which it deals with alliance partners. Congress,
though, is certainly better off in Delhi, Rajasthan and
Haryana, while NDA is expected to do well in MP and
Punjab.
EAST (West Bengal, North eastern states, Bihar,
Jharkhand, Orissa and Chattisgarh)
The crucial difference between the 2004 and 2009
elections in this region is weakening of the left front
in Bengal and BJD’s split with NDA in Orissa. This is
slightly beneficial to the UPA, detrimental to NDA and
neutral to the third front. NDA may have an upper
hand in Bihar and Jharkhand though
WEST (Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa)
This region is divided between UPA and NDA though
the NDA holds a slight edge. But post election, the
trump card in this region is Sharad Pawar, who might
even gravitate towards the Third front, if it were to
get some decent numbers in the Lok Sabha
SOUTH (Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu,
Pondicherry and Kerala)
It is this region which has changed the dynamics of
the 2004 elections and gave an unexpected boost to
the UPA. The UPA and its allies won 76 out of the 81
seats in Andhra and TN in 2004. However, there can
be dramatic reversal of this number this time round.
In Andhra, Telugu Desam which was decimated last
time is on a resurgent wicket and will improve its tally
considerably. In Tamil nadu, then NDA partner,
AIADMK got totally wiped out in 2004 and is now
more than a match for the DMK with the support of
the PMK. UPA’S tally of 76 will get more than halved
this time. Its tally will also come down in Karnataka
leaving Kerala to be the only saving grace. The third
front will be the biggest beneficiary in the South.
In short, neither the NDA nor the UPA will have a
clear mandate. Even if the third front gets 80-100 out
of the total 540, it will result in a highly unstable and
hung parliament. And the possibility of that
eventuality looks very bright.
Neither the BJP nor the Congress is likely to get more
than 130 seats on their own. That leaves them with a
balance of another 140 seats for which they have to
find alliance partners. Those partners will come on
board only after extracting their pound of flesh. And
the wide variety of regional, economic and social
causes these smaller parties espouse is in itself a
recipe for instability.
Add political instability to economic uncertainty.
That is 2009 for you.
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Dance Forms of India
By Usha K. R. C – 906
KATHAK -The Nautch and After
The auditorium is dark, a spotlight glows in the center
of the stage, a short rounded male dancer gracefully
emerges from the spot to the front of the stage. His
feet start stamping in perfect syncopation with the
beats of the tabla going on to a crescendo – the
sound of a 1000 ghungroos………and slowly
diminishing to the sound of a few hundred and then
miraculously to the sound of just one, yes just one
ghungroo!!!!!!!! Is it the control of the feet, years of
practice or an inborn talent and mastery of the art or
it is just the genes? One wondered about Birju
Maharaj - The maestro who made Kathak ever so
popular and whose contribution in adding finesse and
expanding the repertoire to its modern version is
historic.
There is a saying Katha kahe so kathak – one, who
tells a story, is a kathak – a storyteller. But the term
assumes here the role of a dancer-actor – one who
dances and tells or enacts a story. Though the
common performers of kathak were nautch girls their
teachers were all men, who were known as kathakas.
They were outstanding performers themselves and
were attached to courts both hindu and muslim. The
last nawab of oudh at lucknow Wajid Ali Shah for
instance was a great patron of Kathak. Later Raigarh
in Madhya Pradesh, Rampur in Uttar Pradesh and
several courts in Rajasthan such as Jaipur, Jodhpur,
Udaipur, Alwar and Bikaner served as havens for
Kathak Masters.
From about the middle of the 19th century,
developed and given by father to son the skills, the
techniques and the knowledge of the art of Kathak
resulted in to two main schools – Gharanas, Lucknow
and Jaipur Gharanas. Held within a well-defined
system of artistic values the schools display salient
features that distinguish them. However with the
passage of time, the demarcations are fast
disappearing with free exchange of the best from
each gharana. A third gharana generally known as the
Beneras gharana also called the Jankiprasad gharana
has come into being.
The Lucknow gharana devoted it self to expressional
work through song and mime while the other reveled
in ornamental dance and rhythmic jugglery. It is these
two divergent elements that even today sharply
define the technique and style of Kathak.
Like all other styles Kathak also has two major aspects
of nritta and abhinaya in its technique. The element
of Natya has been introduced in the dance dramas
choreographed in recent times.
The Repertoire
Vandana: Vandana is an invocatory number offering
salutation to Ganesh the dispeller of obstacles and
difficulties
Thaat: In Thaat the dancer uses gentle and delicate
movements of the wrists and neck with eye glances in
the most arresting manner. Thaat in general means
decoration or a graceful attitude. The terms used are
thaat ka bandhana and thaat ka baratana. In the
former graceful postures are struck with movements
earlier described whereas in thaat ka baratana the
dancer stands with one hand held to the side and
other high and aloft and moves eyes, eyebrows, neck,
shoulders, arms, chest and wrists to the
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accompaniment of slow rhythm played by the tabla.
The subtle movements lend a peculiar charm.
Amad/Salami: It is through the Amad the dancer
made an entry on the stage and then performed the
salami as a mark of greetings. Amad is a Persian word
meaning arrival.
Toda/Tukra/Paran: After the Vandana, the Amad and
the thaat, the dancer creates a series of dance
patterns with the todas, tukdas and the parans. In a
toda the dancer performs to the composition of the
time units in rhythmic cycle arriving on the Sam. A
rhythmic pattern three times in succession known as
a tihai is interwoven at the end of the toda. These
tihais lend color to the todas. A variety of tihais and
todas complex in nature and rich in it s complicated
arrangement of the beats using the mnemonics to
create the varying sound patterns are used by the
dancers in nritta. They are danced with precision,
flourish and beatific concluding postures that mark
the Sam. The dancer executes the todas with
footwork and body movements. A small toda is a
tukda. It is of the simple variety where the
mnemonics are of the tabla and emphasizes one
particular type of pattern rather uncomplicated.
Tukdas are often presented as chakkardar tukdas
ending with spins. The chakkars or spins are like
pirouettes executed on a central vertical axis in rapid
succession of three or multiples. It is generally
performed in the vilambit laya – slow tempo with
gradual progression and then in double or triple
tempo. What is significant is the acute mathematical
sense with which the structure is built and the ability
of the dancer to dance it either from the first beat of
the rhythmic pattern or from any of the subsequent
beats and concluding in on the Sam. Compositions
played exclusively on the pakhavaj are called parans.
They are danced with forceful and vigorous
movements as the mnemonic syllables played upon
the pakhavaj produce sounds of different texture.
Gats: the gats tell a simple story, the dancer takes an
idea or a theme and presents it’s meaning through
stylized movements and stances. There is no special
footwork involved the dancer uses the play of hands
and the face along with other body movements. The
dancer takes a theme or story and interprets it
through mime involving more than one character
assumed by one dancer only. The tabla and lehra
keep functioning at a fast tempo but the dance it self
is done at a much slower speed. The simplest form of
Gat is the Gat – Nikas. In this the performer takes a
few steps forward the manner of doing this being
related to the theme of the interpretation and then
adopts a significant pose. The steps here are fluent,
the movements lyrical, and the whole idea is to offer
a snap picture, an abstraction of a character as seen
through his or her manner of walking or any other
telling mannerism. In the same context are also
presented gatis or chal’s which are stylized gaits
representative of the movements of certain animals
and birds like the elephant, tiger, peacock and swan
or of the nature and temperament of different
nayikas. Gats can be presented any where during a
performance of Kathak but they are generally
performed between stretches of torahs, tatkar and
the like to provide relief to both the dancer and the
audience preventing an over dose of the mechanics
of rhythm.
Thumri, Dadra, Ghazal: While Gats are used for
elementary mime or abhinaya, in Kathak there are
also items of nritya in which expressional dance is
performed to the accompaniment of songs. The most
important item in this category is the ‘Thumri’. A
thumri is a style of singing in Hindustani music. It has
a few lines of poetry but each phrase is repeated
every time with a new grace, new lilt and a new
musical nuance. The language is primarily the dialect
of braj but urdu and hindi are also occasionally used.
The flavour is erotic and open hearted. The dance is
intended to be performed sitting, the performer takes
a phrase of song and performs it bringing out all the
beauty of its shades of meaning through song. Each
time the phrase is sung the performer introduces a
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new turn or twist to the dance expression and
proceeds at a comfortable and easy pace. The dadras
like the thumri is a love lyric and the music is based
on a light raga or a folk tune. The Ghazal is of Persian
origin also a live song and only in urdu. The ghazal is
generally sung on an improvised tune. Kathak is no
longer a chamber art, artists are performing before
large audiences therefore a certain amount of
exaggeration has come in to the technique. What has
genuinely survived intact in Kathak from the past is
the element of virtuosity and the grand, if affected,
grace and manner of the court which it is recognized
is where the art was originally developed.
Dhrupads, Keertans, Dhamars, Horis, Pads and
Bhajans: Kathak was originally a religious dance
therefore the songs in the early stages of its evolution
were of a religious character. In dhrupads the theme
generally pertains to the praise and glorification of
some deity, the singing is done in a fixed style with no
ornamental flourishes and the pace is sedate and
stately. The lilas of Krishna, which are staged by the
Rasadharis of Braj and of which the Rasa Lila is a part
were formerly performed to the accompaniment of
Keertan music only. Some of the Keertans have bols
of Kathak or pakhawaj incorporated in their text. Both
Dhrupads and Keertans are in a form of poetry and
incorporate philosophical thoughts. The songs of
Dhamar and Hori all pertain to Krishna and his frolics
with the gopis during the holi festival. Pads and
bhajans are pure devotional pieces.
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Festival Wind up
Makara Sankranti
Makara Sankranti is celebrated throughout India as a
harvest festival. It is a way of giving thanks to the
elements of nature that help man. This is the period
when the winter recedes, paving the way for the
summer. According to the lunar calendar, the sun
moves from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of
Capricorn, or from Dakshinayana to Uttarayana, in
the month of Poush in mid-January. This end of the
winter solstice also coincides with the harvest season
and cessation of the northeast monsoon in South
India. The movement of the earth from one zodiac
sign into another is called Sankranti, and is celebrated
as Makar, or Uttarayana, Sankranti, or Lohri, in the
North, and as Pongal in the South.
Punjab celebrates Lohri by feasting on sweets made
of jaggery, peanuts and sesame seeds, and making a
symbolic bonfire of the departing winter.
In Maharashtra, people people exchange multi-
colored tilguls made from til (sesame seeds) and
sugar and til-laddus made from til and jaggery. The
under-lying thought in the exchange of tilguls is to
forget the past ill-feelings and hostilities and resolve
to speak sweetly and remain friends. In rural
Maharashtra, feasts of the new harvest mark the
festival.
Assam celebrates the paddy harvest in winter with
Magha or Bhogali Bihu. Pavilions with thatched roofs
come up in the villages and there is feasting in the
night. The pavilions are set afire in the morning. The
festivities continue for a week.
The word pongal, in both Telugu and Tamil, signifies
the boiling over of the rice in the cooking pot. Though
little is known about the origin of Pongal, it is
probably a Dravidian harvest festival that has survived
for millennia. The Sankranti season ends with Ratha
Saptami, the seventh day of the bright half of Magha,
when the sun and his golden chariot are honoured.
Pongal is a three-day festival. On the first day is Bhogi
Pongal - celebrations are confined to the house. Evil
spirits are driven out of the home and burned in
bonfires, and the house is whitewashed. The second
day is Surya Pongal – honouring the Sun God;
members of the family wear new clothes and cook -
on a new stove and in new pots - a dish with the
newly harvested rice, jaggery and moong dal.
Sugarcane stalks characterize this festival, as do til,
and sweets made from jaggery and peanuts. The third
day is Maattu Pongal - honouring the cattle; cows and
bullocks are washed, decorated, and worshipped for
their role in ensuring a good harvest.
In Gujarat and other western states, people observe
Uttarayana, when the winds change, by flying kites.
The winter sky bursts into colour with thousands of
paper kites. The festivities conclude with a winter
feast.
Call it Lohri, Pongal or Sankranti, the festival conveys
the same message -- the bond of brotherhood and
the spirit of oneness should prevail despite all odds.
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Ugadi
In Sanskrit “Yuga” means Era and “Aadi” means Start.
This festival Ugadi is celebrated welcoming a new era.
It is the new year's day for the people of the Deccan
region of India. While people of Karnataka and
Andhra Pradesh use the term Ugadi for this festival,
people of Maharashtra term the same festival,
observed on the same day, as Gudi Padwa. Sindhis,
people from Sindh, celebrate the same day as their
New Year day Cheti Chand.
People celebrate this festival with great fanfare;
gatherings of the extended family and a sumptuous
feast are de rigueur. The day, however, begins with
ritual showers (oil bath) followed by prayers, and
then the eating of a specific mixture of Neem
buds/flowers for bitterness, Raw mango for tang,
Tamarind Juice for sourness, Green chilli/pepper for
heat, jaggery for sweetness and pinch of Salt for
saltiness. This mixture with all six tastes symbolizes
the fact that life is a mixture of different experiences
(sadness, happiness, anger, fear, disgust, surprise)
which should be accepted together and with
equanimity.
The festival is called "Gudi Padwa" in Maharashtra; it
heralds the advent of new year and is one of the most
auspicious days for Maharashtrians. It is customary to
erect ‘Gudis’ on the first day (Padwa) of the Marathi
New Year. 'Gudi' is a bamboo staff with a colored silk
cloth and a garlanded goblet atop it, which
symbolizes victory or achievement.
Holi
Holi, also called the Festival of Colors, is a popular
spring festival observed in India. This festival is
celebrated at the end of the winter season on the last
full moon day of the lunar month Phalguna, which
usually falls in the later part of February or March.
Rangapanchami occurs a few days later on a
Panchami (fifth day of the full moon), marking the
end of festivities involving colours.
Traditional Holi: The spring season, during which the
weather changes, is believed to cause viral fever and
cold. Thus, the playful throwing of natural coloured
powders has a medicinal significance: the colours are
traditionally made of Neem, Kumkum, Haldi, Bilva,
and other medicinal herbs. A special drink called
thandai is prepared, sometimes containing bhang
(Cannabis sativa). For wet colours, traditional flowers
of Palash are boiled and soaked in water over night to
produced yellow coloured water, which also had
medicinal properties. Unfortunately the commercial
aspect of celebration has led to an increase in the use
of synthetic colours which, in some cases, may be
toxic.
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The main day, Holi, also known as Dhulheti, Dhulandi
or Dhulendi, is celebrated by people throwing colored
powder and colored water at each other. Bonfires are
lit the day before, also known as Holika Dahan (death
of Holika). The bonfires are lit in memory of the
miraculous escape that young Prahlad had when
demoness Holika, sister of Hiranyakashipu, carried
him into the fire. Holika was burnt but Prahlad, a
staunch devotee of Lord Vishnu, escaped without any
injuries due to his unshakable devotion.
In Vrindavan and Mathura, where Lord Krishna grew
up, the festival is celebrated for 16 days (until
Rangpanchmi in commemoration of the divine love of
Radha for Krishna). Lord Krishna is believed to have
popularized the festival by playing pranks on the
gopis. Krishna is believed to have complained to his
mother about the contrast between his dark skin
complexion and Radha's (Shakti or energy that drives
the world) fair skin complexion. Krishna's mother
decided to apply colour to Radha's face. The
celebrations officially usher in spring, the celebrated
season of love.
There is another story about the origin of Holi.
Kamadeva is god of love. Kama's body was destroyed
when he shot his weapon at Shiva in order to disrupt
his penance and help Parvati marry Shiva. Shiva then
opened his third eye, the gaze of which was so
powerful that Kama's body was reduced to ashes. For
the sake of Kama's wife Rati (passion), Shiva restored
him, but only as a mental image, representing the
true emotional and spiritual state of love rather than
physical lust. The Holi bonfire is believed to be
celebrated in commemoration of this event. In West
Bengal the festival is known as Dolyatra or Basant
Utsab.
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Campus Kichidi
Saraswati Puja
Saraswati Puja, the worship of Hindu goddess of
learning, is observed on the Basant Panchami day
annually in North and Eastern parts of India. Goddess
Saraswathi, or Sarasvati, is the Goddess of wisdom
and learning in Hinduism.
On 31st
Jan, our Bengali residents of Gardenia,
celebrated Saraswati Puja with lot of enthusiasm and
zeal. The ladies of the community usually dressed in
Yellow, make all preparation for the puja. The puja
was completed, followed with Pushpanjali for all
people fasting and “Hathe Khadi”, the event to
introduction and initiation of kids to the world of
letters. Small kids with the Slates and Chalks write
their first alphabets are a treat to watch.
Saraswathi Puja is observed on the fifth day after
Amavasi in the Hindu month of Magh. It is believed
that Goddess Saraswati was born on this day.
Goddess Saraswati is the goddess of knowledge, art
and music, and wisdom. She represents the creative
and inspirational aspect of Shakti.
Saraswati puja is observed during that period of the
year when Nature is afresh and blossoming after a
harsh winter. Thus symbolically the puja represents
the removal of gloominess and ushering in of
freshness. The puja was followed with Prasad
distribution and a sumptuous Bhog for all. Evening it
was Arti and Visharjan of the idol.
Maa Saraswati being the Goddesses of Knowledge Art
& Music, the celebrations were incomplete without
the Gardenia community getting their act right on
celebrating it in style with Songs & Dance
Residents from tiny tots to elders participated in the
cultural extravaganza which was filled with devotional
acts to bollywood thumka’s, a medley of Hindi &
Bengali songs for golden era and a breath taking
fusion dance solo performance worth mentioning
from Koel.
This bond of togetherness and celebrating each other
festival bonds us as residents, we hope to see more
such event and initiatives been taken by the residents
and we from Spandan assure to cover you as we go
along.
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Blood Donation Camp
A blood donation camp was organized by BGAOA
along with the Lions Club and NIHMANS Blood Bank
at Brigade Gardenia Campus on 1st
March 2009.
The BMS hall was converted in a mini hospital with a
registration desk, health and blood group check up,
and a room where the actual blood was being
donated. The environment and the atmosphere
absolutely amicably set and enthusiastic people
pouring in to donate blood and save lives.
Blood donation is a good practice and has got many
advantages. It reduces chance of heart attack as
regular blood donation in males helps in loosing out
iron whose increase in blood is one reason for heart
attacks. Blood Donation can reduce this risk to one
third. Blood donation helps in enhancing the
production of new red blood cells. It also helps in
fighting hemochromitosis. An average blood donation
(i.e 450ml) helps you to burn 650 calories. So if you
are healthy, donate blood and keep fit.
We collected 39 bottles of blood and every donor was
provided with a certificate and also an certificate of
appreciation to BGAOA for this initiative.
Those who missed this opportunity, wait for the next
one. The only thing you need to be aware of yourself
to be a good donor are following
- Know your Blood Group
- Test your blood periodically to know you
are free from blood borne disease
- Give blood in a gap of 6 month
- Do not consume alcohol 72 hrs before the
donation.
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Kids Corner
Book Section
By Bhumika Kesanur A 502
Recommended books for reading:
� Matilda - by Roald Dahl
� Thirteen ‘OClock and other stories
- by Enid Blyton
� The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- by Mark Twain
� The Jungle Book - by Rudyard Kipling
Book Review of Matilda
This book by Roald Dahl is simply fascinating. In this
book, a small girl by name Matilda is the main
character. Now, Matilda is a genius. She could read at
the age of three! She has parents who think her to be
the stupidest person on earth. They marvel at her lazy
and good-for-nothing brother, Mike. Matilda goes to
a primary school with a tyrant principal who swings
girls by plaits and boys by their ears. Here she meets
her to-be-best friend Lavender. Find out how Matilda
gets her own back with her parents and helps her
sweet class teacher, Miss Jenny, to get back her lost
property.
Smiles !
By Bhumika Kesanur A – 502
What comes to your mind first, when you hear the
words “Smile”, “Laugh”, “Giggle”, etc? Right! The
moment you hear these words, a grin spreads across
your face, connecting one ear to the other and you go
around looking like a Cheshire cat! How do you feel
after having a fight with someone? You feel angry,
sad and even hurt. Your brain works furiously and you
have no peace of mind. Compare that to the feeling
you get just after having laughed your head off at
some pretty funny joke. What a comparison!
Scientific researchers have found out that it takes 43
muscles to frown, while it only takes about 17 to
smile. So why make the extra effort!
You SMILE when you are happy and you LAUGH when
you find something funny.
You are the original and everyone else is a mirror. You
smile once and this smile is reflected from one mirror
to another and is reflected back to you. You try
frowning and the same frown is reflected multiple
times back to you. How does a sad friend react when
you give him a brilliant, wide smile? He forgets his
sorrow for a moment and returns your smile.
Congrats! You just helped him relieve himself of a
minutes sorrow and sadness.
So goes the saying, “If you see someone without a
smile, give him one of your own”.
Friends, here are a few lines to boost the 17 muscles
of your face.
Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep
And doesn’t know where to find them
If only she would wear her specs
She would find she was right behind them!
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Colour and Light
By Purnima Kesanur A 502
Light is a form of energy; something we take for
granted every day. But it isn’t something we stop and
think about very often or even try and define. Let's
take a few minutes and try and understand some
things about light. Light is nature's way of transferring
energy through space. We can complicate it by talking
about interacting electric and magnetic fields,
quantum mechanics, and all of that, but simply put--
light is energy.
Light travels very fast and has a finite velocity. In
vacuum, the speed of light is nearly 3,00,000
kilometers per second! It takes 8 minutes for the light
from the Sun to reach Earth! Every article on
astronomy mentions of distances traveled in terms of
Light year. A light year is the distance light travels in
one year at the speed of 3,00,000 kilometers per
second.
Physics experiments over the past hundred years or
so have demonstrated that light has a dual nature. In
many phenomena, it is convenient to represent light
as a "particle". Light is thought to be made up of
discrete "packets" of energy called photons. Not all
photons are equal in terms of how much energy they
contain. Each photon of X-ray light contains a lot of
energy in comparison with an optical or radio photon.
It is this energy content per photon that is one of the
distinguishing characteristics of the different ranges
of light.
The other way of representing light is as a wave
phenomenon. This is somewhat more difficult for
most people to understand, but perhaps an analogy
with sound waves will be useful. The figure depicts
the wave model of light.
When you play a high note and a low note on the
piano, they both produce sound, but the difference
between the two notes is the frequency of the
vibrating string producing the sound waves; the faster
the vibration the higher the pitch of the note.
Likewise blue light and red light are both just light,
but the blue light has a higher frequency of vibration
(or a shorter wavelength) than the red light.
Light is more generally referred to as electromagnetic
radiation. But too often when we say "light" it is
mistaken to mean "optical light," which is a small
section of the complete electromagnetic radiation
that is visible to our eyes. One main source of light
energy is the Sun. The energy produced by the sun is
electromagnetic radiation with many different
wavelengths. Only a small portion of these
wavelengths are visible to the human eye. These
visible wavelengths are seen as colors of the rainbow
depending on the wavelength. Red has the longest
visible wavelength and violet has the shortest visible
wavelength. When all the waves are seen together,
they make white light.
A simple experiment that shows white light is made
up of seven colours. This experiment was first
conducted by Newton. He passed a beam of sunlight
through a prism and produced a band of colors just
like the rainbow. He then passed each of these colors
through other prisms and found they did not
change. When Newton passed the whole band of
colored lights through a prism in reverse order, the
colored band became white sunlight again. Newton
concluded that white light is really a mixture of
colored lights and each color bends by a different
amount when passing through the prism. The band of
colored lights discovered by Newton is called a
spectrum; the rainbow is actually a spectrum formed
by sunlight passing through raindrops.
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We have always used the energy of the sun as far
back as humans have existed on this planet. As far
back as 5,000 years ago, people "worshipped" the
sun; Ra, the sun-god, who was considered the first
king of Egypt. In Mesopotamia, the sun-god Shamash
was a major deity and was equated with justice. In
Greece there were two sun deities, Apollo and Helios.
The influence of the sun also appears in other
religions - Zoroastrianism, Mithraism, Roman religion,
Hinduism, Buddhism, the Druids of England, the
Aztecs of Mexico, the Incas of Peru, and many Native
American tribes.
We know today, that the sun is simply our nearest
star. Without it, life would not exist on our planet. We
use the sun's energy every day in many different
ways. When we hang laundry outside to dry in the
sun, we are using the sun's heat to do work -- drying
our clothes.
Plants use the sun's light to make food. Animals eat
plants for food. Decaying plants hundreds of millions
of years ago produced the coal, oil and natural gas
that we use today. So, fossil fuels is actually sunlight
stored millions and millions of years ago. Various
other ways in which we use solar energy are Solar
Heaters, Solar thermal electricity, Solar Cells or
photovoltaic energy.
Solar energy can be converted into other forms of
energy, such as heat and electricity.
Solar energy can be converted to thermal (or heat)
energy and used to:
� Heat water – for use in homes, buildings, or
swimming pools.
� Heat spaces – inside greenhouses, homes, and
other buildings.
Solar energy can be converted to electricity in two
ways:
� Photovoltaic (PV devices) or “solar cells” –
change sunlight directly into electricity. PV
systems are often used in remote locations that
are not connected to the electric grid. They are
also used to power watches, calculators, and
lighted road signs.
� Solar Power Plants - indirectly generate
electricity when the heat from solar thermal
collectors is used to heat a fluid which produces
steam that is used to power generator. Out of
the 15 known solar electric generating units
operating in the United States at the end of
2006, 10 of these are in California, and 5 in
Arizona. No statistics are being collected on solar
plants that produce less than 1 megawatt of
electricity, so there may be smaller solar plants
in a number of other states.
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Page 3!!!
This edition of Spandan, we bring you Arun Bagchi,
our Vice President of the Association, and the
technical guru of Brigade Gardenia. Here is an
excerpt of our candid chat with him.
AP: Tell us about you and your family and your
journey to Brigade Gardenia
AB: Every time someone asks where I hail from, it
takes me a while to explain my background. In brief, I
am a Bong, born and brought up in MP (Bhopal), did
my BE (Mech) from REC, Bhopal, MTech (Design &
Production) from REC, Durgapur and finally landed at
Bangalore in April 2004 via Rourkela, Durgapur,
Mangalore, Ranchi and many other places of the
country. As such, honestly, I don’t feel or believe that
I belong to any one part of India. Working in diverse
areas and with people from diverse background has
been the biggest education of my life and is
responsible for whatever I am today. I have been a
reasonably good student and sportsman having won
NTSE, National Merit & MP State Govt. scholarships
and represented school, college and Company cricket
and athletic teams in addition to being House Captain
in school. Actually these credentials used to come
handy in school and college to get away lightly for
acts of indiscipline, non completion of assignments,
getting caught while ragging juniors etc.!! I work for
MECON Limited, a leading engineering consultancy
firm as Assistant General Manager.
My wife Sagorika who works as a teacher in Kidzee,
daughter Meghna and son Akash, both studying in
Oxford Sr. Secondary School, are my source of
inspiration and comfort. I have consciously tried to
keep my office, association and personal life isolated
from each other. This has enabled all of us to enjoy
the beauty and the throbbing social life in BG to the
hilt. I love good food and love my wife all the more
because of her culinary skills. Sagorika loves music
and art and has been quite visible on the cultural
landscape of BG. In fact, the lively social and cultural
environment in BG has inspired even me to pick up
my guitar after 14 long years!!!
AP: Apart from knowing Arun Bagchi as a Vice
President, we also understand that you are the
Technical Know How of Brigade Gardenia, what is
your assessment of Brigade Gardenia as a resident
complex technically and some things you would like
to share with our fellow residents?
AB: Once the legal process of forming and registering
the association and its byelaws are completed, the
real challenge of running a huge complex like BG
ultimately boils down to the operational issues
pertaining to Plant & Machinery. At the end of the
day, majority of residents would not really bother too
much about the number and types of pumps, DG sets,
STP, lifts and the like. What they look forward to is
that when they wake up in the morning, power
should be available, the taps should not run dry, the
lift should be available while rushing to work, the
campus is kept clean & pest free and the security
does its job so that they can sleep peacefully at night
and so on and so forth. Most of these services are
dependant on trouble free and 24x7 availability of the
plant and equipment in the campus. As such, any
issues pertaining to the plant and equipment quickly
assumes the nature of emergency and has to be
attended to ASAP. The beauty of all things technical is
that when faced with a technical issue, you cannot
talk your way out of it. You either know how to fix it
or you don’t.
We have been lucky that in BG, we have been able to
tap our in-house resources to not only address our
operational issues but to greatly improve upon and
add value to the equipment and systems handed over
by Brigade.
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Technically speaking, Brigade Gardenia has many
firsts to its credit. We are the first association in
Bangalore to run two Sewage Treatment Plants and
the first in the country to implement an online
management system for such a huge campus. The
Building Management System is also one of the first
of its kind in Bangalore. While most residents would
be aware of the CCTV and access control features of
the same, many would not be aware that it also
enables monitoring and control of borewell and
Cauvery water, management of DG sets operation
and its health, control of all common area lighting,
control and management of fire detection &
annunciation system as well as fire fighting system,
control of all lifts in the campus as well as schedule
preventive maintenance calendar etc. All this can be
monitored and controlled from a central location.
A vast array of equipment also implies a rigorous and
punishing maintenance schedule all year round for
the technical staff employed on the campus. As such,
it is imperative for the MC members to be aware of
the plant and equipment in the campus and
requirements (technical as well as statutory) of the
same.
There is no dearth of engineering expertise in the
campus and it is extremely important that we have
some good and experienced technical people in all
successive MCs to keep the show running.
Remember, the current maintenance charges, which
are among the lowest in Bangalore for a complex of
our magnitude, would never have been possible if
optimization and rationalization of the technical
resources in the campus had not been carried out.
Our continuation on such low maintenance charges in
future will also depend almost wholly in carrying
forward optimizing and rationalizing the technical
resources and energy consumption in the campus.
AP: What have been your most challenging
experience and your most satisfying experience as
Vice President of BGAOA?
AB: One of my most challenging experiences till date
would be the streamlining and optimizing the STP
operations (remember the stench behind Magnifica?)
which even Brigade had given up on as fait accompli.
Many experts had visited the site and proclaimed that
nothing can be done. Also, there was an instance last
year when the second STP was out of operation and
the untreated sewage from STP-1 was on the verge of
overflowing all over the drive way around Magnifica
because of a malfunction. We managed to just about
prevent the unthinkable from happening and could
put back one STP in operation close to midnight. I
remember it was our (Bengali) New Year day and my
wife and guests at home did not have a clue to my
whereabouts!! Come to think of it, almost no one in
BG still has any clue about it!! Thankfully, it is in the
past and our STPs are doing wonderfully well.
Another such challenge was to rein in the unduly high
outgo on account of Cauvery water usage in the
campus. We had touched upon it during our recent
SGBM also. Today we are not only utilizing 100% of
the Cauvery water allocated to BG at the lowest
billing slab, it has also resulted in a saving of several
lakhs per annum as well as several other benefits for
the plant and equipment in the campus.
Overall, when I look back right from our adhoc
association days, I would say the most satisfying
feature of my involvement as VP has been the self
development and education this has provided me.
Tell me, which job in the world comes with these
perks:
� Participation in drawing up of the constitution of
the company and deal with the Registrar of
Societies in your state?
� Working with leading law firms and learn to read
and analyze the fine print.
� Advertise, interview and select your office staff
� Exposure to the latest and best in terms of plant,
equipment and technologies
� A free hand to embark on your own addition,
modification and rehabilitation schemes for the
plant and equipment in your campus in addition
to hands on trouble shooting experience
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� Interact and draw upon the expertise and
experience of innumerable leading lights in the
chosen field of their expertise from space
scientists to CEOs of companies to bankers to
lawyers to software engineers to investment
bankers … the list can go on…. And all this, free
of cost!!!!
� Get to know and involve in the working of
security agencies, deal with police authorities,
Govt. & statutory bodies, facility management
companies, banks, product manufacturers and
dealers etc.
� Prepare, invite, scrutinize, evaluate, recommend
and negotiate tenders for high value contracts
and draw up the contract documents
� Drawing up the annual budgeting process
running into several crores per annum.
� Involve in the investment strategy for the corpus
fund running into crores and authorizing capital
expenses running into lakhs.
� Draw up policy guidelines and implementation of
the same with respect to anything and
everything in the campus from common area
usage to cultural activities to commercial
activities to cable TV and broadband facility in
the premises, pets and what not!
� To deal and manage the vast cross section of
people residing in the campus, getting to know
them better on personal and professional front,
involvement in charitable causes, cultural
activities, camps….the list is endless.
Yes, it does take a toll on personal, professional and
social front but it has all been worth it.
AP: If you would like to change anything as Vice
President of BGAOA, what would it be and why?
AB: I would really like the residents of BG to feel and
believe that the association is all about “Us”
managing ourselves. Time and again, the MC has
failed to elicit any response from the BG residents to
fill up the vacancies in various sub committees and
even in the MC. This not only alienates the owners
from the realities of running our campus and the
challenges we face, but also puts the few working
hands of the MC under tremendous pressure. We are
at the threshold of change. Elections to the MC are
due shortly. Through this column, I exhort all right
thinking people to actively participate in the
governance of our campus. This is not our job, career
or our company. This is our HOME!
AP: We understand the founding managing
committee has almost completed their term and an
election is on the cards, and tips you would like to
provide to the fellow residents who wish to come
forward to hold positions in BGAOA .
AB: When the present MC was elected in July ‘2007,
the occupancy level of BG was pretty low. We barely
knew each other and very few people had any idea
about association matters. The handful of owners
who had volunteered for the ad-hoc managing
committee were subsequently elected to the First MC
of BG. The times have changed and occupancy levels
are at their highest. We now know not only our
neighbors in our respective blocks but also from other
blocks as well. We know their qualifications,
background, experience and most important – what
they stand for. For such a large complex as ours, it is
imperative that we motivate the right candidates as
we hand over the future of BG to them. Remember,
at the end of the day, we all deserve the Government
we elect!!!
Team Spandan thanks Arun Bagchi for his immense
contribution to Brigade Gardenia, and look forward to
his guidance and experience even in the coming years.
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Community Kitchen
Shrikhand
Purnima Kesanur A - 502
Shrikhand is a popular sweet dish from Maharashtra
and generally prepared on the occasion of Gudi
Padwa (Ugadi). Eat with hot puris or eat it as is !
Ingredients: ½ kg curds
300gm sugar
½ tsp cardamom powder
¼ tsp nutmeg powder
Few strands of saffron
Almond and pistachio pieces for garnishing
Method:
� Tie curd in a clean muslin cloth overnight. (5-6
hours).
� Pass through a big holed strong strainer,
pressing with hand or spatula such that it
contains no lumps.
� Add sugar and mix it. Well.
� Keep aside for 25-30 minutes to allow the sugar
to dissolve.
� Warm the strands of saffron and mix it well into
1 tbsp. milk.
� Mix in cardamom powder and dissolved saffron
and nutmeg powder.
� Serve it in the serving dish and garnish it with
almond and pistachio pieces.
Tastes better when served chilled.
Patishapta
Patishapta essentially consists of three parts, viz., the
outer envelope, the filling, and the sauce that it is
served in.
Ingredients for Envelope:
Milk 1 cup, Refined Flour 4 tbsp, Cooking oil
Preparing the Envelope: Mix milk and flour. Heat 1
tsp. oil in a frying pan. Spread a portion of the mix
thin on the frying pan in the form of a circle of
diameter 4 inch approx. Turn over when the bottom
turns light brown. Fry till the other side turns light
brown too. Remove from heat. Repeat process for
other portions
Ingredients for Filling: Khowa 1 cup
To prepare 1 cup Khowa, heat 2 cups of milk under
medium heat and stir till very thick. Add half cup
sugar and continue to stir till it becomes almost solid.
Ingredients for Sauce: Milk 3 cups, Sugar 9 tsp,
Cardamom 4-5 nos (optional)
Preparing the Sauce: Heat milk under medium heat
and stir till thick (but not as thick as the filling). Add
sugar and stir a little more till sugar dissolves well.
Add cardamom before removing from heat.
Wrapping up finally: Place filling over the length of
the envelope, and wrap the envelope from both sides
to cover the filling. Serve the patishapta dipped in the
sauce.
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FunXone
Recession Questions!!
A. With the current market turmoil, what's the
easiest way to make a small fortune?
B. What's the difference between an investment
banker and a large pizza?
C. Why has Dubai real estate agents stopped
looking out of the window in the morning?
D. What's the difference between an American and
a Zimbabwean?
E. What’s the difference between a bond and a
bond trader?
F. Did you hear Goldman Sachs has a new
cafeteria?
G. What’s the Capital of Ice land?
Jokes
Recession and its Circumstance
Ali Baba and the forty thieves are now Ali Baba thirty
thieves. Ten were laid off!
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Batman and Robin are now Batman and Pedro.
Batman fired Robin and hired Pedro because Pedro
was willing to work twice the hours at the same rate!!
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Iron man now "air-pooling" with Superman to save
fuel costs?!!
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A director decided to award a prize of Rs.1000 for the
best idea for saving the company money during the
recession. It was won by a young executive who
suggested reducing the prize money to Rs. 100.The
CEO walks up to the guy and asks, "And how much
money do you make a week?"
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Women finally marrying for love! An
d not money!
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A concerned customer asked his stock broker if the
recent market decline and volatility worried him. The
broker told him that he has been sleeping like a baby.
“Really?!?” replied the customer
“Absolutely,” said the broker, “I sleep for about an
hour, wake up, and then cry for about an hour.”
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Recession Bumper Sticker The recession is worse than
a divorce. You lose half your fortune and still have
your wife.
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The Difference between Communism & Capitalism In
communism we nationalize the banks and then push
them to bankruptcy. In capitalism we push the bank
to bankruptcy and then nationalize them.
Answers
A) Start off with a large one..
B) A large pizza can feed a family of four.
C) Because otherwise they'd have nothing to do in
the afternoon
D) In a few weeks, nothing
E) A bond matures.
F) It’s called the Warren buffet.
G) About 70 cents
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