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Sharavathi – The Yearly Newsletter of the Kannada Koota of Montreal, Canada

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Swaroop Visweswaraiah Editor – Sharavathi 2012

Swaroop serves as Sharavathi

Coordinator on the executive

committee of the KKM. He

came to Montreal in 2008 as

a graduate student and

currently works for Bell

Helicopter, Canada.

Dr. Rajesh Duggavathi Editor – Sharavathi 2012

Rajesh is an active member

of the KKM. He has been

living in Montreal since 2008

and works as Assistant

Professor at McGill

University.

Sharavathi – The Yearly Newsletter of the Kannada Koota of Montreal, Canada

Executive Committee 2011 - 2012:

President: Dr. Hosahalli Ramaswamy Vice-President and Treasurer: Prabha Karnam Secretary: Arunchandra S Entertainment Co-ordinator: Veena Sreeranga Food Co-ordinator: Suchitra Kishan Youth Co-ordinator: Vijay Kumar Badagi Events Co-ordinator Dayananda Siddappa Sharavathi Co-ordinator: Swaroop Visweswaraiah

Patrons Achar Lakshmi, Ramesh Banik U.K Bhat, Rama B. Bhat M.V Bellur, Krishnamurthy S. D`Cunha Adolph Duggavathi, Rajesh, Prabha Kuchela U. Nilakantan A. Ousuri V.S Raghavan G.S.V Rao, Arun Gowri Ramachandrar V. Ramamurthy A.S Ramaswamy, Hosahalli, Lakshmi Sairam, Ashwin Anjana Sairam M.R Shyam Prasad Sowmyalakshmi Subramaniam Swamy M.N.S Tata, Lakshmi Viswanath Udupa K.S.N Vijayakumar M.S

Donors Nagabhushan Arivelu Belgaunkar C Bhandiwad ,Aruna Mithun Bhat P V Chandrashekar B Gowrishankaran K N Iyengar J Iyer Rekha Jayasimha B.S Keshavan R Kowshik, Lakshmisha Krishnan V Kulkarni A Kushalappa A C Manjunath U Mohan M.V Mundody U Murthy K Nagaraj, Sreeranga, Veena Narahari N.G Narasaiah K.S Narayan Lakshmi Nayar L Prakash K.S Prasad G.V.N Rajagopalan U Rajan Srivatsa Ramamurthy A.S Ramananda Rao Ramaswamy K Rao Arun Rao Mohan Aourpally Rao Girish Rao Shankar Rao Nanduri Rao Shiva Rao Subba Seenundan B.S Shyamkumar C Srinivasan K Sreenivas V Srinivasan N.S Srikanth J Srivatsa Uma Rajan Udupa Shivaprasad Vijaykumar Badagi Visweswaraiah Swaroop

Kannada Koota of Montréal

Kannada Koota is a non-sectarian, non-political, and non-profit cultural organization of Canadians of origins in Karnataka – a province in South India. www.kannadakootamontreal.com

Sharavathi is a newsletter and yearly magazine of the Kannada Koota of Montreal, Canada.

2012 - Issue Editors Rajesh Duggavathi and Swaroop Visweswaraiah

Publishers

Sharavathi is distributed free of charge to all active members of the Kannada Koota. Kannada Koota membership is open to all admirers of the cultural heritage of Karnataka. Membership fees: Patron: CAD 200+ Donor: CAD 100+ Family: CAD 15+ Single: CAD 10+

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Sharavathi – The Yearly Newsletter of the Kannada Koota of Montreal, Canada

President’s Report

I am happy to report that we have had another good year. Our normal

programs were done as usual: Picnic, Ganesh puja, Deepavali and Ugadi. We did

bring in some varieties to four programs to make them more attractive. Our

committee members participated in cultural programs both in Ugadi and Deepavali

celebrations with dance and drama events. We are getting better attendance which

is a good and healthy sign.

Our children are definitely showing better participation in terms of singing, variety

& traditional dancing and playing instrumental music. They need encouragement

from parents and professionals. Veena Sreeranga has been a strong driving force in

these co-ordinations and I hope she will continue to contribute. We certainly want

more from our members both in terms of direct participation and indirectly helping

bring out the talents in their family. It is only then high quality entertainment items

can be selected and professionally presented.

On the cultural side, we discussed collaborating with our sister communities – the

Tamil Association and Telugu Association to do a joint Deepavali program. Some

discussion also went in and we did some common programs which were given with

some modifications at all three cultural events. This should be a good opportunity

for cultural integration. However we had to give it up the Joint-Deepavali since we

could not find a large hall to hold 500 plus at an economic rate. There was clear and

demonstrated interest from all three organizations. Kishan was a driving force in

this regard and perhaps he can continue exploring. If we turn it in to an

entertainment musical, I think even the BSS may be interested.

We are also finding innovative ways to bring variety to our dinners. We have tried

several innovative methods for meeting the catering needs so that our families don‟t

have to cook. Now our food is fully catered. Everyone can enjoy the program and

have a delicious dinner. We do need to get feedback so we can effectively expand

our varieties. We don‟t want to neglect our own Karnataka favorites. We can

always go back to our families for our traditional as well.

We need to update our website. It is barely functional and requires a knowledgeable

web manager. Currently it is being maintained by part timers. We have approached

a web developer for a better working design. We need some volunteers with good

web design experience. We have many documents that we can post on the web

some for general public and others for members only. They need to be carefully

supervised and maintained.

We have three new additions to our Donor/Patron list this year. We would like to

welcome our new Donors Vijay Kumar Badagi and Swaroop Visweswaraiah and

Patron Sowmyalakshmi Subramaniam. Again, our committee members and their

families have worked very hard to bring you entertainment programs, good dinner

and relaxing ambience. While enjoying the show, please do appreciate their

contributions. I would like to thank our committee for their wonderful support

throughout the year. Everyone has contributed, some may have done more and

others may be less.

Our sponsorship activities are taking a better turn. We need sponsorship support.

One frequent excuse has been we don‟t have Donation refund status. We have

started giving 50-60% refund instantaneously (with admission tickets) while

recognizing their sponsorship. We never get that much refund from Revenue

Canada! Do consider contributing to one event in a year. That will help bring better

quality programs, better food and better ambience.

Dr. Ramaswamy,

Hosahalli S President

Kannada Koota of Montreal

Dr. Ramaswamy, Hosahalli ,

a Professor at McGill

University, has been a very

active member and patron of

the KKM for almost two

decades. His untiring

leadership has been the

foundation for the success of

the KKM in the recent past

and has provided immense

inspiration to youngsters of

the Kannada community

here in Montreal.

-Dr. Ramaswamy

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President’s Report (cont’d)

KKM Events for the year 2011-2012

Ugadi & AGM 2011 – April 30. St. Andrews Church, St Lambert. This was the first time we had our

Ugadi program here. It was a nice but smaller place than our previous location. It was less expensive

also. In addition to the regular entertainment events, a unique program was contributed jointly by

children of our three cultural associations entitled Dashavathara coordinated by Lakshmi Tata and

Kathak dance by Samhita and Keerthana Bhat from Albany, whose parents are long time friends of our

Parvathi and Rama Bhat, The program was well conducted by MCs Veena and Indrani. We had

excellent attendance and also had a fully catered dinner. We produced the first color Sharavathi during

this event that was edited by Rajesh Duggavathi and Swaroop Visweswariah. We had excellent

sponsorships for both the event and the Sharavathi. The AGM was a bit of a mess because the program

got finished late and everyone was hungry! After the program it was decided we should not keep the

AGM at the end, but rather in the middle. The new committee was selected and you see them listed

elsewhere in the Sharavathi.

Picnic – 2011 - July 30. Angrignon Park. We routinely had our picnic at Mont Royal Park. In 2010, we

tried Oka Beach which was well appreciated. We move to this place this year although this was not the

first time we had picnic here. The attendance was not fantastic, but I think we had a peak number in the

70-80 range. We sure had lots of fun. In addition to the usual games, we also played a full team cricket

match. It was nice.

Ganesha Puja 2011 - September 10. Hindu Mission, 955 Bellechasse, Montreal. Again this year, we did

our Puja at this venue but this time it was conducted Dr Rama Bhat. Dr MNS Swamy who has

conducted our Ganesha puja for the past two decades (or more?) had to be away. Dr Rama Bhat

conducted it quite well keeping it simple. This event saw a large number of sponsorships. Some were

given to KKM while others were directly given to the Temple. We gave $350+ to the temple and they

were very pleased. The ambiance was good. It was well attended by over 150.

Deepavali 2011 - November 12. St. Lambert Church Hall, St Lambert. This was again a well-attended

event with more than 175 attending. Half way through we had to order 50% more dinner meals! Our

programs were well coordinated. Our entire committee participated in the cultural events. The

dance/fashion show “Integration” was a grand success – thanks to Veena for coordinating this in spite of

the difficulty imposed by her pregnancy. The event highlighted costumes from a number of states in

India and was well appreciated. We had children‟s program, instrumental music and songs as usual. The

other major event during this program was the Drama coordinated by Satish Dutt and played by Koota

members. Rajesh‟s performance as „Karegowda‟ was outstanding. For the first time several MC‟s

(Swaroop, Arunchandra, Vijay, Indrani, Dinesh, Sheela) hosted the show as a group. Again the St

Lambert Church Hall was full! We had excellent sponsorships. Thank you to all the sponsors of all

events. For the last couple of years, the attendance, participation and sponsorships have been increasing

for every even and this year we have been exceeding collections well over $1000. That is why we could

afford fully catered dinner.

Ugadi & AGM 2012 – April 14. St. Lambert Church Hall, St Lambert. We have mostly had our

programs at this facility. This is a clean auditorium, and has place to warm up our food, make coffee/tea

as we like and a nice outside area for chair-tired kids and adults to run/walk around with quick and safe

access to washrooms all inside safe building away from traffic. This has allowed us to save a lot of

money as well. This year‟s program is in front of you to enjoy. We have variety entertainment and food

specials. Sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

- Dr. Hosahalli Ramaswamy

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Dr. Rama B Bhat is a

Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Concordia University. He has been at Concordia since 1979. Dr.Bhat and his family (Smt.Parvathi Bhat and daughters) have been active supporters and patrons of KKM. Dr and Mrs.Bhat have both served as KKM Presidents in the past.

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Shatayur vajradehaaya sarvasampat karayacha

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Sharavathi is a river

which originates and flows

entirely within the state of

Karnataka in India. It is one

of the few westward

flowing rivers of India and

a major part of the river

basin lies in the Western

Ghats. The famous Jog

Falls are formed by this

river. Jog Falls is the

highest waterfall in India.

The Sharavathi river

plunges 253 metres into a

deep gorge here in four

different segments called

as Raja, Roarer, Rocket and

Rani. The magnificent Falls

of Gersoppa or Jog, that is,

the waterfall, are

unquestionably the grandest

natural beauty in

Karnataka, rich as it is in

splendid scenery. The river

itself and the region around

it are rich in biodiversity

and are home to many rare

species of flora and fauna.

The newsletter of the

Kannada Koota of Montreal

is named after Sharavathi.

Source: Wikipedia)

Manthra to be chanted before taking Bevu Bella:

Shatayur vajradehaaya sarvasampat karayacha

sarvarishta vinashaya nimbakam dalabhakshanam

Manthra to be chanted before taking Bevu Bella:

Shatayur vajradehaaya sarvasampat karayacha

sarvarishta vinashaya nimbakam dalabhakshanam

S u m m e r P i c n i c ( J u l y 2 0 1 1 )

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Smt. Vijayalakshmi Ramaprasad Belur is a poet by

hobby. After retiring from the Department of Census Operations

of India, she has been serving Vice President of Hitaishi Mahila

Mandali and Hitaishi old-age home in Bangalore. These poems

were written at different times in my mother‟s life. Her three

poems published here are a sub set of the many more she has

caught in her different moods, experiences and feelings towards

life. - Note from Kishan Belur

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Sri.K.V.Goud is a retired Principal of VVS Degree College, Hoovina Hadagali. He has taught Kannada for more than 25 years at the college and has written numerous books.

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Math Puzzle:

How can you get the answer 24 by only using the numbers 8, 8, 3 and 3. You can use the main mathematical signs (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division).

Answer: see Page 13 Collected by: S.P.Shamanth; IX Std, Pupil Tree International School, Bellary, Karnataka.

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Ice Hockey

- Shubhang Sreeranga

I miss you mom This is for you mom, I love you. I miss you terribly, mom I can’t believe you’re so far away I can’t believe this happening I don’t know whether life be gay Those times we had together Keep coming back to me Those shopping sprees, eat outs And all the movies we went to see I miss all out talks and walks And I miss the love you showed I miss the amazing guidance And all the stories you told I remember the pains you took To make sure I was okay No one can ever again Love me in the same way You are the best, mom You have a heart of gold And what hurt me now Are the things I left untold My love for you, mom Will never go away In fact it only grows Intensely each day

I hope that somewhere Wherever you may be You can hear me now And read this poem and see This poem is not enough for you, mom Nothing will ever be You are more than the sun and the moon And the earth and the sky to me I will continue to make you proud I’ll continue to shine I will always remember that You heart rests with mine

- Aishwarya Nanda Kumar

Shubhang Tejaswi Sreeranga is the son of Veena and

Sreeranga. He is studying in

Grade 5. He is an voracious

reader and other hobbies

include playing guitar,

swimming, skating and of

course Wii!

Aishwarya Nandakumar is

the daughter of Sujatha and

Nandakumar. She is studying

in Grade 11. As we all know,

Aishwarya is a wonderful

dancer and her other passions

includes singing and painting.

She lives in India currently.

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Reach Your Goal

My friends are Khoschi and Maria

So is Rea

I tell them every time

Everything will rhyme!

Everybody can reach their goal

By simply playing their role!

Anyone can do anything

Just by doing a simple thing!

It’s Heaven

I keep calm

In the dreaming world of peace,

Where anything can happen

That one imagines, it's heaven!

My Favorite Actor

Who doesn‟t know Dr. Rajkumar in Karnataka? Dr. Rajkumar

was a famous South Indian actor. His real name was Singanalluru

Puttaswamayya Mutturaju. He acted in more than 200 Kannada

movies.

The information about Dr. Rajkumar, as I got from the Internet

are:

Birth: 1929 April 24. Gajanur, India

Father: Singanalluru Puttaswamayya

Mother: Laxmamma

Brother: Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Varadaraju

Sister: Sharadamma

Wife: Parvathamma

Sons: Shiva Rajkumar, Ragavendra Rajkumar and Punith

Rajkumar

Daughters: Lakshmi and Poornima

First movie acted: Bedara Kannappa in 1954.

His own favorite movie: Bhakta Kumbara

First song sung: Tumbitu Manava…

( Film: Mahishasura Mardini )

Most famous song: Huttidare Kannada Naadalli Huttabeku (Film:

Akasmika )

Death: 2006 April 12, Bangalore, India.

Dr. Rajkumar did exercise and Yoga every day, even when

Veerappan kidnapped him for the sake of money. He was in the

forest for more than 3 months.

I like Dr. Rajkumar, because his movies have interesting stories.

He acted in devotional, social, historical, dramatical, romantic,

comedy and action movies. The first time I watched the movie

“Babruvahana”, it was so interesting that I watched it for more

than 50 times. Then, I realized that I was his fan (a big one)! Dr.

Rajkumar is a famous actor. I like his movies those are more than

50 years old! I am sure even after 50 years from now (future),

people will still like his films.

Ananya Balike

Grade 4, Burnhamthorpe Public

School, Mississauga, Ontario

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Ingredients: 2 cups All-purpose flour 2 cups sugar 1 cup ghee 1 tsp. cardamom powder 1 tsp. saffron, crushed Oil for - frying 1 tbsp. cashew nuts, chopped 1 tbsp. almonds, chopped 1 tbsp. dry coconut pieces Method: 1. Heat little ghee in a pan, fry nuts and coconut pieces till light brown and keep aside. 2. Mix sugar, water and make a syrup. Add cardamom powder and keep aside. 3. Put ghee to the flour and add saffron powder to it. Add water and make a soft dough. 4. Take a small sized ball of dough and roll into a round shape, then fold it into half and half like cone. 5. Fry these triangle folded pieces in the heated oil. Fry till golden color and remove it. 6. Dip these puris into the sugar syrup and then remove it on to a plate. 7. Decorate with chopped nuts and coconut.

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Smt. Veena Sreeranga came

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Solution to Math Puzzle (page 9)

8/(3-(8/3)) = 8/(9-8/3) = 8/(1/3) = 24

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01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.

Months of the lunar calendar

When a new moon occurs before sunrise on a day, that day is said to be the first day of the lunar month. A lunar month has 29 or 30 days (according to the movement of the moon). The twelve lunar months:

1. Chaitra 2. Āshwaiha

3. Vaishākha 4. Kārtika

5. Jyaishtha 6. Mārgashīrsha

7. Āshādha 8. Paushya

9. Shrāvana 10. Māgha

11. Bhādrapada 12. Phālguna

Days of the week

Vaasara, often abbreviated as vaara in Sanskrit-derived languages, refers to the days of the week, bear striking similarities with the names in many cultures: 1) Bhanu vāsara (Sunday; Sun)

5) Guru vāsara (Thursday; Jupiter)

2) Soma vāsara (Monday; Moon)

6) Shukra vāsara (Friday; Venus)

3) Mangala vāsara (Tuesday; Mars)

7) Shani vāsara (Saturday; Saturn)

4) Budha vāsara (Wednesday; Mercury)

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Sri Krishna says this to Arjuna in the Bhagvad Geetha

“Sukha Dukhe Samekruthva Labha Labhav Jayaa Jayav”

The meaning: whether sadness or happiness; gain or loss; win or lose all these aspects of life should be treated equally. This shloka is chanted at the time of consuming the neem and jaggery mixture.

“Shathaayur vajra dehaya sarvasampath karaayacha Sarvarishtha vinaashaaya nimbakadala bhakshanam” The meaning: to attain a healthy body, gain wealth, destroy negativity and consume the neem leaves.

Nakshatra

The ecliptic path is divided into 27 nakshatras. These reflect the moon's cycle against the fixed stars, 27 days and 7¾ hours, the fractional part being compensated by an intercalary 28th nakshatra.

1. Ashvinī β and γ Arietis

2. Bharanī 35, 39, and 41 Arietis

3. Krittikā Pleiades

4. Rohinī Aldebaran

5. Mrigashīrsha λ, φ Orionis

6. Ārdrā Betelgeuse

7. Punarvasu Castor and Pollux

8. Pushya γ, δ and θ Cancri

9. Āshleshā δ, γ, ε, η, ρ, and ς Hydrae

10. Maghā Regulus

11. Pūrva Phalgunī δ and θ Leonis

12. Uttara Phalgunī Denebola

13. Hasta α to ε Corvi

14. Chitrā Spica

15. Svātī Arcturus

16. Vishākhā α, β, γ and ι Librae

17. Anurādhā β, δ and π Scorpionis

18. Jyeshtha α, ς, and τ Scorpionis

19. Mūla ε, ζ, η, θ, ι, κ, λ, μ and ν

Scorpionis

20. Pūrva Ashādhā δ and ε Sagittarii

21. Uttara Ashādhā ζ and ς Sagittarii

22. Shravana α, β and γ Aquilae

23. Dhanishthā α to δ Delphinis

24. Shatabhishaj γ Aquarii

25. Pūrva

Bhādrapada α and β Pegasi

26. Uttara

Bhādrapada γ Pegasi and α Andromedae

27. Revatī ζ Piscium

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Kannada Koota Montreal – Extended Committee – 2011-2012