Wednesday, August 17, 2011

2011 Sophia College Mumbai Kaleidoscope events schedule

Kaleidoscope is the annual college festival event of Sophia College, Mumbai. It is scheduled to be held from August 23rd to August 28th 2011.

Besides literary, performing and fine arts events, there will be a few workshops too.


Workshops at 2011 Sophia College Kaleidoscope:
  • Jazz (2 participants)
  • Salsa (2 participants – 1 girl & 1 boy)
  • Chinese Language (2 participants)
  • Tarot Reading (2 participants)
  • Rapelling (2 participants)
  • Sumo wrestling & Judo (2 participants)
  • Contemporary Dance (2 participants)
  • Adventure (2 participants)


Literary Arts events at 2011 Sophia College Kaleidoscope: This group of events includes 2 events commonly found at most college festivals: J.A.M. (just a minute) event where the participants have to speak extempore on a given topic within 1 minute, and a GK Quiz (called Inquizzition). Besides these, there are some fun-filled unique events, such as a theme-based event in which finalists have to participate in a word-games race which includes a water-balloon fight! This team event, called L.A.Koncocted, involves 4 particpants. For those wanting to show off their lyric writing skills, there is ‘Wrap it in Rap’, a Hindi language event in which participants have to write lyrics for the elimination round & follow it up with a performance of the song in the final round. 2 particpants can take part as a team in this event. Then there is an offbeat event, in which you write an obituary based on a given theme. This is called ‘Deathnote to Love’.

Performing Arts events at 2011 Sophia College Kaleidoscope: As the name implies, participants have to perform – singing (separate event for Hindi), Indian contemporary dance, musical band event, stand up comedy, social issues drama performance, etc. Those wishing to showcase their script-writing talent should take part in ‘Teletales’, an event in which 6-8 participants write an original script for any famous TV show with 3 compulsory characters from that show and include 3 compulsory characters from any nursery rhymes. The performance must be limited to 6-8 minutes.

Fine Arts events at 2011 Sophia College Kaleidoscope: Lots of colour in the events of this category! Drawing, painting, cutting, pasting & photographic events too. One of the events involves creative use of waste with fevicol & cello tape being the other requirements. 2 participants can take part & they must make their creation within 3 hours.

Informals events at 2011 Sophia College Kaleidoscope: The highlight of this category of events, of course, is the crowning of Mr. & Ms. Kaleidoscope. There is a cooking event in addition to a coupled of sports-based events.

Crossovers events at 2011 Sophia College Kaleidoscope: This category includes events that are an amalgamation of literary arts, fine arts, and performing arts. For example, one event involves writing a script for the Literary Art round, then performing it, and in finally designing props to support the play. Interesting!

Note: there are a whole lot more events than those listed above!

Schedule





Contact Information of 2011 Sophia College Kaleidoscope
Sophia College for Women
Bhulabhai Desai Road,
Mumbai - 400026
Email ID:-
Executive Committee: kscope.sophiacollege@gmail.com
Hospitality: hospitality.kscope@gmail.com

Location Map & Bus routes of Sophia College Mumbai

Monday, August 15, 2011

Top 7 Krishna Janmashtami SMS Greetings Hindi English


Radha ki chahat, he Krishna,
Uske dil ki virasat, he krishna,
Chahe kitna bhi raa racha le krishna
Duniya to phir bhi yahi kehti hai
Radhe Krishna Krishna
Janmashtami ki haardik badai!


राधा  क़ी  चाहत  हे  क्रिष्णा,
उसके  दिल  क़ी  विरासत  हे  क्रिष्णा,
चाहे  कितना  भी  रा  रचा  ले  क्रिष्णा
दुनिया  तो  फिर  भी  यही  कहती  है
राधे  क्रिष्णा  क्रिष्णा
जन्माष्टमी  क़ी  हार्दिक  बधाई!
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 Yashoda ke Krishna Ki
Radha ke Shyam Ki
Gwalo ke Kanha Ki
Gopiyon ke Makhan Chor Ki
Janamdin ki hardik shubhkamnao ke sath!


यशोदा की क्रिष्णा की  
राधा की श्याम  की  
ग्वालो  के  कान्हा  की  
गोपियों  के  माखन  चोर  की 
जन्मदिन  की  हार्दिक  शुभकामनाओ  के  साथ!

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Radha ki bhakti
Murli ki mithas
Makhan ka swaad aur gopiya ka raas
Inhi sabse milkebantha hai janmasthami ka ye din khas
Happy Janmasthami

राधा  की  भकति
मुरली  की  मिठास 
माखन  का  स्वाद  और  गोपिया का  रास 
इन्ही  सबसे  मिलके बनता है  जन्मस्थामी  का  ये  दिन  खास 
हैप्पी  जन्मस्थामी!
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Chandan ki khusbu,Resham ka haar
Phulon ki shugandh, Barish ki fhuhar
Dil ki ummide, Apno ka pyar…

Mangalmay ho aapko Sri Kirshna Janmashtmi ka tyohar

Happy Janmashtami!

चन्दन  की  खुसबू , रेशम  का  हार
फूलों 
की  सुगंध , बारिश  की  फ्हुहार
दिल  की  उम्मीदे , अपनों  का  प्यार …

मंगलमय  हो  आपको  श्री  किर्श्ना  जन्माष्टमी  का  त्यौहार

हैप्पी  जन्माष्टमी!


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Dahi ki handi
Barish ka fuhar

Makhan churane aaye nandlal

Mubarak ho aapko janmastami ka tyohar!

दही  की  हंडी
बारिश  का  फुहार

माखन  चुराने  आये  नन्दलाल

मुबारक  हो  आपको  जन्मस्तामी  का  त्यौहार!
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 Chandan ki Khushbu, Resham ka Haar
Saawan ki sugandh Barish ki fuhar

Dil ki umidhein Kanhaiya ka pyar
Mubarak Ho apko Janmasthmi Ka Tyohaar!



चन्दन  की  खुशबु , रेशम  का  हार
सावन  की  सुगंध  बारिश  की  फुहार

दिल  की  उमीदें  कन्हैया  का  प्यार
मुबारक  हो  आपको  जन्मस्थ्मी  का  त्यौहार!
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Today is a very precious day
Someone special was born
Born to fight against inhumanity
Born to save the trust in God
Happy Janmashtami!

Read the Story of Lord Krishna's Birth: Janmashtami

Shubham Mangalmurti Arts Ganapati Idols unique forms

The images in this blog are of Ganapati idols created by Shubham Mangalmurti Arts, one of the many Ganapati idol makers in Mumbai. Note the wide variety of unique idols and the beautiful use of colours. The colours used make their idols stand out from the ones created by other idol makers. Hence, I think they deserve a blog post of their own!

The first image below is of Siddhivinayaka, the most revered form of Lord Ganesha. It is believed that Siddhivinayak bestows the wish prayed for.

Lord Siddhivinayak



When I first saw this idol, I clicked it as a unique depiction of Lord Ganesha as Lord Krishna.

The next day, there was a mirror placed behind and I saw .....

The front face of the idol depicts Lord Krishna, while the back face of the idol is Radha!!

 Bal Ganesha idols

Lord Ganesha seated on a drum


Lord Ganesha seated on a leaf, with the mouse beneath the leaf
Lord Ganesha seated on a lotus


Lord Ganesha depicted as Lord Venkateswara
Lord Ganesha seated in a lotus on the back of a tortoise (kurma)
 Story behind this idol: the tortoise is the second avatar of Lord Vishnu. In this avatar, Lord Vishnu balances Mount Mandara on his back while the Gods churn the ocean to obtain the drink for eternal life. In contemporary life, a figure of a tortoise is considered to be lucky as it brings stability, good health and longevity.


Lord Ganesha with the Bhagavad Gita, the holy book
Story behind this idol: Lord Ganesha penned down the words of the Mahabharata, which contains the Bhagavad Gita, as dictated to him by Sage Vyasa.


Lord Ganesha with canopy of a snake
Story behind this idol: Lord Krishna had killed a large poisonous serpent named Kalia. This is one of the origins of the festival of Nag Panchami.


Ganapati Bappa Morya!

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Ganapti idol makers Dadar Mumbai


People book a Ganapati idol about 10-15 days prior to the grand welcoming home Lord Ganesha. This year, prices have increased considerably. For a 1 foot idol the price could be well over Rs.900/-. This blog post will help you to find out where to buy Ganapati idols for Ganesh Chaturthi.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Narali Purnima festival rituals and traditions

Narali refers to coconut and Purnima to the full moon. The Indian festival of Narali Purnima is celebrated by the fisherfolk, primarily in Maharashtra, on the full moon day during Shravan.This full moon day also coincides with Rakhi Purnima, better known as Raksha Bandhan.

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Quirky rakhi designs for Raksha Bandhan

Two weeks before Raksha Bandhan, vendors start selling rakhis for the festival. Some are the traditional simple threads, others are rakhis uniquely designed for kids, and yet others are rakhis with Lord Ganesha.

There are a few rakhis, though, which catch your eye not because of their uniqueness or beautiful motifs, but because they are so outlandish!

Images of Sachin on one side, Aamir on the other, 
with unknown cartoon characters in the center of the rakhi


A Donald Duck rakhi with image of Harry Potter next to it. What's the connection? 
Even Harry Potter's magic wand can't conjure it up! 


Fake coin with Queen Elizabeth II at the center of the rakhi. 
Difficult to unerstand why such a rakhi was designed at all!

Kids rakhi designs for Raksha Bandhan

Very young kids may not really understand the concept of Raksha Bandhan, but nevertheless get excited at the idea of celebrating the festival! Little brothers would prefer to have some interesting rakhi with a superhero or cartoon character or some other fun-type rakhi, instead of the rakhis one would tie for older brothers such as ones with the formal image of Ganesha. They would love, though to have a rakhi with Bal Ganesha, Bal Hanuman, Chhota Bheem and Baby Krishna. The latest craze is for Angry Birds Rakhis!! Rakhis for kids generally are plastic & have an ordinary cotton thread instead of a silky type one.