Month: November 2008

Sruthilaya Life Time Achievement Award for Sri M G Radhakrishnan

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Sruthilaya Life Time Achievement Award for Sri M G Radhakrishnan
Friday, 21st November 2008 at Al Nasr Leisureland Dubai.


Sri M G Radhakrishnan receiving SRUTHILAYA LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD at Al Nasr Leisureland Dubai on Friday, 21st November 2008.


Sri M G Radhakrishnan and Smt Omanakutty Teacher on stage


Smt Omanakutty Teacher on stage expressing Sri M G Radhakrishnan’s contribution to the Music world


Sri Venugopal on stage expressing Sri M G Radhakrishnan’s contribution to the Music world


M G Radhakrishnan speaking after receiving the Sruthilaya Life Time Achievement Award.


Sri Vijayakumar being felicitated


Sri M G Radhakrishnan and Smt Omanakutty Teacher on stage


G Venugopal being felicitated


Ravishankar being felicitated


Vrinda Menon being felicitated


Anand being felicitated


Roopa


Ranga pooja by Prem & team


Ranga pooja by Prem & team


Anand Narayanan


Ravishankar


Roopa


Vrinda Menon


Ravi Shankar and Vrinda Menon


Al Nasr Leisureland Dubai

Short video of this programme will be updated at http://www.q4music.blogspot.com

Ramesh Menon
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Soorya India Festival at Abu Dhabi – Instrumental Fusion

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Soorya India Festival at Abu Dhabi – Instrumental Fusion
Held at Abu Dhabi Indian School Auditorium, Thursday, 20th November 2008

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More uploads of the programme happening at http://www.team1dubai.blogspot.com and http://www.q4music.blogpsot.com .

Thanks to UAE Exchange for bringing out this excellent programme to the lovers of Performing Arts in Abu Dhabi.

One Laptop per child comes to India

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One Laptop per child comes to India

New Delhi, Nov 18: Gifting India’s 110 million 6-to-12-year-olds a laptop each is the goal of a campaign launched in New Delhi this evening by a global group called ‘one laptop per child.’ ”For India, we are starting this programme from today,” OLPC India spokesman Satish Jha told journalists as he spelt out the campaign’s ‘Give One Get One’ sales pitch.

The idea, he said, was to let consumers pay $400– roughly Rs 20,000– and get a specially built– robust, rugged, dust proof, water proof, sun friendly– laptop while another is sent to a needy child.

The purpose was to give kids a machine that won’t stop working no matter someone spills coffee on it or drops it to the floor, he said.

”If you can’t get the child to the classroom, let the classroom go to him,” said Jha. ”At a very small cost, you can place an advanced classroom in the hands of every single child in India.

”We plan to distribute three million XOs in India in the first year of its operations and aim to reach all needy children in India over the next five years,” said Jha.

He said the laptop dubbed XO was developed by the founder of Media Lab, a department within the School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The ‘Give One Get One’ – G1G1 – programme put together by former MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte was initiated in the US around September 2007.

XO combines the functionalities of a conventional PC or a laptop along with making it child friendly with a slew of applications designed to encourage interactive learning.

It consumes only 1 watt of power and works as a dual-boot system, running both open source and Microsoft applications with internet connectivity options, he said.

Certificate Course in Urudu

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Certificate Course in Urudu

Nov 15 : Arjun Singh Centre for Distance and Open Learning, Jamia Millia Islamia University is conducting one year course in Urudu language through Hindi or English Medium.

Admissions are open throughout the year. Enrolment fee for those within India is Rs.100/-. No tuition fee is charged for the course.

Admission form and Prospectus can be had from the Honorary Director, Urudu Correspondence Course, Arjun Singh Centre for Distance & Open Learning, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 25, by sending a Self- addressed cover of size 24×12 cm with stamps worth Rs.10/- affixed on it.

Admission form can also be downloaded from http://www.jmi.nic.in/FHum/Uccform.pdf.

The filled up form has to be submitted with a Postal Order or a Bank Draft of Rs. 100/- (Rs. Hundred only) for Indian Nationals, addressed to ‘JAMIA MILLIA ISLAIMA, NEW DELHI’.

For more details, visit http://www.jmi.nic.in/cdol/Uccform.pdf

Website on free software inaugurated

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Website on free software inaugurated

Minister M. Vijayakumar inaugurating the website of the ‘Free Software Free Society’ international conference.

Express News Service 14 Nov 2008 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:

Minister M. Vijayakumar inaugurated the website of the upcoming international conference ‘Free Software, Free Society’, here on Thursday.

The website http://www.fsfs.in will provide details of the conference.

The conference is being organised by the State Government jointly with free software community here from December 9 to 11. The conference will bring together the practitioners of free software from across the world. Free Software movement founder Richard M. Stallman, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, Free Software legal expert Eben Moglen and Venezuelan former Minister of Planning Prof Felipe Perez Martin are some of the dignitaries expected to participate. The conference is expected to be one of the largest technological conferences held in Kerala. Talks on various free software technologies will also be conducted.

Awareness campaign on unsafe injections

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Awareness campaign on unsafe injections

Express News Service First Published : 19 Nov 2008 03:15:00 AM IST KOCHI:

SafePoint Trust, a UK-based charity organisation, has launched an intensive campaign to inform the next generation by raising awareness on the dangers of unsafe injections.

The unique multi-pronged media-blitz will have a gamut of communication tools like public awareness messages, films on television and in cinema halls, radio spots and leaflets. The campaign in Kerala which started on Sunday will conclude on Thursday.

Paul Mallins, an independent consultant in Injection Safety and Emergency Response, told reporters here that the campaign in India was unique in many ways as it was comprehensive, tactical and highly visible. The total amount spend for the campaign in India was 7 lakh Euros.

The organisation will be airing a 3-minute film three to four times a day in over 300 cinema halls across the country.

A television commercial of one minute and 30 seconds will also be broadcast on the leading channels and 160 primary radio stations have been booked to broadcast the awareness spots.

The aim of this campaign is to give the next generation a chance, empower them, give them a voice and ensure that all injections are administered safely.

A report of the World Health Organisation (WHO) reveal that 50 percent of all the injections in the developed world are unsafe which would mean that they are performed with reused or non-sterile equipment.

It is unfortunate that at the all-India level, three fourths of the total number of injections delivered are administered with plastic syringes.

Disability helpline launched

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Disability helpline launched

Express News Service First Published : 18 Nov 2008 03:53:00 AM IST CHENNAI:

With the launch of a 24 hour Disability Helpline at the State Resource cum Training Centre, K.K Nagar here on Monday, all kinds of disability related information is now just a call away with the launch.

You can dial 24744737or 24745233 seeking any information on disability and related issues. This call centre facility is available on all working days during working hours. There is a call agent who will give detailed answers on specific queries.

One can get information either in Tamil or English.

This line has been established by the Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for Hearing Handicapped (AYJ NIHH), Mumabai in the premises of the State Resource Cum Training Centre, K.K.Nagar.

Geetha Jeevan, Minister for Social Welfare told a press conference that the Disability Helpline would be similar to the Child Helpline.

Meenakshi Rajagopal, Principal Secretary, State Commissioner for the Disabled said that the Disability Line would provide information about different types of disabilities, diagnosis and intervention strategies, diagnostic and therapy centres, educational opportunities, special employment and government schemes. It would also provide information on the vocational training, job opportunities, special employment exchanges, prevention and management of disabilities and other issues.

Obituary – Sri M N Nambiar

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M N Nambiar (born Manjeri Narayan Nambiar March 7, 1919 — November 19, 2008), a veteran film actor in Tamil cinema, he has been in the film industry for more than 50 years. He is a veteran of theatre and considered a legend in cinema. He is acknowledged to be one of the oldest actors from the pre-war era who remains in the industry today. He remains humble despite having worked with seven generations of actors

വില്ലന്‍ വേളങ്ങളിലൂടെ പ്രേക്ഷക മനസ്സുകളില്‍ നിറഞ്ഞുനിന്ന നടന്‍ എം.എന്‍ നമ്പ്യാര്‍(89) അന്തരിച്ചു. ഉച്ചയ്‌ക്ക്‌ ഒരു മണിയോടെ ചെന്നൈയിലെ സ്വകാര്യ ആസ്‌പത്രിയിലായിരുന്നു അന്ത്യം. കഴിഞ്ഞ കുറച്ചുനാളുകളായി രോഗബാധിതനായി ചികിത്സയിലായിരുന്നു. 50 വര്‍ഷക്കാലം ദക്ഷിണേന്ത്യന്‍ സിനിമ രംഗത്ത്‌ സജീവമായിരുന്ന മഞ്ചേരി രാമന്‍ നമ്പ്യാര്‍ എന്ന എം.എന്‍ നമ്പ്യാര്‍ തമിഴ്‌, തെലുങ്ക്‌, മലയാളം, ഹിന്ദി എന്നീ ഭാഷകളിലായി ആയിരത്തിലധികം ചിത്രങ്ങളില്‍ അഭിനയിച്ചു. ജംഗിള്‍ എന്ന പേരില്‍ ഒരു ഇംഗ്ലീഷ്‌ ചിത്രത്തിലും അദ്ദേഹം പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെട്ടു.

അഭ്രപാളികളില്‍ പരുക്കനായ വില്ലനായി അഭിനയിച്ചപ്പോഴും യഥാര്‍ത്ഥ ജീവിതത്തില്‍ ഇതിന്‌ നേര്‍ വിപരീതമായി ഹൃദയാലുവും തികഞ്ഞ ഈശ്വരഭക്തനുമായിരുന്നു നമ്പ്യാര്‍. 1919 ല്‍ കണ്ണൂരില്‍ ജനിച്ച എം.എന്‍ 13 ാം വയസ്സില്‍ നവാബ്‌ രാജമാണിക്യം ട്രൂപ്പിലൂടെയാണ്‌ അഭിനയരംഗത്തേക്ക്‌ കടന്നുവരുന്നത്‌. 1935 ല്‍ പുറത്തിറങ്ങിയ ഭക്ത രാമദാസാണ്‌ ആദ്യ ചിത്രം. ബാലയ്യ മുതല്‍ മനോജ്‌(ഭാരതിരാജയുടെ മകന്‍) വരെ ഏഴ്‌ തലമുറയിലുള്ള നടന്മാര്‍ക്കൊപ്പം വേഷമിട്ടു.

ആരോഗ്യകാര്യങ്ങളില്‍ അതീവശ്രദ്ധാലുവായിരുന്ന എം.എന്‍ വീട്ടില്‍ നിന്ന്‌ കൊണ്ടുവരുന്ന ഭക്ഷണം മാത്രമേ കഴിച്ചിരുന്നുള്ളൂ. അതും സസ്യാഹാരങ്ങള്‍ മാത്രം. തമിഴില്‍ തിരക്കേറിയ നടനായി മാറയതോടെ നമ്പ്യാര്‍ നാടക മന്‍ട്രം എന്ന പേരില്‍ ഒരു നാടക ട്രൂപ്പ്‌ അദ്ദേഹം തുടങ്ങി.

ശബരിമല ശാസ്‌താവിന്റെ തികഞ്ഞ ഭക്തനായിരുന്നു എം.എന്‍ നമ്പ്യാര്‍. 65 വര്‍ഷമായി എല്ലാ മലയാള മാസവും ഒന്നാം തീയതി ശബരിമല ദര്‍ശനം നടത്താറുള്ള എം.എന്‍ മഹാ ഗുരുസ്വാമി എന്നാണ്‌ അറിയപ്പെട്ടിരുന്നത്‌. അനാരോഗ്യം കാരണം കഴിഞ്ഞ വര്‍ഷം മാത്രം അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്‌ ശബരിമലയില്‍ ദര്‍ശനത്തിനെത്താന്‍ കഴിഞ്ഞില്ല. പകരം മകനാണ്‌ ഇരുമുടിക്കെട്ടുമായെത്തിയത്‌.

എം.ജി.ആറിനൊപ്പമുള്ള ‘ആയിരത്തില്‍ ഒരുവന്‍’, ശിവാജി ഗണേശനൊപ്പം ‘അമ്പികാപതി’, ജമിനി ഗണേശനൊപ്പം ‘മിസിയമ്മ’, ‘നെഞ്ചം മരപ്പതിലൈയ്‌ത്ത്‌ള തുടങ്ങിയവയാണ്‌ പ്രധാന ചിത്രങ്ങള്‍. ‘ദിഗംബരസ്വാമിയാര്‍’ എന്ന ചിത്രത്തില്‍ 11 വേഷങ്ങളില്‍ അഭിനയിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്‌. ‘കല്യാണി’, ‘കവിത’ എന്നീ ചിത്രങ്ങളില്‍ അദ്ദേഹം നായകനായും അഭിനയിച്ചു. സിനിമ, സീരിയല്‍, നാടകം എന്നീ മൂന്ന്‌ അഭിനയകളരിയിലും അദ്ദേഹം തിളങ്ങി. എല്ലാ നടന്മാരുമായും നല്ല ബന്ധം കാത്തുസൂക്ഷിച്ചിരുന്ന എം.എന്നിന്‌ ഏറ്റവും പ്രിയപ്പെട്ട അഭിനേതാക്കള്‍ എം.ആര്‍.രാധയും സാവിത്രിയുമായിരുന്നു. മലയാളത്തില്‍ ജയറാം ചിത്രമായ ‘ഷാര്‍ജ ടു ഷാര്‍ജ’, ദിലീപിനൊപ്പം ‘കുബേരന്‍’ എന്നിവയാണ്‌ അവസാനം അഭിനയിച്ച ചിത്രങ്ങള്‍.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._N._Nambiar