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Aundh/Baner, Friday, January 22, 2010
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Senior Citizens Sports day at Sanewadi HELP THE POOR Sanewadi Area Residents' Welfare Association (SARWA) organised their 20th sports day at the Sanewadi ground with great enthusiasm.The sports day was the part of their annual day celebrations.
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he events including long jump, marble sorting, apple, banana and biscuit eating, sack game, balloon blowing, back running, cycling, musical chair, ball throw etc were enjoyed by children of different age groups. The elders also enjoyed the musical chair and took part in it with full energy and enthusiasm. Telling about the annual event, the president of SARWA, KG Vaidya said, "This annual event is our social entertainment programme which keeps us connected to each other."
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he Senior Citizens Association in Aundh recently conducted a social activity which helped some poor people in the surroundings. The association's social concern group gathered clothes from the members to donate them to the needy. The clothes were sorted out and divided into sets of clothes for men and women. Bags were made considering the need of whole family. Around 35 bags were donated to the families of rag pickers. "We had conducted this activity last year also. But then we had got the clothes which were not properly washed. So this year we strictly instructed to the members that we are not going to accept the clothes unless they are properly washed and in neat condition. The response from the members is good and as per our instructions this year," said the President of the association Dr RT Wazarkar. Sheela Chitre, a member of the association said, "We usually dump our clothes after a certain time even if they are in a good condition. So we thought why not give them to the needy. It will help them to reduce their expenses on clothes."
'Heritage Series' festival at DAV Public School The students of DAV Public School in Aundh got a chance to attend a musical programme performed by the renowned Sarangi player Sarwar Hussain.This event was a part of the ongoing 'Heritage Series' festival conducted by SPIC MACAY, the Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth.
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ussain was accompanied by Pandit Ramdas Palsule on Tabla and Tejas Chavan on Tanpura. Husain urged the audience to close their eyes and hear the sound of Sarangi peacefully before starting the programme. The students experienced the unique tone of Sarangi, an instrument
which is not that popular among youngsters today. This performance generated curiosity among the students which was reflected in the questions asked by them. Hussain cleared all their doubts asked saying, "The tone of Sarangi is closer to human voice. There is no short cut to get that tone. Practice is the only
Sarangi player Sarwar Hussain showed the power of his instrument. option to learn it. I practise it for average four-five hours in a day to keep my fingers ready to play the instrument." The principal of DAV Public School Jayshree Venkatraman told that the Students enjoying the music. school is always ready to arrange such programmes. "It is a myth that chil-
dren don't recognise classical music. We just need to expose our culture to them. In our school, children's response to these programmes is very nice and they hear it with interest. Through such programmes they learn to value Indian culture," she added.