Guj Inc ready for 9-day extravaganza

 

 

Good Morning friends, today is Monday, September 29, 2008. I weak up early today. Around 4-45 am I was out of bed. Reason I weak up early because I went to bed last night at 8-30 pm. I was at matar for Free Medical Camp organizes by manav parivar. So I was tired last night, I go to bed at 8-30 pm.

 

From tomorrow Navaratri meaning A nine day dance program is going to start in my country. If I talk about Gujarat which is my state, Navaratri is one of the most popular festival. Our state government is going to have celebration with Vibrant Gujarat Navratri  Festival in ahmedabad. Fortunatily location for this Navratri Garba is very close from my resident. I read following news at times of india website.

 

Gujarat Industries Navratri Festival Society (GINFS) is all geared up to organise the nine-day long Vibrant Gujarat Navratri festival on Gujarat University grounds. This time also the show is being sponsored by 30-odd companies with a budget of Rs 11 crore.

 

Various programmes have been organised for people that include state-level garba competitions, garba by famous artists, several traditional and folk dances.

 

Besides garba, about 100 handicraft stalls of NID and NIFT and food courts serving variety of cuisine would be housed at the venue. A section of the ground will display documentaries , including one on Mt Everest , while information on world heritage sites such as Champaner and 5000-year-old Dholavira will be offered. There will be also a fashion show for children, a fire rescue drill and games.

 

“We hope to attract around two lakh visitors to this venue. We are ready with all security measures, including installing CCTVs, metal detectors, security personnel, 108 and fire brigade services,” said Parimal Nathwani , chairman of GINFS.

 

“It’s the responsibility of industries who belong to Gujarat to promote and preserve Gujarati culture,” he added.

 

LK Advani will inaugurate the festival on September 30. Governor Nawal Kishor Sharma and Chief Minister Narendra Modi will also attend the function.

 

People can also enjoy this festival , watching it all from home, organiser said. For that GINFS will webcast live programme from venue. On Saturday, Nathwani will also inaugurate the festival’s website.

 

Ref: timesofindia­­­

Lata celebrates her 79th birthday

Music is interest from childhood. I love old hindi songs. Particularly from Lata  Mangeshkar. Her voice is as is from the day I start hearing till today even. Her 79 th birthday was celeberated on Sunday, September 28, 2008. I like my post for her. I like to share news I read on PTI site.

 

India’s most revered singer melody queen Lata Mangeshkar who has mesmerised music lovers with her celestial voice for over six decades celebrated her 79th birthday with family members in her Pune home today.

Didi as she is fondly called by family, fans and admirers is rarely in Mumbai on her birthday. She stays put in her Kolhapur or Pune residence.

 

She was last heard in Vikram Bhatt’s “1920″ where she shared playback credits with Pandit Jasraj and Asha Bhosale.

 

On her 75th birthday, Lata was in Mumbai as her nephew Adinath had organised a concert where other singers sang her classic songs. The function was attended by Sharad Pawar, L K Advani among others.

 

Lata’s brother Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar organised a musical concert ‘Didi ani mi’ (Didi and I) at the Bal Gandharva Rang Mandir in Pune in her honour.

 

The legendary singer was introduced to intricacies of classical music by her father master Dinanath Mangeshkar.

 

After his demise, the entire responsibility of looking after the family fell on her young shoulders and at the age of 13 she was compelled to don the greasepaint and act.

 

She did a few Marathi films like ‘Pahili Mangalagaur’, ‘Majhe Bal’, ‘Gaja Bhau’ and even few Hindi movies like ‘Badi Maa’, ‘Jeevan Yatra’ and ‘Samudra Mandir’.

 

Though her playback career started in 1942, she was leaving her first tentative footprints on a music scene dominated by the legendary Shamshad Begum and Noorjehan. It was in 1948 that her career graph took giant leaps with films like Mahal, Baiju bawra, Nagin, Madhumati among others.

 

Ref: PTI