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WEDNESDAY 14 September 2011 Lifestyle Art & Culture Events Guide Celebrations Sports
Sisir Sahana’s impressive set of sculptures titled ' I have seen the Tiger' at the
Kalakriti Art Gallery in Banjara Hills on Tuesday. Photos: Hrudyanand
Mitigating drudgery in Helping to restore missing Seeing fragility
deprived homes children to parents and ferocity
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K Purushottam Reddy. Prese
ntly, he is leading the project Good
and contacting me for advice,” says
Dr Reddy. Dr Reddy takes every
opportunity to promote his low
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crime detection, some time
striving to help missing chil-
dren reach their homes. Their
he said: “The situation was de-
plorable and grossly inhuman,
S isir Sahana’s pre-
view show “I h’ve
seen Tiger” at Kalakriti
strongest, while in yet
another one she fear-
lessly looks into the eyes
Stoves in 10 districts across cost and fuel efficient stoves. Sur- back the authorities made a project aims at creating a model to say the least. Minors were Art Gallery features his of the tiger as if convers-
Andhra Pradesh and in six other prisingly, there hasn’t been much breakthrough when some big for NGOs/volunteers in tracing forced to work for long hours new set of sculptures – ing with the beast.
states in the country. His other response from the Central and fish, masquerading as so- missing kids, locating their par- and allowed to sleep for only thick blocks of cast glass Sisir Sahana’s tryst
field of interest is biochar (char- state governments, though indoor cialites, were caught red- ents and in sensitising the four hours. What they got to eat moulded and painted in with the tiger goes back
coal) production from crop residue pollution is the most pressing handed in human trafficking stakeholders on the grim real- was unhygienic and less than red, blue, green and yel- to his days in Kolkata.
and other wasted biomass. He has problem affecting the health of when the victims were being ity. Subhash says their relent- required. Some of the boys were low hues and backlit to For him, tiger is always
demonstrated advantages of women and children. sent abroad. The Centre for Ac- less pursuit has helped in a mere seven years old.” throw up myriad beauti- the majestic Bengal
biochar application, considering it Some of the individual Good tion Research and People’s De- tracing and restoring over one A parent in Basheerabad, ful shades. Each one the Tiger.
improves fertility of soil besides re- Stoves are priced at Rs 200 so that velopment, a city-based NGO hundred children to their bio- whose kid was traced by a sculptures showcases the He says: “I was always
viving age old benevolent practices they are within the reach of the working for child rights, has de- logical parents. It is no mean CARPED team, felt relieve interplay between man, in awe of the Bengal
of famers. poor. The community stoves start signed and implemented some achievement, considering they d:”My child is alive in New beast and nature which tiger. And I have seen
Dr Reddy picks up low-cost mate- at Rs 10,000. People have sug- pilot projects in various areas. have done it just eleven months Delhi. I was getting worried human beings mirror in that the animal exists in
rial available in the market to de- gested that the individual stoves The programme is headed by as of September 2011. “We when news spread of a child various circumstances. human beings in some
sign stoves, keeping in view the should be priced at Rs 500 for M S Chandra, who has on his traced children in Delhi, Shola- sacrifice in the nearby village The beautiful art pieces form or the other. This
elements. These stove designs are “pushing the file” so as to make team fellow social activists M pur, Bangalore, Gulbarga, just a week ago”. A parent in seem to establish an im- correlation has inspired
kept in an open knowledge shelf huge profits. “I believe that knowl- Subhash Chandra, Shyam Sun- Orissa, Chittoor, Mumbai and Nizamabad lost his kid five years mediate connect with the me to create forms that
for choice and adoption by commu- edge should be used for the benefit dar Reddy, Kiran Valipa Nalgonda. Most of them were back and the child is yet to be onlookers – in one of the you see here. The woman
nities. Users are given the options of the common man,” asserts Venkat and Chinmayi. They natives of Nizamabad, Basheer- traced. He has since shifted to a sculptures, a tiger adorns of today has her ferocious
to use them as it is, change as per Reddy. Dr Reddy is demonstrating identify, trace and expose the abad (Mahabubnagar) Virava new place of posting, while his the hair of the woman as side - the stronger side,
need, and bring same results his models in India and abroad to high magnitude of avoidable (Khammam), Erpedu, Madana- wife resides in the same old house if to say that this hidden which is important to
through different designs. make a difference to the lives of hysterectomies. The CARPED palle, Shamirpet, Medak and waiting for the son to return quality of the women too survive in the present
“There is tremendous response millions of people. team worked to put an end to some were from far-off Nepal.” home. “We feel we have been able enhances her beauty; in world. And the tiger that
from India and abroad to his prod- At last, there is light at the end of child marriages among the Gan- It was a major victory for to do our bit to reduce the plight another piece, the head of I refer to is this beast
ucts on the website of Good Stoves. the tunnel for him. Some officials gireddula community and de- CARPED when its representa- of some parents. Our efforts are a woman is peacefully within the woman; who I
A stove designed by a student in in his home state have come for- veloped community-specific IEC tives raided Prabhat Circus in catching on. Recently, Aleesha resting on the head of a see as the symbol of
Nepal has received wide publicity. ward to install his stoves in schools material on HIV/AIDS in a Chittoor and rescued 27 chil- Miller, a volunteer from the US- tiger– content that she power.”
He acknowledged that the stove is and hostels. tribal language (the first educa- dren, including nine from worked on the cause to create has achieved the success Wednesday is the last
based on the concepts of the GEO. Maybe it is a small beginning, but tional film on HIV/AIDS in a Nepal. Indicating the ordeal more awareness,’ says Subhash. and is now empowered – day of the special preview
It is gratifying to note that people it could be a giant step for wom- tribal language). which the rescued children He adds wistfully: ``We have stronger than the show.
are following the developments ankind. Chandra says that they are went through, Shyam Sundar miles to go.”
32 special trains for
puja season
I n order to clear extra
rush of passengers dur-
ing puja season, the South
Tier, 13 sleeper class, four
general second class, two
second class luggage cum
Central Railway will run 32 brake van coaches.
special trains between Train No. 09221 Porban-
Ahmedabad-Yeshwantpur dar-Secunderabad weekly
and Porbandar-Secunder- special train will depart
abad. Porbander at 23 50 hrs
The following is the sched- Mondays ie ., on 26th Sep-
ule: tember, 3rd , 10th , 17th
Train No. 09405 Ahmed- 24th , 31st , October, 7th
abad-Yeshwantpur weekly 14th November, and arrive
special train will depart Secunderabad at 10 30 hrs
Ahmedabad at 19 30 hrs on on Wednesdays. In the re-
Saturdays ie., on 24th Sep- turn direction, Train No.
tember, 1st , 8th , 15th 09222 Secunderabad-Por-
22nd, 29th , October, 5th bandar weekly special train
12th November, and ar- will depart Secunderabad
rives Yeshwantpur at 04 00 at 14 50 hrs one Wednes-
hrs on Mondays. In the re- days ie., on 28th September
turn direction, Train No. 5th ,12th , 19th 26th Octo-
09406 Yeshwantpur- ber, 2nd, 9th , 16th Novem-
Ahmedabad weekly special ber, and arrive at
train will depart Yeshwant- Porbandar at 01 30 hrs on
pur at 05 50 hrs on Mon- Fridays. En route, these
days ie., on 26th September trains will stop at Wans-
3rd ,10th , 17th , 24th, 31st jalia, Bhanwad, Lalpur
October; 7th, 14th Novem- Jam, Jamnagar, Hapa, Ra-
ber and arrive Ahmedabad jkot, Surendranagar, Vi-
at 15 10 hrs on Tuesdays. ramgam, Ahmedabad,
En route, these trains will Geratpur, Nadiad, Anand,
stop at Geratpur, Nadiad, Vadodara, Ankaleswar,
Vadodara, Bharuch, Surat, Surat, Valsad, Vapi, Virar,
Vasai Road, Bhiwandi Vasai Road, Kalyan, Lon-
Road, Kalyan, Pune, Daun avala, Pune, Daund, Shola-
d, Sholapur, Gulbarga, pur, Gulbarga, Wadi,
Wadi, Yadgir, Raic hur, Tandur, and Begumpet.
Mantralayam, Adoni, Gun- These trains will have 15
takal, Anantapur, Dhar- coaches Viz., one AC II
mavaram, Sri Satya Sai Tier, one, AC III Tier, seven
Prasanthi Nilayam, Hindup sleeper class, three general
ur, and Yelahanka. second class, one pantry car,
The trains will have 21 one second class luggage
coaches viz., two AC III cum brake van coach.
Sindhu to return today
A rousing reception
awaits Hyderabad’s lat-
est badminton sensation P
form that won her the
Yonex Sunrise Vietnam
Grand Prix Open and Sin-
V Sindhu when she arrives gapore International Se-
in the city on Wednesday. ries, Sindhu triumphed at
Tipped as the next Saina the Isle of Man and
Nehwal, Sindhu has had an crowned herself with the
outstanding year, particu- Youth Common Wealth
larly on the international Games 2011 title on Sun-
circuit. Along the way, she day.
has notched up several She is the daughter of the
firsts for an Indian. Arjuna award winner in
Continuing with her superb volleyball P V Ramana.