FROM THE DIRECTOR’S DESK ear Members & Patrons, Republic Day celebrations Season’s Greetings! were conducted at the D Srirampuram BBMP Public I hope that the first month of School, where an association with 2021 has been kind and warm to Rotary Indiranagar and Suprajit all of you. I wish you a year filled Foundation, awards to best- with abundant happiness and joy. performing students in different January ’21 has been a month of fields were given away. The various activities and highlight of the day was the developments at Bhavan distribution of tabs for class X Bengaluru, and I am eager to share students to help them with online the same with you. pedagogy to benefit their exam I would like to begin by preparation. expressing my joy at the many Several Cultural Outreach collaborations that our youngest Programs, in association with venture ‘Bhavan’s Film Society’ Infosys Foundation were held, the has garnered within a month of its videos and pictures of the same formation. Consulates across the will be shared with you all very city have extended a warm hand shortly. of friendship, and have promised to share their treasure trove of I once again wish to take this spellbinding films to enthrall the opportunity to thank our patrons, cinephiles of Bengaluru. Consulate members, supporters, and staff for Generals of Israel, Japan, and having put together these events France have come forward to for our common well-being. screen their films at BFS. I wish to express my gratitude to them on With Best Regards behalf of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bengaluru and cinema lovers of our city. Director, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bengaluru 2 3 REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATIONS AT BHAVAN-BBMP PUBLIC SCHOOL he 72ndRepublic Day Indiranagar, Shri. K. G. Raghavan, celebrations were held Chairman Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Twith great gusto at BBMP Bengaluru and Bhavan BBMP Public School Srirampuram. Public School, Srirampuram. Shri. Honed and nurtured by Bharatiya H. N. Suresh, Director, Bhavan, Vidya Bhavan, Bengaluru, Suprajit Bengaluru and CEO, BBMP Public Foundation, and Rotary, School Srirampuram, and Rotarian Indiranagar, a bevy of events and Shri. Ajith Rai were also present activities lit up the school in a festive during the occasion. mood. Several dignitaries graced After the lamp lighting the occasion with their august ceremony and a welcome presence. performance by students of the school, Shri. K. G. Raghavan Jubilant cheers rose in the air addressed all the children and as the tri-color was hoisted by gently elucidated that duty comes Rotarian Dr. Srikanth AVS, before rights, and children today, President of Rotary Banglore growing up to be this nation’s O P Khanna Excellence Award given to Miss Nithya Shree of Class X 4 future, should fulfill their duties Rahman, Smt. Nagalakshmi K. towards our country. He gently Rao and Shri. P. Venugopal, asked the children to remember this Kendra Committee Members, school and the several hands which Bengaluru. strive hard every day to build them GSK Excellence Awards a bright future. instituted by Rotarian O.P. Present for the event was Shri. Khanna were given away to O. P. Khanna, Shri. Manandi several students. Miss. Nithya Suresh, Honorary Secretary, Shree from Class X was awarded Bhavan Bengaluru, Shri. Peeyush the All-Rounder trophy. Miss. Jain, Honorary Treasurer, Bhavan Vidya Shree was awarded the best Bengaluru, Rotarian Shashank student for academic excellence. Kekre, Rotarian Jagadeesh M, Master Cyril Jones walked away Rotarian Balakrishnan Narayanan, with a prize for excellence in Rotarian Mahesh Parikh, Rotarian debate. An award for painting was Subramanian, Rotarian Fazal Ur won by Miss Swetha from Class Dr. Srikanth, President, Rotary Bangalore Indiranagar, giving away Educational tabs to Class X students of BBMP Public School, Srirampuram, Bengaluru 5 Inaugural performance by students of BBMP Public School, Srirampuram, Bengaluru X. A prize in dance was conferred a speech in English while upon Miss. Sharmila R from class Master Praveendeep of Class X IX, and Miss. PrincyBeulla from addressed everybody through a class IX won an award for Music. Kannada speech. Miss Swetha of class The program was concluded X hosted the event, while Master. with Rotarian. Fazal Ur Rahman Cyril welcomed the gathering. Miss singing the national anthem in his Sara Bhanu of Class X delivered deep and melodious baritone. Dignitaries, Students and Staff of BBMP Public School, Srirampuram, Bengaluru 6 BHAVAN’S BENGALURU KENDRA AND CONSULATE OF ISRAEL TO SOUTH INDIA: AN AFFINITY OVER FILMS or a cinephile, language General of Israel to South India, barely counts as a hurdle to who graced Bhavan’s Film Society Fsoak in the magnificence of with his august presence. Mr. foreign films. An introduction to Zadka was accompanied by Ms. fresh perspective, culture, and Aditi Joshi, Head of Press, practice has always been an Consulate General of Israel to exciting part of watching films from South India They were welcomed across the border. Thanks to a by Shri. K. G. Raghavan, growing affinity between Bharatiya Chairman, Bharatiya Vidya Vidya Bhavan, Bengaluru and the Bhavan, Bengaluru, and Shri. H. Consulate General of Israel to N. Suresh, Director, Bhavan, South India, cinephiles of the city Bengaluru. would be in for an Israeli film fiesta. Post a traditional ceremony, On the 21st of January 2021, where he was gifted with the Bhavan Bengaluru received Mysore Peta,aclassic royal Indian His Excellency, Consul General headgear and a symbol of heritage, Mr. Jonathan Zadka, Consulate Mr. Jonathan Zadka expressed his From left to right - Shri. N. Shashidhar, Shri. K. G. Raghavan, Mr. Jonathan Zadka and Shri. H. N. Suresh 7 delight at the naissance of Bhavan’s Shri. K.G. Raghavan and Shri. Film Society, where he elucidated H.N. Suresh thanked His on the importance of films as not Excellency, Consul General only a source of entertainment but Mr. Jonathan Zadka for having also as a platform to educate extended a warm hand of friendship ourselves in the art and science and expressed their pleasure at the of film-making. Erasing borders to growing repository of films being indulge in cine experience from contributed towards Bhavan’s Film across the globe will introduce film Society. lovers to new cultures, ideas, and If you wish to watch these outlooks. He has promised to share enthralling Israeli films, sign up to riveting Israeli films for the benefit be a member of Bhavan’s Film of Bhavan’s Film Society Society through the following Members. ways:- Present at the event were Shri. Kindly call Mr. C. N. Ashok N. Shashidhar, Vice-President, Kumar on 9980055864. Federation of Film Societies of You can also send an email to India, and other members of [email protected] Bhavan Bengaluru. J OIN NOW : Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan LIMITED SEATS New Batch of Astrology Course Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB) in collaboration with Bharathiya Jyothisha Samsthan has started academic course in Astrology from February 2021. However the admissions to this batch is still open. The course, titled “Jyotishya Pravesha”, will be held for ten months in English, on every Saturday and Sunday. Interested may contact Officer on Special Duty, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan over phone on 9980055864. Note : Initially the classes will be ON LINE. Once the situation of COVID 19 improves the classes will be held at BVB, Race Course Road. 8 TÊTE-À-TÊTE WITH MR. JONATHAN ZADKA onsul General of Israel to South India His CExcellency Mr. Jonathan Zadka has been a career diplomat since 2002. He has completed diplomatic posts across continents in places such as Bucharest, Tokyo, Canberra, and Beijing. Before joining the foreign service, Mr. Zadka held research and consulting position in the Israeli Parliament – The Knesset and worked as an analyst for the PM’s His Excellency Consul General of Israel office. In an exclusive chat with to South India Mr. Jonathan Zadka Bhavan’s Karnataka Newsletter, Cinema has been one of the Mr. Jonathan Zadka spoke about greatest influences in our modern the influences of cinema on life. It is a combition of art, society, the role of film societies technology, business,entertainment, and shared some of his favourite and aesthetics. It is a powerful titles. form that helps us better understand First, I wish to thank Mr. K.G. our own lives, those around us, and Raghavan, Chairman, Bharatiya the nuances of our society and Vidya Bhavan, Mr. H.N. Suresh, culture. Director, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Every film, every video reflects and Mr. N Shashidhara, Vice society and transforms opinions. In President, Federation of Film addition, movies influence society by Societies Southern Region,for changes in representations, enabling my visit last month to the challenging audiences’ morals, and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan centre in transforming viewers’ opinions. It Bengaluru and for the kind brings out to the fore matters close hospitality. I was deeply impressed to peoples’ hearts – through this by the scope of activity and the medium, there is a great potential commitment by the directors and to bring Israel and India even closer. members. I am also pleased that one of the topics for collaboration with India and Israel, in August Israel is to be in the field of Cinema. 2020, signed a three-year cultural 9 agreement (2020-2023) of co- success or box-office relevance. operation to raise awareness, They can provide a broad variety particularly among youth, of the of genres allowing a person or history and culture of the people of a community to truly appreciate this both countries and promote form of art. For many years, as cooperation to improve and a teenager and later as a university strengthen mutual understanding student, I used to visit frequently and friendship between the two the Cinémathèque in Jerusalem, countries.