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Famous Son: Dr. K J Yesudas
Issue 6 May 2012 Page 4 World celebrates 50 years of Musical Wonder by Kerala`s famous son: Dr. K J Yesudas. This year, world renowned musician legend Dr. KJ Yesudas celebrates 50 years in the music industry, Varnakairali pays tribute to the legend himself in this edition. K. J. Yesudas was born in Cochin, on 10th January 1940 to Latin Catholic parents Augustine Joseph and Alice kutty. Jesudas has recorded more than 50,000 songs in various languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tulu, Malay, Russian, Arabic, Latin and English during a career spanning five decade. He sings Indian classical, devotional, and pop music songs. His singing prowess earned him the India`s National Award for the Best Male Playback Singer seven times (the most by any Indian singer), and the State Award for the Best Playback Singer 43 times which comprises of awards by the State Governments of Kerala(23), Tamil Nadu(8), Andhra Pradesh(6), Karnataka(5), and West Bengal(1). He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1975, followed by the Padma Bhushan in 2002 by the Indian Government for his contributions towards the art. He was awarded Swathi Sangeetha Puraskaram in 2011, the highest music award given by the Kerala Government. After winning the Kerala State Award for Best Playback singer on numerous occasions, he requested to be ruled out of contention to give his peers and newcomers a chance of winning the award. Despite his humble request, he was still given this award several times in the following years. -
NRITYANJALI – an Ode to Indian Classical Dance and Maestros
Films Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Govt. of India 24- Dr.G Deshmukh Marg MUMBAI -400 026 PRESS RELEASE Dated 22st Sept., 2020 NRITYANJALI – an ode to Indian Classical Dance and Maestros Indian Classical Dance is an umbrella term for various performing arts whose theory and practice can be traced to the Sanskrit text, Natya-Shastra, the foundational treatise for the text of which is attributed to the ancient scholar Bharata Muni. Prominent dance forms like Bharat Natyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Kathakali, Sattriya, Manipuri and Mohini Aattam are traditionally regional, all of them include music and recitation in local language or Sanskrit, and they represent a unity of core ideas in a diversity of styles, costumes and expression. After the overwhelming response to Raagotsav, an online film festival on Indian Classical Music, Films Division is presenting the first part of “Nrityanjali”, an on line festival on Indian Classical Dance and Maestros between September 23–25, 2020. Ten films on the life and works of India’s leading classical dancers will be streamed on Films Division website and You Tube channel. Nrityanjali showcases “Sitara Devi” (20 min./1995/Amar Varma), a film on doyen of Kathak Dance, hailed as the Queen of Kathak by Rabindranath Tagore, honoured with many awards including Padma Shri, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Kalidas Samman. “Yamini Krishnamurthy” (20 min./1981/Balwant Gargi), is on the leading Bharat Natyam exponent who also excels in Odissi and Kuchipudi. She has been honoured with Padma Vibhushan, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Natya Shastra Award. “Raja-Radha” (22 min./1989/Kunwar Sinha), a biographical film on the well known Kuchipudi dancer-couple Raja and Radha Reddy, who gave new dimension to the traditional Kuchipudi dance and honoured with Padma Bhushan, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Nritya Choodmani Award. -
ANSWERED ON:07.03.2006 AWARDING of PADMA BHUSHAN and PADMA SHREE Azmi Shri Iliyas;Bishnoi Shri Jaswant Singh
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:1713 ANSWERED ON:07.03.2006 AWARDING OF PADMA BHUSHAN AND PADMA SHREE Azmi Shri Iliyas;Bishnoi Shri Jaswant Singh Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state: (a) the name of the persons who have been honoured with Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shree awards during each of the last three years; (b) the procedure adopted by the Government for awarding these awards; (c) whether the Union Government conduct any enquiry of their own or through any other agency prior to giving award to awardees; (d) if so, the details and name of the agency; (e) if not, the reasons therefor; (f) the name of the persons whose name were considered for the above awards but were not found suitable; (g) the qualifications required for the aforesaid awards and then composition of the Committee which decides them; and (h) the name of the authority which finalises the list of awardees? Answer MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI MANIKRAO HODLYA GAVIT) (a): The names of the persons who have been honoured with Padma Awards during the years 2004 and 2005 and those who have been selected for Padma awards for the year 2006 are at Annexure-I. (b): In terms of the extant practice/guidelines, recommendations for Padma Awards are invited every year from State Governments/UT Administrations, Ministries/Departments of the Government of India, Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan Awardees and Institutes of Excellence. Nominations received from them and others (including self recommendations) are placed before the Padma Awards Committee for its consideration. -
Current Affairs of May 2021 Help Line No:- Khanpur : +91-9311668899 South Ex : +91-9311556699
Current Affairs Of May 2021 Help Line No:- Khanpur : +91-9311668899 South Ex : +91-9311556699 CONTENT National…………………………………………….…………………….2 International………………………………………………………………7 Defence………………………………………………………………….12 Appointments or Resign/Retired…………………………….…………..13 Honours/ Awards……………………………………………….……….18 Sports……………………………………………..……………..………25 Obituaries………………………………………………..…….….….….28 Important Days with theme………………………………….…….…...31 www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs National The list has 7 United States(US) retailers among the top 10 and 1 from the United DOT Permits TSPs to Conduct 5G Trials in India Kingdom(UK) (Tesco PLC at 10th position) The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Rank Country Ministry of Communications has 1 US giant Walmart Inc permitted the telecom service providers (TSPs) including Bharti 2 Amazon.com Inc Airtel, Reliance Jio Infocomm, Vodafone Idea, and MTNL to conduct the 3 Costco Wholesale Corporation of US 5G trial in India. The TSPs have tied up with the original equipment manufacturers and technology providers like Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung, and the C- 4 Schwarz Group of Germany. DoT. These trials will be on a non-commercial basis. 53 Reliance Retail Ltd The operators are permitted to use their existing spectrums for the (800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2500 MHz) 5G trial. About Reliance Retail Ltd: i.In FY20, it recorded a 41.8 percent Year-on-Year The experimental spectrum includes mid-band 3.2 GHz to 3.67 GHz, millimetre wave band (YoY) growth which was driven primarily by a 13.1 24.25 GHz to 28.5 GHz, and sub-gigahertz percent increase in the number of stores in its band 700 GHz. consumer electronics, fashion and lifestyle and grocery retail chains, to 11,784 stores. -
Spic Macay “Anubhav”
G.D. GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOL, SARITA VIHAR SPIC MACAY “ANUBHAV” THEME: INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL CONVOCATION DATE: 1-7 JUNE, 2020 VENUE: VIRTUAL LEARNING CONDUCTED BY: SPIC MACAY EVENT REPORT SPIC MACAY is a voluntary youth movement which promotes intangible aspects of Indian cultural heritage by promoting Indian classical music, classical dance, folk music, yoga, meditation, crafts and other aspects of Indian culture. Its intention is to enrich the quality of formal education by increasing awareness about different aspects of Indian heritage and inspiring the young mind to imbibe the values embedded in it. G.D.Goenka Public School Sarita Vihar has been privileged to be in collaboration with the SpicmacayOrganisation since 2017. G.D.Goenka Public School Sarita Vihar belongs to the school of thought that where academics supports a child in his literarygrowth, he should also enculcate respect and knowledge for all cultural aspects and heritage of the society in which we live. Swami Vivekananda once asked Swami Ramakrishna how could he see God. Swami Ramakrishna replied that experience (anubhav) was one of the greatest aspects of life. It is through this that one can have a glimpse of the Almighty. Looking at the current COVID-19 crisisSpicmacay this year made an effort to virtually connect the teenagers and the youth with the best of classical music, dance and other art forms along with providing them with a special creative experience. This special series of ‘SPIC MACAY ANUBHAV’ was conducted from 01 June – June 07, 2020 and was streamed live on their YOUTUBE Channel. Sitting at home yet experiencing the vibes of an ashram like regime, the adolescents and youth got an opportunity to connect with some of the greatest Gurus through various activities like Classical Music and Dance, Intensive workshops, Talks, Hatha Yoga, Theater, A Cinema Classic and Folk Art and Craft. -
Civilian Awards
VISION IAS www.visionias.in Civilian Awards Padma Awards Padma Awards were instituted in the year 1954. The award is given in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year and normally not conferred posthumously. However, in highly deserving cases, the Government could consider giving an award posthumously if the demise of the person proposed to be honoured has been recent, say within a period of one year preceding the Republic Day on which it is proposed to announce the award. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz. - art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. • Padma Shri is awarded for ‘distinguished service’. • Padma Bhushan for ‘distinguished service of a high order’. • Padma Vibhushan for ‘exceptional and distinguished service'. Padma Awards 2015 Padma Vibhushan: 1. LK Advani- Public Affairs- Gujarat 2. Amitabh Bachchan- Art- Maharashtra 3. Prakash Singh Badal- Public Affairs- Punjab 4. Dr D Veerendra Heggade- Social Work- Karnataka 5. Mohammad Yusuf Khan alias Dilip Kumar- Art- Maharashtra 6. Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya- Others- Uttar Pradesh 7. Prof Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan- Science and Engineering- Tamil Nadu 8. Kottayan K. Venugopal- Public Affairs- Delhi 9. Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Foreigner)- Trade and Industry- France/UK Padma Bhushan: 1. Jahnu Barua- Art- Assam 2. Dr Vijay Bhatkar- Science and Engineering- Maharashtra 3. Shri Swapan Dasgupta- Literature and Education- Delhi 4. Swami Satyamitranand Giri- Others- Uttar Pradesh 5. N Gopalaswami- Civil Service- Tamil Nadu 1 www.visionias.in ©Vision IAS 6. -
Bharatanatyam
P 2 | OCTOBER 2017 Contents Volume 2, Issue 4 | October 2017 Editorial Team 04 Beacons of Light 24 Anupama: Editor’s Note 05 The Unparalleled Cultural Bulletin 06 Dance in India 10 Reviews 35 Sai Nrityotsav @ 100 A Magical Evening with Palpable Excitement A Confluence of Impressive Nritta - Tribute to Legendary Guru Narmada Rays of Hope 28 10th Anniversary Rita Andrade: Vysakhi Nrithyotsav 2017: Torch Bearers 14 Passion A Decade of Classical Personified Dance Cover Story 18 Reliability Reports 46 Then and Now Scholarly Corner 60 Augmenting Brain with Indian Music Kindled Spirits 62 Frozen in Time 63 Arangetram 64 Celebrations 31 Tributes 65 Reformer of In Sight 66 Kuchipudi Natyam Classifieds 67 P 3 | OCTOBER 2017 Editorial ‘The Dance India’- a monthly cultural magazine in English is our humble "If the art is poor, attempt to capture the spirit and culture of art in all its diversity. the nation is sick." Articles may be submitted for possible Editor-in-Chief publication in the magazine in the following BR Vikram Kumar manner. Executive Editor • Send in your articles to [email protected] Paul Spurgeon Nicodemus Please include your full name, contact Associate Editor information (address and telephone number) and a short bio data. RMK Sharma • Articles are published in the magazine only Assistant Editor on the condition that the author agrees to UNS Vijayshri the terms of the Copyright Statement and Policy Sub Editor D Praveena Regd. Office: Trivikram Publications, Feature Writer D.No. 50-01-50/1, ASR Nagar, Seethammadhara, Visakhapatnam - 530 013, A.P. Ch Nikhitha Coordinators (News, Advertisements & Tel: 0891-2525656 Editorial Advisor Subscriptions) The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the various writers in the articles and B Ratan Raju Sai Venkatesh Karnataka reviews do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of the editorial team or Contributions by Kashmira Trivedi Maharashtra official policies of The Dance India. -
Alphabetical List of Recommendations Received for Padma Awards - 2014
Alphabetical List of recommendations received for Padma Awards - 2014 Sl. No. Name Recommending Authority 1. Shri Manoj Tibrewal Aakash Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal, Minister of Coal, Govt. of India. 2. Dr. (Smt.) Durga Pathak Aarti 1.Dr. Raman Singh, Chief Minister, Govt. of Chhattisgarh. 2.Shri Madhusudan Yadav, MP, Lok Sabha. 3.Shri Motilal Vora, MP, Rajya Sabha. 4.Shri Nand Kumar Saay, MP, Rajya Sabha. 5.Shri Nirmal Kumar Richhariya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 6.Shri N.K. Richarya, Chhattisgarh. 3. Dr. Naheed Abidi Dr. Karan Singh, MP, Rajya Sabha & Padma Vibhushan awardee. 4. Dr. Thomas Abraham Shri Inder Singh, Chairman, Global Organization of People Indian Origin, USA. 5. Dr. Yash Pal Abrol Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, Padma Vibhushan awardee. 6. Shri S.K. Acharigi Self 7. Dr. Subrat Kumar Acharya Padma Award Committee. 8. Shri Achintya Kumar Acharya Self 9. Dr. Hariram Acharya Government of Rajasthan. 10. Guru Shashadhar Acharya Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India. 11. Shri Somnath Adhikary Self 12. Dr. Sunkara Venkata Adinarayana Rao Shri Ganta Srinivasa Rao, Minister for Infrastructure & Investments, Ports, Airporst & Natural Gas, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. 13. Prof. S.H. Advani Dr. S.K. Rana, Consultant Cardiologist & Physician, Kolkata. 14. Shri Vikas Agarwal Self 15. Prof. Amar Agarwal Shri M. Anandan, MP, Lok Sabha. 16. Shri Apoorv Agarwal 1.Shri Praveen Singh Aron, MP, Lok Sabha. 2.Dr. Arun Kumar Saxena, MLA, Uttar Pradesh. 17. Shri Uttam Prakash Agarwal Dr. Deepak K. Tempe, Dean, Maulana Azad Medical College. 18. Dr. Shekhar Agarwal 1.Dr. Ashok Kumar Walia, Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Higher Education & TTE, Skill Mission/Labour, Irrigation & Floods Control, Govt. -
Padma Awardees 2019
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS PRESS NOTE North Block, New Delhi-1 Dated the 25th January, 2019 Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year. 2. These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President of India has approved conferment of 112 Padma Awards including one duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan, 14 Padma Bhushan and 94 Padma Shri Awards. 21 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 11 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 3 Posthumous awardees and 1 transgender person. PADMA VIBHUSHAN (4) S.No Name Field State 1. Ms. Teejan Bai Art-Vocals-Folk Chhattisgarh 2. Shri Ismail Omar Guelleh Public Affairs Djibouti (Foreigner) 3. Shri Anilkumar Manibhai Trade & Industry- Maharashtra Naik Infrastructure 4. Shri Balwant Moreshwar Art-Acting-Theatre Maharashtra Purandare PADMA BHUSHAN- (14) S.No Name Field State 5. Shri John Chambers Trade & Industry- USA (Foreigner) Technology 6. -
Current Affairs: 18/19.05.2021
Cross & Climb, Rohtak Current Affairs: 18/19.05.2021 Iran Develops Its Most Powerful Supercomputer “Simorgh” Iran has unveiled a new supercomputer named ‘Simorgh’, which is 100 times more powerful than previous supercomputer of the country till date.The supercomputer has been developed indigenously by Tehran’s Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT).It has been named after a mythical Phoenix-like bird ‘Simurgh’.Currently, Simorgh has a performance capacity of 0.56 petaflops,However the country claims this capacity to reach one petaflops in two months.The supercomputer will be used for artificial intelligence workloads, traffic and weather data, and image processing. Kobe Bryant Posthumously Inducted Into Basketball Hall Of Fame Class 2020 NBA and Los Angeles Lakers legend, Kobe Bryant, has been posthumously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in the Class of 2020.The five-time NBA champion died in 2020 at the age of 41 in a helicopter crash along with his 13-year-old daughter and seven others.The Class of 2020 includes total 9 inductees. They are: 1. Kobe Bryant (Posthumously) 2. Tim Duncan 3. Kevin Garnett 4. Tamika Catchings 5. Rudy Tomjanovich 6. Eddie Sutton 7. Kim Mulkey 8. Barbara Stevens 9. Patrick Baumann Mexico’s Andrea Meza Crowned Miss Universe 2020; India’s Castelino Adline Third Runner-up Andrea Meza of Mexico has won the Miss Universe 2020 beauty pageant.The 69th edition of the Miss Universe competition was held on May 16, 2021 in Florida, United States.2019 Miss Universe winner Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa crowned Andrea Meza at the end of the event.The 26-year-old Andrea Meza is a software engineer by profession.From India, the 22-year- old Karnataka-based Castelino Adline made the country proud by making it at the fourth spot in the beauty pageant. -
Padma Awards - One of the Highest Civilian Awards of the Country, Are Conferred in Three Categories, Namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri
Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year. 2. These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President of India has approved conferment of 127 Padma Awards including one duo case (counted as one) as per the list below. The list comprises of 2 Padma Vibhushan, 24 Padma Bhushan and 101 Padma Shri Awardees. 27 of the Awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and Posthumous Awardees. Padma Vibhushan Sl No. Name Discipline State/ Domicile 1. Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar Science and Engineering Maharashtra 2. Shri B.K.S. Iyengar Others-Yoga Maharashtra Padma Bhushan Sl No. Name Discipline State/ Domicile 1. Prof. Gulam Mohammed Sheikh Art - Painting Gujarat 2. Begum Parveen Sultana Art - Classical Singing Maharashtra 3. Shri T.H. Vinayakram Art - Ghatam Artist Tamil Nadu 4. Shri Kamala Haasan Art-Cinema Tamil Nadu 5. Justice Dalveer Bhandari Public Affairs Delhi 6. Prof. Padmanabhan Balaram Science and Engineering Karnataka 7. -
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