Flyleaf Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004

The fragrance of a flower, the shade of a tree, the song of a ...

IN CONTINUATION of what has become a Our city’s water bodies are being too. They eat insects and vermin, pollinate flowers, tradition, the theme of this year’s revitalised. Attempts are being made to disperse seeds and fertilise the earth. calendar is yet another form of art: curb pollution. It’s an atmosphere are gifts of nature our forefathers could wildlife photography. And from the encouraging to shoots and saplings; to take for granted. We need to work a little harder wide, wonderful canvas of wildlife, we buds and butterflies. And to birds. to enjoy the same privilege. Brigade Group is have chosen birds. Specifically, those While many old friends like the doing its bit to ensure this happens. With found in and around Bangalore city. The house sparrow are seen less and less professional advice from our specialist tree

photographs on this and following Goldenbacked Woodpecker today, our trees are still home to many consultant, we are planting the kinds of trees and pages come from the portfolios of four Dinopium benghalense vibrant and vocal birds: barbets, plants that birds like to call home. We intend our outstanding wildlife photographers of bulbuls, mynas, woodpeckers, robins, properties, where possible, to house feathered . and hoopoes—to name just a few. The residents in plenty. To delight the eyes and the Growing, crowded cities are a sign of our lucky Bangalorean can still wake up to birdsong. ears, and soothe the mind. times and a reality of our day. Sadly, concrete and And be rewarded with flashes of feathered colour A poet once said, congestion is not the best environment for nature amidst the branches of trees. Or watch a sky come “What is this life if, full of care, to display its wonders. Very fortunately, Bangalore suddenly alive with graceful forms in breathtaking We have no time to stand and stare.” is still a place of parks and gardens and greenery. flight. Not only are birds beautiful, they’re useful We’d like to add: “Or listen.”

BRIGADE wishes you a happy and prosperous 2004 G R O U P January—Front Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004 . P . A . I . F . January 2004 M , . S . P . R . F , l a m u

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Lesser Pied Ceryle rudis

BRIGADE G R O U P For a better quality of life

January—Back Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004

Lesser Pied Kingfisher The Brigade brand name Ceryle rudis : Bili Minchulli ( ) In the process of growth and • APARTMENTS : Koryala, Kilkila, Karona Established in 1986, Brigade Group change, we have created a new is a name instantly identified with • VILLAS Commonly found near tanks and lakes, with a buoyant Bangalore: the city in which we corporate identity. One that is the • RESIDENTIAL ENCLAVES flying pattern and a spectacular hover-and-dive fishing are headquartered, which we basis and inspiration for our new technique. understand with instinctive ease and logo. • SOFTWARE / BPO / CORPORATE FACILITIES

Colour and description: Slightly larger than a myna, with which we share our past and • SHOWROOMS smaller than a pigeon. A speckled and barred black-and- future. • SERVICED APARTMENTS white bird, with white streaks above the eyes and a We have more than 50 projects in black band below the neck. Long, stout, sharp black bill. Bangalore and Mysore to our credit, • CLUBS / RESORTS Short tail. Male is bigger than female. many of them a first-of-their-kind. BRIGADE • PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Our corporate vision has evolved G R O U P Call: A cheerful, sharp ‘chirruk’ while in flight. with time and organisational The six blue strokes collectively • SCHOOLS Food: Fish, tadpoles, frogs and aquatic insects. symbolise the abstract shape of a growth. Our vision and intent is to • VOCATIONAL TRAINING building. Nesting season: October to May. Male and female share provide a better quality of life for parental duties. people who are part of any facility The upturned ends of the strokes depict upward growth and positive Nest: Makes tunnels in mud banks overlooking a stream. we have created. development. Eggs: Five or six, glossy, white roundish ovals. The yellow circle represents the rising sun—the source of life and energy.

Holidays/Festivals in January 1 New Year’s Day (R) BRIGADE GROUP’S 2004 CALENDAR Penthouse, Brigade Towers, 10 Second Saturday (S) CONSULTING EDITOR: T.N.A. Perumal, F.R.P.S., M.F.I.A.P. 135, Brigade Road, Bangalore 560 025 15 Makara Sankranthi / Pongal (S) TEXT SOURCE: Dr ’s The Book of Indian Birds, and T.N.A. Perumal Ph: 91-80-227 7017–20 Fax: 91-80-221 0784 26 Republic Day (C, S) KANNADA NAMES: Poornachandra Tejaswi’s book, Hakki Pukka BRIGADE [email protected] www.brigadegroup.com 30 Madhwanavami (R) CONCEPT, TEXT & DESIGN: Simova-Resource G R O U P FLYLEAF PHOTOGRAPH: M. Venkataswamappa, A.F.I.A.P. For a better quality of life An ISO 9001-2000 Property Developer S—State C—Central R—Restricted February—Front Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004 . S . P . R . 2004 A February , a h t n a k i r S . G . R S 1 8 15 22 29 M 2 9 16 23 T 3 10 17 24 W 4 11 18 25 T 5 12 19 26 F 6 13 20 27 S 7 14 21 28

Crimsonbreasted Barbet Megalaima haemacephala

BRIGADE G R O U P For a better quality of life

February—Back Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004

Crimsonbreasted Barbet BRIGADE or Coppersmith Come, realise your dream! Megalaima haemacephala GARDENIA KANNADA: Chittugutura ( ) NEXT TO RBI LAYOUT, J.P. NAGAR HINDI: Chota basant Whatever your needs, tastes and Glacier Block budget, you’ll probably find the 2-bed deluxe apartments A mini-barbet of character and personality, with home of your dreams at Brigade beautiful coloration and a comical expression. Gardenia, a 15-acre campus, with Golden Magic Block 3-bed deluxe apartments Colour and description: Larger than a sparrow. Deep 85% open space. Your home will include a grass-green, with crimson breast and forehead, Magnifica Block spacious enclave filled with yellow throat and green-streaked, yellowish 3-bed deluxe apartments flowers, facilities and friendly faces; underparts. Thick black bill. Short tail. Male and with landscaped gardens that are in Carinata Block female look alike. meticulous order. Children can enjoy 2-bed deluxe apartments Call: A monotonous ‘tonk, tonk, tonk’ throughout their childhood playing in safe, open spaces; the elderly can feel comfortable Jardine Block and protected; everyone can enjoy reliable security, continuous water and the day. Calls reach fever pitch during breeding 3-bed deluxe apartments season. Sounds like a coppersmith hammering on power supply and a delightful, gentle environment. Relax, work out or metal—which explains its name. entertain friends at the 24,000 sft, full-fledged Augusta Club. Serenity Block Enjoy a better quality of life at Brigade Gardenia. It’s surprisingly 1-bed deluxe apartments Food: Fruits, berries and the occasional juicy insect. affordable! Nesting season: January to June. Male and female share parental duties. Brigade Gardenia Next to RBI Layout, J.P. Nagar, Bangalore 560 078 Nest: A hole chiselled in soft-wood trees at moderate Ph: 91-80-569 76261, 297 3531 / 35 / 36 heights. Nest holes often situated in a horizontal branch facing the ground. Birds seem to defy gravity Holidays/Festivals in February as they hang on to the branch to feed their chicks. Penthouse, Brigade Towers, 2 Bakrid (C, S) 135, Brigade Road, Bangalore 560 025 INDIA 14 Second Saturday (S) Eggs: Three, glossless, white. Ph: 91-80-227 7017–20 Fax: 91-80-221 0784 18 Mahashivaratri (S) BRIGADE [email protected] www.brigadegroup.com G R O U P For a better quality of life An ISO 9001-2000 Property Developer S—State C—Central R—Restricted March—Front Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004 . P . A . I . F . March 2004 M , . S . P . R . A , h s i t

a S 7 14 21 28 S CHANDRAMANA

. UGADI H M 1 8 15 22 29 T 2 9 16 23 30 W 3 10 17 24 31 T 4 11 18 25 F 5 12 19 26 S 6 13 20 27

Common Hoopoe Upupa epops

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March—Back Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004

Common Hoopoe For Corporate / Regional HQs, Software Development, Upupa epops KANNADA: Nelakutuka ( ) BPO and Biotech facilities HINDI: Hudhud Both ready-to-occupy and built-to-suit options A bold, beautiful and friendly bird, which is being seen less and less in Bangalore. Its facial and body contortions A great software facility at Whitefield ! while calling, and its peculiar, waddling gait are comical Our other facilities to watch. Colour and description: About the size of a myna. 9,000 sft to 110,000 sft Fawn coloured, with a fan-shaped, black-tipped crest; (837 sqm to 10,230 sqm) black-and-white markings on back, wings and tail; and white abdomen. The male is larger and more colourful M.G. Road • Lavelle Road • Koramangala than the female, which is darker. Long, slender, curved Race Course Road • Basavanagudi bill. Call: A resonant, musical ‘hoo-po’ or ‘hoo-po-po’, Brigade TechPark www.brigadegroup.com/software repeated in runs for several minutes at a stretch. Up to 400,000 sft (37,200 sqm) Accorded infrastructure status by the Govt. of Karnataka Food: Insects, grubs, larvae, pupae.

Nesting season: Principally February to May. Males feed State-of-the-art design and construction • Option of warm shell or fully furnished • Communication links incubating females at the nest. Both share in parental Ample power with 100% backup • Abundant parking • Landscaped gardens duties. Nest: Cracks in walls, under tiles, also in holes in trees. Deplorable nest hygiene: lined with rags, rubbish and Holidays/Festivals in March straw, nests tend to be foul-smelling. 2 Last day of Muharram (C, S) Eggs: Five or six, white. Penthouse, Brigade Towers, 6 Holi Feast (R) 135, Brigade Road, Bangalore 560 025 INDIA 13 Second Saturday (S) Ph: 91-80-227 7017–20 Fax: 91-80-221 0784 21 Chandramana Ugadi (S) BRIGADE [email protected] www.brigadegroup.com 30 Sri Ramanavami (R) G R O U P For a better quality of life An ISO 9001-2000 Property Developer S—State C—Central R—Restricted April—Front Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004 . P . A . I . F . April 2004 M , . S . P . R . F , l a m u

r S 4 11 18 25 e P . A . N . T M 5 12 19 26 T 6 13 20 27 W 7 14 21 28 T 1 8 15 22 29 F 2 9 16 23 30 S 3 10 17 24

River Tern Sterna aurantia

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April—Back Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004

River Tern Four very exclusive apartment projects Sterna aurantia With 3- and 4-bed luxury apartments KANNADA: Nadee Meenugutura ( ) Rahukala HINDI: Tehari, Koorri Sun 4.30 - 6.00 p.m. Graceful, beautiful birds, typically found around lakes, rivers and tanks. Their diminishing presence is due to the Mon 7.30 - 9.00 a.m. pollution of their habitat. Tue 3.00 - 4.30 p.m. Colour and description: About the size of a pigeon. Wed 12.00 - 1.30 p.m. Grey and white, with black nape, yellow bill, red legs and forked tail. In summer, forehead, crown and nape Brigade Mayfair Brigade Coronet Thu 1.30 - 3.00 p.m. Cambridge Rd Palace Rd turn glossy black; in winter, they appear greyish white, Fri 10.30 - 12.00 noon flecked and streaked with black. Sat 9.00 - 10.30 a.m. Food: Fish, crustaceans, tadpoles and water insects. Excellent hunters, they often completely submerge under water as they plunge for prey. Nesting season: Principally March to May. Nest: Well-protected areas where they breed in colonies. Eggs: Three, greenish grey to buffy stone, blotched and Brigade Heritage Brigade Hallmark Holidays/Festivals in April streaked with brown and inky purple. Eggs laid on bare Richards Town Richards Town 3 Mahaveera Jayanthi (C, S) rocks on sandbanks in the middle of rivers and 9 Good Friday (C, S) waterbodies. 10 Second Saturday/Holy Saturday (S) 11 Easter Sunday (C, S) 13 Soura Ugadi (R) Penthouse, Brigade Towers, 14 Ambedkar Jayanthi (C, S) 135, Brigade Road, Bangalore 560 025 INDIA 23 Jayanthi (S) Ph: 91-80-227 7017–20 Fax: 91-80-221 0784 24 Shankara Jayanthi (R) BRIGADE [email protected] www.brigadegroup.com 25 Ramanujacharya’s Tiru. (R) G R O U P For a better quality of life An ISO 9001-2000 Property Developer S—State C—Central R—Restricted May—Front Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004 . P . A . I . F . May 2004 M , . S . P . R . A , h s i t

a S 30 2 9 16 23 S . H M 31 3 10 17 24 T 4 11 18 25 W 5 12 19 26 T 6 13 20 27 F 7 14 21 28 S 1 8 15 22 29 MAY DAY

Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicata

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May—Back Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004

Indian Robin Mysore World Times Saxicoloides fulicata Based on (+) or (–) Indian Standard Time (IST) KANNADA: Chittu Madivaala A high quality of life, affordably ( ) Australia HINDI: Kalchuri Mysore is a city that offers the best - Perth 2:30 (+) Typically hopping around with tail erect on an untiring of both worlds: the graciousness and - Brisbane 4:30 (+) China 2:30 (+) search for insects, the Indian Robin is a familiar sight in peaceful environs of a royal city and Germany 4:30 (–) and around the city. the sophistication and pace of the Japan 3:30 (+) Colour and description: Slightly bigger than a sparrow. 21st century. It is also developing Kenya 2:30 (–) The male is black, with a white wing patch. Rusty red on into the second hub of information Kuwait 2:30 (–) the undersurface. Tail is cocked and is as long as the technology and industry in the state. Malaysia 2:30 (+) body. The female is ashy brown in colour, without the Mysore is virtually Bangalore's New Zealand 6:30 (+) Nigeria 4:30 (–) white wing patch. Always found in pairs. next door neighbour. And when you Brigade Tranquil, Yadavagiri, Mysore Singapore 2:30 (+) buy a Brigade apartment here, you 2- and 3-bedroom luxury apartments Call: The male emits liquid notes (though not quite a South Africa 3:30 (–) song) chiefly during courtship. acquire a high quality of life at an ALSO: Thailand 1:30 (+) affordable price. On every count, Brigade Parkway, Cheluvamba Park UAE 1:30 (–) Food: Insects and insect-eggs, spiders. you get great value for your money. AND OTHER LOCATIONS: UK 5:30 (–) Nesting season: March to June. Males and females Lalit Mahal Road, Gokulam Road, USA and Canada share in parental duties. Brigade Group (branch office), Lakshmi Puram and Jayalakshmi Puram - Pacific time 13:30 (–) - Mountain time 12:30 (–) Nest: Under stones, holes in mud banks, tree-trunks and G5, Brigade Residency, Gokulam Road, Mysore 570002 - Central time 11:30 (–) below haystacks. Nests are made of grass, rootlets and Ph: 91-821-251 1239 - Eastern time 10:30 (–) rubbish, lined with or hair. [email protected] Eggs: Two or three, creamy white, sometimes tinged greenish, speckled and blotched with brown. Only Holidays/Festivals in May females incubate eggs. 1 May Day (C, S) Penthouse, Brigade Towers, 3 Id-Meelad (C, S) 135, Brigade Road, Bangalore 560 025 INDIA Ph: 91-80-227 7017–20 Fax: 91-80-221 0784 4 Buddha Poornima (R) BRIGADE [email protected] www.brigadegroup.com 8 Second Saturday (S) G R O U P For a better quality of life An ISO 9001-2000 Property Developer S—State C—Central R—Restricted June—Front Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004 . P . A . I . F . June 2004 M , . S . P . R . A , h s i t

a S 6 13 20 27 S . H M 7 14 21 28 T 1 8 15 22 29 W 2 9 16 23 30 T 3 10 17 24 F 4 11 18 25 S 5 12 19 26

Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis

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June—Back Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004

Oriental Magpie-Robin Large apartments with premium luxury specs. Copsychus saularis KANNADA: Madivaala ( ) In a great enclave. At affordable prices. HINDI: Daiyar, Daiya

Once a familiar sight in parks and gardens, these lane, tree-lined road, that runs from wonderful songbirds are becoming fewer and fewer in BRIGADE number. one end of the enclave to the other, Millennium has some interesting places on either Colour and description: Slightly bigger than a sparrow. J.P. NAGAR 7TH PHASE side: the Woodrose Club, a 3-acre Male is pure white and glistening black; female is greyish brown and white. Cocked, white-fringed tail. Brigade Millennium is set in a quiet, park, Brigade-PSBB School and MLR non-commercialised part of J.P. Convention Centre. Call: A melodious singer, with different embellishments Nagar. It is a beautifully landscaped, The terrace area of each building at dawn and dusk. An expert mimic of other birds. The 22-acre residential enclave. has a feature-filled clubhouse, two male sings lustily from his perch during breeding season. Five well-designed apartment separate party areas and safe Males are extremely possessive of their breeding One of the residential blocks, with 3- and 4-bed apts blocks (Mayflower, Magnolia, Cassia, children’s play areas. territories and intruders are threatened with visual and Jacaranda and Laburnum) are ICRA-NAREDCO has awarded aural displays of anger. s p a c e d c o m f o r t a b l y a p a r t , Brigade Millennium an RT2+ rating, Brigade Millennium, Food: Mainly insects in leaf litter and nectar of certain surrounded by gardens with plenty the highest ever awarded to a J.P. Nagar 7th Phase, flowers. of privacy, light and ventilation. project of a private property Bangalore 560 078 Nesting season: March and April. Male and female Millennium Avenue, a broad two- developer in India. Ph: 91-80-653 3595, 655 9521 share in parental duties. Nest: Holes and hollows in trees and walls. Nests are made of grass, rootlets and hair. Quick to adapt to and accept man-made nesting boxes. Holidays/Festivals in June Eggs: Three to five, pale blue-green, blotched and Penthouse, Brigade Towers, 12 Second Saturday (S) mottled with reddish brown. Only females incubate. 135, Brigade Road, Bangalore 560 025 INDIA Ph: 91-80-227 7017–20 Fax: 91-80-221 0784 BRIGADE [email protected] www.brigadegroup.com G R O U P For a better quality of life An ISO 9001-2000 Property Developer S—State C—Central R—Restricted July—Front Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004 . P . A . I . F . July 2004 M , . S . P . R . F , l a m u

r S 4 11 18 25 e P . A . N . T M 5 12 19 26 T 6 13 20 27 W 7 14 21 28 T 1 8 15 22 29 F 2 9 16 23 30 S 3 10 17 24 31

Indian Roller benghalensis

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July—Back Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004

Indian Roller or Blue Jay The Brigade-PSBB School Coracias benghalensis A very modern, co-educational school set in a safe, green residential enclave. KANNADA: Daasa Magare ( ) HINDI: Nilkant, Sabzak arrangement, to some facilities in the Woodrose Club, These strikingly pretty birds are commonly seen perched 3-acre park and the MLR Convention Centre. on telephone poles, wires and branches of plants and trees. Their frenzied aerobatics during courtship have ‘O nanna chetana, aagu nee aniketana’ earned them the epithet ‘March Roller’. O my spirit, transcend all boundaries Colour and description: About the size of a pigeon, bigger than the common myna. A number of shades of The school motto is taken from the first line of the blue and brown: brown breast, pale blue abdomen and poem “Aniketana”, written by the Kannada poet under-tail, dark and pale blue wings. Biggish head. . The poet is inspiring his spirit to break out of Heavy black bill. Male appears brighter than female. The Brigade-PSBB School is located in the Brigade the narrow confines of home, religion and country, and Millennium enclave. It has been established by the to reach for the eternal and the universal. This motto Call: The sharp ‘kirrr, kirrr’ call of the bird is a familiar Brigade Foundation in partnership with Padma Seshadri echoes the spirit of the school. sound, as are the variety of loud raucous croaks and Bala Bhavan (PSBB) Schools of Chennai. PSBB has been chuckles it emits. Harsh, grating screams common rated the best school in Chennai and one of the 7 best in Brigade-PSBB School, Brigade Millennium, during courtship displays. the country, in a survey conducted by Outlook magazine. J.P. Nagar 7th Phase, Bangalore 560 078 Food: Frogs, lizards, insects and other . Covering 70,000 sft of built-up area, the school is Ph: 91-80-576 02626 / 27 [email protected] Nesting season: March to July. spacious and imaginatively designed. Its location in O nanna chetana, aagu nee aniketana www.brigadepsbb.org Nest: Tree hollows, sometimes in a hole in the wall of a Brigade Millennium gives it access, by special BRIGADE-PSBB building or telegraph poles. Nest is made of a collection of straw, rags and rubbish. Eggs: Four or five, glossy, white roundish ovals. Holidays/Festivals in July Penthouse, Brigade Towers, 10 Second Saturday (S) 135, Brigade Road, Bangalore 560 025 INDIA Ph: 91-80-227 7017–20 Fax: 91-80-221 0784 BRIGADE [email protected] www.brigadegroup.com G R O U P For a better quality of life An ISO 9001-2000 Property Developer S—State C—Central R—Restricted August—Front Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004 . P . A . I . F . August 2004 M , . S . P . R . F , l a m u

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Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

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August—Back Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004

Cattle Egret The Woodrose Club Important Phone Numbers Bubulcus ibis A full-fledged club of international standards (Bangalore) KANNADA: Jaanuvaaru Bellakki Emergency Services ( ) Police 100 Fire 101 HINDI: Surkhia bagla, Gai-bagla • MEMBERS’ LOUNGES Ambulance 102 • OPEN-AIR DECK LOUNGES Commonest of the egret species seen in Bangalore, • RESTAURANT • LAWNS Fire Fighting Service cattle egrets are social birds. Generally found in flocks, • CYBER CAFÉ Central Fire Control Room 225 1780 • OPEN-AIR STAGE they are often seen riding on the backs of cattle or Blood Banks hopping about in their midst. • SWIMMING POOL Rotary-TTK Blood Bank • BEAUTY PARLOUR 529 3486, 528 7903 Colour and description: Hen-sized. Pure white with a • BADMINTON Health • SQUASH • TABLE TENNIS yellow beak. In breeding , its neck, head and St. John’s Ambulance Association • BILLIARDS • CARDS back become an orange-buff colour. Males and females 222 3384, 229 5631 Hospital for Orthopaedics 559 3796-7 look alike. • LARGE GYM The Woodrose Club, located in the • STEAM ROOMS Mallya Hospital 227 7979, 227 7990 Call: A deep, harsh croak made in flight. Brigade Millennium enclave at J.P. Nagar, • SAUNA Wockhardt Cardiac Line 226 8888 • JACUZZI Food: Insects, frogs and lizards. Community feeding is is built to international standards, based Talking Yellow Pages 333 3333 characteristic of the species. on an award-winning design. • 27 GUEST ROOMS Its size and scale are impressive: • CONFERENCE ROOMS Radio Taxi Nesting season: November to March. Male and female • BANQUET HALL 323 7191/2, 352 3636 share incubation and parental duties. 50,000 sft built-up area, spread across 4 • WILL BE AFFILIATED TO 551 0000, 678 0044 floors, set on a 2 ½ acre plot. OTHER CLUBS IN INDIA Nest: In mixed colonies with other birds. Prefers large Karnataka Chief Minister’s e-mail [email protected] leafy trees, not necessarily near water. Nest is made of twigs. The highly ceremonial bowing and rising act performed when one of the bird visits the nest with new Holidays/Festivals in August nesting material is a wonderful scene to behold. 14 Second Saturday (S) Eggs: Three to five, pale blue. Penthouse, Brigade Towers, 15 Independence Day (C, S) 135, Brigade Road, Bangalore 560 025 INDIA 27 Varamahalakshmi Vratha (R) Ph: 91-80-227 7017–20 Fax: 91-80-221 0784 28 Rig Upakarma/Tiru Onam (R) BRIGADE [email protected] www.brigadegroup.com 30 Yajur Upakarma (R) G R O U P For a better quality of life An ISO 9001-2000 Property Developer S—State C—Central R—Restricted September—Front Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004 . P . A . I . F . September 2004 M , . S . P . R . A , h s i t

a S 5 12 19 26 S . H M 6 13 20 27 T 7 14 21 28 W 1 8 15 22 29 T 2 9 16 23 30 F 3 10 17 24 S 4 11 18 25 GANESH CHATURTHI

Common Myna Acridotheres tristis

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September—Back Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004

Common Myna Brigade Foundation Brigade-CTVTI Acridotheres tristis [email protected] [email protected] KANNADA: Myna ( ) HINDI: Desi myna To raise the professional standards in the construction industry Next to crows, the myna is the most The Brigade-CTVTI has been set up in collaboration common bird of Bangalore. The myna is so with NICMAR (National Institute of Construction universally familiar that it is used as a size reference Management and Research), Pune, for the benefit of when describing other birds. construction workers. NICMAR is an independent, non- Colour and description: Larger than a bulbul, smaller government and non-profit educational foundation set than a pigeon. Dark brown and black, with a bright up by the Indian construction industry. yellow beak and legs, and a patch of bare skin near the Brigade-CTVTI is managed by the Brigade Foundation, eyes. A prominent white patch on its outer wings. Male which will provide finance, infrastructure and managerial and female look alike. inputs; NICMAR will provide the academic support. Call: A variety of calls and chatter. Mynas gather in Brigade Foundation is a non-profit, charitable trust, set The institute will train masons, plumbers, electrical numbers at dawn and dusk on trees and start giving up by the Brigade Group. Its prime objective is to meet workers, carpenters and other specialised workers. their unmistakable ‘chur, chur, keek, keek, keek’ calls, the educational needs of a range of people. Upgrading the skills of manual labourers will increase with frowzled plumage and bobbing heads. So far, the Foundation has set up the Brigade-CTVTI their wage-earning potential. The institute will also Food: Fruits and insects. and Brigade-PSBB School. It intends to establish schools conduct Contact Programmes and Management Nesting season: April to August. Male and female share in rural areas, to bring a better quality of education to Development Programmes to help update professionals parental duties. Two broods are often raised in less privileged children. The first such school will be set in the field on the latest developments in the industry. succession. up in a village near Devanhalli. Nest: A hole in a tree, wall or ceiling. Nest is made of Holidays/Festivals in September twigs, roots, paper and rubbish. 6 Sri Krishna Janmashtami (R) Eggs: Four or five, glossy blue. Penthouse, Brigade Towers, 11 Second Saturday (S) 135, Brigade Road, Bangalore 560 025 INDIA 17 Swarnagowri Vratha (R) Ph: 91-80-227 7017–20 Fax: 91-80-221 0784 18 Ganesha Chaturthi (C, S) BRIGADE [email protected] www.brigadegroup.com 27 Anantapadmanabha Vratha (R) G R O U P For a better quality of life An ISO 9001-2000 Property Developer S—State C—Central R—Restricted October—Front Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004 . P . A . I . F . October 2004 M , . S . P . R . A , h s i t

a S 31 3 10 17 24 S . H M 4 11 18 25 T 5 12 19 26 W 6 13 20 27 T 7 14 21 28 F 1 8 15 22 29 MAHANAVAMI / AYUDHA PUJA S 2 9 16 23 30 GANDHI JAYANTHI

Redvented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer

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October—Back Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004

Redvented Bulbul Property Management & Allied Services Conversion Factors Pycnonotus cafer KANNADA: Kempubaalada Pikalaara 1 inch = 2.54 cm ( ) Tandem, an associate of Brigade 1 cm = 0.3937 inch 1 foot = 30.48 cm HINDI: Bulbul, Guldum Group, undertakes management of residential and commercial buildings, 1 metre = 3.281 feet 1 yard = 0.914 metre A common resident of gardens in Bangalore, the serviced apartments, bungalows and guest houses. 1 km = 0.621 mile presence of the bulbul can be an accurate indicator of 1 mile = 1.609 km Services that are offered include the good health of the local habitat. 1 sqm = 10.764 sft engineering (electrical, plumbing, air- Colour and description: Bigger than a sparrow. Smoky 1 sqm = 1.196 sq yards conditioning, carpentry), security, brown with partially crested black head, scale-like 1 sqm = 0.0002471 acre housekeeping, janitorial services, markings on breast and back, a crimson patch below the 1 sft = 0.093 sqm catering, pest and rodent control, root of tail and a white rump. Both male and female Tandem’s one-stop customer service centre 1 sq yard = 0.836 sqm landscaping and personal (paying of at Brigade Plaza look alike. 1 acre = 43560 sft bills, travel arrangements). Bank for home loans, personal loans 1 acre = 0.4047 hectare Call: No song as such, but pleasantly vocal with a call They also take care of residential and car loans. They have also tied up 1 acre = 40 guntas that sounds like ‘pinkalanga’. In the early mornings and or commercial property needs—on with New India Assurance for 1 gunta = 1089 sft late evenings, groups of these birds collect together and lease, rental or for purchase. general insurance, and with MetLife 1 hectare = 2.471 acres start a noisy chatter. Tandem has tied up with ICICI India Insurance for life insurance. 1 HP = 0.746 KW Food: Insects, fruits, berries, peas and similar vegetables and flower nectar. Tandem Allied Services Pvt. Ltd, No. 9, Ground Floor, Holidays/Festivals in October Nesting season: February to May. Male and female Brigade Plaza, S.C. Road, Ananda Rao Circle, Bangalore 560 009 1 Shab-e-barat (R) share parental duties. email: [email protected] 2 Gandhi Jayanthi (C, S) 9 Second Saturday (S) Nest: In bushes, trees and even inside houses. Cuplike 13 Mahalaya Amavasya (C, S) nests, built of rootlets plastered with cobwebs. 14 Solar Eclipse Penthouse, Brigade Towers, 17 Tula Sankramana (R) Eggs: Two or three, pinkish-white, blotched with 135, Brigade Road, Bangalore 560 025 INDIA 22 Mahanavami/Ayudha Puja (C, S) purplish-brown or claret. Ph: 91-80-227 7017–20 Fax: 91-80-221 0784 23 Vijayadasami (C, S) BRIGADE [email protected] www.brigadegroup.com 28 Lunar Eclipse G R O U P For a better quality of life An ISO 9001-2000 Property Developer S—State C—Central R—Restricted November—Front Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004 . P . A . I . F . November 2004 M , . S . P . R . F , l a m u

r S 7 14 21 28 e P . A . N . T M 1 8 15 22 29 KANNADA RAJYOTSAVA T 2 9 16 23 30 W 3 10 17 24 T 4 11 18 25 NARAKA CHATURDASI SHAB-E-QUADAR F 5 12 19 26 S 6 13 20 27 BALIPADYAMI

House Sparrow Passer domesticus

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November—Back Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004

House Sparrow It’s like living in your own luxurious home, Passer domesticus instead of staying in a hotel KANNADA: Gubbachchi ( ) HINDI: Gauriyya HomeStead Serviced Apartments, built Plump, pretty birds, full of character and charm. Their and managed by Brigade Group, are declining numbers are blamed on food scarcity, caused Bangalore’s first professional serviced by changes in human lifestyles and on pesticides that kill apartments. Centrally located on Lavelle insects necessary to sustain sparrow chicks. Happily, Road, HomeStead combines the sparrows are now making a slow comeback. benefits of a fine hotel with the Colour and description: Brown body with streaked ambience of an excellent corporate wings and an ashy grey rump, prominent white cheeks guesthouse. and white belly, black breast and chin and brown crown. Brigade Group also manages a few Small, black, beady eyes. Typical seed-eating beak. Two- other independent serviced apartments inch long brown tail. Females are somewhat drab: in different parts of the city. brownish grey, with streaked wings. Call: Chirping call notes. Song of breeding male is a loud, monotonous ‘tsi, tsi, tsi’ or ‘cheer, cheer, cheer’. Food: Grain, fruit buds, flower nectar and insects. s e r v i c e d a pa r t m e n t s During ‘avarekayi’ season, sparrows are found looking 12/12, 7th Cross, Lavelle Road, Bangalore 560 001 for worms amidst the avarekayi. Ph: 91-80-222 0966–968 Telefax: 91-80-212 0011 Holidays/Festivals in November Nesting season: Practically all year. Several successive [email protected] www.brigadegroup.com/homestead 1 Kannada Rajyotsava (S) broods often raised. 11 Naraka Chaturdasi/Shab-e-Quadar (R) Nest: Indoors and out: in trees, a hole in the ceiling, 12 Jamat-ul-Vida (R) niche in wall. Nest is a collection of straw, rubbish and 13 Second Saturday/Balipadyami (C, S) Penthouse, Brigade Towers, 15 Ramzan (C, S) feathers. 135, Brigade Road, Bangalore 560 025 INDIA 26 Gurunanak Jayanthi (S) Ph: 91-80-227 7017–20 Fax: 91-80-221 0784 27 Huthari (R) Eggs: Three to five, pale greenish white, stippled and BRIGADE [email protected] www.brigadegroup.com blotched with brown. G R O U P For a better quality of life An ISO 9001-2000 Property Developer S—State C—Central R—Restricted December—Front Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004 . P . A . I . F . December 2004 M , . S . P . R . A , h s i t

a S 5 12 19 26 S . H M 6 13 20 27 T 7 14 21 28 W 1 8 15 22 29 T 2 9 16 23 30 F 3 10 17 24 31 S 4 11 18 25 CHRISTMAS

Grey Tit Parus major

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December—Back Brigade Group’s Calendar 2004

Grey Tit MLR Convention Centre Census Of India 2001 Parus major A new cultural hub for South Bangalore Figures at a glance—Karnataka KANNADA: Kaanu Gubbi ( ) HINDI: Ramgangra 1991 2001 Number of Districts 20 27 Found in pairs, these birds are a delight to Area in Sq. Km 191,791 191,791 watch: often hanging down acrobatically from Total Population twigs and branches. Persons 44,977,201 52,733,958 Male 22,951,917 26,856,343 Colour and description: Sparrow sized. Glossy, Female 22,025,284 25,877,615 uncrested black head, glistening white cheek-patches, Population Density grey back, whitish underparts, broad black band down Per Sq. Km 235 275 the centre. Strong, conical bill. Male and female look Sex Ratio alike. (No. of Females Per 1000 Males) 960 964 Call: A sweet titter or sweeching notes uttered while moving. Male has a loud, whistling song during the breeding season. 1981-1991 1991-2001 Located within the Brigade Millennium enclave, in J.P. Nagar, the futuristic- Literacy Food: Insects, insect-eggs and larvae, flower buds, fruits, looking MLR Convention Centre is named in honour of Brigade Group’s nuts and seeds. Persons 21,013,193 30,774,988 patriarch, the late Shri M.L. Ramachandra Setty. Construction of the (56.04%) (67.04%) Nesting season: February to November, but can vary Convention Centre was started on 13 November 2003, to mark his centenary. Male 12,871,628 17,817,682 with locality. Often, two successive broods raised. Male Based on an award-winning design and set in a 1-acre plot, the (67.26%) (76.29 %) and female share parental duties. Convention Centre features a 450-seat auditorium with a professionally Female 8,141,565 12,957,306 Nest: Hole in a tree or wall, earthcutting and sometimes equipped stage. A 500-seat banquet hall adjoins the auditorium. (44.34%) (57.45%) in unorthodox places like pipes and poles. Nest is made of a collection of hair, moss and feathers. Holidays/Festivals in December Eggs: Four to six, white or pinkish white, spotted and Penthouse, Brigade Towers, 11 Second Saturday (S) speckled with reddish brown. 135, Brigade Road, Bangalore 560 025 INDIA 24 Christmas Eve (R) Ph: 91-80-227 7017–20 Fax: 91-80-221 0784 BRIGADE [email protected] www.brigadegroup.com 25 Christmas (C, S) G R O U P For a better quality of life An ISO 9001-2000 Property Developer S—State C—Central R—Restricted