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On Behalf of the Managing Committee of your Sabha “Wish you and The Voice of GSB is our connect with you, the look and feel and the your dear ones a Happy, Healthy and Safe 2019”. content of which is ever evolving. Each page is available for sponsorship Looking back, 2018 has been a satisfying year for the Sabha. We kicked under any given mast head for Rs. 1,000/- only, a line will be inserted off a new initiative, the GSB Sabha’s Higher Education Assistance on the bottom of such pages indicating your name. We invite you to Scheme on the basis of the endowment by the philanthropist, Late Shri come up with suggestions to enable us to serve you better. G D Bhat. The iconic Kreeda Mandir was refurbished and we launched The New Year renews our commitment to fulfil the task entrusted to our new web site. us and assure that we will continuously strive to deliver better results. st The 1 quarter of 2019 is a busy one with many events in the offing. Look forward to your support and cooperation. We start with the M. R. Pai Memorial Carrom Tournament for the differently abled followed by the picnic for Senior Citizens and then Thanks and regards, the joint program of the Sabha &Mahila Shakha. Solicit your presence to make these events a grand success. Laxmikant Prabhu President As you are aware that the Kreeda Mandir repairs and renovation cost us a big sum of money, however we are sure that with your philanthropy and magnanimity, we would be able to recoup the money spent from Encourage the artist in your child. Get their talent appreciated the Sabha’s own funds. We make an earnest appeal for donations from by publishing it in VoG’s Kid’s Zone page. Submit your child’s you, any amount as per your will would be gracefully accepted. All drawing to [email protected] donations above Rs. 50,000/- will be engraved on the granite slab and displayed at the venue. We have a new President at the Mahila Shakha in Mrs. Shanteri Nayak. INDEX Shanterimai, as we all call her fondly, come in place of Mrs. Durga Shenoy, Durgamai was the mainstay at the MS for many years. During Table of Contents Page No. her tenure as the President MS celebrated its Diamond Jubilee in 2017. Shanterimai has been associated with the Sabha and MS for more than Message from the President 1 Rs. 6.05 LAKHS DISBURSED UNDER G.S.B.SABHA’s Report on Programmes Conducted by GSB Sabha and it’s Mahila Shakha in the recent past 2,4,6 HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE SCHEME Photo Gallery – Pictures taken during Mahila Shakha FOUNDER DONOR : SHRI GURPUR DATTANANDA BHAT Programmes 8 As updated in earlier issues, the Sabha was bequeathed an amount of Future Programmes of the Sabha : Rs. 1.50 crore by Shri Gurpur Dattananda Bhat in his will, of which a. Mahila Shakha Future Programmes 7 Rs. 1.00 crore was directed to be utilized to establish an endowment b. Senior Citizens Picnic on 10th February, 2019 9 to provide scholarships to meritorious students belonging to c. Sneh Milan on 30th March, 2019 10 economically backward sections of the Gowd Saraswat Brahman community for pursuit of higher education in any field. Articles a. 50 Glorious Years of GSB Sabha’s Mahila Shakha Bhajan On receipt in July 2017, this amount was credited to establish an Class by Smt. Meera Acharya 11 endowment titled “Higher Education Assistance Endowment b. GSB Legends - They make us proud - Manikrao D. Lotlikar Fund, Principal Donor : Shri Gurpur Dattandanda Bhat”. The by Pallavi Lotlikar 18-19 guidelines to implement the scheme were framed with guidance c. Jaane Kahan Gaye Woh Din by Veena Shenoy 19 from some prominent personalities from the field of education and d. Phanchadika with Amrita Mahale by Gauri P. Pai 20-21 Social work, namely Smt. Gita R. Pai, Chairperson GSB Scholarship League; Dr. Kavita Rege, ex-Principal Sathaye College; Dr. Roshan e. GSB Catering at Lake Como by Kala Kudva 21 Bhakta, Hon. Secretary of Little Angels Education Trust and Smt. f. Kashi, The City of Eternity and the Infinite 22-23 Medha Lotlikar, Special Educator. g. Nutrition - Your Study Buddy by Anjali Dange 24 h. Recipes - Dishes made from Jackfruit by Anuradha Prabhu 27 The applications received were scrutinized by a Special Committee comprising of Smt. Sudha G. Pai (Chairperson), Shri Laxmikant Updates Prabhu (Ex-officio Chairperson), Shri Prakash M Pai, Shri S D a. Rs. 6.05 lakhs disbursed under G.S.B. Sabha’s Higher Shenoy, Smt. Bina Shenoy and Shri Uday Malya (Committee Education Assistance Scheme 1 Members). Mumbai based applicants were met personally with b. Sabha launches a new website 4 their parents and interactions were done with outstation applicants c. G.S.B. Sabha’s Mahila Shakha gets a new President 7 over phone. d. Bookings open at Kreeda Mandir 17 Total amount of Rs. 6.05 lakhs has been disbursed to 18 students Obituary pursuing education in Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Engineering a. Mangalore Devadas Mallya 24 and Architecture. Of this, 11 beneficiaries are boys and 7 are girls. b. Dr. Pavan Bhat 24 15 beneficiaries are from Mumbai and 3 are from out of Mumbai. News from Other GSB organizations 25-26 We remember Shri Gurpur Dattananda Bhat maam, a great visionary Kids Corner/Answers 12,28 and philanthropist, whose generosity has enabled the Sabha to List of Important Dates and GSB Sabha Calendar 28 launch one more initiative to be of service to the community. Kids Zone Inside Back Cover Voice of GSB, Jan-Mar 2019, Page No. 1 www.gsbsabhamumbai.org / [email protected] Vol. XIII, Issue 4 REPORT ON PROGRAMMES CONDUCTED BY G.S.B. SABHA, MUMBAI ANNUAL ADHYATMIK PROGRAMME ON 2ND DECEMBER. 2018 A TALK ON “THE NEED FOR SPIRITUALITY IN MODERN LIFE” Sabha’s annual Adhyatmik programme was held on Sunday, other person’s behaviour, and acted on it, the person was removed 2nd December, 2018, at the I.M.Pai Hall of its newly renovated from his path in the most natural fashion. So his message to all Kreeda Mandir. Smt. Sanjivi Bhat, the founder sponsor of this of us was, instead of stressing about events and people that pose program, had passed away earlier in the year, so the program a challenge to us, we should identify and learn the life lesson we began with a 2 minute silence in her memory. The Mahila Shakha are supposed to derive from the experience. bhajan group did a great job of setting the atmosphere with their Mr Pradhan ended with an appeal to all of us to meditate every melodious and soulful rendition of bhajans at the start of the day – though it might be difficult at first, to try, try again until we program. are able to meditate for at least 20 minutes a day, preferably at the The speaker, Mr Tushar Pradhan, is both the Chief Investment start of the day. He introduced us to the Heartfulness Organization Officer of HSBC Asset Management Company, as well as -www.heartspots.heartfulness.org / mumbai@heartfulness. the Regional Coordinator for the Heartfulness Organization. org /1800–103–7726 and extended an open invitation to all to Mr Pradhan spoke from his personal experience, of how his experience the power of meditation with a trainer. meditation practice over the past 17 years, had supported him After a lively question through the pressure of overseeing the investment of crores of and answer session, a rupees in his work life. Vote of Thanks was He spoke as a parent, of how children learn extended to Tushar and from example; from watching what parents do Meghana Pradhan and rather than what they say, and how important the bhojan prasad was it was to be consistent in displaying the consumed with relish. behaviours we want our children to display. Sabha remains He shared his experience of having to work grateful to the sponsor, with people with whom he was not compatible, co-sponsor as well as all sevadars for this years program. and found that the moment he introspected on what lesson he was supposed to learn from the SCRABBLE WORKSHOP ON 9TH DECEMBER, 2018 against each other and played the game, in the course of which they were taught various nuances of the game. The Sabha was fortunate to have the presence of Akshay Bhandarkar, World Scrabble Champion, in the workshop. Akshay interacted with the participants and was also sporting enough to play with them. The Sabha hopes to conduct more such activities for children Children Playing Scrabble and youngsters in the future G.S.B.