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Mrs. Ambica Beri, President
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| SWAYAM ............... The Self : Bhanumathi
Narasimhan- 10th February, 2010 |
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At the LSG’s programme with
Bhanumathi Narasimhan, the Director of Women’s
Empowerment and Childcare Projects, Art of Living, used simple everyday
examples to explain spirituality. Members and invited guests listened
with great interest as they looked for answers to age old questions
on life and death, happiness and despair. |
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| The Art of Happiness : His Holiness The
Dalai Lama - 10th January, 2010 |
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He came, he spoke and he enthralled
all! The guests waited with great expectation, much humility and a
lot of hope. Hope to hear the words of peace and progress from one
of the world Greatest Philosophical Thinkers. He did not disappoint
anyone. He even took a question from a child. The audience listened
in rapt attention, while he spoke about tolerance, hope and and about
financial focus on children’s education rather than huge structures
in the name of some religion or another. |
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He spoke about his friendship
with India and how much of Hindu philosophy he has incorporated in
his own teachings. He smiled his usual benevolent smile and all were
won over once again. His Holiness the Dalai Lama did conquer the audience
he was addressing. |
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| In Conversation with Hema Malini - 9th
December, 2009 |
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An epitome of gracefulness, sensuality,
exquisite beauty and glamour, the embodiment of everything dreams
are made of, in fact the unbeaten DREAM GIRL of the Hindi Film Industry,
Hema Malini, met with the Ladies Study Group members on a wonderful,
cool, December morning, at the Terrace Gardens, in Taj Bengal. In
the informal interactive session, Ms Malini appeared both candid and
forthcoming. It was indeed a wonderful experience listening to her
talk about her film career, her role as a politician, her personal
roles as a daughter, wife and mother. |
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| The Meaning of Measure - 9th November,
2009 |
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India is a storehouse of regional
and folk cultures, art forms and crafts. One person, who over the
past three decades, has been trying to highlight India’s vast
cultural diversity through various design projects in different parts
of world, is the well-known champion of indigenous arts and crafts
of our country, Padma Bhushan Awardee, Rajeev Sethi,
Chairman & Founder Trustee, The Asian Heritage Foundation. |
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South Asia’s leading
designer and scenographer, Mr Sethi, spoke about The Meaning of Measure
at a Talk for LSG members. His informative and insightful discourse
supported with a fascinating slide slow of his wonderful installations
was much appreciated by all present. |
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| Art 'n LSG 2009 - 8th October, 2009 |
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Art 'n LSG 2009 was an unique
event turned into a very enjoyable and memorable one by the presence
of the some of Bengal's most outstandingly talented and accomplished
artists. Artists present at this programme included seniors like Ramananda
Bandopadhyay, Lalu Prasad Shaw, Suhas Roy, Subhaprasanna & Sipra
Bhattacharya and younger artists like, Paresh Maity, Ashoke Mullick,
Prasenjit Sengupta, Partha Shaw and Chhatrapati Dutta. |
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The members had a wonderful
time trying their hands at painting while artists helped and encouraged,
sharing their individual styles and techniques. |
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| Nutrition, Ageing and the Deeper Root
of Health - 7th August, 2009 |
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“Ageing, health, and longevity
are all dependant on the accurate and effective communication between
the different parts of the body; the harmonious unification of the
universe inside each of us.” This is the message that Dr Ron
Rosedale, MD from Denver, USA, brought to the members of LSG. |
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Dr Rosedale has brought
together cutting edge science and deep nutritional knowledge, and
formulated diet regimens that are hugely successful. After his talk
Dr Rosedale had to answer countless questions on healthy eating and
diets for chronic diseases. |
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| Spirituality, Sensuality, Society............Today
- 15th July, 2009 |
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According to Padmashri kathak
maestro Shovana Narayan "to be spiritual is to celebrate the
self". From the point of view of her profession it is easy to
see how spirituality and sensuality are related. Vedic teacher and
spiritual musician Lady Shruti Rana too agrees that even in today's
society, spirituality as well as sensuality play a significant role.
It is the balance of the two that helps society thrive. |
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| Javed Akhtar & Alka Yagnik - 16th
June, 2009 |
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Javed Saab began his Talk by pronouncing
that this millennium belonged to women, much to the delight of the
only women audience! In the following interactive session between
Javed Akhtar and Alka Yagnik moderated by documentary film maker Sangita
Dutta both the singer and the poet-lyricist spoke about the hindi
music industry. While Alka sang lines from songs requested by the
audience, Javed Saab recited his own poems and had the audience gleefully
hanging on their words and extempore “performances”. |
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| The Challenge of India - 30th April,
2009 |
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Tarun J Tejpal has been hailed
as one of the "50 leaders at the forefront of change in Asia". He
became famous overnight when Tehelka.com, his online magazine broke
the story about bribery in defence contracts. At present he is the
Editor-in-Chief of Tehelka the weekly newspaper. He is also the much
praised author of two novels, The Alchemy of Desire and The Story
of My Assassins. He spoke in his very erudite manner about The
Challenge of India and had our members engrossed in his analysis
and observation. |
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At the end of his talk
he signed copies of his novels which were on sale at the venue. |
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