|
 |
|
Mrs. Vandana Khaitan,
President 2005 - 2006 |
|
|
|
| |
| The grand finale - 25th March 2006 |
|
 |
|
The 25th of March, 2006
was a witness to the three most important events in the LSG Calendar
- At the AGM we bid goodbye to our President Mrs Vnadana Khaitan and
warmly welcomed Mrs Bharti Deveshwar as the President and Mrs Malika
Varma as the new Vice President. Thereafter, the prestigious ladies
Study Group Charitable Trust Award was
given to the Mendaid Association - an
organzation working with and for mentally handicapped children and
youth. The icing on the cake was a talk on Empowerment of
Women by the super talented, award-winning actor and social
activist SHABANA AZMI. She stressed that empowerment
is in on way related to the financial status of a woman, rather her
mental strength and ability to make her life better and more meaningful. |
|
 |
|
| |
| Colors of LSG in the circle of life -
27th February 2006 |
|
 |
|
The first programme of the new
year was held on 27th of February, 2006. A fashion
extravaganza depicting the different facets, colours, moods and phases
of a woman's life. The show was choreographed by Oindrilla
Dutt and the participants were none other than the beautiful
and very sporting ladies of LSG itself. They all walked the ramp in
costumes designed by some of Kolkata
and India's top designers - Komal Sood, Shamlu Dudeja,
Shehashish Bhattacharya and Abhishek Dutta.
Of course, our Past Presidents made this event extra special - they
elegantly sashayed the ramp, dressed in beautiful Mona Pali
originals. |
|
 |
|
| |
| Designer Babies - 16th December 2005 |
|
India’s
best known columnist and author with thirteen chart toppers to her
credit, easily one of the country’s most beautiful women and
one of our most popular cultural icons – Shobhaa De
– addressed LSG on her latest book Spouse : The Truth
About Marriage. Oindrilla, in conversation with Shobhaa weaved
her through the different spheres of her life. |
|
| |
| Funtakshari - 10th November 2005 |
|
 |
|
A programme
purely for the lovely ladies of LSG to let down their hair and have
fun! This quiz-cum-antakshari event was presented by Gaurav
Gupta and his Fast Forward team. Four rounds of quizzing
on movie magic had our members singing and dancing the evening away.
Funtakshari was held on 10th of November, 2005. |
|
| |
| Woman of Steel - Dr. Kiran Bedi - 12th
September 2005 |
|
 |
|
A session
with super cop Dr. Kiran Bedi was held on 12th
of September, 2005. As always, Dr.Kiran Bedi exuded power
and strength even while she spoke. She shared with our audience her
life story – how she followed her dream of joining the police
service in spite of being a woman. She spoke of the trials and tribulations
she faced at first and how she overcame them all through sheer determination
to make-it in a so called “man’s world”. The best
part of her talk however, was the touching stories
she shared about the inmates of the Tihar Jail. |
|
| |
| Success Story - Kiran Mazumdar Shaw -
3rd September 2005 |
|
 |
|
LSG’s
first programme of September held on 3rd of September, 2005
was a passionate talk by a very enterprising woman, one whom
India is very proud of, biotech entrepreneur and CEO of Boicon India
Group, Ms Kiran Mazumder shaw. She shared with our
members her journey from being educated in Melbourne University (Australia)
– specializing in malting and brewing technology to finally
following her dream and staring an individual enzyme company –
Biocon India, at the early age of 25. Kiran spoke of the year
of hard work she put in and of course the support and dedication of
her team that has helped in the growth and diversification of the
company. She urged our members to use information of her team Internet
to become better informed about new generation medicine and medical
practices. |
|
| |
| Buying Art : Pleasure or Investment -
24th August 2005 |
|
This
event held on 24th of August, 2005 at the newly inaugurated
Gallery Sanskriti saw the coming together of a very distinguished
panel of speakers – the extremely senior and highly respected
artist Mr Paritosh Sen; Senior Restorer, Victoria
Memorial and Director of Gallery 88 Mr Arun Ghosh
and Mr Avijit Majumder, an industrialist and a passionate
collector of art for over three decades. Moderating this panel was
art historian and Professor in History – Prof Tapati
Guha Thakurta. |
|
| |
| The Changing face of Indian Media - 26th
July 2005 |
|
 |
|
Well
known media personality, Rajdeep Sardesai was the
guest speaker at the LSG event held on 26th of July, 2005.
This outstanding journalist, probably best known as the moderator
for the popular show titled “The Big Fight”, captivated
our audience with his story. He spoke about how he started his career
and his dream to be part of a new journalist-driven channel. Mr Sardesai
spoke about good journalism and how the Indian media has changed over
the decades and where it’s headed in the years to come. |
|
| |
| Bollywood Tollywood - 15th July 2005 |
|
 |
|
The afternoon
of 15th of July, 2005 was witness to an informal
yet very candid interaction between our members and two of the most
talked about names in Indian cinema today – the very talented
Konkona Sen Sharma and ace director Rituparno
ghosh. Konkana and rituparno spoke about their recent successes
and forthcoming assignments. They also discussed the past present
and future of cinema. |
|
| |
| Flury's factory Visit - 6th July 2005 |
|
Close
on the heels of the look-good, feel-good programme, was one on good
food – A visit to the Flury’s factory,
on 6th of July, 2005. The members of LSG were given
a conducted tour through the renovated Flury’s factory by none
other than ace chef Shaun Kenworthy. The ladies witnessed
first-hand how those sinfully rich, mouth-watering treats are whipped
up on a daily basis. The chef and his team also conducted demos and
answered culinary queries. |
|
| |
| Skincare - 24th June 2005 |
|
The
next programme of the year was on Skincare, a topic that is close
to every woman’s heart. This event was held on 24th
of June, 2005, in association with Kaya Skin Clinic.
It was an informative session wherein an expert dermatologist along
with his team, talked about skincare and anti-aging therapies. They
also performed demo skin treatments using a one-of-its-kind machine
in India. |
|
| |
| Woman - Reel and Real - 3rd May 2005 |
|
LSG’s
first programme held on 3rd of May, 2005, had the
very talented, versatile and award winning actress Rohini
Hattangady in conversation with well known theatre personality
Renu Roy. Rohini spoke candidly about her life and
her work in theatre, films and television. To date, Rohini Hattangady
is the only Asian to get the coveted BAFTA (British Academy of Films
and Television Arts) Award for the best supporting actress for her
role in Gandhi. She spoke at length about her experiences during the
shooting of this film. |
|
| |
| |
|
