Bahrain: Kannada Sangha Celebrates Vasantotsava - 2009
Ronald F D'souza
Daijiworld Media Network – Bahrain (SP)
Bahrain, May 11: Kannada Sangha Bahrain celebrated Vasantotsava – 2009 (Spring festival) on Friday May 8, 2009 at the Bishop Tirinanzi Auditorium, Sacred Heart church compound, Bahrain. The programme started at 6.30 pm.
Austin Santosh, president and Anil Bhasagi, general secretary, welcomed Abdul Ghafoor of Meditech, the title sponsor of the show, John Iype, chairman of C C IA Bahrain and Ajay Kumar, first secretary in the Indian Embassy, to the auditorium. Anil Bhasagi delivered the welcome speech, followed by prayer song rendered by Vijaya Satyanarayana.
Kannada Sangha, which was established in the year 1977, has been portraying Indian culture and heritage in this Island and the Sangha, in recognition of its valuable contributions, was awarded with the Karnataka Rajya Prashasti and Nidisiri award. On this occasion, the committee decided to honour its life members, who have made innumerable contributions to the growth of the Sangha during the past over two decades as its members, often in trying times.
The little children of the Sangha members presented an invocation dance, ‘Krishna Nee Begane Baaro,’ that became an instant hit with the audience. The audience gave a standing ovation to the brilliant kids for their flawless, excellent performance.
Austin Santosh and Anil Bhasagi later accompanied all the dignitaries to the dais, who then proceeded to light the traditional lamp. John Iype, chairman of C C IA Bahrain, appreciated the noble idea of honouring the senior members on this occasion . He compared this touching moment to that of the children honouring their parents for the services rendered to the family. He told the audience, that he wished that this lofty tradition is followed by one and all.
Ajay Kumar of the Indian Embassy, Abdul Ghafoor of Meditech and John Iype were presented with mementoes on the occasion. Sandhya Pai, wife of a member, was also presented with a memento for her outstanding contribution towards the functioning of the Sangha. Ajay Kumar, first secretary in his speech, appreciated the working of the Sangha members as one entity and wished them success in their future programmes.
After the felicitation ceremony, Sangha members performed Bharatnatyam, Naada Geete, Janapada Geete, filmy dance etc. Amaranath Rai, Laxmesh Kotekar and Anil Bhasagi sang solo numbers. A mime show titled ‘Aghochara Shakti’ was also presented by the members. Folk dances ‘Kudi Meese Nan Dhoreye,’ shadow dance ‘Preeti Madhura, Tyaga Amara’ and Hindi filmy dances ‘Jai Ho’ and ‘Jaisi Ghar’ were performed by Sangha Members. The magic show conducted by Varun Hegde was awesome, as every one watched his sleight of hands with bated breath.
Doomanna Rai, Sangha’s entertainment secretary, proposed vote of thanks.
The whole programme was anchored by Vedha Mohan, daughter of one of the Sangha members, A D Mohan. Vedha, after her schooling in the Indian school, did her M A in Mahajana first Grade College Mysore in audio visual communications. At present, she is the associate producer in 94.3 Radio One at Bangalore, the station owned by BBC and the Midday, playing Bollywood music. She also does produce AD’s for sports channels and very soon, she will take up the post as a Radio Jockey. She works as M C for commercial functions and her main hobbies are chess and scrabble.
Daijiworld appreciates her work and wishes her all the best in her future endeavours.
The programme ended at 10.00 pm
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