Support GSB sports as you enjoy IPL match

The Indian Premier League 20-20 matches have changed the face of cricket forever. More speed... more aggression... more controversies...and... sold out tickets!

Coming back to our Samaaj, the grass is much greener with cricketers like Ravi Gadiyar and the GSB Sabha, Mumbai (Matunga Kreeda Mandir) managing cricket coaching to our youngsters every vacation since a very long time. (we will cover more about this soon.. for details of the next camp you may write to feedback@radioidli.net). We hope to see the next round of Tendulkars and Dhonis rolled out of our own GSB banners!

The IPL tickets are all sold out. However, If you are a cricket fan and wish to watch the match with one more close friend of yours.. Ravi-anna has for us.. TWO TICKETS ONLY ... each for the following matches:

Venue for all matches: DY Patil stadium Nerul, Navi Mumbai

Match Schedule:

4th may @ 8 pm Mumbai v/s Delhi

7th may @ 8 pm Mumbai v/s Rajasthan

14th may @ 8 pm Mumbai v/s Chennai

16th may @ 8 pm Mumbai v/s Kolkatta

The tickets are priced at Rs. 500/- each. The proceeds of this would go to G S B Sports Club Donors account. You would be issued a receipt for the same.


Only two unbooked tickets in the whole stadium...Served first come first! Hurry..

You may write back to feedback@radioidli.net.. Or call me on (0)9322251829

Two Great Kamath's - K. V. Kamath and Kiran Kamath.

Friends, in this issue we continue to bring the coverage of Shri K. V. Kamathmaam's felicitation programme, as its video gets edited and uploaded.

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Videos of K. V. Kamathmaam's felicitation programme

The playlist below carries two videos:

1) Swagat geet by Shri Kiran Kamath (its got three Raagas.. Vrindavani Sarang, Shuddha Sarang and Malhar)
(click here if you are not able to see the video above)




2)A one minute message to our youngsters by Shri K. V. Kamath .. an exclusive for Radio Idli. (Click here if you are unable to see the video)



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GSB Sabha Mumbai, Matunga, celebrated their New Hindu year get together yesterday
Radio Idli was exclusively invited here with their kind courtesy extended.
The talent show with some really talented youngster's giving a variety performance, and the proceedings of the event would be soon posted.. Do watch out..

Stay tuned.. stay beautiful forever :-)

Padma Bhushan Shri K. V. Kamath Felicitated by Shrimad Sudhindra Teertha Swamiji

April 3, 2008 Matunga, Mumbai

Shared in this post are Two photograph albums - Of the event, and some memorable behind-the-scenes moments :-)

Photographs of the event:

Click Here for a fullscreen slide show


The behind the scenes moment are a bit guarded to view it you need to click here

Brief Report:

Gawd Saraswat bandhavas from all over Mumbai gathered at the "Krida Mandir" grounds, The same place where the famous GSB Seva Mandal Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations are held. Our community members came together to honour Shri K. V. Kamath, who was recently confered the Padma Bhushan by the Indian Government. The occassion was starstudded with Dignitaries like Mr. Venugopal Dhoot of Videocon, Mr. D. N. Chaturvedi, one of the Key people in the making of the
Reliance group, Shri M. V. Nair, CMD of Union Bank.

Musical Start:
The event began with a beautiful Swagat Geet sung by Shri Kiran Kamath. The gifted composer of the song, Shri Santosh (Madhav) Kudva, who humbly maintains the credit of the composition to the Lord, accompanied on the Tabla.

Speakers:
Some of the key speakers of the event were achievers and seniors from our samaaj, Shri G. Arvind Rao, Chairman of the Evergreen Group of companies; Shri M. V. Kini, Senior and accomplished Legal Professional; and
Shri K. Ramachandra Kamath, Executive Director of Bank Of India, who also narrated the honouring Citation to Shri K V. Kamath.

KamathMaam's Speech:(video/ audio would be posted soon after editing and upload)
KamathMaam stressed on the need for continuous thirst for knowledge and learning in our lives, which empowers each of us to contribute better to the world. Having said this about learning, he also mentioned that in today's dynamic scenario, professionals and businessmen turn obsolete as the year ends. Further, it is essential for them to unlearn few things and update them with new knowledge that will keep them afloat in the coming year.

KamathMaam's speech reflected the importance of teamwork when he dedicated all his achievements back to his team at ICICI.

Reflecting those words of team work back to our small project here - Radio Idli. As readers, as
performers, as bloggers we are a part of an active online Samaaj which is caring enough to share its celebrations and
content across with brethern across the world. I would like to take this opportunity to applaud the entire team which includes You -- our listener :-)

Shrimad Sudhindra Teertha Swamiji gave a divine Ashirwachan blessing Kamathmaam and the samaaj. I would be sharing the video of the same soon.

Happy Ugadi, Happy Gudi Padwa and a joyfilled Samvatsara ahead to all of you!

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Wish you all a very Happy Yugadi and a Prosperous New Samvatsara. Radio Idli wishes its active members Sooraj Kamath and Ashwin Kini a very Joyous Engaged Life and look forward to wishing them a very happy Married life soon!
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Two Great GSBs - Whistling Melody and Whistle-blowing Journalism

Part 1>> Whistleblowing 1 - Whistling Melodies - Rajesh Koppikar

Radio idli takes the pleasure of inviting into its family, Shri Rajesh Koppikar, an artist with a unique gift. His video channel on Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/chirchiri) has 245 songs and is lined up with farmaish's (song requests)!

Rajesh will be most glad to have your Farmaish too!! So do write or comment back.

Hear his songs below.. if you have a request kindly leave behind a comment here. You may also write to feedback@radioidli.net.

Click here If you are unable to see the videos below



Rajesh's Profile:

Rajesh Koppikar is an Atlanta resident & lives in Alpharetta with his wife, Jayashree. They've been here since June 2000. Rajesh works for Siemens Energy & Automation Inc. as Principal Project Manager. He's been with Siemens for more than 20 years and has worked in India, Germany & USA in various positions. Rajesh has an unusual hobby and that is "whistling". He started whistling since his childhood days and has mastered the art step by step. Whistling Hindi film songs is his forte but has whistled various Marathi & English songs too. Since March 2007, Rajesh found YouTube to be a great medium for sharing his whistling videos with rest of the world and has received an overwhelming response. Over the past one year, he has uploaded over 260 videos that have been viewed over 100,000 times worldwide. Going by the comments & star ratings that viewers have given to his videos, he seems to be doing a very good job of popularizing whistling as a performing art form.

Rajesh is also the current President of Konkani Association of Georgia (KAOG - www.kaoga.org) and has produced, directed and acted in Konkani plays staged in Atlanta. One of the three-act plays "Baayil Jaayi Baayil" was also staged in Hamilton, Canada during the 2006 Konkani Sammelan and was a big hit.

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Part 2>> Whistleblowing 2 - Pristine Journalism - Mahesh Prabhu
http://indiamahesh.wordpress.com/ (blog of Mahesh's editorials and writings)

From the US we now fly back to our hometown, Where we have Mahesh Prabhu joining the Radio Idli family as a great support. Mahesh, unlike most youngsters stayed away from the flare of flying abroad. After holding responsible positions in MNCs, Mahesh finally decided to pursue his passion as a career - Writing. He works as the Editor-in-chief of a Monthly Magazine - Aseema - Journal of National Resurgence. Noted journalists of varied opinions like Mr. M J Akbar, Shri MV Kamath and Mr. Tarun Vijay (editor of RSS publication - Panchajanya) find themselves comfortable voicing it together in this publication.

Whistleblowing?.. Yes but not always pleasing melodies, but the awakening drumbeats....
Mahesh has been instrumental in reporting about the insult to great legends like Shri M. V. Kamath by our authorities. He was the first one to write candidly about the ouster of M. J. Akbar as the editor of Deccan Chronicle and Asian Age owing to pressures from the high command of our country. While other media was busy covering glamour, sensation and paid for content, Its only Journalists of the likes of Mahesh who form the surviving hope of credible journalism in our country.

Must Reads of Mahesh -
1) Mahesh's report on Shri M V Kamath - "Is this the way to treat a legend?".
2) Is the decline of the Fourth Estate here and happening?


Please click on the "Older Posts " button to see some great Saraswat content from the past.

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Coming up soon... Balachandra Casts a spell through Radio Idli's first concert in Mumbai

Watch the Photographs right here (click)

Recordings will follow soon!

Stay Tuned and Stay Forever Beautiful!, Nagesh@radioidli.net
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Bantwal Teru - Courtesy Dr. Kiran Baliga

Dr. Kiran Baliga provides all of us a pilgrimage to Bantwal Teru (chariot festival). This comes closely after the coverage of Mangalore teru by Kudpi Rajanikanth Shenoy, Nithin Rao and Prakash Kamath.

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" As per reliable sources, Budding Star Balachandra Prabhu has just left Hubli for his show in Mumbai.. He would be performing live on the 21st of March, and everybody's cordially invited.
For details check: http://amgelobala.googlepages.com/

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Dr. Baliga shares with us some video clips viewable in the widget below.. and a photograph slideshow.



Click here for the album

Click here for the full screen slideshow