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Brigade Gardenia Community Newsletter
Volume 1 / Sep 08
Introducing Spandan In this Issue
"Spandan", meaning resonance, vibration is our first in-house newsletter
to reflect the vibrations & resonance of this thriving community of Brigade
Gardenia. The concept of the newsletter has been on our mind for
sometime now, and with a thriving community like ours, with number of
families staying here from different culture, different state, and with
different knowledge and experience; what better could bring about the
best from all of us; is a Newsletter "Spandan".
Know Your Campus
Get Noticed
Campus Kichdi
Community Kitchen
Page 3
FunXone
Kids Corner
Join the Team
Featured Article – Get Noticed!!
Festival Windup!!
Straight from the Handi!!
Campus Kichidi
Know Your Campus
Page 3
Independence Day &
Annual Day Celebrations at Gardenia
Know about your campus from Arun
Bagchi. This issue we feature Sewage
Treatment Plant’s (STP) of Gardenia
Sunil Upadhaya, our Honorable secretary of
Gardenia, shares his experiences, of life and his
stay at Gardenia. We may have seen him always
smiling and participating at every Gardenia event,
and spending time at the association to make our
stay at Gardenia a pleasant one. Let us take this
opportunity to know him personally.
Our resident Arghaya Palit, take you through the land of Biriyani and provides
us with his submission on two “Rasoi’s” of biriyani cooking, the Mughlai & the
Hyderabadi. Read On
The months of festivals are here and, we make an attempt to capture the
festivals over two issues of Spandan, and provide the relevance of these in
our lives …
Kids Corner
Know about “How Bright is a Stars?”
Make your own Fun tumbling Toy!!
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Introducing "Spandan"
"Spandan", meaning resonance or vibration; is our
first in-house quarterly newsletter to reflect the
vibrations & resonance of this thriving community of
Brigade Gardenia. The concept of the newsletter has
been on our mind for sometime now, and with a
thriving community like ours, with number of families
staying here from different culture, state, and with
different knowledge and experience; what better
could bring about the best from all of us; is a
Newsletter "Spandan".
We aim to use this newsletter a medium of
communication, knowledge sharing, in turn enabling
a community knowledge management initiative
which in turn helps us to build a society, empowered
together to make Gardenia a better place to live in.
With our first edition, we have categorized our
sections we feel relevant to this news letter and
Spandan in whole. Through this newsletter we need
to know the campus well, only knowing about what it
has to offer is not enough, we also need to know and
sensitize the machine and people dependency we
have to run the campus, "Know your Campus", will
take you through a journey of our Machines,
dependencies, do's and dont's and create an
opportunity to know how we run and encourage
suggestions to run better.
India, the land of varied cultures and traditions is a
land of festivals and fairs. It is a land of festivity -
religious as well as folkloristic. Whether we go to the
East or the West, North or the South we would be
able to enjoy every month a festival or a fair. We have
a campus, representing all parts of the country, what
best but a "Campus Kichdi" to capture those
moments.
As we have different culture and community within
Gardenia, we have people, with varied knowledge
and experience. We would like to know them, and
thus we have"Page3" to capture them!! When Page3
is for adults, we cannot miss the children and we have
"Kids Corner" dedicated to them. We promote the
creative juices to flow, and encourage children’s to
manage this section and get noticed.
Make us laugh with your jokes, riddles and puzzles at
the "FunXone". Let the Foodies and Chefs @
Gardenia unearth the secret recipes and post them
on our "Community Kitchen".
We encourage Reviews on movies, music and books,
to be posted for the community to make a choice at
the "A Closer Look" section. We also invite featured
articles of general interest, and experiences on
our "Get Noticed" section.
Finally, this may be a brainchild of few good men, but
is not possible to be a huge success without
you "Joining us". We invite sub editors, volunteers,
articles and support to make this a huge success.
Please participate and make this a success.
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Know your Campus
Sewage Treatment Plant
B y A r u n B a g c h i A - 1 4 1 0
Liquid wastes coming out of any industry or
community are to be treated before discharging into
the environment. The nature and extent of pollution
varies widely from one industry to another. Water
pollution control methods are designed essentially to
maintain the quality of the receiving bodies of water
and to enable reuse of treated effluents for specific
purposes. To this end, statutory laws have been
enacted and control boards set up to monitor and
compel the polluting industries and organizations to
treat their liquid wastes to acceptable standards.
Methodology of waste water treatment varies with
the extent of pollution and the objectives. In general,
the removal of contaminants is brought about by
chemical and / or biological reactions, to provide
what is known as primary, secondary and tertiary
treatment. In primary treatment, physical operations
such as screening and sedimentation are used to
remove the floating and settle able solids. In
secondary treatment, biological and chemical
processes are used to remove most of the organic
matter. In tertiary treatment, additional processes
are used to remove other constituents such as
phosphorous and nitrogen for reuse.
Brigade Gardenia is a zero discharge campus, which
implies that no effluents other than run off rainwater
are discharged beyond our boundary walls. Two nos.
Sewage Treatment Plants, each of 225KLD have been
provided to treat the sewage and other effluents. The
treated water is fed into the open well inside the
campus and is reused for our landscaping purposes.
The STPs in Brigade Gardenia are designed to achieve
the following parameters, in an Extended Aeration
Activated Sludge System followed by tertiary
treatment to render the treated wastewater fit for
landscaping
BOD (Biochemical / Biological Oxygen Demand): Less
than 20 mg/litre.
TSS (Suspended Solids): Less than 30 mg/litre.
COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand): 100 mg/litre.
pH: 6.5 to 7.5
Raw effluent can be pumped from STP-1 to STP-2 for
treatment thereby enabling operation of both the
STPs intermittently. Clearance for Operation (CFO) is
obtained from Karnataka State Pollution Control
Board annually.
To know more on STP, download the technical
document from the file section of our website.
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Get Noticed!!
Straight from the Handi!!
B y A r g h a y a P a l i t A - 1 2 0 9
I was born and brought up in Kolkata but my roots lies
in Lucknow & having spent a greater part of my
childhood in this city of minnarets, azans, tehzeeb –
and more important of mughlai cuisine & the
dumpukht, I have naturally become snobbishly
contemptuous to what other Indian cities had to offer
in terms of ambiance & culinary delicacies. Trips to
various region in the country had further reinforced
what I had known all along – namely, that the all
round flavor of Lucknow was par excellence. But all
that was before I came to Hyderabad. Once I was
here I realized that finally I was in a city which could
give my ol' home town a run for its money.
At a first glance, Lucknow & Hyderabad have many
things in common. The respective muslim ruler of
both the cities have left their marks indelibly on the
skyline, and though students of ancient architecture
would shudder if I compare the Imambara & Baradari
of Wajid Ali Shah to the Charminar & Falaknama
palace of the Nizams, they both evoke a nostalgia of a
glory past that India may never experience again. The
mosques, minnarets, narrow bylanes, the sonoric call
to the evening namaz , with the sun setting behind
the gumbaj's wouldn't know whether you are in
Hyderabad or Lucknow.
But I am rambling. History & architecture are not my
fortes – good food is. And here, too, the similarities
are striking. The roadside eating joints look quite
similar in both the cities – the large blackend metal
pots of biriyani, the skewered chickens the sheek
kebabs – all look the same. But mughlai & nizami food
tastes poles apart. You need to taste both to realize
this – and since I am exquisitely qualified in that
respect, I will henceforth give you my free & frank
appraisal of the comparative merits of the two type
of cuisine. I must point out however that views
expressed below are those of my taste-buds alone.
Firstly, no self respecting Lucknowite would ever
invite you to dinner & serve chicken – mughlai dishes
are ideally prepared of mutton. Hyderabad on the
other hand sits of the richest hatchery belt of the
country, and nearly all ceremonial dishes have
chicken as their base. Infact, the Hyderabadi fashion
statement of the topping a plate of biriyani with
boiled eggs will not find many takers in Lucknow –
chicken biriyani is considered second-grade fare
there!!
The taste of the two schools of biriyani are also poles
apart. Bay leaves are an important ingredient of the
biriyani in this city – I was thrilled to learn that the
leaves are actually called “biriyani patti”here but not
in Lucknow. The Lucknavi biriyani is spicy, oily and
resplendent with keora water & food colors. It is a
meal in itself, and has no accompaniments other than
the sour “raita”. The Hyderabadi biriyani, on the
other hand, is less oily, gentler on your taste buds,
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and unlike a Lucknow meal, does not necessitate
anta-acids after dinner. There are more options
regarding accompaniments, too, one of them being
the “salan”- prepared of brinjal & chillies – thats is
served along with the biriyani. The meat
accompanying the biriyani is bland, thus not
interfering with the flavour of the biriyani per se.
Personally speaking, Hyderabad gets my enthusiastic
vote in the biriyani category.
Kebabs, however , are a different ball game. Even the
best selling joints in Hyderabad do not offer you
much variety in kebabs. Lucknow on the other hand
has an awesome 64 possible types of kebabs, and I
have not yet tasted shaami kebab here like they used
to make back home. Probably the predilection to
mutton explains this superiority – you just cannot
have good kebabs without good mutton. At the polls
Lucknow defiantly gets my Kebab vote.
Regarding breads, the honor are even. Lucknavi
rumali roti's are better, while Hyderabad scores on
the tandoori roti segment. Naan's are comparable,
and the multi layered paratha is prepared the exactly
the same way and tastes the samein both cities.
As far as various chicken preparations, the scores are
again probably tied. Personal opinions would play a
much greater role here, though Lucknow's kali mirch
chicken & dumpukht, and Hyderabad's Nahari &
chicken 65 probably have no counterparts in the rival
camp.
Finally, the dessert. The much talked about Lucknavi
“Zarda Pulav” is actually quite bland, not that you
really need do develop a taste for it to enjoy it. The
“khubani ka meetha” here on the other hand, is
absolutely divine, and the guy who had first thought
of adding a dash of vanilla ice cream to it should
receive some kind of civilian honor.
A last word of advice to all ye who have recently
landed in this city – the Hyderabadi penchant for
green chilies is worth watching out for. Go easy on
the gravies till you are used to fire within. And till that
time it may be prudent to condition your tounge over
“Mirchi-Bhajjies” & order chilli-less food even though
that is hardly suited for weak stomachs
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Festival Wind up!!
Janmashtami
Janmashtami or Gokulashtami as it is popularly
known in North India, is a festival full of joy and
gaiety. It celebrates with great pomp and show, the
birth of Lord Krishna who was born more than 5000
years ago in the 28th year of Dwapur Yug. It is one of
the most celebrated festivals for Hindus not only in
India but also, all over the world. Janmashtami is
about the joy, people all over the world feel for their
beloved Lord Krishna.
The Janmashtami of Mathura and Vrindavan, the
places where Lord Krishna had spent his childhood,
are famous all over the world. Devotees from across
the world come to these pious places to celebrate
Janmasthami. On this auspicious occasion, temples
and homes are beautifully decorated and illuminated.
Night long prayers are offered and religious hymns
are sung in temples. The priests chant holy mantras
and bath the idol with Panchamrit which comprises of
Gangajal (water from the holy Ganges River), milk,
ghee (clarified butter), curd, and honey pouring all
these from a conch shell. After this bath the idol of
the infant Krishna (also known as Balmukund) is
placed in a cradle. Devotional songs and dances mark
the celebration of this festive occasion all over
Northern India.
Janmaashtami, popularly known in Mumbai and
Pune as Dahi Handi is celebrated with enormous zeal
and enthusiasm. Various Handis are set up locally in
several parts of the city, and groups of youngsters,
called Govinda, travel around in trucks trying to break
as many handis as possible during the day.
Many such Govinda Pathaks compete with each
other, especially for the handis that dole out hefty
rewards. The event, in recent times, has gathered a
political flavor, and it is not uncommon for political
parties, and rich community groups to offer prizes
amounting to lakhs of rupees.
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Ganesh Chaturthi
Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated on the 4th day of the
bright half of Bhadrapad. This festival marks the
birthday of Lord Ganesh. Lord Ganesha or Ganpati is
one of the most popular deities in the Hindu religion.
It is worshipped by both Shaivites and Vaishnavites.
Even Buddhists and Jains have faith for Ganpati. He is
considered to be an avatar of both Shiva and Vishnu.
On the occasion of the Ganapati festival, a large
number of idols are made of clay or metal in all
possible sizes; sometimes even up to twenty feet.
People buy idols of Lord Ganesha and install them in
their houses and worship the idol for one to ten days,
after which the idols are taken out ceremoniously,
through the streets of the town (especially in
Maharashtra) and immersed into the river, sea or
well.
According to the legend, Lord Shiva, the Hindu God of
resolution, was away meditating on Mount Kailash.
His wife Parvati, wanted to bathe and having no-one
to guard the door to her house, conceived of the idea
of creating a son who could guard her. Parvati
created Ganesha out of the sandalwood paste that
she used for her bath and breathed life into the
figure. She then set him to stand guard at her door
and instructed him not to let anyone enter. Parvati
had the power to guard herself but she wanted to
take a long relaxing bath and knowing that someone
would come to bother her she would create a power
that could handle the most impatient (Ganesha).
Gardenia residents took initiative in celebrating
Ganesh Chaturthi at the BMS Hall of Golden Magic.
The celebrations were marked with Sthapna of Lord
Ganesh on 3rd
Sept, and every morning & evening,
residents offered their prayers and aarti. The ladies at
Gardenia, took the initiatives of preparing Ganeshji’s
favourite “Modhaks”, and delicious prasadam. Every
evening we had Bhajans and it was a great to see
residents actively participating in the celebrations.
We had the visarjan on 6th
and it was marked with
some cultural programs in the afternoon and visarjan
in the evening. Lord Ganesh, departed to the uproar
of “Ganapathi Bappa Mouruya” with a promise to be
back next year.
Photographs courtesy Ashok Krishnarao B912
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Onam
Onam is the biggest festival in the Indian state of
Kerala. Onam Festival falls during the Malayali month
of Chingam (Aug - Sep) and marks the homecoming of
legendary King Mahabali. Carnival of Onam lasts for
ten days and brings out the best of Kerala culture and
tradition. Intricately decorated Pookalam, ambrosial
Onasadya, breathtaking Snake Boat Race and exotic
Kaikottikali dance are some of the most remarkable
features of Onam - the harvest festival in Kerala.
Story goes that during the reign of mighty asura
(demon) king, Mahabali, Kerala witnessed its golden
era. Every body in the state was happy and
prosperous and king was highly regarded by his
subjects. Apart from all his virtues, Mahabali had one
shortcoming. He was egoistic. This weakness in
Mahabali's character was utilized by Gods to bring an
end to his reign as they felt challenged by Mahabali's
growing popularity. However, for all the good deed
done by Mahabali, God granted him a boon that he
could annually visit his people with whom he was so
attached.
It is this visit of Mahabali that is celebrated as Onam
every year. People make all efforts to celebrate the
festival in a grand way and impress upon their dear
King that they are happy and wish him well.
Pookalam is an intricate and colourful arrangement of
flowers laid on the floor. Tradition of decorating
Pookalam is extremely popular in Kerala and is
followed as a ritual in every household during ten-
day-long Onam celebrations.
'Pookhalam' consists of two words, 'poov' meaning
flower and 'kalam' means colour sketches on the
ground. It is considered auspicious to prepare
Pookalam, also known as 'Aththa-Poo' during the
festival of Onam.
People believe the spirit of their dear King Mahabali
visits Kerala at the time of Onam. Besides making
several other arrangements, people, especially
adolescent girls prepare elaborate Pookalams to
welcome their most loved King.
Our Club “Augusta” had organized Poolakam, flower
decoration competition on 10th
Sep. It was
encouraging to see the community ladies participate
in the competition, and gave us a treat for our eyes to
see some impressive flower decoration. A glimpse of
the same is provided.
Photographs courtesy Ashok Krishnarao B912
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Campus Kichdi!!
Independence Day & Annual Day Celebrations @ Gardenia
Independence day this year, was celebrated with lot
of enthusiasm at Gardenia, with the flag hosting
ceremony in the morning, Our residents took active
participation in hosting the national flag followed
with the national anthem, so show our solidarity
towards this beautiful country.
The kids at Gardenia were a delight to watch. The
younger ones came out with their parents and grand
parents to see probably one of their first flag hosting
ceremony, while the older ones, sang some patriotic
songs, and reminded us of all the martyrs who gave
their lives to lay the foundation to our Independence
Indian Independence Day has a special relevance to
Brigade Gardenia. It also marks the foundation day of
BGAOA, a year back, and thus has a special
celebration for the residents of this community. This
year, the Independence Day being on a Friday, gave
us an opportunity to have a long weekend, and thus
we postponed our annual day celebration to the
following weekend in interest of the community at
large.
Our C&S (Culture & Sports) committee and the
volunteers put in their hard work to come out with a
grand celebration and variety of cultural program to
entertain the residents. The residents responded to
this celebration with lot of enthusiasm and came out
in full strength to be an audience to this Cultural
Celebrations. If you have been there, the people
climbed the trees to have a gallery view of this
Magnum Opus.
The unity and vibrations of this campus was
showcased in a 3 hour program schedule with
participation from the tiny tots of gardenia, to the
professional performers of this community. Be it
poetry, folk dance to regional songs, enactment of
Panchatantra stories, rock band of gardenia, kids
dancing to the spirit of the nation, individual & group
performance by the residents, all were welcomed and
applauded by the audience to boost their enthusiasm
and appreciate their creative best.
The extravaganza continued till noon, which
concluded with the community lunch which was
organized by the C&S Committee. We ended the
Annual Day celebration with the promise to come
back next year, with more fun and more
performances to celebrate the spirit of Brigade
Gardenia.
Photographs courtesy Ashok Krishnarao B912
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Kid’s Corner
How "Bright" is a Star? Contributed by S. Parthasarathy E – 501
There are two ways to answer the question of how
bright a star is quantitatively:
Intrinsic Luminosity:
Measures the Total Energy Output by the star in
Watts
Distance Independent (it is a physical property of the
star itself)
Apparent Brightness: Measures how bright the star appears to be as seen
from a distance.
Depends on the distance to the star
Inverse Square Law of Brightness
The Apparent Brightness of a source is a consequence
of geometry. As light rays emerge from a source, they
spread out in area:
Expressed mathematically:
In words:
The Apparent Brightness (B) of a source is inversely
proportional to the square of its distance (d):
Implications:
For a light source of a given Luminosity.
Closer = Brighter
Move 2x closer to a light source
It will appear 22=4 times brighter.
Farther = Fainter
Move 2x further away from a light source
It will appear 22=4 times fainter
Apparent Brightness of Stars
How bright a star appears to be will depend upon:
• How bright it is physically (Luminosity)
• How far away it is (Distance).
These are related through the inverse square law of
brightness described above.
Brightness-Luminosity Relationship:
This relates the Apparent Brightness of a star (or
other light source) to its Luminosity (Intrinsic
Brightness) through the Inverse Square Law of
Brightness:
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At a particular Luminosity, the more distant an object
is, the fainter its apparent brightness becomes as the
square of the distance.
Appearances can be deceiving...
Does a star look "bright" because
• it is intrinsically very luminous?
• it is intrinsically faint but located nearby?
To know for sure, you must know either
• the distance to the star, or
• some other, distance-independent property
of the star that clues you in.
Measuring Apparent Brightness
The process of measuring the apparent brightnesses
of objects is called Photometry.
Two ways to express apparent brightness:
1. Stellar Magnitudes
2. Absolute Fluxes (energy per second per
area)
Both are used interchangeably by astronomers.
Magnitude System
Traditional system dating from classical times,
invented by Hipparchus of Nicaea, c. 300BC.
Rank stars into "magitudes": 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc., as
follows:
• 1st magnitude stars are brightest stars,
• 2nd magnitude stars are the second
brightest,
• and so forth...
• The faintest stars visible to the naked eye
are 6th magnitude.
As originally applied by Hipparcus and others, this
was a qualitative ranking, as they had no reasonable
means of independently measuring bright nesses
other than comparing them by-eye to other stars in
the sky.
Magnitudes defined this way are measures of the
relative bright nesses of stars.
Modern Magnitude System
The modern system of magnitudes defines them as
follows:
• 5 steps of magnitude = factor of 100 in
brightness
• Bigger magnitude = fainter star.
• The standard of brightness is the star Vega
(0th magnitude)
Examples:
• 10th mag star is 100x fainter than a 5th mag star.
• 20th mag star is 10,000x fainter than a 10th mag
star.
• Faintest stars measured this far are ~30th
magnitude.
Magnitudes are computationally very convenient to
use, but the are somewhat obtusely defined (it is
backwards: larger magnitudes = fainter stars).
Unlike the qualitative system of Hipparchus, the
modern magnitude system defines the standard of
brightness as the bright star Vega (brightest star in
the summer constellation of Lyra), and precisely
defines the interval of magnitude. This quantification
was done in the 19th century and refined throughout
the 20th century.
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Flux Photometry
Count the photons received from a star using a light-
sensitive detector:
• Photographic Plates (old-school: 1880s to
1960s)
• Photoelectric Photometer (photomultiplier
tube: 1930s to 1990s)
• Solid State Detector (e.g., photodiodes or
CCDs)
We now use solid-state detectors like CCDs and
similar technologies (with very rare exceptions), as
these detectors are far more sensitive and stable than
any previous technology.
Calibrate the detector by observing a set of "Standard
Stars" of known brightness.
Measuring Luminosity
To measure the Luminosity of a star you need 2
measurements:
the Apparent Brightness (flux) measured via
photometry, and the Distance to the star measured in
some way
Together with the inverse square law of brightness,
you can compute the Luminosity as
The biggest source of difficulty, as usual in
Astronomy, is measuring the distance accurately...
Practical Issues
In practice, we can use sensitive electronic
instruments and photometry to measure the
apparent bright nesses of many hundreds of millions
of stars.
But, we have good distances (parallaxes) for only
about 100,000 stars.
• Only that number of stars have direct estimates
of their Luminosities.
• Since Luminosity depends on distance squared,
small errors in distance are effectively doubled
(a 10% distance gives a 20% luminosity).
Luminosity is an important quantity for
understanding how stars work, and measuring it with
accuracy is still a practical issue even in 21st-century
astronomy.
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Page 3!!
Sunil Upadhaya
Spandan team invited Mr. Sunil Upadhaya, our
honorable secretary and his family to feature on our
1st
edition of Spandan. It was a pleasure having him
and we thanked him for time for us to interview him,
and his selfless contribution to the upkeep of
Gardenia.
Sunil hails from Dakshin Karnataka popularly known
as Mangalore; he said that his roots are all over, as he
was born in Mysore, education in Mumbai &
Dharwad, started his career in Mumbai and now in
settled in Bangalore since 2002. After completing his
BSc in Physics, and a degree in Electronics &
Communication, he joined Hindustan Brown Boveri,
now known as ABB Ltd. I have had the opportunity to
work in various functions in the organization and now
I am the Asst. Vice President and Regional Head -Sales
and Marketing for Automation Products, covering
Region South.
We asked Sunil about his family, and Sunil claims that
his and his family’s source of strength is his better
half Surekha, who is a home maker and a mother of 2
beautiful daughters Sunayana and Sukshma. Surekha
conducts painting classes in Gardenia for kids and is
an active member of the C&S and Landscaping
Committee.
Sunayana and Sukshma go to Carmel Convent and
both are good artist just like their mother. Infact
Sunanya has won lot of awards and appreciation in
drawing competition.
Taking Sunil back to his school & college days,
brought up a twinkling smile on him. He said, he
spent his childhood in the suburb of Mumbai, at
Ghatkopar. At school he was amongst the good
students and he started developing his leadership
qualities, being a cabinet leader at school.
Four years of Engineering at Dharwad was very
memorable, for Sunil as he was exposed to a different
kind of lifestyle, after facing the hustle bustle life in
Mumbai. Also life at Hostel brought in more maturity
and gave hi the strength to face life without
depending on anyone.
Sunil’s source of inspiration in taking the lead in social
and cultural activity was his parents. He has grown up
seeing them doing and thus he claims is to “Run in
the Family” He says “It was nice to be a part of the
organizing team for cultural activity and take
responsibility for organizing study tours. This probably
has helped me too in later part of my career, as I still
enjoy doing it at BG and my Office”.
Sunil has a passion for Comics. They are his favourite
pastime. He ensures that he has reading material,
with him when ever he is travelling. Stamps and
collecting them has been another hobby which he
cherishes even today. He has a good collection of
stamps of Independent India and hereafter. Old Hindi
music has been his passion, and he ensures he keeps
up to it. Sunil nostalgically says “During Childhood we
have time but no money to chase our hobbies and as
we grow we have no time to pursue them.” I guess
that the irony of Life!!
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Sunil cherishes south Indian dishes, and claims
himself to me a pucca south india, He loves and has a
taste bud for Gujarati cuisine, and looks forward to
his Gujarati friends to invite him for a sumptuous
meal.
Sunil & Surekha take their social life seriously and
they love and enjoy their social commitments. Sunil
goes on to explain, like work, in social and cultural
activity, he does not believe in “chalta hai attitude”,
they both like to take their roles seriously, plan and
execute well.
Sunil remembers, for the time they entered Gardenia
to live here, they started their cultural journey. They
participated at the Dandia Raas. He also remembers
that when he use to follow up on the construction
progress, he use to feel “how it would be to lead this
big complex “. Today he thanks all the residents and
managing committee for electing him as the
Secretary of the complex. He goes on to say, that he
is fortunate to have such excellent team, with the
right mix of experience and youth. Sunil, we are
fortunate as well to have you as our Secretary!!
Sunil, when asked to point about 3 things of the
campus, he picked up the campus, the beauty of It.,
the residents, their warmth, and the greenery, the
highlight of our campus.
On his thought of improvement, he said “A Lot, the
list is too long”. He came with some top priorities on
his agenda. Year one was “Rules & Regulations” he
said, the managing committee, laid the foundation to
policies, guidelines and regulation around security,
and housekeeping and other important issues.
Going forward the second year shall be for “Systems
& Procedures”, he said, the association would like to
strengthen the office with experienced hiring,
computerizations, and laying the systems and
processes for day to day operations.
As a key message to his fellow residents Sunil lists the
following:
• To co-operate with BGAOA.
• Follow all Rules and Regulations laid down by the
BGAOA, especially with respect to Security, to
make this place a safe and secure place to live.
• Try to positively contribute to the welfare of the
Campus. Criticism if any needs to be followed by
Suggestions/ Solutions.
• Share their similar past experience by being a
part of the various sub committees.
• To optimally use Water and Power. This will not
only benefit us but also benefit the State and
Nation.
• To take care of the Gardens and Plants by not
destroying the Plants, or plucking flowers.
• Volunteer to be a part of the Managing
committee in future
From the Spandan Team, we thank Sunil Upadhaya
for his time and dedication to our society. More over,
we like to thank his family Surekha, Sunayana and
Sukshma for being so supportive and being the
strength behind Sunil, in his professional and social
life.
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Community Kitchen
Aloo Makhani
Smita Palit A-1209
I n g r e d i e n t s :
Small Potatoes
Panner 100gms [Finely Grated]
Tomato 1 big size & grated to puree
Green chilly 2 nos
Green cardamoms 4 nos
Jeera 1 tea spoon
Dry Kasturi methi 1 tea spoon
Methi seed ¼ tea spoon
Kaju finely chopped 10 in number
Vegetable Oil
Salt to Taste
P r e p a r a t i o n M e t h o d
Boil & peel the potatoes.
Make a paste with Jeera Green Chilies & cardamoms
Heat one table spoon oil fry potatoes and take out.
Add some more oil and heat it. Put methi seeds and
tomato puree stir. Add paneer & chopped kaju and
salt to taste. Add 1 tea spoon sugar and stir well. Mix
the paste & kasturi methi. Add potatoes little water,
cover it and keep in low flame. Cook till done well.
Garnish with Coriander Serve hot with parathas
Modak
I n g r e d i e n t s :
For the Cover :
1 cup rice flour
1 tsp. ghee
1 cup water
1/2 tsp oil
a pinch of salt
For the Filling :
2 cups shredded fresh coconut
1/2 tsp. cardamom powder
1 tsp. roasted poppy seeds
1 tsp. rice flour
1 cup jaggery (Gur) or Sugar
P r e p a r a t i o n :
F o r t h e F i l l i n g :
To make the filling, combine and cook coconut
and jaggery together on medium heat. Stir
continuously until they are mixed properly. Do
not overcook.
Add cardamom powder, roasted poppy seeds
and 1 teaspoon rice flour to it. and cook for
some time. The filling is ready now. Remove
from the heat and allow it to cool.
F o r t h e C o v e r :
Boil 1 cup of water. When it has reached a
steady boil, add ghee, salt and oil.
Now immediately add the rice flour and stir
quickly so as to remove all lumps. Cover with a
lid for some time. Remove the lid & stir again &
again, cover again.
Now remove pan from the heat. Take off all the
mixture on a flat plate. Knead it thoroughly
while hot. Make soft dough.
Divide this dough into small balls
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T o m a k e t h e m o d a k s
Note :It is best to make the modaks when the
dough is slightly warm. Grease the palms of your
hands well. Take a ball of dough. Flatten the
dough to form a cup shape. Place about 3/4th
teaspoon coconut filling into this cup. Dip
thumb & index finger in the oil & make 5-6 small
pinches side by side on the outside edges of the
cup. Bring them together on top and join to
form a peak. Your modak is complete. This
should look like a whole garlic pod.
Like this, prepare all modaks. Spread a damp
cloth onto a flat round sifter and arrange all the
modaks onto it. Place the sifter in a steamer and
cover. Steam for about 15 minutes. Use a big
size saucepan or pressure cooker if you don't
have a steamer. Do not put the whistle if you
use the pressure cooker.
Serve with ghee.
Cook's Tip:
Prepare the filling first.
The proportion of water and rice flour for the
cover should be accurate as written above. It is
advisable to sieve the flour once.
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FunXone
Riddles & Jokes
A. Divide 110 into two parts so that one will be 150
percent of the other. What are the 2 numbers?
B. At a sports banquet there are one hundred
athletes. Each one is either a football or
basketball player. At least one is a football
player. Given any two of the athletes, at least
one is a basketball player. How many of the
athletes are football players?
C. Why do windows squeak when you open them?
D. Why does a lion kneel before it springs?
E. A carpenter was in a terrible hurry. He had to
work as quickly as possible to cut a very heavy
10 foot plank into 10 equal sections. If it takes 1
minute per cut, how long will it take him to get
the 10 equal pieces?
F. What is the difference between a fisherman and
a lazy student?
G. Why are 1898 silver dollars worth more than
1897 silver dollars?
Answers A) 44 and 66
B) Only one of the athletes is a football player. The
other ninety-nine are basketball players.
C) Because they have panes (pains).
D) Because it is preying (praying).
E) 9 minutes. It only takes 9 cuts to get 10 equal
sections
F) One baits his hook, the other hates his book
G) $1,898.00 is one more silver dollar than $1,897.00
Laugh with Munna & Circuit
MUNNA BHAI: Mamu, tu kitna pada hai?
MAMU: B.A.
MUNNA BHAI: Sala, two akshar pada aur woh bhi ulta?
CIRCUIT: Bhai, Bapu ne bola tha ke kabhi jhoot nehin
bolna mangta hai. Apun aaj se kabhi jhoot nehin bolega
Bhai.
MUNNA BHAI: Aye Circuit, woh Sabrina ka baap aya hai
tere ko dund rehla hai.
CIRCUIT : Bhai usko bolo apun gaoon gayea hai, kheti
karne ko.
MUNNA BHAI: Par Circuit, abhi to tu bola kabhi jhoot
nehin bolega.
CIRCUIT: Bhai, apun jhoot nehin bolega, par tum to bol
sakta hai na
MUNNA BHAI : Circuit, bole toh yeh Ford kya hai?
CIRCUIT : Bhai, gaadi hai.
MUNNA BHAI : Toh phir, yeh Oxford kya hai?
CIRCUIT : Bole toh, simple hai bhai, Ox mane Bael, Ford
mane gaadi. Oxford bole toh Baelgaadi.
Munna: Abay Circuit! Jaa baajo walay ghar say Doctor ko
bula k laa, meri tabiat kharab ho reli hai.
Circuit: Aey Bhai ! aap to khud doctor ho.
Munna: Bolay to meri fees buhat zyada hai.
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campus for the following roles:
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