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NEHRU CENTRE Art Gallery presents asolo art exhibition of paintings byPurnendu Mandal, titled Feelings 2,till May 7, between 11 am and7 pm.

BOMBAY ART Gallery presentsMaverick of Inert, a collection ofpaintings by Yashwant Deshmukh,till May 8 from 11 am to 7 pm atShridharani Gallery, Malabar Hill.For details contact 2367 5254/23639033.

NITAI GAURA'S Art gallery presentsan art exhibition of knife paintingsby Joti Patil till May 10 from 11amto 8pm at Nitai Gaura's Art Gallery,20, Rameshwar, Neelkanth Heights,Thane(West). For details call25857484/9820257297

NANDAN - The Art Paradise is organ-ising am exhibition of paintings byMilanendu Mondal, Jyotirmoy andSwapam Roy till May 12 between 11am and 6 pm, at 2/8 Rajendra Park,Station Road, Goregaon (West). Fordetails call 28732083.

THE YASH Birla Group will be show-casing Spandan 2, the Vibration, anart festival displaying works ofartists like Akbar Padamsee, ArzanKhambatta and Jitish Kallat, tillMay 10 from 11 am to 7 pm atArticullate, Yantra Annexe, Fort.

STUDIO NAPEAN and ApparaoGalleries will present the recentworks of Manish Nai till May 10from 10.30 am to 8.00 pm

ARTDESH - The Studio presents theintricate works of Ulhas Raikar tillMay 12 at Art Desh - The Studio, 1stFloor, 68, Film Centre, Tardeo Road.For details call 23521331/9820985535

THE INSTITUTE of ContemporaryIndian Art will exhibit Ten Days inAurangabad, a collection of paint-ings by Indian and British artists,from May 7 to 12, from 11 am to 7pm, at the ICIA Building, 22/26 KDubhash Marg, Kala Ghoda. Fordetails call 22048138/39

GALLERIE LEELA presents ''FloatingForms'', an exhibition of paintingsby Vishnu Sonavane at the LeelaKempinski, till May 10 between 12noon and 9 pm

INDIAA.NET PRESENTS the creativepaintings of Anil Naik, SadhanaRaddi, Vijay Achrekar and ViptaKapadia till May 11 at The Art Hub,Marol Maroshi Road, Andhei (East).For details contact 9833352669

ART DESH - The Studio presentsintricate works of Ulhas Raikar tillMay 12, from 11 am to 7 pm, at 1stFloor, 68, Film Centre, Tardeo Road.For details call 23521331/9820985535

THE NEHRU Centre Circular Gallery isexhibiting paintings by PramodThakur, Suresh Parihar and KawitaThakur till May 7, between 11 amand 7 pm

CONNECTION PAINTINGS by GirijaMirchandani will be displayed atLansdowne Gallery, Colaba from 11am to 7 pm. The show will be on tillMay 11.

AN EXHIBITION of abstract work byRitesh Meshram will be held tillMay 11 at the Bandra-Kurla

Complex. Call 67041402 for details.STUDIO RAGINI presents an exhibi-tion of the artists ZeenabRangoonwala till May 20 at 27,Avijah Building, No. 16, Jambulwadi,Dhobi Talao. For details, contact22032641.

KOHINOOR CONTINENTAL Art Gallerypresents an exhibition of Ganeshapaintings by Vijay Nyalpelly till May15. For details call 9324671650/66919000/ 28209999

GALLERIA PRESENTS works by RiniDhumal, Shiva Prasanna and otherstill May 31 from 10 am to 6.30 pm atPoonam Apartment, D-block, Dr.Annie Besant Road, Worli. Fordetails call 24952005/24975367.

THE BROWN Indian Band performs atthe Lotus Caf from 8 pm

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PATZ ENSEMBLE performs at theCrystal Lounge from 7 pm

BILMAT ZERAMICZ will host VersatileVessels from Varanasi, an exhibi-

tion of the works by Keshri NandanPrasad till June 30 at The CeramicArt Gallery, 73 Nagindad MasterRoad, Fort. For details call22562091/22653310

THE WOCKHARDT Peadiatric &Congenital Heart Centre is organis-ing a Heart Consultation Week forchildren suffering from heart dis-ease from May 7 to 12 atWockhardt Hospitals, MulundGoregaon Link Road, Mulund(West). For bookings and registra-tion call 67994549

CROSSWORD IS organising a uniquechildren's festival titled IndianSummer till May 13 at all Mumbaistores.

ALPHA THERAPY Centre is conduct-ing a seminar on all speech disor-ders and psychological problemstill May 7 at Chembur between11am and 1pm.

INSTITUTO ESPA

NA is conducting afree crash course is Spanish tillMay 7 at Chembur. For details call25546403, 9820559486

THE SPEAKER'S Club invites all whoare interested in public speakingto debate on any topic of theirchoice at Tea Centre, ReshamBhuvan, Churchgate, on May 8from 6:30 pm. For details and reg-istration call Sachin Kamathon 9869130115

HEALTH EDUCATION Library forPeople and Johnson & Johnsonoffers free on-the-spot testing forblood sugar every Monday,Wednesday & Friday in the monthof May, from noon to 6 pm, atHealth Education Library forPeople, Business Center, 206, Dr. DN Road, Wallace Street, Fort.

YOGA VIDYA Niketan will be conduct-ing the 34 Yog summer course 2007for positive health and positivedevelopment .Call9820612684/9322333789

COUNSELLING AND stress manage-ment helpline for women helpingthem deal with work related stressand marital issues. Call 9869149169.

DALE CARNEGIE Training will be con-ducting Gen Next Program on May12 and13 from 9.30 am to 5 30 pmat 1, Construction House,BallardEstate.

ORIENTALART'Sand CraftGramodyog Society has organisedan exhibition of HandicraftFurniture at Khetan Hall , Thane(W) till May 13 from 11 am to 9 pm.Call: 9967057525 .

THE BOMBAY YMCA Borivili Centrewill be organising its SummerOutstation Camp to Camp LakesideNilshi, Pune, for Children in the agegroup of 7 to 16 years from May 19to 23. To enroll call Mr. Allen Kotian9867543253/28919192/28944686.

THE ACRES Club in Chembur is organ-ising its annual Hungama "Summer

Masti", a summer camp from May 7and will be of 2 weeks duration AgeGroups 4 to 9 and 9 to 14. Fordetails and registration call on 25222731 or 9920341888

HANDS IN Clay, a beginners work-shop in pottery by Zareen R Mistry,is being organised at BilmatZeramicz, 73 Nagindad MasterRoad, Fort. For details call22562091/22653310

FAST FORWARD is conducting spe-cial dancing workshop sessions forJive, Salsa and Foxtrot at Mulund,Bandra, Lokhandwala and Powai.For details contact Saby -9833531312, Daryl- 9821514044.

CAMLIN BAL Jallosh offers an oppor-tunity for children to explore theirown creative streaks. The work-shop will be held at Sion from May8 to 10. For details call 24095684,21639046

SOHAM SPIRITUAL Solutions is con-ducting workshops on intuitiondevelopment, healing and medita-tions through cosmic guidance, atMalad from May 5. For registrationscontact 9850090230.

PAINTING WORKSHOP by Art Cornerat Andheri (W). Learn oil, acrylic,charcoal paintings and a uniqueopportunity to exhibit your paint-ings. For more details contactNeeta Pathare: 9820550353 VirenShah: 9820380065

LEARN TRADITIONAL steps of dandiagarba in 7 days for girls and ladiesat Parel village, Tata colony.Special batch on Saturday's forcollege and office goers. Call MsMehta 2415-6964

SRI RAMAKRISHNA Institute will holda skill building workshop on globalbest practices in effective recruit-ment for HR & line managers onMay 9 and 10 at Citizen Hotel. Call9967137000/9867963020.

BHARATIYA VIDYA Bhavan KalaKendra is organising a summerworkshop for children aged 4-14 tillMay 26. For details contact9820298361/65058833

MIND TRAINER Workshop is a hypnot-ic workshop for mind trainers beingarranged at Dadar till May 10.

Those who want to learn alphatrance induction are welcome tothe workshop. For detailscall9819747687/ 9821347816.

NAMIT

AHASorganised a workshopon creative painting/ oil/ charcoal,glass painting at Oshiwara, Andheri.Contact 9833035517/26317527

SHREEKANT MALUSHTE'S Snap acad-emy will be conducting a photogra-phy training workshop till May 8from 10am to 4.30pm at Dadar. Fordetails call 26365214, 24308299

THE GUITAR Society is conductingguitar sessions for beginners atAndheri, Thane, Vashi and Borivaliby Pravesh Charles Norona. For fur-ther information call32920883/9323069985

MUMBAI FILM Academy is conductingacting and performance trainingprogram along with training in dia-logue delivery, voice modulationand Hindi and Urdu diction. Theprogramme is being conducted atFilmcity Road, Goregaon (East). Call9867726767 for registration

ACADEMY OF Air Rifle Shooting isorganising one month course in AirRifle Shooting at SwamiVivekanand High School, Kurla fromMay 5. For further details pleasecontact on 9820368651, 9892195787

BHOR ADITYA is conducting a Reikipart 1 & 2 workshop at Andheri onthe May 12 & 13. For registration &details call Mrs Prema Kumar on0250-6522324.

THE ART Furniture Company will beexhibiting new range of children'sroom accessories at the KitabMahal, 4th Floor, Fort from 11 am to7pm. Tel : 22071771 / 9119

HEALTH HEALING, Beauty &Skincare will be conducting a work-shop for regaining health & pre-venting future problems onSaturdays 4 pm. at Pali rd, Bandra(W). Call: 9820757092.

VYAKTI VIKAS Kendra is organizingArt of Living Part-I course fromMay 7 to 12 at Punarvas, S V Road,Goregaon (West). For registration &further information call9821049928/9867550117

MODERN ART Foundation will organ-ise a workshop for all age groups inpencil sketching, fine art, drawingand painting in oil, acrylic andwater colours at Malad. For detailscontact 28622699/9819549592

WORKSHOP ON Creative Cooking forTeenagers, learn creative and quick30 dishes in 3-day workshop from 2pm to 5 pm. Call Manisha9820161832.

A CERTIFICATE course inAromatherapy for therapeutic pur-poses including ageing & stressrelated problems will be conduct-ed at SNDT Juhu campus till May 7from 09.30 am to 1.30 pm. Call Dr.Anjana Agarwal- 9323814480/28345336

PRATIMA INFO is conducting Filmstudy Courses in Cinematography,

Film Making & Direction nearRoyal Challenge, Filmcity Road,Goregaon for 4-6 months. Contact:9867726767 for details.

HAM SA Yoga is conducting a fourweek Taoist Yoga & Chi Kungworkshop for health, rejuvenation,longevity & healing. For reserva-tions call Mr. Kumar at02506522324.

MANCH IS conducting a two-monthacting workshop with live stageperformance on June 15 at

Deenanath Mangeshkar Hall atFilmcity Road, Goregaon. Contact9867726767 for registration

RACHANA ARTS & Crafts will be con-ducting a workshop on drawing,painting & mix media at MalabarHill. Contact Rachana 98205 65486

DISHA INSTITUTE is conductingHobby workshops at Andheri(West) for utilizing your summervacation. For registration andenquiry contact Shruti Mohite on9819965661/9833449683.

MIND CONTROL Workshop: Get rid oftensions, fears, inferiority complexand hyperacidity by magic of posi-tive thinking. For details call:9820869565.

PRAYAAS THEATRE is organising atwo-month acting course that willcover various approaches to thecraft of acting including character,script analysis and taking andincorporating direction. For detailscontact 9221250009.

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Samvat 2064, Sake Era 1929, SunUttrayan, Uttar Gole, BasantRitu, Prathma Jyesth KrishnaPaksha Panchami till 10.44 pm,Nakshatra Purvasadha wholetime. Yoga Siddh till 12.54pm,Karan Kaulav till 10.29 am andafter that Taitil till 10.44 pm, andGar starts.

Rahu Kala time- 7.30 am to9.00am, Yam Ganda time 10.30am to 12.00 pm

Best Period- 9.00 am to 10.30 am& 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm

andit Vijay Tripathi

High tide: 01:57 am 3.48 m 3:06 pm4.14 m 8:01 am 0.83 m 9:03 pm

2.04 mForecast: Partly cloudy skies.

Maximum temperature will bearound 34 deg C.

on shaky groundMEGAPOLISThe Bureau of Indian Standards, which lays down

seismicity standards, is seriously considering anIIT-Bombay doctorate students thesis on earthquakesusceptibility of peninsular India.Seemaa Kamdarsays the BIS committee may upgrade the regionscodes according to the new data, and goes on toexplain what this means for Mumbai

Koyna (Maharashtra):At 4.20am on December 11,

1967, a mega-tremor measuring7.5 on Richter scale shook parts

of western Maharashtra. With

its epicentre within 5km of the

Koyna dam, the quake flattenedmuch of the Koynanagar town-

ship near the dam, killing

around 200 people and render-

ing several homeless. Theimpact was felt up to a distance

of 700km from the epicentre.Prior to the construction of the

dam, the area around Koynawas considered to be

seismically stable.

Latur (Maharashtra): Withits epicentre near Killari, in aregion regarded as aseismic,

this earthquake of magnitude of

6.3 tore Indias understanding

of seismicity asunder. It rum-bled at 3.56am on September

30, 1993, leading to an official

death toll of 7,601 in

Maharashtra, with nine peoplekilled in Karnataka. Over 16,000

people were injured and 30,000

houses were destroyed.

Jabalpur (MP): On May 22,1997, thousands were injured

and 48 people were killed in theaftermath of this tremor, meas-

uring 6 on Richter scale. The

quake caused widespread dev-

astation in and around Jabalpur.

Bhuj (Gujarat): With a magni-tude of 7.9, this king-sized

quake made life a living hell for

most of those who managed to

survive. On January 26, 2001, at

8.46 am, 19,727 people lost theirlives, 1.66 lakh were seriously

wounded, 3.48 lakh homes were

destroyed and 8.44 lakh homes

damaged when the earth rever-berated loudly underneath Lodi,

about 20 km from Bhuj. The eco-

nomic losses caused by this

quake are conservatively placedat $1.3 billion. Around 16 million

people are believed to have

been affected directly or

indirectly by this quake.

The four biggies that shook the country

The IIT-Bombay study, whichupped Mumbais hazard ante, isnow up for peer review. In Febru-ary, DNA was the first to report

the conclusion of a doctorate studentsthesis that the seismicity the frequency,intensity, and distribution of earthquakesin a given area of the megapolis ismuch higher than what was establishedby the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).

The study, conducted over a period offive years by researcher Kishor Jaiswaland Professor Ravi Sinha of the depart-ment of civil engineering at IIT-Bombay,

has now been published in the Februaryissue of the prestigious Bulletin of theSeismological Society of America.

With its focus on determining theearthquake susceptibility of peninsularIndia parts of southern and most ofcentral and western India the researchhas pinned a higher hazard potential forMumbai.The study talks of higher quakeforces for the city and some parts of Gu-

jarat for the first time. Loosely speaking,this means upgrading Mumbais earth-quake susceptibility from Zone III to ZoneIV though the zoning system while alsotaking other factors into account.

The study stresses that structural de-signs need to be ready for upgradation,though there is some good newsfor the citys conscientiousbuilders; all the Transfer of De-velopment Rights and mercilessload on the citys finite real estatehas not contributed to its higher hazardpotential. Professor Sinha dismisses theconnection between the citys higher seis-micity and its seamless high rises.

In a categorical conclusion, the studystates that the seismic hazard for differentregions of peninsular India,clearly indi-cates higher levels of hazard for most ofthe rifting zones.Rifting zones being theareas most prone to earthquakes, thestudy essentially seeks to scale up theseismicity standards for high-risk regionsin these parts of the country.

The BIS is currently studying the re-port, Sinha says, and its committee thatlays down seismicity standards, couldwell upgrade or alter the regionscodes according to the new data madeavailable.

Though one of the most stable land-masses of the Indian plate, peninsular In-dia (10 to 28 degrees North; 68 to 90 de-grees East) has had four damaging earth-quakes in the recent past - Koyna (1967),Latur (1993), Jabalpur (1997) and Bhuj

(2001). The occurrence of these largeearthquakes, says the study, have demon-strated that an urgent need exists to makecomprehensive efforts to delineate activesource zones in peninsular India.

The seismic zoning maps prepared byBIS have been primarily based on histori-cal information, represented by an epi-central map.Using the zoneless approachfor seismic hazard estimation, which isalso used by the US, the study finds, thedesign parameters in the Indian stan-dards may significantly underestimatethe seismic hazard in some regions of

peninsular India.The zoneless approach is useful

in instances where the under-standing of tectonic settings re-ferring to the forces or conditions

within the earth that cause movements ofthe crust of a region is poor, thestudy explains.

Exploring the feared link betweendams and quakes, the study says thatlarge reservoirs could compound the seis-micity measure of the area, but the over-all increase in seismicity after the 1960s,is not just due to reservoirs but also tothe numerous moderate earthquakes thatoccurred in the Rann of Kutch region,southern craton, or eastern and westernpassive margins. A craton is a geologicalfeature indicative of the areas seismicity.

Sinha says,Before the Koyna dam,thearea was not prone to huge tremors. Thisled to the belief that dams caused earth-quakes. Weve shown that dams cannotcause quakes,but may trigger one if thereis an existing propensity.

The quake triggered by a dam may notbe such a bad thing, he contends, as itcould possibly thwart another one inthe future.

Noting that for the large, quiet portions

of peninsular India, there was no infor-mation about earthquake history, thestudy conjectures that this can be owedto the sparse instrumental networkavailable.

For many of these quieter areas,says Sinha, it is possible that very largeevents happened, but because of thevolatility of political regimes in thosedays, the records could have gotten lost.Therefore, the absence of data for this pe-riod is not sufficient to accord lower zon-ing to a region or to assume they are safe,he argues.

Rumbling noisesThe researchers have scaled up the

quake force grading for Koyna andparts of Gujarat.

Quake forces are measured in peakground acceleration (PGA).

Mumbai with a PGA level of 0.16g (thatis 16% of acceleration due to gravi-ty) is recommended a higher quakeforce of 0.24g.

For parts of the Koyna region, a higherquake force corresponding to 0.36g

instead of 0.24g is recommended.

highhazard

The feared link

Exploring the feared link betweendams and quakes, the study saysthat large reservoirs couldcompound the seismicitymeasure of the area, but theoverall increase in seismicityafter the 1960s, is not just dueto reservoirs but also to thenumerous moderate earthquakesthat occurred in the Rann ofKutch region, southern craton,or eastern and western passivemargins

AhmedabadSaurashtra Exp. (9215), 7:55 AM,Kutch Exp. (9031), 5:10 PM,Lok Shakti Exp. (9143), 7:35 PM,Aravali Exp. (9007), 9:00 PM.

BangaloreUdayan Exp. (6529), 8:05 AM,Chalukya Exp. (1017), 10:45 PM,(Expt 2).

ChennaiCST Chennai Exp. (6011/12), 2:00PM, Chennai Exp. (2163/64), 8:30PM, Chennai Mail (6009/10),11:35 PM.

DelhiSwaraj Exp. (2471), 6:45 AM (1,4,5,7),Paschim Exp. (2925), 11:35 AM,Mangala Exp.(2617), 2:30 PM,Punjab Mail (2137), 7:10 PM,Dehradun Exp.(9019), 10:25 PM,Amritsar Exp. (1057), 11:45 PM.

HyderabadHyderabad Exp.(7031/32), 12:45PM, Hussain Sgr. Exp. (7001/02),9:55 PM.

IndorePune-Indore Exp. (9311) 6:15 PM,(2,5), Avantika Exp.(2961), 7:05 PM.

KochiNetravati Exp.(6345) 11:40 AM,Trivandrum Exp. (6331) 12:05 PM (1),Kanyakumari Exp. (1081), 3:45 PM.

KolkataGitanjali Exp. (2859/60), 6:00 AM,Howrah Mail (2809), 8:35 PM,

Jnaneswari Dlx.Exp. (2101/02), 8:35PM (1,2,5,6), Calcutta Mail (2322)9:25 PM, Howrah Exp.(8029/30),9:50 PM.

MadgaonMandavi Exp.(103), 6:55 AM,Netravati Exp. (6345), 11:40 AM,Konkan Kanya Exp. (111),11:00 PM.

BangaloreAir Sahara: 06: 20 AM, 01:2 0 PM,06:30 PM.Air Deccan: 11:30 AM, 04:05 PM,04:45 PM.Go Air 07:20AM, 05:10PMI A: 06:15 AM, 09:30 AM, 05:30PM, 08:30 PM.Jet Airways: 03:00 AM, 10:20 AM,02:00 PM, 03: 50 PM, 05:40 PM,06:10 PM.Kingfisher Airlines: 06:30 AM, 11:00AM, 06:40 PM.

ChennaiAir Sahara: 07:20 AM, 07:10 PM.Air Deccan : 12:40 PM, 01:15 PM .I A: 07:05 AM, 09:20 AM, 06:00PM, 08:30 PM.Jet Airways: 06:45 AM, 09:00 AM, 11:05 AM, 03:20 PM, 05:30PM, 07:50 PM.Kingfisher Airlines: 11:45 AM, 08:30PM.

Go Air: 03:00PM, 09:00PM.DelhiAir Sahara: 06:50 AM, 07:20 AM,09:35 AM , 03:35 PM, 05:45PM, 07:10 PM, 08:35 PM,10:50 PM.

Air Deccan: 11:10 AM, 11:45 AM,04:50 PM.I A: 06:00 AM, 07:00 AM,08:00 AM , 09:00 AM, 10:00

AM, 12:25 PM, 01:00 PM, 05:00PM, 06:00PM,07:00 PM, 08:45 PM.Jet Airways: 05:55 AM, 07:00 AM, 08:05 AM, 09:25 AM, 11:00AM, 01:50 PM, 03:55 PM, 05:20PM, 05:50 PM, 06:55 PM, 10:30PM.Kingfisher Airlines: 06:25 AM,8:50 AM, 03:4 5 PM, 09:05 PM.GoAir: 07:10 AM,08:20 PM

KolkataAir Sahara: 07:30 AM, 10:00 AM,08:15 PM .Air Deccan: 06:20 AM.I A: 06:10 AM, 06:55 AM,07:30 PM.Jet Airways: 06:50 AM, 07:50 AM,10:10 AM, 04:40 PM, 07:05 PM.

AmsterdamKLM/Northwest : 5:00 AM

DubaiEmirates: 4:15 AM, 7:00 PMAir India: 2:45 AM (1,4,6), 8:05 AM(2), 4:00 AM and 4:40 PM (3), 5:30PM , 3:30 AM (3), 6:00 AM (1,4,6),3:55 PM (3).

FrankfurtLufthansa: 3:25 AMAir India: 2:40 AM (2,5,7), 7:45 AM(1,4,6), 8:05 AM (Expt 7).

LondonBritish Airways: 2:15 AMAir India: 3:15 AM (Expt 4,6), 7:10 AM, 12:05 AM (1), 12:45 PM (6), 1:50PM (2).

New YorkDelta Airlines: (via Paris) 1:55 AMAirIndia: 3:15 AM (Expt 4,6), 7:10AM (via London) (4,6), 7:45 AM .

Tel Aviv El Al Israel :10:50 PM (2,5).Tokyo

Air India: 3:20 PM (2,5); 6:30 PM(3,6).

-Indicates daily departures. Figuresin brackets indicate the days of theweek, where 1 is Monday.

INTERNATIONALAir India: 254289999/1800227722/28318666British Airways: 98925 77470; 1600121213 (Toll-Free)Lufthansa: 5630 1933/40Emirates: 2879 7979Delta Airlines: 2826 7000; 26829390/93El Al Isreal: 2215 4701, 2215 3256/57KLM/Northwest: 1600114777, 26828610/11

DOMESTICAir Deccan: 98925 77008Indian Airlines: 2616 8000; 1400/1407(Toll-Free)Jet Airways: 2615 6666/ 6111; 22875091-93Sahara Airlines: 2283 6000; 5698 1111;5637 4101-04; 2283 6000GoAir (MTNLBSNL) 1800 222 111(Others) 09223 222 111

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A Bhuj earthquake victim amid the rubble Sherwin Crasto.DNA

Illustration: Mahesh Benkar