Painting Competition

The Cultural Committee of IASP organized a painting competition for children on 22nd July 2008. There were 18 children of different age groups.( 2 and 1/2 - 11 years.)

Anxious mothers waiting for their children .

Medals were given to all the children for participation. The winners will be announced during the forth-coming Independence Day Event which will be held on 17th August 2008.

Alok Sharman taught them some drill exercises. (for Independence Day Event )

The children were really excited and enthusiastic to learn.

They were also given a printout of the National Anthem Of India.

This is what India is all about

Picnic Photo Album

Photobucket Album

IASP Picnic (25th May -2008)

IASP organised a picnic on 25th May -2008 at Hotel Del Verde, Itapecerica de Serra.There were about 70 adults and 20 children.Two buses were arranged so that everybody could be together and sing and enjoy during the journey.It was a day full of fun, frolic, games, antakshari etc. etc.The Cultural Committee also had organised games for adults and children.Homi and Monaz also celebrated the birthday of their daughter Zeena. After lunch and tea everybody got into the mood of playing cricket.On the whole it was an enjoyable day for everyone.
( click on the photo to see the album)

Indian Classical Dances

Invocation to Lord Shiva (Nataraja)

(The Cosmic Dancer)

"We bow to Him the benevolent One Whose limbs are the worlds, Whose song and poetry are the essence of all language,Whose costume is the moon and the stars..."
"The dancing foot, the sound of the tinkling bells,The songs that are sung, and the various steps,The forms assumed by our Master as He dances,Discover these in your own heart,So shall your bonds be broken."

Tirumular

The Seven types of Indian Classical Dances

Bharatha Natyam

Odissi

Kuchipudi

Kathak

Mohini Attam

Manipuri

Kathakali

New Committee members

Annual General Assembly of the Association was held on Sunday, April 27, 2008.
The Assembly also elected the following office bearers for the next two-year term:

· Sumeet Lamba (President)
· R.P. Kesavan Nair (Administrative Director)
· Balaji Subramanian (Finance Director)
· Shobha Keshwani (Social Director)
· Jagdish Doshi (Cultural Director)
· George Mathew (Fiscal Committee)
· Shiva Prakash (Fiscal Committee)
· Alok Sharman (Fiscal Committee)

Plan of events for the year 2008

Picnic ........................... 25th May (Sunday)
Independence Day .... August 17, 2008 (Sunday).
Diwali ..........................October 25, 2008 (Saturday):
Childrens Day.............November 16 (Sunday).
New Year................... December 31, 2008.

Any one who wishes to participate in the organization committees please come forward with ideas and suggestions and help us to make these events a great success.

National Emblem of India
The National emblem is a symbol of contemporary India's reaffirmation of its commitment to world peace and goodwill.
The National Emblem of India is a replica of the Lion of Sarnath, near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh State. The Lion Capital was erected in the 3rd century BC by Emperor Ashoka to mark the spot where Lord Buddha first proclaimed his gospel of peace and emancipation..
It is symbolic of India's reaffirmation of its ancient commitment to world peace and goodwill. In the original, there are four lions, standing back to back, mounted on a abacus with a frieze carrying sculptures in high relief of an elephant, a galloping horse, a bull and a lion separated by intervening wheels over a bell-shaped lotus. Carved out of a single block of polished sandstone, the capital is crowned by the Wheel of the Law (Dharma Chakra).
In the state emblem adopted by the Government of India on 26 January 1950, only three lions are visible, the fourth being hidden from view. The wheel appears in relief in the center of the abacus with a bull on the right and a horse on the left and the outlines of the other wheels on extreme right and left. The bell-shaped lotus has been omitted.
The four lions (one hidden from view) - symbolising power, courage and confidence - rest on a circular abacus. The abacus is girded by four smaller animals - guardians of the four directions: the lion of the north, the elephant of the east, the horse of the south and the bull of the west.The abacus rests on a lotus in full bloom, exemplifying the fountainhead of life and creative inspiration. The motto 'Satyameva Jayate' inscribed below the emblem in Devanagari script means 'truth alone triumphs'