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ull House, pin-drop silence, modulated to the context gave the aura of benevolence, self listeners a real time feeling of the Factualization and submission trek-path. The visuals were

to the almighty marked the evening mindboggling and breathtaking. It of the first day of the August year. some times made us feel how weak An excellent rendering of stuthis, we are on this Earth but yet brag on stothras and shlokas with the right our strengths. The most beautiful mix of commentary marked a great part of the visuals was the serene audio-visual presentation of the lake of the Gandharvas and Gods – master, guru C.V.Gopinath on the The Manasasarovara and the awe-trek of Manasasarovara and Kailasa inspiring mountain, the abode of mountain range. Lord Shiva – The Kailasa. The The evening had fairly filling magnificent views of the mountain fellowship, courtesy Inner wheel from different directions and at sisters, which prepared us for the different times of day and night long haul of the trek which were s imply a ha i r r i s ing ultimately took two hours to experience. At the end it was a complete. The fellowship marked realization of God's existence and great attendance of Rotarians thanks his creativity in giving us the human to Inner Wheel sisters again apart beings a thought process to absorb from club guests. and enjoy his creation. Guruji After the protocol with Rtn. concluded his audio-visual treat Bheemanna being lucky to get full with the rendering of Rudra and the breath blessings in Sanskrit from Chamaka with his thunderous yet guruji to mark his birthday, PDC sweet voice.Chandrika Raghu introduced the As the president, a Shiva-Bhakta guest with her usual fluency in himself adjourned the meet, eng l i sh peppered wi th the Rotarians hurried with their Anns achievements of the great man in his homewards with a feeling of journey of spiritualism. calmness in their minds probably As guruji took over the leadership of still under the influence of the aura the virtual trekkers, time seems to of the Great Lord, our creator –GOD have gone into oblivion. He initially – Generator, Operator and explained through visuals the map Destroyer of this ever evolving and the path to trek to reach the universe. glorious destination. His voice .....Rtn. Bhanu

A Virtual Visit to the Lord s AbodeVirtual Visit to the Lord s Abode’’

ast week we had asked the Midtown’s brains to come up with an intresting TOPIC for the debate competition Lto be held. Come-on people start pondering, ANNS,

where are you? you folks are the best topic choosers, give it your best shot.

Hmmm! wondering who is going to walkaway with the prize for suggesting the topic.TopicaU THINK

ome August and it's time for celebrating chef of Hotel Regalis adjudged 'FRIENDSHIP DAY' at Inner-wheel club. On Aug the best dessert which was won 4th, we along with the other Inner-wheel Clubs of by IW Central Club. We CMysore got together to strengthen this biggest would be doing a

ship called FRIENDSHIP at Namanakala Mantapa. The joint community programme started with a lively number on friendship by service project of Annettes Samyukta and Prerana, thus gaining the Rs.2000/- with the appreciation of all the members present. Innerwheel w i n n i n g c l u b . prayer was by PDC Chandrika Raghu followed by Mr.Dayanidhi also chose the welcome speech by our president Anupama in her own LUCKY LADY of the day. Then unique way. Then it was fun time with games being the programme was adjourned for conducted by Chikni Chaitra, lively Mrs. Shantha aunty the mouth watering NIPATT (Vyjayanthi's mom from IW club of Secundrabad, MASALE & CHURMURI along District 315) and Vimala Nagaraj. We were also treated to with kesar badam barfi , hot tea a few old hindi and kannada numbers on friendship by and coffee. Not to forget, our very some of our Innerwheel friends. Finally it was judgement b u b b l y L a v a n y a ' S e e n i ' time for the dessert competition. Mr. Dayanidhi, pastry anchored the programme

meticulously. We all left the venue with fond memories of the evening and good taste in our tongue. Friendship is the best network in the world and it is proved time & again with such wonderful programmes.

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Friendship DayDhamaka

....Prabha Prahlad....Prabha Prahlad

Dear friends,

I would like to appreciate the magnanimity of our board members to host dinner for the whole club and would like to thank them for the same.

Celebrations at the village was truly a colourful, fun-filled family event. It was indeed a memorable day with lot of fun and frolic and thanks to Inner wheel sisters for their active participation. .

We the board members wish our annets Manu and Sumukh a “Bon Voyage and all the Very Best in Life”.

Friends lets all join our hands and make “Samartha - 2012” a grand success.

Vishu

Touchdown confirmed, safe on Mars. The one-ton, six-wheeled laboratory named Rover, nailed an intricate and risky touchdown late on Sunday. When I heard the news I was glad about the success of man reaching out. I hope to edit 'AboutUs' special issue when man sets foot on Mars, pray for me (Ha!).

Rains – they are in excess or short. Schools closed in Coorg for 2 days because of rain and good news for Mysore. Noose was tightening around JUSCo, but now it can breathe for a while. Even then use water justly.

Huge parts of North India have spent the night and much of the morning of July 30, without any electricity after a massive power outage. This is the worst failure of the Northern Grid since 2001. Seven states including UP, Punjab, Haryana, and all of Delhi were plunged into darkness. 370 million people were affected - that's more than the population of the United States and Canada combined. This was because the neighbouring States drew more power than was authorised. People now we know why we should conserve energy. So start it at home today.

LONDON Olympics, so far so good. We can see ourselves on the medals tally. Usain St. Leo Bolt, made thunderbolt shy by running the fastest race of his life. Maybe his parents knew that he is going to beat the thunder and that’s why they named him ‘BOLT’.

Happy reading, Cheers !!!

onouring the young achievers was a touching gesture from the Club. We whole heartedly Hthank the board for sponsoring the event. Our

hearts was filled to see our children being paraded with garlands and cheers. It was very motivating for the children. The felicitations in the backdrop of village ambiance gave it the Midtown touch. The event will remain in our hearts forever.

Harish, Amitha, Narendra & Meera

THANK YOU MIDTOWN

THIRD EYE VIEW by sini

VILLAGE

Visit

Wooo.... what an evening. It was a message conveyed to all and the meaning of ‘Masth Maja Maadi’ derived. The place was colourful and so were the anns and annets. The hero’s of the evening Sumukh and Manu were cool and calm and received the whole of Midtown’s blessings. Cake was cut, games were played, prizes were won, danced to the beat of drums and what not ? People who couldn’t dance was relaxing under the banyan tree and sipping tea from the street vendor. Pencil sketches of ‘WANTED’ people were drawn. Somebody was driving the auto, a medical student was licking the ice gola. Poultry farmers was at the ladies tailor shop, just sizing up the designs for their chicks. Father and daughter was riding the doll horse. A guy from our club was in jail. Nobody cared about the dinner much because fun was unlimited, but ate because we had to. Had the thrill of having AG and family amongst us. The evening was nothing but ‘ All Hell Broke Loose’

NEXT WEEK IN MIDTOWN

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONVenue: RMA, Hootagalli, MysoreDate : 15.08.2012, Time : 9 am

Q.: How many members usually comprise a GSE team ?

a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6 e)7(Last week’s answer : Silvester Schiele)

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1. Is it the TRUTH ?2. Is it FAIR to all concerned ?3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS ?4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned ?

Wedding Anniversary

August 11

Dr. Hemalatha, sister-in-law of Rtn. R.S.Vishwanath donated Rs. 55,000/- to the Club towards community service. President handing over the cheque to the director of community service.

Rtn. Balu, the opening and n o t - o u t batsman of our club held a awareness p rog ramme under the title ‘ C o n s u m e r Protection Act & Food Safety Awareness’ at Sarada Vilas Boys & Girls School on 1st Aug. About 320 students were benefitted by the programme. Dr. Krishnamurthy, former scientist of CFTRI co-ordinated and educated the students.

Our Club sponsored prizes towards cluster sports of middle school held at Ravandur. About 30 schools and 1000 children’s participated. Prizes worth Rs. 5000/- was handed over to the incharge.

Rtn. Raghu was the speaker at Central Club on 1st August and he spoke on the topic ‘ Membership Development’.

NEWSin brief

Meghana Manikam, the B.E. graduate in Electronics & Communications from Vidya Vardhaka Engineering College is all set to land in Stanford University, San Francisco, California, USA to do her masters in Engineering Science & Management. She is the annet of our Rtn. Manikam & Sampoorna. Our president and members congratulate her and wish her all success in her educational endeavor.

akistan is making progress against polio in the face of challenging, Psometimes tragic circumstances,

including the recent killing of a local community polio immunization worker and wounding of two others -- a staff m e m b e r o f t h e Wo r l d H e a l t h Organization and an international consultant -- in Karachi, Sindh. In addition, leaders in a small region of the northern part of the country have banned polio vaccinations. WHO issued a statement expressing condolences to the family of the worker who died, adding, “The partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative remain committed to supporting the government of Pakistan and the people of Pakistan in their efforts to eradicate this devastating disease.” Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria are the only remaining polio-endemic countries in the world. The incidence of polio in Pakistan has dropped by more than 60 percent this year, with 23 cases reported as of 12 July, compared with 59 cases during the same period last year.

ROTARYINFORMATION

C lownMi townd

Nobody teaches volcanoes to erupt, tsunamis to devastate, or hurricanes to sway around.

And no one teaches anybody how to choose a wife.

NATURAL DISASTERS JUST HAPPEN.