tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85123812629810303002024-03-14T08:14:08.017+05:30PLOG - The PNLIT BlogNews from the Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake Improvement TrustArathi Manayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03443804475462071189noreply@blogger.comBlogger578125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512381262981030300.post-69030605543645215192024-02-03T17:00:00.002+05:302024-02-04T15:21:59.835+05:30A felicitation to cherish<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Of our three gardeners, Ramu has been with us the longest and recently completed 10 years of service at the lake. They are all good in their work with each one using a special skill which he has honed over time at the lake. If the lake and the premises look so clean, it is because of these three men. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho4tCXiAkzw5f09CrI2a_OIuxObV6vf4xsBNhgjSDJmt8ifDCYbbprZ1pUi6GDZyeW9E4EPYPcN5e0h9CSZ1mDZfON4_t3lXbRCjGXqML-NJ0SLBDMNksaoxsNKFjHw_SlykwAwWb-1wuaQW4flgO3mUZyc_-G6iTGicUQZ6GdBBjZwZ9gIUpspvQPvR0/s1599/An%20interaction%20between%20the%20trustees%20and%20the%20staff.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1599" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho4tCXiAkzw5f09CrI2a_OIuxObV6vf4xsBNhgjSDJmt8ifDCYbbprZ1pUi6GDZyeW9E4EPYPcN5e0h9CSZ1mDZfON4_t3lXbRCjGXqML-NJ0SLBDMNksaoxsNKFjHw_SlykwAwWb-1wuaQW4flgO3mUZyc_-G6iTGicUQZ6GdBBjZwZ9gIUpspvQPvR0/w400-h180/An%20interaction%20between%20the%20trustees%20and%20the%20staff.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">In addition to Kannada, Ramu speaks Hindi, and understands English. In our absence, he briefs visitors about the lake and PNLIT. He has developed an interest in photography and keeps us visually updated of happenings at the lake. Today we surprised him with a gift cheque for Rs.10,000. Former trustee, Prasanna, showed his appreciation with Rs. 1,000. It was indeed a happy moment for all of us. </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiLBgAzOdD45xRstF-07CfrZG6jXtpGRJ4xOH2B3HQy12v6Wv0-fAJOXNtrbUvCfj_SiVv1taW_e80s-8ra9jN17vu_S-AAMklqYiRRe7FLsueqeCuzcj3W4fqPk4-b-aWujkUQTirbXsbW3Bx4g7ZUvcNlXCKebxZfLGz1dPxggewsMZk-QU3eEkU7kE/s1599/Felicitating%20Ramu.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1599" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiLBgAzOdD45xRstF-07CfrZG6jXtpGRJ4xOH2B3HQy12v6Wv0-fAJOXNtrbUvCfj_SiVv1taW_e80s-8ra9jN17vu_S-AAMklqYiRRe7FLsueqeCuzcj3W4fqPk4-b-aWujkUQTirbXsbW3Bx4g7ZUvcNlXCKebxZfLGz1dPxggewsMZk-QU3eEkU7kE/w400-h180/Felicitating%20Ramu.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div>PNLIT Admin (Arathi)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08371961873650239374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512381262981030300.post-22940966507556334302023-12-25T21:50:00.003+05:302023-12-25T21:50:34.179+05:30End of the year greetings from PNLIT<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We wish you all a wonderful holiday season and a great new year. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qlpW2CHbsro" width="320" youtube-src-id="qlpW2CHbsro"></iframe></div><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We wish ourselves the same too! For, truth be told, 2023 was a period of endless challenges for us at PNLIT. Puttenahalli Puttakere sailed through the year but we had to fight hard to protect it, help it thrive. Officers changed and we had to brief them on what we'd had done, build rapport with them. They changed once again and the cycle started once again. In short, 2023 was a test of endurance!</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We did overcome a few challenges such as getting our FCRA certificate renewed two years and six months after submitting it for renewal. Arathi can rightly pat herself on her back for this achievement. </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Usha continued the struggle to protect the lake from encroachment. Just when the light seemed to glimmer, the tunnel grew longer. The High Court had ordered eviction of the encroachers in July 2022. As soon as they got the notice, they obtained a stay order. On behalf of PNLIT, she filed an IA to implead in the writ and place the facts before the court. The Judge rejected the IA in Oct 2023 because, in his opinion, 'the Trust would not be a necessary party to the proceedings' as the petition was 'only for a mandamus for rehabilitation of the petitioners who are alleged encroachers by way of allotment of sites, so that they could vacate the encroachment.' </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Who's going to allot the sites? When? Two questions for which the answers have been wrapped in layers of uncertainty from 2019.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The many crises through the year brought OP Ramaswamy out of his semi-retirement to avert what would have led to the termination of two of our gardeners. Without Ramu, Jayanna, Seena and Soma, we wouldn't have been able to maintain the lake. Ramu has been with us since 2013! </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Nupur put an end to our vacillation on whether to revamp our website or go with a new one. With tech help from her husband Pranshu and text assistance from Usha, she launched a colourful <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.puttenahallilake.in/&source=gmail&ust=1703595855222000&usg=AOvVaw2krGq7bB1QVVRPnHe495fj" href="https://www.puttenahallilake.in/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.<wbr></wbr>puttenahallilake.in/</a> rich in photos and comprehensive in contents in June 2023. </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Our garden expert Sangita was luckier this year with the mealy bugs and borers and other pests lying low. The trees, shrubs and climbers are growing so lush and thick. </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">But for Divya's meticulous updating of our timeline, scrapbook of newspaper clippings, and quarterly reports, we would have forgotten half of what we had done in 2023! Time flies not only when one is having fun but also when crossing hurdles!</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Our treasurer, Nandhini, is the one to thank for the receipts to your donations. Give her more work. Donations (and volunteer support) are how <b>you</b> can help our Puttenahalli Puttakere. </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Our core volunteers deserve special mention - Vijayalakshmi Kutty, editor, Ripples and Sapana Rawat, events coordinator. They are irreplaceable. Jayashree Govind is a welcome addition to the editorial team! </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Nurturing a public space like a lake is always going to be difficult. Our prayer for the new year is for less stress with old issues and more strength to tackle fresh ones. Together let's preserve and protect our little neighbourhood lake. </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">With best wishes to you and your family,</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>PNLIT team</b> </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Usha Rajagopalan, Chairperson</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Arathi Manay, Managing Trustee</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Nandhini Sriraaman, Treasurer<br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Nupur Jain, Joint Managing Trustee<br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">OP Ramaswamy, Trustee</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sangita Agrawal, Trustee</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Divya Shetty, Trustee</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Video credit: Satvik Sankar, age 13 </span><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DqlpW2CHbsro&source=gmail&ust=1703595855222000&usg=AOvVaw0_U2Vxyyl7ZO9-8GKXI7wb" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlpW2CHbsro" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr></wbr>v=qlpW2CHbsro</a></div>PNLIT Admin (Arathi)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08371961873650239374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512381262981030300.post-77729999973304941372023-11-19T21:59:00.002+05:302023-12-25T22:06:46.266+05:30Young Jayant Patwari creates magic at Puttenahalli Lake<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">He came, he performed and he conquered.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjceTF5WN-10Bf8Se2_ffeJisp9U6w4HXw2-Kq8D-PpJmdgmKw7VRztnlM1b8YGoR6JayvcHjF4DUgom8lJ3AfaVxisoF8r_rDD5XiKtx-jAmtPVSOG3nuRhYvcoHOWUuQj6BJL-tSE44c77HNCOxcBLm5I82u5pCvP_B8auB8uUrmkREKPUhudxv9nOoA/s1600/Nov18th-Magicshow-Jayant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="739" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjceTF5WN-10Bf8Se2_ffeJisp9U6w4HXw2-Kq8D-PpJmdgmKw7VRztnlM1b8YGoR6JayvcHjF4DUgom8lJ3AfaVxisoF8r_rDD5XiKtx-jAmtPVSOG3nuRhYvcoHOWUuQj6BJL-tSE44c77HNCOxcBLm5I82u5pCvP_B8auB8uUrmkREKPUhudxv9nOoA/w296-h640/Nov18th-Magicshow-Jayant.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div>The young magician had an audience of more than 120 people enthralled and captivated for an hour and more.<br /></div><div>Read what a couple of audience members have to say about those magical moments:</div><div></div><div><div></div><div>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------</div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>All things considered, there was subtle alchemy infused in the evening of November 18the at Puttenahalli Lake - A young magician, all of 13, a glorious evening with the sun catching the soft ripples on the lake and a large enchanted crowd that included a throng of spell-bound, wide-eyed children.<br /><br />Young Jayant is a whiz of a conjurer; an illusionist with a deceptive sleight of hand and a charmer who combines his magic with theatre and subtle humour. Whether cuffed up tightly with strong clamps or bound and bundled in a bag, Jayant would emerge grinning and free of all shackles in a few minutes. As the ‘Blind Surgeon’, blindfolded Jayant had the head of a headless clown fixed with a swipe of towel! And congratulations to all the volunteers who courageously put their fate in Jayant’s hands; like the five year old who was wholly willing to have his head chopped off into a basket he held! Macabre! But rest assured your life is safe with Jayant! And in between all this fascinating wizardry, Jayant pulls out confetti and silk ribbons out of his mouth or a hat!<br /><br />Our appreciation and compliments go to Jayant’s parents whose staunch support and encouragement have nurtured this child prodigy who is a national awardee, author of “Covid Thief’, a magician and a kidpreneur. Do get to know more about him at <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/just.be.jayant/&source=gmail&ust=1703607841660000&usg=AOvVaw2F-WyBO2ODK-tTGkIbpavi" href="https://www.instagram.com/just.be.jayant/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/<wbr></wbr>just.be.jayant/</a></i><br /><br />Thank you Jayant for keeping us spell-bound.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i>--Vijayalakshmi Kutty</i></div><div></div><div>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div>A long time ago, I saw a live show by a great Magician, Illusionist par excellence PC Sorcar Jr. The show is etched in my memory and I vividly remember many interesting illusionary tricks. Sorcar was famous for performing magic shows in Fish Market and busy bazaars of Kolkata. Once he and a locomotive and the famous Taj Mahal disappeared in front of a large audience. I saw a blindfolded Sorcar correct algebraic expressions and once corrected the famous E=mc2 as well. He performed an Aladdin-style Indian rope trick in which the blowing of Pungi (an Indian pipe instrument) moved the rope up, suspended in the air. He climbed the rope as well. We also read about Harry Houdini and his famous escape tricks.<br /><br />When 13-year-old Jayant Patwari put up a show in front of a live audience in our Puttakere (Puttenahalli lake), no one would have expected Sorcar’s tricks and Houdinisque escape. I thought he would pull Rabbits out of the hat (pigeons if rabbits are expensive to procure for a free show) and a few more cards and stick-becoming bouquet tricks. On the contrary, our young magician turned out to be a master illusionist, a great stage presence and mesmerized the audience kids and old alike. He performed blindfolded tricks and a couple of escape sequences with aplomb and panache. He identified numbers and played with numbers with a blindfold, removed handcuffs, brought back Clown’s head with his head inside a bag and in the finale, he escaped truly Houdini-style, and came out of a tightly closed sack in less than 2 minutes!<br /><br />I wonder if he is an adult but created the illusion of 13 years. Who knows? Let's see what new trick he has up on his sleeve.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i>-- Goutam Saha</i><br /></div><div></div><div>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------</div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXid0_rrhfIA7OSdtpGKg2VxsCKVmspYdcec5InGNex3sMs_HK0222wXD5OA8Y4ViG33omZ0727giLwAYQoEfv2PdYLg9QgMuRJgqgnactU7DrsjaU826bRFMAu_MCDtrtqb6yWghRDjuE1I9n-l4iTCE785-zoB3jvGvhSaKUGjvXFmG8mDSxSN_sTQ/s1600/Nov18th-Magicshow-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="1600" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXid0_rrhfIA7OSdtpGKg2VxsCKVmspYdcec5InGNex3sMs_HK0222wXD5OA8Y4ViG33omZ0727giLwAYQoEfv2PdYLg9QgMuRJgqgnactU7DrsjaU826bRFMAu_MCDtrtqb6yWghRDjuE1I9n-l4iTCE785-zoB3jvGvhSaKUGjvXFmG8mDSxSN_sTQ/w400-h185/Nov18th-Magicshow-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #888888; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><p></p></span>PNLIT Admin (Arathi)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08371961873650239374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512381262981030300.post-16935189331990251102023-09-25T22:07:00.015+05:302023-12-25T22:12:55.359+05:30Report on Bioblitz led by Deepa Mohan & Kaustubh Rau on Sep 23rd at Puttenahalli Lake, JP Nagar<p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">Enjoy this descriptive report of the Bioblitz held at Puttenahalli Lake on Sep 23rd by</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"> </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">Deepa Mohan,</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"> </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">a wildlife volunteer, a bird educator and an avid naturalist</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"> </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">who also led the session along with another naturalist and a biologist Kaustubh Rau.</span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I had been conducting walks for both adults and children at Puttenahalli Kere (J P Nagar) for many years; it has been a favourite place for me to take children, especially. Dr Kaustubh Rau had been conducting similar walks recently; so when Usha Rajagopalan and Sapana of Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake Improvement Trust (<span class="il">PNLIT</span>) asked me to conduct a walk, I reached out to Kaustubh at once, so that we could conduct the nature walk together. <div><br /></div><div>We had a reasonable number of people at the start, and Usha and Sapana, along with Govindan Iyer and Vijayalakshmi (Viji) all volunteers for <span class="il">PNLIT</span>, were there to welcome us. Usha spoke a few words about how she and her team have rescued the moribund lake and maintained it against many odds, and we started our ramble.</div><div><br /></div><div>As we walked down the path, each of us (Kaustubh and I) pointed out several life-forms that caught our attention. The lake is a place where a variety of trees have been planted by the team, and some of them have grown into majesty. The Cassia grandis (also called the Pink Shower Tree), the Sampige, the Buddha Coconut, even the Sandalwood. It was lovely to walk through an avenue lined with these, with the bank of the lake edged with beautiful flowers such as Penta, Ixora, Canna and so on. </div><div><br /></div><div>The birds were both waterfowl and the woodland species; we watched the group feeding behaviour of the Little Cormorants, the diving of the Oriental Darter, the electric blue feathers of the White-throated Kingfisher, while several Little Grebes and Eurasian Coots bobbed about in the water. We looked at the Purple Swamp hens foraging in the reeds, with their huge feet allowing them to walk on floating vegetation. </div><div><br /></div><div>Several insects caught our attention too. I told people how the Mexican Beetle had been introduced to control the Parthenium plants and how we were now trying to see how to control these beetles, which have had, apparently, no effect on the plants! </div><div><br /></div><div>It was delightful that there was no sign at all of the invasive Lantana or the Chromolaena; obviously, the <span class="il">PNLIT</span> team knows how to prevent these species from gaining a toehold at the lake. We looked at the beautiful berries of the Karanda, I asked some people to taste the Clover leaves (tart and tasty!) , walked under a guard of honour that is, a pergola of Thunbergia mysorensis flowers, hanging down like a group of lovely chandeliers!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We were able to see a few butterflies too; we got a Tiger sighting when a Plain Tiger flitted past. A Pale Grass Blue sat on a leaf, and I was able to talk about Batesian mimicry when we found a Common Mormon female, which imitates the Crimson Rose (a butterfly that is toxic to birds). </div><div><br /></div><div>We walked past the area where people are living, and from there we could sight a Purple and a Grey Heron on the island. I was also able to show the many vegetables and gourds which made up a lovely garden - Brinjals, Tomatoes, Chilies and papayas, one participant said this was the first time he had seen a papaya tree! </div><div><br /></div><div>We turned back towards the entrance pavilion, walking under the shade (and the lovely flowers) of the Portia trees. All too soon, the walk was over, and Govindan sir and Viji distributed brochures which gave information about the lake (with great photographs and an index of the many life forms seen at the lake), and there were Early Bird bird brochures for sale, too. </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>My heartfelt thanks to Usha and the <span class="il">PNLIT</span> team for this great opportunity to disprove a statement someone made to me once: "Puttenahalli Kere? It's such a small place. There is nothing interesting there!". Well, certainly the participants on the walk would say that there is quite a lot to see, observe and enjoy at the lake!</div><div><br /></div><div>My eBird checklist from the morning is at</div><div> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ebird.org/checklist/S150527948&source=gmail&ust=1703607843921000&usg=AOvVaw1Fsx8RXAaixHffap6s0edI" href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S150527948" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #00304e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://ebird.org/checklist/<wbr></wbr>S150527948</a><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"> (42 sp) </span></div><div><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;">and the photographs of various living beings that I posted on iNaturalist is at</span><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"> </span></div><div><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://tinyurl.com/yk57eeke&source=gmail&ust=1703607843921000&usg=AOvVaw37Abibk-XkV3APc6BWd90W" href="https://tinyurl.com/yk57eeke" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #00304e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/yk57eeke</a><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div>My Flickr album of photographs taken during the walk are at </div><div><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.flickr.com/photos/86494503@N00/albums/72177720311415119&source=gmail&ust=1703607843921000&usg=AOvVaw1YuOTNf0Y42SoFMFuxFHC7" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/86494503@N00/albums/72177720311415119" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/<wbr></wbr>86494503@N00/albums/<wbr></wbr>72177720311415119</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>I am attaching a photo of most of the group, at the start of the outing and the Grey Wagtail.</div><div><br /></div><div>Cheers,<br /></div><div>Deepa</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="1600" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhIyI6Geqd1gveOU7XEtep_M4DmzO75a8THHitntRSbHEJMrHyigBeew5JnilE-Hnaj9ZGaqeDGstdCj8iLKnzvfKiKMNTRvfTJS_zLgghCBxKZ8Sfsph7XzHFQpGajJ0r41eAQUc6GzZnFRwHwEE1utZz7lewkDM_8IPx-7l1bxVFEm0RsHdPD71d84/w400-h185/ILD-SD-Sep9th-Lake.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Magical lands, extraordinary castles, quaint country roads, powerful heroes, ferocious beasts, angelic fairies and more are all possible in the realm of stories and storytelling. And to bring this to life today ( Sep 9th) , Snehadhara Foundation was at Puttenahalli Lake for the 'One Day One Story' event organised in collaboration with</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">PNLIT</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">and Pratham Books to celebrate the International Literacy Day, marking our 10th year of this event together.</span></p><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div>Children, parents, passerbys and all joined us at the beautiful gazebo nestled at the corner of the Puttenahalli lake. The calm waters, serene green scapes with quacking ducks and chirping birds would be our home for an hour of storytelling with drama, song, dance and play. Two beautiful stories were showcased this year<i> Hakeem's Hiccups</i> and <i>Hello Sun</i>. From the Hakeem plagued with a case of the never ending hiccups to the little boy's endless bright sunny smiles, the Snehadhara team enlivened the pages of the storybook and drew the audience into their world.</div><div><br /></div><div>The adorable audience of little tots and big tots experienced their own transformation as hesitant "hello-s" turned to tentative imitations and the end, any inhibitions seemed to fly away as full blown cheers with initiatives to call out, sing, dance and hop along with people they had met just a few minutes ago! This space that drew them all in led to them opening up to each other, coming together in such seamless ways marking a new experience of inclusion through the arts.<br /></div><div><br /></div>Here's a peak at the absolute magic at the lake today!<br /><div>Write up credits: Vibha Bhat<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjemIxstXzvbiGlxXsOKwodAKM4-8ZeiGSw3ObIForPDODeidduE-Pn4Id4DVPgoPKV78RG07Z38mU-AFE1ZVsvJgSferSlNRTTOxfhAaDy3gtxL0weRUvH1oN2mtM3P0JF0ZlKJSJ8WMMXObmvdo3KOL89EgYAP5yXxxp7IeCNBeQC4-cKyoeAjDaODYE/s500/ILD-SD-Sep9th-Event-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjemIxstXzvbiGlxXsOKwodAKM4-8ZeiGSw3ObIForPDODeidduE-Pn4Id4DVPgoPKV78RG07Z38mU-AFE1ZVsvJgSferSlNRTTOxfhAaDy3gtxL0weRUvH1oN2mtM3P0JF0ZlKJSJ8WMMXObmvdo3KOL89EgYAP5yXxxp7IeCNBeQC4-cKyoeAjDaODYE/w400-h300/ILD-SD-Sep9th-Event-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpq8OfnksE-wvNxHnF-T_P0b3qpTipCgPpztSbBfIlGQhfwFlJ5AYflKGg4HTPzcPQ2Sp1AIEauCGBs7PNtl_fXGF_KHZ8CHl4ITSt6nSL_jAyWxGDwdbFg2c07o5Yk62MXgLIRbRIYZQZA72Xk9CJwHuaK7XOUn5jVwiVcSlPENIgxhQIXfelDiB4yp8/s500/ILD-SD-Sep9th-Event-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpq8OfnksE-wvNxHnF-T_P0b3qpTipCgPpztSbBfIlGQhfwFlJ5AYflKGg4HTPzcPQ2Sp1AIEauCGBs7PNtl_fXGF_KHZ8CHl4ITSt6nSL_jAyWxGDwdbFg2c07o5Yk62MXgLIRbRIYZQZA72Xk9CJwHuaK7XOUn5jVwiVcSlPENIgxhQIXfelDiB4yp8/w400-h300/ILD-SD-Sep9th-Event-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp7SycobcYUUdhPJgYZ-jfZ7FfQve8NAsdFTDkah6ax3fApWdmQVTIpfgdulLd5RFwE3n8wJGo4dhWgcNTwoEliUmMGOPyYrLcuaVYshnkGAff_kgsa6X1sNQmaJjhBeMT5pp6ldSlyTLzyuBAcVovgdJ5MZ5gwkvvpqvh8BlDj5pca3oT9QgfYf1qo-s/s1599/ILD-SD-Sep9th-Event-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1599" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp7SycobcYUUdhPJgYZ-jfZ7FfQve8NAsdFTDkah6ax3fApWdmQVTIpfgdulLd5RFwE3n8wJGo4dhWgcNTwoEliUmMGOPyYrLcuaVYshnkGAff_kgsa6X1sNQmaJjhBeMT5pp6ldSlyTLzyuBAcVovgdJ5MZ5gwkvvpqvh8BlDj5pca3oT9QgfYf1qo-s/w400-h225/ILD-SD-Sep9th-Event-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnVQig3qXy3KW4ixUnRV2M79WKkvLXTeT66MFQxjURX4HwEF7e98GlRnQtim_342vUem315o6HnoB1p7ecALAe6ISUPPKqjNxKs-GctFgJUYS86kJmWh6jN-fCEzBbrxVsp4EkqPlZjiieaXX6rAa-1XzKyuA6erNjj3OzZwyBd8Lucyva3oM8KsKvLM/s1599/ILD-SD-Sep9th-Event-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1599" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnVQig3qXy3KW4ixUnRV2M79WKkvLXTeT66MFQxjURX4HwEF7e98GlRnQtim_342vUem315o6HnoB1p7ecALAe6ISUPPKqjNxKs-GctFgJUYS86kJmWh6jN-fCEzBbrxVsp4EkqPlZjiieaXX6rAa-1XzKyuA6erNjj3OzZwyBd8Lucyva3oM8KsKvLM/w400-h225/ILD-SD-Sep9th-Event-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Sharing the FB album link: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity%3DSnehadharaFoundation%26set%3Da.702433938579283&source=gmail&ust=1703607845613000&usg=AOvVaw3Jjrng03v5EjMF9sBffLb3" href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=SnehadharaFoundation&set=a.702433938579283" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr>media/set/?vanity=<wbr></wbr>SnehadharaFoundation&set=a.<wbr></wbr>702433938579283</a></div><div><i>Photo credits - Ramu</i><span style="color: #888888;"><br /></span></div><div><i><br /></i></div></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><p></p></span>PNLIT Admin (Arathi)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08371961873650239374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512381262981030300.post-22051502743829281972023-08-22T22:20:00.017+05:302023-12-25T22:24:23.497+05:30Report on Photowalk & Workshop on World Photography Day at Puttenahalli Lake<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">In 1826, a French inventor called Nicephore Niepce made the first photograph, using a pewter plate coated with bitumen, and exposing it to the sun over eight hours. In 1829, Niepce and French artist, Louis Daguerre, developed an improved process that came to be known as Daguerreotype. In 1839, the French government purchased the patent from Daguerre. And on</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">August 19th</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">, 1839, the French government released the Daguerreotype photographic process to the public for free. That is why this date is considered the beginning of the era of Photography.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPL8Ala9zuyJB7BEdbzDWkiDtPxWtu2_BxHzIEyv69VgYYALXv7bRrKMSaNGWaqUXdKFirlivvjicmbqekEkWyhCLvmziUHdAOuVJN60Y2wAh_4ni-noSo4MaCyoNdBIMF0OcuVFahlnxmypMrGPX_fCtdGJ9WEFwXbVSGGEpZ_qGPJszyQQ0HoTSo9wQ/s500/Photowalk-pic1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPL8Ala9zuyJB7BEdbzDWkiDtPxWtu2_BxHzIEyv69VgYYALXv7bRrKMSaNGWaqUXdKFirlivvjicmbqekEkWyhCLvmziUHdAOuVJN60Y2wAh_4ni-noSo4MaCyoNdBIMF0OcuVFahlnxmypMrGPX_fCtdGJ9WEFwXbVSGGEpZ_qGPJszyQQ0HoTSo9wQ/w400-h300/Photowalk-pic1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4Lvw1-pP0nhOlTstXfsGzlegtEl1cLZ4Q6qtpSAqyXsyPdk_iXY0sIWiuNruxR65A-FQDQkXTE67WKt5PVvSZS3K9Qul3TM3VivsEHKTvDGFPit4GYzr9S1iCEKCOn5k-S3ZtdH9V7wbIheWHFUUaC33oQ116dsoItysUdE-WTng6RDqLDN5P9xG38E/s667/Photowalk-pic2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4Lvw1-pP0nhOlTstXfsGzlegtEl1cLZ4Q6qtpSAqyXsyPdk_iXY0sIWiuNruxR65A-FQDQkXTE67WKt5PVvSZS3K9Qul3TM3VivsEHKTvDGFPit4GYzr9S1iCEKCOn5k-S3ZtdH9V7wbIheWHFUUaC33oQ116dsoItysUdE-WTng6RDqLDN5P9xG38E/w300-h400/Photowalk-pic2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafjrzYeE-u9g8j7fmLxGGXZfr7N0s5yd2d6dxIjLxskp577-z8XH8rGt2QiuR5bR_hDlu0Fh1bGb59neBfMP7DbUAk8ggbNj_hQ5tEoiVUZc0mmdx8IN2Rr9vnF9mGi53HSG8eMUpvNDF5DEV4oPmNX3-oG02-Lygwc41VYRErudLzt0QC0wfPoAZWoQ/s500/Photowalk-pic3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafjrzYeE-u9g8j7fmLxGGXZfr7N0s5yd2d6dxIjLxskp577-z8XH8rGt2QiuR5bR_hDlu0Fh1bGb59neBfMP7DbUAk8ggbNj_hQ5tEoiVUZc0mmdx8IN2Rr9vnF9mGi53HSG8eMUpvNDF5DEV4oPmNX3-oG02-Lygwc41VYRErudLzt0QC0wfPoAZWoQ/w400-h300/Photowalk-pic3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EcBOO5lA5M_nNx8_mef9Gl9shssj4Yx_AmBkpPnDcFqDtSJYjLVte_FseiO9KkMMIiSIr5AGflI11x5hY52QDiy6If7VM0H-NRPZk_exlVHc8Ut8_dmz-DO9aEESIibxh10ads2RXb580I_ZNVmWRQZbSSUNvasBalbe2vIZ0hOE_AY2vcJyOC94B3A/s500/Photowalk-pic4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EcBOO5lA5M_nNx8_mef9Gl9shssj4Yx_AmBkpPnDcFqDtSJYjLVte_FseiO9KkMMIiSIr5AGflI11x5hY52QDiy6If7VM0H-NRPZk_exlVHc8Ut8_dmz-DO9aEESIibxh10ads2RXb580I_ZNVmWRQZbSSUNvasBalbe2vIZ0hOE_AY2vcJyOC94B3A/w400-h300/Photowalk-pic4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qxZzFc1M256vbj-sHLHTKMCBMhJNtMAC3r939cMEw4lPt5fuqMXyZA6STrTLm196Ft4-iSVEY2O8-cYckPxUI44UvueI1ykESlBSVArT0_FZA0w7it13WEJ7Y4HO92YsLUGlcNKTv1rsuGvi51nsgME2cC39-e-T-bGfakeLWRHZP91mzXFZ5zf8WqM/s500/Photowalk-pic5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qxZzFc1M256vbj-sHLHTKMCBMhJNtMAC3r939cMEw4lPt5fuqMXyZA6STrTLm196Ft4-iSVEY2O8-cYckPxUI44UvueI1ykESlBSVArT0_FZA0w7it13WEJ7Y4HO92YsLUGlcNKTv1rsuGvi51nsgME2cC39-e-T-bGfakeLWRHZP91mzXFZ5zf8WqM/w400-h300/Photowalk-pic5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="il">PNLIT</span> celebrated the <b>World Photography</b> <b>Day</b> at Puttenahalli lake by conducting a workshop and photowalk. The event was led by SK Srinivas, who by his own definition, is a serious amateur in photography. He has been a <span class="il">PNLIT</span> volunteer for the last ten years, and has captured many memorable moments at the lake in his camera.<br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Here is what the participants had to say about him and the photowalk !<br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>-------------------------<br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Recently, a friend of mine forwarded the announcement of a Photowalk & Workshop to be conducted at Puttenahalli Lake on Aug 19th. World Photography Day. I had been looking to attend just such a workshop for many days so I quickly registered for it. Another attraction was that the event conducted by <span class="il">PNLIT</span> was free of cost and open to all!<br /><br />The photography expert Mr. SK Srinivas (Srini) and <span class="il">PNLIT</span> events coordinator Sapana were cordial and welcoming. Srini began by asking how well each of the participants were acquainted with photography. Most of us were early beginners. We spent a good amount of time learning about the basics of photography and the technicalities of different types of cameras. This was no doubt very useful but it also meant that out of the two hours, the time we got to spend on actually photographing the birds and knowing how to spot them got reduced.<br /><br />Srini also talked about how human activities are damaging Bangalore lakes, their ecosystems and the fauna dependent on them. We were fortunate to have the right venue for the photo workshop. Puttenahalli lake, JP Nagar is indeed a "hidden gem" as described by the participants and I fully agree.<br /><br />We are grateful to Srini and the organisers for this opportunity. I would request him to conduct more photography related events for participants with different levels of skill. This will help us to become better nature photographers.<br /><br /><i>-Osama Ansari</i><br />------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>-------------------------<br /><br />On the occasion of World Photography Day (Aug 19) about 20 of us met at Puttenahalli Lake in JP Nagar 7th phase. The objective was to be given a few basic lessons on photography and how to plan and execute good photos by Mr. SK Srinivas (Srini).<br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Srini is a photography and wildlife enthusiast and has immense knowledge on cameras, photography and taking great shots.<br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We were greeted by a light drizzle which would have been otherwise welcome after a long dry spell but threatened to wash out the workshop. Srini started with the history of photography and how it has evolved over the ages from camera obscuras (pinhole cameras) to mirrorless DSLRs. He then explained how good photography is fundamentally about camera optics and explained how to manage trade-offs among aperture size, shutter speed and ISO settings and that practice makes perfect.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We then walked around the lake which was full of water and had plenty of aquatic birds as subjects to practise our newly acquired knowledge and dispersed by about 11 am after a group photo.<br /><br /><i>-Srivastha Yajaman</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>-------------------------</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Thank you,</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">-<span class="il">PNLIT</span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Pic credits - Arathi Manay</i></div>PNLIT Admin (Arathi)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08371961873650239374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512381262981030300.post-49946918466287958642023-08-02T23:01:00.021+05:302023-12-25T23:06:11.308+05:30Remembering the Lalbagh Legend - Mr. Vijay Thiruvady<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We are deeply saddened to say that in the passing of Mr. Vijay Thiruvady yesterday, 1 Aug.2023, we have lost a dear friend and the city, a renowned botanist and historian. </span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We had the good fortune of establishing contact with him sometime in 2013 when Mrs. Shanta Ramachandran gifted us a book, <b>Heritage Trees</b> written by her brother, Vijay Thiruvady. She lived in the vicinity of the lake and was a regular visitor to Puttakere. Later when Mr. T S Srinivasa, one of our tree experts, published a pocket book titled <b>Discover Garden Climbers</b> we thought it would be good to organize a book release function since we were growing climbers at the lake. Mr. Thiruvady readily agreed to do the honours. Photos of this event held in Jan 2018 are attached, link to the report is <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://plog.puttenahallilake.in/2018/01/report-on-two-exciting-events-at-lake.html&source=gmail&ust=1703607848575000&usg=AOvVaw3k6pN_MmA0cEphfdX9HCpD" href="http://plog.puttenahallilake.in/2018/01/report-on-two-exciting-events-at-lake.html" style="color: #0563c1;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">here.</span></a> </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Mr. Thiruvady, was Trustee, Bangalore Environment Trust, who <span style="color: #20171a; font-family: "ibm plex sans", "helvetica neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, "noto sans kannada", sans-serif;">conducted Green Heritage Walks in Lalbagh, Imperial Colonial Walks in Cubbon Park and Military Heritage Walks at the MEG&C. His </span>mesmerizing stories and anecdotes<span style="color: #20171a; font-family: "ibm plex sans", "helvetica neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, "noto sans kannada", sans-serif;"> </span>made these a memorable experience. Our Editor, Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Kutty who had gone twice on the Green Heritage Walk (which ended with breakfast at MTR), interviewed him for Ripples, our bi-annual newsletter. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lakenewsweb.wordpress.com/earth-watch-3/&source=gmail&ust=1703607848575000&usg=AOvVaw3L1gZ2ncZObbCEgGlLj7MW" href="https://lakenewsweb.wordpress.com/earth-watch-3/" style="color: #0563c1;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The Tree Walker</span></a> appeared in the July 2020 issue. <br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">For more than 30 years, Mr. Thiruvady had been collecting the letters and documents of his grandfather, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._S._Krishnan&source=gmail&ust=1703607848575000&usg=AOvVaw1ObYWuGVYk39tZGLN_ACJg" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._S._Krishnan" style="color: #0563c1;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Dr K S Krishnan</span></a>, the renowned physicist who together with CV Raman had discovered the Raman Effect. One of these letters was a signed appeal from Albert Einstein! Mr Thiruvady sent a photo of this with the news that he had just handed over these memorabilia to NCBS. To hear of his demise only four days later was indeed a big shock. <br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Mr. Vijay Thiruvady, 21 July 1941 - 1 Aug. 2023</span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">RIP Sir.</span><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; 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color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><br />PNLIT Admin (Arathi)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08371961873650239374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512381262981030300.post-878992706228401202023-07-25T22:55:00.018+05:302023-12-25T23:00:46.341+05:30Puttenahalli Lake Upstaged by Tripod and Friends - Report on the book launch<p><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Tripod Finds a Friend and Other Stories</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> by </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Dr. Roopa Satish</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> and </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Anitha Murthy</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">was released by </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Usha Rajagopalan</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> at Puttenahalli Lake on Saturday July 22</span><sup style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">nd</sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The interactions between Usha, the authors and the audience were engaging and never ending! It was indeed so absorbing that no one paid heed to the drizzle that started when the discussion was underway. Each one simply picked up their chair and shifted to the gazebo. For once, the star of the event was not the lake but</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Tripod </b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">and its authors.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Read below some of the feedback we received on this event and the book. The first by a 13 year old who’s clearly a Harry Potter fan!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>----------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b>Meeting a wildlife veterinarian who can speak …... hm..mhm.. PARSEL TONGUE!!!</b><br /> -- Just an attempt to make it spooky (I hope it was) --<br /><br />So, ignore everything that is spooky. Now let me tell you that there’s an endangered animal known as the “Tripod”. Tripod? What’s that? Read on to find out!<br /><br />It was an exciting day, filled with happiness and a day filled with “chirps” all along the Puttenahalli lake, as I stood in front of a gathering of wildlife enthusiasts, curious readers, and writers. Here is what I learnt from the conversation between Dr. Roopa Satish, Ms. Anitha Murthy, and Ms. Usha Rajagopalan:<br /><br />• I got to know about the Red Eared Slider invasion in the lake.<br />• I got to know a lot about the amazing patients whom Dr. Roopa Satish has rehabilitated at the Bannerghatta Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center (WRRC).<br />• I heard this astonishing tale of her giving CPR to a snake. Yeah! That was when I found out she knew Parsel tongue.<br />• I got to know a lot about the snake bites and also got helpful tips to save the mother snake at my apartment complex from people who want to kill it.<br />• I finally found someone who could help me save a Rose-ringed parakeet that was caged and beaten up by her owners.<br /><br />For now, I look forward to reading the book and knowing more about wildlife to achieve my dream of becoming an owner of all types of pets and also be a forest officer. Lastly, I found out there were 2 lovely dogs in the lake that like to interact with everyone. Thank you <span class="il">PNLIT</span> (Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake Improvement Trust) for such an eye opener session and a learning opportunity.</span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">By V. Ramanujam, 13 years</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>---------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b>Tripod Finds a Friend and other stories</b> by Dr Roopa Satish and Anitha Murthy is not an ordinary book. It is a squeeze of the life experience of a Vet and her bubbling passion for wildlife. The subtext of the book is Stories of wildlife rescue and rehabilitation. They are heartwarming and at the same time revelatory for city dwellers like me. We also got to know about many faceless unknown champions who are driven by their passion to save wildlife and create shared and safe space for non-human species.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Did you know that in our urban vicinity we have animals like Slender Loris, Pangolin, and Fox? How would you distinguish a Turtle, Terrapin and Tortoise? You might have spotted a Civet cat and Mongoose but mentioned them interchangeably without a second thought? Thanks to our commercial celluloid projections and popular beliefs, do you think of snakes as reptiles, slithering and dangerous for human beings? What is the difference between poisonous and venomous?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">We learned these and more in a mesmerizing interaction with the authors. Dr. Roopa </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Satish </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">enthralled the audience, kids and grown-ups alike, with her animated storytelling, dark humour and sometimes narrating the harrowing experiences in a lighter vein.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">It was good to see how young readers in the gathering seemed to understand the subject matter better than adults. This is a positive sign that our civilization will progress forward along with the doomsayer's prediction of the climate crisis and global warming.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">This book is well-written, and tightly edited but it deserves better print quality. I hope the authors will take care to correct the text alignment and fonts in the next edition. Nonetheless, such shortcomings did not make the stories any less interesting. Soon after the book was released and discussions began, the sky opened up and mother nature showered her blessings. Kudos to Dr. Roopa Satish and Anitha Murthy for bringing out such a wonderful compilation of real stories from the wild. Such stories need happy endings. Let the world of Tripod, Mooshie and their ilk educate and create greater awareness among us, and make us sensitive and responsible humans.</span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /><i>By Gautam Saha</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>---------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I attended a book launch on July 22nd of <b>Tripod Finds a Friend, and other stories</b> co-authored by Dr. Roopa Satish and Anitha Murthy. I am a sucker for children's books, and <b>Tripod..</b>. is not only beautifully written - thrilling, compassionate, with a touch of crime - it is filled with fun-facts and learning. One learning I had from the book was about "imprinting" - never touch a baby wild animal with bare hands, or cuddle it (no matter how much affection you feel for it) because you transfer your germs onto it and it may not be accepted back by its clan and this can be disastrous for its survival.</span></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br />At the book launch event, it was an absolute pleasure listening to Dr. Roopa Satish speak. Her passion for her work (which is as niche as it can get) and her compassion for all things living, including snakes and humans, is palpable. She shared many interesting anecdotes, and facts, about human animal interaction, which had everyone in the audience captivated and wanting to know more.</span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Anyone who is looking for their next guest speaker at a corporate event, I would highly recommend inviting Dr. Roopa Satish i.e. if she can drag herself away from performing intricate surgeries on terrapins or mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on cobras!<br /><br /><i>By Lalana Zaveri</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>---------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><i>Picture credits - SK Srinivas and Nupur Jain</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"Bringing the community together" gardening session happened at the lake today (Saturday, June 3rd). It was a great start to a sunny day in a beautiful place. A snakebird (darter), a purple heron, a grey heron and many small and mid cormorants were out and about. Maybe a large school of tiny fish was the reason for these large birds' diving sorties. Privy to all this was a 3.5 yr old, who enjoyed this and more while raking with his tiny hands!</span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The young child had come with his parents to the gardening session as he loves to de-weed. In his kindergarten he is incharge of de-weeding so here he was! Unfortunately the soil was hard, so we couldn't de-weed much and turned our attention to raking the fallen leaves in the garden and the lake entrance. For an hour he was immersed in raking with his parents and had to be told to take a break.<br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">With kids like him around, it is heartening to think that our natural resources could have a chance of a safe and flourishing future.<br /><br />We invite you to bring your children next month. Let them have fun and learn to care for nature.<br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Pic credits : Ramu ( <span class="il">PNLIT</span> gardener) and Meena ( <span class="il">PNLIT</span> volunteer)<br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Warmly,</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">-Sapana</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; 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color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A musical afternoon was held yesterday, on 11 March 2023, at the Puttenahalli Lake organized by SARGAM, a group of singing enthusiasts from South City together with the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">PNLIT</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">. The program held at the Gazebo was a live singing of mostly film songs to Karaoke tracks on the theme of Water bodies and Birds.</span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">With Bala from South City setting the mood and tone with a flute recital, the vocalists followed, enthralling the discerning and appreciative audience which grew bigger as the evening progressed. The 31 singers presented solos and duets in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and English. Considering that all were amateurs, there were many young people who sang really well but the seniors were not outdone either. </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />As much as the singers were good and kept the audience interested, the ambience made it all even more magical. The atmosphere was friendly and informal and with the beautiful Puttenahalli Lake in the background it was a very enjoyable afternoon. There was a gentle cool breeze blowing across from the West to East right across the lake which made for a very comfortable afternoon indeed. Any apprehension one might have had about sitting out in the open - the mercury is definitely climbing in Bangalore as it would in mid March - was quickly dispelled with the zephyr that very kindly decided to grace the event. SARGAM members and the singers from the neighbouring Brigade Millennium, Adarsh Rhythm and Brigade Palm Spring apartments made the most of the occasion. </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Addressing the gathering, <span class="il">PNLIT</span> chairperson Ms. Usha Rajagopalan spoke about how the lake came to be revived and how it had grown with support from the community and assistance from BBMP. In order to hold public events, <span class="il">PNLIT</span> had had the Gazebo modified slightly to open it up as a stage, she said. She welcomed the idea of using the premises for such community events and urged the gathering to strengthen <span class="il">PNLIT</span>'s efforts with nurturing the lake. </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div><div aria-expanded="true" aria-label="Hide expanded content" id="m_597579451808462039gmail-q_512"><div></div></div></div><div><div><br />On the whole the event turned out to be a very pleasant and enjoyable afternoon for the audience and participants alike. Thanks to <span class="il">PNLIT</span> the lake is now a community asset that provides a home for a variety of flora and fauna along with being a lovely clean lung space for morning walkers and a great venue for community events.<br /><br />By<br />V.Srinivasan<i><br />Mr V.Srinivasan is a resident of South City and also a member of SARGAM.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Here are some beautiful moments of the event captured by our lake photographer Mr. SK Srinivas - <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://photos.app.goo.gl/R5wd8fiK1zyn9nis9&source=gmail&ust=1703610906195000&usg=AOvVaw2eeVBsWoPZtyjuvjnLaIyZ" dir="ltr" href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/R5wd8fiK1zyn9nis9" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://photos.app.goo.gl/<wbr></wbr>R5wd8fiK1zyn9nis9</a></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Picture credits - Ramu ,our lake gardener</i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #222222; font-size: small;">We are delighted to learn that </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravish_Kumar&source=gmail&ust=1703610563734000&usg=AOvVaw0LBztosn2zYBxaqu_072_Y" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravish_Kumar" style="color: #0563c1;" target="_blank"><span face="arial, sans-serif">Mr. Ravish Kumar</span></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">, the renowned journalist and Magsaysay award winner, had visited our Puttenahalli and Sarakki lakes recently for a story on how Bengaluru is taking care of its lakes. The </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3Dx_LkDHvCYak&source=gmail&ust=1703610563734000&usg=AOvVaw3GKpY0nEIBksWSEF7X7H-Y" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_LkDHvCYak" style="color: #0563c1;" target="_blank"><span face="arial, sans-serif">video</span></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"> went live yesterday and within 24 hours has been viewed by over 3.5 lakh viewers! </span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="420" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x_LkDHvCYak" width="479" youtube-src-id="x_LkDHvCYak"></iframe></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">His report is on the plight of water bodies not just in our city but in the country as a whole. He talks of citizen activism in Bengaluru and talks at length of the many challenges that one has to confront in order to save a water body. Indeed! Ask us about these challenges and obstacles! </span></span><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">While he has not mentioned <span class="il">PNLIT</span> by name, he speaks about how 'chintit' residents in the area have adopted Puttenahalli and are working with the municipality to save and take care of it. Walking around the lake and seeing how it is being maintained seems to have impressed him enough to invite people coming to the city to visit Puttenahalli (at about 9 min 40 sec) and understand how important lakes are. He goes on to say, "Yeh jheel jo hai aapko sheher mein hone ka maksad deti hai." </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wow! He may not have taken our name but our 'talaab' did the talking with the fountain playing, birds flying all over, ripples in the water and early morning walkers. <br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Once again, our deepest gratitude to all our many well-wishers, government departments especially BBMP (Lakes), CSR partners, knowledge experts and above all you, our donors and volunteers. Together let us make the lake thrive and grow from strength to strength. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In gratitude,</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="il">PNLIT</span> team</span></div>PNLIT Admin (Arathi)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08371961873650239374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512381262981030300.post-38551144250619758832023-02-21T22:33:00.019+05:302023-12-25T22:38:41.210+05:30Report on Bioblitz at Puttenahalli Lake, Feb 19th, 2023<p>The morning of 19th Feb was as warm as it has been for the past few days. Bangalore is warming up and everywhere trees are shedding their leaves. It was no different at the Puttenahalli lake where I was with some others, for a bioblitz event. The event coordinator, Sapana briefly talked about the journey of the transformation of the lake - from what it was to what it is today.</p>Naturalist and <span class="il">PNLIT</span> volunteer Kaustubh Rau led the walk and began by asking us to take a close look at anything that seemed interesting. And indeed there were so many little details that caught the attention of each of one of us be it the colour or the variegations of leaves, the shapes of flowers, the busy and fierce weaver ants, spider web with egg and cocooned prey in it, a leaf with some insect eggs on it, the pattern in which the branches of a tree were arranged, the names of the different trees and how or why they were named so or the different water birds with their distinct calls. All these observations led to further questioning and learning not only pertaining to flora & fauna but connected to other areas of history, geography, and economy.<br /><br />With <span class="il">PNLIT</span> Trustee Nupur joining us, the commitment and sense of ownership were evident when she and Sapana spoke about certain trees. How many of us will have such stories to share? I wondered. We, the participants, were lucky too to get these few hours to stop thinking of our own lives and observe the world and lives of our co habitants at the lake. I hope to come back and see the changes that happen during the different seasons.<br /><br />Thank you for this experience.<br /><br /><div>Archna, J.P Nagar</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Pic Credits: SK Srinivas and Aishwarya S</i><span style="color: #888888;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #888888;"><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhejLz9gmTxJKTYzPEI7cK3v6C1clCDhhBGK4iBszWNyaOzKoArrbkeJMuDORTrrF9C06AdA2J9GyJ5f7roW7LmkYlHr2xPebrK3vohJrR3SQAuY4y52XiGzxpeZDU0tNCeEWJG2qRNoekGBoOINDkIntt-mi3c4Iac4cN51OkNzuDtWqtVFnP1UxGl2RY/s500/BioBlitz-Feb2023-Grouppic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="500" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhejLz9gmTxJKTYzPEI7cK3v6C1clCDhhBGK4iBszWNyaOzKoArrbkeJMuDORTrrF9C06AdA2J9GyJ5f7roW7LmkYlHr2xPebrK3vohJrR3SQAuY4y52XiGzxpeZDU0tNCeEWJG2qRNoekGBoOINDkIntt-mi3c4Iac4cN51OkNzuDtWqtVFnP1UxGl2RY/w400-h269/BioBlitz-Feb2023-Grouppic.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUOatmy65NfuQNnI1lXSdeC0GIMFmlrV9R4RQEXugbLzsxq_knHpvFobM0FKEBaNG9gEDQJU5GFhLpPlFYqVjRrx3OXRWbFLIqaTN60EstThqfuG8IKNIU4Zp2dyd-ztN7C8ulkjVo3OVqPoHVdfFNl130SWkwoH4-mxQu2KtnEY3rS-4eFLnsjnR1sw/s1152/Feb4thGroup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="1152" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUOatmy65NfuQNnI1lXSdeC0GIMFmlrV9R4RQEXugbLzsxq_knHpvFobM0FKEBaNG9gEDQJU5GFhLpPlFYqVjRrx3OXRWbFLIqaTN60EstThqfuG8IKNIU4Zp2dyd-ztN7C8ulkjVo3OVqPoHVdfFNl130SWkwoH4-mxQu2KtnEY3rS-4eFLnsjnR1sw/w400-h185/Feb4thGroup.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We had 4 young kids and 4 adults taking part in this month's Family Fun Gardening Day at Puttenahalli lake. The youngsters were excited to see different types of leaves and insects around them, while we adults - who raked, trimmed and added manure to the plants - enjoyed their innocence and remembered our own childhood days!</span></p><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Here is what one of the participants has to say:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The gardening activity along the banks of the Puttenahalli lake this Saturday (4 February 2023) took me back to my roots for a few hours - to our ancestral home in a remote island in the Sundarbans surrounded by lush green and waterbodies. It brought back memories of those wonderful days of innocence, when I was closer to nature and often overwhelmed by its sheer beauty. I felt like one of those little ones who had joined us -- curious and excited about our surroundings. And I felt very happy from within. I am glad that I took part in the activity.<br /><br />Thank you to the entire team of <span class="il">PNLIT</span> that is driving this initiative. You are doing an incredible job of improving our environment and making our world a better place to live. I look forward to joining you in future activities. Thanks again.<br /><br /></i><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>---Supriyo, a resident of South City<br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Thank you,</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sapana<br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="il">PNLIT</span> Event Coordinator</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>(Pic credits - Ramu, <span class="il">PNLIT</span> Gardener)</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8FEX2mTo2TgbIqBQz_yEThGLY0kZrtBZYUcBwoTOu4RcyybJs4703qSvog6d13-fDuK6FcN-g40AremexUaN2vBjTXoP-h6dPMPfXpJ0kNhipu76Gh6DZAS9SGpugBxPs9eh-D4yVLwaXCxBlyyFuOJRuAA_Ecz3IhfhEJnYpxGxVJjrM_57K4goaTM/s1152/Feb4thGardenwork-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="1152" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8FEX2mTo2TgbIqBQz_yEThGLY0kZrtBZYUcBwoTOu4RcyybJs4703qSvog6d13-fDuK6FcN-g40AremexUaN2vBjTXoP-h6dPMPfXpJ0kNhipu76Gh6DZAS9SGpugBxPs9eh-D4yVLwaXCxBlyyFuOJRuAA_Ecz3IhfhEJnYpxGxVJjrM_57K4goaTM/w400-h185/Feb4thGardenwork-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"Bringing the community together" gardening session at the lake will happen on <b>4th Feb 2023</b> (Saturday).</span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The first Saturday of every month is open to you to exercise your green thumb; to introduce your children to gardening; to work together with your family; to de-stress; to discover the small pleasures of plants; to be one with nature, and more. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Make the most of your neighbourhood lake. Join us on Saturday, 4th February between 9.30 a.m. and 11 a.m. for the Family Fun Gardening Saturday.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">No registration required. Just come and enjoy nature!</span>Arathi Manayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03443804475462071189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512381262981030300.post-83413094563697200022023-01-12T21:56:00.001+05:302023-12-25T21:59:07.923+05:30PNLIT Newsletter-Jan 2023<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Dear friends, </span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Let's begin the New Year with some exciting articles and news from our lake in this issue.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Click <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://puttenahallilake.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D577aa2bf582e7f0d5f7bf0d4b%26id%3D3d9cd782a4%26e%3D7791b6d219&source=gmail&ust=1703607875960000&usg=AOvVaw1WZ1nP37GQ0gRDOwQVQDbT" href="https://puttenahallilake.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=577aa2bf582e7f0d5f7bf0d4b&id=3d9cd782a4&e=7791b6d219" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">here</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> to view the newsletter:</span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">We look forward to your comments, and suggestions. We welcome your technical help too!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Do write to the Editor to <</span><a aria-label="ripplespnlit@gmail.com (From your Google Contacts)" href="mailto:ripplespnlit@gmail.com" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">ripplespnlit@gmail.com</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Happy reading!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Kutty</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Editor, Ripples</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span class="il" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">PNLIT</span></div>PNLIT Admin (Arathi)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08371961873650239374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512381262981030300.post-8727869198577736712023-01-10T16:31:00.001+05:302023-01-26T16:38:36.174+05:30Report on the first Family Fun Gardening Day of 2023 <p><span style="font-family: arial;">We are happy to share with you this report on our first Family Fun Gardening Day for 2023. It has been written by Mihika (14 yrs) who lives in the vicinity of Puttenahalli Puttakere. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">----</span></p><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family: arial;">After a gap of 4 years and more, this Saturday on 7th January 2023, we woke up early in the morning, excited to visit Puttenahalli Lake. In spite of the cold weather my sister, mother, five of my friends and I were gung-ho about spending our weekend sweating it out for a cause. We had attended the Family Fun Gardening Day at Puttenahalli Lake a few years back, before Covid, and we were really excited to go again.</span></div></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />At first I was nervous to meet new people and socialise but when we arrived, Sapana, Divya and Rashmi aunty from PNLIT, made us feel at home and the head gardener Ramu uncle guided us on the proper ways to complete the tasks at hand. Though there were not as many people like the earlier times we were eager to get going, so with a jump and skip we started.<br /><br />The lake has become more beautiful since the last time we visited! It was now filled to the brim due to good rainfall over the past 4-5 months. We saw so many different birds enjoying the sun. I still remember the lake being dry earlier and this was such a happy contrast! I am not a regular visitor to the lake and I was soaking in the atmosphere but there was work to be done!<span class="im"><br /><br />We started off with raking the dry leaves to clear the garden a bit, then we cut off the excess leaves growing off the hedges, after that we removed the weeds growing in the garden area. Ramu uncle guided us throughout and showed us how to do each of these tasks. It was hard work but we did take the customary selfie breaks and photo sessions.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="im"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lnvS3EJdHF4Qu7MSrK1SSdiEr7BLRW9dV2dLXr6SHcIkhSy_UijVYDvBe7krTnB04RkuFPQ77rGRuyaqS42Q7wMoD7biTTqMpGAdSXLilnh3Ac7TRWsVmDFJj0iAujYBWzqaLA8hpLrNPguSgzMqRVr_AFowqXHMzUwsFIBpDuEL9Vz0cMeqgGQG/s1280/Kidsatwork.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="958" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lnvS3EJdHF4Qu7MSrK1SSdiEr7BLRW9dV2dLXr6SHcIkhSy_UijVYDvBe7krTnB04RkuFPQ77rGRuyaqS42Q7wMoD7biTTqMpGAdSXLilnh3Ac7TRWsVmDFJj0iAujYBWzqaLA8hpLrNPguSgzMqRVr_AFowqXHMzUwsFIBpDuEL9Vz0cMeqgGQG/w300-h400/Kidsatwork.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span class="im"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs5tV1ffZYsvvjxf-l_rIacVJB9AJ-bdt2td6vPdHqWT0vwhvjzqMbkvSj79xy8EJtREK50cT8lsWv2Fm16lfhSqcJ9chOC-96Xfr3ctEXSwlCUmuLwBR4dnqbi_2UFOy8aEb-cGxXSI_eM4Vu1UQrIRrDweHKS5TJyEHDWMe1IXs5_X-lrRtjZ4ev/s818/Kidsatwork-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="818" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs5tV1ffZYsvvjxf-l_rIacVJB9AJ-bdt2td6vPdHqWT0vwhvjzqMbkvSj79xy8EJtREK50cT8lsWv2Fm16lfhSqcJ9chOC-96Xfr3ctEXSwlCUmuLwBR4dnqbi_2UFOy8aEb-cGxXSI_eM4Vu1UQrIRrDweHKS5TJyEHDWMe1IXs5_X-lrRtjZ4ev/w400-h374/Kidsatwork-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDm8jvsexfc06KEmdCms0_ab8hPIpJc6eXvdy3P1Wml1kqsy6UHT3e1cUHe_gLJCpnLDoqDSQnNTLDgfxlmJ5eaygbO0I68rh9k10H3J2qGp2ZHEnPdkiuz4au_G7apnq3KK5h1rXN41H9Ki848itfMd3o3Y-AEBuJqZ1a47_qvP9V50x-ESvXiNPm/s534/Nandinibasket.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDm8jvsexfc06KEmdCms0_ab8hPIpJc6eXvdy3P1Wml1kqsy6UHT3e1cUHe_gLJCpnLDoqDSQnNTLDgfxlmJ5eaygbO0I68rh9k10H3J2qGp2ZHEnPdkiuz4au_G7apnq3KK5h1rXN41H9Ki848itfMd3o3Y-AEBuJqZ1a47_qvP9V50x-ESvXiNPm/w300-h400/Nandinibasket.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div>After finishing all the tasks we were really tired but we truly enjoyed our time here. We had been so engrossed that we hadn’t looked at the clock! Those 2 + hours of work just didn’t feel like 120 minutes of raking, cleaning and deweeding. All of us had so much fun and didn't want to leave. This was the best start to a weekend!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLzwe7IgfMyi45GYPfe1BDw3PFbgVnDxmWZO0rXT_NPZV_vbhNkOFTN43JlW9VjjQwQBu7Lf4qn809rh_H59ABxSN02Ek7HblDPq42yp_7OxWni_o3-QsFVWwXUyIaAsEyfo0clTIEjdHLfHRKBqg3jLTlQv_aYoeHXT1xYgoWIXM62FhkIx_u5sd/s534/Ramu-raking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLzwe7IgfMyi45GYPfe1BDw3PFbgVnDxmWZO0rXT_NPZV_vbhNkOFTN43JlW9VjjQwQBu7Lf4qn809rh_H59ABxSN02Ek7HblDPq42yp_7OxWni_o3-QsFVWwXUyIaAsEyfo0clTIEjdHLfHRKBqg3jLTlQv_aYoeHXT1xYgoWIXM62FhkIx_u5sd/w300-h400/Ramu-raking.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLcswjpVDt_6r-mYFiFzqiLYxTYMMztYss8qGY1Uy0Fcz55gw0GDLw8hA_R1398zjY5peEh2GY4GEJIzi3SlxLkaJKWHuL35-pUSQRe2bKHx0miFJvh1BTgg6Y5ZX_XH0ib0wFpWIhfBWk0uelwDwdVRVbKDEEZeHXQFXhEtrapfhT_I9s3MVcLaB/s1024/TheGroup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLcswjpVDt_6r-mYFiFzqiLYxTYMMztYss8qGY1Uy0Fcz55gw0GDLw8hA_R1398zjY5peEh2GY4GEJIzi3SlxLkaJKWHuL35-pUSQRe2bKHx0miFJvh1BTgg6Y5ZX_XH0ib0wFpWIhfBWk0uelwDwdVRVbKDEEZeHXQFXhEtrapfhT_I9s3MVcLaB/w400-h300/TheGroup.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />We will surely attend the upcoming gardening events as it is truly great fun. I will also visit the lake on a regular basis. Thanks a ton to PNLIT for a memorable experience.<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Mihika</span></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><span style="color: #888888;"><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></div></span>PNLIT Admin (Arathi)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08371961873650239374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512381262981030300.post-40721420582459689722022-12-31T21:30:00.005+05:302023-01-02T13:04:40.023+05:30Looking back at 2022 with gratitude<p><span style="font-family: arial;">As we step into the new year, we look back gratefully at the moments that gave us not only so much joy but also the strength to face the challenges that are inevitable when nurturing a public space like an urban lake! </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9DTZWGPjJkp0vkUYSGtNY4UrtkE75CX7w-c52Fvk2-g7mW9sc5jhj118AO6Cy7EDVEJr9HInB4rmGPpMIouUPsv6xRqTU76fo_zzBjjcVGeViCAfLQCKMVFkLqJIDqzP_gjtZwDIWhClxunGhIDsTLVHPGs4VoswrmpyPV47cd3-2Rd26delW-UXn/s720/slidesho2.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Puttenahalli lake glimpses" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9DTZWGPjJkp0vkUYSGtNY4UrtkE75CX7w-c52Fvk2-g7mW9sc5jhj118AO6Cy7EDVEJr9HInB4rmGPpMIouUPsv6xRqTU76fo_zzBjjcVGeViCAfLQCKMVFkLqJIDqzP_gjtZwDIWhClxunGhIDsTLVHPGs4VoswrmpyPV47cd3-2Rd26delW-UXn/w400-h400/slidesho2.gif" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glimpses of 2022 (Photos by well-wishers; slideshow by Pranshu and Nupur Jain)</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>March lifted our spirits with the Flame of the Forest flowering for the first time. We had planted this tree in July 2010 and had watched it grow, its trunk twisted and full of big leaves. We wondered if it would flower at all when we spotted a flower petal lying on the walking track and looked up to see one bunch of reddish orange flowers! It bore only a few more bunches but we are excited to see how it will fare this coming summer!</span><p></p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Again in March, a mother duck waddled out of the shrubs and into the water followed by eight fluffy ducklings! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">At the same time, a Brahminy kite chick learned to fly high on the tree on the island. We watched it hop tentatively from branch to branch, fluttering its wings and growing more confident and stronger by the day. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">On 5th June, <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">together with </span>Indian Music Experience and Karnataka State Legal Services Authority, we celebrated World <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Environment Day </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span>PNLIT’s<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> 12th anniversary. </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> Samuel John's </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">documentary ‘Puttenahalli Lake Alive On Land Under Water’ had everyone spellbound. We had to pinch ourselves to remember that the lake had been reclaimed from sewage influx only a year ago. T</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">he </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">musical tribute to nature</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> by </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">national award winning singer and composer, </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Bindhumalini Narayanaswamy was mesmerising and swept us all away into another realm. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Our biggest challenge remains protecting the lake from encroachment about which we had sent you a detailed email earlier this month. Suffice it to say that the direction of the Hon'ble High Court to remove the encroachment issued on 15th July is yet to be carried out by the authorities. We hope they will do so at least in the coming months. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">As always, we look forward to your continued support. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">We wish you and your loved ones a great new year. May you too draw happiness and strength from the small pleasures of life and nature.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Best wishes</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">PNLIT team <span style="color: #888888;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="color: #888888;"><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /></span></div>PNLIT Admin (Arathi)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08371961873650239374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512381262981030300.post-34647151752726150512022-12-31T09:00:00.001+05:302023-01-26T16:40:48.255+05:30Restarting our Family Fun Gardening Day in the new year<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">After a gap of almost 3 years,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Bringing the community together</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">gardening session at Puttenahalli lake, JP Nagar is back from January 2023!</span></p><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />PNLIT has made the first Saturday of every month open to you to exercise your green thumb; to introduce your children to gardening; to work together with your family; to destress; to discover the small pleasures of plants; to be one with nature, and more. So make the most of your neighbourhood lake.</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Join us on <b>Saturday, 7th January</b> between <b>9.30 a.m. and 11 a.m.</b> for the Family Fun Gardening Saturday.<br /><br />No registration required. Just come with your water bottle, cap and comfortable shoes to enjoy the outdoors!</div>PNLIT Admin (Arathi)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08371961873650239374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512381262981030300.post-36938742518447965892022-12-03T14:59:00.001+05:302022-12-28T15:00:56.063+05:30The biggest challenge yet for Puttenahalli Lake - Update<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">If you noticed, we have not been sending you lake updates as often as before. This is because from March 2021 we have been in the thick of our biggest challenge - getting the authorities to protect Puttenahalli Puttakere from encroachers. </span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div><br /></div><div>Our endeavour to rehabilitate the slum dwellers (some 40 families in 2010 now grown to 119) so that their quality of life may improve in better housing elsewhere began in 2008. Each time we think we are on the verge of achieving this goal, our hope crashes. We pick ourselves up because we owe it to Puttakere itself and to you, our well-wishers, volunteers, and donors who have stood by us all these years. </div><div><br /></div><div>You can read a short account of our struggle in this link: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/lakes-of-bengaluru-maintained-local-residents-puttenahalli-citizens-lake-8264383/&source=gmail&ust=1672304751304000&usg=AOvVaw3WY6iXeHEcxbi32MZvDqol" href="https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/lakes-of-bengaluru-maintained-local-residents-puttenahalli-citizens-lake-8264383/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://indianexpress.<wbr></wbr>com/article/cities/bangalore/<wbr></wbr>lakes-of-bengaluru-maintained-<wbr></wbr>local-residents-puttenahalli-<wbr></wbr>citizens-lake-8264383/</a> </div><div><br /></div><div>In essence, on 15th July 2022, a two-member bench of the Karnataka High Court passed an order on our writ petition directing BBMP to remove the encroachment at Puttenahalli Lake and submit a compliance report. As soon as they received the eviction notice, the slum dwellers filed a WP (20300/2022) in the High Court and obtained a stay order. When informed of this, the bench orally directed BBMP on 24/11/2022 to get the stay vacated. </div><div><br /></div><div>Our uncertainty continues but we are encouraged by the Judges coming down heavily on the authorities for not protecting lakes, buffer zones and storm water drains from encroachments. Also, since lake related cases have been clubbed together, the hearings have been happening fairly frequently. The last was on 1st December and the next will be on the 7th. You can read the orders and follow our WP 4964/2021 on the Karnataka Judiciary website.</div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Wish us well!</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Best regards</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">PNLIT team</div>Arathi Manayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03443804475462071189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512381262981030300.post-90715488674219702682022-12-02T15:02:00.003+05:302022-12-28T15:03:07.417+05:30Biolblitz at the lake - scheduled<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The next bioblitz at Puttenahalli Lake will be conducted on Sunday, 11th December between 9:30 am-11.00 am.</span></p><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">What</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">: A bioblitz is a short but intense session in which participants do a biological survey of a particular area and record all the living creatures in that space.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Why</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">: A bioblitz serves two purposes. Over a time period it allows the surveying of the biodiversity in an area. This biodiversity can be documented on a citizen-science platform such as iNaturalist (</span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://inaturalist.org&source=gmail&ust=1672304752200000&usg=AOvVaw3ZE3yB7i7QQZ20Xnkkx0pW" href="http://inaturalist.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" target="_blank">inaturalist.org</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">) making this information available to all. Second, a bioblitz is a fun way of getting people, particularly children interested in nature and conservation issues. They also learn important skills of observation, identification and documentation.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">How</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">: All you need is an interest in nature and a notebook and pencil to record your observations. A camera is also preferred for documentation but not a requirement. We do a slow walk in a particular area of the lake and record all the living creatures we find. These include mosses, herbs, shrubs, trees, flowers, lichen, insects, birds and animals.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">All observations are uploaded on the Puttenahalli Lake project page on iNaturalist . All participants could sign-up for a free account on iNaturalist. (This procedure will be explained at the time of the event).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Who</b>: Any person who is 12+ years and interested in the natural world can join us for this event. 10+ old kids could also join in provided they are accompanied by an adult. We are taking upto <b>20</b> participants only.<br /></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">By Whom</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">: The session will be led by Dr. Kaustubh Rau, a biologist, a naturalist and a PNLIT volunteer.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">When and Where</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">: December 11th, 9:30 am - 11.00 am at the Lake gazebo.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Register</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> by filling the form - </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://forms.gle/4YxQmCeZeMTPZpSC9&source=gmail&ust=1672304752200000&usg=AOvVaw01pDslwucCYbmx1jxQDtxn" href="https://forms.gle/4YxQmCeZeMTPZpSC9" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/<wbr></wbr>dHw3JS2uYGQf4SQH6</a><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This event is free. Do register asap to avoid disappointment!<br /></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Thank you,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sapana Rawat</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">PNLIT Events Coordinator</span>Arathi Manayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03443804475462071189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512381262981030300.post-81768583468796041092022-11-02T15:05:00.002+05:302022-12-28T15:10:04.287+05:30Puttenahalli Lake then and now<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Seeing our lake everyday is like seeing one's child and not realizing how much the baby has grown. To remind ourselves, we occasionally browse through old photographs. See the evolution of Puttenahalli Puttakere in just three frames. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRaGWh4UACQR3WW9YEP_M0QlJ4fRDJMPeUXYJZ3tUVoAUTMGLuaHdcCcM0OwdKOBLauksaIEihkS-Uh0tQ31gjyPijibl0Q_SK05BjMgkgTPbxUV1yxwgvi7OpzhgvYBvJeLt1H7T5W8c6yBHpzoecj62d2ejlEdY9iMcOjlRWx8PkUqzBPRtHqy1W/s1024/puttenahalli%20lake%20panorama%20July%202009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="1024" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRaGWh4UACQR3WW9YEP_M0QlJ4fRDJMPeUXYJZ3tUVoAUTMGLuaHdcCcM0OwdKOBLauksaIEihkS-Uh0tQ31gjyPijibl0Q_SK05BjMgkgTPbxUV1yxwgvi7OpzhgvYBvJeLt1H7T5W8c6yBHpzoecj62d2ejlEdY9iMcOjlRWx8PkUqzBPRtHqy1W/w400-h169/puttenahalli%20lake%20panorama%20July%202009.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">July 2009 (Pic: Usha Rajagopalan)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcP5SluemFeE6VTTHruXckAEiwIK4fPN7R3LSHstOaH1inKIGOXDDSchhLQ_IDaSu1X_NHSrI1B1v7suSnZ1Pxk-kthG1Qr3c-ACOtwUHNNIoRF9gITwxPJHEqU9ngJK1GfBc5w0ZZ6r1xY4K8XEnPRP_I5rhxUmqGZIelGERm_SKcExQN0EvHHoTb/s1672/26%20Oct.%202011%20.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1672" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcP5SluemFeE6VTTHruXckAEiwIK4fPN7R3LSHstOaH1inKIGOXDDSchhLQ_IDaSu1X_NHSrI1B1v7suSnZ1Pxk-kthG1Qr3c-ACOtwUHNNIoRF9gITwxPJHEqU9ngJK1GfBc5w0ZZ6r1xY4K8XEnPRP_I5rhxUmqGZIelGERm_SKcExQN0EvHHoTb/w400-h300/26%20Oct.%202011%20.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oct 2011 (Pic: Seetha Nagaraj)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Az2BI3WUPEqnl_9ye7YtjnqHHhZ6Ys7q5kMaONbPiqGQGOAbnUKDU8KwNSfaaebBjApDNBkqVL_1OG_tNSXfwYQ1thRmo98u_SMK5ufPo_FyUyLa38P7ThUbW0I99u4K9Gs4ct7WhAsFJi6A5UF1aZhc4-PN8IssrdvDOYyrde5HYrkJEmXo0sBR/s1600/Lake%2012%20Sept%202022.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Az2BI3WUPEqnl_9ye7YtjnqHHhZ6Ys7q5kMaONbPiqGQGOAbnUKDU8KwNSfaaebBjApDNBkqVL_1OG_tNSXfwYQ1thRmo98u_SMK5ufPo_FyUyLa38P7ThUbW0I99u4K9Gs4ct7WhAsFJi6A5UF1aZhc4-PN8IssrdvDOYyrde5HYrkJEmXo0sBR/w400-h180/Lake%2012%20Sept%202022.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sep 2022 (Pic: Nupur Jain)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Our sincere thanks to everyone who made this transformation possible and we look forward to your continued support. </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Best regards</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">PNLIT team</div>Arathi Manayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03443804475462071189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512381262981030300.post-74816477490385314242022-09-23T17:11:00.008+05:302022-12-28T17:14:51.526+05:30Event on Bengaluru's Lake Ecosystem on 25th Sep 2022 at Puttenahalli Lake<p><span style="color: #262626; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Have you wondered how construction & demolition waste affects lakes?</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">How plants, trees, aquatic animals, birds and other animals are affected around the lake? What can we do about it?</span></p><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">To learn more, here's an event conducted by <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.saahas.org/&source=gmail&ust=1672314100458000&usg=AOvVaw0EMBz8RlTqyXi_nNDDcpBV" href="https://www.saahas.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">SAAHAS</a> and <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://iku.earth&source=gmail&ust=1672314100458000&usg=AOvVaw31FN2JJci6dNjFw9aUsfNw" href="https://iku.earth/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Iku</a> <span style="color: #262626;">at Puttenahalli Lake.<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #262626;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #262626;">Observe the biodiversity around a restored lake and learn about how the waste dumped in lakes (Sewage,</span><span style="color: #262626;"> Construction & Demolition (C&D) waste, Soild Waste) affects the lake ecosystem. Also get a chance to learn about the best waste management practices for a better environment from the experts.</span><span style="color: #262626;"></span><span style="color: #262626;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #262626;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #262626;"><b>What</b>: Bengaluru's Lake Ecosystem and how bad management of C&D waste affects it</span><span style="color: #262626;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #262626;"><b>Where</b>: Puttenahalli lake (JP Nagar), Bengaluru</span><span style="color: #262626;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #262626;"><b>When</b>: 25th September 2022 (Sunday)</span><span style="color: #262626;"></span><span style="color: #262626;"> from 8 am to 10 am</span><span style="color: #262626;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #262626;"><b>Registration</b> is Rs 49/person. For details on registration, check this <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pages.razorpay.com/SaahasCandD&source=gmail&ust=1672314100458000&usg=AOvVaw3gNJiREIsik8Srca418hRR" href="https://pages.razorpay.com/SaahasCandD" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">link</a>.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #262626;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Warmly,</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">-Sapana</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">PNLIT Events Coordinator<span style="color: #888888;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="color: #888888;"><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /></span>Arathi Manayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03443804475462071189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512381262981030300.post-48328470070350434532022-09-18T17:15:00.001+05:302022-12-28T17:16:49.440+05:30Event report : International Literacy Day <p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sharing below the Facebook album link for event report and two video compilations of the stories narrated and acted by team members of Snehadhara.</span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div><b>FB Link: </b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity%3DSnehadharaFoundation%26set%3Da.6296043933744457&source=gmail&ust=1672314101886000&usg=AOvVaw3lxkIo0a2XnaGDRQlmmVSM" href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=SnehadharaFoundation&set=a.6296043933744457" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.<wbr></wbr>com/media/set?vanity=<wbr></wbr>SnehadharaFoundation&set=a.<wbr></wbr>6296043933744457</a></div><div><b>Croak</b>: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/vYC4ACzIe7Q&source=gmail&ust=1672314101886000&usg=AOvVaw0NBFlNmAzoUNB5H3ljquBD" href="https://youtu.be/vYC4ACzIe7Q" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/<wbr></wbr>vYC4ACzIe7Q</a></div><div><b>Beauty is Missing: </b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/0tOzGPZxATw&source=gmail&ust=1672314101886000&usg=AOvVaw1dvjzRl69Ly17tyYoDUPOJ" href="https://youtu.be/0tOzGPZxATw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/<wbr></wbr>0tOzGPZxATw</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Warmly,</div><div>-Sapana</div><div><br /></div><div>PNLIT Events Coordinator</div></div>Arathi Manayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03443804475462071189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512381262981030300.post-1653244379714542812022-09-13T17:17:00.007+05:302022-12-28T17:19:23.005+05:30Celebrate International Literacy Day with PNLIT, Snehadhara Foundation and Pratham Books<p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">We will be celebrating the International Literacy Day with Snehadhara Foundation and Pratham Books by hosting an interactive</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"> </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">online</b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"> </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">storytelling session for children. Event details are attached below.</span></p><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVNohr6gb2kash0AsRCgCFTDMkEAkItj9koJUKiPUJRwn1iOU7GG2bTEasMft0ZIl2IhQxO1KgRImzku2nN2VWdFOiWMT9JQYzi02RewJA-rW7IsOVP3fPtcKf__9YfLcTWny__7XgwEnUnO8u2oZtx-B4A61EBEvxOa90vJOoFNKYPtmkPj-IZFUG/s1528/OneDay,%20One%20Story%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1528" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVNohr6gb2kash0AsRCgCFTDMkEAkItj9koJUKiPUJRwn1iOU7GG2bTEasMft0ZIl2IhQxO1KgRImzku2nN2VWdFOiWMT9JQYzi02RewJA-rW7IsOVP3fPtcKf__9YfLcTWny__7XgwEnUnO8u2oZtx-B4A61EBEvxOa90vJOoFNKYPtmkPj-IZFUG/w283-h400/OneDay,%20One%20Story%202022.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><br /><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><br />This year the selected storybooks are <b><i>Croak</i></b> written by Kavitha Punniyamurthi and illustrated by Ekta Bharti and <b><i>Beauty is Missing</i></b> written and illustrated by Priya Kuriyan.<br /><br /><div>Entry is free but registration is a must! <br /></div><div>So do register here - <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://forms.gle/kRToCy8iXVZpq2ZCA&source=gmail&ust=1672314431474000&usg=AOvVaw0i9efCTsT5gaXMgSQBRs2Z" href="https://forms.gle/kRToCy8iXVZpq2ZCA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/<wbr></wbr>kRToCy8iXVZpq2ZCA</a></div><br />The registered email ids will get Zoom meeting ID closer to the date. For any queries, contact <a href="mailto:pnlit.events@gmail.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">pnlit.events@gmail.com</a>.<br /><br />Warmly,<br />Sapana<br /><br />PNLIT Events Coordinator</div><div><br /></div><span style="color: #888888;"></span></div></div><span style="color: #888888;"></span></div></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-size: small;"><p></p></span>Arathi Manayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03443804475462071189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512381262981030300.post-4762980781670811072022-08-15T14:30:00.000+05:302022-08-16T21:44:46.312+05:30Independence Day greetings<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Independence Day greetings to all! Our prayer today and always for our beloved nation is best expressed in this poem by Rabindranath Tagore: </span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div style="border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, "Baskerville Old Face", "Hoefler Text", "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;<br /></b></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, "Baskerville Old Face", "Hoefler Text", "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Where knowledge is free;<br /></b></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, "Baskerville Old Face", "Hoefler Text", "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;<br /></b></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, "Baskerville Old Face", "Hoefler Text", "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Where words come out from the depth of truth;<br /></b></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, "Baskerville Old Face", "Hoefler Text", "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;<br /></b></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, "Baskerville Old Face", "Hoefler Text", "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;<br /></b></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, "Baskerville Old Face", "Hoefler Text", "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action<br /></b></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, "Baskerville Old Face", "Hoefler Text", "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.</b></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, "Baskerville Old Face", "Hoefler Text", "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, "Baskerville Old Face", "Hoefler Text", "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKqbVXE09_PIna2agrvzwnK5IX3UuMpMi8qNa_bJEf11fgUuo2dZpeCVdZ1Uz9YHtaPCgNBebviK6xLAa3a7NcXkFEgmrRAbZNylZYJ47UqOb5ukraQ20nnNrPksqbTWjBoDeQBHxMZ60ZlqeB7TT06ttCO25sgn_aUJLDgDdXnRES9PQOYhmJP0j3/s915/Independence%20Day%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKqbVXE09_PIna2agrvzwnK5IX3UuMpMi8qNa_bJEf11fgUuo2dZpeCVdZ1Uz9YHtaPCgNBebviK6xLAa3a7NcXkFEgmrRAbZNylZYJ47UqOb5ukraQ20nnNrPksqbTWjBoDeQBHxMZ60ZlqeB7TT06ttCO25sgn_aUJLDgDdXnRES9PQOYhmJP0j3/w315-h400/Independence%20Day%202022.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></span></div></div>PNLIT Admin (Arathi)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08371961873650239374noreply@blogger.com0