AboutUs Issue 13, Rotary Mysore Midtown

1. Issue : 13 Volume : 32 26-09-2012 Pages -4
Prof. Bhagavan were present throughout the event.
59 entries were received from different colleges
whose participation boosted the morale of the
organizers. Mr.Arun Kutnikar from Ramakrishna
Ashram and Ms. Sumana from SDM College were
the judges for the preliminary event. Our President
Rtn.Vishwanath inaugurated the programme and
Y.BHAGAVAN Mr.Yathiraj the 2nd son of Prof. Bhagawan declared
the event open.
As this was the preliminary round, 8
contestants were selected for the final event which
is to be held on 26th Wednesday @ 6.30pm in RCL
hall. Due to the stiff competition between the
participants the judges decided to select 8 students
instead of 6 for the final round. Enjoying the debate
A
tribute is a mark of
respect for a great soul
and how well that could
have been? We all were
witness for a wonderful
programme, Prof. Q
uiz
B H A G AVA N M E M O R I A L
DEBATE COMPETITION
sponsored by Rtn. Raghu and
family in memory of his late
father-in-law, Prof.
Y.Bhagavan, regarded as a
great teacher those days. As Chandrika madam competition some of the board members present
remembered her father during her welcome were delayed to proceed for the board meeting at
address, she said students from other sections were Ammathi.
lining up outside his classroom to hear Overall, it was a memorable event and a great
Prof.Bhagavan's lecture. And patting our back, tribute to a wonderful teacher. On the personal front
Midtown were part of this memorable event I request the children of Prof. Bhagawan to conduct
conducted for the students studying in the colleges this event year after year in association with Rotary
of Mysore. All the children and grand children of Midtown. ...Aiyanna
INDIA
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CARDIAC CAMP
President’s Message
AIR MAIL
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Dear friends, so thoughtful of PDC Mrs
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This month being 'The New M.S. to have come out with a very meaningful success
. Raghu grand
Chandrika Raghu & PP Rtn g an English Debate competition. It was a inary rounds
tin
for the youth by conduc e than 25 colleges participated in the prelim
where 59 students from mor os, to the motivating cou
ple of Midtown.
tic workout by
held on 22nd September. Kud Ammathi was very refreshing after the hec club secretary
ting at
The Board mee
town Cooking Lea gue. Special thanks to our ements at Royal
our Rotarians for the MidManoj Kumar.L.M. for making elaborate arrang
.
“The silent crusader”, Rtn ds in
Valley estate. petition with bright min
finalists of Debate Com
Today, let us watch the
Vishu
action.

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fter an inspiring debate competition in Harish to the golden throne of future presidentship of
memory of Prof.Y.Bhagawan at the club, but it seemed Harish agreed only 50 percent (Is
Mahajana's, we the board members of it only for 6 months?!). Azeez bhai was explaining about
Midtown, started from President the Rotary theme of “Sow the seeds of love” during his
Vishwa's residence at 3.30 p.m for board meeting hosted tenure as President & how he is able to do the same even
by Secretary Manoj, better known as Bond at his place, today with his new business at Ethiopia. Alagappan Sir,
Royal Valley Estate near Ammathi. Bond had been
camping there 2 days in advance to over-see all the
arrangements. As we embarked on our journey with
blazing sun to our company, we left in 3 vehicles. After a
lengthy discussion on which route to take, we all agreed
u p o n t o t o e Ve n k y ' s l i n e & t o o k
Hunsur –Periyapatna-Chowkur road to reach Ammathi.
Venky told us that his vehicles carrying eggs use the
same route & is a better road. But only at the end did we
realize how bad the road was! By the time they deliver
the eggs, I wonder if the eggs would become omlette
with the road full of potholes & humps.
Raghu & Sanjay shared some lighter moments of MCL.
Raju Baliga had tough time controlling his laughter. By
the time we finished the dinner we were well into the
early hours of the next day. We woke up early to the
chirping of the birds. With sound of different birds, it felt
as if we are in an aviary. We came out & followed the
sound. Wow! What an array of lovely birds! Black &
white fowls, turkeys, geese, ganders, snow-white
swans, ducks, pigeons, colorful love-birds, parakeets
with their red curvy beaks…We were awed to see so
Eventually, we reached our destination with many birds together!With Prez Vishwa around, we
the sun just making way for the moon. Ever smiling couldn't miss our morning walk. When we came across a
Bond welcomed us, treating tired team to refreshing pond in the estate, Dr.Prahlad was nostalgic & started
coffee & piping hot veg soup.The marathon board humming the song “Neera Mele Aleya ungura…” a
meeting went on & on, finishing only by 9.30pm.Camp popular during his college days. Back after a long walk,
fire set-up by the side of the vast building was fighting to we refreshed ourselves. The fragrance of Idli-Sambar,
drive away the cold while some of us who thought liquor Poori beckoned us from the dining hall. Umesh shared
did the job better, helped ourselves. Barbecue chicken & the secret of pooris at MCL.
fish by the side added to the spread enjoyed under It was a memorable meeting where “The Man
moonlight. The topic of discussion on everyone's lips with a Golden Gun”, who invited us “From Ammathi –
was Men's Cooking League (MCL), the spirit of which with Love”, said “For Your stomachs only”, as we had
refuses to fade away from memory with its enjoyable “Licence to Eat”, but “The stomach is not enough” so,
moments. Aiyanna was beaming with joy after the we thought we will “Eat another day” as Bond played a
runaway success of MCL. Azeez bhai tried to woo perfect host. Anyhow, “Tomorrow never dies”! Mohan
...Thana
O n 23rd morning
the children of
'Spandana' and
'Makkala Mane' were all
picnic
with the
dressed and ready
carrying their water
bottles, for the
Less Fortunate Innerwheel members
had planned to take them
on a picnic to ‘Karighatta’. When Anupama and I went to
pick the children from 'Spandana' they were all gleaming
with excitement. The scene was no different at 'Makkala
Mane' from where Chandrika picked up the children in We got down at the foothill and climbed to the top while
another bus. The two buses met on the highway and our buses carried our food and supplies. While the older
reached Karighatta at around 11 a.m, with the children care takers were tired ascending the steps the spirits of
singing, shouting and screaming throughout the journey. the 50 children did not seem to decrease.

3. ...Dr. Prahlad
Friends here are some startling facts that are coming out almost the same uniforms. Judges got confused and
from the recently concluded MCL entered some marks of 'Chat Express' to 'Nal Packs'. All in
PP Alagappan of Venky's kitchen copied the recipe of the game Kumaranna!! Anyway people enjoyed your
Sambhar and Rasam from a chit which he carried in his chats.
Chettinad underwear- Cheating!!, Venky –the leader of Gasagase payasa of 'Kafe Krooks' was- in the initial
the same Venky's kitchen had brought a vessel which had stages of preparation was 'bellada paka' thanks to
3 markings with permanent marker. First one for filling Narasimha's measurement of jaggery, but the team
the water, next one for putting raw rice, final one for diluted the concentrated jaggery juice with stolen milk
putting off the gas once the cooked rice reached that and finally churned out payasa!!
mark- Brilliant!! Rtn. Narendra of Vinyas was seen in the uniform of
The Banana pudding of 'Loots and Scoots' got burnt badly criminals, washing utensils, cutting vegetables-during
and the dish was rechristened “Smoked Banana Pudding” the event, but he was honoured at the end for being in the
and the judges were fooled by presenting another sample elite panel of industrialists along with Narayanmurthy of
with 2 fresh bananas- the original pudding was taken Infosys and for getting the Sir MV award. Boss! In the
home as organic manure for in-house garden. The box you are just a pawn-may be you are a king in the
gathering was given an impression that the item was sold game.
out. I could only smell the smoke. Still won the award for Milton of Kafe Krooks has a rare talent apart from scoring
–Best desert!! Heegu Unte!!! 'Sixers' at Rotary cricket matches- he washes utensils
Narendra Babu of Mysore Maharajas had promised to well, an attribute well utilized by Kafe Krooks. Did you
bring a burner to the event. To the surprise of its leader notice that IW IPP Shama Milton!! Well all the best
Mohan it was only burner and there was no support to Milton.
keep the vessel on top of it-but Babanna gave an instant Dr. Ravindranath of Venky's Kitchen was cutting the
remedy- use foundation stones to keep the vessel- and onion and the slices were measuring exactly 1mm
burner underneath- Ingenuity!! 1st run of cooking peas thickness- well he has the surgical precision. And Rajesh
for Masala vadas for MMs turned out to be overcooked Shah of the same team could not go below 2 inches and
'peas paste'. The whole item was redone with garden fresh that is also talent- size matters!
peas. Finally their Masala vada won the best starter- Master Dhanpal Jain- son of Toofan can identify the taste
started off rather badly. with just smelling the dish. He was not supposed to eat as
Chat express of Kumaranna did not get any award – not he was observing fast-Chaturmasa. He was the official
intentional. 'Chat Express' and Bhanu's 'Nal Pack' got quality control of the PCs. A rare gift –that is to be
mixed up because they were adjacent and were wearing appreciated and nurtured.

4. Once we reached the top we had to find a Finally they
good shady spot, for the sun was really blazing hot. reached
Anupama entertained the children to some games home with
while the bus drivers fixed up the kites for flying. The their hands
excitement knew no bounds as soon as the kites were full of
brought out. The whole hill looked colourful with the chocolates,
children scattered all over the place trying to fly their wafers &
kites. Soon it was time for lunch and everyone sat colourful
down to their prayers before the meal. The kids kites and
devoured the veg-pulav and masala vada. More kite their hearts
flying and playing around before it was time to leave. filled with
While the children enjoyed themselves they gratitude, thanking us for having given them the fun
were also taught not to throw chocolate wrappers and and excitement. We too left with our hearts filled with
paper plates around but to dispose them in trash bags contentment at having spent our day with these
and carry it back with them. The children also children.
dispersed seeds around the hill (which they had
carried with them), doing their bit to save greenery.
Alagappan 25,000/-
Manojkumar 15,000/-
Narendra.N 10,000/-
Vishwanath.R 10,000/-
Ranki 10,000/-
D.Srinivas 5,000/-
Sundar 5,000/-
Venkatesh.R 5,000/-
Mahesh 5,000/-
Manikam 5,000/-
Raaghu 5,000/-
IW President Anupama celebrated Ganesha festival on Narendra Babu 5,000/-
the 19th Sep by providing lunch for 25 people at Umesh 3,000/-
'Spandana'. The children were entertained with games Chandragupta 3,000/-
Naveen Chandra 3,000/-
and they made Ganesha idols with clay soil. Azeez 3,000/-
Rajesh Darla 3,000/-
Manjunath 3,000/-
IW President Anupama Rajesh Shah 3,000/-
and Ann Prabha K,N.Srinivasan 3,000/-
Arun Shenoy 2,500/-
conducted an awareness Dr. Prahlad 2,000/-
programme at RMA for Sulaiman 2,000/-
the girls of 7th, 8th and Bhanu 2,000/-
9th standards on physical Gopi 2,000/-
Sambashivan 2,000/-
and emotional changes. Raju Baliga 2,000/-
The girls participated Kumaranna 2,000/-
well at the interaction Dr. Amarlal 2,000/-
session and the co- Mohan 2,000/-
M.S.Raghu 1,500/-
operation of the teachers Rangaraj 1,000/-
is to be appreciated. The programme was scheduled Sanjay.P 1,000/-
for 1 hour but it went on for 1hr 20min. Ravindra Babu 1,000/-
Dr.Raghu 1,000/-
Rtn. Chandragupta
Jain gave a talk on
career guidance and
motivation to the
students of Sai Ranga
School for the hearing
impaired – a project for
the Innerwheel club of
Mysore Central. Next Week in Midtown Advanced