Rajesh Khanna remembered on his birthday
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A huge cake was cut to celebrate Rajesh Khanna’s birthday.
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The many fans of Rajesh
Khanna celebrated his b irth­
day at The Treat, Vipin Kumar
Oberoi’s food kiosk in the city
After a huge cake was cut, a
video showcasing his memora­
ble scenes was played.
Discussion
A panel discussion was held
recently on Fly on the Wall
and Other Stories, a book by
Shubha Sarma, secretary to
the m inister of culture,
Chandresh Kumari Katoch.
Jaw ahar Sircar, chairman,
Prasar Bharti, Prof M
Asaduddin, head of English
deptt, Jam ia Millia University,
and Dr Yashodhara Mishra
were the panelists.
Anniversary
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
celebrated its golden jubilee
last week at the SSB campus
in Ghitorni. An impressive
parade and display by the
troops, dog squad and motor­
cycle riders were the high­
lights of the event. Home
M inister Sushil Kumar Shinde
was the chief guest on the
occasion. A coffee table book,
The Border Guards, Sashastra
Seema Bal, Sentinels of the
Indo-Nepal & Bhutan, was also
released.
Health camp
Hindustan Tin Works (HTW)
Limited recently organised
free health camps for ragpick­
ers at Vijay Nagar,
Tughlakabad Extension,
Bhalaswa, Bhopura and Takia
Kale Khan in association with
Chintan Environmental
Research and Action Group,
an NGO. Around 1,000 ragpick­
ers benefitted at all the five
locations.
Presentation
President Pranab Mukherjee
was presented a copy of the
biography of Dr Prathap
Chandra Reddy at the
Rastrapati Bhavan. The book
has been authored by Pranay
Gupte.
Event
Kids laughed and played
games and families had fun at
the Mic N Melons Kidzoo
camp at Kalka Public School.
More than 25,000 people visit­
ed the camp.
Celebrations
The 36th Charter Day of
Rotary was celebrated over the
weekend. The president
Parameswaran and Padmini
Parameswaran felicitated and
honoured all the past presi­
dents who have served Rotary
with commitment and dedica­
tion. District governor Vinod
Bansal and Dr Sangeeta
Bansal, DGE, DGN, DGN,
IPDG, several past district gov­
ernors and past presidents
were present.
Book launch
Oxford Bookstore, Connaught
Place, unveiled Indian Ocean,
by Vineet Sharma last week.
The author and the band
members together revealed
the band’s behind the scene
story.
Award
The Fortis Escorts Heart
Institute got the best single
specialty hospital - cardiology
title at the ICICI Lombard
CNBC TV18 Healthcare
■A panel discussion was recently on Fly on the Wall and other stories.
■A coffee table book was released on the golden jubilee of SSB.
■Dr Raja Reddy and Kaushalya Reddy at Sangeeta Singh’s art show.
■Poonam Bajaj launched her
new collection.
Awards. Montek Singh
Ahluwalia, deputy chairper­
son, Planning Commission,
presented the award to Dr
Raajiv Singhal, vice president,
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute.
Fun fest
Dastkar organised a fun fest
with a lot of interactive pro­
grammes and workshops,
which gave children a chance
to get along and learn our tra­
ditional Indian crafts in a fun
way. LailaTyabji, the organis­
er of the festival, was also
present.
Sur utsav
A classical music evening was
organised at Vasuki
Auditorium. Subhra Roy,
Param Jeet Kaur, Anita Gulati
and Wajahat Hassan per­
formed at the event. Aashish
Goenka accompanied on the
table and SK Narang on the
harmonium.
Health food
Celebrity chef N ita Mehta
launched Oats for India, a new
range of wholesome, n utri­
tious and honest breakfast
cereals and health foods by
Bagrry’s. Shyam Bagri, chair­
man, and Aditya Bagri, VP
marketing, Bagrry’s, were also
present on the occasion.
Art show
Sangeeta Singh’s latest exhibi­
tion, Chalat Musafir was inau-
« Celebrity chef Nita Mehta launched a new range of breakfast cereals.
■A book on the band Indian Ocean was unveiled at the Oxford
Bookstore last week.
■Fortis Escorts Heart Institute
got the best single specialty
hospital award.
■President Pranab Mukherjee
was presented a copy of
Dr Prathap Chandra Reddy’s
biography.
Dutt, Poonam Sethi, Puja
Taluja, Anju Kumar, Mansi,
Somani, Nazia Khan, Archana
among others were present at
the event.
■Guests at the launch of
Charlie’s Bar Exchange.
gurated at Azad Bhawan
Gallery, ICCR in the presence
of Dr Raja Reddy, Kaushalya
Reddy and Anwar Haleem,
director general of ICCR.
Anuradha Ramam, Ankur
Rana, Neeraj Gupta,
Aashmeen Munjaal, Sangeeta
Gupta and Priyendra Shukla
were among those who attend­
ed the event.
New pub
A new pub, Charlie’s Bar
Exchange was launched in
Saket recently. The brain child
of Neeren Tiwari and Viraj
Lamba, Charlie’s Bar
Exchange aims to satisfy the
value for money desire of the
urban youth.
Convocation
ITM University organised its
annual convocation recently,
656 students were awarded
their degrees. Among the stu­
dents who were awarded
degrees were 548 BTech pas-
souts, 65 MTech, 13 MBA and 1
LLM. The function was presid­
ed over by UPSC chairman,
Professor DP Agrawal.
Collection
Fashion designer Poonam
Bajaj unveiled her new Shades
of Paradise Resort Wear and
Kutch Fantasy Collection
together with artist Sunayana
Malhotra. Shahnaz Husain
was the guest of honour and
socialites such as Meenakshi