pink flowers

Hello friends,
In kharghar most of the trees lining the road are in full bloom.
any flowers appear on leaf less stems .
This tree is know as trumpet tree,Pink Tabebuia and Basant rani in hindi.
They are useful as honey plant for bees and popular with certain hummingbird.
These trees are at the market side in Kharghar but we like the flowers very much so we change our root to our school to enjoy this beautiful sight.

first instar of common mormon caterpillar

it becomes darker as it eats on and sheds its outer layer

cocoon in the first stage

this is how it becomes after one or two days after the first stage

it hardens over days and becomes darker

the day on which the butterfly comes out or the day before the cocoon

becomes transparent and the colour of the butterflies can be seen

common mormon female

common mormon female from cyrus form(these are the photos not of the butterfly emerged from the cocoon as I was out when they emerged)

LIFE IS A RACE

With prelims going on,I was coming home early today. On my way home a tune came in my mind and so i made a poem out of it.There were some gramatic mistakes but I decided to share it with all of you. Manava helped me in doing so.

Life Is Race

Life is a race

You want to run

The more you get good at it

The more will be fun.

Life is a Race

Just shout it loud.

Once you get in it

You cannot get out.

Life is a Race

That will always give you a jerk.

Speed and skill is not enough

You will also need a bit of luck.

Life is a Race

That will test your skill.

The more real it gets

The more it is reel.

Life is a Race

You must fight with grit.

Strength is not required

You just need a bit of wit.

Life is a Race

With no set of rules.

There is nothing to win in it

There is nothing to lose............

Nature's beauty

Hello friends,
This video is about the similarity between birds and
human being. Every morning two cute sun-birds visits my balcony. The
birds like to see their image in the mirror like us.Continuous fifteen
days for two minutes they play with mirror and then they give up.Now they use big leaves
as slide.If we make our balcony green with different types of plants, I think
God send birds to make us happy.

visiting IIT

In the chill of the wednesday morning we boarded our bus which was due to take us to IIT. The visit was organized by the school and grade 11and 12 accompanied us(I am in grade 9). We reached there by 9:00 . The vastness of the campus appalled me. Every corner was green. Several football fields took our breath away.

Our first was SINE where we were shown to the conference room. There we received refreshments. We were introduced to the tasks which the IIT performs and were given the basic knowledge about robotics. Why were they invented where are they used and were also shown some of the robots like edge detector and follower.

We were taken to the IDC in an innovation cell where a group of students made robots from the smallest size to the biggest. Later we gave small visits to the sound recording studio where they made us hear some countryside instruments like the ektara and pakhawach.

In the innovation sector we went to film making section. After that we drove the electric scooters.

We saw the electron micro scope which were huge and heavy looking instruments. They could give a magnification which almost made the molecules visible.The highest magnification we saw was 1,50,000x.

A new experience

As most of you know, I’m in Std 9. This year, i’m getting a unique experience that I’d love to share with you all. I’m serving as a writer for a learning disabled student from Std 10 for his board exam. I’ll explain further.

My school has a special Resource department where students who are physically, emotionally, mentally or learning disabled students are given extra help to cope with all the others. Well, this year, there are a few learning disabled students who are appearing for their board exams. They’re given a special concession: they have writers, i.e. someone who writes their paper as they dictate so as to reduce their stress. These students (the writers) are usually from Std 9.

I was asked if i would be interested. I loved the idea! Then, the teachers called up my aai and asked her to come to school. Aai and baba got to interact with the mother of the boy for whom i’ll be writing. So then it was decided. I am going to write his prelims as well as board exams. All the subjects, except maths (because he has opted for general maths, which is even simpler than Std 8 ). That paper will be written by a smaller student.

We have been assured that our own studies wouldnt lag behind and we would get extra help where necessary. I’m really looking forward to this experience. So far, i’ve written his computer theory, personality development, P.T. theory, Scout and Guide theory papers. Its been a very different experience. I had to learn to keep my brain and emotions aside as i wrote his paper. No displaying facial expressions in response to his answers. Also, we’ve become good friends. I can’t wait for their proper exams to start.

So please remember, if any of you guys get this opportuninty, be sure to take it.
Cheers,
Saniya.

common wanderer

common mime

blue oak leaf

crimson rose

blue oak leaf

My recent visit to ovalakar wadi butterfly paid off. I got the opportune to photograph the butterflies which I never got to capture before.

BABA SHIBIR ON 6 TH DECEMBER

Dear all ,
             There is  shibir  on  Tuesday  6th December for   All  teenager's  babas. Shibir timing is 6.30 to 9.30 p.m . 

Lights, camera, action!

Hello everyone. A few months back, Saniya and Radha had taken part in an youth entrepreneurship program in their school called TIE bizworld. And did they do well? More importantly, did they learn anything out of it? Well, play the videos to find out!

Congratulations to both the stars!

From Lata aaji

Dear children and parents

These days we have been talking about relationships with each other and also one another. Through our discussions we have learnt to accept certain facts as reality of the present moment and have discovered that there is some thing like eternal reality too. I told you that this reality is the “Truth”. Gandhiji says truth or satya means love.

I would like to share how two artists who are married to each other, who perform their music programs together find their reality i.e. love.

Guitarist Tuck Andreas and Singer Patti Cathcart are extraordinary musicians whose music is powerful as well as lovable. Here’s what Tuck has to say about their relationship

“My Life’s work is to subsume my ego into this greater whole, both musically and in our personal relationships. I spent so may years becoming a great guitar technician practicing alone. It was a real change for me to play with someone else, learning how to listen, how to hear through her ears.

I have spent time just learning how to play one note, over and over. We have played some songs thousands of times, but there is always something fresh and new to find there. Just like our relationship. If it becomes stale then I dig more deeply into the rut, I don’t abandon it. To find the freshness that is there. The universe is right here, the universe is not there. To leave room for the space and magic. There is same level of detail at any level of magnification, from the subatomic to the universal, if you look closely enough

Lata aaji

Happy Children's Day

Dear All

From

Mahendra, Jayashree, Karan & Rutuja

my suggestion for the 1 hr session

I think we could have a session on the personal level. We could share our best experiences up till now. This would create moments of happiness as we all share some of our best moments.This would also encourage our fellow friends to interact more in the group. Our experiences could of any kind.

music programme on 20th nov

dear shibir friends...
for the upcoming one hour music program here is my suggestion.
we now have only a weeks time to conduct this programme.
sanketdada has taken lot of effort in compiling a CD of songs based on inputs given by some of us. we can exclude those 4-5 songs played in last shibir and present a programme of songs with the remaining songs.
if we decide to play all 14 songs, we should present each song for not more than 2 minutes along with 2 minutes of narrative. alternatively we can reduce the no of songs to 10 and play the full song.
who shld present the song - if sanket can put the song list on blog along with name of person who recommended it, we can then decide 1 or 2 persons per song for presentation. if there is any help i can provide in this respect i am glad to do that.
shalaka

अनिल अवचट

|| श्री गुरवे नम: ||

अनिल अवचट

यांनी अनेक जणांना व्यसनमुक्त करण्यासाठी मदत केली. त्यांनी मुक्तांगण संस्था स्थापन केली आहे. असे गृहस्थ लताआजींनी शिबिरात बोलावले होते. त्यांच्याबद्दल लताआजींनी असं सांगितले की ‘अनिल अवचट हे बासरी वाजवतात, ओरिगामी करतात¸ पुस्तके लिहितात, (लेखक आहेत)´. त्यांनी मुक्तांगण संस्था स्थापन केली आहे. त्यांच्या पत्नी सुनंदा यांनी या संस्थेसाठी अनिल अवचटांना खूप सहकार्य केले. अशा व्यक्तीला मी पहिल्यांदाच पाहिले व त्यांच्याबरोबर संवाद साधायची संधी सर्वांना लाभली.

त्यांचा पहिला मुद्दा व्यसन हा होता. व्यसनात चांगले व्यसन व वाईट व्यसन असते. चांगले व्यसन म्हणजे एखादे चांगले काम करणे व ते सतत चालू राहणे होय. वाईट व्यसन म्हणजे एखादी वाईट गोष्ट सतत करणे. उदा., दारू पिणे, चोरी करणे, तंबाखू खाणे, इ. अशा व्यक्तींसाठी अनिल अवचटांनी मुक्तांगण ही संस्था स्थापन केली. सुनंदा अवचटांनी अनिल अवचटांना सहकार्य केले. सुनंदा अवचट यांनी व्यसनग्रस्त लोकांना आईसारखे सांभाळले. अनिल अवचट हे या लोकांशी प्रेमाने, आपुलकीने व माणुसकीने बोलायचे. ते त्यांना वाईट व्यसन सोडा असा उपदेश करायचे. त्यामुळे आपले आरोग्य सुदृढ राहते. हे व्यसन हळूहळू सोडले पाहिजे. व्यसनामुळे तोंडात शिव्या येतात. पण व्यसन सुटल्यावर जर त्यांनी प्रयत्न केला तर त्यांची भाषा चांगली होऊ शकते.

दुसरा मुद्दा होता, वेळ कसा घालवावा. आपण टीव्ही न पहाता वेळ कसा घालवायचा हे त्यांनी सांगितले. वेळेला खूप महत्व असते. वेळेचे महत्व लक्षात घेऊन काही माणसे जगतात. आपल्याला कंटाळा आला असेल तर टीव्ही न पहाता काहीतरी हाताने केले पाहिजे. उदा. ओरिगामी, आपले खण लावणे, घरातल्या छोट्याछोट्या वस्तूंची दुरुस्ती करणे इ. हाताने काम केल्यावर मेंदू तरतरीत राहतो. तसेच महत्वाचे म्हणजे, वाचन. वाचन करताना आपले संपूर्ण लक्ष वाचनाकडे असले पाहिजे. नाहीतर मन चंचल राहते. वाचनाकडे आपली एकाग्रता असली की टीव्हीचा मोह होत नाही. आपल्याला कंटाळा आला असेल तर अशा विविध गोष्टींचा उपयोग केला पाहिजे.

उन्मेष परांजपे.

when we climbed shivneri

After a short nap I woke up.Looking out of the window I took in the sight of mountains standing firm on their ground like soldiers. Between them were gorges which were painted resplendently with green and bathed with golden sunlight. The landscape was dotted with myriad of houses while dense foliage covered the ends of the gorge.

I asked how much time is still left for reaching the destination. Hearing that still there were hours left I drifted into another long sleep.

temple of ozhar

We directly visited the Ganpati of ozhar and waiting in a long queue we glimpsed the god for only 5 seconds before we were out from the other side of the temple. After again a lengthy journey we arrived at the spot where we were staying. Refreshing myself and satisfying my stomach was the first the thing I wanted to do after such an elongated journey.

Clutching my camera I scanned the area for some birds. Sighting a few drongos I approached them gingerly and captured them in my camera.

black drongo

In the evening we paid a visit to the leniadris. We got ourselves ready for the visit by baba saheb purandere. The gates opened at 7:30 to allow baba saheb purandere in.The whole hall cracked with claps as baba saheb waved at us.

The one quality I liked of him was that he did not take the audience for granted and was very punctual.He asked us to clear all the questions we had about shivaji's reign and about shivaji himself.

no need to introduce

Baba saheb purandere answered questions with ease. History danced on his lips as he answered the questions. Speaking about shivaji's ambitions an apparent aura radiated out of him. A pumping entusiasm creeped in him when he spoke. The energy which he possessed made a perfect contrast with his 92 year old body.

We got up early in the morning before the sun woke up. I went out to glimpse the sun climbing out of the mountains and explored the wilderness of the place.

At around 9:00 we reached the spot where the fort was looming over us. I was appalled by the vastness of the fort. The grey expanse stretched for ever. Here and there scattered over the expanse were blooming creepers of bogenvella.

one of the entrances for shivneri

This fort was the fort which shivaji never captured despite great efforts. This was where shivaji was born and his efforts of capturing his birthplace failed,which was very painful.

At the top of the fort baba saheb purandere

He told us about the birth of shivaji. We visited the place where shivaji lived for three years.

This was the short summary of our trip. Still lot is still untold. it pains me to leave you .SO GOOD BYE........................

maunrag

Dear All,

Maunrag show is cancelled due to non-availability of Sachin Khedekar.

regards,
sanjay bhagwat

Maunrag natak

Dear All,
I talked to Arun Kakade of Aavishkar regarding Maunrag. He told me that he will know availability of Sachin Khedekar in 2-3 days time. Then he will confirm next week about the show . Timing is 4.30 pm & not 6.30 pm as you are informed.
I will let u know after Kakade kaka's confirmation.

Till then Happy Diwali to all.

regards,
sanjay

L1-77 skelotron urf (Chitty) :) DOB= 18/09/2011, 11:50 am

Regarding SUNDAY FULL DAY SHIBIR

Dear all teenagers,
       Hi  ! Children should reach by  9.30 a.m for full day shibir on 23 rd Oct.
       Parents are expected to be present  by  3.45 p.m. for the session with Dr. Anil  Avchat  as it will start  at  4 p.m. 

Request For Your Songs..

Hi friends,
               Here are a few names from whom i have recieved the songs....
            1- Omkar
            2- Shalaka
            3- Anagha
            4- Saniya
            5- Swanandee
            6- Shivani
            7- Manava
            8- Anirudha
            9- Eshaan.

 ---- Still some of them are remaining... So please inform me as soon as possible..

Thank You,
Sanket Latpate.

Request For Your Songs..

Hi friends,
               Here are a few names from whom i have recieved the songs....
            1- Om. W
            2- Shalaka
            3- Anagha
            4- Saniya
            5- Swanandee
            6- Shivani
            7- Manava
            8- Anirudha
            9- Eshaan.

 ---- Still some of them are remaining... So please inform me as soon as possible..

Thank You,
Sanket Latpate.

The butterfly garden,Thane.

cosmos
blue tiger

common wanderer common baron
common jezebel
common mormon (female)
small branded swift
peacock pansy in (wet season form )

On sunday my mother,father and I visited the butterfly garden in Thane. On his 2 to 3 acre land in owla village Rajesh owalakar utilised the land to make a wonderful butterfly garden. We reached there around 10am as usual late.
Numerous of butterflies fluttered there. Some basked in the sun while some skipped around flowers. We weaved through the aisle of the vibrant flowers of cosmos and starchytarpheta which lured the flying jewels in.Bees buzzed across the path,dragon flies sailed and the flowers swayed on the gentle breeze.
I lost the track of time and catured the wildlife around. Clutching the camera in my hand i wandered alone through the garden deeper and deeper until I.........

blooming life from my garden

geranium

tailed jay

paper wasp

parizatak

plain tiger

lime butterfly



shevanti or chrysanthemum


Just after the rains my garden wore a cloak of colours.All the plants bloomed with life. Pentas,lantana,ixora,zinnia,marigold put on new clothes as fragrance emnated from sontakka.A variety of pollinators gathered around for treat. This is just how a garden should look.