7-9 Dec CMS VATAVARAN 2006

Dear Friends,

Greetings from CMS VATAVARAN Film Festival Directorate!!!

We invite you to Hyderabad CMS VATAVARAN 2006 - Environment and Wildlife Traveling Film Festival, slated for 7 – 9 December in Indira Priyadarshini Auditorium, Public Gardens.

Conceptualized and organized by CMS, New Delhi Hyderabad CMS VATAVARAN 2006 – Environment and Wildlife Travelling Film Festival is being held in collaboration with Andhra Pradesh National Green Corps.

A film festival with a difference, CMS VATAVARAN is ……..

• an advocacy forum promoting space for environment issues in the public media
• a movement reaching out to people in various walks of life, it enhances and inspires understanding and appreciation of the natural world and the need for conservation.
• an attempt to change minds, attitudes and policies,
• an initiative galvanizing civil society and promoting a platform provoking the larger public and opinion making process.

Special Features:

• Screenings of India’s best environment & wildlife films
• Parallel events: interactive discussions, symposium, workshops, panel discussions, exhibitions
• Exclusive CMS VATAVARAN Travels biennially to many cities across the country taking the messages to a larger audience, creating a network of people bringing issues of local, regional and national concern and providing a forum for dialogue between various stakeholders.

We look forward to seeing you with your family and friends at the Hyderabad CMS VATAVARAN 2006 – Environment and Wildlife Travelling Film Festival

Come Join us

Be part of the movement to understand and conserve our priceless heritage

For More Information Contact:

Mou Biswas

98990 46582

CMS VATAVARAN Film Festival Directorate

Emal: VATAVARAN@cmsindia.org

Link: http://www.cmsvatavaran.org/vatavaran2006/hyderabad.asp

www.cmsVATAVARAN.org

Smirnoff Tastemaker Session - Dec 10, Hyd

Shake, Rattle & Roll ! Presenting the Smirnoff Tastemaker Sessions... Meet in-demand mixologists and learn to make the drinks a certain British spy loves shaken not stirred! Concoct drinks at a live bar with your friends, from the Moscow Mule to the Caipirojka to... just about anything that's in the book. And isn't. The payoff ? You get to be the one with the golden arm. The name that pops up on every invite list. The number that's on every mobile phone. Our experts also teach you to plan a party, choose the most happening spirits in town, set up a bar, and lots more - down to the last detail. Hurry, your drink's getting warm!

Details: Sunday, 10 December: 4pm - 7pm Venue : Sixth Element, Venkat Plaza, Punchagutta Fee: Rs. 500

Your fee includes the following: . The chance to make and sample different drinks, while seated at a live bar counter . Snacks . Cocktail Handout and Tastemaker certificate Do the math! Click here for more details and online registration or call Krishna at 9885438055 or SMS STM to 3636 for any clarifications. Our seats fill up fast, so register at the earliest. We have also introduced online payments via a secure payment gateway and gift certificates for those of you who want to gift this experience. Please forward this mail to friends who may be interested. You don't drink alone, so why learn to bartend solo! Tulleeho!

Smirnoff Tastemaker Session - 19 Nov, Hyd

Shake, Rattle & Roll ! Presenting the Smirnoff Tastemaker Sessions... Meet in-demand mixologists and learn to make the drinks a certain British spy loves shaken not stirred! Concoct drinks at a live bar with your friends, from the Moscow Mule to the Caipirojka to... just about anything that's in the book. And isn't. The payoff ? You get to be the one with the golden arm. The name that pops up on every invite list. The number that's on every mobile phone. Our experts also teach you to plan a party, choose the most happening spirits in town, set up a bar, and lots more - down to the last detail. Hurry, your drink's getting warm!

Details: Sunday, 19 November : 4pm - 7pm Venue : Grill Room, Above Fusion 9, Banjara Hills Fee: Rs. 500

Your fee includes the following: . The chance to make and sample different drinks, while seated at a live bar counter . Snacks . Cocktail Handout and Tastemaker certificate Do the math! Click here for more details and online registration or call Krishna at 9885438055 or SMS STM to 3636 for any clarifications. You can also register with Gopal Thakur at Grillroom. Our seats fill up fast, so register at the earliest. We have also introduced online payments via a secure payment gateway and gift certificates for those of you who want to gift this experience. Please forward this mail to friends who may be interested. You don't drink alone, so why learn to bartend solo! Tulleeho!

Ok Tata Bye Bye

I'm so excited.

I've been shortlisted for a travel contest. Which involves travelling
& Blogging. Hardly ever been selected for anything earlier :)

Check out the contest and my profile on
http://www.oktatabyebye.com
http://www.oktatabyebye.com/Krishma.asp

(Yes they have spelt my name wrong in the link, trying to get them to correct it)

The final selection is next week. I'm not sure how they will do it.
But have a vague feeling that they may do so based on popularity of
the contestant & ability to draw viewers.

Requesting you to please view my profile & drop me a comment, even if
its just to say "All the best, Kim" or "Don't think u should go" But
please comment.

Hope there's a lot of you looking for something to do on a slow Friday
afternoon.

Please, please, pretty please. :)

Kim
http://kimelody.blogspot.com - the XL Blog
http://mbajobsindia.blogspot.com/
http://whazzupmumbai.blogspot.com

I'm desicritic of the day

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Read all my articles on Desicritics.org

Moved to Mumbai

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Nizam's jewels on show at Salar Jung

The Salar Jung Museum has loaned the Nizams jewels from the RBI for 2 months and put them on display.

The collection includes the dazzling Jacob Diamond, valued today at 400crore by the Indian Government & worth much more abroad. The Jacob was mined in South Africa weighing 457 carats, the second largest diamond in the world. It was subsequently cut in Amsterdam & currently weighs 184.5 carats.

Though only a tenth of the Nizams jewels have been procured by the Indian Government, (after 20 years of negotiations, the rest of the collection has been smuggled out of the country or melted or cut down) the present collectiopn in terms of gem weight is mind boggling. There are over 25000 diamonds weighing in excess of over 12000 carats, more than 2000 emeralds weighing over 10,000 carats & pearls exceeding over 40,000 chows And this is just a part of the collection......