Foundation Day Celebrations of
Association of Senior Citizens held on 21st Jan 2018
AOSC-H celebrated their
Foundation day on 21st January 2017 in Lions Bhavan, Secunderabad.
Nearly 70 persons participated. The meeting started with our charming Master of
ceremony, Smt Kamakshi Hatti, requesting dignitaries to occupy the dais. Seated on the dais were Sri RN Mital, Sri IM
Bhalla, Sri Surya Prakash, Sri Chepuri Shankar Rao, Sri Chidambara Rao and
Sri VC Dalal. First there was a prayer
song in Hindi by Sri Chandragupta. Thereafter Sri Shankar Rao sang a special
welcome song composed by him in Telugu (saying welcome to all) followed by all
the ladies welcoming the participants by raining flowers and petals from the
dais.
Three dignitaries – Sri
Jagadiswar, Smt Shylaja, Lion Syed Javed – could not come, leaving Sri Surya
Prakash to take up their roles as well. Sri Bhalla welcomed all and thanked all
the participants in Painting and Crafts exhibitions, the judge for the
competitions Sri Surya Prakash and others. Sri Mital briefly sketched the
achievements of many members who did us proud during their post-retirement
period. Sri Shankar Rao described the achievements of the association since
inception citing awards, events and seminars conducted.
The judge went round the
exhibition of paintings and crafts. Nearly 30 paintings and three crafts(wo)men
participated. Sri Suryaprakash said that categorizing winners like first,
second or third does not make sense and all the prizes will be given with equal
importance. Learning to draw or paint is more important than winning prizes, he
emphasized. Three prizes for paintings and two prizes for crafts were given
away, amidst applause and approbation.See the painting entries in the video by Sri Shankar Rao given below:
Smt Vaijayanti announced that
Dr P Vyasamoorthy has been chosen as the recipient of Prof Visweswaraiah
Memorial Award, instituted three years ago. The award comprised of a shawl,
Memento, Framed Citation and a Cheque for Rs 5000/- Sri Surya Prakash did the
honour of giving away the award to Dr Vyasamoorthy, followed by a brief
thanksgiving by the recipient.
Some 19 members were to be
felicitated for becoming octogenarian, nonagenarians etc. But only five turned
up: Sri RN Mital, Dr Venkateswara Rao, Sri GR Krishnamurthy, Smt Hymavathi Bheemanna and xxxxxxx. Sri GR Krishnamurthy gave a pleasant surprise
to all by making a big donation of Rs 25000/-. We were all overjoyed not only
by the amount but also by the surprise element.
Sri Samudrala Mallikarjun who came from Nalgonda
has authored a book in Telugu on Religious tourism – places to visit on
pilgrimages and details thereon. His book was released on this occasion by Sri
Surya Prakash.
Thereafter all the winners
and runners up in Carom tournament were given prizes. With this the meeting part ended.
Then Dr Sobha Gurajada
Perindevi took over cultural program. Besides songs by several people including
Sri Chandraguta there were skits as well. Shankar Rao and Sobha portrayed a
Telugu skit full of humor involving selection of a bride. Sobha and Hymavathi
did a marvelous job of conversing with each other as MIL and DIL trying to show
each other their places. The function
ended with sumptuous delicious lunch.
The function was remarkable
in many ways. Master of Ceremony, Smt Kamakshi, did a splendid job, adjusting
to surprising changes as warranted, keeping everyone deeply engaged. Sri Surya
Prakash was humility personified and his
advice was a great tonic to all seniors. The painting competition saw largest
participation ever. The crafts show helped us discover happily hidden talents
among our members. Malleswari gave away a doll made by her to Kamakshi
exhibiting sisterly concern, affection, appreciation and understanding. The
lunch was superb because of carefully selected menu. Cultural program was so
designed to expand or be shortened depending on circumstances. Recipient of Prof Visweswaraiah Award was so
happy and motivated that he posted a
separate blog post on it. Sakshi –
Telugu daily - covered the event nicely.
Appendix gives details of
prize winners in competitions carom competition etc
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