Our city is known for its cosmopolitan crowd going all out to mix a wee bit of fun into their fitness. Reaching new heights are eager fitness enthusiasts who are making a beeline to Bengaluru’s first indoor wall climbing and bouldering arena Equilibrium. And that’s not all, there are more such new places in the city. Another adventure and sports destination spread across 4 acres is PLaY which offers unconventional sports like archery, laser tag and over 30 different activities that helps boost that adrenaline rush and keeps you smiling.
Model Arry Dabas who shuttles between Mumbai, Bengaluru and other cities and is walking the ramp at the Lakme Fashion Week this month, shares, “I get bored of the same fitness routines and like to keep changing them to make it exciting.
I went wall climbing with a group of model friends and all of us had a blast. Some of them got hooked to it and try to go whenever they get time. One has to have a strong core and needs good stamina to do wall climbing. We went up and down the walls with support and were very comfortable as the place is safe. Once you do it for a stretch of 45 minutes with a break in between you feel completely energised.”
Agrees Roshan, another model, who shares how it is a physically and mentally demanding sport. He says, “It improves flexibility, endurance, coordination, balance and also helps burns calories. When you do it with friends with music playing, it’s good fun.”
Besides a fun spot, it’s also a training hotspot for national climbers from across India, who come here to train. Fitness enthusiast Keerthi Pais, the current wall climbing coach of the Indian national team says, “There are national level coaches who guide the trainees at various levels. So even if one falls, you land on specially-designed crash-pads. Also due to the fitness enthusiasts in the city scouting for new indoor locations to move their workouts from outdoor locations due to the monsoon, indoor climbing helps those who want to avoid roughing it out in the rains. But if you want the real thrill of feeling the raw edge of a rock you can try the outdoor climbing programmes once every month. But first, one needs to learn in an indoor environment and then go outdoors. I’m currently training a climbing national team in Badami.”
Another fitness simulator in our hip city is PLaY, where you can experience full swing golf simulators and a skating park with a zip line, climbing wall and segway track.
Thirty-year-old Sharath Reddy shares, “Besides fitness and fun, it’s also a great stress buster and weekend activity. One can even try gaming and flight simulators and shooting in a 10m shooting range. And if one wants to really live up the adventure, there’s dirt tracks and paintball.”
source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> Lifestyle> Health & Fitness / by Namita Gupta, DC / August 13th, 2013
For the first time ever, 982 students from Sophia High School in the city will come together to stage a musical production, titled “The Alternative Snow White” on August 17 and 18.
The school’s endeavour has been to involve each and every student in the musical, giving them responsibilities, ownership and above all a sense of collective belonging.
Directed by a former teacher of the school, Dr Ashley William Joseph, the musical “The Alternative Snow White” is written by David Barrett and choreographed by V.Ganesh.
The school principal sister M Priscilla said, “The students are highly enthused about the show and we are moved by their camaraderie. It is really heartwarming to see 982 students joining hands to make the programme a success and they are eagerly awaiting audience appreciation.”
Little Snow White, as it was first published in the 1812 Grimm’s Fairy Tales, and later popularized as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on Broadway and by Hollywood, is a ubiquitous part of childhood storytelling.
The evil queen consumed by vanity and greed, the pure as snow stepdaughter whose beauty incurs her wrath, the valiant little men who save her from the fangs of death and the ultimate triumph of the young, beautiful princess are the stuff that nightmares and fairytales are made of. This musical is a humorous adaptation of this classic tale.
The victory of virtue over vice sounds ‘grim’ indeed, but here the moral has been brought home with large doses of humour. This phenomenal musical production offers haunting melodies, unforgettable songs, action packed sequences, magical creatures, suspense, teary eyed moments and much more.
source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Bangalore / by M K Madhusoodan, TNN / August 13th, 2013
More than a hundred wind chimes, hand picked by a Feng Shui proponent and flown in from Indonesia, on display.
Feng Shui proponent Veena Nanda admires wind chimes at Sunshine Garden Boutique in Indiranagar. – Anantha Subramanyam K/DNA
The ancient Roman and Asian civilisations believed that the melodious tinkling of wind chimes hung in gardens and porticos was auspicious. The Romans trusted wind chimes to ward off evil spirits, while in India, China and Japan, they were hung in every corner of temples, palaces, pagodas and homes as a charm against evil and also to frighten away birds.
“Today, wind chimes are used to maximise the flow of chi, or life’s energy,” says Veena Nanda, a Feng Shui expert who is holding a festival of more than hundred wind chimes flown in from Indonesia.
According to her, wind chimes are one of Feng Shui’s “remedies that cure and energise simultaneously”.
She says: “Wind chime tones have a healing effect on our body. They calm the mind and awaken the spirit. They bring a sense of peace and well being as they subdue the negative energy and activate the positive energy most effectively.”
The best places to hang these chimes, she says, are gardens, house entrances, balconies and meditation or prayer rooms. Besides a bamboo hollow, her chimes have intricate patterns, designs and shapes at the base.
“These days, people don’t want anything that doesn’t add to their home decor. So I took care to pick these ones,” she says.
An enthusiastic gardener, Veena has also been practising the art of bonsai for 30 years. She has been conducting regular workshops on bonsai for 18 years, and has bagged several awards for this. Her fascination with Feng Shui, particularly wind chimes, came from her interest in bonsai, which, she says, is an addiction now.
“I conduct about two workshops every month, and 20- to 65-year-olds come to learn it. Earlier, I hardly had any male students. But now, as gardening is no longer perceived as just a woman’s hobby, every batch have an equal number of men and women,” she says.
This exhibition of wind chimes is being held at her garden boutique in Indiranagar. She has many kinds of garden accessories like sculptures, garden gnomes, bird baths, terracotta toadstools, planters and water features for sale.
source: http://www.dnaindia.com / DNA / Home> Bangalore> Report / by DNA Correspondent / Place: Bangalo
It is said, “never judge a book by its cover.” Similarly never judge a person only by his looks. Meet Dr. Abdul Rasheed, popularly referred to as Dus ka Doctor, who charges a nominal fees of Rs.10 from poor patients, and who also has the hobby of collecting coins.
This numismatist (one who collects coins) has an amazing collection of more than 3,000 coins, some of them dating back to as far as 300 BC and some as recent as of today.
When asked about what drove Dr. Rasheed to pursue such a time-consuming hobby in spite of his busy schedule, he said that it all began with a curiosity to know about coins of different countries, followed by fascination and ultimately passion.
The journey began in the year 1955 when he was studying in high school where he used to exchange coins which he had in excess from the collections of his forefathers. His grandfather was an Inspector during British rule who had the hobby of collecting coins and he continued the same.
He started with the collection of coins belonging to dynasties like Kalingas, Hoysalas, Cholas, Vijayanagar, Moghuls, coins from East India Company, all of which were made of gold, silver, copper, nickel, aluminium, lead and other alloys.
This fascinating collection further includes coins from the kingdoms of Kashmir, Juwanpur, Malwa, Diwanpur, Gujarat, Bahamanis, Bengal, Shahi and other Princely States which existed during the British period, and also from Goa, Hyderabad, Travancore, Mysore, Arcot, Wadiyars, Pudukote, Peshwas, Maratha etc. A total of 1200 coins of 93 foreign countries including those from the time of Napoleon, Hitler and Queen Victoria, Tipu Sultan; and 2000 coins of India and other unique coins of personalities, events, food, agriculture etc., are his treasure and some, his prized possession. These coins have been collected very lovingly and preserved carefully over the years. They have also been systematically classified, categorised and fixed in proper display boards.
Dr. Rasheed said that he used to collect ancient coins whenever he visited historical places and during his trip abroad and added that he has coins from 3rd century BC, Ghazni era coins from North India and from Kanishka era coins in South India.
He said that he was ably supported by his wife Dr. S.R.Nayyar Zaiba who knew Urdu, Arabic and Parsi languages who helped him read the texts on the coins and re-arrange the same. His children Mohammed Muzammil, who runs a pharmacy on Ashoka road, Mudassir Reza, Managing Director of Hotel Sunshine on Ashoka Road and daughter Dr. Sabhath Rasheed who now lives in UAE, also helped him.
Dr. Rasheed who worked for 22 years as a doctor in Saudi Arabia, Iran and Syria is now settled in Mysore and runs a clinic on Ashoka road.
In his message to the youth, Dr.Rasheed says that the youth and children of today depend a lot on computers for any information as it is readily available without any effort, but the joy and experience one can get by just looking and reliving history through these coins is beyond description. The young can develop this hobby, which would help them know history better, like important dates, inscriptions, personalities, metallurgy and also understand the kind of socio-economic conditions which prevailed during that period.
When asked about his future plans, he said he would like to have exhibitions throughout Karnataka to educate the youth and create awareness among them about these coins and the coinage era. Dr. Rasheed has put in a lot of effort in relentlessly pursuing this hobby. Here’s wishing all the best to this coin man of Mysore to achieve greater success in the years to come.
Dr. Rasheed can be contacted on e-mail: abdul.rasheed194@yahoo.com.
[Noorana is a Senior Manager-Corporate Communication, Indian Oil Corporation Limited.]
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / by Noorana / August 21st, 2013
The unity of photographers who are always ever busy in their profession is being exemplified by partaking in rural sports meet at least for a day, said progressive farmer Kenchanoor Somashekar Shetty.
Somashekar was speaking after inaugurating rural sports meet that was organized by Kundapur photographers’ Association at Jalady – Hemmady on Tuesday August 6.
The Association honorary president and veteran photographer Robert D’Souza presided the function here on Tuesday morning.
Photo Palace proprietor Raviraj Kidiyoor, South Kanara Photographers’ Association president Vasudev Rao, state Photographers’ Association former vice president Ashok Kumar Shetty, Hemmady gram panchayat president Sharat Shetty, Kundapur Photographers’ Association president Harish Gurukripa, secretary Pramod Acharya, sports secretary Naveen, joint secretaries Nagesh Kota and Sukhpal, vice president Gratian Dias, treasurer Raja Matadabettu were present on the occasion.
The farmers – Paul, B K Muttappa and Mohammed who set the silted-field on the occasion were honored during the programme.
Ashok Kumar Shetty welcomed the gathering. Pramod Acharya proposed vote of thanks. Uday Padiyar compered the programme.
source: http://www.bellevision.com / BelleVision.com / Home> News / by Bernard J D Costa – Bellevison News Network / Kundapur – August 08th, 2013
Multi-talented Poorvi K Rao has earned several feathers to her cap at a young age. A bundle of talents, Poorvi, a class 3 student of Mount Carmel School, has made achievements in dance, singing, fancy dress and several other fields.
She started learning dancing at the age of 2 and has bagged several prizes. She won her first big award in the ‘Champion of Champions’ competition, organized by Future Group at Big Bazaar in the year 2010. With this victory, she got a chance to become model for a cloth store ‘Costume Cottage’. Thereafter, her bag of achievements never stopped filling.
In 2010, she won the JC Princess crown at the JC Prince Princess competition held at Town Hall.
In 2011, she was awarded ‘Little Master Mangalore – 2011’ award at Big Bazaar. In 2011, she bagged the first place in ‘Shri Krishna Vesha Competition’ organized by Kalkura Prathistana held at Kadri Temple and bagged second place along with her mother in national level ‘Yashoda Krishna’ competition.
The judges lauded her dancing skills in the ETV dance reality competition ‘D’. She was one among the five contestants to reach the finals and performed Western, Bollywood, classical, semi-classical, Kathak and Tappanguchi. Presently she is hosting the show ‘Putaani Bataani’ in Sahaya TV. She was also featured in programmes on Kannada channels. She has participated in ‘Chinnara Chilipili’ Udaya TV programme.
Mangalore’s singing and cultural committee, Samatha Balaga Mangalore, Shaastri Pratishtana Kulai, Lions Club Mangalore, Subramanya Sabha Sadhana Mangalore, Oceans Friends Club Aakashbhavan, Kadri Friends Mangalore and other organizations have honoured her.
She was awarded the ‘Yuva Prathibhe’ award by Lions Club Mangalore in 2011-12. She has won more than 175 awards. Aamir Khan is her favourite actor, and she herself is called ‘Choti Madhuri Dixit’. She is learning western dance from Boyzone Dance acadamey and is trained by Prathima Shreedhar for classical dance.
source: http://www.daijiworld.com / DaijiWorld.com / Home> Top Stories / Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore / Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
1) Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan presenting Hindustani music at Vivekananda Hall, Mahajana College, Jayalakshmipuram. He is accompanied by Hafeez Ahmed Khan on harmonium, Sarwar Hussain on Sarangi, Bilas Khan on tabla, Ahmed Ali and Asad Ali on vocal & tanpura. 2) Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan presenting his second programme at SJCE auditorium.
By S.R. Krishna Murthy
Most of us do not live a century. Even those who live a hundred years will have so many age-related physical problems and will be dependent on others for every activity of daily chores. Audio and video faculties will be weak. The voice will be failing to convey distinctly, what our minds want to convey to others. Mobility will be restricted. Not that everyone who lives that long paint such a dire picture. Some live happily without any such impediments.
Coming to the Grand Old Man of Gwalior Gharana, Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan. He is 105 years old (born 19th August, 1908). He is a descendent of Miya Tansen (1506-2589) and is twenty-sixth in the lineage. Of course, he too suffers from age related problems.
He is confined to a wheel chair as has lost the ability to walk. His hands have become gnarled with age. He has to be physically lifted on to the platform. When he talks, one has to listen carefully as some of the words will be incomprehensible. Someone has to repeat in his ears what others say to him.
With all this, when he takes his place on the platform and hits his first note, perfectly aligned to the Adhara Shadja, it is difficult to connect his voice with the image he had presented when he was being carried on to the stage.
The range he can reach and the volume of his voice are amazing. It is just unbelievable that this fragile person can produce such wonderful music and manages to regale and mesmerise the audience with such powerful singing.
Khan Saab, recognised as one of the greatest exponents of the Gwalior Gayaki, was born in a family of musicians tracing back to Behram Khan, who was a singer of Gwalior Gharana Gayaki. His father’s elder brother Bade Yusuf Khan and his father Chote Yusuf Khan initiated him to music. Other elders in the family like Chand Khan, Barkhurdar Khan, Mahtab Khan gave him extensive guidance in Gwalior style of singing. He developed this technique suiting his own artistic ability. He is equally versatile with Dhrupad, Dhamar, Dadra, Thumri, Bhajans and Sufiyana music.
Khan Saab has composed more than 2,000 compositions and is also a prolific writer (consider his age and eye sight !). His poems carry the pen name ‘Rasan Piya.’ He has trained innumerable students as a Guru at the ITC Sangeeth Research Academy, Kolkata. He is a part of Spicmacay (Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth) in its campaign ‘Virasat’ and travels all over the country, singing for young students. He has received many awards including the Sangeet Natak Academy Award, the ITC award and the Kashi Swar Ganga Award. He has been bestowed with titles like ‘Ras Sagar,’ ‘Sangeet Maharishi,’ ‘Sangeet Sartaz’ and ‘Bandish Samrat.’
It was an honour that he was in Mysore and Spicmacay gave Mysore audience a lifetime chance to listen to such a great personality. In fact, it was once again an amazing fact that he gave two concerts on a single day at Mysore, July 11, apart from attending a lengthy press meet before the first concert, where he was honoured by the scribes at Patrakartara Bhavana, along with Pt. Rajiv Taranath, the Sarod maestro and a proud citizen of Mysore.
The first concert of Khan Saab was at Vivekananda Hall of SBRR Mahajana College at Jayalakshmipuram. The programme was organised by Spicmacay and co-sponsored by Mahajana College. It was a noon programme. The singer was accompanied by Hafeez Ahmed Khan (younger brother of the singer) on harmonium, Sarwar Hussain of Bhopal on Sarangi, Bilas Khan (great-grandson of the singer) on tabla. Two disciples of the singer, Ahmed Ali and Asad Ali, gave vocal and tanpura support.
Khan Saab began his concert with a Bada Khyal in a rare Raag Megh. After a short Alap, he took up a Vilambit Khyal in Ek Taal with the Bandish ‘Garajat Aayi Baadalwa,’ in which there was a beautiful description of monsoon. The slow moving air, developing into a forceful gale, the formation of clouds and the thunder and lightning they produce, raindrops slowly trickling and gradually developing into a deluge, were all expressed both in the lyrics and in the singing of Khan Saab. He developed the Raag slowly but steadily, just like the monsoon.
Reaching the higher octaves, he gave a surprise element. He just leapt from the very low octave (Anumandra) to higher octave (Tara Sthayi), just like an unexpected thunderbolt, landing exactly on a required note. Such was his spirit of singing. The unwavering voice at this age, alignment to Shruthi at all levels and clear diction were the highlights.
The second Raag was Khamaj (Hari Kamboji), in which he took up a Meera Bhajan, ‘Maayiri Maine Neeno Govinda Bolo.’ The repetition of the line Govinda Bolo was excellent, earning the encomium of the overflowing gathering, which consisted of musicians, music lovers, litterateurs, elite of Mysore and students.
At SJCE: The second programme had been organised by Spicmacay, in collaboration with Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE), at its auditorium in Manasagangothri. This was an evening concert. The accompaniments consisted of the same team. Once again, the auditorium was brimming with listeners.
The performance of Khan Saab was as good as that of the morning session. Only change was that the Raag was different, which was full of grace and pure classical nuances, as if he were a vocalist in his 40s. Starting a Bada Khyal in a more familiar Raag Puria Kalyan, he took up a short Alap and continued with Vilambit in Ek Taal.
The lyrics of the composition ‘Janam ki Emabhayo Leela’ was sung in two speeds. The second speed contained a bit of Taan. He just quipped that the Sargam is not usually sung in his Gharana. But these days, people have started singing Sargam. He had no option but to go along the tide. Therefore, he too would sing some Sargam. Saying so, he took up some extraordinary Sanchara in Sargam. He showed a fine balance of Swaras and Sahitya. The Gamaka in Vilambit and Laykari in the subsequent Dhruth set to Teen Taal, with Bandish — ‘Aaj Rekhiraava Maayo’ — were superb. His Tarana at the end in Jap Taal was definitely not a simple one. He could leap from one octave to another at will, picking up a note from deep below the depth of an unknown territory, right to the heights over the clouds. He could hold his breath on a note steadily for well over a minute and come back to where he started. His energy level was so great, although he looks physically very fragile. Who could say he is past hundred years, when his voice was as young as a man, one third his age?
The second composition he sung was a Raga Malike type. He began with Bhupali (Teen Taal). ‘Jhanana Jhanana Baaje Muraliya’ was the Dhruth in Jai Jaivanti and Mia Ki Malhar, continuing it with another Tarana. Apart from Khyal, he is equally adept at singing Thumri. His third number was a Thumri, which was his own composition, in Mishra Keeravani.
The last one was a Kabeera Sub Karo Ram Bhajan, which he continued with a lengthy Sufiyana ‘Bolo Ram Ram Ram.’ He involved himself so much with lyrics that the mystic element and bhakti engulfed everyone present there. When he repeated the first line after every stanza, the audience too joined him. The atmosphere was so charged, I could see tears in some of the listeners. One must thank Spicmacay for giving the music fraternity of Mysore such a rare opportunity to listen to this Grand Old Man of Gwalier Gharana.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / August 07th, 2013
Indu Nagaraj after receiving the Radio Mirchi Award.
by Shwetha Halambi
Music is in her veins. When she speaks, she speaks music…
Queen of a lilting voice which can sail smoothly over classical or fall-rise unexpectedly in western, young singer Indu Nagaraj has been adding colourful feathers to her vocal talent with many awards including the coveted Filmfare (Best Female Playback Singer-South) and more recently, the Radio Mirchi award (Best Upcoming Singer-South) for the path-breaking hit song ‘Pyaarge Aagbitthaite… from the film ‘Govindaya Namaha.’
Born in a musically-inclined family to Vidwan C.A. Nagaraj (English Lecturer, Maharani Govt. PU College, Mysore and renowned vocalist & flautist) and H.S. Radha, Indu began her musical journey at a tender age of two years. Her initial training began with her grandmother late Vidu. C.S. Satyalakshmi and later under her father. She gave her first performance at five and first recorded music programme in DD and AIR at the age of 7.
She has given hundreds of concerts with her sister and well-known singer Lakshmi Nataraj and bagged State Award as Chilkunda Sisters. The sisters came into limelight with the winning of popular TV shows like ETV’s ‘Ede Thumbi Haaduvenu,’ Zee TV’s ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa’ etc. Her talent has been suitable recognised with numerous awards including Aryabhata award, 92.7 Big FM Promising Singer State Award, Udaya Film Award (Best Female Playback Singer) etc.
Always busy hopping from recording studios to music concerts, Indu Nagaraj took out time to chat with ‘SOM’ on her tryst with microphone:
Star of Mysore: ‘Pyaarge Aagbitthaite…’ is a retro-rock and you come from a classical background.
Indu Nagaraj: All film songs have a classical base. Thus if you have a strong foundation in classical music, it will be easier to sing any type of song, whether it’s retro-rock or sugama sangeetha. Hence, I did not find it difficult to sing the song.
SOM: You recently received the prestigious Filmfare award and the Radio Mirchi award for the song. Did you expect the song to bring you so many laurels?
Indu: No. But I am very happy for receiving the awards and the recognition.
SOM: How did your journey in playback singing begin?
Indu: Since childhood, I have been singing classical and sugama sangeetha songs. I first got a chance to act in ‘Minchu’ serial of T.N. Seetharam. Music Director Hamsalekha gave me a chance to sing a song (Ninna nenape nanna haadu) for Seetharam’s film ‘Meera Madhava Raghava.’ From then on, I have sung for about 20 films in Kannada including ‘Olave Vismaya,’ ‘Paraari,’ ‘Yuva,’ ‘Nee Tata Naa Birla,’ ‘Bachchan’ etc., and the recent Telugu film ‘Potugadu.’
SOM: Your future plans?
Indu: There are lots of opportunities in the music field, especially in playback singing. Apart from that, I am also singing for albums, both folk and devotional songs.
SOM: What, according to you, is your voice best suited for?
Indu: I believe it’s classical. But I would love to sing in any style of music, be it retro, classical, rock or any other form.
SOM: What do you feel about borrowing playback singers from other languages to Kannada film industry?
Indu: I believe there are many local talents who, given the opportunity, have the ability to do justice to their singing. Kannada film industry should first give chance to the singers here; they too can sing well like those from other languages.
SOM: Finally, who is the music director in Kannada you can comfortably work with?
Indu: I have worked with almost all music directors in Kannada filmdom and I have enjoyed it. Each have their own styles.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / August 04th, 2013
In order to support writers, authors, musicians, and CD composers, the Karnataka Konkani Sahithya Academy has organized bulk purchasing of CDs and books. Books and CDs worth Rs 2,000 will be purchased from Konkani writers, authors, musicians, and CD composers.
Book should have been published between January 1 2013 to December 31 2013. The published books can be on poetry, short story, fiction, or research. The CDs and books will be sold at 20 percent discount; bill will be given for Rs 2,000, hence, books and CDs of Rs 2,000 should be given to the Academy. Only the books and CDs of 2013 will be purchased. Year of CD and date of release should be particularly mentioned, especially for CDs. Reprinted CDs and books are not eligible.
Those who wish to send their CDs and books can address it to:
Registrar, Karnataka Konkani Sahithya Academy, Mangalore City Corporation building, Lalbagh, Mangalore 575003. For more information: 0824-2453167
source: http://www.daijiworld.com / Daijiworld.com / Home> Karnataka / by Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (DV) / Saturday, August 03rd, 2013
The Karnataka Silk Industries Development Corporation (KSIC) has organized a four-day Mysore Silk sarees expo in Dharwad on Thursday. Deputy Commissioner Sameer Shukla inaugurated the expo on Thursday.
The KSIC has showcased elegant designer collection of kasuti embroidery sarees, plain and printed sarees, silk tops, shirts, ties, dress materials and many more and more than 2,000 sarees on display in the exhibition.
KSIC Manager Philomin Raj speaking on the occasion, said that, Mysore silks have been catering to discerning buyers or an individual who has fine taste for pure silk. Now, to enhance the design of the silk sarees, the KSIC has combined the Mysore silks with Dharwad Kasuthi (embroidery).
The prices of sarees range between Rs 12,000 up to whopping Rs 49,000. The KSIC has introduced water resistant sarees and though the gold and silver prices have shot up, no price revision has been made. Last fiscal the KSIC has recorded a turnover of Rs 105 crore and this year it aims to reach Rs 128 crore, he added.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> Business> India Business / by Basavaraj F. Kittamani, TNN / July 25th, 2013
