Insight India Magazine

Insight India Magazine – Volume 1

Monthly Magazine Dedicated to Education, Culture and Arts of India

June/July 2006

Insight: An anthology of articles, stories and poems about :India

Publisher: Heera Kulkarni
Director of Sangeet Bharati
संगीत भारती
प्रकाशक : हीरा कुलकर्णी

Satya Devi Music Competition Finals in Fremont Temple, CA
Held on May 29th 2006 from 9:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Sangeet Bharati students are winners in Bhajan category:
Juniors: Avani Kelekar
Seniors: Sayli Natu

Congratulations to all Sangeet Bharati students for participating in the competition and for working hard!

Pallavi’s Pakshala: By Pallavi Sawant

INSTANT DOSAS

Ingredients

  1. 2 Cups Rice Flour
  2. 2 Cups Semolina (Sooji/Rava)
  3. 1 Cup Black gram dal Flour(Udad flour)
  4. Curd ½ cup (optional)
  5. Water around 3 to 4 cups
  6. Salt to taste
  7. Oil

Directions

Mix all ingredients except Oil to form a smooth batter. Avoid lumps by using an egg beater to mix all ingredients. Set aside for 10 minutes. Grease a griddle with oil and ladle a scoop of batter to form dosas of desired thickness. Serve with coconut chutney.

COCONUT CHUTNEY

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup grated coconut
  2. ½ inch ginger
  3. 2 green/red chilies
  4. 1 tsp lemon juice
  5. 1 tsp sugar
  6. salt to taste

For Tempering:

  1. 2 tsp Oil
  2. 1 tsp mustard seeds
  3. ½ tsp black gram dal
  4. few curry leaves

Directions

Grind all ingredients using very less water. Set aside. Heat 2 tsp oil and add all ingredients for tempering. When mustard seeds splutter, add to the chutney.

Poetry Corner

America the Beautiful
by Siddharth Kulkarni
(Written on October 21, 2001 at age 13 after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center by terrorists.)

This is a poem to my country, America,
who has defended freedom
countless times

in your shallow valleys
and near your highest peaks,
I was raised

as a whole nation cries
you still stand strong
as a symbol of hope
and freedom

every man, woman, and child,
from the farmer in his field,
to the clerk in his store,
to the child in the ghetto,
your people are united

although your tallest
buildings may burn
and your proudest
cities may weep

you still are the
land of the free
and the home of the brave

मदन सदाशिव सावंत

हे ही माहित असू द्या:

सहा शास्त्रे – पूर्व मीमांसा, न्याय, योग, सांख्य, वैशॆषिक, उत्तर मीमांसा
चार वेद – ॠगवेद, यजुर्वेद, सामवेद, अथर्ववेद
सहा ॠतु – वसंत, ग्रीष्म, शरद, व, हेमंत, शिशिर
सात स्वर – षड्ज, ॠषभ, गांधार, मध्यम, पचंम, धैवत, नि़षाद
चार अवस्था – जागॄत, स्वप्न, सुषुप्त, तुरीय
चार दिशा – पूर्व, पश्चिम, दक्षिण, उत्तर

Stay Tuned for very informative articles, stories, children’s corner and much, much more to be added soon!!