 | Polishing up Kerala cabbies For the taxi-driver in Kerala, just good old driving skills would not do enough to survive the cut-throat competition. Taxi drivers in Kerala are going back to school or rather say, a finishing school, to learn new lessons in etiquette and to develop communication skills, in a bid to provide better service to the tourists in the state. |
 | Finishing schools for the new generation Being happy go lucky and having a great report card are no longer enough to help them make the grade. There is a new rite of passage that promotes students from school to college. It is called finishing school. |
 | Children at the HSM Hostel after finishing the day at school Here the children are very happy about finishing their day at school and beginning to head toward their night studies, chores, and play time. |
 | SunNews - IT.COM -Soundar Rajan (Aldea Infotech) Part-1 'Sun News channel, a part of Sun TV network interviewed Aldeas Chief Executive Strategy, Mr. Soundar Rajan Sathappan for their IT.com program and telecasted in two parts. The first half an hour was aired on 31st August and the second half an hour was aired on 7th September during their regular slots of IT.com program. The conversation touched upon many interesting topics including ERP, BI, Job opportunities, IT finishing school, developing economies and Entrepreneurship development. |
 | Scientist Turned Dancer HEADLINE: German scientist turns into teacher of enchanting Indian classical dance form. CHAN: Simone Brero was studying to be a German scientist when an Indian performance she saw in 1997 changed the course of her life. Left with a deep impression of the dance, Simone dedicated her life to the mastery of this beautiful art form. STORY: After witnessing a Bharatnatyam style Indian performance, Simone began looking for a Guru to teach her. It was difficult to find a teacher who could impart the nuances of this unique dance form that exercises the mind as well as the body. [SIMONE BRERO, DANCE]: "Actually I was learning the dance while I was studying biotechnology. And I thought, has this dance was always been in me? and it just came out." She chose to learn the art form under the instruction of Shyamala Surendran, a well known Bharata Natyam teacher and founder of the Dharani School of Performing Arts in India. [SHYAMALA SURENDRAN, FOUNDER OF DHARANI DANCE SCHOOL]: "IIt doesn't come naturally like it does to Indian students so I have to teach them where the head turns and where the movements are and only very slowly does it begin to come naturally." Simone had to return to Germany because her parents wanted her to continue with her biology studies. Simone has been coming to India regularly since 2000 to learn dance at the Dharani School. After finishing her post-graduation in molecular cytogenetics in 2003, Simone returned to India for a long-term stay and had her first stage performance. The same year she started her own dance school. It is the only Indian dance school in Munich. Today, she has 70 students. Apart from Bharatnatyam, she also teaches Bollywood dance and Punjabi folk dance form Bhangra. Both forms are very popular in Germany. |
 | SunNews - IT.COM -Soundar Rajan (Aldea Infotech) Part-2 'Sun News channel, a part of Sun TV network interviewed Aldeas Chief Executive Strategy, Mr. Soundar Rajan Sathappan for their IT.com program and telecasted in two parts. The first half an hour was aired on 31st August and the second half an hour was aired on 7th September during their regular slots of IT.com program. The conversation touched upon many interesting topics including ERP, BI, Job opportunities, IT finishing school, developing economies and Entrepreneurship development. |
 | Once Again After Thirty Years - 4 This clip too is an excerpt from the open-air concert 'Once Again After Thirty Years (Abaar Bochhor Tirish Pawray)' held in Kolkata, India on 5th January 2008. It features the song 'Shaath Tola Baari'. What is interesting is that it was sung by an amateur, a guy finishing his high school this year, backed by the Philharmonic Orchestra, and including the two living members of the original Mohiner Ghoraguli, Abraham Mazumder & Ranjon Ghoshal. Cuts of the 7-storey house and the old man are my embellishments! |
 | NPA 2008 In 1988, Sashar Zarif immigrated to Canada from Turkey as a Stateless Refugee of the United Nations. With the assistance of his parents he had escaped from Iran through the mountains and sought asylum in Turkey. After three years in a refugee camp in Turkey, he arrived in Canada alone. One of the most difficult things about immigrating to Canada was not seeing either of his parents for 13 years. Sashar has lived in many different countries, including India, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkey. He arrived in Canada carrying the traditions of those cultures and bearing the mental and physical burdens of imprisonment and torture he had witnessed and suffered as a teenager. In Canada, Sashar faced financial hardship and isolation. Despite being alone in this country, he managed not only to make up - while working - the three years of schooling he had missed, but finished high school with an A average. He was then offered admission to a very prestigious engineering school - the University of Waterloo. But in the end, engineering lost out to dance. For as long as he can remember, Sashar has been a dancer -- and an activist. As an artist, he has a commitment to "contribute to social and individual expression concerning pressing cultural issues: issues that impact the health of our society, our environment and our individuality -- including the well-being of our souls." His belief that the artist can create works that "express and promote the human urge towards living in harmony" has led him to extensive research and field work in dance and music ethnology throughout Central Asia, Eurasia and the Near East. Through teaching and performing - from Mongolia in the east to Europe and across South and North America - he has widely reflected and represented Canadian diversity. Eighteen months after arriving in Canada, Sashar received an award from the East York Board of Education for his contribution to multiculturalism and diversity at Eastern High School of Commerce, where he was finishing his schooling. In 1993, he founded and directed the Sashar Zarif Dance Theatre and the Canadian Academy of Azerbaijani Dance. In 2001, Sashar founded, and continues to direct, Dancers for Peace, an international festival reflecting a vision of hope and peace that transcends barriers between nations, races and religions. In 2003, he was awarded the Chalmers Professional Development Grant and in 2004, he received his MA from York University, Faculty of Fine Arts, in Dance and Dance Ethnology. That same year, he began teaching at York University with the Dance Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, where he started a successful credit course called "Introduction to World Dance Practices: Dances of North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia". Sashar's message - that art can have an impact on social issues and play a significant role in change - resonates with the community at large. It is vital that newcomers insert themselves into their new culture in a positive and affirming way. Sashar leads by example; as an artistic ambassador for multiculturalism and diversity, he is a valued role model for new Canadians who have been through horrific experiences. |
 | 2008 New Pioneers Awards In 1988, Sashar Zarif immigrated to Canada from Turkey as a Stateless Refugee of the United Nations. With the assistance of his parents he had escaped from Iran through the mountains and sought asylum in Turkey. After three years in a refugee camp in Turkey, he arrived in Canada alone. One of the most difficult things about immigrating to Canada was not seeing either of his parents for 13 years. Sashar has lived in many different countries, including India, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkey. He arrived in Canada carrying the traditions of those cultures and bearing the mental and physical burdens of imprisonment and torture he had witnessed and suffered as a teenager. In Canada, Sashar faced financial hardship and isolation. Despite being alone in this country, he managed not only to make up - while working - the three years of schooling he had missed, but finished high school with an A average. He was then offered admission to a very prestigious engineering school - the University of Waterloo. But in the end, engineering lost out to dance. For as long as he can remember, Sashar has been a dancer -- and an activist. As an artist, he has a commitment to "contribute to social and individual expression concerning pressing cultural issues: issues that impact the health of our society, our environment and our individuality -- including the well-being of our souls." His belief that the artist can create works that "express and promote the human urge towards living in harmony" has led him to extensive research and field work in dance and music ethnology throughout Central Asia, Eurasia and the Near East. Through teaching and performing - from Mongolia in the east to Europe and across South and North America - he has widely reflected and represented Canadian diversity. Eighteen months after arriving in Canada, Sashar received an award from the East York Board of Education for his contribution to multiculturalism and diversity at Eastern High School of Commerce, where he was finishing his schooling. In 1993, he founded and directed the Sashar Zarif Dance Theatre and the Canadian Academy of Azerbaijani Dance. In 2001, Sashar founded, and continues to direct, Dancers for Peace, an international festival reflecting a vision of hope and peace that transcends barriers between nations, races and religions. In 2003, he was awarded the Chalmers Professional Development Grant and in 2004, he received his MA from York University, Faculty of Fine Arts, in Dance and Dance Ethnology. That same year, he began teaching at York University with the Dance Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, where he started a successful credit course called "Introduction to World Dance Practices: Dances of North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia". Sashar's message - that art can have an impact on social issues and play a significant role in change - resonates with the community at large. It is vital that newcomers insert themselves into their new culture in a positive and affirming way. Sashar leads by example; as an artistic ambassador for multiculturalism and diversity, he is a valued role model for new Canadians who have been through horrific experiences. Skills for Change |
 | Making It Happen - Sree Sreenivasan 6 Finishing off this interview with talks about the support he receives from his family particularly his wife and what you need to succeed in business and life. |
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