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Dance Forms of India

Our resident Ms Usha takes a plunge in bringing up a series on Dance forms of India. This volume covers Kathak.

Realty Correction | Verdict 2009

Our resident Vishnu, take you through the real estate scenario in these times of recession. Also talks about the

election scene and a peek into the elections and Verdict 2009.

Saraswati Puja

Blood Donation Camp

Know about you’re the IT Initiatives in

Gardenia, first of its kind in any

apartment complex

This edition we meet our Vice President of BGAOA, Mr. Arun

Bagchi. Running such a big society is a big challenge, and

today speaking to the Vice President of BGAOA we try to

understand what goes on being in such important roles.

Recommended Reading - Bhumika K

Smiles !

Colour and Light

In this Issue

Featured Article – Get Noticed!!

Volume 3 / April 09

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Kids Corner


From the Editors Desk…

It has been a stressed quarter for most of us. The

recession, job cuts, extra hours at work, and now the

political drama for the power is keeping most of us

busy. In midst of all, we thrive at Gardenia.

This quarter was again had some festivals, more

regional, but being in a harmonious campus like

Gardenia, we celebrated everything. We started with

Makar Shankranti, Saraswati Puja, Holi & Ugadi.

Spandan this edition covers the essence of these

festivals and how Gardenia celebrated them.

Our resident Vishnu contributes to the edition with

his reality checks on the real estate market and also

digs into forecasting the verdict for the Battle to

Power.

We are happy to see Usha, our resident, continue the

series on Dance Forms of India, with the next article

on “Kathak”.

We had our Special General Body meeting during this

period, to take some important decisions on

operation issues of this campus. The President and

the Treasurer put up all the relevant information and

decision in front of the general body and with

debates and arguments things were worked out and

proceedings went well.

Our resident and Treasurer Mr. Partha Sarthy

organized a blood donation camp in the campus

along with Lions Club of Bangalore and NIMANHS.

The camp was very successful.

In the know your campus section we cover “One

Solutions”, BGAOA’s IT initiatives in the campus.

Partha and Narayan take us through the 1st

of its kind

solution to manage and provide easy access to

residents and MC members to manage this campus

efficiently and effectively.

I got into a candid chat with our Vice President of

BGAOA, to know him with and without the VP hat.

We feature our very own Arun Bagchi in our .

Community kitchen cooks up some mouth watering

Sankranti Specials. The Children section is filled with a

lot of goodies. A write up on “Colour & Light” by

Purnima. Our kid poet Bhumika Kesanur of A-502

review and recommends her friends books to read

this summer is and she wrote a piece on Smile.

In the Fun Xone we take a dig at the Recession and

enjoy the gags on the current economic situation.

Hope we look forward to some exciting times in the

coming quarter. Let’s see some positives in the

market and hope to see positive power at the centre.

Enjoy reading Spandan and Be Part of it!!

Arghaya Palit – A 1209


Know your Campus

IT Initiatives and One Solutions

To run an apartment scheme as large as our, the IT

team within BGAOA were quick enough to

understand the need of a state of art solution specific

to meet the day in & day out requirement of the

association and its members. When the tem set out

to draft the requirement we had few things in mind.

We kept in mind transparency, easy to use and a

scalable solution at low infrastructure cost.. With all

this in mind we teamed with One Solution.

BGAOA is the first association in India (as per media

reports) to implement integrated software solutions

that addresses various issues involved in managing an

apartment complex. Today BGAOA has been using

the software for almost 7 months now.

The Software has two distinct users. The resident user

and the office application user. The software ensures

anytime, anywhere access (24/7) to data for all office

application users. Relevant information can be

accessed easily using various search parameters.

Resident details , information regarding Move Ins /

Outs, Financial data such as receipts and expenses,

Maintenance receivables management, Order

Management System, Fixed Assets management and

repairs tracking facility, Complaints registration and

resolution, Hall Bookings , Stores Management,

Service Providers data, Notices Management, Polling ,

Alerting Services, Budget Planner, Vendor listings,

Graphical view of various trend lines etc.., are some

of the modules that are available to an office

application user. All reports are downloadable as

Excel files. As the association matures and time goes

by, it is not possible to manage a large complex like

ours without a tailor made software. Traditional

methods of storing data as Excel / Word files are

grossly inadequate to store/access files / data over a

period of time. The next time you visit the association

office for some data and the staff reverts to you

immediately with relevant information, you can be

sure they are accessing Onesolution !!

The software also enables sharing of information on

various vendors - across apartment complexes. This

will enable MCs take informed decisions. All MC

members have access to important data. The

accounts administrator (member of the MC) can set

permissions for any user across modules. The web

site is SSL enabled with a 128 bit encryption key. Both

these measures enhance security.

A short live presentation on the Software was made

during the SGBM held on 8th March 2009 to inform

members about the IT initiatives taken by BGAOA and

to highlight its relevance in managing the campus and

its operations.

For the resident s, imagine you wish to book Hall for a

Birthday party, but you are unable to come to the

association to do so, you can do so from the comfort

of your home or office. You can check out the

availability of the Hall before reserving the Hall.

However, if you do not make the payment within 48

hrs, the hall will automatically get released for others

to book.

Imagine you have come late from the office and are

tired to book a complaint about the leaking tap in the

"complaints register" or visit the association office to

register a complaint.; do not worry, BGAOA has

provided an interface that enables you to register

your complaint online and also keep track of the

progress made on your complaint.

You can view your outstanding Maintenance Charges

receivables online and also view the details of various

payments made by you. Residents can participate in

Polls, view association notices online, share their

experiences on various service providers with

members from other apartment complexes, access

the library section, share poetry with others and

participate in a pan India discussion forum. You can

also place FREE advertisements and upload HTML

pages which can be viewed by members across

apartment complexes.

The IT Team is managed by Narayan Easwaran,

Arghaya Palit & others. We are thankful to Mr.

ParthaSarthy who has spent a lot of time to have One

Solution for BGAOA up & running and we hope we

are all using such great facility and making our stay @

Gardenia memorable.


Get Noticed!!

Realty Correction – Myths and Truths

By Vishnu S Jarugumilli B - 305

“Real estate stocks have fallen by 90%. Real estate

prices will also crash.” –Public perception

“We are launching a project in Hyderabad at 30%

discount to market prices.” – Rajiv Singh, Vice

Chairman, DLF.

“Real estate prices to drop by 20% in March.” –

Economic times, dated Feb 3, 2009.

No doubt the real estate market outlook today looks

gloomy. Buyers have practically disappeared from the

market and that fact manifests itself in the Q3

numbers of realty companies. In such circumstances

what should the sellers and buyers do? This piece is

an attempt to answer that question to the best of my

ability

In my view, markets will always go by the supply,

demand dynamics. This is the only truth. Hence a

correct assessment of the supply-demand situation is

imperative for any impartial projections. But there

are several facets to this equation. For example

� Compare a premium gated layout in Devanahalli

with one in say, South Bangalore. While both of

them are in Bangalore, the outlook varies

dramatically because of one important factor.

Occupancy - and the number of people living in

each layout.

� Take an apartment complex in Whitefield with

one in Koramangala. I am sure the outlook varies

here too.

� Compare two layouts which are unoccupied

(bought for investment during the boom times)

one in Devanahalli and one in Jigani. There will

be a difference here too.

Hence I tried to put the Bangalore realty picture in a

table format taking some of the factors into account.

It goes like this.

But before we proceed, I need to clarify the

backdrop against which this assessment is being

made.

� Almost all the top builders in Bangalore are now

concentrating on only ongoing projects putting

all new ventures on the backburner. Hence the

future supply in the next 1 year is from only the

ongoing ventures and not new ones.

� Interest rates are now firmly in the downward

trajectory and are likely to remain so throughout

2009.

� However banks are still vary of lending and have

considerably increased the upfront payments.

Hence loan availability is down to 60% of the

property cost VS 80-85% earlier.

� “Bad times” column in the table will apply only if

we see 10-15% cut in the salaries and workforce

from tier-1 employers and 20-25% from tier-2

and 3 employers. If either job cuts or pay cuts

are not as severe, the correction may not

manifest itself as it will then be compensated by

the interest rate cut as well as the already

existing correction in prices.


Villas

� Occupancy in the top 3-4 villa complexes of

Whitefield has been very high with great rental

returns. But as rents are expected to soften

significantly, resale prices are expected to fall by

20-25% in the next one year if the economy does

not recover. After all, where can you find tenants

willing to pay Rs 2 lacs per month as rent, in

these troubled times?

� Occupancy in second rate Whitefield villa

complexes has always been medium-low. The

future here may be bad.

� Price correction in Devanahalli villas may be

high. Vacancies will be very high.

� Jakkur and Sarjapur road will be a mixed bag.

Gated Plots

� South Bangalore: Not many good gated layouts

either in existence or on offer. Will tide over the

bad times quite effortlessly.

� North Bangalore/Devanahalli: Men will be

separated from the boys. The good top 2-3 will

survive this year with 20-25% price cuts. Others

will have to pray hard. (We can do that. India is a

very religious nation)

� Whitefield / Sarjapur road / Marathahalli:

occupancies in these layouts has picked up in the

last 2-3 years. Since future supply is very limited,

these areas will scrape through with minor

bruises.

� 30-50kms from Bangalore in all directions: The

lights have gone out. 2009 will be a year of

power cuts.

Independent Houses (all over Bangalore)

� The tide started turning against them quite some

time back. Read

http://www.crorepatihomes.net/articles/death.

htm

� However boom times of the last 3-4 years

masked thier inherent weakness. With the

market drying up there will be a severe

correction whether in koramangala or

Kamakshipalya.

� Anyway, they don’t come cheap. A good locality

is still quoting Rs 6000/- per sft. Which means,

that you shell out 70 lacs for a 1200 sft plot and

then spend money on construction.

� In fact I dread to think as to what will happen to

all these roadside independent houses in

another 10 years time, exposed as they are to

traffic, chaos, insecurity and rampant

commercialization.


VERDICT – 2009

Hung by a fine thread!

By Vishnu S Jarugumilli B - 305

The importance of the coming Lok Sabha elections

can not be over-emphasized. Unlike in 2004 when the

world economy was on an upswing, this time around,

the country is going into elections in a global

downturn. Typically, the importance and criticality of

the government in the economic sphere is inversely

proportional to the state of the economy. In boom

times, the government can take a strategic back seat

as private enterprise and initiative takes centre-stage.

But in times of global economic turmoil, governments

are expected to play not just a hand-holding role but

also actively participate in investment and

consumption to kick-start an ailing economy.

It is in this context that the trends in the present

electoral battle are increasingly becoming a cause for

worry. No doubt, there is not much to differentiate in

terms of economic philosophy between the two

dominant players, i.e. the UPA and the NDA. Save a

couple of minor details, both are expected to pursue

the same philosophy. But more than that, the

emergence of the third front and the traction it has

gained in key states has thrown a distinct possibility

of a hung parliament where no combination can

present a credible case for a stable government

formation. The need of the hour is the formation of a

stable central government which has enough strength

in Lok Sabha to implement its agenda without fear of

any number churning. That possibility, unfortunately,

may be negated in the coming Lok Sabha.

Let me explain the region wise scenario to tell you

why I am saying so:

NORTH (UP, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab,

Haryana, MP and J&K)

The biggest state here, UP, will witness a fight

between SP and BSP, both of which are notorious to

make last minute reversal of stand. Though on paper,

SP is with UPA, the way SP treated the Congress

during seat sharing talks is indicative of the disdain

with which it deals with alliance partners. Congress,

though, is certainly better off in Delhi, Rajasthan and

Haryana, while NDA is expected to do well in MP and

Punjab.

EAST (West Bengal, North eastern states, Bihar,

Jharkhand, Orissa and Chattisgarh)

The crucial difference between the 2004 and 2009

elections in this region is weakening of the left front

in Bengal and BJD’s split with NDA in Orissa. This is

slightly beneficial to the UPA, detrimental to NDA and

neutral to the third front. NDA may have an upper

hand in Bihar and Jharkhand though

WEST (Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa)

This region is divided between UPA and NDA though

the NDA holds a slight edge. But post election, the

trump card in this region is Sharad Pawar, who might

even gravitate towards the Third front, if it were to

get some decent numbers in the Lok Sabha

SOUTH (Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu,

Pondicherry and Kerala)

It is this region which has changed the dynamics of

the 2004 elections and gave an unexpected boost to

the UPA. The UPA and its allies won 76 out of the 81

seats in Andhra and TN in 2004. However, there can

be dramatic reversal of this number this time round.

In Andhra, Telugu Desam which was decimated last

time is on a resurgent wicket and will improve its tally

considerably. In Tamil nadu, then NDA partner,

AIADMK got totally wiped out in 2004 and is now

more than a match for the DMK with the support of

the PMK. UPA’S tally of 76 will get more than halved

this time. Its tally will also come down in Karnataka

leaving Kerala to be the only saving grace. The third

front will be the biggest beneficiary in the South.

In short, neither the NDA nor the UPA will have a

clear mandate. Even if the third front gets 80-100 out

of the total 540, it will result in a highly unstable and

hung parliament. And the possibility of that

eventuality looks very bright.

Neither the BJP nor the Congress is likely to get more

than 130 seats on their own. That leaves them with a

balance of another 140 seats for which they have to

find alliance partners. Those partners will come on

board only after extracting their pound of flesh. And

the wide variety of regional, economic and social

causes these smaller parties espouse is in itself a

recipe for instability.

Add political instability to economic uncertainty.

That is 2009 for you.


Dance Forms of India

By Usha K. R. C – 906

KATHAK -The Nautch and After

The auditorium is dark, a spotlight glows in the center

of the stage, a short rounded male dancer gracefully

emerges from the spot to the front of the stage. His

feet start stamping in perfect syncopation with the

beats of the tabla going on to a crescendo – the

sound of a 1000 ghungroos………and slowly

diminishing to the sound of a few hundred and then

miraculously to the sound of just one, yes just one

ghungroo!!!!!!!! Is it the control of the feet, years of

practice or an inborn talent and mastery of the art or

it is just the genes? One wondered about Birju

Maharaj - The maestro who made Kathak ever so

popular and whose contribution in adding finesse and

expanding the repertoire to its modern version is

historic.

There is a saying Katha kahe so kathak – one, who

tells a story, is a kathak – a storyteller. But the term

assumes here the role of a dancer-actor – one who

dances and tells or enacts a story. Though the

common performers of kathak were nautch girls their

teachers were all men, who were known as kathakas.

They were outstanding performers themselves and

were attached to courts both hindu and muslim. The

last nawab of oudh at lucknow Wajid Ali Shah for

instance was a great patron of Kathak. Later Raigarh

in Madhya Pradesh, Rampur in Uttar Pradesh and

several courts in Rajasthan such as Jaipur, Jodhpur,

Udaipur, Alwar and Bikaner served as havens for

Kathak Masters.

From about the middle of the 19th century,

developed and given by father to son the skills, the

techniques and the knowledge of the art of Kathak

resulted in to two main schools – Gharanas, Lucknow

and Jaipur Gharanas. Held within a well-defined

system of artistic values the schools display salient

features that distinguish them. However with the

passage of time, the demarcations are fast

disappearing with free exchange of the best from

each gharana. A third gharana generally known as the

Beneras gharana also called the Jankiprasad gharana

has come into being.

The Lucknow gharana devoted it self to expressional

work through song and mime while the other reveled

in ornamental dance and rhythmic jugglery. It is these

two divergent elements that even today sharply

define the technique and style of Kathak.

Like all other styles Kathak also has two major aspects

of nritta and abhinaya in its technique. The element

of Natya has been introduced in the dance dramas

choreographed in recent times.

The Repertoire

Vandana: Vandana is an invocatory number offering

salutation to Ganesh the dispeller of obstacles and

difficulties

Thaat: In Thaat the dancer uses gentle and delicate

movements of the wrists and neck with eye glances in

the most arresting manner. Thaat in general means

decoration or a graceful attitude. The terms used are

thaat ka bandhana and thaat ka baratana. In the

former graceful postures are struck with movements

earlier described whereas in thaat ka baratana the

dancer stands with one hand held to the side and

other high and aloft and moves eyes, eyebrows, neck,

shoulders, arms, chest and wrists to the


accompaniment of slow rhythm played by the tabla.

The subtle movements lend a peculiar charm.

Amad/Salami: It is through the Amad the dancer

made an entry on the stage and then performed the

salami as a mark of greetings. Amad is a Persian word

meaning arrival.

Toda/Tukra/Paran: After the Vandana, the Amad and

the thaat, the dancer creates a series of dance

patterns with the todas, tukdas and the parans. In a

toda the dancer performs to the composition of the

time units in rhythmic cycle arriving on the Sam. A

rhythmic pattern three times in succession known as

a tihai is interwoven at the end of the toda. These

tihais lend color to the todas. A variety of tihais and

todas complex in nature and rich in it s complicated

arrangement of the beats using the mnemonics to

create the varying sound patterns are used by the

dancers in nritta. They are danced with precision,

flourish and beatific concluding postures that mark

the Sam. The dancer executes the todas with

footwork and body movements. A small toda is a

tukda. It is of the simple variety where the

mnemonics are of the tabla and emphasizes one

particular type of pattern rather uncomplicated.

Tukdas are often presented as chakkardar tukdas

ending with spins. The chakkars or spins are like

pirouettes executed on a central vertical axis in rapid

succession of three or multiples. It is generally

performed in the vilambit laya – slow tempo with

gradual progression and then in double or triple

tempo. What is significant is the acute mathematical

sense with which the structure is built and the ability

of the dancer to dance it either from the first beat of

the rhythmic pattern or from any of the subsequent

beats and concluding in on the Sam. Compositions

played exclusively on the pakhavaj are called parans.

They are danced with forceful and vigorous

movements as the mnemonic syllables played upon

the pakhavaj produce sounds of different texture.

Gats: the gats tell a simple story, the dancer takes an

idea or a theme and presents it’s meaning through

stylized movements and stances. There is no special

footwork involved the dancer uses the play of hands

and the face along with other body movements. The

dancer takes a theme or story and interprets it

through mime involving more than one character

assumed by one dancer only. The tabla and lehra

keep functioning at a fast tempo but the dance it self

is done at a much slower speed. The simplest form of

Gat is the Gat – Nikas. In this the performer takes a

few steps forward the manner of doing this being

related to the theme of the interpretation and then

adopts a significant pose. The steps here are fluent,

the movements lyrical, and the whole idea is to offer

a snap picture, an abstraction of a character as seen

through his or her manner of walking or any other

telling mannerism. In the same context are also

presented gatis or chal’s which are stylized gaits

representative of the movements of certain animals

and birds like the elephant, tiger, peacock and swan

or of the nature and temperament of different

nayikas. Gats can be presented any where during a

performance of Kathak but they are generally

performed between stretches of torahs, tatkar and

the like to provide relief to both the dancer and the

audience preventing an over dose of the mechanics

of rhythm.

Thumri, Dadra, Ghazal: While Gats are used for

elementary mime or abhinaya, in Kathak there are

also items of nritya in which expressional dance is

performed to the accompaniment of songs. The most

important item in this category is the ‘Thumri’. A

thumri is a style of singing in Hindustani music. It has

a few lines of poetry but each phrase is repeated

every time with a new grace, new lilt and a new

musical nuance. The language is primarily the dialect

of braj but urdu and hindi are also occasionally used.

The flavour is erotic and open hearted. The dance is

intended to be performed sitting, the performer takes

a phrase of song and performs it bringing out all the

beauty of its shades of meaning through song. Each

time the phrase is sung the performer introduces a


new turn or twist to the dance expression and

proceeds at a comfortable and easy pace. The dadras

like the thumri is a love lyric and the music is based

on a light raga or a folk tune. The Ghazal is of Persian

origin also a live song and only in urdu. The ghazal is

generally sung on an improvised tune. Kathak is no

longer a chamber art, artists are performing before

large audiences therefore a certain amount of

exaggeration has come in to the technique. What has

genuinely survived intact in Kathak from the past is

the element of virtuosity and the grand, if affected,

grace and manner of the court which it is recognized

is where the art was originally developed.

Dhrupads, Keertans, Dhamars, Horis, Pads and

Bhajans: Kathak was originally a religious dance

therefore the songs in the early stages of its evolution

were of a religious character. In dhrupads the theme

generally pertains to the praise and glorification of

some deity, the singing is done in a fixed style with no

ornamental flourishes and the pace is sedate and

stately. The lilas of Krishna, which are staged by the

Rasadharis of Braj and of which the Rasa Lila is a part

were formerly performed to the accompaniment of

Keertan music only. Some of the Keertans have bols

of Kathak or pakhawaj incorporated in their text. Both

Dhrupads and Keertans are in a form of poetry and

incorporate philosophical thoughts. The songs of

Dhamar and Hori all pertain to Krishna and his frolics

with the gopis during the holi festival. Pads and

bhajans are pure devotional pieces.


Festival Wind up

Makara Sankranti

Makara Sankranti is celebrated throughout India as a

harvest festival. It is a way of giving thanks to the

elements of nature that help man. This is the period

when the winter recedes, paving the way for the

summer. According to the lunar calendar, the sun

moves from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of

Capricorn, or from Dakshinayana to Uttarayana, in

the month of Poush in mid-January. This end of the

winter solstice also coincides with the harvest season

and cessation of the northeast monsoon in South

India. The movement of the earth from one zodiac

sign into another is called Sankranti, and is celebrated

as Makar, or Uttarayana, Sankranti, or Lohri, in the

North, and as Pongal in the South.

Punjab celebrates Lohri by feasting on sweets made

of jaggery, peanuts and sesame seeds, and making a

symbolic bonfire of the departing winter.

In Maharashtra, people people exchange multi-

colored tilguls made from til (sesame seeds) and

sugar and til-laddus made from til and jaggery. The

under-lying thought in the exchange of tilguls is to

forget the past ill-feelings and hostilities and resolve

to speak sweetly and remain friends. In rural

Maharashtra, feasts of the new harvest mark the

festival.

Assam celebrates the paddy harvest in winter with

Magha or Bhogali Bihu. Pavilions with thatched roofs

come up in the villages and there is feasting in the

night. The pavilions are set afire in the morning. The

festivities continue for a week.

The word pongal, in both Telugu and Tamil, signifies

the boiling over of the rice in the cooking pot. Though

little is known about the origin of Pongal, it is

probably a Dravidian harvest festival that has survived

for millennia. The Sankranti season ends with Ratha

Saptami, the seventh day of the bright half of Magha,

when the sun and his golden chariot are honoured.

Pongal is a three-day festival. On the first day is Bhogi

Pongal - celebrations are confined to the house. Evil

spirits are driven out of the home and burned in

bonfires, and the house is whitewashed. The second

day is Surya Pongal – honouring the Sun God;

members of the family wear new clothes and cook -

on a new stove and in new pots - a dish with the

newly harvested rice, jaggery and moong dal.

Sugarcane stalks characterize this festival, as do til,

and sweets made from jaggery and peanuts. The third

day is Maattu Pongal - honouring the cattle; cows and

bullocks are washed, decorated, and worshipped for

their role in ensuring a good harvest.

In Gujarat and other western states, people observe

Uttarayana, when the winds change, by flying kites.

The winter sky bursts into colour with thousands of

paper kites. The festivities conclude with a winter

feast.

Call it Lohri, Pongal or Sankranti, the festival conveys

the same message -- the bond of brotherhood and

the spirit of oneness should prevail despite all odds.


Ugadi

In Sanskrit “Yuga” means Era and “Aadi” means Start.

This festival Ugadi is celebrated welcoming a new era.

It is the new year's day for the people of the Deccan

region of India. While people of Karnataka and

Andhra Pradesh use the term Ugadi for this festival,

people of Maharashtra term the same festival,

observed on the same day, as Gudi Padwa. Sindhis,

people from Sindh, celebrate the same day as their

New Year day Cheti Chand.

People celebrate this festival with great fanfare;

gatherings of the extended family and a sumptuous

feast are de rigueur. The day, however, begins with

ritual showers (oil bath) followed by prayers, and

then the eating of a specific mixture of Neem

buds/flowers for bitterness, Raw mango for tang,

Tamarind Juice for sourness, Green chilli/pepper for

heat, jaggery for sweetness and pinch of Salt for

saltiness. This mixture with all six tastes symbolizes

the fact that life is a mixture of different experiences

(sadness, happiness, anger, fear, disgust, surprise)

which should be accepted together and with

equanimity.

The festival is called "Gudi Padwa" in Maharashtra; it

heralds the advent of new year and is one of the most

auspicious days for Maharashtrians. It is customary to

erect ‘Gudis’ on the first day (Padwa) of the Marathi

New Year. 'Gudi' is a bamboo staff with a colored silk

cloth and a garlanded goblet atop it, which

symbolizes victory or achievement.

Holi

Holi, also called the Festival of Colors, is a popular

spring festival observed in India. This festival is

celebrated at the end of the winter season on the last

full moon day of the lunar month Phalguna, which

usually falls in the later part of February or March.

Rangapanchami occurs a few days later on a

Panchami (fifth day of the full moon), marking the

end of festivities involving colours.

Traditional Holi: The spring season, during which the

weather changes, is believed to cause viral fever and

cold. Thus, the playful throwing of natural coloured

powders has a medicinal significance: the colours are

traditionally made of Neem, Kumkum, Haldi, Bilva,

and other medicinal herbs. A special drink called

thandai is prepared, sometimes containing bhang

(Cannabis sativa). For wet colours, traditional flowers

of Palash are boiled and soaked in water over night to

produced yellow coloured water, which also had

medicinal properties. Unfortunately the commercial

aspect of celebration has led to an increase in the use

of synthetic colours which, in some cases, may be

toxic.


The main day, Holi, also known as Dhulheti, Dhulandi

or Dhulendi, is celebrated by people throwing colored

powder and colored water at each other. Bonfires are

lit the day before, also known as Holika Dahan (death

of Holika). The bonfires are lit in memory of the

miraculous escape that young Prahlad had when

demoness Holika, sister of Hiranyakashipu, carried

him into the fire. Holika was burnt but Prahlad, a

staunch devotee of Lord Vishnu, escaped without any

injuries due to his unshakable devotion.

In Vrindavan and Mathura, where Lord Krishna grew

up, the festival is celebrated for 16 days (until

Rangpanchmi in commemoration of the divine love of

Radha for Krishna). Lord Krishna is believed to have

popularized the festival by playing pranks on the

gopis. Krishna is believed to have complained to his

mother about the contrast between his dark skin

complexion and Radha's (Shakti or energy that drives

the world) fair skin complexion. Krishna's mother

decided to apply colour to Radha's face. The

celebrations officially usher in spring, the celebrated

season of love.

There is another story about the origin of Holi.

Kamadeva is god of love. Kama's body was destroyed

when he shot his weapon at Shiva in order to disrupt

his penance and help Parvati marry Shiva. Shiva then

opened his third eye, the gaze of which was so

powerful that Kama's body was reduced to ashes. For

the sake of Kama's wife Rati (passion), Shiva restored

him, but only as a mental image, representing the

true emotional and spiritual state of love rather than

physical lust. The Holi bonfire is believed to be

celebrated in commemoration of this event. In West

Bengal the festival is known as Dolyatra or Basant

Utsab.


Campus Kichidi

Saraswati Puja

Saraswati Puja, the worship of Hindu goddess of

learning, is observed on the Basant Panchami day

annually in North and Eastern parts of India. Goddess

Saraswathi, or Sarasvati, is the Goddess of wisdom

and learning in Hinduism.

On 31st

Jan, our Bengali residents of Gardenia,

celebrated Saraswati Puja with lot of enthusiasm and

zeal. The ladies of the community usually dressed in

Yellow, make all preparation for the puja. The puja

was completed, followed with Pushpanjali for all

people fasting and “Hathe Khadi”, the event to

introduction and initiation of kids to the world of

letters. Small kids with the Slates and Chalks write

their first alphabets are a treat to watch.

Saraswathi Puja is observed on the fifth day after

Amavasi in the Hindu month of Magh. It is believed

that Goddess Saraswati was born on this day.

Goddess Saraswati is the goddess of knowledge, art

and music, and wisdom. She represents the creative

and inspirational aspect of Shakti.

Saraswati puja is observed during that period of the

year when Nature is afresh and blossoming after a

harsh winter. Thus symbolically the puja represents

the removal of gloominess and ushering in of

freshness. The puja was followed with Prasad

distribution and a sumptuous Bhog for all. Evening it

was Arti and Visharjan of the idol.

Maa Saraswati being the Goddesses of Knowledge Art

& Music, the celebrations were incomplete without

the Gardenia community getting their act right on

celebrating it in style with Songs & Dance

Residents from tiny tots to elders participated in the

cultural extravaganza which was filled with devotional

acts to bollywood thumka’s, a medley of Hindi &

Bengali songs for golden era and a breath taking

fusion dance solo performance worth mentioning

from Koel.

This bond of togetherness and celebrating each other

festival bonds us as residents, we hope to see more

such event and initiatives been taken by the residents

and we from Spandan assure to cover you as we go

along.


Blood Donation Camp

A blood donation camp was organized by BGAOA

along with the Lions Club and NIHMANS Blood Bank

at Brigade Gardenia Campus on 1st

March 2009.

The BMS hall was converted in a mini hospital with a

registration desk, health and blood group check up,

and a room where the actual blood was being

donated. The environment and the atmosphere

absolutely amicably set and enthusiastic people

pouring in to donate blood and save lives.

Blood donation is a good practice and has got many

advantages. It reduces chance of heart attack as

regular blood donation in males helps in loosing out

iron whose increase in blood is one reason for heart

attacks. Blood Donation can reduce this risk to one

third. Blood donation helps in enhancing the

production of new red blood cells. It also helps in

fighting hemochromitosis. An average blood donation

(i.e 450ml) helps you to burn 650 calories. So if you

are healthy, donate blood and keep fit.

We collected 39 bottles of blood and every donor was

provided with a certificate and also an certificate of

appreciation to BGAOA for this initiative.

Those who missed this opportunity, wait for the next

one. The only thing you need to be aware of yourself

to be a good donor are following

- Know your Blood Group

- Test your blood periodically to know you

are free from blood borne disease

- Give blood in a gap of 6 month

- Do not consume alcohol 72 hrs before the

donation.


Kids Corner

Book Section

By Bhumika Kesanur A 502

Recommended books for reading:

� Matilda - by Roald Dahl

� Thirteen ‘OClock and other stories

- by Enid Blyton

� The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

- by Mark Twain

� The Jungle Book - by Rudyard Kipling

Book Review of Matilda

This book by Roald Dahl is simply fascinating. In this

book, a small girl by name Matilda is the main

character. Now, Matilda is a genius. She could read at

the age of three! She has parents who think her to be

the stupidest person on earth. They marvel at her lazy

and good-for-nothing brother, Mike. Matilda goes to

a primary school with a tyrant principal who swings

girls by plaits and boys by their ears. Here she meets

her to-be-best friend Lavender. Find out how Matilda

gets her own back with her parents and helps her

sweet class teacher, Miss Jenny, to get back her lost

property.

Smiles !

By Bhumika Kesanur A – 502

What comes to your mind first, when you hear the

words “Smile”, “Laugh”, “Giggle”, etc? Right! The

moment you hear these words, a grin spreads across

your face, connecting one ear to the other and you go

around looking like a Cheshire cat! How do you feel

after having a fight with someone? You feel angry,

sad and even hurt. Your brain works furiously and you

have no peace of mind. Compare that to the feeling

you get just after having laughed your head off at

some pretty funny joke. What a comparison!

Scientific researchers have found out that it takes 43

muscles to frown, while it only takes about 17 to

smile. So why make the extra effort!

You SMILE when you are happy and you LAUGH when

you find something funny.

You are the original and everyone else is a mirror. You

smile once and this smile is reflected from one mirror

to another and is reflected back to you. You try

frowning and the same frown is reflected multiple

times back to you. How does a sad friend react when

you give him a brilliant, wide smile? He forgets his

sorrow for a moment and returns your smile.

Congrats! You just helped him relieve himself of a

minutes sorrow and sadness.

So goes the saying, “If you see someone without a

smile, give him one of your own”.

Friends, here are a few lines to boost the 17 muscles

of your face.

Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep

And doesn’t know where to find them

If only she would wear her specs

She would find she was right behind them!


Colour and Light

By Purnima Kesanur A 502

Light is a form of energy; something we take for

granted every day. But it isn’t something we stop and

think about very often or even try and define. Let's

take a few minutes and try and understand some

things about light. Light is nature's way of transferring

energy through space. We can complicate it by talking

about interacting electric and magnetic fields,

quantum mechanics, and all of that, but simply put--

light is energy.

Light travels very fast and has a finite velocity. In

vacuum, the speed of light is nearly 3,00,000

kilometers per second! It takes 8 minutes for the light

from the Sun to reach Earth! Every article on

astronomy mentions of distances traveled in terms of

Light year. A light year is the distance light travels in

one year at the speed of 3,00,000 kilometers per

second.

Physics experiments over the past hundred years or

so have demonstrated that light has a dual nature. In

many phenomena, it is convenient to represent light

as a "particle". Light is thought to be made up of

discrete "packets" of energy called photons. Not all

photons are equal in terms of how much energy they

contain. Each photon of X-ray light contains a lot of

energy in comparison with an optical or radio photon.

It is this energy content per photon that is one of the

distinguishing characteristics of the different ranges

of light.

The other way of representing light is as a wave

phenomenon. This is somewhat more difficult for

most people to understand, but perhaps an analogy

with sound waves will be useful. The figure depicts

the wave model of light.

When you play a high note and a low note on the

piano, they both produce sound, but the difference

between the two notes is the frequency of the

vibrating string producing the sound waves; the faster

the vibration the higher the pitch of the note.

Likewise blue light and red light are both just light,

but the blue light has a higher frequency of vibration

(or a shorter wavelength) than the red light.

Light is more generally referred to as electromagnetic

radiation. But too often when we say "light" it is

mistaken to mean "optical light," which is a small

section of the complete electromagnetic radiation

that is visible to our eyes. One main source of light

energy is the Sun. The energy produced by the sun is

electromagnetic radiation with many different

wavelengths. Only a small portion of these

wavelengths are visible to the human eye. These

visible wavelengths are seen as colors of the rainbow

depending on the wavelength. Red has the longest

visible wavelength and violet has the shortest visible

wavelength. When all the waves are seen together,

they make white light.

A simple experiment that shows white light is made

up of seven colours. This experiment was first

conducted by Newton. He passed a beam of sunlight

through a prism and produced a band of colors just

like the rainbow. He then passed each of these colors

through other prisms and found they did not

change. When Newton passed the whole band of

colored lights through a prism in reverse order, the

colored band became white sunlight again. Newton

concluded that white light is really a mixture of

colored lights and each color bends by a different

amount when passing through the prism. The band of

colored lights discovered by Newton is called a

spectrum; the rainbow is actually a spectrum formed

by sunlight passing through raindrops.


We have always used the energy of the sun as far

back as humans have existed on this planet. As far

back as 5,000 years ago, people "worshipped" the

sun; Ra, the sun-god, who was considered the first

king of Egypt. In Mesopotamia, the sun-god Shamash

was a major deity and was equated with justice. In

Greece there were two sun deities, Apollo and Helios.

The influence of the sun also appears in other

religions - Zoroastrianism, Mithraism, Roman religion,

Hinduism, Buddhism, the Druids of England, the

Aztecs of Mexico, the Incas of Peru, and many Native

American tribes.

We know today, that the sun is simply our nearest

star. Without it, life would not exist on our planet. We

use the sun's energy every day in many different

ways. When we hang laundry outside to dry in the

sun, we are using the sun's heat to do work -- drying

our clothes.

Plants use the sun's light to make food. Animals eat

plants for food. Decaying plants hundreds of millions

of years ago produced the coal, oil and natural gas

that we use today. So, fossil fuels is actually sunlight

stored millions and millions of years ago. Various

other ways in which we use solar energy are Solar

Heaters, Solar thermal electricity, Solar Cells or

photovoltaic energy.

Solar energy can be converted into other forms of

energy, such as heat and electricity.

Solar energy can be converted to thermal (or heat)

energy and used to:

� Heat water – for use in homes, buildings, or

swimming pools.

� Heat spaces – inside greenhouses, homes, and

other buildings.

Solar energy can be converted to electricity in two

ways:

� Photovoltaic (PV devices) or “solar cells” –

change sunlight directly into electricity. PV

systems are often used in remote locations that

are not connected to the electric grid. They are

also used to power watches, calculators, and

lighted road signs.

� Solar Power Plants - indirectly generate

electricity when the heat from solar thermal

collectors is used to heat a fluid which produces

steam that is used to power generator. Out of

the 15 known solar electric generating units

operating in the United States at the end of

2006, 10 of these are in California, and 5 in

Arizona. No statistics are being collected on solar

plants that produce less than 1 megawatt of

electricity, so there may be smaller solar plants

in a number of other states.


Page 3!!!

This edition of Spandan, we bring you Arun Bagchi,

our Vice President of the Association, and the

technical guru of Brigade Gardenia. Here is an

excerpt of our candid chat with him.

AP: Tell us about you and your family and your

journey to Brigade Gardenia

AB: Every time someone asks where I hail from, it

takes me a while to explain my background. In brief, I

am a Bong, born and brought up in MP (Bhopal), did

my BE (Mech) from REC, Bhopal, MTech (Design &

Production) from REC, Durgapur and finally landed at

Bangalore in April 2004 via Rourkela, Durgapur,

Mangalore, Ranchi and many other places of the

country. As such, honestly, I don’t feel or believe that

I belong to any one part of India. Working in diverse

areas and with people from diverse background has

been the biggest education of my life and is

responsible for whatever I am today. I have been a

reasonably good student and sportsman having won

NTSE, National Merit & MP State Govt. scholarships

and represented school, college and Company cricket

and athletic teams in addition to being House Captain

in school. Actually these credentials used to come

handy in school and college to get away lightly for

acts of indiscipline, non completion of assignments,

getting caught while ragging juniors etc.!! I work for

MECON Limited, a leading engineering consultancy

firm as Assistant General Manager.

My wife Sagorika who works as a teacher in Kidzee,

daughter Meghna and son Akash, both studying in

Oxford Sr. Secondary School, are my source of

inspiration and comfort. I have consciously tried to

keep my office, association and personal life isolated

from each other. This has enabled all of us to enjoy

the beauty and the throbbing social life in BG to the

hilt. I love good food and love my wife all the more

because of her culinary skills. Sagorika loves music

and art and has been quite visible on the cultural

landscape of BG. In fact, the lively social and cultural

environment in BG has inspired even me to pick up

my guitar after 14 long years!!!

AP: Apart from knowing Arun Bagchi as a Vice

President, we also understand that you are the

Technical Know How of Brigade Gardenia, what is

your assessment of Brigade Gardenia as a resident

complex technically and some things you would like

to share with our fellow residents?

AB: Once the legal process of forming and registering

the association and its byelaws are completed, the

real challenge of running a huge complex like BG

ultimately boils down to the operational issues

pertaining to Plant & Machinery. At the end of the

day, majority of residents would not really bother too

much about the number and types of pumps, DG sets,

STP, lifts and the like. What they look forward to is

that when they wake up in the morning, power

should be available, the taps should not run dry, the

lift should be available while rushing to work, the

campus is kept clean & pest free and the security

does its job so that they can sleep peacefully at night

and so on and so forth. Most of these services are

dependant on trouble free and 24x7 availability of the

plant and equipment in the campus. As such, any

issues pertaining to the plant and equipment quickly

assumes the nature of emergency and has to be

attended to ASAP. The beauty of all things technical is

that when faced with a technical issue, you cannot

talk your way out of it. You either know how to fix it

or you don’t.

We have been lucky that in BG, we have been able to

tap our in-house resources to not only address our

operational issues but to greatly improve upon and

add value to the equipment and systems handed over

by Brigade.


Technically speaking, Brigade Gardenia has many

firsts to its credit. We are the first association in

Bangalore to run two Sewage Treatment Plants and

the first in the country to implement an online

management system for such a huge campus. The

Building Management System is also one of the first

of its kind in Bangalore. While most residents would

be aware of the CCTV and access control features of

the same, many would not be aware that it also

enables monitoring and control of borewell and

Cauvery water, management of DG sets operation

and its health, control of all common area lighting,

control and management of fire detection &

annunciation system as well as fire fighting system,

control of all lifts in the campus as well as schedule

preventive maintenance calendar etc. All this can be

monitored and controlled from a central location.

A vast array of equipment also implies a rigorous and

punishing maintenance schedule all year round for

the technical staff employed on the campus. As such,

it is imperative for the MC members to be aware of

the plant and equipment in the campus and

requirements (technical as well as statutory) of the

same.

There is no dearth of engineering expertise in the

campus and it is extremely important that we have

some good and experienced technical people in all

successive MCs to keep the show running.

Remember, the current maintenance charges, which

are among the lowest in Bangalore for a complex of

our magnitude, would never have been possible if

optimization and rationalization of the technical

resources in the campus had not been carried out.

Our continuation on such low maintenance charges in

future will also depend almost wholly in carrying

forward optimizing and rationalizing the technical

resources and energy consumption in the campus.

AP: What have been your most challenging

experience and your most satisfying experience as

Vice President of BGAOA?

AB: One of my most challenging experiences till date

would be the streamlining and optimizing the STP

operations (remember the stench behind Magnifica?)

which even Brigade had given up on as fait accompli.

Many experts had visited the site and proclaimed that

nothing can be done. Also, there was an instance last

year when the second STP was out of operation and

the untreated sewage from STP-1 was on the verge of

overflowing all over the drive way around Magnifica

because of a malfunction. We managed to just about

prevent the unthinkable from happening and could

put back one STP in operation close to midnight. I

remember it was our (Bengali) New Year day and my

wife and guests at home did not have a clue to my

whereabouts!! Come to think of it, almost no one in

BG still has any clue about it!! Thankfully, it is in the

past and our STPs are doing wonderfully well.

Another such challenge was to rein in the unduly high

outgo on account of Cauvery water usage in the

campus. We had touched upon it during our recent

SGBM also. Today we are not only utilizing 100% of

the Cauvery water allocated to BG at the lowest

billing slab, it has also resulted in a saving of several

lakhs per annum as well as several other benefits for

the plant and equipment in the campus.

Overall, when I look back right from our adhoc

association days, I would say the most satisfying

feature of my involvement as VP has been the self

development and education this has provided me.

Tell me, which job in the world comes with these

perks:

� Participation in drawing up of the constitution of

the company and deal with the Registrar of

Societies in your state?

� Working with leading law firms and learn to read

and analyze the fine print.

� Advertise, interview and select your office staff

� Exposure to the latest and best in terms of plant,

equipment and technologies

� A free hand to embark on your own addition,

modification and rehabilitation schemes for the

plant and equipment in your campus in addition

to hands on trouble shooting experience


� Interact and draw upon the expertise and

experience of innumerable leading lights in the

chosen field of their expertise from space

scientists to CEOs of companies to bankers to

lawyers to software engineers to investment

bankers … the list can go on…. And all this, free

of cost!!!!

� Get to know and involve in the working of

security agencies, deal with police authorities,

Govt. & statutory bodies, facility management

companies, banks, product manufacturers and

dealers etc.

� Prepare, invite, scrutinize, evaluate, recommend

and negotiate tenders for high value contracts

and draw up the contract documents

� Drawing up the annual budgeting process

running into several crores per annum.

� Involve in the investment strategy for the corpus

fund running into crores and authorizing capital

expenses running into lakhs.

� Draw up policy guidelines and implementation of

the same with respect to anything and

everything in the campus from common area

usage to cultural activities to commercial

activities to cable TV and broadband facility in

the premises, pets and what not!

� To deal and manage the vast cross section of

people residing in the campus, getting to know

them better on personal and professional front,

involvement in charitable causes, cultural

activities, camps….the list is endless.

Yes, it does take a toll on personal, professional and

social front but it has all been worth it.

AP: If you would like to change anything as Vice

President of BGAOA, what would it be and why?

AB: I would really like the residents of BG to feel and

believe that the association is all about “Us”

managing ourselves. Time and again, the MC has

failed to elicit any response from the BG residents to

fill up the vacancies in various sub committees and

even in the MC. This not only alienates the owners

from the realities of running our campus and the

challenges we face, but also puts the few working

hands of the MC under tremendous pressure. We are

at the threshold of change. Elections to the MC are

due shortly. Through this column, I exhort all right

thinking people to actively participate in the

governance of our campus. This is not our job, career

or our company. This is our HOME!

AP: We understand the founding managing

committee has almost completed their term and an

election is on the cards, and tips you would like to

provide to the fellow residents who wish to come

forward to hold positions in BGAOA .

AB: When the present MC was elected in July ‘2007,

the occupancy level of BG was pretty low. We barely

knew each other and very few people had any idea

about association matters. The handful of owners

who had volunteered for the ad-hoc managing

committee were subsequently elected to the First MC

of BG. The times have changed and occupancy levels

are at their highest. We now know not only our

neighbors in our respective blocks but also from other

blocks as well. We know their qualifications,

background, experience and most important – what

they stand for. For such a large complex as ours, it is

imperative that we motivate the right candidates as

we hand over the future of BG to them. Remember,

at the end of the day, we all deserve the Government

we elect!!!

Team Spandan thanks Arun Bagchi for his immense

contribution to Brigade Gardenia, and look forward to

his guidance and experience even in the coming years.


Community Kitchen

Shrikhand

Purnima Kesanur A - 502

Shrikhand is a popular sweet dish from Maharashtra

and generally prepared on the occasion of Gudi

Padwa (Ugadi). Eat with hot puris or eat it as is !

Ingredients: ½ kg curds

300gm sugar

½ tsp cardamom powder

¼ tsp nutmeg powder

Few strands of saffron

Almond and pistachio pieces for garnishing

Method:

� Tie curd in a clean muslin cloth overnight. (5-6

hours).

� Pass through a big holed strong strainer,

pressing with hand or spatula such that it

contains no lumps.

� Add sugar and mix it. Well.

� Keep aside for 25-30 minutes to allow the sugar

to dissolve.

� Warm the strands of saffron and mix it well into

1 tbsp. milk.

� Mix in cardamom powder and dissolved saffron

and nutmeg powder.

� Serve it in the serving dish and garnish it with

almond and pistachio pieces.

Tastes better when served chilled.

Patishapta

Patishapta essentially consists of three parts, viz., the

outer envelope, the filling, and the sauce that it is

served in.

Ingredients for Envelope:

Milk 1 cup, Refined Flour 4 tbsp, Cooking oil

Preparing the Envelope: Mix milk and flour. Heat 1

tsp. oil in a frying pan. Spread a portion of the mix

thin on the frying pan in the form of a circle of

diameter 4 inch approx. Turn over when the bottom

turns light brown. Fry till the other side turns light

brown too. Remove from heat. Repeat process for

other portions

Ingredients for Filling: Khowa 1 cup

To prepare 1 cup Khowa, heat 2 cups of milk under

medium heat and stir till very thick. Add half cup

sugar and continue to stir till it becomes almost solid.

Ingredients for Sauce: Milk 3 cups, Sugar 9 tsp,

Cardamom 4-5 nos (optional)

Preparing the Sauce: Heat milk under medium heat

and stir till thick (but not as thick as the filling). Add

sugar and stir a little more till sugar dissolves well.

Add cardamom before removing from heat.

Wrapping up finally: Place filling over the length of

the envelope, and wrap the envelope from both sides

to cover the filling. Serve the patishapta dipped in the

sauce.


FunXone

Recession Questions!!

A. With the current market turmoil, what's the

easiest way to make a small fortune?

B. What's the difference between an investment

banker and a large pizza?

C. Why has Dubai real estate agents stopped

looking out of the window in the morning?

D. What's the difference between an American and

a Zimbabwean?

E. What’s the difference between a bond and a

bond trader?

F. Did you hear Goldman Sachs has a new

cafeteria?

G. What’s the Capital of Ice land?

Jokes

Recession and its Circumstance

Ali Baba and the forty thieves are now Ali Baba thirty

thieves. Ten were laid off!

____________________________________________

Batman and Robin are now Batman and Pedro.

Batman fired Robin and hired Pedro because Pedro

was willing to work twice the hours at the same rate!!

___________________________________________

Iron man now "air-pooling" with Superman to save

fuel costs?!!

____________________________________________

A director decided to award a prize of Rs.1000 for the

best idea for saving the company money during the

recession. It was won by a young executive who

suggested reducing the prize money to Rs. 100.The

CEO walks up to the guy and asks, "And how much

money do you make a week?"

___________________________________________

Women finally marrying for love! An

d not money!

___________________________________________

A concerned customer asked his stock broker if the

recent market decline and volatility worried him. The

broker told him that he has been sleeping like a baby.

“Really?!?” replied the customer

“Absolutely,” said the broker, “I sleep for about an

hour, wake up, and then cry for about an hour.”

____________________________________________

Recession Bumper Sticker The recession is worse than

a divorce. You lose half your fortune and still have

your wife.

____________________________________________

The Difference between Communism & Capitalism In

communism we nationalize the banks and then push

them to bankruptcy. In capitalism we push the bank

to bankruptcy and then nationalize them.

Answers

A) Start off with a large one..

B) A large pizza can feed a family of four.

C) Because otherwise they'd have nothing to do in

the afternoon

D) In a few weeks, nothing

E) A bond matures.

F) It’s called the Warren buffet.

G) About 70 cents


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