tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171678472024-03-23T23:44:01.444+05:30SANATANA DHARMA FOR THE DEAF ( A Wing of UNIVERSAL SANATANA DHARMA )The Cultural, Educational, Social and Spiritual Activities of the Hearing Impaired.
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Email: sdd108@rediffmail.comSDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-42267583512265897802007-11-12T22:08:00.000+05:302008-01-06T10:43:57.333+05:308TH CULTURAL PROGRAMME IN MUMBAI<div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">SANATANA DHARMA FOR THE DEAF</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">WILL HOLD ITS 8TH ANNUAL CULTURAL PROGRAMME</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">At</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">GUJARATI KELAMANI MANDAL</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">AMULAKH AMICHAND VIDYALAYA, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">close to SNDT COLLEGE, near AURORA CINEMA,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">76/A, KIDWAI ROAD, MATUNGA, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">MUMBAI – 400 019 INDIA</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">At 3.00 pm on Sunday, 27th January 2008</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">PROGRAMME : LECTURES, PLAYS, CONTESTS, FILM SHOW, POOJA & DINNER</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">TICKET:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">Rs. 75/- only per an adult</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">Rs. 150/- only per an overseas visitor</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">For further information, please contact: </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">Shri Anantadev ( Sms: 9845457727 ), Smt Geeta Saraiya ( Sms: 9867296830 )</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">Email: </span><a href="mailto:hkwad108@yahoo.com"><span style="color:#663366;">hkwad108@yahoo.com</span></a><span style="color:#663366;"> </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;"></span><a href="mailto:sdd108@rediffmail.com"><span style="color:#663366;">sdd108@rediffmail.com</span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;"></span></div>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-18708883668942312722007-10-14T15:44:00.000+05:302007-10-14T21:04:38.937+05:30More Photos on Krishna Janmashtami Programme<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSP4WCImIuRKGMJCfDw3feVRpyeIqsVF5ofsaqLR9N3ocew1pjfhVS_xhwCFzW_oDT7tqVv5dHIYrYT7u_ED1Y9vL7ZaR42lfKT5FSsts6-sDQQXn5o8VEE_aR0h-VqLIcRrcp/s1600-h/100_0769.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121215505854734082" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8y8jTm-ay6QZhqUb9fOecdhCYGM4WiiyWzXLkKYh11TPZ38AKecF80CAZr_TtYVXQstZGO63gZ1Y6L1YWlQa9tMn2_fG199TnqP5A4C9nPwFBtJ8Pb3vnJqTc3HeIw6joWDVB/s320/awrd07+035.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QfdNSa17s60GmzEX66eg_cLalQl7aNRMNsDt26OpL4w-Kibyg7co4hf2XVwGS4dtvZR7I8DpRo_1OnNdpfIE0cyqAqfQSPScCcwCdYXnonuyHwJaQ0pxBQtNEJFrrWrgXFwq/s1600-h/awrd07+074.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116400605914217410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QfdNSa17s60GmzEX66eg_cLalQl7aNRMNsDt26OpL4w-Kibyg7co4hf2XVwGS4dtvZR7I8DpRo_1OnNdpfIE0cyqAqfQSPScCcwCdYXnonuyHwJaQ0pxBQtNEJFrrWrgXFwq/s320/awrd07+074.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnpBBhbocOB-GSJfeD1Th6BG_pKqMWHRYum70YfYxQIbslJvR7vbKIFK7eD9-ru8NlpqW2TbV2JX53zjm0CFVArSrM-oVPhCxQcqTDDwUSr5WaYn5ZLzJ2nnaoen4Enl4KWyWc/s1600-h/awrd07+104.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116400614504152018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnpBBhbocOB-GSJfeD1Th6BG_pKqMWHRYum70YfYxQIbslJvR7vbKIFK7eD9-ru8NlpqW2TbV2JX53zjm0CFVArSrM-oVPhCxQcqTDDwUSr5WaYn5ZLzJ2nnaoen4Enl4KWyWc/s320/awrd07+104.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(102,51,51)"><br />On 2nd September Shri Krishna Janmashtami programme held by Sanatana Dharma for the Deaf (a wing of Universal Sanatana Dharma) at SRN Adarsh College, Chamrajpet, Bangalore went well. Around 100 persons including a few hearing ones enjoyed lectures, LCD show, plays, spiritual lucky dip, film show, contests, pooja and prasad lunch. Anantadev’s prayer began. A play on `Sharing Fortunes’ by deaf students and physically handicapped ones of Association of People with Disabilities and other play cum ballet on `Krishna Leela’ by deaf school students of Shri B.D.Tatti (Annavaru) Memorial Charitable Trust, Laxmeshwar, Gadag, Karnataka were delightful. As a special guest, Smt Sukanya Chattopadhyay, the principal of the college gave her speech which impressed all. Anantadevji’s lecture on meditation, Bhagavad-Gita and science of soul was pleasing. Conversion Multimedia to VCD – Srimad Bhagavad-Gita by Shri Rajendra Joglekar of Pune ( IIT M.Design) was greatly applauded. Priyanka, a daughter of deaf parents, did her good job by interpreting to the audience for Sukanya, Anantadevji and Rajendra both in a voice and sign language way. </span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(102,51,51)">Anantadevji performed a pooja. Lunch followed. </span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(102,51,51)">Shri K.S.Chandramouli arranged for an exciting transcendental game. Many of the participants liked it very much. Anantadevji and Rajendra distributed prizes among the school winners of Janmashtami Painting Competition. Shri R. Sriram won Spiritual Lucky Dip by receiving an Indian comic `Amar Chitra Katha on Bhagavata’ from Anantadevji.</span><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(102,51,51)">Finally there was an animated film show on `Lord Krishna’. </span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(102,51,51)">Shri K.S. Chandramouli gave a vote of thanks. Everyone enjoyed the programme. </span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(102,51,51)">Acknowledgement:</span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(102,51,51)">1) To Smt Sukanya Chattopadhyay who let us to use her college auditorium for Janmashtami programme.</span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(102,51,51)">2) To Volunteers did excellent work for Krishna Janmashtami programme - Shri K.S.Chandramouli, Shri J.V.Jagannath, Shri K.D.Chandramouli, Shri Somusundara, Shri M.C.Ganesh, Shri Jaisal Shah (Pune), Shri Chinnappa, Shri B.Vikas, Shri C.Sharath, Shri Rikwak, Smt Padmalatha Reddy (Nellore, Andhra Pradesh), Smt Hema Chandramouli and Smt Rajendra Joglekar (Pune).</span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(102,51,51)">3) To Shri Somanath Mahajanshettar of Shri B.D.Tatti (Annavaru) Memorial Charitable Trust, Laxmeshwar for sending his school students for their performance</span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(102,51,51)">4) To students of Association of People with Disabilities for their performance and to Smt Anuradha B Muzumdar and Ms Jaagadeshwara for their support.</span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(102,51,51)">5) To Shri Rajendra Joglekar and Shri R.Sriram who contributed photos.</span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(102,51,51)">6) To Chira Information Technologies who sponsored food for the audience in memorial of Late Film Actress Soundarya.</span><br /><strong><span style="color:#663333;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#663333;">7) To New Arya Bhavan for donating sweets</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(102,51,51)">8) To all advertisers, sponsors and donors. </span>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-40363226771481441572007-09-21T18:17:00.000+05:302007-10-21T20:05:08.425+05:30India USA Deaf Youth Empowerment Camp 2007<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOw4zGXnR2j2YRrE9F48-u_xPZFjvngMvsLi38W0jZxJifPfm3U8RvS5nRXU8C7rvAA7icAumqYuVxqje2JGIDXWX2Iwdz41hcYAc8SEY9zIG4uGfOUsbrc43t-5yuMUYspoD2/s1600-h/Picture+505.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123791204376440402" style="DISPLAY: block; 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Some of the challenges they face, according to Director of the Disabled and Senior Citizens Welfare Department V. Shrirama Reddy, include the absence of facilities for people with hearing disability to pursue college education although there are 39 schools for them.</div><div align="justify"><br />The participants had a role model in Anantadev Das (52), founder-president of Sanatana Dharma for the Deaf (SDD), who had fought a lone battle to become the first Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) graduate with hearing disability in Mumbai. </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">They learnt that they too can make a difference.</div><div align="justify"><br />Mr. Das, however, lamented that the employment opportunities for students with hearing disability were almost nil in India. This was in contrast to the situation abroad, where employers provided interpreters so that people with hearing disability could work easily. </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">In India, however, this concept was yet to catch up, he said.</div><div align="justify"><br />It was pointed out at the camp that people with hearing disability had one problem.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">The Indian sign language was slightly mixed up and not standardised as in the U.S. According to Kripa Damas, coordinator of the Sign Language Department, Dr. S.R. Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech & Hearing, the sign language differs from place to place as culture and dialects influence it.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">At the camp, however, the participants overcame this problem by taking recourse to reading of basic gfestures and lip-reading.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Global Reach Out Initiative co-ordinator Smitha Hanumantha said that the camp would encourage the participants to use visual media such as plays to communicate their ideas.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="center">( Taken from <strong>The Hindu, 24th June 2007</strong> ) </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /></div><div align="center"><strong>GRO Member KJ's Appreciation</strong> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">Instead of writing of negative experiences, which thankfully were few and far in between, I would like to give props to those who deserve it.</span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><div align="justify"><br />In no particular order:</div><div align="justify"><br />The Indian delegates. Anu, Anil, Bharath, Krishna, Vikas, Roopa, Fathima, and Anand. I know that we all had doubts about the effectiveness of our work, if any, but you all quickly dispelled any doubts that we had. Even if it was different than what we all originally imagined, it was clear from your skit at the closing ceremony that we did have an impact. More importantly, it was clear that you guys learned from this experience and our hope is that you will take it all to heart and continue the work that we started together.</div><div align="justify"><br />Anantadev Das. For your honesty and your patience. This program would not have been a success without you and I know that we all hope to be able to work with you again.</div><div align="justify"><br />Chandra Mouli. I think we all fell in love with your giggle! What I am most impressed with is your positive attitude at all times. We know it is not easy, as you always say. Yet, you manage to pull it off and it is clear that you have the best interests of the Indian Deaf at heart. </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="center">( Taken from <a href="http://www.globalreachout.org/">http://www.globalreachout.org/</a> )<br /></div></span></div></div>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-11508639223093257832007-08-15T12:07:00.000+05:302007-08-15T12:29:06.071+05:30SHRI KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI FESTIVAL PROGRAMME<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTCoVQILOtLOfR8S-3XZWs8amRG-rsxUwfy9S0dbVzUpdhSnWc8z3S0RmO6TZHMnDFR7k0hw8vXX7O6ufC2dRJmmHU65XRnb-7CzSuqkiXZTGZs1xliPf5BfidhsFnwYXvZHG/s1600-h/krishna6_1024.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTCoVQILOtLOfR8S-3XZWs8amRG-rsxUwfy9S0dbVzUpdhSnWc8z3S0RmO6TZHMnDFR7k0hw8vXX7O6ufC2dRJmmHU65XRnb-7CzSuqkiXZTGZs1xliPf5BfidhsFnwYXvZHG/s320/krishna6_1024.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098814871258303314" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">TENTATIVE PROGRAMME</span><br /><br />SHRI KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI FESTIVAL PROGRAMME will be held at SRN Adarsh College, Chamarajpet, Bangalore on 1st and 2nd September 2007.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />First Day – 1st September - 4 pm to 7 pm at Lecture Hall in Adarsh College</span><br /><br />Lectures on Bhagavad-Gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam and Spiritual Messages.<br /><br />All are welcome <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Second Day – 2nd September - 10 am to 6 pm at Auditorium in Adarsh College</span><br /><br />1) Welcome Speech <br />2) Prayer<br />3) Lecture on Krishna and Bhagavad-Gita by Shri Anantadev<br />4) Play by the deaf students of Association of the People with Disability<br />5) Conversion Multimedia to VCD – Srimad Bhagavad-Gita by Shri Rajendra Joglekar of Pune ( IIT M.Design)<br />6) Play by the deaf students of Shri B.D.Tatti (Annavaru ) Memorial Charitable Trust, Laxmeshwar, Gadag, Karnataka<br />7) Puja<br />8) Lunch<br />9) Prize Distribution <br />10) Lucky Spiritual Dip<br />11) Film on Lord Krishna ( about 1 ½ hour )<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">ENTRY FEE </span> for 2nd September : Rs. 50/= per a person<br /><br />For further information: please contact Shri Anantadev Das, Shri K.S.Chandramouli, Shri K.D.Chandramouli, Shri M.C.Ganesh, Shri B.VikasSDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-180140036603603392007-04-04T11:18:00.000+05:302007-07-22T12:17:33.101+05:30Rajendra Joglekar's Programme in Mumbai<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-D4k5QVs-vd3vh9IgUfsb-yY1dASkSX7Le5cdHAT971MVGqhh4SAKHs4ydA4GLJQekud75Euc4DegKfHFJ-khnYuM6U1kB7WI-v2L-dLI72yhjsc_QpCR-XKtA1DLAM-6nk_e/s1600-h/18Mar07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-D4k5QVs-vd3vh9IgUfsb-yY1dASkSX7Le5cdHAT971MVGqhh4SAKHs4ydA4GLJQekud75Euc4DegKfHFJ-khnYuM6U1kB7WI-v2L-dLI72yhjsc_QpCR-XKtA1DLAM-6nk_e/s320/18Mar07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089895310811237170" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:85%;" >Anantadev Das (Left) and Rajendra Joglekar (Right)</span><br /></div><table style="width: 694px; height: 178px;" class="unnamed2" border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0"><tbody> <tr> <td width="100%"><br /></td></tr> <tr style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" align="left"> <td width="100%"><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:78%;">SDD programme was held at Amulakh Amichand Vidyalaya, Matunga, Mumbai on 18th</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">March 2007. Shri Anantadev Das invited Shri Rajendra Joglekar ( M.Design from IIT</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">staying in Pune ) (SDD supporter) to speak to SDD members about Bhagavad- Gita</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">background. Shri Anantadev also lectured to the members about Bhagavad-Gita.</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Everyone enjoyed the programme.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Hare Krishna!</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-53180358364356155372007-03-13T21:21:00.000+05:302007-03-23T21:54:01.678+05:30Anantadevji Remembering Jonathan<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCV07WgnhGipEQwmlqNqM6ZbV19PaaShGzLRBU499GWRj1lQLi1ePWjBZI6iL48bKsXtEGb9YbfzbxJsLwWtbGDUSA6zCKNAMSs_idzumdHSX8GdXaxo3YWFz78RAhy4m1yl8G/s1600-h/gse_multipart2139.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5045154191157327890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCV07WgnhGipEQwmlqNqM6ZbV19PaaShGzLRBU499GWRj1lQLi1ePWjBZI6iL48bKsXtEGb9YbfzbxJsLwWtbGDUSA6zCKNAMSs_idzumdHSX8GdXaxo3YWFz78RAhy4m1yl8G/s320/gse_multipart2139.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLahORpQPhaKFgeh-T3XepocwGQP08Nz6qBEYSwQLuDqzR7zoKNdZLfKTaLXxOZi6uSbmr8V-bO2pdSamSznEQkwb5YKGttPTQzOBaldgtQSu8C4YmjcuMkvI9BiHh3iCmaHW/s1600-h/DSCF2161.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5045153873329747970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLahORpQPhaKFgeh-T3XepocwGQP08Nz6qBEYSwQLuDqzR7zoKNdZLfKTaLXxOZi6uSbmr8V-bO2pdSamSznEQkwb5YKGttPTQzOBaldgtQSu8C4YmjcuMkvI9BiHh3iCmaHW/s320/DSCF2161.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>JONATHAN TINAT PASSED AWAY</div><br /><div>This morning K.S.Chandramouli smsed me by saying that he got sms from Lucy Upah of Nigeria saying that Jonathan L Tinat ( President of Nigeria National Association of the Deaf (HQ) fell into coma on Saturday and passed away yesterday ( 12th March ). I could hardly believe this shocking news. </div><br /><div>How did I meet him for first time? In the 2nd week of November 2006 at IRYLA event, Ichalakaranji, Rotarian Dr.Dilip Deshmukh, who had arranged a double hotel room for me to stay, asked me whether a deaf male delegate from Nigeria who would arrive soon could share the same room with me. I nodded. Later Jonathan, Lucy and Antonia introduced themselves to many delegates including myself. At the very first meeting I and Jonathan became good acquaintances.</div><br /><div>I saw that his Bible book was lying near his bed in the hotel room. This showed that he was a believer of God. In order to clear his misconception of Hare Krishna philosophy he became curious about it and learnt a lot from me about it. Jonathan remarked that this philosophy was very beautiful.</div><br /><div>I invited him and two friends of his to stay in my place in Bangalore. They was greatly wowed by the colourful city of Bangalore and wanted to extend their stay for more days. Being comfortable with my and other deaf friends’ goodwill they spent about one week here. Jonathan endeared himself to everyone.</div><br /><div>He loved India, her food, culture and people. He came to India for the first time and conquered people here by his friendship but were also conquered by great goodwill of people here. He presented me a Nigerian cap. Since he said it cost around Rs.1800, I am still keeping it as a token of memorial friendship. </div><br /><div>He recognised the importance of SDD. He said that he would welcome me to establish SDD center in Nigeria. This shows that he believed firmly in communal harmony and peace. He felt strongly that my lecture on proverbs and spiritual values would be of great use to the deaf in Nigeria if I come there. </div><br /><div>He had a good sense of humour. He shared jokes with me. He sometimes burst into laughter whenever I joked. He said he loved my jokes, wits and humours.</div><br /><div>He was full of enthusiasm to serve the deaf. He was one of the gifted leaders for the deaf. He was the President of Nigeria National Association of the Deaf (HQ). He was popular among the deaf communities in Africa. He aspired to represent the deaf community of Africa in the World Federation of the Deaf in July 2007. But his death embraced him leaving this aspiration unfulfilled. It is God’s will which is more important than everything. My prayer to Him is to let Jonathan’s soul be in peace. </div><br /><div>When Jonathan learnt from me that India Deaf Expo was expected to be held in Bangalore in 2009, he got very excited about taking part in this expo with his Nigerian members. But death unexpectedly took him away. Bhagavad-Gita taught us not to lament too much over our dear relatives/friends’ death. So uncontrollable lament was unnecessary. But of course! we miss our great friend Jonathan. It will be great if he is with God in His abode. We are His instruments so we cannot thwart untimely death. Death is inevitable whether it is timely or untimely. </div><br /><div>Rtn Dr.Dilip Deshmukh described him as a genius and considered his death as a great loss. </div><br /><div>Visit his beautiful website: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.laatinat.com/" target="_blank">http://www.laatinat.com/</a> . Also see Naty's blogspot: <a href="http://jonathantinat.blogspot.com/">http://jonathantinat.blogspot.com/</a> </div><br /><div>May Jonathan’s soul be in peace. </div><br /><div>Hare Krishna!</div><div> </div><div></div><div>Anantadev </div></div>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-1142160256837963672007-03-02T03:56:00.000+05:302007-03-03T16:08:49.480+05:30CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU'S APPEARANCE DAY ON 3rd MARCH 2007<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WBPQOOsTeRByJFb7v3NL4Ubbl1C86oWoN6CgkYIvvWg5x6m9Z2ydvD_sz35NR-WyYIXnwIkmnNGMbjGGwdU7JLJf55HH5MJ2EE6qlbi0BbkNBQDiPszFT1vYy35IlyJeRDHP/s1600-h/LC.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5037152156165180850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WBPQOOsTeRByJFb7v3NL4Ubbl1C86oWoN6CgkYIvvWg5x6m9Z2ydvD_sz35NR-WyYIXnwIkmnNGMbjGGwdU7JLJf55HH5MJ2EE6qlbi0BbkNBQDiPszFT1vYy35IlyJeRDHP/s320/LC.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5678/1648/1600/CM%20Kirtan.4.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5678/1648/320/CM%20Kirtan.3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is one of the prominent spiritual personalities in the world. He is also one of my favourite spiritual personalities. His life and teachings are a source of great inspiration to me. About five hundred years ago he predicted that the Holy Names of Lord Krishna (Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare) would be spread all over the world. It had come true when Srila Prabhupada (Guru of Hare Krishna society) spread the Holy Names forty years ago.</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>APPEARANCE</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>Chaitanya Mahaprabhu took birth in Mayapur in the town of Nadia just after sunset on the evening of the 23rd Phalguna 1407 Sakabda, answering to the 18th of February, 1486, of the Christian Era. He is believed to be an incarnation of Lord Krishna. The moon was eclipsed at the time of his birth, and the people of Nadia were then engaged, as was usual on such occasions, in bathing in the Bhagirathi with loud cheers of Haribol. His father, Jagannatha Misra, a poor brahmana of the Vedic order, and his mother, Sacidevi both came from brahmana stock originally residing in Sylhet. Mahaprabhu was a charming child. His mother's father, Pandit Nilambara Chakravarti, an astrologer, foretold that the child would be a great personage in time; and he, therefore, gave him the name Visvambhara. The ladies of the neighborhood named him Gaurahari on account of his golden complexion, and his mother called him Nimai on account of the nimba tree near which he was born.</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>CHILDHOOD</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>As he grew up he became a whimsical and naughty lad. After his fifth year, he was sent to a pathashala where he learnt Bengali in a very short time.Most of his contemporary biographers have mentioned certain anecdotes regarding Chaitanya which are simple records of his early miracles. It is said that when he was an infant in his mother's arms he wept continually, and when the neighboring ladies cried `Haribol', he used to stop crying. It has also been stated that when his mother once gave him sweetmeats to eat, he ate clay instead of the food. When his mother asked for the reason, he stated that as every sweetmeat was nothing but clay transformed, he could eat clay as well. His mother explained that every article in a special state was adapted to a special use. Earth, while in the state of a jug, could be used as a water pot, but in the state of a brick such a use was not possible. Clay, therefore, in the form of sweetmeats was usable as food, but clay in its other states was not. The lad was convinced and admitted his stupidity in eating clay and agreed to avoid the mistake in the future. Another miraculous act has been related. It is said that a brahmana on pilgrimage became a guest in his house, cooked food and read grace with meditation upon Krishna. In the meantime the lad came and ate up the cooked rice. The brahmana, astonished at the lad's act, cooked again at the request of Jagannatha Mishra. The lad again ate up the cooked rice while the brahmana was offering the rice to Krishna with meditation. The brahmana was persuaded to cook for the third time. This time all the inmates of the house had fallen asleep, and the lad showed himself as Krishna to the traveler and blessed him. The brahmana was then lost in ecstasy at the appearance of the object of his worship. It has also been stated that two thieves stole away the lad from his father's door with a view to steal his jewels and gave him sweetmeats on the way. The lad exercised his illusory energy and deceived the thieves back towards his own house. The thieves, for fear of detection, left the boy there and fled. These anecdotes relate to his tender age up to the fifth year.In his eighth year, he was admitted into school close by the village of Mayapur. In two years he became well read in Sanskrit grammar and rhetoric. His readings after that were of the nature of self-study in his own house, where he had found all-important books belonging to his father, who was a pandita himself. Now, after the tenth year of his age, Chaitanya became a scholar in grammar and rhetoric. It was after this that his elder brother Vishavarupa left his house and accepted the ashram (status) of a sannyasi (ascetic). Chaitanya, though a very young boy, consoled his parents, saying that he would serve them with a view to please God. Just after that, his father left this world. His mother was exceedingly sorry, and Mahaprabhu, with his usual contented appearance, consoled his widowed mother.</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>YOUTH</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>It was at the age of 14 or 15 that Mahaprabhu was married to Lakshmi Devi, the daughter of Vallabhacarya, also of Nadia. He was at this age considered one of the best scholars of Nadia, the renowned seat of nyaya philosophy and Sanskrit learning. The learned scholars were all afraid of confronting him in literary discussions. Being a married man, he went to Eastern Bengal on the banks of the Padma for acquirement of wealth. There he displayed his learning and obtained a good sum of money. It was at this time that he preached Vaishnavism at intervals. After teaching him the principles of Vaishnavism, he ordered Tapana Mishra to go to and live in Benares. During his residence in East Bengal, his wife Lakshmi Devi left this world from the effects of snakebite. On returning home, he found his mother in a mourning state. He consoled her with a lecture on the uncertainty of human affairs. It was at his mother's request that he married Vishnupriya.</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>MISSION</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>It was at the age of 16 or 17 that he travelled to Gaya with a host to sing the holy name of Hari in the streets and bazaars. This created a sensation and roused different feelings in different quarters. The bhaktas were highly pleased. The smarta brahmanas became jealous of Nimai Pandita's success and complained to Chand Kazi against the character of Chaitanya as un-Hindu. The Kazi came and broke a mridanga (khola drum) there and declared that unless Nimai Pandita ceased to make noise about his queer religion he would be obliged to enforce Mohammedanism on him and his followers. This was brought to Mahaprabhu's notice. He ordered the townspeople to appear in the evening, each with a torch in his hand. This groups, and on his arrival in the Kazi's house, he held a long conversation with the Kazi and in the end communicated into his heart his Vaishnava influence by touching his body. The Kazi then wept and admitted that he had felt a keen spiritual influence which had cleared up his doubts and produced in him a religious sentiment which gave him the highest ecstasy. The Kazi then joined the sankirtana party. The world was astonished at the spiritual power of the Great Lord, and hundreds and hundreds of heretics converted and joined the banner of Visvambhara after this affair.It was after this that some of the jealous and low-minded brahmanas of Kulia picked a quarrel with Mahaprabhu and collected a party to oppose him. Nimai Pandita was naturally a soft-hearted person, though strong in his principles. He declared that party feelings and sectarianism were the two great enemies of progress and that as long as he should continue to be an inhabitant of Nadia belonging to a certain family, his mission would not meet with complete success.</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>RENOUNCED ORDER<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>Mahaprabhu then resolved to be a citizen of the world by cutting his connection with his particular family, caste and creed, and with this resolution he embraced the position of a sannyasi at Katwa, under the guidance of Keshava Bharati of that town, on the 24th year of his age. His mother and wife wept bitterly for his separation, but Mahaprabhu, though soft in heart, was a strong person in principle. He left his little world in his house for the unlimited spiritual world of Krishna with man in general.<br /></strong><br /></span><span style="color:#006600;"></span></div>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-88649181996394495332007-02-15T22:51:00.000+05:302007-02-15T22:58:49.699+05:30Bhagavad-Gita Programme in Chennai<span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#993300;"><strong>Shri V.R.Venkatesan, the publisher of Silent Brotherhood, ( who recently won India Deaf Expo award for best deaf magazine ) invited Anantadevji to be Guest of Honour for 7th Anniversary of Srimad Bhagavad Gita Course for the Deaf at Krishna Temple, Sree Gaudiya Math in Chennai on 28th January 2007. Anantadev consented to it. About 20 persons including Mastan, his wife Padmalatha and brother-in-law Ravi ( from Nellore, Andhra Pradesh ) attended it. By train he was travelling to Chennai from Bangalore. But derailment of a train in a certain place in Tamil Nadu delayed his attending the programme. Thus they waited to give him a reception. Anantadev thanked Mastan and Ravi for picking him up at Chennai station and saving his time.<br />Anantadev lit the lamp along with others like Jakkala Ranganathan, Venkatesan, Vidya ( hearing interpreter ). Then he and the audience recited Hare Krishna mantra in signs three times. When Venkatesan introduced him to the audience, he eulogised him as a rare deaf messenger of Sanatana Dharma, who is familiar with some Vedic literatures, and as the only deaf person who spread the messages of Krishna all over India. Anantadev lectured about Lord Narsimhadev and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Chaitanya appeared in Bengal, India more than 500 years ago to spread Hare Krishna mantra all over India. His appearance day falls on 3rd March 2007. Anantadev also spoke briefly about proverbs. The audience enjoyed the lectures. Recitation of Hare Krishna was followed by prasadam lunch.<br />Venkatesan asked Anantadev whether he would arrange for his lectures at Hyderabad in the future. Anantadev happily agreed to it because he has never been to Hyderabad to meet the deaf there.</strong></span>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-1168951434082449122007-01-16T18:08:00.000+05:302007-01-16T19:18:02.883+05:30Newspaper Interview with Anantadev<div align="center"><span style="color:#000066;"><strong>TEACHING THE GITA, THRU SIGN LANGUAGE</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000066;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000066;"><em>by Gladwin Emmanuel</em></span></div><div align="justify"><br /><strong><span style="color:#000066;">He is perhaps the only one in the world to teach the Bhagavad Gita through sign language.<br />Not that it was a matter of choice for him. Anantadev Das had lost the capacity to hear when he was just a year old.<br />Going to deaf school first in Mumbai as a nine-year-old, Das, founder of Bangalore-based Sanatana Dharma, an organisation involved in cultural, educational, social and spiritual activities for the deaf, says that he found the answers he was seeking in the Bhagavad Gita, the divine discourse spoken by the Supreme Lord Krishna Himself and the most popular of all the sacred scriptures from ancient India.<br />It was in school that he first met deaf children wearing hearing aids. He studied the English language, learnt grammar and passed SSC. While some of his friends went to America, he had to stay back, more as an obedient son to his mother than as an option.<br />In an interview to this website's newspaper, with the help of an interpreter, Das disclosed that before his graduation in History and Philosophy from a university in Mumbai, he was searching for answers to questions like why he became deaf, why people kept fighting each other, hated each other and kept secrets to themselves.<br />Das then plunged into research, met people belonging to different communities, Hindus, Muslims and Christians alike, and finally after reading the Gita, realised that “the body and not the soul was deaf.”<br />Happiness dawned on him only thereafter.<br />As a special leader and social worker for the deaf, Das who was in Coimbatore for the three-day India Deaf Expo last week, had visited the US and given a lecture for deaf children in a university there.<br />Currently teaching the deaf the meaning of life through sign language in Bangalore, Das said he wanted people with normal hearing capability to involve themselves more in helping the deaf.<br />Das has also plans to buy some land and construct a temple for Krishna, possibly in Karnataka. </span></strong></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#000066;"></span></div><div align="center"><em><strong><span style="color:#000066;">( Taken from The New Indian Express, Chennai - 9th January 2007 )</span></strong></em></div>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-21708459913303053632007-01-12T23:01:00.000+05:302007-02-06T23:35:09.904+05:30India Deaf Expo in Coimbatore<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TEXDLfasp2aRYeFfLzgQH3zSOnbAasayCo-gYPIYPlMyFhoZbO2XW0fmKc_Y5Ltq1Nl4e4Bx-sO9bjAanul4pTI9mcVaBZ-d_g8eaxaE8oyHs-sWNQVdJhp6vTJ4rugSoEe0/s1600-h/Deaf+Expo.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028479339005611746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TEXDLfasp2aRYeFfLzgQH3zSOnbAasayCo-gYPIYPlMyFhoZbO2XW0fmKc_Y5Ltq1Nl4e4Bx-sO9bjAanul4pTI9mcVaBZ-d_g8eaxaE8oyHs-sWNQVdJhp6vTJ4rugSoEe0/s320/Deaf+Expo.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-family:arial;">THE OPENING CEREMONY OF INDIA DEAF EXPO</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">ON 5 TH JANUARY 2007</span><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXgiUhKllkP4wnzlfkgMyk9ZPkPZIFkSJ4PCCAjvh9yznSX4Cig0zUXoq07n_h0jCoBm9AcE3hIVtub-UWm8DUW_6cTC1THhD0pPtcHpUpQGS5lw6EGpKzkE9_ozKuV5y_mXMr/s1600-h/297.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028479343300579058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXgiUhKllkP4wnzlfkgMyk9ZPkPZIFkSJ4PCCAjvh9yznSX4Cig0zUXoq07n_h0jCoBm9AcE3hIVtub-UWm8DUW_6cTC1THhD0pPtcHpUpQGS5lw6EGpKzkE9_ozKuV5y_mXMr/s320/297.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF INDIA DEAF EXPO </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">ON 7 TH JANUARY 2007</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><span style="color:#666600;">Dear Members,<br /></span></strong></p></span></span><p align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#666600;"><strong>It is to inform you all that India Deaf Expo 2007, an international conference on Innovative Technology and Education of the Deaf / Hard of Hearing was held from 5th to 7th January 2007 at Coimbatore, India. It was organised by DEAF LEADERS, Coimbatore.The Objective of the Conference is to provide the platform where educators, researchers, social workers, speech therapists, audiologists, linguists and deaf persons can share their knowledge and experiences together and finding good solutions.<br /><br />About 350 participants attended the conference. Topics of many paper presentations were given as below.<br /><br />1.Creating a new generation of deaf teachers and improved Deaf education- Mr.Kevin Long, Founder,Global deaf Connection, USA.<br />2.Deaf education for the changing Times: need for parallel thinking and resourceful persons - Mr.K.Murali, Organising Secretary and Director, Deaf Leaders,<br />3.Deaf youth can develop through education and communication- Mr.A.S.Narayanan, N.A.D. New Delhi<br />4.Study on development skills of children with hearing impairment attending phase 1 of ECE Programme- Mr.B.Nageshwar Rao, AYJNIHH.<br />5.Sign language and comparisons- Mr.Rajesh Ketkar, Vadodara Deaf Association<br />6.Computer Assisted Language tutor for children with hearing loss- Mr.Arunmugam Rathinavelu.<br />7. History of use of technology for rehabilitation- Dr.Manjula Waldron,USA.<br />8.AURED- An early intervention and cochlear implant centre for children with hearing impairment. Mrs. Vashishtai J. Daboo, Mumbai<br />9.Training sign Teachers: Why and How? for children with hearing loss- Dr. Gaurav Mathur, Columbus.<br />10. Indian Sign language- Introduction to sign Language- Mr. Sujit Sahasrabudhe and Mr. Mohammed Shafique, AYJNIHH.<br />11. Sign Interpreters - Mr. Virbhadra Rathod, Vadodara Deaf Association.<br />12. Visual Collection Album – Rajendra Joglekar, Pune<br />13..Ayurveda- Mrs. Minal U. Joshi.Pune<br />14.Empowerment is the Key - Dr. Madan Vasishta, Gallaudet University,USA.<br />15. Deaf culture by K.Samuel, USA<br />16. Opportunities for the Deaf- Mr.D.N.Tripathi, Lucknow<br />17.Government - Mr. Kiran R. Kumar, Vadodara Deaf Association.<br />18.Role of Parents in Rehabilitation- Suresh C.B. Mysore.<br />19.A Will and a Way- Mr. S. Poornachandran, Madurai.<br />20. The Deaf's Well Being- Mr. Anantadev Das, Spiritual Leader, S.D.D.<br />21.Study of social and cultural integration of NRI deaf persons with family and society in USA- Manjula Waldron, Standord University.<br />22.Social Inclusion and the deaf- Prof. Sarah Giri, Bangalore.<br />23 Raise your global hands- Mr. Alim Chandani, CSD student, Development Center.<br />24. The Spech Problems of the Hearing impaired Children - A Phonetic Analysis- Mrs. Didla Grace Suneetha, CIEFL, Hyderabad.<br />25. Hearing Aids; Then, Now and Future.-Mr. R.S.Allurkar, Bagalkot.<br />26. Quality of life of Adult deaf as a function of hearing aid usage and employment status.- Mr.Giriraj Singh Shekhawat. AYJNIHH.<br /><br />Vadodara Deaf Association got an award for Best Organisation. Many other deaf persons including Dr.Madan Vasishta, Mr.Alok Kejriwal, Mr.Sujit, Mr. Aqil Chinoy, Mr.Rajesh Ketkar got awards. Shri K.Murali also presented to AnantadevJI a picture of Lord Krishna as a memento.<br /><br />Many cultural programs including mime, drama, dance and others provided good entertainment to deaf participants.<br /><br />Best regards,<br /><br />Kiran R.Kumar.<br />( Vadodara )</strong></span></span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#666600;"><strong></strong></span></p><span style="font-family:arial;"><p align="left"><br /></p></span></div>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-72798469075470676512007-01-11T22:59:00.000+05:302007-02-10T23:07:34.721+05:30Anantadevji's Presentation at India Deaf Expo<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRGW8agPIE-Z2RVrpN2ZIKXsh-5SNYfFi8YXWHzllC4as0pGjG-dxjDoOstQufhBS3SPHbtioj4X6Bc9q3W0rIprhL81sGPOk-wXFOnHyWOoVUjDSU48ZuwPfqMdf2xfMj9xC/s1600-h/218.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029959679820958178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRGW8agPIE-Z2RVrpN2ZIKXsh-5SNYfFi8YXWHzllC4as0pGjG-dxjDoOstQufhBS3SPHbtioj4X6Bc9q3W0rIprhL81sGPOk-wXFOnHyWOoVUjDSU48ZuwPfqMdf2xfMj9xC/s320/218.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#993300;"> <strong>THE DEAF’S WELL-BEING<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">By Shri Anantadevji<br /></span><br /><br /></strong></span><span style="font-size:85%;color:#993300;"><strong>Namasthe!<br /><br />For many years I have been travelling throughout India to meet thousands of the deaf. Mixing with them has given me a lot of opportunities to understand their life and needs when I have signed to them about God, spiritual values and moral importance. I have seen that many of their hearing elders, superiors and siblings have not known how to educate them and make their life better but instead have negative attitudes/thoughts about the deaf. This is a major hurdle for the deaf’s progress in their life and mind. Thus the deaf are struggling hard to cope with the hearing people though only a small percentage of the deaf are fortunate to get good support from their family or their well-wishers to stand on their feet, and be well-being, well-educated, well-developed or well-earned and to match the hearing in many things.<br /><br />More than two years back I started signing to the deaf adults about proverbs. I found that these proverbs delighted many of them who wished to absorb them to make their life more meaningful. Unlike the hearing, the deaf have not known about these proverbs since their childhood because they have no power of hearing to hear about them though they can have chance to read about them.<br /><br /><br />What is proverb? Proverb means a saying, usually short, that expresses a general truth about life. Proverbs give advice, make an observation, instills moral values or presents a teaching in a succinct and memorable way.<br /><br />I would like to expand four following proverbs with examples and illustrations.<br /><br /><br /><em>1) Dependence on another is perpetual disappointment</em><br /><br />In India many deaf persons depend heavily on others like relatives and friends. The latter sometimes thinks that they are a great burden to them. The deaf should learn how to stand on their own feet. Since they are endowed with intelligence by God, they should use it to be advanced socially, educationally or economically and dependence will not be of disappointment to them both.<br /><br /><em>2) Learning is a treasure no thief can touch</em><br /><br />Learning is really a valuable treasure. It can give you lasting happiness and peace. What is learning? It is knowledge which you acquire from reading, listening and studying. When you have learning, no one cannot take it away from you.<br /><br /><br /><em>3) To loan is to buy troubles<br /></em><br />This proverb proves to be true for many deaf persons who have bitter experience of loaning to their friends. Not only them but also many hearing persons. When your friend fails to repay you the loan, you may keep bothering your friend to repay the loan and this lead to your friend’s thinking that you give them troubles. But when you need money badly, you may ask someone to lend it to you. However you must repay the loan in time. So you may not buy troubles.<br /><br /><em>4) United we stand, divided we fall<br /></em><br />The deaf in India must realize the importance of this proverb. It can strengthen their efforts to make the hearing people to recognize their abilities as being beneficial to the society when the deaf are capable to unite strongly. They should sink their petty differences, instead of finding fault with one another, to avoid falling down into deep divisions. We can see that many deaf persons are hopeless and jobless because other deaf persons fail to unite and support them. We, the deaf persons, should try to analyse our problems to unite and interact well with one another. The hearing should set aside their negative image of us and . `Union is Strength’ should be one of the mottos of this Expo and other groups like clubs, associations and institutions.<br /><br /></strong></span></div>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-1164871333388996042006-12-30T12:29:00.000+05:302007-02-28T10:56:37.618+05:307th Annual Cultural Programme in Mumbai<div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXsnzgTzefeXqkxm6v0gZ0Xd4Hd8VwxdY_mntRVbuqP__FgQiGmnpQhiSRb152HCS5-knUEJpQvbXZwttjvFHHsyH6JOw4dHPg6M_zHByxvGCwOv5nM9nU5U0r7Iy8TsvqWdQ/s1600-h/24Dec06+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025762626646984818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXsnzgTzefeXqkxm6v0gZ0Xd4Hd8VwxdY_mntRVbuqP__FgQiGmnpQhiSRb152HCS5-knUEJpQvbXZwttjvFHHsyH6JOw4dHPg6M_zHByxvGCwOv5nM9nU5U0r7Iy8TsvqWdQ/s400/24Dec06+3.jpg" border="0" /></span></a> <strong><span style="font-size:78%;color:#663333;">Tanuj Marwah, Rajeev Bagga, Anantadevji, Meenakshi </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:78%;color:#663333;">Bhatia, Vidyulata, </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:78%;color:#663333;">Sarah and Vaseem are chanting `Hare Krishna, Hare </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:78%;color:#663333;">Krishna, Krishna Krishna, </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:78%;color:#663333;">Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:78%;color:#663333;">Hare Hare</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNSCvVPdGwzHNR_tUFPgoT3qHzjLIKaq75gRwa-baSnMmDi1aQKq3GXLfh6FFWVgZ7SanjaF5VKoCyT0GuYQmUyOjMX5Fw-FnCiQn1_cN98BULLtOnlWjY2y411De0Kthx3p97/s1600-h/DSCF0395.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025758194240735330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNSCvVPdGwzHNR_tUFPgoT3qHzjLIKaq75gRwa-baSnMmDi1aQKq3GXLfh6FFWVgZ7SanjaF5VKoCyT0GuYQmUyOjMX5Fw-FnCiQn1_cN98BULLtOnlWjY2y411De0Kthx3p97/s400/DSCF0395.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#663333;">From left to right: Reita Bansal ( UK ), Anantadevji ( SDD Guru, Bangalore ), </span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#663333;">Malka ( UK ), </span></strong></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#663333;">Minal Joshi ( Ayurveda Products Maker, Pune ), </span></strong></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#663333;">Alok Kejriwal </span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#663333;">( Businessman &</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#663333;"> Chairman of 1st India Deaf Expo, Mumbai ), Inayat Chinoy </span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#663333;">( Mumbai ) &</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#663333;"> Geeta Saraiya ( Mumbai ). Pic of Rajeev Bagga is not included</span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#663333;">because </span></strong></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#663333;">he is interpreting for the Indian audience. </span></strong></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHNf7F7X1sepl_pwr0LJdqFOHt2Fu0pTxZxKaHHUV19-GlFFZMWw9EBKarnECZHVlRZElRAClJjebGtir-IiE7hf5lRh7I6jDb8Z0n2793-FdYkJw8j36rj8zRl6k4MunSfBF3/s1600-h/DSCF0398.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025757743269169234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHNf7F7X1sepl_pwr0LJdqFOHt2Fu0pTxZxKaHHUV19-GlFFZMWw9EBKarnECZHVlRZElRAClJjebGtir-IiE7hf5lRh7I6jDb8Z0n2793-FdYkJw8j36rj8zRl6k4MunSfBF3/s400/DSCF0398.JPG" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:78%;color:#663333;">Aqil Chinoy, Meenakshi and Vaseem are enacting a proverbial play on</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:78%;color:#663333;">`A BAD WORKMAN BLAMES HIS TOOLS'</span> </strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7NMEiSMGQVMlVq8iGWwj3cHa8cTtGceZ5j5_Me9YEMFEK70LoZngbICRVK4e0YtIWWRvJdJunrN4MWQ4cb64c3J0uhD_N7Yh_FuUvm2-Fq3VyLR93a6PBdoudFKYOeIxGJonO/s1600-h/24Dec06+12.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025756806966298690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7NMEiSMGQVMlVq8iGWwj3cHa8cTtGceZ5j5_Me9YEMFEK70LoZngbICRVK4e0YtIWWRvJdJunrN4MWQ4cb64c3J0uhD_N7Yh_FuUvm2-Fq3VyLR93a6PBdoudFKYOeIxGJonO/s400/24Dec06+12.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:78%;color:#663333;">Anantadevji with International Participants ( including non-resident</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:78%;color:#663333;">Indians) from UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Singapore and Japan</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkIyD6_2M_CBThnrAt8JwNgU_dN3jpmig6QoShLW8PZ1GdSMvkWfabvyZ19kBc_mw2jwe1xGd7yHgRmoYCrbzWRxNfbUISg6rC1LOhEwWP4K2i4SlU_MqF5WSY1RKUi1bmzse/s1600-h/24Dec06+13.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025756562153162802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkIyD6_2M_CBThnrAt8JwNgU_dN3jpmig6QoShLW8PZ1GdSMvkWfabvyZ19kBc_mw2jwe1xGd7yHgRmoYCrbzWRxNfbUISg6rC1LOhEwWP4K2i4SlU_MqF5WSY1RKUi1bmzse/s400/24Dec06+13.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:78%;color:#663333;">Participants are relaxing and enjoying after the programme is over</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663366;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Hare Krishna!<br /><br />The 7th SDD programme went well at Amulakh Amichand Vidyalaya, Matunga, Mumbai on 24th December 2006. About 100 deaf persons attended it.<br /><br /><br />Prayer by Anantadevji in signs began. Anantadevji's proverbial play ` Death, the Great Leveller' which lasted for about 20 minutes entertained the audience greatly.<br /><br />There were seven special guests on the stage – Malka Ben David and Reita Bansal ( from UK ), Minal Joshi ( from Pune ), Alok Kejriwal ( businessman and chairman of India Deaf Expo, Mumbai ), Geeta Saraiya ( housewife, Mumbai ) Inayat Chinoy ( Aqil's father, Mumbai ) and Rajeev Bagga ( Former National Badminton Champion who has settled in UK recently ). Anantadev introduced them to the audience. Each guest spoke about Anantadevji and importance of SDD. Sandeep Agarwal, businessman, who had been selected to be one of the guests, came late. Anyway we acknowledged him for his donation towards SDD.<br /><br />Aqil Chinoy had trained Meenakshi, Sarah and Vaseem for three proverbial plays. The audience were greatly appreciative of these plays.<br /><br />Minal Joshi's lecture on Ayurveda won the hearts of the listeners. She explained about it beautifully. Anantadev interpreted for the audience.<br /><br />Spiritual Lucky Dip was arranged. Masqood Chinoy ( Anantadevji's former classmate and Aqil's uncle, UK ) distributed prizes to the winners of the dip. About 15 foreigners and non-resident Indians introduced themselves to the audience while Aqil translated for them.<br /><br />Anantadevji performed a puja for Lord Krishna. Everyone enjoyed prasadam.<br /><br />Acknowledgement to Volunteers – Jyothindra Saraiya, Vipul Shah, Tanuj Marwah, C.H.Mehta, Ajoy, Kripal Singh, Mihir, Mohammed Shafique and others.<br /></span></div></span></strong><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">---------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /></span><strong><span style="font-size:85%;color:#663366;">SANATANA DHARMA FOR THE DEAF<br /><br />WILL HOLD<br /><br />ITS SEVENTH ANNUAL CULTURAL PROGRAMME<br /><br />At<br /><br />GUJARATI KELAMANI MANDAL<br />AMULAKH AMICHAND VIDYALAYA<br />close to SNDT COLLEGE, near AURORA CINEMA,<br />76/A, KIDWAI ROAD, MATUNGA,<br />MUMBAI – 400 019<br /><br />At 3.30 pm on Sunday, 24th December 2006<br /><br />PROGRAMME:<br /><br />LECTURES, PLAYS, CONTESTS, POOJA & DINNER<br /><br />TICKET:<br /><br />Rs. 100/- only per an adult<br />Rs. 50/- only per a child (below 15)<br /><br />For further information, please contact:<br /><br />Shri Tushar Kansara ( Sms: 9892592528 )<br />Smt Geeta Saraiya ( Sms: 9867296830 )<br /><br />Email: </span></strong><a href="mailto:hkwad108@yahoo.com"><strong><span style="font-size:85%;color:#663366;">hkwad108@yahoo.com</span></strong></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><strong><span style="color:#663366;"></span></strong></span><a href="mailto:sdd108@rediffmail.com"><strong><span style="font-size:85%;color:#663366;">sdd108@rediffmail.com</span></strong></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><strong><span style="color:#663366;"><br /><br /></div></span></strong></div>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-71321005836107533662006-11-15T11:41:00.000+05:302007-02-04T11:58:42.251+05:30Anantadevji at Ichalkaranji in November 06<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisObthKh3mZ4z90zWTXVwhPNZh3ZLDIZ7i43SDWsPQgEqiFh6470kjdGPR9pV_xQ70A7yuvzfh3mzu735zQ8xQSUW9M83WUfFEnBPFkyj_6OLbLEbkfJuaJVsJS1sAlxsLteqK/s1600-h/ryla11.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027560379213024898" style="DISPLAY: block; 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These programs were organized by Dr.Dilip Desmukh who was the first person in India introduced Bilingualism in Deaf Education in India for the first time. I had participated in these events and enjoyed the same very much. I am telling you about these programs as follows.<br /><br />About 150 deaf persons including those from Australia, Philippines, Belgium and Nigeria and attended the event. Inaugural ceremony was held on 5th November 2006.<br /><br />1) Mr.A.S.Narayanan, General Secretary, National Association for the Deaf, New Delhi gave his lecture in his sign language on “ The Self-Image of the Deaf Individual”. This paper deals with the importance of Identity, the development context, family life, education, communication barrier and how a deaf person relates with the world around them, Perpesective of Deafness and understanding of the concept of rights and empowerment.<br /><br />2) Mr.Sujit Sahsrabudhe and Mr.Shafique Khan, both deaf from Mumbai gave their lecture in sign language on “ Sketches of Deaf Education in India and Adult literacy”. This paper describes a comparative statement between sign deaf school using sign language and using deaf school using oralism. They explained about education of deaf adults.<br /><br />3) Dr.Surinder Radhwa, Lady educator from Dehradun presented her paper on “Bilingualism in Deaf Education”. This demonstrates how deaf school can use Bilingualism in deaf education. Bilingualism means teaching two languages to the deaf. The first Langugage is Sign language and the second language is the spoken language (not speech). Sign Language is the mother tongue of the deaf.<br /><br />4) Ms.Natividal P (Hearing) . and Ms.Jessie (Deaf), both from Philippines gave LCD presentation on “Deaf Culture in Philippines”. And it deals with behavior, food taste, humors, communication and education of deaf people of Philippines.<br /><br />5) Dr. Jorson Fernades, a cardologist (Hearing) from Goa present his paper with help of sign language interpreter on “ Adult Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation Course”. He demonstrates how we can make emergency aids on any person who suffers from heart attack or choking in throat. He gave useful tips. He also presented one paper on “Leadership is Action, not Position”. It gave us a lot of inspirations about leadership qualities. </span></div><div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#003300;">6) Ms.Josie Hodgetts and Mr.Joshua Levitzke both deaf from Australia gave their presentation through sign language and LCD Projectors on “Deaf Culture in Australia”. They explained about technology used in Australia for deaf. i.e. TDD, alarm, door bell, T.V. caption device etc. This made all of us strive for need for such technology in India.<br /><br />7) Ms. Ruma Roka, Noida, Delhi gave her presentation in sign language on “ Deaf Issues and Communication”. This lecture is very wonderful.<br /><br />8) Dr. Anil Mokashi, hearing lecturer, gave his lecture with help of sign language interpreter on “Education of the Deaf- Practical Experience” It deals how deaf children start to learn in deaf school and home and sign language is very important tool for communication for early age children.<br /><br />9) Mr. R. Narasimham, Chennai, gave his lecture on “Vocational Rehabilitation of the Deaf in Developing countries”. He gave detailed charts about technical training institutes, various trades, educational qualification and opportunities, colleges, Job opportunities, reservations etc for the deaf in India.<br /><br />10) Ms. Monica Punjabi, Indore gave her lecture on “Role of Interpreter in Deaf culture”. It deals with importance of sign language interpreter. Her lecture is very interesting and I can understand well what will sign Interpreter do for deaf persons.<br /><br />11) Mr. Alok Kejriwal, Chairman, India Deaf Expo2007 and deaf businessman from Mumbai was a Chief Guest for the event on 10th November. He explained to all participants about deaf issues. He asked all deaf persons to join one unity to fight against government on deaf issues. </span></div><div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#003300;">12) Three deaf persons from Nigeria – Jonathan Tinat, Lucy Upah and Anthonia participated. They know American Sign Language very well. They said that all deaf persons use ASL and are well educated in Nigeria. Many deaf participants from Australia, Belgium and Philippines use ASL to communicate with us. We both use both Indian Sign language and ASL.<br /><br />13) Shri Anantadev Das, a deaf spiritual leader and a preacher of Bhagvad-Gita gave his lecture on Yoga, Spiritual values, Messages of Bhagvad-Gita, Meditation, proverbs, Moral values from 6.00 am to 8.00 am daily for 5 days. All participants like his lecture very much. His lecture gave us peace of mind. We consider him as Guru.<br /><br />14) Cultural programs were seen on every night. .<br /><br />We thank Rotarian Dr.Dilip Desmukh, who organized these programs very well and these programs were very successful. We will not forget this.<br />Best regards.<br /><br />Kiran R. Kumar,<br />Vadodara District,<br />Gujarat State<br />India.<br />Email: krkumar70@yahoo.co.in </span></div></div>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-16668884242310066332006-09-27T10:32:00.000+05:302007-02-03T23:42:44.722+05:30International Day of the Deaf on 26th September 2006<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ3YMZvms4cl_1OjOjeexBlhfbC_g2zU9jHeZltGWEtGhsDfnwNRJPSY2l5LJKDybhn-SL6z6YNXLIeg1qgXh6dLkOcdrOvSF3o0O6BJAfoJm6Lfl-ZDb7BpFRLgy_WGClo6E0/s1600-h/SAVE0003.BMP"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027372216695786882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ3YMZvms4cl_1OjOjeexBlhfbC_g2zU9jHeZltGWEtGhsDfnwNRJPSY2l5LJKDybhn-SL6z6YNXLIeg1qgXh6dLkOcdrOvSF3o0O6BJAfoJm6Lfl-ZDb7BpFRLgy_WGClo6E0/s400/SAVE0003.BMP" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#663333;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="color:#663333;"><strong>Laxmeshwar (Gadag):</strong> International Day of Deaf would be observed at the residential school for hearing impaired children, run by the G.D.Tatti ( Annavaru ) Memorial Charitable Trust, in Laxmeshwar on Tuesday. <em>(26th September 2006)</em></span><br /><span style="color:#663333;"></span><br /><span style="color:#663333;">Somanath Mahajanashettar, secretary of the trust, said the annapoorna scheme would be launched on the occasion. Kotrabasappa Bari and his wife, who have donated Rs. 1 lakh for the scheme, would be felicitiated. </span><br /><span style="color:#663333;"></span><br /><span style="color:#663333;">Established in 1997-98, the school stands on a five-acre plot donated by the Tatti family. It has 170 students, fifty per cent of them being girls. The school imparts education from Standard 1 to 10. The first batch of SSLC students would pass out this academic year. </span><br /><span style="color:#663333;"></span><br /><span style="color:#663333;">The school does not collect any fees from the students and is run with aid from the Central government and philanthropists. The school has a well-equipped building, hostel and qualified teachers. Besides formal education, children are provided training in computer, tailoring, gardening and embroidery. </span><br /><span style="color:#663333;"></span><br /><span style="color:#663333;">Somanath said several software companies like eMphasis, Mindtree, and Texas Technologies among others had come forward to donate computers and technical know-how. Plans were also afoot to set up a special computer laboratory to train students. The institution was also planning to start a pre-school where the children are given speech therapy at an early stage. </span><br /><span style="color:#663333;"></span><br /><span style="color:#663333;">Nirjanjana Mahaswamy of Hoovinashigli Viraktamath will grace the occasion. Shirahatti MLA G.S.Gadadavarmath will be the chief guest. President of Sanatana Dharma for the Deaf Anant Devaji and prinicipal of the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing Dr. I.PGouramma will be the guests of honour.</span><br /><span style="color:#663333;"></span><br /><span style="color:#663333;">( <em>Taken from Times of India, Hubli - September 2006 </em>)</span><br /><span style="color:#663333;"></span><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#663366;">Anantadevji's Speech is as follows: </span><br /><span style="color:#663366;"></span></strong><br /><span style="color:#663366;">Two weeks back Ms Janani from International Deaf Children Society (Bangalore) spoke highly of this esteemed school of the deaf, remarked that this school is one of the best ones which she has ever visited. Later I got sms from the secretary Shri Somanath requesting me to be the Chief Guest at this function during International Deaf Day Celebration. I agreed to be so because I want to boost these deaf students’ morale and narrow the gap between the deaf and the hearing.<br /><br />Since in India the deaf in general have backwardness in many areas like education, profession, and others and the hearing people generally also have some negative attitudes about the deaf, I am very glad to know that the school’s aim is to motivate the students to be socially and economically advanced. I don’t want the deaf to depend heavily on their parents and siblings but to learn how to stand on their own feet.<br /><br />My group is called Sanatana Dharma for the Deaf ( SDD ). It strives for the cultural, educational, social and spiritual activities of the deaf not only in India but also in a few parts of the world. It instills confidence into the deaf as the better citizens. Bhagavad-Gita gives a lot of wonderful information about science of soul. It can give the deaf spiritual strength if they understand it - The deaf may be physically deaf but actually they are not spiritually so. So they should not be disheartened about their deafness but should be always positive about their abilities. We should always be grateful and pray to Great God. In this way we can live our better lives.<br /><br />May God bestow His chosen blessings upon you all.<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#663366;">( 26th September 2006 )<br /><br /></div></span><span style="color:#663366;"></span>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-1160190136073025142006-08-18T08:09:00.000+05:302007-02-03T11:08:38.360+05:30KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI COMMENT<img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5678/1648/400/Prabhufamily.0.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#993300;"><em><strong></strong></em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#993300;"><em><strong></strong></em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#993300;"><em><strong></strong></em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#993300;"><em><strong>APPRECIATIVE COMMENT by Anita and Prakash Prabhu (Bangalore)</strong></em></span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#336666;"><strong>It is our pleasure to share our experience on our visit to SDD Janmashtami activity at National College on Tuesday, 15th August along with our son. Anantadev was explaining Bhagavad Gita when we arrived at the spot, we were surprised to see so many deaf assembled in the lecture room at National College, Jayanagar, Bangalore. My son enjoyed being a part of the deaf world where he could enjoy seeing us playing games such as drawing a circle covering the word 'KRISHNA' on a blackboard with our eyes being blindfolded, and the other game was that of hitting the mug which was hanging from the ceiling with blindfolded eyes outdoors. It was a good programme where some activities were included. We had a nice chat with our old mates and had exchanged such news with them. At the end of the programme, prasadam dinner was served to all of us and we enjoyed talking with people while eating the prasadam.<br /><br />It was really great to understand some slokas of Bhagavad Gita as these are indeed applied to the real meanings in our daily routines of our lives. We would appeal to you all to attend the program on every first Sunday of every month if you can because it imparts some valuable information and helps you to get a clear picture of what Bhagavad Gita is all about. Anantadev takes pains to explain the meanings of the existence of life to the deaf and make all of us lead good & peaceful lives. Obviously, we are well known that we can't understand what other hearing Gurus talking about God. Why don't we take this opportunity to understand Anantadev's explanations where we have the ability to understand and ask questions if any. Never miss an opportunity! Kindly accept the blessings of Lord Krishna by chanting....</strong> </span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#336666;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#336666;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#336666;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#336666;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#336666;"></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#336666;">HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#336666;">HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE</span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#336666;"></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#336666;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#336666;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#336666;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#336666;">Always be Happy. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#336666;"><br />Best Regards</span></div><div align="center"></div>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-1160282631484902872006-08-16T11:01:00.000+05:302007-02-03T11:02:59.726+05:30KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI PHOTOS<p align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5678/1648/1600/Ananta%20Deepak.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5678/1648/400/Ananta%20Deepak.0.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#993300;">The wonder kid, Deepak, the deaf son of Shri K.S.Chandramouli is chanting Hare Krishna mantra in signs in front of the audience while Anantadevji is smiling<br /></span><br /></span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5678/1648/1600/100_0094.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5678/1648/400/100_0094.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;color:#993300;"> Anantadevji is speaking to the audience about Bhagavad-Gita and Proverbs in signs<br /></span><p align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5678/1648/1600/100_0084.jpg"><span style="color:#990000;"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5678/1648/400/100_0084.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#990000;"> <span style="font-size:85%;">Anantadevji is giving a prize to a school student, one of the painting competition winners</span></span><br /></p><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#990000;">Krishna Janmashtami Celebration Programme</span><br /></p></span></strong><p align="center"><strong><span style="color:#660000;">About 70 persons including a few hearing ones attended Janmashtami programme at National College, Bangalore on 15th August 2006. Everyone enjoyed it - Anantadevji’s lecture, K.S. Chandramouli’s brief speech, two contests (games), pooja and prasadam dinner.</span></strong></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><span style="color:#666600;"></span></span></strong></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"></p>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-1156959267572976732006-08-15T22:50:00.000+05:302007-02-03T11:04:46.212+05:30Krishna Janmashtami Painting Competition<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5678/1648/1600/DSC_0673.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5678/1648/320/DSC_0673.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,102,0);font-size:85%;" ><em><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,102,102)">Anantadevji ( Middle ) and Sharath ( Right ) are with deaf students who took part in painting competition at Sheila Kothavala Institute for the Deaf, Bangalore.</span><br /><br /></strong></em></span></div><div align="center"><strong><em><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,102,0);font-size:78%;" ></span></em></strong></div><div align="center"><em><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,102,0);font-size:78%;" ><strong></strong></span></em></div><div align="center"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,102,0)"><strong>In Bangalore Sanatana Dharma for the Deaf (SDD) held Krishna Janmashtami painting competition for the deaf school students on 10th and 11th August 2006. About 120 deaf students from Sheila Kothavala Institute for the Deaf, R.V. School, National Residential School for the Deaf, Kannada Amrutavani School for the Deaf and and J.S.S `SAHANA School took part in it. On 12th August in Sheila Kothavala Institute for the Deaf, a panel of judges - Shri M.N. Srinivas, Smt Bindu Rao, Smt Latha Santharam and Ms R. Janani – selected eleven students including two consolation ones for prizes. On Tuesday, 15th August during Shri Krishna Janmashtami programme held by SDD in National College, Jayanagar Shri Anantadevji, the founder of SDD, distributed prizes among these students.<br /></strong></span></div>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-1152565480876637682006-07-11T02:12:00.000+05:302006-07-15T06:49:31.513+05:30SHRI KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI PROGRAMME<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5678/1648/1600/Baby%20Krishna.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5678/1648/320/Baby%20Krishna.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">ll Hare Krishna ll</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Sanatana Dharma for the Deaf will hold Shri Krishna Janmashtami (Krishna's Appearance Day falls on 16th August 2006) programme from <span style="font-weight: bold;">3.30 pm to 7 pm on Sunday, 15th August 2006</span> at the following venue:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(102, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;">LECTURE HALL<br />NATIONAL COLLEGE<br />near FOOD WORLD<br />JAYANAGAR 7TH BLOCK,<br />BANGALORE, INDIA<br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"> The programme will include</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">lectures, contests, congregational chanting, pooja and pradasam dinner</span>. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">You and your persons are cordially invited to attend it.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">You are welcome to contribute for SDD out of love.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Further information, please email SDD</span>: <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-style: italic;">hkwad108@yahoo.com</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-style: italic;"> or sdd108@rediffmail.com<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Yours in the service of the Lord</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-style: italic;">,<br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Shri Anantadevji <br />Shri K.S.Chandramouli<br />Shri K.D.Chandramouli<br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Shri Samir Munshi <br />Shri R.Sriram </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-style: italic;">Note</span>: <span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-weight: bold;">Shri Krishna says in Bhagavad-Gita that whoever remembers Him with devotion and love surely returns to the spiritual world. So celebration of Shri Krishna Janmashtami brightens this opportunity. All glories to Lord Krishna!</span><br /><br /></div> </div>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-1144740370720061872006-04-11T13:00:00.000+05:302006-04-11T13:02:51.463+05:30Sri Sri Ravi Shankar<div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5678/1648/1600/F1020025.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5678/1648/400/F1020025.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color:#993300;"><strong> (</strong></span><em><span style="color:#993300;"><strong>from to right) : Shri Alex Bilenko, Shri Anantadev and Shri Shri Ravi Shankar</strong></span> </em></span></div><p><strong><span style="font-size:100%;color:#ff6600;"></span></strong> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size:100%;color:#ff6600;">In January 2006 Alex ( deaf energy healer from USA) introduced Anantadev to the renowned spiritual messenger of peace and harmony Shri Shri Ravi Shankar in the latter's ashram of Art of Living in Kanakapura, Bangalore, India. Once again they met Ravi Shankar in 17th February. Ravi Shankar is one of the world spiritual masters in the world. His non-sectarian messages are enthralling millions of people all over the world. </span></strong></p><p><em><strong><span style="font-size:100%;color:#ff6600;"></span></strong></em></p><div align="left"><br /></div>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-1144251768871503142006-04-05T20:50:00.000+05:302006-04-06T11:47:10.306+05:30Vadodara Newspaper Report<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5678/1648/1600/Vadodara_News.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5678/1648/400/Vadodara_News.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />In Vadodara, Gujarat, Shri Paras Jha, a reporter from a local Gujarati newspaper `Divya Bhaskar' interviewed Shri Anantadev Das on 1st March 2006. The following day, this interview was printed in the newspaper.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#663300;"><em>Translation in English by Shri Tushar Kansara of Mumbai as follows:</em></span><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#666600;"><strong>PREACHING GITA THROUGH FINGERS OF ANANTADEV</strong><br /><br /><strong>By Paras Jha<br /><br />Vadodara:<br />Our city guest on Wednesday, Anantadev Das is the world’s the only deaf person to teach Gita through sign language.<br /><br />It is common to see sadhus, saints and mahatmas – swamis preaching and devotees becoming religious. It is uncommon to see a deaf person, who lost his power of hearing during childhood, to teach about religion through sign language. Other deaf persons become lucky receivers of this message through sign language. Fifty one year old deaf Krishna devotee not only teaches the deaf but also common people through sign language.<br /><br />Currently staying in Bangalore, Anantadev Das is the world’s only deaf person to teach Gita through sign language. On Wednesday, he became a city guest to give a lecture to deaf group on Bhagavad-Gita and Dharma. Before renouncing, Anantadev Das was known as Ashok Rao, a resident of Mumbai. At the age of one, he became deaf due to prolonged illness. He overcame even this limitation. He studied in a deaf school and fortunately finished BA in History in 1980. In Mumbai he became the first deaf to pass BA (History) and made a small history.<br /><br />Born to a big family of father (doctor), mother, three brothers and two sisters he unsuccessfully attempted 10th Std due to long illness. Due to this his interest veered towards spirituality. He was in search of Truth through temples, Jain temples, churches, mosques and gurudwaras till he came upon Gita. He joined ISKCON activities from 1982 to 1986 for four years. Afterwards he founded Sanatana Dharma in Bangalore where he imparts spiritual knowledge to the deaf. “I want to teach spiritual knowledge to the deaf through sign language. They don’t know how to sing bhajans like Krishna devotees but I teach them the meaning of life through their language - sign language. Thereby I left ISKCON activity and started imparting knowledge of Gita through sign language daily”.<br />-------------------------------------------------------------------</strong></span></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#663300;"><span style="color:#666600;"><strong>GREAT VALUE OF SILENCE<br /><br />Anantadev Das started Sanatana Dharma to impart spiritual knowledge through printing.<br /><br />He regaled his common and uncommon audience in Chennai, Mumbai and Bangalore through his speech.<br /><br />He preached in UK and Gallaudet College in USA.<br /><br />Due to his preaching, more than hundreds of meat eaters have converted into vegetarians.<br />-------------------------------------------------------------------<br /></strong><em><br /></em></span><span style="color:#993300;">(Taken from DIVYA BHASKAR, Vadodara, 2nd March 2006)</span></p></span><div align="center"></div>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-1144249673098653962006-04-05T20:10:00.000+05:302006-04-05T20:40:46.016+05:30Vadodara Programme<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5678/1648/1600/Vadodara%20Pic.1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5678/1648/400/Vadodara%20Pic.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;color:#993300;"><em>Shri Anantadev Das is lecturing to the deaf persons</em></span><br /><p><span style="font-size:85%;color:#666600;"><strong>SDD programme was held in Vadodara, Gujarat on Wednesday, 1st March 2006. Members of Vadodara Association Deaf enjoyed it greatly. </strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff9900;"><em><strong>Shri Rajesh Ketkar's Words to Anantadev</strong></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc33cc;"><strong>"Our deaf members of Vadodara Assocation Deaf were inspired by your lecture on proverbs! Best warm regards."</strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff9900;"><strong>Shri Anantadev's Message</strong> </span></em></span></p><span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc33cc;"><p align="left"><strong>"In Vadodara some deaf persons - Rajesh Ketkar, Smt and Shri Anand Ketkar, Rajesh's and Anand's deafparents, Smt Jyoti and Shri Kiran Kumar, Smt and ShriDigant Dani, Smt and Shri Vidbhadra Rathod and others- are lovely and co-operative. They arranged nicely for SDD programmes in Vadodara. That is why I am keen to visit there again and again. Bangalore is very very far from Vadodara, but my heart is becoming closer to them."<br /></strong></p></span>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-1137325488725093262006-01-16T06:45:00.000+05:302006-01-15T17:18:54.906+05:3018th December Programme in Mumbai<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5678/1648/1600/18th%20Dec%20Photo%201.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5678/1648/320/18th%20Dec%20Photo%201.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> <strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Congregational Chanting of Hare Krishna on the stage</span></strong></span><br /><br /><br /><strong>I am glad to tell you that 6th Annual Cultural SDD programme in Mumbai on 18th December 2005 went well. Less than 100 deaf persons attended it. Everyone enjoyed it. </strong></div>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-1133794561575580692005-12-05T20:20:00.000+05:302005-12-05T20:27:33.873+05:306th ANNUAL CULTURAL PROGRAMME<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">SANATANA DHARMA FOR THE DEAF<br /><br />6th Annual Cultural Programme<br /><br />5 pm, Sunday 18th December 2005<br /><br />Gujarati Kelamani Mandal<br />Amulakh Amichant Vidyalaya</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">(near SNDT College<br />opp. Union Bank of India)<br />76/A, Kidwai Road, Matunga,<br />Mumbai – 400 019, INDIA<br /><br />Programme: Lectures, Plays, Contests, Pooja,<br />Prasadam and others.<br /><br />Donation Ticket: Rs. 50/=<br /><br />Further information: contact Tushar Kansara (SMS: 98925 92528), Tanuj Marwah (SMS: 98925 90290) or Geeta Saraiya (SMS: 98672 96830)<br /><br />Email: </span><a href="http://in.f503.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=hkwad108@yahoo.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">hkwad108@yahoo.com</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> or </span><a href="http://in.f503.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=sdd108@rediffmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#660000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">sdd1</span>08@rediffmail.com</span></a><span style="color:#660000;"> </span></div>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17167847.post-1130601241541681622005-10-29T21:55:00.000+05:302005-10-29T21:24:01.553+05:30DEEPAVALI<span style="color:#996633;"><strong>Diwali which falls on 31st October 2005 is one of the brightest festivals not only in India but also in other parts of the world. The original form of Diwali is Deepavali which means a row of lights. It is also known as the festival of lights. During Deepavali a house is lit with little earthenware vessels containing oil and a lighted wick. A few days before the festival, the houses are usually cleaned. Deepavali also marks the advent of new season and the sowing of new crops.<br />Deepavali usually commemorates the triumph of Lord Rama over the demoniac king Ravana and Rama's return to Ayodhya after 14 years of exile. It is generally celebrated on four days. The first day is Narakachaturdasi - the day when Lord Krishna killed the demon Narakasura. The second day is Dhanalakshmi Pooja. It is believed that Goddess Lakshmi, the consort of Lord Mahavishnu, would fulfil the wishes of the devotees on this day. The third day marks " Bali Padyami" - the day when Lord Vamana, the dwarf incarnation of Lord Vishnu, humbled the demon king Bali. The fourth day is " Yama Dvitiya" or " Bhaiya Dooja" - the day which is observed as a symbol of love between sisters and brothers.</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#996633;"><strong>LET DEEPAVALI LIGHT UP OUR LIFE<br />LET SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE ILLUMINATE OUR INTELLIGENCE AND MIND</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#996633;"><strong>Hare Krishna!</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#996633;"><strong>Anantadev Das</strong></span><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#663366;">ALWAYS CHANT:</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#663366;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#663366;">HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#663366;">HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE</span></strong>SDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781474656933674114noreply@blogger.com2