No Matter How Far You Have Gone From Me.....Poem by Sanish Cherian

No Matter How Far You Have Gone From Me.....

So sure that my words will reach,
I write to the person whom you were
and are no more.

You withdrew from existence
To merge in the wider universe
And become
the past, present and future of time.

I witnessed
the long and hard way you climbed to the
dream.
Now, I witness how well you built the bridge
between existence and eternity.

Your existence
Was a hymn to life’s glory.
It blew my sails to life’s distant horizons
And powered my wings to
the furthest dimensions of imagination.

Your glorious embrace of eternity
Showed me how truly death
is an extension of life.

Be pleased.
You made me clearly discern
between life & survival.
I am pleased.
You are there
more than ever

Will Love You Always No Matter How Far You Have Gone From Me.....

Paintings by Mahiba Mehamood Hakim - Christmas 2010

Paintings by Mahiba Mehamood Hakim - Happy Birthday to E-Junior

Paintings by Mahiba Mehamood Hakim - HSE Initiatives

Paintings by Maliha Mehamood Hakim - HSE Initiatives

Paintings by Mahiba Mehamood Hakim

Essay - My Grandfather by Maliha Mehamood Hakim

My Grandfather

Of all the people in my family, I admire my Grandfather the most.

Not only is he the most inspirational person from our family but I don’t think I can ever find any person like him to whom I can look upto.

His main qualities are his hardwork, honesty and a God Fearing Personality.

At the age of 11 years, he became Quran Hafiz and when he grew up, he became a Pharmacist.

He started working from a very young age of 18 years and continued working till the age of 75.

He ensured that all his sons including my father were well educated as he knew the importance of education in today’s world.

 He gave all his sons not only worldly knowledge but also made sure that they are also equipped with Islamic Knowledge as he knew that this life is only temporary and to succeed in this life and hereafter you should follow the Islamic teachings.

All his life he did everything on his own without taking any help or obligations from anyone. He bowed to ALLAH and asked help only  from the Almighty.

Although, he could not make much money in his life, but Alhamdulillah, he satisfied all the requirements of his family with whatever he earned.

He always guides us in our life and we are very happy and lucky to seek his advice.

When I grow up, I want to follow in his footsteps so that I could be successful both in this World and hereafter.

May ALLAH give him a long life so that he can continue guiding us for many years to come.

               

                                Aameen!

Paintings by Maliha Mehamood Hakim - Happy Birthday to E-Junior

Paintings by Maliha Mehamood Hakim

Paintings by Maliha Mehamood Hakim

Paintings by Maliha Mehamood Hakim - HSE Initiatives

Paintings by Maliha Mehamood Hakim - HSE Initiatives

Short Take - GULF TODAY - Dt. 27.11.2010 - Creative Kids

Short Take - GULF TODAY - Dt. 27.11.2010 - Creative Kids

Creative kids

This was a busy week in which the UAE witnessed the visit of Indian President Prathibha Devising Patil.

A few days prior to her visit, Nov.14 to celebrate Children’s Day, a painting competition was organised by the Cultural Wing of the India Embassy. The event was held at Abu Dhabi Indian School. About 1,400 children from various schools in the UAE participated in this well organised event.

The senior participants were to choose any of the four themes - children of the world, save the girl child, the independence movement and the joys of childhood. Grades 1 to 4 pupils were given the themes of “Chacha Nehru” and “my school.” What made interesting insight into this event was the way the organisers made sure to make the children feel the presence of Jawaharlal Nehru. Those children who participated in the event thoroughly enjoyed it as they were well taken care of during the event.

Interests in non-performing arts like painting, drawing and writing give opportunity for children to express their mind and thoughts in simpler ways. Any given opportunity to conduct and showcase such talents should never be missed.

According to the organisers, the painting competition would be conducted every year.

One interesting factor came out of this competition was the fact that out of the 12 winners, 11 were girls and there was only one boy amongst the winners. Sunrise English Private School Abu Dhabi (4 prizes) came out with maximum winners followed by Abu Dhabi Indian School (3 prizes) and Delhi Private School Dubai (3 prizes). St Joseph School Abu Dhabi and Gulf Asian School Sharjah bagged one price each.

An icing on the cake for the winners was that the Indian president distributed the prizes during her visit to Abu Dhabi Indian School.

Ramesh Menon

To read it in original, please visit GULF TODAY online.

Caricature by Joseph Karaparambil

Drawings by Joshua Godfrey

Drawings by Javahir Abdulla

Drawings by Uttara Chowdhury

Drawings by Nayonika Chowdhury

Eid Mubarak

Manzil - a destination, a dream, a hope - gets 27 pcs from GHD

Manzil - a destination, a dream, a hope - gets 27 pcs from GHD

ART Excel Course - An exciting opportunity for children during Eid Holidays!!

An exciting opportunity for children during Eid Holidays!!

Dear all,

For children between the age of 8 and 13 , this is a golden opportunity to spend the Eid Holidays in the best possible way.

Please contact immediately for registering since the seats are limited.

Do take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to enrich your child's life in the most positive way!!

Please circulate to all your friends so that maximum children can benefit.

Let's Try and Do It - How to seal a plastic bag and make it air-tight.

Let's Try and Do It - How to seal a plastic bag and make it air-tight.

Cut up a  disposable water bottle and keep the neck and  top, as in  photo.

Insert the plastic bag through  the neck and screw the top – to seal.

The bottle is made to be  air-tight, such that water will not leak, the secret lies with the top  and screw!

This is a great idea to share. Good for us and the environment too. 

Let's Try and Do It - Color the lamp

Let's Try and Do It - Color the lamp

Thanks and courtesy to GULF NEWS. Funday by GULF NEWS is a special pull out for children on Saturday.

Let's Try and Do It - Sweet Tooth

Let's Try and Do It - Sweet Tooth

Thanks and courtesy to GULF NEWS. Funday by GULF NEWS is a special pull out for children on Saturday.

Let's Try and Do it - Lantern Craft

Thanks and courtesy to GULF NEWS. Funday by GULF NEWS is a special pull out for children on Saturday.

Manzil - Creativity at it's best

Manzil - Creativity at it's best

Drawing and painting projects are perfect for children who have trouble expressing themselves verbally, whether the child has a speech issue or hearing impaired and  doesn't communicate well vocally. Drawing and painting allows these children to bring their feelings out visually, which improves their artistic ability as well as their communication skills. Drawing and painting is often a good way to get children to express themselves on their own terms.

We at Manzil are so glad that our art activities have nurtured the development of cognitive and motor skills of our students.  Art is also a great sensory experience! Messes aside, this activity has given our students the opportunity to work with several different kinds of materials that can stimulate the senses.

The parents are often surprised to know that a piece of paper or canvas that their child just scribbled or painted on, is so valuable.

Manzil Art Collection

The student’s creative endeavors were so amazing that we at Manzil decided to use Art to introduce our students to the UAE public in the form of an annual art collection. The very first collection of 2006 comprised 32 pictures (on canvas) by every student at the center.

The collection was extremely well received by the public and is now a regular annual feature. Each collection is based on a unique theme.

The 2006 collection was titled ‘Ki-I Did It, in 2008 ‘Flora & Fauna’ series received many accolades, ‘Midas Touch’ 2009 series comprises 48 most amazing pieces, each unique with its own distinctive style.    

Each piece of artwork is done by the student alone and at the center. Students are encouraged to title their own piece and to dictate or write a comment about their artistic creation and about themselves. Minimal guidance or direction is provided by the teaching staff.

What started as a therapy class has now burgeoned into art collections and we at Manzil together with our supporters conduct art auctions and take special customized orders for greeting cards, images on mugs, place mats, T-shirts etc. In addition our large canvases adorn the walls of corporate offices and people’s homes.

To read more about Manzil and it's activities, please visit http://www.manzil.ae/

Painting Competition on Children's Day - November 14, 2010 - organised by Indian Embassy

Painting Competition on Children's Day - November 14, 2010 - organised by Indian Embassy

Dear all,

Please find below a call for participation in a Painting Competition held by Cultural Wing of Indian Embassy in connection with Children’s Day.  The competition is held on Sunday, 14^th November 2010.

• Students have to approach their respective school management, who in turn have to submit a consolidated list for participation to the Indian Embassy before 8^th November.
• There is no limit on the number of participants from each school.

It is an excellent opportunity and do participate and have a great time of creativity.

Ramesh Menon, Abu Dhabi

From: cul <cul@indembassyuae.org>
Date: Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 12:46 PM
Subject: Painting Competition on Children's Day - November 14, 2010
To: team1dubai@gmail.com

 

Dear Mr. Ramesh Menon,

 

The Cultural Wing of Indian Embassy in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Indian School is organizing a painting competition on the occasion of Children’s Day on 14th November 2010.

The competition will be open to four groups: Classes 1 to 4, 5 to 7, 8 – 10 and classes 11 & 12.

The venue of the competition is Abu Dhabi Indian School and the competition will start from 10.00 a.m. for 2 hours on Sunday, 14^th November 2010

You are requested to kindly circulate this information amongst your members and ask their children to approach the head mistress or principals of their respective schools and participate in this competition.

The participating children need to bring the painting material.

The acceptable painting materials would be water colour/poster colour/acrylic colour, felt tip pens, sketch pens and crayons/colour pencils.

The last date of receiving names from the schools is 12.00 noon on 8th November, 2010.

The results of the competition will be conveyed to the principals of the respective schools.

With Warm Regards       

(Anuja Chakravarty)

Second Secretary (Cul)

November 2, 2010

Sketches by Sachin Nath V G

Sketches by Sachin Nath V G

Pencil Sketches by Ashwin S Nair

Pencil Sketches by Ashwin S Nair

Pencil Sketches by Sachin Nath V

Pencil Sketches by Sachin Nath V

A Kathakali artist

Actor Mamootty

Pencil Sketches by Anand Padman P

Pencil Sketches by Anand Padman P

The last war of ghadolghaja,from mahabharath

Mohanlal in Shikkar

Pencil Sketching by Ashwin S Nair

Pencil Sketching by Ashwin S Nair

Tenzing Norgay

Sketches and Paintings by Vinu Nair

Sketches and Paintings by Vinu Nair

Ethnic paintings by Eden Cawang

Ethnic paintings by Eden Cawang

60x75cm
Title: Story of the Village Girl

50 x 35 cm - Colors based on the traditional dress of Benguet. This jar is where they place rice wine.

Paintings by Eden Cawang

Paintings by Eden Cawang

Title: My brown lion version 2010 based on the Lion King Movie

Size:60 x 75 cm

Definition: - Painting of a lion using Tonal painting - to create the effects of light and shadow, and 3-D objects. The amount of light or dark in an object or an area is called Value or this kind of illusion is called the illusion of form.

35 x 25 cm - Title: Dinosaur Footprints (painted in January 2009) inspired by Jeanifer Alvardo.

These two footprints, 1 pair belongs to Mother and the smallest pair is the footprints of the baby dinosaur surrounded wih twin snakes appearing above the painting

A3 size paper – Painted this copying the original photo from Tim Harwin album. This woman is a Maási lady (warrior lady) of South Africa, she was photographed while she was walking.

Title: Sweethearts

Size:45 x 35 cm

Definition - Painted this Giraffe Lovers

Ethnic Paintings by Eden Cawang

Ethnic Paintings by Eden Cawang

Size: A3 Size

Inspired by Ange Muir



For my Pall-bearers - Poetry by A. Ayyappan (as translated by Sri Koyamparambath Satchidanandan)

For my Pall-bearers - Poetry by A. Ayyappan (as translated by Sri Koyamparambath Satchidanandan)

For my Pall-bearers

I have to share a secret

which is not in my will

with those who bear my coffin.

There will be a flower

in place of my heart:

a gift from the woman

who taught me love’s religion

in my days of curiosity.

Pluck that flower from my heart

before I am buried .

Cover my face with its petals.

One petal  ,too, for my palm

with its vanished lines.

Through that flower

I long to come back.

I had no time to tell you this truth

the moment before I died ;

it flowed off into death

with the cold  water you offered me.

Or else,

just leave the coffin open,

now that I have befriended the dead.