Stage is all set. Thrill is in the air. Anticipation is building up. On Friday, the actors who presented a preview of ‘Mowgli’ ahead of the shows scheduled on Saturday and Sunday, were well aware of expectations from them. They delivered a wonderful, emotional, thrilling, exciting, and harmonious performance. Can one afford to miss such a splendid week-end treat of ‘Mowgli’, a theatre adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s famous work ‘The Jungle Book’? In the stage adaptation, the lovely story of charming ‘Mowgli’ is presented in a different style. An emotional start of the act grabs attention of viewers and the story of Mowgli unfolds. The boy is raised by wolves, captured by monkeys, harassed by a man-eating tiger, adopted by a loving bear ‘Baloo’ and caring panther ‘Bagheera’, and has elephants and vultures as his friends. The multi-lingual act is high on entertainment quotient. People of all ages can relate to the emotional part of the story. The power-packed performance portray balanced shades of drama, action, comedy. In fact, the characters linger on even after one is done with watching the play. The most enjoyable is entry of elephants with ‘Garba’ steps. Characters named as Mottabhai, Hansaben, Jignesh, Kejalben, Sejalben, and Jalsaben remind one of the most famous characters of popular comedy show ‘Khichadi’. A special ‘Lavani’ performance of monkeys adds super fun element to the enjoyable presentation. Gossiping by ‘she’ group of vultures comes as a wonderful example of rib-tickling comedy. The special ‘Bhangra’ performance by them also adds fun to the act. Presented by Stagecraft Theatre, founded by acclaimed actor-writer-director-producer ‘Theatre Guru’ Vikash Khurana, and sponsored by ‘The Hitavada’ Twinkle Club and State Bank of India; the thrilling tales of adventures of a child brought up by wolves will come alive on stage on Saturday at 7 pm sharp and on Sunday at 4 pm and 7 pm at IMA’s J R Shaw Auditorium (air-conditioned), North Ambazari Road. ‘Mowgli’ has 34 young actors and as many as 17 of them will be seen on stage for the first time. The cast includes: Amol Wakhare, Raveesh Jaiswal, Nandan Majumdar, Pramod Naidu, Gurnoor Bedi, Sabrina Khan, Anviti Suri, Ketaki Kane, Anamika Sawarkar, Pranjala Chauhan, Ritika Murthy, RJ Rocky, Sonal Trivedi, Arkdev Bhattacharyya, Asmita Naidu, Gayatri Chanchani, Tanaya Chakraborty, Anand Jamekar, Vinay Pande, Mohana Mohture, Akshay Dewani, Mukul Vaswani, Shruti Bhojwani, Arushi Thapar, Nandita Chanchani, Shubhankar Mishra, Saksham Jain, Onkar Ghare, Shantanu Thengdi, Chirag Chugani, Rahuldev Mukherjee, Devika Girish, Priyanka Nalwale, Neha Bopche. The production crew comprises Music and Sound Design - Anurag Kulkarni and Priyadarsh Bhabda; Light Design - Swapan Chatterjee; Choreography - Sonal Trivedi; Set Design - Varun Vij; Set Construction - Amit Shende; Make up - Farah Amrolliwala, Aditi Bhattad, Nandita Chanchani, Snehal Dhole; Backstage Management - Supantha Bhattacharyya, Shubhankar Mishra, Saksham Jain; Production Management - N V Sharma, Nirmalya Sinha, Sparsh Bhure; Technical Support - Sandeep Baraskar, Vishal Yadav. Vikash Khurana, Dr Supantha Bhattacharya, Anurag Kulkarni are taking special efforts to make the act a memorable one.

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KIDS participated in Nagpur Central Kids Carnival from various parts of the city, parents were also there to encourage their kids. Fun and learning activities were there for the kids.
Dr Rashmi Shukla, MD Hompathy did parenting counciling for partents. Both kids and parents where engaged in the activity, dance sessions, nerf shooting, theatre, car racing were the fun activities for kids.
Next sunday more fun activities will be there for kids like Zumba dance, theatre, hand painting, drawing and clay
modelling, nerf shooting, car
racing etc.
For registration contact Nagpur Central CSD on (Ph: 0712-6693666, 9503424636).

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The second batch of Personality Development Camp organised by ‘The Hitavada’ Twinkle Club and Bhonsala Military School was flagged off by Shyam Rathi, Prominent Businessman of the city, on Sunday afternoon from Gorakshan premises. Secretary Tarun Patel was present prominently.
The participants appeared fully charged up for the seven-day camp, where they will be without their favorite play tools -- smart phone and television. The young participants waved at their parents, with some homesick feelings in the gut.
While at the camp site, the mood changes dramatically as they get opportunity to make new friends in disciplined time table.
The Commandant Col (Retd) J S Bhandari has lined up a meticulously planned morning to evening schedule, that will keep the campers on their toes assuring them of a good appetite and rewarded by good sumptuous food and a well deserved Good nights sleep. For the participants, home should be out of mind as it will be out of sight, he added.

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Prize Distribution Ceremony of 100th Flower Show of Nagpur Garden Club and The Hitavada was held on Sunday at Nagpur Garden Club. Dr T S Oberoi was chief guest.
Padma Deshraj, Secretary of the club introduced the chief guest. Shirish Joshi, President of the club welcomed him.
Aasawari Shenolikar, Magazine Editor of The Hitavada was also present on dais.  Shrikant Doifode, Vice President conducted the proceeding and presented brief report about the Flower Show held on Sunday September 14  at Kusumtai Wankhede Hall. This show had received overwhelming response from the visitors and more than 3,000 people visited the show and praised the quality of exhibits and the special attraction. Sharad Paliwal proposed vote of thanks. He thanked the Chief Guest of the Prize Distribution ceremony, the Hitavada for being the co host, Management of Barister Sheshrao Wankhede Trust and Ms. Kundatai Vijaykar for providing their hall, State Bank of India and Punjab National Bank for co-sponsoring the show, Press of Nagpur and electronic media for giving large coverage to the show and participants and  members of Nagpur Garden Club for making the show a grand success.
The chief guest appreciated the efforts of Nagpur Garden Club for spreading awareness of gardening among the citizen and congratulated the prize winners. Kedar Gokhale, Chairman of Flower Show Committee, announced the list of prize winners. Prizes, trophies  and certificates were distributed at the hands of the Chief Guest.
Nagpur Improvement Trust received maximum prizes and trophies for winning highest points in the show. Mansoora Hasan received second highest prizes and trophies. She received highest points as individual participant. Other notable winners were VNIT, Anacorn Laboratories Private Limited, Arvind Deshmukh.
Members of Nagpur Garden Club present at the Prize Distribution ceremony were Anupama Gijre, Atulchandra Mendhekar, Swati Gokhale, Arti Rajkondawar, S P Hasabnis, Lata Vywahare, Kanchan Gyanchandani, Treasurer, Dr N V Shastri, Dr Junankar, Kalpana  Karmakar, C K Savdekar, Gauri Andhare.

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City’s amusement park Krazy Castle was the fun destination for The Hitavada Twinkle Club members on Sunday. For, it was the venue of ‘Circus Carnival’ organised by The Hitavada Twinkle Club.
Fun rides, tattoo, attractive games, music, magic show, and a lot of fun was on the platter and each one of the Twinkle Club members enjoyed each one of the offerings thoroughly. Various rides like Carousel, Cart Train, Cartoon Train, Sun-n-Moon, Caterpillar, Skycopter, Columbus, Bull Ride, Ocean Bumper, Crazy Swinger, Rocking Helicopter etc attracted the kids and their joyous shrieks filled the atmosphere. It goes without saying that the parents, who accompanied the kids, also enjoyed watching their lovely angels soak in laughter.
Magic Show presented by a young magician astonished all viewers on the other side of the stage. There was no age bar for participation in competitions conducted by the anchors for Twinkle Club members. Ansh, a mimic artist, also received lot of appreciation on his jokes from the audience.
The foot-tapping numbers on the dance floor added further value to the mood of all present there. With the latest popular Bollywood songs played by DJ, children danced wherever they were. Soon, they got attracted to the dance floor and demonstrated how beautiful spontaneous dance steps could be. Kids rocked the stage on various movie songs along with their friends. In fact, many even made new friends on the dance floor.
Neha and Lucky Khan, who anchored the show, also hosted various instant games like singing, solo dance, non-stop talk, and much more. Non-stop talk evoked laughter from the audience. But, each event also had some more to offer -- prizes. The winners bagged attractive gifts and prizes.
In various games, the participants included their parents too, which made it more competitive. It was wonderful to see the chemistry of kids and their parents, and the tasks they performed with superb co-ordination that was a result of a natural bonding. Though there were games, everybody won. Everybody won the trophy of love and sweet memories of spending quality time with each other. Of course, many parents and kids thanked 'The Hitavada' Twinkle Club for providing them the opportunity to make their Sunday special.
After dance, song, fun rides, games and a whole lot of fun, the little 'Twinkle Stars' naturally moved towards delicious food. Having food with parents is sheer joy for children in today's world when routine does not permit such opportunities daily to many. And, this aspect made food a fun-filled affair. Wada Pav, sandwiches, South Indian food, ice cream, soft drinks etc offered by Haldiram's at various stalls, found too many takers. After the food, again, the energetic crowd of children wanted another round of games. A special Game Zone was there in which Throw Game, Tattoo, and Ring Game entertained children.
Thousands of Twinkle Club members collected their share of happiness at the 'Circus Carnival' along with their parents. Also, they carried home the memories to be cherished for a long time.
The effective management by team of Krazy Castle made the event a grand success. Kamal Agrawal, Director, Krazy Castle; Gautam Roy, General Manager, Krazy Castle; Rajendra Purohit, General Manager, 'The Hitavada'; Shridhar Iyer, Unit Head, Pepsi Nagpur; Dinesh Mishra, Event Manager; Aasawari Shenolikar, Magazine Editor, 'The Hitavada' Susheem Kolay, Abhay Vaidya and Manoj Bhurse of PR Team of 'The Hitavada' also were present during the event.
Pepsi presented the ‘Circus Carnival’ while Dinshaw's supported it. Wockhardt Hospitals provided healthcare support during the event.

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They were all there-- sparkling smile and colours of joy, brush of creativity and divine creation. All these qualities made Sunday morning a special one at Aditya Hero in Dhantoli, Kusumgar Hero near Baidyanath Square, and Ashutosh Hero in East Wardhaman
Nagar. The occasion was
‘Draw a Ganesha Contest’ organised by ‘The Hitavada’ Twinkle Club and Hero. </p>
All the participants of the contest had come there with their own ideas that they expressed with beautiful colours. It was also a wonderful experience to see how much did kids love the God of Wisdom. Many even described their drawing of Lord Ganesha with a small but popular tagline -- My Friend Ganesha! The kids belonged to different age groups but shared the same feelings about Ganesha. </p>
'The Hitavada' Twinkle Club, which is India's largest children's club; and Hero, the world's largest two-wheeler selling company for 13 years in a row, provided a platform to kids to express themselves through drawing of Lord Ganesha, ahead of Ganeshotsava. </p>
The contest was conducted at three dealerships of Hero in the city namely Aditya Hero in Dhantoli, Kusumgar Hero near Baidyanath Square, and Ashutosh Hero in East Wardhaman Nagar.
The contest got overwhelming response from the members of the Twinkle Club. It was conducted in three groups. Group A was for children in the age group of five to eight years, Group B for children between eight and 12 years, Group C for children between 12 to 15 years. Nearly 250 members registered their names for the contest. </p>
The kids enjoyed drawing and colouring their beloved Lord Ganesha.
The results of the contest will be published in ‘The Hitavada’ CityLine on August 28. </p>
Ashish Rathi, Territory Manager (Sales), Hero Motocorp Limited; Dr Prakash Jain of Aditya Hero, Nikhil Kusumgar of Kusumgar Hero, Keshav Khungar of Ashutosh Hero were present prominently at the contest venues on Sunday.

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