1. PICNIC TO AMMU PARK – 05TH JANUARY 2008
We took the Chai Masti Members and our ID Card Volunteers for a picnic to Ammu Water Park at Kalyan.
2. 11 TH JANUARY 2008
Screening of Hindi Film on Partition, GADAR, after which there was a discussion about scenes from the film.
3. INSTITUTE OF GRAPHOLOGY – 08TH FEBRUARY 2008
A representative from the Institute of Graphology spoke about “Study and analysis of handwriting” and it is important to gauge a person's character and mind from his handwriting.
4. CARDIOLOGIST, DR.K G NAIR – 15TH FEBRUARY 2008
Dr.Nair, Ex-Dean of KEM and Ex-Medical Director of Breach Candy Hospital spoke on “Nutrition for Seniors”. The talk was organized by Life Style division of Spectrum Healthcare
Our Chai Masti Member, Devayani Kale alongwith Mr.Pawaskar sang melodious old Hindi songs which were really enjoyed by all our members. Devayani whose voice is similar to singer Geeta Dutt was the winner of our Chai Masti Music competiton held in July 2007
6. COMPETITION BEST DRESSED BRIDE OR BRIDEGROOM 26TH FEBRUARY 08
We had organized this very unusual competition, similar to Fancy Dress competition, in which our members had to come dressed as a Bride and Bridegroom. Marks were given to the best dressed, originality, presentation and confidence of the participant. It was wonderful to take our members to almost 30 to 40 years back.
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NURITION FOR SENIORS 15 th Feb. 2008
Dr. K.G. Nair's talk on nutrition for seniors was very simple and easy to follow in our daily life. He told don't eat if you are not hungry. Eat it which you don't like .
On 11 th March 2008 , members of Dignity Chai-Masti enjoyed Hindi Film CHEENI-CUM and participated in Quiz on Hindi Film Songs, on 18 th March 2008 .
An NGO working for Welfare for Dogs, gave an interesting presentation on awareness about Stray Dogs, On 4 th April 2008 .
On 11 th April ‘Spectrum Life Healthcare'organized Dr. Asheema's talk who is a well-known surgeon. She spoke on the topic ‘Emotion and Health'.
STORY TELLING COMPETITION
15th April 2008 -- Members of Chai-Masti enjoyed and participated in a Story telling competition. Everybody was given 5 min. to narrate a story. As Competition was tough, the task for judges since all members were well prepared. Variety in stories was remarkable.
COOKING DEMONSTRATION
In the first week of May, Mrs. Jayashree Dalvi from Thane came all the way to show some demonstration to our members. She demonstrated Grilled sandwich, paratha and pineapple cold salad. All the recepies were nutritious and easy to prepare. Members were happy and enjoyed the programme. The best part of such programmes is that both men and women take equal interest in cooking demonstration.
STRESS MANAGEMENT
In today's world everybody without age limit is suffering from a stressful lifestyle. So a talk by Dr. Vaidyanthan was organized on ‘Stress Free Life'was organized on 16 th May 2008 .
GYNAECOLGIST
On 30 th May 2008 , Dr. Roshani Dutta from Johnson and Johnson spent her valuable time with us and after her talk she answered every question raised by Chai-Masti member.
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DENTAL HEALTH
On 13 th June, Dr.Diwan discussed some major issue related dental health and dental care using slides. Generally people use to go when problem occurs, but it is necessary to visit once in a year. New technology is less painful, so we must take advantage of that.
FAR EAST
On 18th June, Anarkali Velkar took all the members on tour to Far East through nice photographs along with interesting commentary.
OPHTHALMOLOGIST
On 20th June leading ophthalmologist Dr.Vatsal Parikh enriched our member on eye care. He showed slides of eye surgery and members were happy watching those. One of our members was very scared to go through cataract operation which was very urgent. But after this talk his fear to go in for an operation vanished and he understood the importance of undergoing an operation in time and readily agreed to do that.
HINDI FILM & MUSIC
Members enjoyed suspense film ‘APRADHI KAUN', Staring Abhi Bhattacharya, Mala Sinha and Ganesh Jagirdar. The film screened on 8 th July 2008
Quiz on Mohammed Rafi's song and lifespan was very interesting. It took place on 11 th July 2008 . We have decided on having a series of such quizzes on different celebrities.
ESSAY COMPETITION
On 18 th July 2008 Chai-Masti members become nostalgic while writing essays on the subject ‘Memories of childhood'. For member's convinience they were permitted to write in Marthi, Hindi , Gujarathi and English.
PRIZE DISTRIBUTION
29th July 2008 . -- Prizes were distributed by a well known personality Kokilaben Parmar Chairperson of Prabhag Committee C & D ward. Corporater of D ward was present too. She appreciated members' enthusiasm and wishes to join Chai- Masti club.
LOKAMANYA TILAK JAYANTI
01st August 2008 - On the occasions of Lokamanya Tilak jayanti every member spoke about him. There was variation in the memories as we first announce that do not repeat the same stories. There were memories related to his childhood, school days, his majored role in independence movement. Most of the members had memories related to his last procession.
ART OUT OF BESAN
07th August 2008 - Mrs Neela Rao demonstrated her art in Besan (Gram Flour). She started with showing how to make Aata, and then prepared birds, roses, various fruits, with the help of food colours. Members were excited and used their art. Speciality of all these things are one can eat it afterwards or they remain as it is for some months.
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KAROKE SINGING
14th August 2008 . Mr. S.D Paul performed Karoke singing and played mouth-organ .As all are old songs members enjoyed the programme.
CYBER CRIME
19 th August 2008 . Inspector Deepak Dhole presented a talk on ‘Cyber Crime'. It was through a power-point presentation. Though this subject is little away from our members mind, he presented in simple way by giving some idea about various web sites, e-mails etc. in the beginning.
COMMUNICATION IS BREATHING
22nd August 2008 . In today's world communication plays very important role. Mr. Sunil Ulal address on the same subject to our members. His communication skill, body language, and energy level was as good as the contents he gave. He was really impressed by our members enthusiastic response.
FANCY DRESS COMPETITION
26th August 2008 . Every year in August we organize a Fancy Dress Competition. This year we gave the members a theme so they could up come up with new ideas. Theme was fruits, vegetables or a thing. One will be surprised at the ideas each one came up with! Some of these are Calendar, butterfly, tree, sunflower, toothpaste, mobile-phone, ghost, mannequin, grapes etc. Participants, viewers and judges all enjoyed the show.
1 st Scarecrow
2 nd Calendar
3 rd Butterfly
26th August, 2008 - FANCY DRESS COMPETITION
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PATRIOTIC SONGS SINGING COMPETITION
29th August 2008 - Singing patriotic songs was one of the most interesting events of the month. Twenty members participated in the competition with proper practice. No song was repeated and judges were surprised with their performance.
PERSONALITY CONTEST AT CHAI MASTI : 18th November, 2008.
Who says that only youngsters can participate in a Personality Contest?? Dignity Chai Masti members always prove otherwise with their enthusiasm and spirit. The President of Leo Club of Royals, Mr.Shashank Parmar approached Dignity Foundation, as his month old club wanted to organize some event for Senior Citizens.
When we announced that the Leo Club of Royals is organizing a Personality Contest for our Chai Masti Members, the excitement on their faces was very obvious. It was an opportunity for those of who had missed participating in the Personality Contest organized by us last year and for those who had participated in our Contest, their confidence was twofold. Gracefully dressed came the participants with real zest, some really poised, some a bit tense, to face the judges brigade, but their spirits were soaring.
30 Enthusiasts walked the Ramp.
There were 3 rounds :
1st Round - Walk Round,
2nd Round - Introduction Round,
3rd Round - Judges Question Round.
The Judges were Lion Shailesh Sanghavi, Dist.Governor, 2007-2008, Lion Santoshkumar Chauhan, MJF, Advisor - Leadership Institutes and Seminars and Lioness Havovi Gandhi, E C Membership, from the Lions Clubs International. With great interest the trio asked very relevant and apt questions to the participants and it was a tough job for the judges to select Miss Royals and Mr.Royals.
Mr.Dileep Wagle was crowned Mr.Royals and Ms.Darshana Dalal, Miss.Royals.
1st Runners Up, Males - Mr.Uttam Gianani
1st Runners Up, Females - Ms.Usha Mansoor
2nd Runners Up, Males - Mr.C K Panchal
2nd Runners Up, Females - Ms.Niranjana Sheth
Special Prize - Ms.Meera Mastakar
Our hearty congratulations to Leo Royals, the organisers, who are college
going students, the Judges, for the keen interest they took in the contest
and of course to our participants who made the evening a grand success!
CLAY GANAPATI making competition 09\09\2008
With on of the most popular festivals, the Ganesh festival in progress, we conducted the Clay Ganapati making competition. There is so much talent which is unearthed at such competitions. Each member came up wonderful idols of clay, some coming up with minute details and it was truly a difficult task for the judges to announce who the winners were.
Kamal Bhandare and Arvind Panchal were ultimately declared the winners.
EXHIBITION OF LORD GANESH PHOTOGRAPHS AND IDOLS 12\09\08
Festive atmosphere of the Ganesh festival celebrations continued. We realized that most members are great Lord Ganesh devotees and have been collecting Ganapati idols. We had a mini exhibition of very attractive idols of the deity, many even came forward with lovely pictures. The best idol collector was declared the winner.
AVALI BHOJAN – 24/10/08
Diwali is the time for fun and festivities and lots of goodies. Everybody is busy cleaning their homes and making delicious “Faral”. Mouth watering Chakli's, chiwdas, Sev, Shankar Pali, Karanji's are made in every house. To celebrate Diwali we at Chai Masti bring this Faral and share with one another. And from the photographs below one can realize how the table is decorated with Faral brought by our members. Even if a member does not make Faral at home, he/she makes it a point to bring something from outside and share it with others. Great Diwali atmosphere is created on that day which marks the beginning of Diwali |
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DISCUSSION ON THE TERROR ATTACKS ON MUMBAI 02\12\08
Discussions on the latest happenings, is vital part of our monthly programme. Views of the members on the Terror attacks that spread panic in Mumbai on 26\11\08 were discussed.
BOOK-READING BY EX-EDITOR OF EVES WEEKLY 3 DECEMBER, 2008
Reading books these days is no longer that interesting for the 50+, what with so many newspapers coming home and so much information available on the internet. Many also have vision problems and therefore cannot read though they would have loved to read. There are some who do not like reading but love listening to stories, news or anything interesting. And that's what made us start with Book Reading and we have in Roopa Kothari, a very patient and knowledgeable person, who, conducts these sessions which are very popular. Not only does she read out from books but makes the sessions interactive by having a quiz or a question answer session on the para that she reads from. These sessions are being held twice a month since December 2008.
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS OF MEMBERS BY ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAY PENINSULA – 12 December 08
Every quarter we celebrate the Birthdays of our Chai Masti members for which we organize different entertainment programmes. This quarter the Rotary Club of Bombay Peninsula sponsored the Birthday celebrations of the members. The President of Rotary Club of Mumbai Peninsula, Mr.Manoj Pandya's gesture of wanting to do something for the Elderly was really appreciated and our friends at Chai Masti made the most of the opportunity.
There was food and music. Unique music presented by Chaitanya Kalyanpur, a professional whistler who whistled old Hindi songs and members danced to the tunes.
Members love celebrating their Birthdays together with likeminded people their age whom they consider family.
SNAKE AND ENVIRONMENT – SUNIL KADAM – 16 December, 2008
Sunil Kadam, a teacher by profession, works to protect and save the environment in his free time. He has this very strange fascination for the snakes and as part of the “Save our environment” he is working towards protecting the Snake species. He receives a number of calls from people in general, when they spot a snake in their locality. What he does is catches the snakes and takes them back to their homes, ie jungles or forests.
To spread awareness about the same he visited Dignity Chai Masti with a number of snakes like the King Cobra, Dhaman, a non poisonous snake and many smaller snakes, one almost as small as an earthworm. He also explained the importance of each snake for eg the Dhaman is kept by farmers to keep away the rats who spoil the crop. Each of our members had a great time playing with all the snakes, putting them round their neck, clicking photographs with them. It was a great experience for them.