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Sangeet Sandhya

Yugad i cel ebr ati on Sat 5 April 7.30pm for a Sun 13 Apr il 10am-2pm sharp 8 p m start

Murrumbeena Pavillion, 28 Gerald At Waverley Meadows Street, Murrumbeena. Yugadi

Primary Schoo l Concert Hall, celebrations organised by the Col umbia D ri ve, Whee le rs Hill. Melbourne Kannada Sangha

Child ren's seg m e n t followed by with games, food and a special perfo rmance by Pooj a Gupta attraction Nalapaka Nalapaka and Gurmit Sahni. Free event, (men's cooking competition). associat ed with the Register before Apri l 6. Participants

Sha rda Kala Kendra will have to prepare one vegetarian

Deta i ls: Vivek 0402 438 654 or dish at the venue. The winner will Neeraj 0439 980 551 be decided by the judges, based on presentation, creativity and All lecture featu ri n g taste of their dish.

(MCEC Jeff's Shed), Sou t h Wharf. ASHA Mother 's Day Dinner

Start meeting point in front Sun May 1 1 5-8pm of India at Home/

At Brighton Town Hall, Jaipur Sweets 8.30am Carpenter Street, Brighton. Det ails: Shashi Kochhar 9564 8228

Organised by ASHA, a / 0411 415 490 / kochharshashi@ newly formed not-for- profit hotmail.com, AshokJamini organisation, which aims to 95581663 /0432 8 16 557, improve the quality of life of Ratan Mulchandani Australian and South Asian 9546 2221 / 0407 559 113, communities. All proceeds will go Kiran Rewal0408 266016, towards providing basic school Suvinder Sawhney 0413 406 101, supplies and basic meals for school Indy Jasa l 0418 872 614 and students in the slums of Bhopal. www.friendsofthechildren.org.au Tickets: $40 per head, or $150 per family.

Suresh Pr abh u

Details: Sharma 0401 900 080, Ravi Tues 8 Ap r il 6pm onwards Nan di 0403 134 306, Usha Ravi

Four-t i me member 0423 763 224 or visit of the Lok Sabha, Suresh Prabh u, www.mks.org.au will give a public lecture on India's two biggest challenges, Royal Childr en s Hospital water and energy. Prabhu will Good Friday Appeal Walk discuss how a mix of technological Fri 18 April 9am-4pm innovations, global best practices, Friends of the Children Foundation and India's traditional wisdom can presents the 16th Annual Royal be used to overcome them. Children's Hospital Good Friday Free event. Appeal Walk This fundraising event

Details: www.aii.unimelb.edu.au/ will raise donations for"the children events/ indias-two-big- of our future" The 28km walk will challenges-water-energy- commence from Clayton Stat ion suresh-prabh u to Melbourne Exhibition Centre