Kudla tiger dance rocks during Oman Billawas’ Garba/Dandiya celebration in Muscat
Muscat, Oct 22: During this Dasara, the glory of Mangaluru Pili Vesha (tiger dance) reached the shores of Oman in the Gulf with a riveting performance by nine tiger dancers to the mesmerizing beats.
The team of nine included three tiny tigers, namely Pavan Nitin Kumar, Ayush Shridhar Amin and Sannavi Nitin Kumar. This was part of the gala Garba/Dandiya evening organized by Oman Billawas as part of the Dasara celebrations at Al Maasa Hall in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman October 12.
After ladies of Oman Billawas lit the lamp to mark the inauguration of the event, kids recited prayers and Mangalarathi was performed to Goddess Durga. Ashwini Rohidas explained the significance of the nine forms of Goddess Durga and Navratri which signifies the power, wealth, prosperity and knowledge.
Then the floor was open for the Garba dance in which the enthusiasm of members and their families participated was contagious. Soon the floor was overflowing with children, ladies and the gentlemen, donning colorful attire and dancing merrily to the melodies churned out by DJ Sandeep Suvarna.
The tiger dance coordinated Praveen Amin and his team of nine tigers was a major attraction of the evening. With their faces beautifully painted by Vijay Kodialbail and donning the tiger suits, the team put up a mind-boggling performance which was cynosure of all eyes. After the performance, many of the members, including ladies and children stepped on to the dance floor to perform tiger dance to the melodious beats provided by DJ Sandy, followed by the Dandia dance.
Curtains were drawn on an eventful evening with a vote of thanks by Vijay Kodialbail. The dance and festivities continued till late in the night.
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Bhopal gas tragedy: Effects of leak seen in next generation of survivors, says ex-forensic doctor
Bhopal (PTI): The effects of poisonous gases that leaked from the Union Carbide factory in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal 40 years ago were seen in the next generations of those who survived the tragedy, a former government forensic doctor has said.
At least 3,787 people were killed, and more than five lakh were affected after a toxic gas leaked from the pesticide factory in the city on the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984.
Speaking at an event held by organisations of gas tragedy survivors on Saturday, Dr D K Satpathy, former head of the forensics department of Bhopal's Gandhi Medical College, said he performed 875 post-mortems on the first day of the disaster and witnessed 18,000 autopsies the next five years.
Sathpathy claimed Union Carbide had denied questions about the effects of poisonous gases on unborn children of women survivors and said effects would not cross the placental barrier in the womb in any condition.
He said blood samples of pregnant women who died in the tragedy were examined, and it was found that 50 per cent of poisonous substances found in the mother were also found in the child in her womb.
Children born to surviving mothers had the poisonous substances in their system, and this affected the health of the next generation, Sathpathy claimed and questioned why research on this was stopped.
Such effects will continue for generations, he said.
Satpathy said it was said that MIC gas leaked from the Union Carbide plant, and when it came in contact with water, thousands of gases were formed, and some of these caused cancer, blood pressure and liver damage.
Rachna Dhingra of Bhopal Group for Information and Action said Satpathy, who carried out most autopsies, and other first responders in the 1984 disaster, including the senior doctors in the emergency ward and persons involved in mass burials, narrated their experiences during the event.
Rashida Bee, president of the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh, a poster exhibition covering every aspect of the disaster will be held till December 4 to mark the 40th anniversary of the tragedy.
An anniversary rally will be organised, with focus on global corporate crimes such as industrial pollution and climate change, she said.
