Anagha`s Diary

रंग सुरांचे कलेचा उत्कृष्ट कलाविष्कार हा कलाकाराने केलेल्या विविध प्रयोगांचे फलित असतो. मलाही माझ्या कलाक्षेत्रात असे प्रयोग करण्याची आवड आहे. त्यातीलच एक "लाइव्ह पेंटिंग" हेही माझ्या लिस्टवर होते. माझ्या मूड प्रमाणे शांततेत अथवा म्युझिक बरोबर चित्र काढणे ही माझी नेहमीची सवय. संगीत मला नेहमीच प्रेरणा देते, आणि चित्रकला हा माझा आवडीचा छंद. असे रंग आणि सूर एकत्र मिळाले तर तयार होतात रंग सुरांचे म्हणजेच लाईव्ह पेंटिंग विथ म्युझिक. हा प्रयोग पूर्ण करण्याची संधी मला महाराष्ट्र मंडळ स्टुटगार्ट मुळे      गणेश उत्सवाच्या कार्यक्रमात  मिळाली. असा प्रयोग मी प्रथमच करत असल्यामुळे मनात धाकधूक तर होती, पण करण्याची इच्छा जबरदस्त, म्हणून धैर्य एकटवून लगेच होकार दिला. माझ्याबरोबर अजून एक मैत्रीण चित्र काढणार आहे असे ठरले. तसेच अत्यंत उत्साही म्युझिक टीमही आमच्या मदतीला होती. म्युझिक टीम टीमने प्रसंगाला साजेसे असे सूर व बाप्पा चे गाणे ठरवले आणि आम्ही  साजेशी रंग संगती ठरवली. अवघ्या चार मिनिटाच्या गाण्यावर गणपती बाप्पा साकारणे हे आमच्या समोर आव्हान होते तेही ...

Today is celebrated as Mothers day, a very special day for all mothers all over the world. Everyone shows their love and gratitude to their and other mothers by posting photos, writing something nice about mothers as well as buying gifts. I would like to dedicate this post to the dedicated mother of an autistic child. This mother is very special to me as she's my little sister. Recently, I got an opportunity to stay with her and got chance to observe the life of a mother whose child has special needs. Yes ...I correctly understood what are special needs of an autistic child. This was an eye opening visit to understand efforts she was taking to make everything needed for her son. Children with autism experience the world differently from most people they often have difficulty expressing themselves sensory issues can affect how they smell hear or see things.  Bringing up a child with autism is challenging for mothers especially when most of other people do not un...

बुक बॉक्स " एक उपक्रम टेक्नॉलॉजी बदलत जातात पण माणसाच्या मूलभूत गरजा कायम रहातात. आता हे टेलिफोन बूथ बघा ना..मोबाईल फोनचा काही वर्षापासून वाढत चाललेल्या उपयोगाने टेलिफोन बूथ हा प्रकार आता जवळजवळ संपुष्टात आला आहे. तसेच पुस्तकांची जागा आता हळूहळू आयपॅड आणि किंडल घेत आहेत. तरीही मानवाची संवाद साधण्याची आवड तशीच आहे व तसेच वाचनही मानवी अस्तित्वाचा महत्त्वाचा भाग आहेच.  या दोन्ही गोष्टींची सांगड घालून कोणी जर लोप पावलेल्या टेक्नॉलॉजीचा साक्षरता उपक्रमासाठी उपयोग केला असेल तर हे अभिनवच नाही का? 'बर्लिन ' जर्मनीची राजधानी येथे असलेल्या इंस्टिट्यूट फॉर सस्टेनिबिलिटी  एण्ड एज्युकेशन एण्ड एम्पलोयमेट एण्ड कल्चर या संस्थेने टेलिफोन बूथ आणि पुस्तके अशी साधी कल्पना एकत्र आणून "बुक बॉक्स " हा उपक्रम सुरू केला. वाचनाची आवड निर्माण करण्यासाठी कार्यरत असणाऱ्या या उपक्रमाला गरज होती खूप साऱ्या पुस्तकांची आणि टेलिफोन बुथची. त्यासाठी नागरिकांना वाचून झालेली अथवा वापरात नसलेली पुस्तके आणून देण्याचेआवाहन केले यामुळे पुस्तके फेकून देण्याऐवजी त्यांचा चांगल...

Turkey as a holiday destination was always on my favorite list. This year in summer we got chance to visit Istanbul and Antalya. Istanbul, historically the most important city of Turkey, is an incredibly exciting and happening and one of the most inspiring cities we have been visited so far. It is a home of breathtaking architecture, culture, delicious food and the warmest as well as the most genuinely hospitable people we have ever met in Europe. We visited Istanbul in August, pretty hot, humid and most busiest time of the year Istanbul is the economic, financial and cultural capital of Turkey, located on both sides of the Bosphorus, it is geographically interesting as it straddles two continents. The western half of the city is situated in Europe while the eastern half is located in Asia. Isn’t it incredible to experience that you can cross the continent in 10 mins by walk over bridge or ferry? However don’t worry, you don’t need to cross continent daily as most of the city...

Christmas markets and holiday season are so interlinked in Germany and all over Europe that one can not miss it. Especially, buzz of Chrismas in my home town Stuttgart, gives vibes of Diwali with lighting, food, shopping and crowd. Its our favourite activity to visit. We live every moment of it over the four advent weekends in december. I captured some glimpses and moments of popular Stuttgart Christmas market , that got published in marathi newspaper 'Lokmat' suppliment 'Manthan'.

Story of a Stone Heart   Once upon a time a construction work was going on and workers were building a stone wall around a garden. Many visitors used to visit the garden. They used to roam about motivated by different moods. Some were romantic couples and some with broken hearts were pondering about nothing in particular. One broken heart was lost in the garden and could not be found. In the morning construction workers started picking stones and were raising the wall. The lost heart got buried inside the wall with the stones. When the broken heart found itself amid the stones it started chatting trying to befriend the stones. As all of them were stones they ignored the voice of the heart and treated it like another piece of stone. It took a while for the heart to realize that it is now buried with other stones and it has only one choice left that it should change itself. And now broken heart turned itself into a stone. These days visitors enjoy the beautiful view of a pe...

Story of a lost phone  Motherhood is full of stories. Mine is too. I have lots of stories. Today, I remembered one very strongly. This was then when my son was 7 year old and was in Primary school. He needed to travel with the train for quite a long distance for his age. For first few months, I accompanied him, but later due to my work, it was not possible for me to pick him from the school every day. We decided to buy one phone for him so that I can guide him while traveling alone. He was very happy that he was going to get a phone and he is finally big boy. There was lot of discussion about what type of phone should be given to school going kid. His expectation was to buy a new trendy kids phone, but finally a compromise was struck between us and we agreed to buy a phone with bigger screen and buttons. He was very happy to carry phone that day to school. In the school, it was a very exciting day. He showed his new phone to everyone and was playing with it all the time. That ...