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Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair birth centenary celebrations begin today

Kannur :

The year-long birth centenary celebrations of kathakali legend late Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair is all set to begin in Pilathara near Payyannur on Sunday, which will be inaugurated by minister for culture K C Joseph. But the native place of the kathakali maestro is yet to have a memorial even after 24 years of his death.

“It is a fact that the kathakali legend, who was honoured with Padmashree in 1970, is yet to have a memorial in his name and the main aim of our organising this birth centenary fete now is to make a befitting memorial,” said the organizing committee chairman T V Rajesh, MLA.

As the first stage, it has plans to erect a statue of Krishnan Nair in Pilathara, and also they will publish a book on the kathakali artistes who have prominent role in the promotion of this classical art form, said the organising committee.

“Also, we are going to institute an endowment for the kathakali artistes as part of the celebrations but that is not enough to recognize the artiste who has the distinction of being the first kathakali performer to be honoured with padmashree,” said C M Venugopalan, the general convenor of the organizing committee of the centenary celebrations.

The government should take steps to build a memorial and start a kathakali training and research centre at his native Cheruthazham near Payyannur he said.

“When the minister K C Joseph comes to inaugurate the celebrations, we will put this demand before him and our hope is that the government will take a favourable stand in this connection,” he said.

Born in Cheruthazham on March 11, 1914, Krishnan Nair got his early training in kathakali under the tutelage of Guru Chandu Panikker. Later, he joined Kerala Kalamandalam, where he studied and later taught kathakali for 14 years. He also received many awards from Kerala and outside, including the Sangeetha Nataka Akademi award in 1968.

Apart from K C Joseph, P K Sreemathi, MP, T V Rajesh, MLA among others will also attend the inaugural function, in which the kathakali artistes will also be honoured. Dr N P Vijayakrishnan would deliver the Krishnan Nair memorial lecture. Two kathakali performances, ‘Poothana Moksham’, and ‘Duryodhana Vadham’ are also organized as part of the inaugural function. In the coming months more programmes would be organized, said the organizing committee.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Thiruvananthapuram / by P. Sudhakaran, TNN / November 02nd, 2014

Doctors at your door step

DoctorsCabin.com team
DoctorsCabin.com team

Bid adieu to those days when you would have wait in line at hospitals to consult a doctor. Instead, you can now have video conference sessions with the doctors .

Mini Balaraman, President, DoctorsCabin.com had spent 14 years in the USA. After returning to India she realised how difficult it was to consult doctors. This triggered the idea of a web based cosultation service.

DoctorsCabin.com, a digital health website, helps people from all walks to life, to get in touch with a doctor with ease. The company does the needful to get in touch with doctors from various parts of India who offer video consultations to patients. Patients can get second opinions, follow up questions etc. by using the video chat service. The service also assures a certain degree of privacy as well.

At present, the firm has 20,000 doctors and 2000 hospitals under their registration.

Patients may also use the “Ask the Doctor” option to share their medical history, reports, get an opinion or ask a question to a doctor.

One can also know find out about the cost of treatments including surgeries like by-pass surgery , open heart surgery, liver transplant, cosmetic surgery etc. There are over 30,000 treatment procedure listings available in the website. Details about the treatment as well as getting their appointment confirmed before visiting the hospital can also be done online.

The firm has tie-ups with several companies to provide home health services. Doctors/Nurses/Physiotherapists visit the patient’s house and provide necessary care. This is beneficial to those patients who have difficulty in traveling, who seek new born care, post surgery care, suffering from chronic illness etc. The NRIs are also happy to have such facilities, as their dependents get convenient treatment in India.

Vikram Nair, CEO of the firm, Mini Balaraman, President, Prakash Sathyapalan, Chief Technology Officer said that their aim is to offer a transparent and comprehensive platform that has unique value in the healthcare space and eyeing for expanding it globally in the near future.

source: http://www.english.manoramaonline.com / On Manorama / Home> My News / by Sunil VP / Wednesday – October 29th, 2014