8 year old Karthik Raj is a budding poet.  He lives in Kenton , UK. Karthik is 4th Grade student of Mt. Stewart Jr School. He’s also a good cricket player.  Karthik is Anand Puravangara’s(former NEMA President) nephew. Below are 2 poems by Karthik , his impressions about 2 seasons – Autumn and Winter.

Autumns Here by

Autumns here and there is nothing to fear.

The fresh chilly air is
oh, so fair.

At night, you can hear the wind
making a creaking sound on your
window pane,
And the branches of trees tapping
again and again.

The leaves of the finest trees
start to shredder,
While we would be cosy
in our nice warm leather.

It is now time to turn the clocks
one hour back,
Because the length of light
is very lacked .

At morning the Rooster gives its
loudest cock’a'doodledoo,
And the best part is that, this is
all just  for you!
The birds start their wonderful songs,
But listen carefully they don’t last long!

Now its time for winter,
I hope your time was great,
Please come back next year,
WE MIGHT EVEN HAVE A AUTUMN
FAIT!!!!
***************
Winters Morning

Winters morning when the days are colder,
The icy trees become bare,
Soon after the days will become shorter,
What a magical sight to stare,

Squirrels, birds, rabbits and bears
all bring their food to share,
They scavenge for food for their young,
while the humans have some fun,

I love Winter,
I hope you do,
Snow men snow fights and
tomato soup,

I love Winter,
I know you do,
Now its time for the Spring,

NEMA’s 2009 Halloween Party was a fun filled evening . Monsters and Ghosts of all sizes and shapes attended the event. Costumes, contests, music, food, dance  were the main ingrdients of the evening. The event was arranged by NEMA Youth group. The hightlight of the event was the ‘House of Horrors’ built by NEMA youth group.Please click below to see the Halloween album.

2009 Halloween Party

Another Malayalam star show making it’s way to Boston area.

This show is directed by National Award winning director Rajeevnath.

Details about Artists:

• Nedumudi Venu
• KPAC Lalitha
• Jayaraj Warrier
• Nandu
• Devi Chandana
• Sayanora
• Krishna Mohan
• Seema G Nair
• Kishore Varma
• Anju Mohandas
• Salini
• BabuJose(Keyboard)

Venue:  Marlboro Middle School, 25 Union St, Marlboro, MA

Date and Time: 10/10/2009, 6:30 PM
For tickets please click here.

More details about the show here.

Anand Puravangara took this beautiful picture.  And it inspired him to write this short poem.

Spring

Spring

Am I the best, of  us the four?
Am I the one you want to see most?
Got to go now as fall knocks the door
Will I be missed until my turn?

Yours
Spring

We are pleased to announce the results of the 1st Annual NEMA short
film competition.

The final five submissions were

1. “Are You From India?” by Team Pandarakalam
2. “Aspirations” by H1N1 Productions
3. “Blueberry Killer” by Chillara Creations
4. “Fortune Cookies” by Minnesota Malayalees
5. “Yaathranantharam” by Team VAAS

We were fortunate to have the following individuals in our judging panel;
1. Abi Varghese of the Akkara Kazhcha team
2. Ajayan Venugopalan of Akkara Kazhcha team
3. Anup Sugunan – a professional actor/director based in Hollywood, CA.

Teams H1N1 Productions and Minnesota Malayalees started out with 5
penalty points for exceeding the allocated 10 minutes.

Leading teams in individual categories were as follows :
1. Cinematography  – VAAS
2. Screenplay – Minnesota Malayalees
3. Acting(Film) OR Subject Matter (Documentary) – H1N1
4. Sound/Technical Aspects – H1N1
5. Creativity – Minnesota Malayalees
6. Overall Impression – H1N1

The judges have weighed in and the WINNER is … (drumroll
please)….”Aspirations” by H1N1 Productions(Part 1 and Part 2).  The judges were
unanimous in their decision and H1N1 Productions won inspite of
starting with a five point penalty.

Click here for the play list of final 5 entries.

NEMA Office bearers 2009-10

Onam celebrations 2009, held on 5th September 2009 was a huge success. A sumptuos Ona sadya, Maveli and delicious programs and a record crowd. On that occassion the office bearers of 2009-10 were also announced.

This years Onam celebrations would be held tomorrow at  Oak Middle School, Shrewsbury.  As  always, NEMA has arranged a host of exciting and innovative programs.  Highlights  of this upcoming Onam celebrations are:

• Pookkalam
• Sadya
• Songs by guest singer Thahseen
• Photowall
• Procession with Maveli
• “Thiruvaathira”
• “Men’s Thiruvathira”
• “Vaividhyangalude Naadu” – A themed short fashion show
• Ona Madhurima  – a group song written, composed and sung by community talents including professionals.
• Various dances and music
• Newly elected Officials for 2009-10 will be introduced during the short business meeting.

For timing and details of the event, please click here.

Take part in this Onam festivities and make this year’s Onam a memorable one.

Inviting budding, amateur, professional, hobby photographers of our community to participate in ‘Photo Wall’. This is an opportunity to display your photographic skills during the upcoming NEMA’s Onam Program.  All you have to do is to make a poster out of your favorite photograph and bring along to the Onam show. NEMA will be setting up a special display area for these special photos.  Send us an email if you wish to participate.

Note: Each photographer can bring a maximum of 3 posters.

Came across an interesting piece of news:

China has admitted that its pharmaceutical companies were involved in shipping fake drugs labeled ‘Made In India’ to Nigeria.

“The Chinese authorities have accepted this position (that its firms were involved in the case),” an official said.

“The Indian government took up the matter with the Nigerian authorities and on further probe, it was found that the drugs had actually originated in China and not in India,” he added[China admits its companies' involvement in fake drugs case].

Shows the success of Indian pharma companies as well as the extremes companies go to sell stuff – Happy and scary at the same time.