I Speak my mind

I W elcome you all to our prestigious Kerala School Art Festival 2012 (Kerala Kaloltsavam). Present It is a one week grand festival kicked off at Jan 16th (From Jan 16 to Jan 22). It is a cultural extravaganza which showcases our state's various art forms and literature. It is a high school level competition (from high school to plus two). We have school level and district level competition before reaching this grand finale, where talents are at its zenith. It is a platform where you can can see upcoming talents in the fields of classical instruments and music, folk music, wide range of traditional dance forms of our country and also talents in literature. In a nutshell,it is a balance which weighs our state's talent in art forms and literature. It is the 52nd Kerala Art-Festival which is going on in Thrissur, the cultural capital and also world famous for our "Thrissur Pooram". The festival is monitored by the education department of the state.

As a country, politically and scientifically, we have not much to be proud of,looking forward to 2012. But i think, the news of knighthood to Venkataraman Ramakrishnan captured every ones attention. Most of us didn’t even know this man and the fact that he got Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009. Knighthood is given to distinguished personalities for their contribution to important spheres. Here an Indian scientist is awarded with that honour for his contribution to science (Chemistry). It’s definitely  a joyful and inspiring moment for every Indian. Sir Venkataraman Ramakrishnan was born in Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu in 1952. His parents were also well educated. He was moved to Vadodara at the age of three. There, his father was working as the Head of the department of Biochemistry at the Maharaja Sayajirao (M.S.) University of Baroda. His mother was a Ph.D. holder in Psychology. After school Sir Venkataraman’s  education were in U.S.A. He left India at the age of 19. He started h