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NEWS & HAPPENINGS
SCULPTURE IN WOOD: SYMPOSIUM Samay Chakra 2005
Thirty two established sculptors and
painters gathered at the Sirjana College
of Fine Arts from 21 st July to 4 th August
2005 to participate in a workshop called
‘Sculptures in Wood: Symposium 2005’.
Besides Srijana College of Fine Arts,
‘Arambha’-Contemporary Nepali
Bhandari, Om Khatri, Pushpa Sherchan,
Raju Pithakoti, Ram Krishna Bhandari,
Ravindra Jyapoo, Sharada Man Shrestha
and Sudarshan B. Rana.
The artists involved were Chanda
Shrestha, Kiran Manadhar, Navindra
Sculptors’ Group was the co-collaborator.
The participating sculptors were 80 year
old Prof. Govinda Narayan Jyapoo,
Baikuntha Man Shrestha, Bijay Maharjan,
Bhuvan Thapa ‘Bahuvi’, Indira Shrestha
‘Kamala’, Indra Khatri, Kamalesh
Maharjan, Kishor Rajbhandari,
Narendra B. Shrestha, Narendra
Rajbhandari, Rajan Kafle, Shanker Raj
Singh Suwal, Sharada Ranjit, Sunil K.
Ranjit, Sunita Rana and Uttam Nepali.
Harka B. Shakya, Hridaya Ballav Pandey
Krishna Manandhar, Pravin K. Shrestha,
Purna Kazi Shakya and Uttam Kharel
were the participants from the Lalit Kala
Campus faculty. Although the workshop
was supposed to finish on the 4 th August,
many of the artists could be seen on the
premises of Sirjana Art Gallery till the
second week, still hard at work trying to
put the final touches to their creations.
One could judge that wood sculpting
must be a strenuous art form, specially
for the ladies, as evidenced from the
exhausted bearing of Pushpa, whose well
rounded work in yellowish Haldi wood
seemed almost finished. It was heartening
to see the octogenarian, Prof. Govind
Narayan Jyapoo, still as enthusiastic as
in his more youthful days, hammering
away at his chisel, a look of pure
happiness on his good natured face. S
LAUNCH OF 24X7 CUSTOMER CARE CENTRE IN KATHMANDU
On 15th August 2005, Parryware, a
division of EID Parry (India) Ltd. and
part of the Rs. 6200 crore Murugappa
Group, launched its 24x7 Customer Care
Centre in Kathmandu. The CCC has
been planned to come up within three
months. Besides complaint resolution,
bathroom designing, products installation
and bathroom renovation, the CCC also
provides annual maintenance service of
bathrooms. Resolution of complaints is
assured within 48 hours according to the
press release and there is a 6 months
warranty against functional defects.
Another major advantage guaranteed is
the availability of genuine bathroom
product spares. The occasion was also
taken advantage of to introduce
Parryware’s range of taps and fittings,
which according to General Manager
George Angelo, is an addition to the
Company’s regular line that includes
closets, bidets, basins, pedestals, cisterns,
urinals, lab sinks, electronic flushing
systems, waterless urinals, bath tubs, seat
covers, kitchen sinks and other
accessories. With this addition, the
company now claims to have
transformed itself into a total bathroom
solutions provider. S
20 SEP-OCT 2005 SPACES