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
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