Enlightened lot
A dancing tribute enlightenment -- that is what this programme at Gautama the Buddha auditorium at Osho Commune held on the evening of September 7 was called. Why? Because the programme was specially staged for the `newly enlightened devotees of Osho.' Three dancers, Sonal Thakkar, Anju Sirikar and Bhavana Jain, who have trained at the Aradhana Institute of Dance performed a dance drama on a Sufi called maujood and a recital of pure classical dance.

Universal question
Why is the universe curved ? While in school, this question must have bothered many of us. On September 18, the scientists at IUCAA (Pune University) aimed at solving this query, for standard IX and X from various Pune schools. THE one-hour lecture, conducted by Naresh Dadihich (scientist at IUCAA), started with the relatively simple Newton's First Law, amidst pin drop silence, the lecture progressed to the higher concepts of special relativity, Black Hole and eventually The Big Bang Theory. The questions asked at the end of the session were the result of serious curiosity and in-depth understanding by the students. "Are Black Holes entrances to other galaxies?" inquired a student. ``Can darkness travel? ''was a question followed by a burst of laughter in the hall. The organisers also plan to hold a workshop for teachers to help in making the education of science more interesting and demonstrative. For the scientifically inclined, the next lecture of the same series is coming up on the October 9 at IUCAA(Chandrashekar Auditorium).