JULY MEETING: DEMONSTRATION BY SENSEI PUSHKALA SIGNIFICANACE OF LINES IN IKEBANA ATTENDED BY NEW CONSUL GENERAL OF JAPAN IN CHENNAI AND HIS WIFE
Our First meeting of the annual Sogetsu Calendar was held at the ABK centre on Saturday the 6th of July. Our Chairperson Mrs Malathi Pandurang had invited the new Consul General of the Embassy of Japan in Chennai Mr Muneo Takahashi and his wife Madam Mrs Mitsyo Takahashi.Thirteen members participated in this meeting. Sensei Meenakshi Sarin welcomed the chief guests in her address Mr Takahashi also briefly addressed the members. Sensei Pushkala had invited Dr.P.D Gupta for this demonstration of hers. Together Sensei Pushkala and Dr.P.D Gupta have brought out many publications on a wide range of subjects including the adverse effect of certain lighting on the human body and infertility . Our Chairperson introduced the new Consul General and his wife and also our demonstrator Sensei Dr Pushkala and thus began the meeting. The theme for her demonstration was " Significance of lines in Ikebana". For her first arrangement,Sensei Pushkala had used a ceramic nagiere