Mysore Utsav - 2007
'Is Sustainable Living Possible?'
Venue: Vanaranga, Rangayana, Mysore, India
21st January 2007 10.30 am to 4 pm

Planning at Rangayana Cafe	Promoting the event with student journalists
Speakers chatting before the event	Lokesh, organiser, with Parashuram - Odanadi Founder
Sriniwas Raju and Ramdas	Morning session
The Utsav was inauguarated by Devanur Mahadev by distributing organically grown bananas. We had three sessions as below First Session Lingadevaru Halemane - Playwright and Critic U R Anantha Murthy - Jnanapeeth Award Winner Chidambara Rao Jambe - Rangayana Director Devanoor Mahadeva - Sahitya Academy Winner Session 2 U N Ravikumar - Director - Centre for Appropriate Rural Technologies (CART) NIE Mysore on Rainwater Harvesting L C Nagaraj - Writer and Research Fellow - Svaraj -Society for Voluntary Action, Revitalisation and Justice Swami Anand - Author of the bestselling book on organic farming and convenor of the successful Organic Farming Workshops in Karnataka. Final Session Manu - Founder of Mysore Amateur Naturalists, Recipient of Sanctuary-ABN AMRO Wildlife Awards 2005 for his 10 year work at Kokkare Bellur. Srinivas Raju - Mangaing Trustee, Navachetana Trust K Ramdas - Progressive Thinker
Manu, organiser and presenter of event	Vanaranga
Speakers and organisers	Sridhar, one of the organisers
Audience participation	UN Ravi Kumar and LC Nagaraj
Sridhar presents books to Swami Anan	Some links from the English newspapers are as below     The Hindu     Deccan Herald     Deccan Herald