Residents jive to pop music at Times Evening

KOLKATA: Forgetting the rigour of a routined life, the It was yet another fun filled joyous evening for residents of Sneha Garden apartment at Rai Bahadur Road had a joyous time at the Times Evening organised by last Saturday, as The Times of India last Saturday.
The event was organised organised 'Times Evening' presented by Volkswagen in association with Club Mahindra, Colors, Medica Superspeciality Hospital and Aviva Life Insurance, while the prizes were sponsored by Canon, IFB, Palki, Camarena, Propello Innovations Pvt Ltd, Sun-kwik, Manyavar, Rolex Opticals , Chowman and Tangerine.
More than a hundred people from the apartment participated in the programmes. The old and the young exuded with enthusiasm and excitement. The evening kicked off with a sit-and-draw competition for children between 6 to 12 years of age. A total of 25 kids were seen colouring the canvas with figments of their imagination. Residents, from the elderly to the children alike soaked into the spirit as they participated with full hearted enthusiasm and excitement.
The evening kicked off with the sit and draw competition for the children of the housing complex, aged between 6 t0 12. A total of 25 children participated in the contest. The participants were asked to draw as they like.
Adrita Podder stood first, while the second and third prize were bagged by Niti Chopra and Kajol Navander.
Next in line was came the cooking competition where the women of the complex stirred up some came up with some delicious mouthwatering dishes. Sakshi Bubna was awarded the first prize for her mango pudding. Baked rice with spaghetti, an exotic creation by Navita Bahuwala, bagged the second position, while won the second prize for her unique baked rice with spaghetti, and Khusboo Gupta won the third price for her delicious chocolate pudding. A special prize was given to six-year-old Manan Agarwal for making masala muri.
The made for each other contest was next on the list. Then came the interesting made for each other contest for husband and wife couples.
A total of eight couples from the housing complex fought it out with each other. Ajay and Navita Bahuwala came judged the first. prize winner as Pankaj and Kabita Agarwal were the judged the second prize winners and Ravi and Lakshmi Nandan came third. was the third prize winners.
The Times Tambola contest followed close at heels. came the much exciting Times Tambola contest.
The Jaldi Five was won by Dhanatree Navander and 1st row went to Ishita Agarwal. Anubha Babri And Prakash Saraf emerged winners of the 2nd row winner was Anubha Babri and 3rd row respectively. winner was Prakash Saraf.
The Full House was won by Sarthak Bahuwala.
Apart from these, the evening also stood witness to singing perfomances and elocution by several residents. Both young and the old alike participated in this programme. more than 10 participants from the children to elderly gave individual singing and elocution performance.
The day drew to an end programme ended with a excellent musical performance by Bengali band Nightingale. The lead singer Debanshu Majumder belted out some popular numbers as residents clapped and jived to the tunes.