Wednesday, 15 February 2023

Of Friendship with Humans, Plants, Animals KBG-80

 Another Valentines Day. Emoji of hearts, arrows, cupid and the like have flooded the media. But Ghumakkad has always said that Nature is your best valentine. Care for Nature, she will take care of you! 

Our cover picture conveys the same message. It shows a Bhutia pup in Meghalaya being cuddled by a dog-lover! Unconditional love by the animal! That is real valentine.

We have carried numerous stories conveying this theme. Re-sharing some of the stories if you haven't browsed it earlier.

The first story titled 'Friends and Facebook' portrays the 'friends' which we acquire on social media. Such friends, are they real? Rabindranath Tagore's quote below conveys it all.

Nature creates friends among the species of birds and animals. Like the Cormorant and the Turtle in the picture below. Please read turtle for tortoise in the picture.


The story titled 'Mutualism by Nature' showcases many animals and birds mutually dependent upon each other.


Covid Pandemic brought many challenges like we could not celebrate Diwali with friends and neighbours. Why not celebrate it with the birds? Read our story 'Celebrating Diwali with Birds'. Picture of a Common Coot says it all.


Another story titled 'Valentine Beyond Humans' emphasised the theme of the present story. See the picture below.

'Plants and Flowers as Valentines' was our story for V-Day 2021. See the collage below.


The Contest
When another Valentines Day arrived, it re-ignited our previous thoughts and stories. We had selected a picture of college friends for KBG-80, the 80th edition of our online captions contest Kaun Banega Ghumakkad.

The Contest received overwhelming response. We thank all the participants for their creative captions which are listed below.

No.

Name

Caption for KBG-80 Contest

1

Zafar Naseem

"Atoot dosti”, Unbreakable friendship.

2

VV Ramani

May not meet frequently but never go apart

3

Vinod Dhanuka

Gazing together in Future

4

Vinod Agarwal

Harmony in Silence

5

Vijay Uppal

Friends are brothers from different mothers

6

Veeky Baths

The best gift of life is friendship!

7

Suchitra Chaudhuri

Friends are like dopamine. Instant spirit lifters.

8

Shekhar Murthy

Timeless Bond

9

Shekhar Murthy

Eternal Voyage

10

Sanjay Patnaik

Friends in real world are real... Else, it's a showbiz...

11

Rohini Tiwari

Yeh haath zindagi bhar galey se lagey rehte hain!

12

Ritu Bhargava

Seek the companionship of virtuous friends rather than virtual friends.

13

Ritu Bhargava

Good times, happy memories and crazy friends.

14

Rekha Bhargava

मँह से कुछ ना बोल , झप्पी ने खोली पोल।

15

Rekha Bhargava

मिल गई दुनिया की दौलत , यारों की प्यार की झप्पी से

16

Rashmi Bhargava

Friends don't let friends do silly things alone

17

Ramdas B Dhavare

Birds of the same feather flock together.'

18

Ramanand Baliga

The three idiots!

19

Rajendra Singh

Hum sath sath hain

20

Raghu Trivedi

Teen jism magar ek jaan hai hum.

21

Raghuraj

Tera Haath Mera Saath

22

Radhika Sareen

Time doesn't come back, but friends do…

23

Radhika Sareen

कुछ भी हो, दोस्त तो दोस्त ही है

24

Radhika Sareen

साथ है स्वार्थ नहीं....

25

Prashant Jadenavar

New Generation! New Dreams! New Expeditions! New Revolution!

26

Poonam Bhargava

A multi-faced gift of God to everyone!

27

Poonam Bhargava

If you have even a few good friends, your riches know no bounds!

28

Nirmal Bhargava (86y)

जैसे चांदनी गगन में,जैसे खुशबू चमन में,
वैसे दोस्ती जीवन में

29

Peter de Padua

Together we stand, supportive and strong.

30

Nidhi Bhargava

Difficult to find a true friend, easy to "BE ONE"

31

Nidhi Bhargava

दर्द मे मरहम, कांटों में फूल, अंधेरे  मे टिमटिमाता दिया...ऐसे हैं दोस्त

32

MV Vasudevan

Though Friday ends,
But FRI-ENDS for forever!

33

Manju Khetan

ये दोस्ती हम नहीं तोड़ेंगे छोड़ेंगे दम मगर तेरा साथ छोड़ेंगे।

34

Anonympus-4

Bum-chums

35

Anonymous-3

Co-conspirators

36

Mamta Bhargava

Friends are our lifeline!

37

LS Bhargava

Being friendly is the key of positivity and togetherness.

38

Jyoti Dixit

Friends together gather wisdom and experience.

39

J Ramamoorty

Hum panchi ek daal ke.

40

Gopu K

Together we from secured Open Terrace to challlenging Open World....Stay together to Conquer.......

41

Deepak Jena

Friend has no end.

42

Deepak Jena

Distance and time can't break them apart.

43

Deepak Jena

Friendship isn't a big thing it's a million little things.

44

CD Sawant

Yeh Dosti Hum Nahi Chhodenge.

45

C Raghuram

Kal, aaj aur kal, sabse haseen doston ke saath bitaye huey pal

46

BR Natarajan

Friends do not ask the way if it's for hell or heaven

47

Bharat Ladha

दिल की बातें

48

Bharat Ladha

दीदारे यार

49

BC Jayaprakash

"Friends are relatives you make for yourself."

50

Avinash Tiwari

Yaar aaj sham kahan chalen?

51

Anoop Singh

Jhaphi unlimited!

52

Anonymous-2

Friends till the end....

53

Anonymous-1

साथ है तो कुछ भी असंभव नही

54

Amandeep Kaur

You can’t do epic stuff with basic people, vibe attracts the tribe.

55

Amandeep Kaur

The Monica, Racheal and Phoebes of the college

56

Ajai Bhumri

दोस्ती की वजूद से दुनिया चल रही है।
ना मंजूर हो तो खुदा से पूछ लो।

57

Aayush Paroolkar (11 years)

The Three Musketeers.

The Winners

Our Jury has selected four winning captions as highlighted in the table above. We congratulate the winners with their brief profiles below.

Veeky Baths is a regular participant in KBG Contests. He has won the contest several times. Veeky holds a PhD and is a Professor at BITS Pilani Goa campus. His research area includes cognitive neuroscience. His caption appealed to the Jury instantly


Rekha Bhargava is an alumnus of Birla Balika Vidyapeeth Pilani and Delhi University. She has been a teacher. She loves travelling and meeting people. A regular participant in KBG Contests, her caption in Hindi brought out what bear hugs among friends mean!


Radhika Sareen is an electronics engineer from BITS Pilani who has worked with TCS for three decades. A keen traveller she is a regular participant in KBG Contests. Her caption in Hindi brought out the selfless aspect of a true friendship. It caught the Jury's eye.


Peter de Padua writes creatively and has won several KBG Contests in the past also. A former Wing Commander of IAF, Peter is a water sport enthusiast. His caption signifies the strength of a friendship and won the Jury's appreciation.


Once again we congratulate all the winners.

Hope the KBG series of contests have helped you to divert your mind away from the boredom of Covid pandemic. Our next series of contest will bring a new theme.

Stay connected and thanks for browsing.

    -Harsh-the-Ghumakkad with Neeta Bhargava/ Secunderabad 15th Feb 2023



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