October Contest

Dear Ladies,

We proudly announce this month’s contest

“Kundanapu Bomma”

With this bridal theme, step back to your wedding day once again. Get ready to wow your beloved as you did with your magic on your big day. You get a chance to win the title and who knows your hubby might ask your hand in marriage yet again.

Lipstick, mascara, Kajal, foundation, blush, bronzer etc… pull out all the ammunitions you got and dazzle us with your charm. Else, if you choose to be natural with no makeup and let your natural glow take the title away.

Keep it minimal or go over the top.
Keep it traditional or go modern
This is your time to be bride again.. [bYour way!!!

BTW.. all the preggies out there, you too participate and enjoy the fun of being a bride while pregnant- the Hollywood style!!
Rules (Got to have some for fun):

1) Contest restricted to Hair style & Make up and voting shall only be based on this. You can adorn your hair style with trinkets. Your dress and jewelry will not be counted for this competition. Please focus on your makeup and hair and choose to keep the rest normal. Don’t let the rest of the appearance distract the voters.


2) Participants are requested to send the entry as video/slide show. The video should display the before and after and even better with step by step process detailed out. You are also welcome to talk over the video and explain the steps involved.

3) The length of the video should be between 1 to 2 minutes. A minimum of 1 min and maximum of 2 minutes).

4) By the way, no help. It’s your TIA wedding day, so why involve others?


Biiiiiiiig Day!! – 20th Oct 2010 -5PM EST
( Last day to send in your entries)

Hold Your Breath – 20th Oct 2010 (Polling Starts)

Almost There – 27th Oct 2010 ( Polling Ends)

If we are out of the beauty spell, we will announce the “KUNDANAPU BOMMA” on 29th Oct 2010

Your brides maids,
Kalyani, Pratyusha, Suchitra

September Contest

Selavala Sandhadi Sampradayala Hadavidi Contest

Selavala Sandhadi Sampradayala Hadavidi Contest
Selavala Sandhadi Sampradayala Hadavidi Contest

Andaru weekends lo baaga enjoy chesi untaru, inka mana pandagalu kooda
baaga jarugutunnaye kada...vaatini mana TIA sodharulatho panchukondi
photo collage video tho....

Meeru cheyavalasindhi enti ante

1. Meeru selavalo mee kutumba sabyula tho gadipina konni andhamaina
photos ni video lo petti maku pampandi ade nandi selavalo meeru chesina sandhadi

2. Ee rojulo kuda manalo chala mandhi sampradhayala ki aadam patte la
chesina konni pandagala hadavidi photos

Maku pampandi

Rules

1. Video should be of minimum 1 minute and maximum 3 minutes.
2. Only one entry per individual.
3. Photos should be either your vacation related or festival related. You
can combine only vacation photos or only festival photos if you do not have both.
4. Photos should have been taken by the participant or by immediate family spouse/Children.
5. Participant should not use the internet downloaded photos or photos
taken by their friends or distant family.
6. Photos should not be older than 1 year.
7. Video should have clear audio.
8. Please mention the occasion or the place that the photos contain.

Send your entries to: tiacontest.everymonth@gmail.com

* Contest begins on : Sep 8th 2010
Last date for sending your entries: Sep 20th 2010 11:59PM PST
Polling Dates :Sep 21-28th
Results and Certificates: Sep 29th-30th

Please check selavalasandhadisampradayalahadavi.blogspot.com/ for more
information

Good luck to all Participants
Radha Kishore, Srilatha Suri & Chaitra Arni

August Contest

August Contest - POGADARAA BHOOMI BHARATHI NI

August Contest - POGADARAA BHOOMI BHARATHI NI (Paatala Poteelu)
"Paadavoyi Bharateeyudaaa.. Aadi Paadavoyi Vijayageetikaa......"
Ee mana Aravayi Moodava Swantantra Dinotsava Veduka Sandharbham gaa, mee aatalu kanula vindu gaavincha lekapoyina, mee paatalu veenula vindugaa pondalani, maa ee paatala poti prayatnam.

Ee poti okka pratyekata emante, ee samyam lo manam prapancham lo ye moolaunna, mana desaanni gnyaptiki techchukuni kevalam desa bhakti paatalu paadi manam putti perigina aa matti ki ankitam cheyyalani maa prardhana.

Mari maa prardhana ni mannistoo, meerandaru utsaaham gaa ee poti lo palugoni mammlandarini utteja parustaarani aakankshistunnam.
Niyamamulu mariyu Nibhandanalu kinda bhaagam lo teliyaparichi unnavi :


1. Paata, Desa Bhakti geetham ayi undali.
2. Kaneesamu moodu nimishamulu (3 minutes) ayi undaali.
3. MP3 kani WAV vidhaanum lo ayi undaali.
4. Telugu lo kani samskrutham lo ayina paadi undaali.
5. Okaru okka paata ni mathrame paadali.
6. mundu padina patalu ni pampicharadhu.patalu kothavi padi undali.
7.Paata edi ayina kavachu - cinema pata kaani, lalita geetam kaani, mee sontha pata kani edi ayina kavachu kani desa bhakti di ayyi undaali.

Machchu ka ki oka desa bhakti geetam, ee diguva ichchina website lo prachurincha badi unnadi. akkadaki vellinacho, meeru paata vinagalaru. oka vela paata aadani pakshamuna, daya chesi mari okkasari prayatninchedaru. Paata aadutaku website lo kontha samayamu pattedanu ani grahinchagalaru

http://bhoomibharathi.blogspot.com/ 

 

August Contest - PRAISE THY MOTHERLAND

August Contest - PRAISE THY MOTHERLAND (singing competition)
The main effort of this competition is to bring in everybody together inspite of the difference in time and place, to cherish our Independence day through patriotic songs.

We request you to actively participate and enjoy singing in our Nation's glory. The rules of the competition are:


1. The song should be a patriotic song
2.The minimum time length of the song should be 3 mins
3.The recorded format of the song should be either in .WAV or .mp3 format
4.The song should be either in telugu or sanskrit
5.Only one song per entry
6.Previously sung and recorded songs should not be sent. The song should have been newly recorded
7.Song can be own composition, movie songs , private songs but should be a patriotic song

We have uploaded a sample song in the website:
http://bhoomibharathi.blogspot.com/

You should be able to see the sample song in this website, if you are unable to see the song, please refresh the page once or twice as it takes little time for the player to load on to the page

The last date for sending in the entries: Aug 20th 2010 11:59PM PST
Polling starts on :Aug 22nd 8:00AM PST
Polling ends on:Aug 28th 11:59PM PST
Results will be announced on:Aug 31st 8:00AM PST


Gayathri
Sree Lakshmi
Swathi

 

Poetry on TIA

Pushkala Kavuri - June 2008 (source - TIA Magazine 1)

VeVela Rangula Nandanavanam , Kusuma Komalula MadhuVanam ,
Vignana Veechikala Samaahaaram , Bhavodvegala Prabhanjanam ,
Subhakankshala Madhura Jnapakam , Subhaseessula Aalinganam ,
Aapannulaku Sneha Hastam , Krongotta Snehala Manihaaram ,
Aata Paatala Vinoda Vihangam , Abhiruchulu -Shadruchula Sammelanam ,
Prasnalu -Samadhanala Konte Vihaaram , Samaachara Vichaarala Nitya Pravaham ,
Vadileyyagalama ee Ayaskanta Teeram , Anduke Vastamu Prati Udayam -Sayantram...
Inni Kalabothala ee Teluginti Tarunula Kuteerana ....Jarupukundamu Padandi
Dwiteeya Vaarshikotsavam

Nischala Anand - August 2009

Ode to TIA..

We are the girls of TIA
we rock the world as we go...

We are a beautiful sisterhood,
never leave each other, never we could,
we share our sorrows and little joys,
leaving our hubbys to play with toys,
We strive to be better day by day,
helping each other in every way,

We are the girls of TIA,
We rock the world as we go...

We discuss anything under the sun,
sometimes serious, sometimes fun,
movies, fashion,music, food,
any topic for us is good,
not to forget, religious, we are,
outlook modern, traditional at heart,
nothing is too small for us to share,
in times of trouble, we do care,
contests bring out the talents in us,
life itself is a celebration for us.

we are the girls of TIA,
We rock the world as we go...

Swarna Shiva - July 2010

.......... Chestharu veeru vantagadhilo gumagumalu,
Sogasula lokam lo Soyagalu
Andhalaki aparamji bommalu
Selayeti gattuna pillagalulu pade padamati sandhya ragalu
Ma Thelugu Inti Adapaduchulu .............

.......... Veeri manasulu thellanina mallelu
Veeri prema chendhruni challani vennelalu
Jalutharu chirunavula jallulu
Ammala kuripistharu anuragalu
choopistharu apyayathalu
Kutumbam kosam avutharu kovothulu
Karuguthu panchutharu Kanthulu
Maa TELUGU INTI ADAPADUCHULU
veeriki ive na Subhakankshalu.

July Contest Info

July contest: Kodak Moments-Creativity at its best

Mee chitraala chaaturya vishistam,

Vaatiki tagina vaakhyaala sreshtam,

Ee renditi samishtam,

Chestundi mimmalni Jyeshtam,

Ledu indulo kashtam,

Kaadule meeku ee poti klishtam,

Ennukovadam mee ishtam,

Gelavatam vaari adrushtam!!,

Mee camera ku, camera tho paate mee oohalaku panipette poti- "Kodak Moments"
Meeru teesina chitraaniki sari tooga gala vaakhyaanni pondu parachadame ee poti. Meeru teesina chitram, daaniki sarigga saripoye vaakhyaanni batti potilo ennukovadam jarugutundi.

Konni vudaaharanalu- http://picasaweb.google.com/tiacontest.everymonth/KodakMomentsExamples#.

July contest: Kodak Moments-Creativity at its best

Chitraaniki Niyamanibhandhanalu-

1) Oka pravesaaniki oka chitram maatrame. Kalagalipina chitraalu sweekarimpabadavu.
2) Vudaaharana chitraalu kevalam vudaaharanale ! chitreekarimpabadina chitaalu, Internet nundi teesukunina chitraalanu pampavaddani manavi.
3) Chitram 3 nelala lopale teesinavayyi vundaali.
4) Enduku meeru aa chitraanni potiki paapaalanukunnaro vivarinchandi (deenini batti vijethanu ennukovadam jaragadu. Idi kevalam mee abipraayaanni telusukovadaanike ! )
5) Nalupu-Telupu Chitraalu, Eastman rangulu leda rangu chitraalanu pampavachu .

Vaakhyaaaniki Niyamanibhandhanalu-

6) Chitraaniki tagina vaakhyaanni tappanisariga raayaali. 3 panktulani minchakunda raayaali.
7) Mee sonta vaakhyaalu / saametalu/ Manchi maatalu evaina raayochu. Pustakaalaina, Internet ayina, evarinaina adigi telusukunna parvaaledu.
8) Vaakhyaalu kevalam telugu, aanglam leda telugaangla bhashalo vundaali. (Telugaanglam= Telugu mariyu English kalipi raayatam)
9) Telugu lipi vaadina vaaru, ade vaakyaanni aangla lipi lo kudaa raayaali.

Mukhya maina thedeelu,


Mee Pravesamu pampavalasina aakharu thedi - Vikruthi naama samvastaram, aashaada maasa sukla paksha Dasami varaku- July 20th 2010 artha raatri 12 varaku
Ennikalu modalayye thedi - Vikruthi naama samvastaram, aashaada maasa sukla paksha Ekadasi - July 21st 2010

Ennikalu mugiyu thedi - Vikruthi naama samvastaram, aashaada maasa Krishna paksha Tadiya varaku- July 29th 2010

Gelichina vari vivaralu mariyu Prasamsa Patraalu Ivvabadu Thedi - Vikruthi naama samvastaram, aashaada maasa Krishna paksha Panchami- July 31st 2010

by
Manjeera,
Lavanya &
Jaya Sree

History of TIA In Swathi's Words

Well Sree asked me to write something about my journey in TIA and lots of thoughts have come back recollecting the journey so far. Its been 4 years since i started this virtual group something which i started to kill my boredom and explore the online social networking system. 4 years back when me and my husband stayed in Germany, i had no friends other than my husband's few colleagues. I was introduced to orkut during those days by my sister. Internet always played a great role in my personal life as i met my husband through internet. So, this online social networking excited me and made few friends like Amulya and Neelima who were totally strangers to me. We bonded very well and we all came to the idea of making a community so that we can add more telugu married ladies like us and can have more fun. Little did we know that community started like that would grow up to become such a important part of life for so many woman across the world. For the first four months i used to send request to telugu married ladies to join the community and later most of the members started joining through word of mouth.

Well every good thing has to have a bad thing. As Sree has mentioned, community got attacked by few psycho hackers many a times. The original community which started on 21st June 2006 had to be deleted and i started the community again with same name of course but in a better organised way. With suggestion of one of the TIA member Pushpa , I felt its better to accept members by verifying them on phone which would prevent from accepting fake profiles. Since then TIA has become my full time job. Each and every member of TIA unless i know them personally has been verified on phone and a proper database of members has been maintained. As community grew i needed few moderators who could share my work. Since last one and half year many TIA members volunteered to become moderators with whose help TIA has been running smoothly without any major issues. Thus far, this is TIA's history.

When it comes TIA's role in my life, what i have given to the community, it has given me back many folds of that gratitude. It has helped me shape into a better person and its been always a learning process. It has members from various academic fields, members with various talents, members from all continents of the world and members of all ages, all having common base of being a telugu speaking married woman. It is a knowledge powerhouse on its own. With TIA, i can proudly say i have a friend in every part of the world.

This blog itself is another leap for TIA's journey. Talented members like Sree, Kalpana, Sireesha, Usha, etc are giving their time and energy to organize the knowledge we share in orkut in a more systematic and useful way for all its members and people at large who can benefit through this. Lets all come together, as we have come together for our beloved TIA community, for shaping up this blog in a beautiful way by giving suggestions, volunteering and appreciating the hard work going behind.

Swathi a.ka. Mrs. TIA.

Why a Blog???

Being a part of TIA right since the time it was still TIA and not Mrs. TIA and being through the journey along side Swathi and many of the fellow-TIAns and having known the sense of loss when we kind of lost of our community to hackers and a lot of other happenings in it, I had thought about a database to prevent data loss and what started then is being continued still, so a big yay!! to me for having sustaining interest so far...

The loss and regain episodes will be mentioned by Swathi in her Journey in a post shortly hereafter., the idea of a blog or a database to store the valuable data and puts shared by many women across the world and here we have the blog all for ourselves... In no way is it going to steal the thunder from under TIA, it is just a listing of what happens over there, an overview at a glance...

Managing the community the way Swathi does with the help of few handpicked volunteers is really awesome. She guards it like a lioness and at times seems to be a HITLER as we lovingly call her, but all said and done, TIA is what it is because of her. What happens undercurrent never effects the day to day proceedings and that is the best part of it. There have been ups and downs, but we stood and got stronger thanks to each and every active participant and contributor.

To me, initially, it was just a time pass when I was abroad, lonely, no job, nothing to do after the husband goes to office, no one to chat with online, parents fast asleep due to time difference.. but without even realizing when and how it became an integral part of my life.. meant for social networking "orkut" and its communities come and go but to me, this one will stay forever.

Started way back in the last leg of 2007, stopped in between for a while and then reactivated in 2009 and continuing ever since, even the blog has crossed several milestones...

A certain section of the blogroll if you note has been inactive for a while, like Pregnancy Concepts, Beauty etc which have been untouched for long.. Reader's Corner too would have been in that category had it not been for Prasanna's intervention and later Sireesha's initiative.. avid reader, busy mom, student, working woman.. she manages all those roles with ease.. a big thanks to her!!!

Coming to active exclusive TIA blogs.. a biiiiiiiiiig applause to Usha for taking forward Shadruchulu from where Shraavzzz left and putting up prompt updates.. I remember the data dumped by me at one location with one template change and this was sorted and brought to order by Shraavz.  Now, it is Usha who keeps it alive.. yay!!!!

A writer herself, taking forward the initiative of story writing and serial writing by Shireen, Swathi does a great job of updating the writers' blog.. it is amazing to see so much of talent.

The couple of blogs that are inactive are Beauty and Pregnancy.. Srividya did her best for a while, Hima Bindu did an awesome job of collecting the data and my job got easier, just copy and paste.. so it is kind of crude without refinement during the latter part as my focus shifted from pregnancy to child care and no active volunteering offered..

Beauty started by Hyma is still waiting for volunteers... any help??????

The only odd man out in this whole blog-o-mix is First Steps, my personal blog, predominantly from my experiences and explorations but cannot deny the role of TIAns in gaining that.. the contributors in this blog may not necessarily be members of TIA or from the community info alone, any committed source who can give any value addition is welcome.. hence it cant be categorized as an exclusive TIA blog.. Among TIA'ns Renuka, Keerthi, and Visa are the contributors.

So, in this month to celebrate the anniversary of TIA, we present a whole new blog with makeover and all and a new member roped in to help... Kalpana, a word about her is, she is my best buddy, dedicated and someone who does not rest until the task on hand is done to perfection, so an apt choice!!!

And last but not the least, the appreciation award given to me by Swathi kind of jolted me to action, thanks for that...err.. must say everything emo kada?...

Wish us Good Luck... the entire team of TIA the community as well as the blog, the owners, the moderators, the members, the contributors... and yay!!! We do Rock!!

List of Contests Held Monthly

The Procedure and Conduction of Contests
The contest for the month is selected by a poll within the community.  The winners of the contest in any given month become the organizers of the next month.

September 2010 -- Selavala Sandhadi Sampradayala Hadavidi Contest
A photo collage video contest - Vacation or Festival related.
Blog will not be published due to personal content.

August 2010 -- Pogadaraa Bhoomi Bharathi Ni
A contest to cherish our Independence day through patriotic songs.
Here

July 2010 -- Kodak Moments
A contest for the best moments captured on camera with captions.
Here

June 2010 -- Mrs. Teluginti Nerajaana
A contest to gauge the intellect and presence of mind in any given situation.

HERE.

May 2010 -- Priyamaina Neeku..
A love letter contest to the hubby dearest..
Blog will not be published due to personal content.

April 2010 -- Andamaina Bhaamalu Adiripoye Poselu...
A contest with TIA'ns posing in modern dress, a photo per contestant.
Blog not published due to pics and personal content.

March 2010 -- Mungita Muthyala Muggu/Rangoli Contest
HERE.

February 2010 -- Prematho Sree Vaariki.
Blog taken out due to pics and personal content.

January 2010 -- Muvannela Madhuryam

HERE.

December 2009 -- Painting and Sketching
Here

November 2009 -- Gruha Alankarana Contest -- Interior Decor
Here

October 2009 -- Recipe with pumpkin veggie
Here

September 2009 -- Handmade greeting cards
Here

August 2009 -- Handwriting
Here

July 2009 -- Alpaahaaram -- Snack/Breakfast recipes
Here

June 2009 -- Cool Cool Juices
Here

May 2009 -- Spring Blooms
Here

April 2009 -- Chetta to Chamatkaaram
Here

March 2009 -- Telunginti Kattu
Blog taken out due to pics and personal content.

February 2009 -- Romantic Treat
Blog taken out due to pics and personal content.

January 2009 -- Bake a Cake
Here


December 2008 -- Vari to Varieties
Here

November 2008 -- Pindivantalu
Here

October 2008 -- Rangavalli
Here

August 2008 -- Independence Day
Here

July 2008 -- Artificial Flower Arrangement
here and here

List of contests held in June can be seen in TIA Magazine 1. Now, posting one with the links...

June 2008 -- Mehendi
Here

June 2008 -- Embroidery
Here

June 2008 -- Interior Decoration
Here

June 2008 -- Parody
Here

May 2008 -- Abhiruchi
Here

TIA Supports

In year 2007 TIA as a group took a leap when it was no longer just a group in orkut butextended its wings by showing its generosity towards public at large. After the successful donation to an organization called ‘Banyan’ in 2007, we as a group wanted to keep the tradition to go on every year of public service. As most of our members are staying in different countries, its not possible for us to do some thing more to public with our physical presence but we do hope to reach that level some day.

In year 2008, as promised after lot of discussion with different members, all members agreed to donate money to a small school of Deaf and Dumb students in Suryapeta, A.P, India. This was recommended by our very talented member of TIA, Swapna Komarraju, who also took the responsibility of collecting the money and spending it in the school. Swapna’s parents and siblings cooperated a lot both physically and financially. Other than Swapna’s own contribution, Swapna’s parents too donated money. Collection of money happened twice and the total money collected was Rs 60,000. Unlike in 2007, this time, money was not donated directly by cheque, rather things were bought which would have been useful for school as well as its students for example hearing aids, some games to play, stationery, books, groceries etc. After buying all the required items, Swapna’s father, Mr. Vasudev and siblings went to the school twice personally and donated the items. Though TIA members donated the money, the real credit goes to Mr. Vasudev who took so much interest, hard work and dedication. Kids in the school were moved with the donations and were very happy with the things donated to them.

Ultimately in year 2009, Mr. Vasudev and his friends decided to form their own little charity organization named "Asraah" which would help those students without any middle man in between. This way there will be more transparency as the amount donated by people will reach directly to the students and their needs. Some members of TIA have constantly donated money to the organization every month doing the best they can do for the society. I request everybody whoever reads this post to spread the information about this charity organization and inspire people to donate as this is one of the most genuine organizations with genuine people who are looking forward to do something good for the society.

TIA Supports

The Banyan.
Asraah
Prajwala

Swathi T.

Eenaati Mahila

Meeru Neti Mahila ;)???.. Dont remember which ad caption it was.. but the members of this group sure are "Neti Mahilalu" so of the aadapaduchulu, for the aadapaduchulu, by the aadapaduchulu, We present Our own weblog or We-Blog!!

Oka kooturiga, tobuttuvuga, bharyaga, talliga, saati mahilaga anni roopallo andarini oppinchi meppinchey mana teluginti aadapaduchula samaaharam ee Mrs. TIA.

Enti anukuntunnara.. TIA.. Teluginti Aadapaduchulu.. inka specificga Mrs. Teluginti Aadapaduchulu, enti mis-match English and Telugu anukuntunnara, mari maadi Tinglish generation kada.

Nothing Feministic about it, just very feminine :).

Image Source: Teluguone.com