This post is to inform everyone the books we've been collecting for Manzil are finally going to be put on sale. It's also going to be combined with the school's Sports Carnival, which will take place on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at the Khalifa University, Sharjah. Normally, these events are a bit low key, with … Continue reading A Sports Carnival with #manzilbooks
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Participate in a special Sports Carnival + the #manzilbooks update
That's just a small fraction of the books that was loaded into the bus that came to pick it all up a few days ago. I want to thank everyone who donated their books to raise money for Manzil. I had nearly 2,000 in my house, and my father for one, is extremely happy that … Continue reading Participate in a special Sports Carnival + the #manzilbooks update
Champion of Broken Hearts launch
Even though I knew who she was...I'd never heard Gayathri Krishnan sing before. I was invited to her music video launch at the Traffic gallery on November 10, 2011, and off I went. The musical ability in my family skipped my generation. My maternal grandfather used to sing on All India Radio and we even … Continue reading Champion of Broken Hearts launch
Femme Fatale: the #Geekafest edition of @GeekFestDubai
It's been a long time coming. I knew since May I think, or perhaps June, that I was going to speak at the next GeekFest. The un-organizer Alexander McNabb had said then, that the next instalment of the event would be dedicated to female speakers at the GeekTalks. At that time, I only had #manzilbooks … Continue reading Femme Fatale: the #Geekafest edition of @GeekFestDubai
My #GeekFest presentation
Post on GeekFest and pictures coming soon on my other blog, "Devina Divecha. Journalist."; till then, you can view the Prezi I presented at the GeekTalks. Autism in UAE on Prezi
Our first @UAEArte
I was nervous. This was the first time I'd be placing Artism in the limelight, the first time I'd be seeing whether Karan's work would be received well by the general public. I'm happy to say it went well and I'm looking forward to the next Ramadan market by ARTE on August 26, 2011 at Dubai … Continue reading Our first @UAEArte
My table at @uaearte #artism
Taken with picplz.
An evening with @gulfscrabble
The UAE Scrabble Club has been around for 21 years now, having been founded in 1990 (incidentally the year I moved to the UAE I think). Surprising then, that I hadn't heard of it until I joined Twitter and realized a man in front of whom I regularly had epiphanies, belonged to such a fine … Continue reading An evening with @gulfscrabble
Manzil’s annual concert – “I Can”
(First picture in the slideshow was taken at the dress rehearsal a few days before the concert by @SaharLatheef. I don't have very many pictures from the concert - I'd left my camera with my parents while I helped @shru_ the best I could with the video she was taking of the event.) As always, Karan's … Continue reading Manzil’s annual concert – “I Can”
At #manzilbooks at @wildpeeta
First, have a look at the lovely timelapse video that Shruti (aka @shru_) created. Then we'll get on to the other stuff! Along with @TwitBookClub, I hosted a event at Wild Peeta OS at DWTC (thanks @wildpeeta!), asking people to donate their unwanted books. Manzil, a centre for challenged individuals, is a small institution doing … Continue reading At #manzilbooks at @wildpeeta
Devina Divecha's Journals 