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ARTICLE NO.1   Website : http://www.cultureaangan.com/ What's on offer Fruity fun Mango plucking, collection Studying varieties of mangoes Culinary session Waterfall picnic Flora and fauna expeditions Puppetry Dolphin boat rides Oceanography Bird watching   Courtesy : Hindustan Times ARTICLE NO.2 Now, Corporates are taking big part in campaigning the 'Plastic Ban' in Bengaluru. Future Group initiative has come out with reusable bags which are available in Malls, Super markets. Isn't it a good sign of saving our planet and maintaining a healthy balance of our ecosystem. Go on Bengaluru...Good Beginning! ARTICLE NO.3 This year we have recommended for the fruit lovers to ban the plastic usage in their homes and for buying goods. Also we have asked the farmers to go for recycle paper bags for selling fruits,flowers,vegetables and other commodities to save our Mother Earth! I have also asked our packaging designers to design unique bags,boxes for saving paper since Bengaluru is on the campaign ' Do not cut Trees'. The design of the recycled paper bags can be as follows. Sample shown below. ARTICLE NO.4 'Santrupti' is home to many varieties of plants. A mango tree in one corner and a jasmine bush in the other, it has as many as 300 varieties. ‘Santrupti’ is the home of senior medical officer at JSS Hospital C N Mrutyunjaya. The garden is his lab. His home garden has many fruit-bearing plants, herbs, vegetables, etc. Mrutyunjaya, who travels abroad frequently, also brings saplings or seeds from there to plant in his garden. He has varieties from the US, Italy, South Africa, China, Australia, New Zealand, Bhutan and other countries, numbering 120. Among them are the Barbados cherry, South Africa’s cherry, a seedless variety of pomelo (chakota in Kannada), eight to ten varieties of jackfruit and three varieties of mango. Celebration of diversity The garden is also home to other fruits such as sweet lime, oranges, sapota and lemon. There are rose plants that bear different coloured roses in the same plant. Then, there is a plant that bears three fruit varieties including ramphal, hanumanphal and seetaphal (which are varieties of custard apple). The medical officer has grafted different varieties of mango too, including those that have been brought from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh. Similarly, he has grafted many varieties of lime and jackfruit. His garden also has other fruit varieties such as China oranges, Israel oranges, Kashmir’s sweet lime, velvet apple, Malay apple, wood apple, rose apple, litchi, peach, pears, etc. Apart from these varieties, there are also many types of pomegranates, butter fruit etc. He has also grown a sweet variety of chilli, apart from a wide array of flowers, from jasmine to lillies. Traditional Mysore betel leaf creepers also find a place in his garden. Dr Mrutyunjaya belongs to Chikkabagilu village in Mandya’s Malavalli taluk. Courtesy: DH