ದರ್ಪಣ

ಮನಸು ಮಾತು

2011-04-23T21:02:00.002+05:30

ನಾನು ಇಷ್ಟು ದಿನ ಗೀಚಿದ್ದ ಕವನಗಳನ್ನು ಒಂದು ಹೊಸ ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ ಗೆ ಸ್ಥಳಾಂತರಿಸಿದ್ದೇನೆ. "ಮನಸು ಮಾತು" ಗೆ ಭೇಟಿ ಕೊಡಿ ನಿನ್ನ ಅನಸಿಕೆ ತಿಳಿಸಿ.

Dates of the Mahabharatha

2010-12-30T19:52:00.004+05:30

Mahabharatha, one of the greatest epics of Hinduism written by Veda Vyasa. There has been so many speculations in the recent times if the story of Mahabharatha did indeed occur or if it was the excellent story scripted by the maharishi. Whether the holy war between the Kauravas and the Pandavas was indeed fought in Kurukshetra, located in the present-world Haryana.

The archeological excavations of the cities of Harappa and Mohenjadaro has shown evidences of the Mahabharatha. There has been numerous attempts to date the occurrence of the Mahabharatha. I am currently reading the book "ಶ್ರೀ ಮಹಾಭಾರತ ಪಾತ್ರ ಪ್ರಪಂಚ" by Prof. K.S.Narayanacharya which describes the exact date of the various incidents in the story of Mahabharatha based on the astronomical evidences present in the epic itself. I am listing here the dates of the various incidents of the Mahabharatha as provided in the book.

August 31st, 3114 B.C, Tuesday - Birth of Yudhisthira
July 26th, 3112 B.C - Friday - 11:40PM - Birth of Sri Krishna.
Arjuna born in Shukla Chaturthi - Uttara Phalgni Nakshatra on a friday. He is 47 days elder to Krishna.
Pandavas returned back to Hastinavati after Pandus death in July 3099 BC. Yudhisthira was 14 years 9 months 11 days old.
Draupadi's swayamvara - April 3091 B.C
Building of Indraprasta - November 3091BC
Rajasuya Yaga was performed by Yushishira -Nov 3083BC to Oct 3082BC
Abhimanyu was born in February 3083 BC
The game of "Dyutha" and Pandava vanavaasa started in Nov 3081 BC for a total of 13 lunar years + 5 lunar months +12 days.
Agyaata vaasa began in Margashira maasa 3069BC. Margashira Krishna Navami, 3068BC, Arjuna was spotted by Kauravas in the Virata war.

The war of MAHABHARATHA -Started on Friday, Margashira Shukla Ekadhashi in Krithikka Nakshatra. November 22nd 3067BC. This is the same day when the discourse of Bhagavad Gita took place in the battle field of Kurukshetra.

The war went on for 18 days.
Bhishma died on Shukla Ashtami - 58 days from the start of the war.
Post war, Yudhishira ruled for 36 years.
End of Krishnaavatara - Friday, 13th April, 3031BC
Start of Kali Yuga - 13th October, 3115BC

Similarly there are evidences for the dates of Ramyana. For eg: the birth date of Rama is found to be January 14th ,5114BC. More details here :http://www.hitxp.com/articles/history/birth-date-rama-born/

The Himalayas

2010-10-24T20:12:00.010+05:30

Its been five months since I did this trek to Sarpass near Kullu in the Himalayas and I am still stuck with that feeling of adventure, freshness and the madness that only the sight of Himalayas can inject into you. It was my first of lot-more-to-come treks of the Himalayas. For somebody who was always mesmerized by the beauty of the western ghats, the himalayas is a totally different experience that comes with unbounded natural beauty and great adventure. Himalayas is something that is to be experienced and not explained.

People say that a picture tells a thousand words. So lets cut the story short and enjoy a few pics of the trek.

Place : Sarpass

Date : 26th May to June 4th,2010

Location : Parvati Valley, near Manikaran, Himachal Pradesh

Altitude : 13,900 ft

Difficulty : Moderate

The river Beas as seen from the roof top bus ride to Kasol

First glimpse of the Himalayas

Mt. Pin Parvati seen from Base camp

The trek map

View from Guna Pani (8500ft)

Thila Lotni (11,000ft)

The frozen lake at Sarpass peak

Crossing the Sarpass

Bhandak Thatch

ಬಾ ಮತ್ತೆ ಬೇಗ

2010-01-17T21:14:00.006+05:30

ಏನೋ ಕಳೆದುಹೋಗುತಿದೆ
ಇಷ್ಟು ಹೊತ್ತು ಒಟ್ಟಿಗಿದ್ದು
ಹಾಗೆ ದೂರಕೆ ಸರಿಯುತಿದೆ

ನೀ ಜೊತೆಗಿರಲು ಎಂಥಾ ಉಲ್ಲಾಸ
ದಿನವಿಡೀ ಬರೀ ಮೋಜು, ಸಂತೋಷ
ಹೋಗುವುದು ಅನಿವಾರ್ಯ
ಯಾರು ತಡೆವರು ಕಾಲದ ವೇಗ
ಕಾದಿರುವೆ ಗೆಳೆಯ, ಬಾ ಮತ್ತೆ ಬೇಗ

ರವಿವಾರದ ರವಿಯೊಡನೆ ನೀ ಕರಗಿ ಹೋಗಿರುವೆ
ಬಾ ಮತ್ತೆ ಬೇಗ , ಓ ನನ್ನ ವೀಕೆಂಡು
ನೀ ಬರುವ ದಾರಿಯ ಕಾದಿರುವೆ..

- ಇಂತಿ ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಯ

ವೀಕೆಂಡ್ ಜೀವಿ

ಹೊಸ ವರುಷ -ಹರುಷ

2010-01-01T13:09:00.004+05:30

ಇರುಳು ಸರಿದು ಹೊಸ ಸೂರ್ಯ
ಹುಟ್ಟುವ ಹೊತ್ತು
ಮೂಡಣದ ತುಂಬಾ ಹೊಂಬೆಳಕ
ಓಕುಳಿಯ ಎರಚಿ
ಇಳೆಗೆ ತಬ್ಬಿದಾ
ಕತ್ತಲ ಮಬ್ಬನ್ನು ಸರಿಸಿ
ಬಂದಿದೆ ನೋಡ ಹೊಸ ವರುಷ
ಎರಡು ಸಾವಿರದ ಹತ್ತು
ಹೊತ್ತು ತಂದಿದೆ ಅಮಿತ ಹರುಷ
ಎಲ್ಲೆಲ್ಲೂ ಸಂಭ್ರಮದ ಗೈರತ್ತು

ಕನಸ ಹೆಗಲೇರಿ ಓಡುವ ಜೀವನ
ದೂರ ತೀರ ಯಾನ
ನಾವು - ನೀವುಗಳು
ಆಡಿಸುವಾತನ ಕೈಯ ಗೊಂಬೆಗಳು
ನಾಳೆಯ ಕಂಡವರ್ಯಾರಣ್ಣಾ

ಕಳೆದು ಹೋದ ನೆನ್ನೆಯ,ಕಾಣದ ನಾಳೆಯ
ಹುಡುಕಿದರೆ ಫಲವಿಲ್ಲಾ
ಈಗ-ಇಂದುಗಳ ಅರಿತು ಜೀವಿಸು
ಜೀವನವು ಸವಿಬೆಲ್ಲ

ಹೊಸ ವರುಷದಿ ಬಾಳು ಬೆಳಗಾಗಲಿ
ಸದಾ ಹರಿವ ಹರುಷದ ಚಿಲುಮೆ ಮೂಡಲಿ
ಮನದ ಗವಿಯಲ್ಲಿ
ನವಚೇತನದ ಬೆಳಕು ಹೊಮ್ಮಲಿ
ಒಲುಮೆಯ ಹೊಸ ಸೆಳೆಯು
ಚಿಗುರೊಡೆಯಲಿ ಬಾಳಲಿ

some-ವೇದನೆ

2009-12-26T22:26:00.006+05:30

ಮನದ ಕನ್ನಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಿನ್ನದೆ ಬಿಂಬ
ನೀನಿಟ್ಟ ರಂಗವಲ್ಲಿ ಅಂಗಳದ ತುಂಬಾ
ಒಡೆದ ಮನದಲ್ಲೂ ನಿನ್ನದೇ ನೂರು ಚಿತ್ತಾರ
ತೊರೆದುಹೋದ ಮನೆ, ಕದಡಿದ ಬಣ್ಣಗಳ ಸಾಗರ

ತಂತಿ ಹರಿದ ವೀಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಸ್ವರವು ಬರದು
ನೀನಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಇನ್ನೇನಿದೆ, ಹಾಳು ಬಾಳೇ ಬರುಡು
ನನ್ನ ನಾ ಮರೆತಂತೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಮರೆಯದಾದೆನು
ನಿನ್ನದೇ ನೆನಪಲ್ಲಿ ಖಾಯಂ ಬಂಧಿ ನಾನು

ನೀ ಹೋದ ದಾರಿಯನ್ನೇ ಎದುರು ನೋಡಿ ಕೂತಿರುವೆ
ಆಶಾವಾದಿ ಹಾಳು ಮನಸು
ನನ್ನೊಲುಮೆ ಅರಿವಾಗಿ ಹಿಂತಿರುಗಿ ನೋಡುವೆಯೋ
ಆಸೆಯಿಂದ ಕಂಗಳು ಕಂಡಿದೆ ಕನಸು

ಅಮ್ಮ

2009-12-17T23:49:00.002+05:30

ನನ್ನ ಮೊದಲ ತೊದಲ ಮಾತು ನಿನ್ನ ಹೆಸರೇ ತಾನೇ
ಪುಟ್ಟ ಅಂಬೆಗಾಲನಿಟ್ಟು ನಿನ್ನೆಡೆಗೆ ಕೈಚಾಚಿ ಬರುವೆನೆ
ಜಾರಿ ಬಿದ್ದಾಗಲೆಲ್ಲ ನನ್ನ ಕೈ ಹಿಡಿದು ನಡೆಸಿದೆ
ಹಿಡಿ ಮಣ್ಣಿನಂತೆ ಇದ್ದ ಎನ್ನ ಶಿಲ್ಪವಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿದೆ

ಜೀವನ ಪಯಣದಿ ನಾ ಸಾಗಲು ಮುಂದೆ
ನೀ ನೆರಳಾಗಿ ಬಂದೆ ಸದಾ ಬೆನ್ನ ಹಿಂದೆ
ಕಲ್ಲು ಮುಳ್ಳುಗಳ ದೂರ ಸರಿಸುತಾ ಬಂದೆ
ದಾರಿ ದೀವಿಗೆಯಾಗಿ ಬೆಳಕ ಹರಿಸುತ ನಿಂದೆ

ತ್ಯಾಗ,ಪ್ರೀತಿ ಮಮಕಾರಕೆ ನೀನೆ ಮೂರ್ತ ರೂಪ
ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೇಮ ಸಾಗರದ ನಡುವೆ ನಾನೊಂದು ಸ್ವಾರ್ಥಿ ದ್ವೀಪ
ನೋವನುಂಡು ನಲಿವ ಉಣಿಸೋ ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿ ಕಡಲು
ಇಂದ್ರನೂ ಹುಡುಕಿ ಹೋದ ಸ್ವರ್ಗ - ತಾಯಿ ಮಡಿಲು

ಜಗದಿ ಒಲವ ಬಣ್ಣಿಸಲು ಕವಿಗಳು ನೂರು ಬೇಕೆ
ಎರಡಕ್ಷರದ ಮಹಾಕಾವ್ಯ "ಅಮ್ಮ" ಎಂದರೆ ಸಾಕೆ..

ವೇದನೆ

2009-12-08T23:56:00.002+05:30

ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳು ಮಾತಾಡಿದೆ ಮೌನದ ಭಾಷೆ
ಹೃದಯದಲಿ ಉಳಿದುಹೋಗಿದೆ ನಿನ್ನದೇ ಆಸೆ
ಒಲವಿನ ಕಡಲಲ್ಲಿ ನೂರಾರು ಸವಿನೆನಪಿನ ಕಂತೆ
ಪ್ರೀತಿ ಮಾಯವಾಯಿತೆ ನೀರ ಮೇಲಿನ ಗುಳ್ಳೆಯಂತೆ
ವಿರಹದಲಿ ಹೋಳಾಗಿದೆ ಕನಸಿನ ನೌಕೆ
ನೀ ಜೊತೆಗಿರದ ಬಾಳ ಪಯಣವು ಬದುಕೇ??

ಮನದ ಕಡಲ ಅಪ್ಪಳಿಸುತಿವೆ
ನೆನಪಿನ ಅಲೆಗಳು ಸತತ
ಹೇಳತೀರದ ಸಿಹಿಯಾದ ವೇದನೆ
ಒಳಗೊಳಗೆ ಒಡಲ ಕೊರೆತ

ಕೇಳದೆ ಮನದನ್ನೆ ನಿನಗೆ
ಎನ್ನ ಮನದಾಳದ ತುಡಿತ
ಹುಚ್ಚು ಪ್ರೇಮಿಯ ಕೊನೆಯುಸಿರಲ್ಲೂ
ನಿನ್ನದೇ ಹೆಸರಿನ ಎದೆಬಡಿತ

ನುಡಿ ನಮನ

2009-11-01T19:22:00.003+05:30

ಬೆಳಗಲಿ ಮನೆ-ಮನಗಳಲಿ
ಕನ್ನಡದ ಜ್ಯೋತಿ
ಹರಡಲಿ,ಸಾಗಲಿ
ಡಿಕ್ದಿಗಂತಗಳ ದಾಟಿ

ಸುರ ವಾಣಿ ಇದು
ಮನಕೆ ತಂಪು, ಕೇಳಲು ಇಂಪು
ನಭವೆಲ್ಲಾ ಆವರಿಸಲಿ
ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಸ್ತೂರಿಯ ಕಂಪು

ಅನ್ಯ ಭಾಷೆಗಳೂ ಇರಲಿ
ಸೋದರರ ರೀತಿ
ಕರುನಾಡ ಮೇಲೆ ಇರಲಿ
ಅಪರಿಮಿತ ಪ್ರೀತಿ

ಕನ್ನಡ ಹಬ್ಬದಂದು
ಮನದ ಆಸೆ ಈ ಕವನ
ಕರುನಾಡ ತಾಯಿಯ ಪಾದಕೆ
ಕಿರಿಯನ ಪುಟ್ಟ ನುಡಿ ನಮನ

ಅವಳು

2009-10-17T23:19:00.009+05:30

ಈ ಪರಿಯ ಸೊಬಗ ಏನೆಂದು ಬಣ್ಣಿಸಲಿ
ಸಾಟಿ ಯಾರುಂಟು ಈ ಸೊಗಸಿಗೆ ಲೋಕದಲಿ
ಮಿಂಚಿನ ಸಂಚಾರ ಅವ ಕುಳಿತ ಮನದಲ್ಲಿ
ವರ್ಣಿಸಲಿ ಹೇಗೆ ಅವಳ ಏಳೆಂಟು ಪದಗಳಲಿ??

ಅವಳ ಮೊಗವ ನೋಡಿ ಮೊಗ್ಗಾಯ್ತು ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ
ಹಾಡುವ ಬಾನಾಡಿ ಮತ್ಸರದಿ ಓಡಿತು ಎಲ್ಲಿಗೆ
ದೂರದಿ ನಿಂತು ಬೀರಿದಳು ಹೂನಗೆ
ಇಲ್ಲೇ ಇದ್ದ ಜೀವ ಹಾರಿತು ಮೆಲ್ಲಗೆ

ಮನದ ಮಾರ್ದನಿಯಂತೆ ಮುದ್ದಿನ ಮಾತು ಪೇಲ್ವ
ಕುಸುಮ ಕೋಮಲೆ ನನ್ನವಳು
ಜೀವನ ರಸಕಾವ್ಯಕೆ ಮುತ್ತಿನ ಮುನ್ನುಡಿ ಬರೆದು
ಒಲವ ಸಹಿಯನು ಇಟ್ಟವಳು

ಈ ಪರಿಯ ಸೊಬಗ ಏನೆಂದು ಬಣ್ಣಿಸಲಿ
ಸಾಟಿ ಯಾರುಂಟು ಈ ಸೊಗಸಿಗೆ ಲೋಕದಲಿ

50th Post

2009-10-12T20:10:00.005+05:30

Yaaaayyyyyy!!! Let the celebrations begin...

50th post on my blog. A Journey that started almost two years ago with a tiny step has come a long distance. I started the blog primarily to record my trekking experience and then it has moved on to various other topics as well. I never expected my interest in writing to last so long..It feels as if Venkatesh Prasad (if you still remember him) has just scored a fifty!!

It has been a great journey so far...and a long way to go..

Keep watching this place..A lot more to come..

ಅಮ್ಮ ಹೇಳಿದ ಎಂಟು ಸುಳ್ಳುಗಳು

2009-09-28T17:53:00.004+05:30

ಬಹಳ ದಿನಗಳಿಂದ ಓದಬೇಕಂದಿದ್ದ ಪುಸ್ತಕ. ಮಣಿಕಾಂತ್ ರವರ ಅದ್ಭುತವೆನಿಸುವ ಮೂವತೈದು ಲೇಖನಗಳ ಸಂಗ್ರಹವೇ ಈ ಪುಸ್ತಕ. ಒಂದೊಂದೂ ರತ್ನಗಳು. ಜೀವನ ಪಯಣಕ್ಕೆ ದಾರಿ ದೀವಿಗೆಯಂತಿದೆ. ಸೋಲನ್ನು ಮೆಟ್ಟಿ ನಿಂತ ಜನರ ಕಥೆಗಳು ನಿಜಕ್ಕೂ ಸ್ಪೂರ್ತಿದಾಯಕ. ಒಮ್ಮೆ ಕಂಬನಿ ತರಿಸುವ, ಹಾಗೆ ಮರುಕ್ಷಣ ಕಚುಗುಳಿ ಇಡುವ, ಗಾಢ ಆಲೋಚನೆಗೆ ದಾರಿ ಮಾಡಿ ಕೊನೆಗೆ ಒಂದು ಸಣ್ಣ ಪಾಠ ಹೇಳಿ ಹೋಗುವ ಲೇಖನಗಳ ಮಾಲೆ. ಒಮ್ಮೆ ಓದಿ ನೋಡಿ..

ಸಿಂಪ್ಲಿ ಸಿಟಿಯ ಮಣಿಕಾಂತ್ ರವರೇ , ಸಿಂಪ್ಲಿ ಸೂಪರ್ !!!

ಹಾಗೆ ಸುಮ್ಮನೆ..

2009-08-30T19:41:00.002+05:30

ಬಾನಿನ ಮೋಡದ ತೆರೆಯ
ಹಿಂದೆಲ್ಲೋ ನಿಂತಿರುವೆ
ತಿಂಗಳ ಬೆಳಕಿಗೆ ನಿನ್ನ
ತಂಪನ್ನು ತುಂಬಿರುವೆ

ನದಿಯ ಬಳುಕಿನ ಓಟಕೆ
ನಾದವ ನೀ ನುಡಿಸಿ
ಎಲ್ಲಿ ಅವಿತೆ ಸಖಿಯೆ
ಕರೆದಿಹೆನು ಕೈಬೀಸಿ

ತೆರೆಮರೆಯ ಆಟವ ಮುಗಿಸು
ಬಾ ಬೇಗ ಓ ಒಲವೆ
ಹೃದಯದ ಬಾಗಿಲ ತೆರೆದು
ನಿನಗಾಗಿ ಕಾದಿರುವೆ...

No words

2009-08-01T20:24:00.011+05:30

This song has been haunting me all day

ಕನ್ನಡ ಟಿ-ಶರ್ಟ್

2009-08-01T14:08:00.007+05:30

ಕನ್ನಡ ಕವನಗಳ ಸಾಲು ಹೊತ್ತ ಟಿ-ಶರ್ಟ್ ಗಳನ್ನು ಬಹಳ ದಿನಗಳಿಂದ ಹುಡುಕುತಿದ್ದೆ. ಇಂದು ಅಂತಹ ಒಂದನ್ನು ಖರೀದಿಸಿದ್ದಾಯಿತು. ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಒಂದು ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಮತ್ತು ಕೆಲವು ಸ್ನೇಹಿತರ ಪರಿಚಯವೂ ಆಯಿತು. ಸಮಾಜ ಸೇವಕರ ಸಮಿತಿ ಹೊರತಂದಿರುವ ಈ ಟಿ-ಶರ್ಟ್ ಗಳ ಹಿಂದೆ ಒಂದು ಒಳ್ಳೆಯ ಆಲೋಚನೆ, ಕ್ರಿಯೆ ಅಡಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ, ಬಡ ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೆ ಎರಡು ಶಾಲೆಯನ್ನು ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಸದಸ್ಯರ ದೇಣಿಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಕನ್ನಡ ಟಿ-ಶರ್ಟ್, ಅಂಚೆ ಕಾರ್ಡ್ ಗಳ ಮಾರಾಟದಿಂದ ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಜ್ಞಾನಾರ್ಜನೆಗೆ ಸಹಾಯ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಇನ್ನು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ವಿಚಾರವನ್ನು ಮುಂದೆ ಬರೆಯುವೆ...

ಇಂದು ನಾ ಕೊಂಡು ಬಂದ ಟಿ-ಶರ್ಟ್ ಮತ್ತು ಕವಿ ಸಾಲುಗಳ ಅಂಚೆ-ಕಾರ್ಡ್ ::

ನಿಮಗೂ ಟಿ-ಶರ್ಟ್ ಬೇಕಾದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ವಿಳಾಸವನ್ನು ಸಂಪರ್ಕಿಸಿ ::

ಸಮಾಜ ಸೇವಕರ ಸಮಿತಿ
ನಂ ೧೭೧ , ಸುಬ್ಬರಾಂ ಚೆಟ್ಟಿ ರೋಡ್
ನೆಟ್ಟಕಲ್ಲಪ್ಪ ಬಸ್ ಸ್ಟಾಪ್ ಹಿಂಭಾಗ
ಬಸವನಗುಡಿ
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26/11 :: The story untold

2009-07-18T14:00:00.000+05:30

Channel 4 - Dispatches (June 2009) - Terror in Mumbai from Mskadu on Vimeo.

F1 is back

2009-03-28T19:44:00.002+05:30

After a fantastic season last year where the championship was undecided until the last corner of the brazilian grand prix, F1 is back. After all the pre-season speculations regarding the rules, teams and the money involved in the game, finally the race for the best driver title starts tomorrow at Albert park,Australia.

Too many questions to be answered in this season... Will Hamilton defend his title with a struggling Mclaren??.. Can Ferrari get back the driver championship??..Will Alonso move on to Ferrari next year??.. Have Honda done a real big mistake by selling their team to Brawn GP who looks to be supreme form??... Only time will give the answers..

Dont forget to catch tomorrow's race at 11:30 AM IST..

Update:: Surprise, Surprise..(or is it???? ) Jenson Button on pole for tomorrow's race as Brawn GP take the first row. Will Button win a race after 3 years, the last one being in Hungary ,2006??.

McLaren still struggling with 14and 15th on the grid.. Ferrari at 6th(Massa) and 7th(Kimi).

Been long long time

2009-03-28T19:20:00.003+05:30

Yes, it has been more than a month since I wrote my last post on my blog. My blog has been sleeping all these days whereas I have been hardly able to catch some sleep. Sometimes things make your mind so much pre-occupied that you hardly feel interested to do your normal day work let alone updating the blog.

This is just a wake call for my blog and my way of telling the world that am still alive :-P

Btw, recently there has been so much buzz around twitter. Almost everybody looks to be twittering. I thought I should try my hands on twitter too and here I am ...

Hopefully I am keep my twitter updated... Let me know if you are there too...

No Onions Nor Garlic

2009-02-09T19:53:00.003+05:30

I escaped from office early today evening just to finish reading the remaining 100 pages of this truly hilarious novel . No Onions Nor Garlic , written by Srividya Natarajan is a total fun , comic novel with loads of I-dont-find-it-in-any-dictionary kind of words (since many of them must be "invented" by the author).

The story revolves around an orthodox professor Ram ( member of TamBrahmAss ;-) ) and his student, Sundar and loads of other characters who find themselves related to these people in one way or the other. Ram wishes to get his daughter, Jay married to Sundar and Sundar is in love with Jiva ,a backward caste girl. Then there comes few more characters and lot of permutations and combinations to add spice to the story.

An absolute timepass novel which made me ROFL in the later half and a bollywood style climax. Strongly recommend this novel if you are missing your daily dose of laughter. My Thanks to Harini for sharing the book

A day of shopping

2009-01-24T22:01:00.004+05:30

Monday being republic day,this is an extended weekend and I have my long list of work to be done. No,not official work, but things like reading novels, watching movies and more movies. A new item was added to my list when a friend of mine called up on thursday to check if I can accompany him for shopping... Stop!!!! I know it is weird for two guys to out with the actual intention of "shopping".. The fact is, friend of mine is leaving for US next week and we had to buy loads of stuffs for the journey.

So, our shopping maha-expedition started at around noon from jayanagar. By then, I had already spent an hour at one of the book store and had bought two novels and a movie. We headed towards S.P road, the place to look out for (pirated) electronic and computer goods in search of portable hard disk. And then we moved on to buy DVDs, Game CDs,trolleys, warm clothes, shirts and so on.. It was 9 in the night by the time our list had reached the last item, a mobile phone.. At the end of the day, we together have shopped for around 17K and roamed around whole of Bangalore from Jayanagar to SP Road to Majestic to Koramangala to Commercial Street...

What a day!!! and what a start to my weekend..Time to retire to bed after a tireful day.. :)

ಅನಂತದಲ್ಲಿ ಲೀನವಾದ ರಾಜು

2009-01-23T23:15:00.004+05:30

ಕನ್ನಡ ಸುಗಮ ಸಂಗೀತ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಚಿಕ್ಕ ವಯಸಿನಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಹೆಸರು ಮಾಡಿದ್ದ ರಾಜು ಅನಂತಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಅವರು ತೀರಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಪ್ರಖ್ಯಾತ ಸಂಗೀತ ಸಂಯೋಜನೆಕಾರ, ಗಾಯಕ ಮೈಸೂರು ಅನಂತಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಅವರ ಪುತ್ರರಾದ ರಾಜು ತಂದೆಯ ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಗಾಯನ, ಗೀತ ಸಂಯೋಜನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಎತ್ತಿದ ಕೈ. ಕನ್ನಡ ಸುಗಮ ಸಂಗೀತ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಇವರಿಬ್ಬರ ಹೆಸರು ಅಜರಾಮರ. ಕವಿಗಳ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅಡಗಿ ಕುಳಿತಿದ್ದ ಕವನಗಳನ್ನು ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರ ಮನೆ-ಮನಗಳಿಗೆ ತಲುಪಿಸಿದ ಶ್ರೇಯಸ್ಸು ಮುಖ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಇವರಿಗೆ ಸೇರಬೇಕು.

ರಾಜು ಅವರ ಹಾಡುಗಾರಿಕೆ ಅವರ ತಂದೆಯವರ ಹಾಡುಗಾರಿಕೆ ಬಹಳ ಹೋಲುತಿತ್ತು. ಹಾರ್ಮೋನಿಯಂ ಮೀಟುತ್ತಾ ರಾಜು ಹಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದರೆ ಕವನದ ಭಾವ-ಭಾವನೆ ಕೇಳುಗನ ಹೃದಯಕ್ಕೆ ನಾಟುವಂತಿತ್ತು. ಕವಿಯ ಗೀತೆಗೆ ಜೀವ ತುಂಬುವುದು ಇಂತ ಗಾಯಕರು ತಾನೆ... ರಾಜರತ್ನಂರವರ ರತ್ನನ ಪದಗಳು , ಟಿ.ಪಿ.ಕೈಲಾಸಂರವರ ಕವನಗಳನ್ನು ಅನಂತ-ದ್ವಯರ ದನಿಯಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಕೇಳಬೇಕು.

"ಭೂಮಿನ್ ತಬಿದ್ ಮೋಡಿದ್ದಂಗೆ ...ಮಡಿಕೇರಿ ಮೇಲ್ ಮಂಜು", "ಕುರಿಗಳು ಸಾರ್ ಕುರಿಗಳು" , "ಯಂಡ ಯದ್ತಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ಪದಗಳ್" , "ಬದುಕು ಜಟಕಾ ಬಂಡಿ" , " ಎಲ್ಕೊಲ್ಲಕೊಂದೂರು" , "ಬಾ ಮಳೆಯೇ ಬಾ"... ಹೀಗೆ ಅನೇಕ ಗೀತೆಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ದ ಮಾಡಿದವರು ಈ ತಂದೆ-ಮಗನ ಜೋಡಿ.. "ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ ನಿಂಗೆ ಜೋಡಿಸ್ತೀನಿ ಯಂದ ಮುತ್ತಿದ ಕೈನ" ಎಂದು ಹಾಡಿದ ರಾಜು ಅದೇ ಹೆಂಡಕ್ಕೆ ಬಲಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದು ವಿಪರ್ಯಾಸ..

ಯಾವ ಮೋಹನ ಮುರಳಿ ಕರೆಯಿತು ದೂರ ತೀರಕ್ಕೆ ನಿನ್ನನು....
ಯಾವ ಬೃಂದಾವನವು ಸೆಳೆಯಿತು ನಿನ್ನ ಮಣ್ಣಿನ ಕಣ್ಣನು...

ಹಾಗೆ ಸುಮ್ಮನೆ

2009-01-11T19:16:00.003+05:30

ಮತ್ತದೇ ಬೇಸರ

ಅದೇ ಸಂಜೆ

ಅದೇ ಏಕಾಂತ....

ನಿನ್ನ ಜೊತೆ ಇಲ್ಲದೆ , ಮಾತಿಲ್ಲದೆ
ಮನ ವಿಭ್ರಾಂತ....

ಏಕೋ ಈ ಹಾಡು ತುಂಬಾ ನೆನಪಾಗುತ್ತಾ ಇದೆ....

ನಿಸಾರ್ ಅಹ್ಮದರ ಈ ಹಾಡು ಪಲ್ಲವಿಯವರ ದನಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ...

ಕೇಳಿ, ಆನಂದಿಸಿ...

ಪೆಟ್ರೋಲ್ ಪರದಾಟ

2009-01-11T14:49:00.003+05:30

ಇಂದು ಬೆಳಿಗ್ಗೆ ಎದ್ದು ಮೊದಲು ನೆನಪಾದದ್ದು ನನ್ನ ಗಾಡಿಗೆ ಪೆಟ್ರೋಲ್ ಹಾಕಿಸಬೇಕು ಎಂದು.. ನಿನ್ನೆ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ವಾರ್ತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪೆಟ್ರೋಲ್ ಅಭಾವದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಕೇಳಿ ಕನಸಲ್ಲೂ ನಾನು ಗಾಡಿಯನ್ನು ನೂಕುವ ದೃಶ್ಯ... ಸರಿ ಪೆಟ್ರೋಲ್ ಬಂಕ್ ಗಾಗಿ ಹುಡುಕುತ್ತಾ ಹೊರಟೆ. ಎಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿದರೂ ಖಾಲಿ ಬಂಕ್ ಗಳು.. "No Stock" ಫಲಕ ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದ ಬಂಕ್ ಗಳು ಯಾವುದೋ ಪಾಳುಬಿದ್ದ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಂತೆ ಭಿಕೋ ಎನ್ನುತಿದ್ದವು. ಪೆಟ್ರೋಲ್ ಅರಸಿ ಹೊರೆಟ ನನಗೆ ಅರ್ಧ ಗಂಟೆಯ ನಂತರ ಒಂದು ಪೆಟ್ರೋಲ್ ಹೊಂದಿದ ಬಂಕ್ ಕಂಡಿತು. ಬಂಕ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಜನ ಸಾಗರ. ತಿರುಪತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ದರ್ಶನಕ್ಕೆ ನಿಂತಂತೆ ಜನ ಸೇರಿದ್ದರು..ಸರಿ, ಅಳಿಯನ ಜೊತೆ ಗೆಳೆಯನಂತೆ ನಾನು ನಿಂತೆ. ಒಂದು ಗಂಟೆಯ ಹರಸಾಹಸದ ನಂತರ ನನ್ನ ಗಾಡಿಗೆ ಎರಡು ಲೀಟರ್ ಪೆಟ್ರೋಲ್ ಗಿಟ್ಟಿಸೋ ಹೊತ್ತಿಗೆ ಸಾಕು ಸಾಕಾಗಿ ಹೋಯ್ತು...

ಪೆಟ್ರೋಲ್ ಗಾಗಿ ಕಾಡು ನಿಂತಾಗ ನನಗೆ ಹೊಳೆದ ಅಂದು ವಿಷಯ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದೆ ಇದುತಿದೇನೆ..ಯಾವುದೇ ಒಂದು ವಸ್ತುವಿನ ಮಾರಾಟಕ್ಕೆ ತನ್ನದೇ ಆದ "Demand-Supply" ಚೈನ್ ಇರುತ್ತದೆ. ಇದು ಸಮತೋಲನದಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವವರೆಗೂ ಎಲ್ಲವೂ ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ಸುಸೂತ್ರವಾಗಿ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಾ ಇರುತ್ತದೆ.. ಸಮತೋಲನ ಕಳಚಿದಾಗ ಆ ವಸ್ತುವಿನ ಅಭಾವ ಉಂಟಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಬಹಳಷ್ಟು ಭಾರಿ ಗ್ರಾಹಕರಾದ ನಮ್ಮಿಂದಲೇ ಇಂತಹ ಅಭಾವ ಆಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಉದಾಹರಣೆಗೆ ಪೆಟ್ರೋಲ್ ಅನ್ನೇ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಿ .. ಪೆಟ್ರೋಲ್ ಕಂಪನಿಗಳು ತಮ್ಮ ಕಾರ್ಯ ಸ್ಥಗಿತಗೊಳಿಸಿದರಿಂದ ತೈಲದ ಕೊರತೆ ಉಂಟಾಗಿದ್ದು ನಿಜ, ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರಿಕೊಂಡಂತೆ ಜನರು ಮುಂಜಾಗ್ರತೆಗಾಗಿ ಬಂಕ್ ಗಳಿಗೆ ಧಾವಿಸಿ ಪೆಟ್ರೋಲ್ ಶೇಖರಿಸಿಕೊಂದರು.. ಜನ ಮುಂದೆ ಸಿಗದೇ ಇರಬಹುದು ಎಂದು ಭಾವಿಸಿ ಅಗತ್ಯಕಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಕೊಂಡರು.. ಹೀಗಾಗಿ ಡಿಮ್ಯಾಂಡು ಜಾಸ್ತಿಯಾಗಿ ಕೃತಕ ಅಭಾವ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಯಾಗುತ್ತದೆ..

ಇದು ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಯ ಎಲ್ಲ ವಸ್ತುಗಳಿಗೆ ಅನ್ವಯಿಸುತ್ತದೆ..ಹೀಗೆ ಒಂದು ಕೃತಕ ಅಭಾವದಿಂದ "ಡಿಮ್ಯಾಂಡು" ಅಥವಾ ಬೇಡಿಕೆ ಜಾಸ್ತಿಯಾಗಿ ವಸ್ತುವಿನ ಬೆಲೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚುತ್ತದೆ.. ನಾವು ಅಗತ್ಯಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಜಾಸ್ತಿ ಖರೀದಿಸಿ ಶೇಖರಿಸಿಡುವ ಬದಲು ಅಗತ್ಯ ಬಿದ್ದಾಗ ಮಾತ್ರ ಬೇಕಾದಷ್ಟು ಖರೀದಿಸುವುದು ಸೂಕ್ತವಲ್ಲವೇ??? ಒಂದು ರೀತಿಯ planned buying ಇಂದ ನಾವು ವಸ್ತುಗಳ ಬೆಲೆ ಏರಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಸಾದ್ಯವಾದಷ್ಟು ನಿಯಂತ್ರಿಸಬಹುದು...ಏನಂತೀರಿ...

International Year of Astronomy : IYA-2009

2009-01-08T10:02:00.004+05:30

I have always been fascinated by the vastness of the space,energy of the stars, human interpretation of the world around him, the night sky and the list goes on and on...One of my favourite pastime during my school days was to sleep under the clear night sky and try to identify the various constellations and stars..My tiny step towards becoming a astronomer :-P

The rather boring preface was to mention that 2009 is being celebrated as the International Year of Astronomy (IYA 2009) , to remember the first use of the telescope by Galileo ,400 years ago. Check out the IYA2009 site for more information , videos and photos..

Also there is a long series of podcast that run each day of the year 2009 to celebrate IYA. This is definitely a great chance to know more about the infinite space.. Check out 365 days of astronomy site for the daily podcast...

Wish you a great year of Astronomy ahead..Happy space exploration !!!

ಹೊಸ ವರ್ಷದಲ್ಲಿ ಅದೇ ಹಳೆ ಪಾಡು..

2009-01-05T08:55:00.004+05:30

ಕಳೆದ ಎರಡು ವಾರಗಳಿಂದ ನಿದ್ದೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳನ್ನು ಎಬ್ಬಿಸಲು ಐ.ಟಿ ಕಂಪನಿ ವಾಹನಗಳು ಮತ್ತೆ ಬಂದಿದೆ. ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಕುಸಿತದ ಕಾರಣದಿಂದ ಹಣ ಉಳಿಸಲು ಹೊಸ ವರ್ಷದ ಆಚರಣೆಯ ಸಬೂಬು ಹೇಳಿ ರಜೆ ನೀಡಿದ್ದ ಎಷ್ಟೋ ಕಂಪನಿಗಳು ಇಂದಿನಿಂದ ಮತ್ತೆ ಶುರು.. ( ಇನ್ನು ಎಷ್ಟು ದಿನಗಳವರೆಗೋ...), ಸೊ ಬ್ಯಾಂಗಲೋರ್ ಟ್ರಾಫಿಕ್ ಇಸ್ ಬ್ಯಾಕ್... ಹೊಸ ವರ್ಷದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಮೆ ವೇಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಮನೆಗೆ ರೇಸ್ ಮಾಡುವ ಸುಯೋಗ ನಮ್ಮದು ನಿಮ್ಮದು.. ಮಸ್ತ್ ಮಜಾ ಮಾಡಿ

ಬಹುಶಃ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಕೂಡ ಟ್ರಾಫಿಕ್ ಜಾಮ್ ಅನ್ನು ಮಿಸ್ ಮಾಡುತಿತ್ತೋ ಏನೋ...

( ವಿ.ಸೂ :: ಬೆಳಿಗ್ಗೆ ಆಫೀಸ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲಸ ಇಲ್ಲದೆ ಬರೆದದ್ದು.. ಹಾಗೆ ಸುಮ್ಮನೆ..!!)
( ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ವಿ.ಸೂ :: ಚಿತ್ರ ಕೃಪೆ:: ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿಂದ ಕದ್ದದ್ದು :) )

Dasvidaniya

2008-12-31T08:55:00.005+05:30

Just a couple of hours left in the year 2008..Time to say good bye to 2008 and welcome 2009. Looking back, this has been quite an eventful year for me personally and professionally. Remembering ( and publicizing :) ) moments of 2008....

Learnt Swimming!! - A long time pending one.. Now at least I can drag myself to shore if I fall into a pool.
Learnt four-wheeler and got a license.

Watched loads of movies .
Saw the record number of movies in this year. Seen at least 70-80% of the Bollywood released this year, all thanks to my Movie-buff friend, Balu.
Became a fan of Kannada Novels - Lately started reading more Kannada novels than the English ones. I am finding them more interesting and easy to relate than the Sheldon's and the Archer's.
Been on 6 trips to different places throughout this year.
Completed trek of Sakleshpura Railway Track and Kumaraparvatha, about which I had been planning for a long time.
Did rock climbing and Parasailing... How about Bongee Jumping next!!
Professionally, I did do some work on development of the product I am working on :-)
Finally , became a blogger!!!

Looking forward to 2009 with new aspirations, searching for new inspirations.. before that Dasvidaniya to 2008...

Kumaraparvatha Trek

2008-12-27T19:50:00.008+05:30

Kumaraparvatha aka KP aka Pushpagiri is one of those treks that should be present in every trekker's profile. The obvious question asked when any two trekkers from south India meet is "Have you been to KP?? ". Undoubtedly, one of the most beautiful, adventurous trekking spot in the western ghats.

I had been planning for a trek to Kumaraparvatha for the past two years and the finally scaled it successfully a couple of days ago..(20-21st Dec 2008).

After the Sakleshpura trek, I and Balu decided that we would trek KP this season. This time around we had a few omissions and additions to our normal trekking gang. Keerthy and Datta dropped out due to personal work and Bala dropped out since he was all set to trek Dalhousie. Newcomers to our trekking group, Srivatsan (kiran's colleague ), Karthik, Goutham's colleague at Google and my classmate at school and Shreyas, our friend from Mech dept joined us. So the group of 10 ( Balu, Gupta, Goutham, Kiran (with tripod :P ) , Rajesh, Karthik, Shreyas S, Srivatsa, Shreyas and me) were all set for KP.

Kumaraparvatha, also called as Pushpagiri is situated in the Somvarpet Taluk of Coorg District. The name Pushpagiri is the official name whereas the historical name for this place is kumaraparvatha. Many of the trekkers get confused with the names and think that Pushagiri and Kumaraparvatha are different peaks. Kumaraparvatha is at a height of 5624ft above sea level, one of the highest peaks in karnataka. The river Kumaradhara originates in this hills and flow towards Kukke Subramanya.

Kumaraparvatha can be accessed from two directions. The first one from the Somvarpet side. One has to reach a village called Bidalli and trek another 3 kilometers to Shanta Mallikarjuna temple to start the trek. The other route being from Kukke Subramanya. There is a road in the temple street that leads to the base of the hill. The trek from the Somvarpet side is easier and is mostly under the forest cover whereas the trek from the kukke side is more steep and through the grasslands.

We decided to trek from the Somvarpet side. There is a waterfall called Mallalli falls on the river Kumaradhara which we planned to visit on the way.

For the past few treks we have been hiring our own vehicle. It usually saves a lot of time and we need not wait for "very reliable" bus service. This time around we decided to travel in bus since the entry and exit point to the trek are easily accessible.

We boarded the bus to Somvarpet that leaves Bangalore at 11PM. We had a nice time chatting with each other before fell asleep. However, nonstop Balu was still chitchatting until 1 in the night when an irritated uncle shouted at him to stop, after which all of us peacefully slept :P .

We reached Somvarpet at around 5:45 in the morning. Our bus to Bidalli was at 7:30 in the morning and we were left with a lot of time to spare. There was 2 other trekking groups of around 10 people each that had come in our bus. Instead of wasting time by waiting for the bus, we decided to take auto towards Mallalli falls around 25 kilometers from Somvarpet. After bargaining for the fare of Rs 225 per auto, we took three autos and went to Hanchinalli. Hanchinalli is 2 kilometers before Bidalli and we need to take a diversion here to go to Mallalli falls.

We left our baggage in Ponnappa's place who agreed to prepare breakfast for us and started towards the falls at 7 in the morning. Minchalli falls is around 2.5 kilometers from here and we need to take a road that passes next to Ponnappa's place to the falls. After walking for around half an hour, we saw the view of the Kumaradhara river gushing down into the valley. We got down near the falls and had our bath in the ice-cold water. The water in the falls was less but the scenery was nice. Our new official photographer (after Datta's retirement), Kiran ,had his tripod ready and started applying his photographic skills to capture the not-so-visible scenes than the obvious pictures. :)

After our bath, we started back to Ponnappa's place. I dunno what made me crazy, I and Karthik started to search for a shortcut to the top of the valley. We climbed through the bushes until a vertical rock halted our progress and made us return back to base. The "Shortcut idea" made us completely tired,adding just a dozen of scratches to our hands and legs. But still whats the fun in trekking if you are taking the path everyone takes..U need to make your own!!! :) We silently reached back to Ponnappa's place by 9:45 and had our breakfast.

View of KP from Somvarpet side

Normally trekkers start the trek to KP from either Bidalli or the Shanta Mallikarjuna temple. We are the set of those crazy people who make ordinary things special. We made up for not trekking from the Kukke side by trekking a longer route. With 5 kilometer walk to falls already done, we started walking towards the Shanta Mallikarjuna temple, 6 kilometers away in the scrotching sun. We went past Bidalli cross, Heggademane and reached the temple. We asked for directions from the locals and reached the forest checkpost by 12:30. Checkpost is around 6 kilometers from Hanchinalli and around 4 kilometers from Bidalli. We paid the trekking fee of Rs 115 per person at the checkpost and went past the hanging bridge into the forest. The pushpagiri peak is around 5.5 kilometers from the forest checkpost and can be reached in around 3-4 hours. One can collect water from the stream near the hanging bridge. Water is available until 2 kilometers past checkpost and one has to carry enough water until you reach the peak.

Viewpoint

We had our lunch in the forest and reached the viewpoint by around 3 in the afternoon. The view of the mountain ranges was good and we had covered substantial altitude under the forest cover. After the viewpoint, we came out of the forests and were able to get a clear picture of the mountains around. There are 3 quite steep rocks which are around 60 degree inclination. After the rocks, it is just a matter of 10 minutes by the time u reach the peak. We reached the peak at 4:30. We had enough time to setup the tents and the campfire. Balu and Shreyas went in search of water in the nearby stream whereas the others started setting up the tent and collected twigs for the campfire.

There is lot of space to set up the tents for the night. We put our tent just below the peak. By 6:30 in the evening, the whole of the mountain was covered with mist and cold wind was blowing at full speed. It was just the beginning. The cold winds haunted us until the morning and most of us were hardly able to sleep because of cold. We setup the camp fire,had our dinner and went off to bed by 8 at the night. By 1 in the midnight, most of us were shivering due to cold and somehow killed time until the morning. It is one of those night where you feel that the nights are too long to pass. Had a similar experience in Yedakumeri railway station few months back.

Shadow of KP during sunrise

We got up at 6 in the morning and rushed to the peak to catch the sunrise. It is astonishing that we people who rarely get up until few hours (read 3 to 4 hours) after sunrise wait to catch the sight of the sun rising behing the sea of clouds here. The whole of the sky and the other mountain peaks were covered with cloud and we saw the amazing view of the sun rising from the horizon. At around 6:30 in the morning, a large troop of NCC cadets came to the peak. They were around 80 boys and girls in all and their speed of trekking was just amazing.

The gang with a few missing people

There are three peaks in this hill range, Kumaraparvatha, Sheshaparvatha and Siddhaparvatha. Out of these, Siddhaparvatha is inaccessible. When seen from the Kukke side, Sheshaparvatha and Kumaraparvatha appear to be one.

We started our descent towards Kukke subramanya at around 7:45 in the morning.Kukke Subramanya from the peak of Kumaraparvatha is around 13 kilometers. After getting down the Kumaraparvatha, we reached the top of Sheshparvatha. Many of the trekkers who climb from Kukke side get confused with Sheshaparvatha to be Kumaraparvatha. From the Kukke side, one has to cross Sheshaparvatha and trek for another one hour to reach Kumaraparvatha. The view from the top of Sheshaparvata is amazing. One can see the town of Kukke, the grasslands and the forest check post at Kukke side from here. The steep hill next to Sheshparvata, MaariGundi made us think if we can perform rock climbing on it!!!

Maarigundi

View from the Kukke side

After crossing the grasslands, we saw the famous "Mantapa". One can camp near the Mantapa when trekking from Kukke side. At around 10:45 we reached the forest check post who checked our receipts and let us pass. The forest officer was quite friendly and chatted with us about the various facilities that forest dept provides etc etc. Bhattara mane is just 5 minutes away from the checkpost. We had told for lunch at bhattara mane before leaving from Bangalore. Bhattara Mane was full of trekkers, around 30-40 people. We had our lunch and left Bhattara Mane at 1 and reached the base of the peak at 3 in the afternoon. The base of the peak is around 5 kilometers from Bhattara mane.

Then there is a road that leads to the Kukke temple which is 1km from the base of the peak. We reached Kukke and had a bath in the Kumaradhara river and spent some time roaming around kukke. We found a cave in the main road of Kukke. One has crawl on four legs through this cave. The cave had loads of bats that flew just a few inches from us. We struggled our way through the cave escaping being hit by the bats. We visited the temple and boarded our bus back to Bangalore at 9:30 in the night.

An amazing trek in which we walked around 30 kilometers during the two days. One of my favourite treks and looking forward to trek from the kukke side.

Time to plan for the next trek guys...where is it to????

Ponder this!!

2008-12-27T19:46:00.010+05:30

An Idle mind is devil's workshop.. I have been jobless this week. Killing time big time.. Just then thought I can get back to my habit of solving puzzles and found this.. Try it out..

A monkey (hypothetical one) is trying to scale a slippery pole (Does this sounds familiar?) that is 10,000 feet high (obviously hypothetical!!). While trying to climb up the pole, the monkey starts with the second number in the Fibonacci series (1) and goes up by one foot. The pole being very slippery he slips and slides down by a distance equal to the previous number in the series which in this case is again 1. Thus after the first attempt he is back to where he started, 0. He tries harder in each subsequent attempt and manages to go up by the next number in the series, but unfortunately again slides back by the distance of the previous number in the series. Thus in his second attempt he manages to go up by 2 feet and then slides down by 1, a net gain of 1 feet. Like wise in the third attempt it goes up by 3 feet and slides down by 2 and so on.

For every 3 attempts he slips by an additional cumulative distance of 10 feet. Obviously the monkey is getting tired! Thus after the 3rd attempt the monkey slips by an additional 10 feet, after the 6th slips by an additional 20 feet, after the 9th slips by an additional 30 feet and so on. Also, he cannot slip back any further than the ground level (0 feet). (We don’t expect the monkey to slip underground.)

Finally here is the question. How many attempts would the monkey take to reach the top of the pole,if at all??

Update:: One attempt consists of climbing up and slipping down..and there is nothing like an half attempt ;-)

Yana Trek

2008-12-22T11:30:00.005+05:30

I am just back from a wonderful trek to KP. Will be writing about that shortly. Before that penning down my trekking experience to Yana.

May 2006 ...

It was the time of our sixth semester. It had been a long time after our last trip to chennai for the Shaastra event. We wanted a break and an excuse to miss our college. And we got a reason to do just that. One of our college lecturer was getting married and the marriage was in Shimoga, around 270 kilometers from Bangalore. We thought we would attend the wedding and also trek Yana and visit other places. Like they say in kannada, "Swamy karya, Swakarya". :)

We were seven of us in all, Balu, keerthy, Gupta, Pavan , Datta, Sudhindra and Me. We boarded the bus to Sirsi, a small town in Uttara Kannada District around 425 from Bangalore. We reached Sirsi at around 5:30 in the morning. There is a bus that leaves towards Yana at 7 in the morning. We boarded that bus and got down at a place called Vaddi cross. Yana is around 17 kilometers from here. There is a motor able road from here until 3 kilometers before Yana. We had to walk all the way with our luggage among the canopy of the forest trees.

We reached the Yana Cross, where the road ends and entered the deep forests for the final stretch to Yana. Amongst the forest trees we were able to see the magnificent structure of the 2 rocks, Bhairaveshwara Shikara and Mohini Shikara. We reached the place around 12-1, I guess. The two rocks are a treat to watch. We roamed around the caves of the Bhairaveshwara shikara and visited the temple.

Bhairaveshwara Shikara

Bhairaveshwara shikara is around 120 ft high and taller and larger of the two rocks and is a home of loads of bats and honeybee colonies. We were constantly told by the locals and fellow trekkers not to make loud noises since it may disturb the bees and bats. Mohini shikara is around 90 ft high. There are many theories on the formation of these rocks and a mythological story too which u can find here.

Mohini Shikara

My initial assumption was that we can climb to the top of the peak but was disappointed when we were told that it was not possible. But recently, in a movie, I saw a scene where the hero takes the heroine to the peak !!! So, still confused if it can be done.

We had our lunch near the base of the Bhiraveshwara shikara. We didn't go to the base of the mohini shikara since we had get into the woods again and our plan was to reach back to Shimoga that night. We were told that there is a bus to Kumta in the afternoon which never arrived. The condition of the road that leads to Kumta was in a pathetic condition covered with at least 2 feet of red soil. We had a real tough time walking in the red desert each time watching our feet disappear in the sand.

The bus facility and condition of the roads needs serious attention from the tourism department. Such natural wonders needs to be preserved and maintained so that it can attract more tourists.

Balu and Gupta enquired the locals for jeep that could take us to the main road where we can find a bus to kumta. After a lot of effort, one of the estate owners sent their jeep to drop us to the main road, From there, we got a lift to Kumta in an open tempo and that was a real fun ride.

All in all, the whole day we walked around 22-24 kilometers, a day of hard hiking in the forest and the red soil filled roads. Disappointed with Yana, that I couldn't climb it ,we reached Shimoga at around 11 in the night.

The next day we attended the marriage of our lecturer and left to Jog Falls. We reached Jog Falls around 2-3 in the afternoon and our bus to Bangalore was at 7 in the evening at the Jog Falls gate. As everyone knows, Jog Falls is one of the wonderful waterfalls on Sharavati river where the water falls from a height of 829 ft.

Since it was an off-season, before the monsoons , there was hardly any water in the falls. Out of the 4 parts of Jog, Raja and Rani were almost non-existent,I must say, and Rocket was a small stream of water and no roars from the Roarer was heard. :( . Since we had lot of time to kill, we thought we can do things interesting. We started to climb down the Jog falls. There is a visible path made of stones boulders and it took around one hour to reach to the base of the Jog Falls. This was an awesome experience to see the Jog from right below. The volume of water that was gushing down was quite high, though it was looking very minimal from the view point. We took bath and after photo sessions by our officials photographers, Datta and Pavan , we started our climb back to the top.

View from the bottom of Jog

The trek to the bottom of the Jog and back to the top was quite tough compared to the hike to Yana. The birthday boy, Sudhindra, had a tough time climbing back to the top. With constant scoldings from the Big Brother,Gupta, he finally made it..

We had some snacks and finally boarded the bus to Bangalore ending our rather tiring trip to Yana and Jog Falls.

The Gang minus PK

Nehru family..

2008-12-13T22:25:00.004+05:30

No comments..

Its Fun to Fly

2008-12-07T20:24:00.002+05:30

Each one of us during our childhood would have envied the birds flying high in the sky and would have wished if even we could have flew..

This wish was finally fulfilled when a few of us went parasailing near Hoskote. After the first attempt to go parasailing got cancelled due to rain, few people dropped off. We were left with four of us to go skywards. Thanks to one of my late-latif friend,we reached Hoskote on our bikes by 11:30.

The para sailing is organised in the Hoskote lake bed area around 40 kilometers from bangalore.The day was not too windy and we had to wait for the wind to catch up to get a nice flight. The parachute was attached to our back and we are tied to a gypsy using a long rope. Finally my turn came. The gypsy moved forward and the wind lifted me off the ground. It was a wonderful experience to get a feel of flying. The height of the flight was around 150 ft and the view from the top was awesome. The flight lasted around 2 minutes but the experience was a memorable one...

How I wish I could fly everyday to office,beating the traffic :)

(PS :: Have been waiting for the video from my friend..will upload that soon)

ಚೆಂದಿರ ನಗುತಿರುವ...

2008-12-02T07:47:00.005+05:30

ನಿನ್ನೆ ರಸ್ತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬರುವಾಗ ಹಾಗೆ ಸುಮ್ಮನೆ ಆಕಾಶದತ್ತ ಕಣ್ಣಾಯಿಸಿದೆ. ಪಡುವಣದ ಆಗಸದಲ್ಲಿ ಚೆಂದಿರ ಒಮ್ಮೆ ತುಸು ನಕ್ಕ ಹಾಗೆ ಅನಿಸಿತು. ಮತ್ತೆ ನೋಡಿದೆ. ಹೌದು, ಚೆಂದಿರ ಭೂಮಿಯ ನೋಡಿ ಮುಗುಳ್ನಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾನೆ. ( ನಾವು ಕಳಿಸಿದ ಚಂದ್ರಯಾನ ಅಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ತಲುಪಿತು ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲು ಇರಬಹುದೇ?? :) )

ಕವಿಸಮಯ ಹಾಗಿರಲಿ.. ನಿಜ ಸಂಗತಿ ಇದು..ಸಂಜೆ ಆಕಾಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಅಪರೂಪವಾದ ಘಟನೆಗೆ ನಾವು ಸಾಕ್ಷಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದೇವೆ. ಇದನ್ನು ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಿಗಳು ಸಮ್ಮಿಲನ (Celestial Rendevous) ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಶುಕ್ರ (venus) ಮತ್ತು ಗುರು (Jupiter) ಗ್ರಹಗಳು ಸೂರ್ಯನ ಸಮೀಪ ಸುತ್ತುವಾಗ ಭೂಮಿಯಿಂದ ನೋಡಿದಾಗ ಹತ್ತಿರ ಇದ್ದ ಹಾಗೆ ಕಂಡಿತು. ಈ ಗ್ರಹಗಳು ಆಕಾಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಚೆಂದ್ರನ ಮೇಲೆ ಕಂಡು ಈ ಮನೋಜ್ಞ ದೃಶ್ಯ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಯಾಯಿತು.

ಚುರುಮುರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇದರ ವೀಡಿಯೊ ನೋಡಿ

ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ವಿಷಯ ಇಲ್ಲಿ

What type is your blog ??

2008-12-01T10:42:00.006+05:30

Each of your blog post definitely says something about you..It depicts your way of thinking and style of writing.

I found a website that says your blog type.. It analyzes (if I can say that!!) your blog posts and classifies your blog.

This is what it said about my blog ::

( Wrong picture though :( !!)

And also analyzed my blogging mind

So what is your blog type?? and what does it say about you??

Interesting!!

2008-11-25T19:13:00.004+05:30

I just couldn't stop myself from sharing this interesting article and yet another awesome series of pictures from Big Picture

1) History's greatest conspiracy theories...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/3477148/The-greatest-conspiracy-theories-in-history.html

Lists a number of historical events that may have the unknown side to it.. Not at all surprised to find the Moan Landing Hoax at #4..

2) Awesome pictures of the International Space Station..

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/11/the_international_space_statio.html

ಕಡಲೆಕಾಯಿ, ಕಡಲೆಕಾಯಿ!!!

2008-11-24T22:28:00.007+05:30

ತಾಜಾ ತಾಜಾ ಕಳ್ಳೆಕಾಯ್
ಗರಮಾಗರಂ ಕಡಲೇಕಾಯಿ,
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರದ ಬಸವನ ಪರಿಷೆಯ ಬಡವರ ಬಾದಾಮಿ ಕಳ್ಳೇಕಾಯ್‌....

ಹೌದು ಈ ಹಾಡು ಕೇಳಿದೊಡನೆ ನೆನಪಿಗೆ ಬರೋದು ನಮ್ಮ ಬಸವನಗುಡಿಯ ಕಡಲೇಕಾಯಿ ಪರಿಷೆ.. ಕಡ್ಲೆಕಾಯಿ ಪರಿಷೆ ಮತ್ತೆ ಬಂದಿದೆ. ಕಾರ್ತಿಕ ಮಾಸದ ಕಡೆಯ ಸೋಮವಾರದಿಂದ ನಡೆಯುವ ಈ ಜಾತ್ರೆಯ ಗತ್ತು, ವೈಭವವೇ ಬೇರೆ. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ವಿಶೇಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇದು ಕೂಡ ಒಂದು. ಕಾಲಂತರದಿಂದ ನಡೆದು ಬಂದಿರುವ ಈ ಆಚರಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನಾ ಹಳ್ಳಿಗಳಿಂದ ರೈತರು ತಮ್ಮ ರಾಶಿ ರಾಶಿ ಕಡಲೇಕಾಯಿ ಬೆಳೆಯನ್ನು ತಂದು ಮಾರುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಬಸವನಿಗೆ ಕಡ್ಲೇಕಾಯಿಯ ವಿಶೇಷ ಪೂಜೆ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತದೆ.

ಕಡ್ಲೇಕಾಯಿ ಪರಿಷೆಗೆ ತನ್ನದೇ ಆದ ಐತಿಹ್ಯವಿದೆ. ಹಿಂದೆ ಈ ಪ್ರದೇಶದ ಹೆಸರು ಸುಂಕೇನಹಳ್ಳಿ. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಅಧಿಕವಾಗಿ ಶೇಂಗಾ ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಕಡಲೇಕಾಯಿ ಬೆಳೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ರೈತರು ತಾವು ಬೆಳೆದ ಕಡಲೆ ಕಾಯಿಯನ್ನು ರಾಶಿ ಮಾಡಿದಾಗ ಬಸವ ತಿನ್ನಲು ಬರುತ್ತಿತಂತೆ. ತಮ್ಮ ಬೆಳೆಯನ್ನು ಯಥೇಚ್ಛವಾಗಿ ತಿಂದು ಹೋಗುತ್ತಿತ್ತಂತೆ. ಒಂದು ದಿನ ರೈತರು ಆ ಬಸವನ ಬೆನ್ನಟ್ಟಿ ಹೋದರಂತೆ. ಆಗ ಬಸವ ಈಗ ಗುಡಿ ಇರುವ ಸ್ಥಳದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದು ನಿಂತು ಕಲ್ಲಾದನಂತೆ. ರೈತರಿಗೆ ತಾವು ಮಾಡಿದ ತಪ್ಪಿನ ಅರಿವಾಯಿತು. ಶಿವನ ವಾಹನನಾದ ಬಸವ ತಾನೇ ಸ್ವತಃ ಕಡಲೆ ಕಾಯಿ ತಿನ್ನಲು ಬಂದರೂ ನಾವು ಹೊಡೆದು ಓಡಿಸಿದೆವಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ಮರುಗಿದರಂತೆ . ಅದಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಪ್ರತಿವರ್ಷ ತಮ್ಮ ಮೊದಲ ಕಡಲೆಕಾಯಿ ಬೆಳೆಯನ್ನು ಈ ಬಸವಣ್ಣನಿಗೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕಡಲೆ ಕಾಯಿ ಪರಿಷೆ (ಜಾತ್ರೆ) ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಾರೆ.

ಇತ್ತೀಚಿನ ನಗರೀಕರಣ, ಆಧುನಿಕತೆಯ ಬೇಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪರಿಷೆ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಕಳೆಗುಂಡಿದರೂ, ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿಗರಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ಹಬ್ಬವೇ ಸರಿ. ಬಸವನ ದರ್ಶನ ಮಾಡಿ, ಒಂದು ಸೇರು ಕಡ್ಲೇಕಾಯಿ ಕೊಂಡು , ವಿಧ-ವಿಧ ಶೇಂಗಾ ಭಕ್ಷ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಸವಿಯುವ ಅವಕಾಶ.

ಬನ್ನಿ ನಾವು ಒಂದು ಹಿಡಿ ಮಸಾಲೆ ಕಡ್ಲೆಯ ಮಜಾ ಸವಿಯೋಣ.... ಏನಂತೀರಿ ??

Savanadurga - Take 2

2008-11-24T21:56:00.004+05:30

Two weekends ago, we had been for a trek to Savanadurga, a monolith rock hill around 60 kilometers from bangalore. Though this was my second trek of Savanadurga,(my previous one ,4 years ago) it was quite a fun and adventure. I was accompanied by my office colleagues, for many of whom this was their first trekking experience.

My teammates and myself,twelve of us in all, left Bangalore at 8:30 in the morning in a pre-arranged tempo traveller towards Magadi. It had been drizzling from the morning and we thought that it would ruin our plans but fortunately, the rain took a break and weather became pleasant making it perfect for the rock climb.

We reached Savandurga at 10:30 and started our trek. I acted as a "co-guide" along with our official guide RamaSinga, a local boy who offered to show us the way to the top. We started the ascent along the short and less steeper path, taking regular breaks(every 5-10 steps actually ;-) )to catch some breath and photo sessions.

After passing the first fort,few of us decided to halt there while others proceeded to trek further. We reached the top of the hill in under two hours.

Me on way to the top, Tired Bhama in the background

The Elephant face rock

The Mantapa at the top

The descent was more easier and quicker and reached down to the bottom of the hill by 1:30. We then moved on to Ramanagar for our lunch. One thing that made me real happy during the trek,was the condition of the road. Though, I was a bit skeptic about the state of the road, the road to Magadi and then from Magadi to Ramanagara was asphalted and well maintained.

After a sumptuous meal at Kamath Lokaruchi, we proceeded to see Banyan Tree,near Kumbalagodu.Then we returned to Bangalore by 6pm bringing an end to an eventful day and a nice outing with my teammates.

ಮನಸಿನ ಪುಟಗಳು

2008-11-22T21:55:00.003+05:30

ಏಕೋ ಕಾಣೆ..ಕೆಲವು ದಿನಗಳಿಂದ ಮನಸು ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಭಾರವಾಗಿ ಅನಿಸುತಿದೆ. ಏನೋ ನಾನಾ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳು ಹುಟ್ಟಿ ಉತ್ತರಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಹುಡುಕುತಿದೆ.

ಈ ಬದುಕು ಏನು, ಏಕೆ, ಎಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ???

ಆಗ ನೆನಪಾಗಿದ್ದು ಈ ಸಾಲುಗಳು....
ಬದುಕು ಜಟಕಾ ಬಂಡಿ ವಿಧಿಯದರ ಸಾಹೇಬ
ಕುದುರೆ ನೀನ್, ಅವನು ಪೇಳ್ದಂತೆ ಪಯಣಿಗರು |
ಮದುವೆಗೋ ಮಸಣಕೋ ಹೋಗೆಂದ ಕಡೆಗೋಡು
ಪದ ಕುಸಿಯೆ ನೆಲವಿಹುದು - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ||

ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಡಿಗರ "ಯಾವ ಮೋಹನ ಮುರಳಿ ಕರೆಯಿತು" ಗೀತೆಯ ಈ ಸಾಲು ಕೇಳಿತು...
"ಇರುವುದೆಲ್ಲವ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಇರದುದರೆಡೆಗೆ ತುಡಿವುದೇ ಜೀವನಾ... "

Microscopic world in a Macro view

2008-11-22T18:45:00.002+05:30

If you not viewing the Big Picture regularly, then surely you are missing something. This week, it featured a series of photos with the theme was Microscopy.

Few of the photos did scare me!!

Try this out !!

2008-11-20T10:17:00.000+05:30

It has been a long time since I lost the practise of solving those brain teasers and puzzles. I miss those college days where me and my friends used to spend our time in class solving puzzles totally ignorant of the lecture happening.

A few days back, I happened to find this interesting puzzle and sharing it with you people. This is more famously known as the Einstein's puzzle. Try it out.. A nice one to kill time and sharpen your left side of the brain :-)

FACTS OF THE PUZZLE
1. There are five houses in five different colours.
2. In each house lives a person of a different nationality.
3. These five owners drink a certain beverage, smoke a certain brand of
cigarette and keep a certain pet.
4. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of smoke or drink
the same drink.

HINTS
1. The Brit lives in the red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The green house is on the left of the white house.
5. The green house owner drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the house right in the center drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blend lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blend has a neighbour who drinks water.

The question is: WHO OWNS FISH?

Post a comment if you need any clues :P

ಈ ದಿನ..ಎಂಥ ಸುದಿನ..

2008-11-01T15:41:00.003+05:30

ಇಂದು ನಾನು ಜಯನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವ ಒಂದು ಪುಸ್ತಕದ ಮಳಿಗೆಗೆ ಹೋಗಿದ್ದೆ. ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಲಿಡುತ್ತಿದಂತೆ ನನಗೆ ಒಂದು ಅಚ್ಚರಿ ಕಾದಿತ್ತು. ಎಂದೂ ಹಿಂದಿ ಹಾಡು ಹಾಕುವ ಅಂಗಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡದ ಭಾವಗೀತೆಯ ದನಿ ಕೇಳಿಸಿತು. ಸಂತಸಗೊಂದು ಹಾಗೆ ಅಂಗಡಿಯ ಒಂದು ಸುತ್ತು ಹಾಕಿದೆ. ಒಂದು ಮೊಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವ ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಭಾಗಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋದೆ. ಯಾವಾಗಲು ಖಾಲಿ ಅಥವಾ ಬೆರಳೆಣಿಕೆಯಷ್ಟು ಜನ ಇರುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಜನ ಜಂಗುಳಿ. ಕನ್ನಡ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳನ್ನು ಹುಡುಕಿ, ಕೇಳಿ ಪಡೆಯುತಿದ್ದರು.

ಮನದಲ್ಲಿ ಏನೋ ಸಂತೋಷ, ನಮ್ಮ ಜನ ಡಾನ್ ಬ್ರೌನ್, ಚೇತನ್ ಭಗತ್ ರನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟು ನಮ್ಮ ಕುವೆಂಪು,ಅಡಿಗರ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳನ್ನು ಕೊಂಡುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ಇದೇ ಹುಮ್ಮಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನೂ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿಯವರ ಎರಡು ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳ ಕೊಂಡು ಬಂದೆ..

ಈ ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಾಳಜಿ, ಕನ್ನಡ ಪ್ರಜ್ಞೆ ನವಂಬರಕ್ಕೆ ಸೀಮಿತವಾಗದೆ ನಿರಂತರವಾಗಿ ಇರಲಿ, ಕನ್ನಡದ ಕಂಪು ಎಲ್ಲೆಡೆ ಹರಡಲಿ...

ಪರ್ಪಂಚ್ ಇರೋ ತನಕ ಮುಂದೆ ಕನ್ನಡ್ ಪದಗೊಳ್ ನುಗ್ಲಿ!...

ಒಂದು ಅಪರೂಪದ ಚಿತ್ರ

2008-11-01T15:27:00.003+05:30

ಕನ್ನಡದ ಸುದಿನವಾದ ಇಂದು ಕೆಲವು ಹಳೆಯ ವೆಬ್ ಪೇಜ್ ಗಳನ್ನು ಹುಡುಕುತ್ತಿರುವಾಗ ಈ ಅಪರೂಪದ ಚಿತ್ರ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿತು.

ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದ ಏಳು ದಿಗ್ಗಜರು ಇರುವ ಈ ಚಿತ್ರವನ್ನು ಟಿ.ಏಸ. ನಾಗರಾಜನ್ ಅವರು ೧೯೫೫ರಲ್ಲಿ ತೆಗೆದಿದ್ದರು.

ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಎಡದಿಂದ ಬಲಕ್ಕೆ :: ಮಾಸ್ತಿ ವೆಂಕಟೇಶ್ ಅಯ್ಯಂಗಾರ್ , ಡಿ.ವಿ.ಜಿ, ಕುವೆಂಪು, ಎಂ.ವಿ. ಸೀತಾರಾಮಯ್ಯ , ಶಿವರಾಮ ಕಾರಂತ, ಅ ನ ಕೃ , ಜಿ ಪಿ ರಾಜರತ್ನಂ

ಕನ್ನಡ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ

2008-11-01T14:13:00.007+05:30

ಕನ್ನಡ ನಾಡಿಗೆ ೫೩ನೇ ಹುಟ್ಟು ಹಬ್ಬದ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು.ಈ ಸಂಧರ್ಬದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಚರಣೆಯ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಯೋಚನೆಯ ಅಗತ್ಯತೆ ಕೂಡ ಒದಗಿಬಂದಿದೆ. ನಾವು ಕನ್ನಡದ ನುಡಿ, ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ, ಸಂಸ್ಕಾರಗಳನ್ನು ಎಲ್ಲೋ ಮರೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವಂತೆ ಭಾಸವಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರಿಗಿಂತ ಅನ್ಯ ಭಾಷಿಗರು ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಇದ್ದಾರೆ. ಆಧುನಿಕತೆಗೆ, ಇತರ ಭಾಷಾ ಹಾವಳಿಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡದ ದೀಪ ಆರದಿರಲಿ.

ಈ ದಿನದಂದು ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ನನ್ನ ಮನವಿ :

ದಯಮಾಡಿ ಇತರರೊಡನೆ ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತನಾಡಿ. ಅವರಿಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ಬರದಿದರೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಲಿಸಿ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕಕ್ಕೆ ವಲಸೆ ಬಂದ ಜನಕನ್ನಡ ಕಲಿಯದಿದ್ದರೆ ಹೇಗೆ?? ( ಮುಖ್ಯವಾಗಿ ನಮ್ಮ "ಸಾಫ್ಟ್ ವೇರ್ ಇಂಜಿನಿಯರ್ ಗಳಿಗೆ")

ಕನ್ನಡ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳನ್ನು "ಕೊಂಡು" ಓದಿ...

" ನರಕಕ್ಕ್ ಇಳ್ಸಿ ನಾಲ್ಗೆ ಸೀಳ್ಸಿ

ಬಾಯ್ ಒಲಿಸಾಕಿದ್ರೂನೆ-

ಮೂಗ್ನಲ್ ಕನ್ನಡ್ ಪದವಾಡ್ತೀನಿ!

ನನ್ ಮನಸನ್ನ್ ನೀ ಕಾಣೆ! " - ಎಂದ ನಮ್ಮ ರತ್ನನ ಮಾತು ನಮಗೆ ದಾರಿದೀಪವಾಗಲಿ...

Sakleshpura Trek

2008-10-26T14:02:00.010+05:30

Green Route aka Sakleshpura Railway track trekking is one of those treks that every trekker wants to have in his Done List.It is amongst the most popular treks in the trekkers community. I had been dreaming about trekking along the green route for the past 2 years and this urge intensified when I saw the railway track high among the forest cover while returning from Amedhikallu trek. The railway track that runs along the hill side can seen from NH-48 and invites for an awesome trekking experience.

With the holiday season of October just a few weeks away, we started planning for a long get-away from work and routine daily business. We started looking for a 3-4 day trip and decided upon trekking the Green route from Donigal to Edukumeri and then move on to Murudeshwara and Gokarna. We were told that since the train service has been resumed on the Sakleshpura track, trekking is banned there and it would be dangerous to go there. We moved ahead with the trek with a contingency plan in place :P :) .

Sakleshpura is in Hassan District around 230 kilometers from Bangalore. The railway track runs continues until Mangalore. The green-route track trekking can be started from Sakleshpura and finishes at Subramanya Road Railway Station 48 kilometers away. This track was abandoned for a couple of decades without any train service and hence became a ideal place for trekkers.Recently after the meter gauge conversion, train service has resumed and Bangalore-Mangalore train runs on this track.

We engaged a tempo-traveller for the journey and after roaming around most of Bangalore for picking up my friends,we finally hit Tumkur road towards Sakleshpura at 11:30 in the night. We spent the night playing cards and watching movies and with just under an hour of sleep,we reached Sakleshpura at 4 early morning. We waited near the tea shops until daybreak and were welcomed by early morning showers. We took directions for Donigal railway station from local people and moved towards our trek starting point. Donigal is around 8 kilometers from Saklespura and the track can be reached from the Donigal Railway station. At milestone number 234 of NH-48 ,after crossing the bridge, a road at the right takes to the Donigal Railway Station.

We started our trek at 6:30 in the morning and a calm sun rising from behind the clouds just above the forest was an awesome sight.Donigal Railway Station is at 50KM milestone and our destination Edukumeri Railway Station is at 67KM milestone. With long day of trek ahead, we started moving along the track. The sight of ever lasting railway tracks and the thick forest cover was a new experience.The journey of life looks similar to the walk on these tracks. With the past behind, life is all about moving towards your destination overcoming the obstructions by building the bridges and tunnels.

After walking for about half and hour, at milestone 52KM, we came across the first bridge.Though it was a small one around 50m leng th, I crossed it with a bit of hesitation and fear.Crossing the first bridge felt like a new achievement.We moved on taking a few photography breaks and had our breakfast near a stream that runs across the track.Shortly, we came across our first tunnel.Walking through the pitch dark tunnels with just torch as the only source of light was exciting. I and Balu also tried a 100m meter dash in one of the tunnels and I lost the race. :(

Just after crossing one of the tunnels,we heard the sound of train at the distance. We thought that the train was still a kilometer away and we could cross the bridge. While we were half-way through on the bridge,we saw the train coming towards us. We turned around and ran towards the start of the bridge to find a stable piece of land. The long goods train crossed us we were happy to find a train on the track giving company for us.

This pic reminds me of the kannada novel 'Jugari Cross' which has references to this track.

The 'Killer Bridge'

View of the stream beneath the bridge

The bridge again

We were covering around 3KM every hour and at around 11,we came to the bridge famously called as "Killer Bridge" at milestone 61. The bridge is around 150 m length and a 20o ft high. A river stream flows below the bridge and it was flowing at rapid speed. Few of my friends climbed down the bridge along the forest to take bath in the stream.

We met one of the railway guards in the way and inquired our exit point. Our plan was to take the path behind Edukumeri station towards the forest and cross Kempuhole and reach NH-48. The guard told us that Kempuhole was overflowing due to the recent rains and we would not be able to cross it. He told us that we could continue trekking from Edukumeri until 75th KM milestone and reach the highway or we could take a detour at 64KM to move to ongrala village and join the Bisle Ghat road and take bus to Sakleshpura. We decided to move on towards Edukumeri which turned out to be a wrong decision :) .

We reached Edukumeri Railway station at 67th KM at 3 in the afternoon and had our lunch. Upon enquiring, the station master at Edukumeri said that it would not be possible to cross kempuhole to reach the road. We requested him if he could stop any Goods or Engine that would take us to Subramanya Road. He wasn't much helpful and we had to spend the night in the railway station in the severe cold. The cold breeze made me shiver the whole night and I was eagerly waiting for the dawn to escape from this station.

At 4:30 in the morning, we caught the Bangalore-Mangalore express train and took a ticket less journey to Subramanya Road Station. Balu and Shreyas had more adventure in store for them. They got down at Shiribagilu station at 5:30 in the morning, raced through the forest track to Gundya to get our tempo traveler to Subramanya Road station.

It was a dream come true to complete the one of the most awaited treks. It was a thrilling hike along the tracks with ranges of mountains and streams and waterfalls visible all around you.The tunnels and bridges added to the excitement of the trek.In the long day of trek,we crossed over 25 bridges and 17 tunnels. The longest tunnel was of length 572m and the tallest bridge ("Killer Bridge"-bridge no 20) is of height around 200ft.

We then moved on to Dharmasthala, Murudeshwara. Murudeshwara is around 120 kilometers from Udupi. It has a temple of Shiva on the shore of the Arabian sea.We stayed overnight in Murudeshwara. We enjoyed swimming at the beach and the early morning beach volleyball match at Murudeshwara.

We then moved on to Gokarna 90 kilometers from Murudeshwara and visited the Mahabaleswara temple and Om beach .We returned back to Bangalore life on Sunday morning.
Date : October 1st to October 5th.
Total Distance covered: 1100 kilometers

Saturn and its moon family

2008-10-25T22:00:00.007+05:30

Saturn has always amused the astronomers (and astrologers too ;-) ). The serene beauty of the planet invites astronomers and space-enthusiasts towards me. The second biggest planet,after Jupiter, in the solar system Saturn has 31 moons revolving around it .

Titan, the largest moon of saturn and second largest in the solarsystem is the only known moon with dense atmosphere.

The spacecraft Cassini has sent has incredible pictures and information of Saturn and its moons.

Here are some pictures from Big Picture :

Ring shadows line the face of distant Saturn, providing a backdrop for the brilliant, white sphere of Enceladus as seen by Cassini

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/05/cassini_nears_fouryear_mark.html

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/10/enceladus_up_close.html

Adventure Sports at Ramanagara

2008-10-17T23:04:00.008+05:30

Date : March 15,2008

We had been trekking to different places over the past two years and our gang started to look into other adventure activities. The obvious choice was to try out rock climbing and other activities. We contacted Venture Adventure club which organises one-day adventure activities near Ramanagara( the place famous as Ramgarh of Sholay fame) ,around 40 kilometers from Bangalore.

We went to Ramanagara and the people from the adventure club taught us the techniques of rock-climbing and we were involved in various activities like Rappeling, Rock Climbing, chimney climbing, river crossing etc.

There is not much risk involved in few of the activities with all the safety gears in place but still it was a nice experience.

Rapelling

Chimney Climbing

Amedikallu Trek

2008-10-15T22:37:00.004+05:30

Amedikallu is one of those trekking spot that is not known to many people. A beautiful hill in the midst of the forests and it is one of the best and hardest treks I have done so far.

We had booked for Qualis and left Bangalore at 11:30 towards Mangalore.Amedikallu can be reached through the village of Shishila. On NH-48 highway to Mangalore, one has to take a deviation to the left at Kokkada and travel further 15 kilometers towards Shishila.

We reached Shishila at around 7 in the morning. We made our way to Mr. Gopu Ghokale's house in Shishila which was our base camp. Gopu Ghokale arranges for food and guide for the trek. We had our breakfast in his house and left for the trek at 10 with our guide,Chennappa.

The starting point of the trek is 4 kilometers further in a jeep track and from there we started our trek in the dense forest. The first 2 hours of trek involves climbing hills through the dense forests. After that we reached a plain patch of grassland from where we caught the first glimpse of Amedikallu. It is an awesome sight of the monolith rock and each one of us were excited to climb it.

First view of Amedikallu

The word "Amedikallu" comprises of two words- "Ame" meaning turtle and "Dikel" meaning stove in tulu language. From far, the hill resembles the Turtle shell and the 3 stones of a stove and hence the hill gets this name.

Yettinabuja

All along the trek, the other hill that amused us was "Yettina Buja", the hill whose appearance resembles the Bull's shoulder. Our guide Chennappa told that it can also be trekked. Hoping to trek that hill one day :)

After another hour through the grasslands ,we reach the base of the hill. From here we start the real rock-climbing. The hill was steep and we had to stop every 5minutes to take a breath and enjoy the view all around us. Late in the afternoon, we reached the base of the 3 rocks and had our lunch there and relaxed for some time.

After reaching the base of the 'dikel' , to climb to the peak ,we need to go into the dense forest. Trek for another 45 minutes took us to the top of the hill. The peak of the hill was another 25 metres climb and this part was a real risky one. You have to climb the hill with enough space to keep one foot and one missed step, there is a dead drop into which you end up falling into.

At last ,we reached the peak of Amedhikallu at around 5. We then moved down from the peak to find our camping spot. We decided to camp in the forests bit further down the hill. We collected the dry wood from the forest and made a camp-fire and had our dinner.We slept in the tents and the sleeping bags we had brought and had a good sleep but for the loud scream by one of dreamers!!

We got up early in the morning to catch the sunrise and moved up to the peak to catch the sun. We then started to climb down the hill at around 7:30 in the morning and reached Gopu Gokale's place by 11:30. We had a refreshing bath in the river kapila and delicious lunch at Gopu Gokale's place before leaving for Bangalore.

All in all,an awesome trekking experience and memories that will last a lifetime

The Gang :Balu, Bala, Gupta, Pavan ,Shreyas, Shashidhar and Me
Date : February ,2-3 , 2008

Site of the day #4

2008-10-15T22:29:00.002+05:30

Kannada Slate - ಕನ್ನಡ ಸ್ಲೇಟು

An awesome tool to write in kannada. Unlike other tool, performs translation "on-the-fly"

http://speech.iiit.ac.in/~speech/Transliteration/

This is another handy tool for transliteration

Mullayangiri Trek

2008-10-12T14:10:00.001+05:30

It had been some time since we had gone for a trek and the time was perfect to conquer the highest peak of karnataka. We started planning for this trip around three weeks before, and with lot of people showing their eagerness to join us for the trek, we set off to Mullayangiri on November 2nd,2007. It was a huge gang of 18 who went for this trek.

Mullayangiri is highest peak in Karnataka(6317 ft above sea level) and is located in the BabaBudanGiri range of the western ghats, near Chikamagalur.

We left Bangalore around 11 in the night and reached Chikamagalur ,210 kms from Bangalore early morning. From there, we moved on towards Mullayangiri. There is a place called Sarpadari from where we started the trekking to the peak and it is around 15 kms from chikamagalur through a village called Kaimara. There is a Iron Entrance at Sarpadari that helps to identify the start point for the trek. The scenery while climbing the peak is astonishing.One can feel the mist and winds lash at you at great speeds.

Starting point of the trek, Sarpadari

There is a Nandi that we come across while climbing towards peak near the half way mark and another one just near the peak. There is a cave near the peak and it was great fun trying to explore the dark cave inhibited by bats. It took just over an hour for us to reach the Mullayangiri Peak. The peak can also reached via road that leads until the base of the hillock and then one has to climb around 100 steps to reach the peak. ( Much simpler than trekking, but trekking is lot more fun!!)

View from the top of Mullayangiri

View of Bababudangiri Range from the peak. You can see the tower at Bababudangiri at the top of the pic

There is a temple at the peak and we spent some time at the peak roaming around the place. Our next plan was to trek to BabaBudanGiri around 12 kilometers away.

We started our trek towards Bababudangiri at around 1 in the afternoon. There is a gate behind the temple that leads towards BabaBudangiri. It was long trek and after crossing 6-7 hills we reached the Vivekananda point. From there we descended to the road. From the road,we found it difficult to find the path towards the TV tower which is very near to BabaBudangiri and explored our way to climb the tallest hill so that we can catch sight of the tower.

We had taken a different route towards Bababudangiri and had to walk along the deadly edges of the hills. After a tiring journey,I and Keerthy passed alongside the tower and reached Manikyadhara at around 5. The group of 18 was broken to smaller groups and each of them started reaching Manikyadhara by sunset. Manikyadhara has a waterfall that is believed to have medicinal qualities.It is around 5 kms from Bababudangiri .

We then took a jeep to climb down to Bababudangiri.

We camped in a ground in Bababudangiri and tried to lit the camp fire. It was real cold and the winds were blowing at high speeds that made it difficult to lite the camp fire. While a few of us decided to sleep under the tents on the ground others resorted to the van to spend the night.

The next morning , we visited the Datta Peetha and moved towards Kemmanagundi to see the Hebbe Falls. Hebbe Falls is around 10 kms from Kemmanagundi. While moving from BabaBudangiri to Kemmanagundi, we found a few guides who offered to take us to the falls. Hebbe Falls can be reached by jeep till a estate and then we need to walk another 3-4 kms to reach the falls. Hebbe falls gushes down in two stages called Dodda Hebbe and Chikka Hebbe.

View of Hebbe falls from the forest

Hebbe Falls

The Trek Gang of 18 members

Site of the Day #3

2008-10-11T19:26:00.000+05:30

Best Article EveryDay

This website gives interesting and nice articles every day.

Here are a few of them from the archives:

The Differences Between Star Wars & Harry Potter

50 (Really) Stunning Pictures and Photos

50 Things to Do Before You Die

10 Things You Should Know About the Internet

Site of the Day #2

2008-10-08T11:53:00.000+05:30

The Big Picture : http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/

This site posts real awesome high-resolution picture covering various topics from nature to war, from space to ocean. New pictures are posted thrice a week.

Each photo tells a story!!!

Site of The Day #1

2008-10-08T09:00:00.000+05:30

I am a kind of person who loves to browse online a lot. At times, I stumble on a few really interesting websites or posts.

HenceForth, I will be posting the link to such sites in my blog for the benefit of my readers (if any :P) .

1) goosh.org :: http://www.goosh.org/

goosh is a shell-like interface that helps to search for Google, wikipedia for news,blogs and plain text. It also has a command called "gmail" to write and read your mails through the command line interface.

Truly, an amazing tool.

Maaribetta Trek

2008-10-07T23:10:00.000+05:30

It had been long since we last went on a bike trek. The final semester was approaching and we wanted a trek before we get lost in the maze of project work ,exams etc, etc.

We planned for a trek to Maaribetta. Maaribetta is a hill near Kanakapura, perfect for a one-day trek. It was eleven of us who left Bangalore at around 8 in the morning towards Kanakapura , 50 kms south of Bangalore. After breakfast at Kanakapura, we started enquiring the localites about Maaribetta and surprisingly none of them knew the where it was.!! After some search and guidance from some localities, we found the correct path to your trekking spot.

After travelling 4-5 kms from Kanakapura towards Ramanagara, we need to take a left and move on kuccha road to reach a small village. We parked our vehicles in one of the huts in the village and moved towards the foot of the hill. There are two hills and initially tried to climb the bigger one but it was densely covered with shrubs and there was no suitable route to the top.
We then found few local boys who obliged to be our guides for the day and took us along the smaller hill.

After the climb of the smaller hill , a few people decided not to go further and returned back to the village. Six of us descended the smaller hill at the other side and moved through the forest to reach the Durga temple.It was around 2 in the afternoon when we reached the temple.

There is a route to trek the bigger hill from the Durga temple but we could not proceed further and returned to the village through the forest route between the two hills.

Here's Pavan's Blog about the trek.

Destination : Maaribetta
Distance : 55 Kms from Bangalore, 5-6 Kms from Kanakapura towards Ramanagara
Date: 26 January 2007
The Gang : Akshaya, Balu, Bharath, Harini,Keerthy,Keerthana,Kiran, Padmini, Pavan, Sharath and Me

The First Treks

2008-10-06T20:09:00.001+05:30

My trekking experience started with a bike trip to Savanadurga during my 4th semester. Savanadurga situated 60 kms from Bangalore,near Magadi is a Beginner's Paradise for Trekking. Savandurga is a monolith rock hill at an altitude of 4,050 ft and has remains of the fort built by kempegowda.

We left Bangalore at 7 in the morning and reached the hill base at 9 after having our breakfast at Magadi. The trek took around one and half hour.There is a temple at the top of the hill.

After spending some time exploring the hill top,we descended and took the road towards the Mysore Road.On the way back to Bangalore, we visited Manchinabele Dam and Big Banyan Tree.

The Gang: Balu, Srikanth, Keerthy, Datta, Gupta, Rajesh

Siddarabetta -February 2006

After the trip to Savanadurga, more trekking was soon to follow. The next was a bike trek to Siddarabetta near tumkur. Siddarabetta is a hill in Tumkur district around 110 kms from Bangalore.One has to take a devitation to the left after 2 kms from koratagere while going to Madhugiri. It is famous for the medicinal plants that grows on the hill. There wasnt much diffculty to reach the hilltop since there were stairs. We visited the temple on the top. There was a guide available who offered to show us around the hill. The hill has a large number of caves and at places u need to crawl on your legs to move on to the next stretch. It is an amazing place for cave exploration. After going around the caves for over an hour, we came out to the open. We were told that there were lot more caves and it would take around 3 hours to cover them all.

Another interesting point is that there are no crows in this region.The Guide told us some mythological reason and I dont quite remember the story now :P

On the way back to Bangalore, we visited Devarayanadurga. It has a temple at the top and is a well known hill station.

The Gang:- Balu,Keerthy,Gupta,Pavan,Rajesh and Me.

Trek-logue

2008-10-06T19:27:00.006+05:30

During the college days, the favorite pastime of me and my friends were playing volleyball,badminton and plan for treks during weekends. Trekking has become one of my favorite weekend activity since then.

Two years down the memory lane, I am trying to recall the treks and trips we have done and penning the experience here..

The treks I have completed :

Other Trips

Devarayanadurga
Talakadu
Hebbe falls
Trip to Chennai for Shaastra, IIT-M
St.Mary's Island , Udupi
Ramanagara Adventure Camp
Himavad Gopalswamy Betta
Bharachukki
Murudeshwara
Gokarna
Bike Trip to Valparai , Ooty

Ones I missed

Skandagiri -- Missed it twice :-(
Trek to Bandajje Arbi
Bisle Ghats

Treks in my To-Do List

Skandagiri
Ombattu Gudda
Ratnagiri
Gangotri- Tapovan
Manasa Sarovar
Everest Base Camp (Aiming too high :-) )

Update:: KP acheived on 20th Dec 2008..Moving it out of To-Do List :)
Update 2 : Sar Pass done in May 2010..
Update 3: Tried Ombattu Gudda in Feb 2010..Never even went near it..Blog to come soon..

Videos that inspired me

2008-09-21T17:05:00.000+05:30

Here are the videos that inspired me a lot..

This one is the last speech given by Randy Pausch, Professor at Carnegie Mellon University.

Steve Jobs at Stanford University

A WEDNESDAY

2008-09-21T17:01:00.000+05:30

Built on the background of terroism in India, it is a well-made movie which in the climax posing a few unanswered questions to the "Common Man". Kudos to the intelligence of the scenes and impeccable acting by the veterans ,Anupam kher and Nasseeruddin Shah, "A Wednesday" stands amongst the best of the movies made in the year 2008.

The silence of the Indian government and lack of stern action against the islamic terroists groups has made way from wide-spread attacks on the people of India. The terrorist activities which was confined to the valley state of J&K until a decade ago has now reached the mainland symbolising the power and the evil intentions of these groups. Still, the government never speaks about uprooting these groups as a whole but aims at catching and interrogating the suspects for each of the blasts.This can only display the cowardness of the system to take against these forces.While the terroists groups eyes for more attacks and creating havoc in the country,the common man is helpless in fear for life...

The movie poses an inevitable question to the audience... Is it The TIME for the common man to take a step ahead to save his motherland ? Is it the CALL FOR DUTY..

ಗಣಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅವಿತ ಸರ್ಕಾರ

2008-06-06T09:31:00.000+05:30

- ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹತ್ತು ಸ್ಥಾನ ಗೆಲ್ಲಿಸಿಕೊಡುತ್ತೇನೆ - ಜನಾರ್ದನ ರೆಡ್ಡಿ
- ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿ.ಜೆ.ಪಿಗೆ ಒಂಬತ್ತು ಸ್ಥಾನ ಗೆಲುವು.
- ರೆಡ್ಡಿ & Co. ಗೆ ಸಚಿವ ಸ್ಥಾನ.
- ನಾನು ಉಪಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಆಗಲು ಸಿದ್ಧ ಎಂದ 'ಕರುಣಾ'ಕರ ರೆಡ್ಡಿ.
- ಜನಾರ್ದನ ರೆಡ್ಡಿ ಹೆಸರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಮಾಣ ವಚನ ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಿ ಗುರು'ಭಕ್ತಿ' ಮೆರೆದ ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿ ಶಾಸಕರು.

ಕಳೆದ ಒಂದು ತಿಂಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕರ್'ನಾಟಕ' ದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ಘಟನಾವಳಿಗಳ ದರ್ಶನ ಇದು. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿ.ಜೆ.ಪಿಯ ಸರಕಾರ ರಚಿಸುವಲ್ಲಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿಯ ಗಣಿಗಳು ಮಹತ್ವದ ಪಾತ್ರವಹಿಸಿದರು. ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿಯ ಸ್ಥಾನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಂಹಪಾಲು ಗೆಲ್ಲಿಸಿದಲ್ಲದೆ, ಸರಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರಲು ಪಕ್ಷೇತರರನ್ನು 'ಓಲೈಸಿ'ದರು. ಚುನಾವಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ತಮ್ಮ 'ಶಕ್ತಿ' ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನ ಮಾಡಿ ಪಕ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ ಅಚ್ಚು ಮೆಚ್ಚಾದರು. ಚುನಾವಣೆಗೆ ಮುಂಚೆ ದೇವೇಗೌಡರನ್ನು 'KingMaker' ಎಂದೇ ವಿಶ್ಲೇಷಿಸಿದ್ದರೆ, ನಿಜವಾದ 'KingMaker' ಆಗಿ ಬಂದದ್ದು ಜನಾರ್ದನ ರೆಡ್ಡಿ .

ನಮ್ಮ ಯಡ್ಡಿಯೂರಪ್ಪನವರು ತಮ್ಮ ಕೃತಘ್ನತೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಲು ರೆಡ್ಡಿ ಸಹೋದರರಿಗೆ ಸಚಿವ ಸ್ಥಾನ ನೀಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಗಣಿ ಸಚಿವಾಲಯ ರೆಡ್ಡಿ ತಕ್ಕೆಗೆ ಸೇರುವ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆ ಇದೆ. ಒಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸರಕಾರ ರೆಡ್ಡಿಯ ಋಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಇದೆ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕವನ್ನು ದೇವರೇ ಕಾಪಾಡಲಿ...

ಹುಳಿ ಹಿಂಡು !!!

2008-06-06T09:22:00.001+05:30

Finally!!!

2008-03-10T08:52:00.000+05:30

Google finally has added the feature that it was lacking compared to other IM's like Y! Messenger.. Yes,the invisibility option..

Now you can go online and see ur Friends there ,without your friends realizing that you are there... :D

Time to go invisible...

PS:Also Check out the GTalk in HTML Page..

ಅಂಬೆಗಾಲು

2008-02-27T17:16:00.000+05:30

ಬಹಳ ದಿನಗಳಿಂದ ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ ಬರೆಯಬೇಕೆಂದು ಅಂದುಕೊಂಡರೂ ನನ್ನ ಸೋಮಾರಿತನದಿಂದಲೋ ಏನೋ ಅದು ಸಾಧ್ಯವೇ ಆಗಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ . ಇಂದಿನಿಂದ ವಿಷಯ ಸಿಕ್ಕಾಗಲೆಲ್ಲ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಗೀಚಲು ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸಿ ಈ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ .......

ದರ್ಪಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಪ್ರತಿಬಿಂಬವ ಕಾಣುವ ಆಶಯದೊಂದಿಗೆ .....