ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಗಾಂಧೀ

'ಗಾಂಧೀ ಮತ್ತು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ' ಎಂಬ ಗ್ರಂಥದ ಆಧಾರದ ಮೇಲೆ ಪ್ರೊ. ಎನ್. ಕೃಷ್ಣಸ್ವಾಮಿಯವರು 'ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಗಾಂಧೀ' ಎಂಬ ಲೇಖನವನ್ನು ಬರೆದಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ಈ ಪ್ರಬಂಧದ ಸಾರಾಂಶವನ್ನು ಕೆಳಗೆ ಬರೆಯಲು ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಿಸಿದ್ದೇನೆ :

• ಗಾಂಧೀಜಿ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕಕ್ಕೆ ಮೊದಲ ಬಾರಿ ಬಂದಿದ್ದು ೧೯೧೫ ರಲ್ಲಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿಗೆ.
• ೧೯೨೪ ರಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ಸ್ ಅಧಿವೇಶನದ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರಾಗಿದ್ದರು.
• ೧೯೨೭ ರಲ್ಲಿ ಖಾದಿ ಪ್ರಚಾರ ಪ್ರವಾಸ ಮಾಡುವಾಗ ಅವರ ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಹದಗೆಟ್ಟಿದ್ದರಿಂದ, ನಂದಿ ಬೆಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಶ್ರಾಂತಿ ಪಡೆಯಲು ಮೈಸೂರು ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಅವರನ್ನು ಆಹ್ವಾನಿಸಿತ್ತು. ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರ ದರ್ಶನಕ್ಕೆ ಬರುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ನೂರಾರು ಶಾಲಾ ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೂ, ಜನರಿಗೂ, ಖಾದಿಯ ಮಹತ್ವವನ್ನು ತಿಳಿಸುವ ಅವಕಾಶ ಗಾಂಧೀಜಿಗೆ ದೊರೆಯಿತು.
• ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗದ ತುಂಗೆಯ ತೀರದಲ್ಲೂ ಅವರು ವಿಹರಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಈ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ನನಗೆ ನಿಜಕ್ಕೂ ಖುಷಿ ತಂದಿದೆ.
• ಗುಂಡುಕುಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಗೌರಮ್ಮನ ಉಪವಾಸ ಸತ್ಯಾಗ್ರಹ, ಸಿದ್ದಾಪುರದ ಮಹಾದೇವಿಯ ಕಥೆ ನಿಜಕ್ಕೂ ಮೆಚ್ಚುವಂಥದ್ದು. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಹೆಣ್ಣುಮಕ್ಕಳ ತ್ಯಾಗ ಬುದ್ಧಿಯನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ 'ಈ ಜನರ ಔದಾರ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರತಿಯಾಗಿ ನಾನೇನು ಕೊಡಬಲ್ಲೆ?' ಎಂದು ಪದೇ ಪದೇ ಹೇಳುತ್ತ್ತಿದ್ದರು.
• ಗಾಂಧೀಜಿಯವರ ಸಹಾಯದಿಂದ ವಿಧವೆಯಾಗಿದ್ದ ಮಹಾದೇವಿಯು ವರ್ಧಾ ಆಶ್ರಮ ಸೇರಿ ಸೇವೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಮುಂದೆ ವಿನೋಬಾಜಿ ಅವರ ಸಾಕುಮಗಳಾಗಿ, ಅವರ ಭೂದಾನ ಯಾತ್ರೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಹತ್ವದ ಪಾತ್ರವಹಿಸುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಕೊನೆಗೆ ಅವರ ಚಿತೆಗೆ ಅಗ್ನಿಸ್ಪರ್ಶ ಮಾಡಿದವಳೂ ಆಕೆಯೇ.
• ಗಾಂಧೀಜಿಯವರ ಕಡೆಯ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಪ್ರವಾಸ ಹುದಲಿಗೆ, ಗಾಂಧೀ ಸೇವಾ ಸಂಘದ ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನಕ್ಕಾಗಿ.

ಇದೆಲ್ಲದರಿಂದ ಗಾಂಧೀಜಿಗೂ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕಕ್ಕೂ ಒಂದು ವಿಶೇಷ ನಂಟು ಇತ್ತೆಂದು ತಿಳಿದುಬರುತ್ತದೆ.

ಭಾರತದ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ

ಭಾರತದ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ ಹೋರಾಟ ಮತ್ತು ಹೋರಾಟಗಾರರ ಬಗೆಗಿನ ಈ ಎರಡು ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳು ನಿಜಕ್ಕೂ ತುಂಬ ಖುಷಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿವೆ.
ನಮ್ಮ ದೇಶದ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಆಳವಾಗಿ ಅಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೂ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪಮಟ್ಟಿಗಾದರೂ ತಿಳಿದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಬಹಳ ಸಹಾಯಕಾರಿ. ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು ಜ್ಞಾನಿ.

Because I said so

A romantic comedy directed by Michael Lehmann. The story is woven around a mother and her most protected third daughter. She meddling to settle her daughter, the insecurity of the daughter everything is beautifully portrayed.

Painting exhibition

Recently i had been to one of the painting exhibitions at
Chitrakala Parishat.These are some of them which my
camera could capture.I did get some inspiration too.

ನಮ್ಮ ದಿನ

ಇಂದು ಸಮಸ್ತ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರಿಗೆ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಯ ದಿನ.
ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಇದು ನಮ್ಮ ದಿನ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಉದಯವಾದ ದಿನ.

ಇಲ್ಲಿದೆ ನಮ್ಮ ನಾಡಗೀತೆ. ಕನ್ನಡ ತಾಯಿಯನ್ನು ನೆನೆಯುವ, ನಮಿಸುವ ಒಂದು ಸಣ್ಣ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ.
ಈ ವೀಡಿಯೊವನ್ನು ತಯಾರು ಮಾಡಿದವರಿಗೆ ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು.




ಕನ್ನಡ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವದ ಹಾರ್ದಿಕ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ.
ಜೈ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಮಾತೆ .

Ten-TenTen-Ten-Ten

Luckily i could catch 10-10-10 moment(date-month-year)
at Time 10:10:10.

This was on my way back home from a friend's engagement ceremony. We friends celebrated this moment by halting the car during that minute. Time is not so clear in the photo as it was clicked from my mobile with 2 mp camera.

Johny Gone Down

Johny gone down is an excellent novel by Karan Bajaj. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
This is about Nikhil Arya, an MIT graduate whose vacation to Cambodia turns out to be a nightmare. The different episodes of his life thereafter, is beautifully narrated.

I suggest everyone to read this one.

Happy Rakshabandhan

Its Rakshabandhan today.
I wish all my brothers a very happy "Rakshabandhan".
This time I tried making these rakhis myself.
Here are a few samples.

ಚಿತ್ರಲೇಖಾ

ನಾನು ಓದಿದ ಮೊದಲ ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ ಇದು ಎಂದರೆ ತಪ್ಪಾಗಲಾರದು. ವಿ.ಮ್. ಇನಾಂದಾರ್ ಅವರ 'ಚಿತ್ರಲೇಖಾ'.
ಓದುವುದಕ್ಕೂ ಒಂದು ಕಾರಣ ಇದೆ. ವರ್ಲ್ಡ್ ಸ್ಪೇಸ್ ನ ಸ್ಪರ್ಶ ದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಮ್ಮೆಕ್ವಿಜ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಸರಿ ಉತ್ತರ ಕಳಿಸಿದ್ದಕ್ಕೆ ಸುಮಾರು ೫-೬ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳು ಬಹುಮಾನವಾಗಿ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿವೆ. ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಇದೊಂದು.

ಬಹಳ ದಿನಗಳ ನಂತರ ಕನ್ನಡ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಓದುತ್ತಿರುವುದು ಒಂದು ಕಡೆಯಾದರೆ, ಮೊದಲ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ ಎನ್ನುವುದು ಇನ್ನೊಂದೆಡೆ.
ಹೇಗೋ ಶುರು ಮಾಡಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಓದುತ್ತಾ ಹೋದಂತೆಲ್ಲ ಆಸಕ್ತಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚುತ್ತ, ಕೇವಲ ಮೂರು ದಿನದಲ್ಲೇ ಮುಕ್ತಾಯವಾಯಿತು ಪುಸ್ತಕ .

೩ ಭಾಗಗಳು, ಕುಸುಮಾ, ಪ್ರತಿಭಾ, ಮತ್ತು ಚಿತ್ರಲೇಖಾ. ರಮೇಶನ ಪಾತ್ರ ತುಂಬಾ ಹಿಡಿಸಿತು. ಕಥೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಿದಂತೆ ಕುಸುಮಾಳು ನಿಜವಾಗಿಯೂ ಪರಮಾತ್ಮಳೆನಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.

ಒಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ತುಂಬಾ ಖುಷಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿದೆ ಕಥೆ. ಇಂತಹ ಇನ್ನೂ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯ ಲೇಖನಗಳನ್ನು ಓದುವ ಆಸಕ್ತಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿದೆ ನನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಈಗ.

Left Handers Day

If you are a Leftie, Then Left Handers Day is just for you!
I am proud to be one among them!

August 13 is designated International Lefthanders Day by Lefthanders International.

Right handed people operate in the left side of the brain. Left handed people use the right side. Therefore, only left handed people are in their right mind.

Left Hander's certainly earned the right to have a day dedicated to them. And, August 13th is that day. So take a minute to appreciate your left handed friends and loved ones.

Remember today and every day: "Lefties have rights!"

FASCINATING LEFT-HANDED FACTS:

Most left-handers draw figures facing to the right.

There is a high tendency in twins for one to be left-handed.

Stuttering and dyslexia occur more often in left-handers (particularly if they are forced to change their writing hand as a child, like King of England George VI).

Left-handers adjust more readily to seeing underwater.

Left-handers excel particularly in tennis, baseball, swimming and fencing.

4 of the 5 original designers of the Macintosh computer were left-handed.

1 in 4 Apollo astronauts were left-handed - 250% more than the normal level.

Left-handers are generally more intelligent, better looking, imaginative and multi-talented than right handers ( based on discussions among members of the Left-Handers Club!

People who are left handed make up about 5-15% of the population.

The genes for left-handedness are so far elusive.

Lefties are relatively numerous among creative men.

Lefties are relatively numerous among children rated as having an IQ higher than 131.

Lefties are relatively numerous among individuals who are good at music and maths.

Almost 40% of the top tennis pros are left-handed.

More men than women are lefties.

Left handed stroke victims recover faster than right handed stroke victims.

Left-handers more likely than right handers to be creative geniuses.

As discrimination was reduced in the 20th century, the number of natural left-handers who stayed left-handed increased.

The rising age of motherhood contributed as, statistically, older mothers are more likely to give birth to left-handed children.

Left-handers are also generally better at 3-dimensional perception and thinking.

Left-handers are also usually pretty good at most ball sports and things involving hand-to-eye co-ordination.(I was the captain of my school's ball badminton team!)

Left-handers’ brains are structured differently in a way that widens their range of abilities.

A study found that left-handed men are 15% richer than right-handed men for those who attended college, and 26% richer if they graduated.

Left-handed persons are thought to process information using a “visual simultaneous” method in which several threads can be processed simultaneously.

Left-handed people have an excellent ability to multi-task.

The hypothesis that left-handed people are predisposed to visual-based thought has been validated by a variety of evidence.

Half of left handed people use a computer mouse with their right hand (I’m one of them)

If both parents are left handed, 50% of their offspring will be left handed. 2 Righties only have 2% chance of having a leftie (both my parents are right-handed)

The Alchemist

The Alchemist- A magical fable about following your dream.

It is the story of everyone of us who dream of following our destiny. Hence it inspires one to keep up the dream and follow it. So a must read story i would say.

"When you really want something to happen, the whole universe conspires so that your wish comes true" is the core of the novel.

Shivaganga

This Sunday was the most momemorabe, refreshing, for i got to visit Shivaganga with my family.

Shivaganga is only 70 km from the Garden city of Bangalore. Shivaganga in Karnataka is located in the hill top which is about 1368 meters high.

Shivaganga in Karnataka is the home to two main shrines, Gavi Gangadhareshwara Cave Temple and Honnadevi Temple. You will be amazed to see the beautiful natural spring at Patalaganga on your way to the hilltop of Shivaganga.

The temple of Lord Shiva and waters found is said to be from river Ganga which was believed to be from holy waters of Ganga in Kashi.

                                         Beautiful view of the entrance and pushkarini(pond)

                                                                 Nandi

                                          We resting in the premises of the Shiva temple

                                                    Patalaganga

                                                    Carvings on the steps

                                                    Temple at the top

Kadlebele Vada

Had prepared this yesterday for the first time. Really came out well.
Here is the recipe.


Ingredients:

2 cups of channa dal

6-8 green chilies finely chopped (change according to intensity of chilies)

1 tbsp fresh coriander finely chopped

1 tbsp baby dill leaves finely chopped

1/2 tsp jeera/cumin seeds

salt to taste

oil to deep fry


Preparation time : 20 mins

Cooking time : 20 mins

Makes : 20 vadas

Soak channa dal overnight. Filter out the water from the soaked dal and grind it in a food processor or wet grinder. Grind till the batter is finely coarse. Consistency should be thick. Mix the salt, chilies, coriander, baby dill, jeera to the batter. Wet the palm of your left hand with water, put a tbsp of batter, pat it with right hand. Pick it with your right hand and put in into the heated oil. Deep fry until the vadas are golden brown and the inside is well cooked. Serve the hot vadas as a snack anytime.

If only

Watched this today. A simple, beautiful movie directed by Gil Junger.

Ian(Paul Nicholls) realises that the dream he saw the day before, starts turning out to be true. In an attempt to save his girlfriend Samantha played by Jennifer Love Hewitt, who gets killed in an accident in his dream, he tries hard to avoid it in reality. For the rest of the story, watch out the movie!

One night @ the call cetre

This is the second book i read after 2 States written by Chetan Bhagat.

Though it was little boring in the middle, overall i enjoyed it.
What is interesting is the fact that in spite of the regular story portraying the lives of six colleagues at the call centre, it is giving some positive message.

Invictus

A very inspiring movie based on John Carlin's book 'Playing the enemy'. It was just a co-incidence that i watched this movie on Nelson Mandela's 92nd birthday.

Directed by Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman plays the role of Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar, the captain of South African Springboks rugby team.

Nelson Mandela, soon after being elected as the President, marking the end of apartheid, tries to unite the country taking rugby as the vehicle to change, joining hands with the Captain of its team.

South Africa finally wins the 1995 World cup against the mighty New Zealand.

The movie ends with the words of the poem that kept his spirits up while he was imprisoned "I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul".

Cultural History of India

The illustrated Cultural History of India edited by A.L.Basham is quite interesting, unlike political, economic history which is rather boring. This has covered almost the entire culture India has witnessed (in art, architecture,philosophy, religion, music and literature) since the Indus civilization till the Nationalist Movement and Modern Literature. Everything in a concised form. What a great way to explore our own culture!

2 states

Finished reading this book. Though one can feel cultural shock in differentiating north with the south, the story is interesting and a happy ending.

Though it has a common topic of today, Chetan Bhagat has beautifully portrayed it. After i finished reading, i was curious to see how Ananya looks. So here is their photo.


Chetan Bhagat and wife Anusha

Mahashweta

This is the third book i read by Sudha Murty, the other two being 'Wise and Otherwise' and 'Dollar Bahu'. I have started loving her works.

'Mahashweta' is yet another wonderful novel by Sudha Murty. Its about a beautiful girl Anupama who just after marriage suffers from Leukoderma, how things change with that, and how she struggles almost single handedly without anybody's support.

The title is related to Anupama in way that she plays the role of Mahashweta in a college drama, which is the love story of Mahashweta, who is an extremely beautiful princess,the daughter of King of Gandhara who fell in love with Pundarika,the handome son of a rishi.In the same way Dr. Anand fell in love at first sight with Anupama after watching her performance in that drama.

The novel is so heart touching, which tries to portray various aspects of society. It infact has influenced many lives. The author herself illustrates one at the end.

A story teller's world

This is the first time i read R.K.Narayanan's work. I loved it so much. One can sit and finish the book at a stretch. It seems like its the feeling of each one of us. Wanting to read more of his. Can you suggest me few...

Dollar Bahu

Good book. Beautifully narrated by the author Sudha Murty in a simple way in simple English. Can finish reading in few hours. All characters, places are our very own Bengaluru, Dharwad. So one feels very familiar as if all this is happening in our neighbourhood.Overall liked it.

Tipu Fort(Bangalore Fort)

In the midst of crowded Bangalore city market, one can notice the calm Tippu Fort standing alone. As such you see the gate closed most of the times.No board/timings mentioning visiting hours.I just happended to visit it yesterday.

I was curious to see what is behind those mighty wooden gate.The description outside says Tipu Sultan's fort was constructed by Kempe Gowda in 1537. Tipu Sultan himself expanded it later. Tipu's Fort now stands as a silent testimony of the battles that he fought against the British regime. It was during the battle between East India Company and Hyder Ali - the father of Tipu Sultan, when Hyder imprisoned David Baird along with a number of British army officers in this fort.

I could capture only few pics from mobile.So picture quality may not be that great. Yet to visit Tipu Palace.

New Buy

Nokia 2730 Classic

The Nokia 2730 Classic is one of the most economical 3G smartphones on the market.
It comes with a 2-inch QVGA display with 262k colours. This quad-band GSM and dual-band WCDMA device comes with a 2-Megapixel camera, MP3 player, 3.5 mm AV connector, USB 2.0, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR, Bluetooth stereo and 30MB of internal memory.

Wonderful gift

The most wonderful gift i got on this b'day: my niece Nidhi and nephew Vidya Sagar have sent me these beautiful drawings.

The Blind Side

A wonderful movie directed by John Lee Hancock. The story is based on the real life events of, now rookie offensive tackle, Michael Oher, whose life is changed by interior designer and mother Leigh Anne Touhy.
Inspiring movie.Liked Sandra Bullock. She won oscar for her acting in a lead role for this movie.
Go watch it!

Asokan Major Rock Edict XIII

Bilingual Edict of Ashoka found in Kandahar. Circa 250 BCE

Major Rock Edict XIII is of paramount importance in understanding the Asokan policy of Dhamma.The text of the Edict reads:

"When he had been consecrated eight years the Beloved of the Gods, the king Piyadassi, conquered Kalinga. A hundred and fifty thousand people were deported, a hundred thousand were killed and many times that number perished. Afterwards, now that Kalinga was annexed, the Beloved of the Gods very earnestly practiced Dhamma, desired Dhamma and taught Dhamma. On conquering Kalinga the Beloved of the Gods felt remorse, for, when an independent country is conquered the slaughter, death, and deportation of the people is extremely grievous to the Beloved of the Gods, and weighs heavily on his mind. What is even more deplorable to the Beloved of the Gods is that those who dwell there, whether Brahmans, Sramans, or those of other sects, or householders who show obedience to their superiors, obedience to mother and father, obedience to their teachers and behave well and devotedly towards their friends, acquaintances, colleagues, relatives, slaves and servants-all suffer violence, murder and separation from their loved ones. Even those who are fortunate to have escaped, and whose love is undiminished(by the brutalizing effect of War), suffer from the misfortunes of their friends, acquaintances, colleagues and relatives. This participation of all men in suffering weighs heavily on the mind of the Beloved of the Gods. Except among the Greeks, there is no land where the religious orders of Brahmans and Sramans are not found, and there is no land anywhere where men do not support one sect or another. Today, if a hundredth or a thousandth part of those people who were killed or died or were deported when Kalinga was annexed were to suffer similarly, it would weigh heavily on the mind of the Beloved of the Gods"

"This inscription of Dhamma has been engraved so that any sons or great grandsons that I may have should not think of gaining new conquests, and in whatever victories they may gain should be satisfied with patience and light punishment. They should only consider conquests by Dhamma to be a true Conquest, and delight in Dhamma should be their whole delight, for this is of value in both this world and the next."

This is Asoka's testament against war. It graphically depicts the tragedy of war and shows why he turned against it. It is a unique event in the annals of the ancient world because we do not know of any other contemporary monarch who renounced war.

Haute Couture

Haute couture means the top designs of custom-made clothes. Term originally applied to top designs in France,high class tailoring evolving in 15th century.Clothes are made by hand,individually to measurements.

We usually get to see them at a major award functions. Here are few Haute couture designs worn at the Oscars.


Marion Cotillard


Miley


Beyonce


Marisa Tomei