Nutrition

'Nutrition' the term which had always fascinated me made me opt 'Nutrition for the community' as one of the course subjects sometime back. I would be posting few topics on this which have impressed me, which have made me think, re think on the foods I take, and it's direct/indirect consequences on the overall health.
Let me begin with the very common term 'Malnutrition'.
Malnutrition is an impairment of health resulting from a deficiency, excess or imbalance of nutrients.
In other words, m
alnutrition implies to both undernutrition and overnutrition, not like what it is been commonly thought as only undernutrition.

Undernutrition means a deficiency or lack of one or more nutrients and overnutrition  means excess of one or more nutrients. Both undernutrition and overnutrition result in ill health.

Let us fight

Yet another occasion where we the 1.21 billion people of India who celebrated India's recent World Cup victory, need to come together to fight corruption by joining hands with Anna Hazare.

Veteran Gandhian, Mr Anna Hazare, began a fast-unto-death in New Delhi today demanding enactment of a comprehensive Jan Lokpal Bill to check corruption.

What is more appealing is the movement gaining momentum day by day and the coming out of youth in a big way.

Hope the Government listens to the demands in drafting this bill.

Come be a part of it!

Census-2011

The latest census has brought out both good news and the bad.
Good news:
The thing to cherish is the Literacy rate. It reads 74% compared to 65% at the last census. Ten states and union territories have scored a rate of more than 85%.

The growth rate is 17.64% between 2001-2011 which represents the sharpest decline since independence.

Bad news:
The child sex ratio came as a biggest shock at 914 girls(0-6 years of age) for every 1000 boys. This is the lowest since independence. This is the matter of worry which needs complete overhauling.

Historic day for Egypt!

                                                                  Hosni Mubarak

Hosni Mubarak finally quits! and there ends the 30 long years of his rule.
Yes, finally on the 18th day of protest, Mubarak steps down and
army has taken over the power.
But the big question ahead: who next?

                                                             Protestors celebrating!

Printer

HP Laser Jet 1020 plus

New member to the list of my gadgets, the printer.
'HP Laser Jet 1020 plus'.

Chitra santhe

ಈ ಬಾರಿ ಚಿತ್ರ ಸಂತೆ ನೋಡುವ ಭಾಗ್ಯ ನನಗೆ ದೊರೆಯಿತು. ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದರಲ್ಲೂ ತನ್ನದೇ ಆದ ವಿಶೇಷತೆ. ನಿಜಕ್ಕೂ ಕಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಹಬ್ಬ.
ನನ್ನ ಮನಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ಅತೀ ಖುಷಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟ ಕೆಲವು ಕಲಾಕೃತಿಗಳು ಇವು.

A tribute to Bapu

                                                           Me with Arathi

This is about the program organised today on the occasion of Gandhiji's 63d death anniversary in Gandhi Bhavan, Bengaluru.

The program featured the screening of two documentaries on Gandhiji namely,

1. Gandhi-5:17 and
2. Gandhi- The 20th century's prophet

and an interactive work by Arathi H.K, artist.

The first film(5:17 is the time of assassination of Gandhiji) is an account of Gandhiji's assassination by Shri Krishna Dev Madan, who was a program officer with AIR and was present on 30th January 1948, at the lawn of Birla House preparing to record Gandhiji's speech, before he was shot.
On 10th Nov 2010, a meeting was organised with people from all walks of life, where Sri Madan recollected the incident of that day, which was made into a movie.

The second film is a rare documentary on Bapu, made by A.K. Chettiar in 1940, after extensive research and travel over one lakh kilometers across four continents. All versions of this eighty-one minute film were thought to be lost after the British had banned the film, until a Hollywood-made version was uncovered recently.

For DVDs you can contact
info@arghyam.org
ayan@arghyam.org

I really appreciate Arathi's effort in making the program a grand success. The way she managed to take the responsibility to convey the message of audience regarding peace, to anybody via postcard was impressive.

What a great idea to pay tribute to our Father of the Nation on his 63rd death anniversary!

A day with birds

A dream come true for me! Yes, this is my first ever visit to a bird sanctuary.

Ranganathittu is located in Mandya district of Karnataka.
Going back to its history, it was declared a Bird Sanctuary on 1st July 1940 by the then Maharaja of Mysore at the instance of Dr. Salim Ali, who visited the area during his survey of birds.

This is made up unconnected islets. It is here that the migratory birds begin to arrive in December, lay eggs, breed and finally move back with their young ones somewhere in August.
Their origin is traced out to be as far as Siberia, Australia.
Here are few lucky ones i could catch on our boat ride near those islets.


Gang of Storks


Thats me with Anju


Cormorant attacking its prey

Heron

Painted Stork


Cormorant waiting for comrade


Spoonbill on flight

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.