Rishikesh

Pandava Princes by Sudhir Joglekar G ood evening, everyone First of all thank you for the invitation. Thanks for making me the president of the evening. I feel happy and humbled. It reminds me that I have to pay attention to fellow speakers. It also makes me aware of my growing age. Some how I was trying not to notice it, but you did! L et us start with the name of the author. It turns out that Sudhir is not Sudhir but Ranganath Chintamani Joglekar I will tell you my full name. It is Rishikesh Bhalachandragouda Bahadur Desai. There is an interesting anecdote regarding my name. There is a tailor’s shop in front of Mooru Savir mutt in Hubli. My friend Kiran runs it. He has a fancy name for it, and calls it `Mark Tailor’. Once I went to see him, as I wanted to meet my friend and senior journalist Subhash Hugar. They had both both gone out and Kiran’s younger brother Praveen was sitting in the shop. I said I wanted to see Kiran. He lo...

ಬೆಂಗಳೂರೆಂಬೋ ಓಯಸಿಸ್ಸಿನ ಮಂದಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ಒಲವಿನೋಲೆ ಫೆಬ್ರವರಿ ೫, ೬ ೭ ಕ್ಕೆ ಗುಲಬರ್ಗಾ ದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಖಿಲ ಭಾರತ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನ ನಡೆಯಲಿದೆ. ಇದು ಹೂವು- ಬಳ್ಳಿಯ ನಾಡು (ಗುಲಾಬ್‌ -ಅರ್ಗ್)‌. ಇಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ತಮಗೆ ಸ್ವಾಗತ. ಈ ಸಂಭ್ರಮದ ಜಾತ್ರೆಗೆ ಬಂದಿರೋ, ನಮ್ಮ ಸಂತೋಷದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗಿಯಾಗಿ. ಆದರೆ ಇದರ ವರದಿ ಮಾಡಲು ಬರೋದಾದರೆ ನಿಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಮನವಿ. ಇಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಬಂದಿಳಿದ ಮೊದಲನೇಯ ದಿನವೇ -ʻʻಇಲ್ಲಿ ಎತ್ತ ನೋಡಿದಲ್ಲಿ ʻಧೂಳು- ಕಸ-ಅವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆʼʼʼ ಎನ್ನುವ ಸಿದ್ಧ ಹೆಡಲೈನಿನ ಸುದ್ದಿ ಬರೆಯಬೇಡಿ. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ʻಧೂಳು- ಕಸ-ಅವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆʼ ಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆಯೂ ನೀವು ಸುದ್ದಿ ಮಾಡಬಹುದು. ವಾಪಸು ಹೋದ ಮೇಲೆ. ʻಇದೇನಿದು ಚಳಿಗಾಲದಲ್ಲೂ ಭಾರೀ ಬಿಸಿಲುʼ, ʻಬಿಸಿಲ ನಾಡುʼ, ʻಸೂರ್ಯ ನಗರಿʼ ಅಂತ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಕಾಪಿ ಶುರು ಮಾಡಬೇಡಿ. ಇದು ಭಾರಿ ಬಿಸಿಲೇನಲ್ಲ. ರಾಜಸ್ತಾನದ ಫಾಲೋದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ೫೩ ಡಿಗ್ರಿ ತಾಪಮಾನ ಇರುತ್ತದೆ. ರಾಮಗುಂಡಂ- ಸಿಂಗರೇನಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ೫೨ ಇರುತ್ತದೆ. ಗುಜರಾತಿನ ಅನೇಕ ನಗರಗಳು ೪೨ ಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಬಿಸಿ ಇರುತ್ತದೆ. ನಾಗಪುರ ದಲ್ಲಿ ೪೨ ಸರ್ವೇ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ. ಅಬು ಧಾಬಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ೪೮, ಸೌದಿ ಅರೇಬಿಯಾದಲ್ಲಿ ೪೭ ಮುಟ್ಟುತ್ತದೆ. ಗಲ್ಫ್‌ ದೇಶಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವರ್ಷವಿಡೀ ೪೦ ರಿಂದ ೫೦ ರ ನಡುವೆ ಅಲೆದಾಡುತ್ತಿರುತ್ತದೆ. ಇಂಥ ಕಡೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ತಾವು ಕ್ರಿಕೆಟ್ಟೋ, ಕಂಪನಿಯದೋ ಸುದ್ದಿ ಮಾಡಲು ಹೋದಾಗ ಕಿರಿಕಿರಿ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳದೇ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡಿದಂತೆಯೇ ಇಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಮಾಡ...

My Calling Card Rishikesh Bahadur Desai Special Correspondent The Hindu email- rishiscribe@gmail.com blog- rishikeshwrites.com Twitter @rishiscribe Address Office No. 4, Meer Arcade, Kali Amrayi, Club Road, Belagavi - 590001 Home No. 90, Sarthak, Third Cross, Chidambar Nagar Belagavi - 590006

GSE: A life changing experience When people said a trip to the USA was a life time experience, I did not want to believe them. After all, engineering students got their passports before their final year degree marks cards. And I knew that. There was no glamour attached to 'going to the USA ' any longer, or so I thought. However, I decided 'to go' as my family and friends seemed to be proud of such an act. To start with, the selection was tough and grilling and I had to study some sites on Rotary International and India in general for the interview. I had stiff competition but managed to scrape through. This preparation for the test gave me another reason for wanting to go to the USA . I saw that, that country had progressed from the land of cow boys to the breeding ground of successful entrepreneurs. And I wanted to learn the secret behind its success. My all expenses paid tour may not just be a jolly trip. It may result in some lessons in economic...

BIDAR, MARCH 7. There seems to be no end to the plight of sugarcane growers in Bidar, who have had a reduced yield due to delayed rainfall and pest attacks. Also, the delay in clearing dues by all the three cooperative sugar factories in the district has left them in the lurch. Bidar does not have an irrigation project and most of the sugarcane is grown using groundwater. It is the only cash crop grown in the district, where over 93 per cent of the population is dependent on agriculture. Sugarcane made farmers rich and created a situation in which agriculture and cooperative banks thrived. The District Central Cooperative (DCC) Bank and the Krishna Grameena Bank, in many ways, owe their success to sugarcane growers. The high sugarcane yield in the district also led to the establishment of 10 Khandasari sugar factories, apart from innumerable in-house crushing units making jaggery. Bidar also has some of the highest yields of sugarcane to its credit, so much so that some organ...

§ÄqÀPÀlÄÖ d£ÁAUÀ £ÁUÀjPÀvÉAiÀÄ ªÉʲµÀÖöåvÉUÀ¼ÀÄ ºÁ®QÌ ªÀPÀÌ°UÀgÀÄ §ÄqÀPÀlÄÖ d£ÁAUÀzÀªÀgÀÄ zsÀj¸ÀĪÀ D¨sÀgÀtUÀ½AzÀ ±ÉÆéüvÀªÁzÀ PÉ.ªÉAPÀmÉñï vÀªÀÄä CgÀtå ¥ÀæªÁ¸ÀªÀ£ÀÄß ªÀÄÄAzÀĪÀgɹzÁÝgÉ. ¸ËAzÀAiÀÄð CAzÀgÉ K£ÀÄ? gÀÆ¥À ªÀÄvÀÄÛ C¥ÀgÀÆ¥ÀzÀ ¸ÀAUÀªÀĪÉà ? UÀÄA¦£À°è ¥ÀævÉåÃPÀªÁV PÁt¹PÉƼÀÄîªÀÅzÉà ? ¸ËAzÀAiÀÄð ¥ÀæeÉÕ ºÉÆA¢zÀ AiÀiÁjUÁzÀgÀÄ PÀÆqÀ PÁqÀĪÀ ¸ÀºÀd ¥Àæ±ÉßUÀ½ªÀÅ. EzÉà vÀgÀºÀzÀ ¥Àæ±ÉßUÀ¼ÀÄ §ÄqÀPÀlÄÖ ¸ËAzÀAiÀÄð «µÀAiÀÄ ¥Àæ¸ÁÛ¥ÀªÁzÀUÀ®Æ PÁqÀÄvÀÛªÉ. §ÄqÀPÀlÄÖ d£ÁAUÀzÀ ¸ÀzÀ¸Àå CAzÀgÉ K£ÀÄ? DzsÀĤPÀ £ÁUÀjPÀvÉAiÀÄ ¸ÀàµÀð«®èzÉ zÀlÖ ¥Àj¸ÀgÀzÀ°è ¨É¼ÉAiÀÄĪÀÅzÀÄ EzÀgÀ CxÀðªÉà ? CxÀªÁ C©üªÀȢ޲î ¥ÁæAvÀzÀ ¨sÁUÀªÁVgÀĪÀÅzÀÄ EzÀgÀ CxÀðªÉà ? EAxÀ ¥Àæ±ÉßUÀ¼ÀÄ ¸ÀgÀ¼ÀªÁVzÀÝgÀÄ PÀÆqÀ EªÀÅUÀ¼À GvÀÛgÀUÀ¼ÀÄ dn®ªÁVªÉ. §ÄqÀPÀlÄÖ JA§ÄzÀPÉÌ ºÉÆA¢PÉÆAqÀ ¥ÀzÀ EA¢£À ¢£ÀUÀ¼À°è §ºÀÄ ¨ÉÃUÀ£É C¼À¹ ºÉÆÃUÀĪÀ ºÀAvÀzÀ°èzÉ. ºÁ®QÌ MPÀÌ°UÀgÀÄ ªÉõÀ ¨sÀƵÀt ªÀÄvÀÄÛ D¨sÀgÀtUÀ¼À£ÀÄß zsÀj¸ÀĪÀÅzÀgÀ°è vÀªÀÄäzÉà DzÀ «±ÉõÀvÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ºÉÆA¢zÀªÀgÁVzÁÝgÉ. DzÀgÉ, CªÀgÀÄUÀ¼À°è PÉêÀ® 50 ªÀµÀð ªÀAiÀĹìVAvÀ ºÉaÑ£À ...

-        Fringes of Civilization Halakki Vokkaligaru Charmed by tribal jewelry, K. Venkatesh continues his jungle journeys What is beauty? Is it symmetry and balance, or asymmetry and rarity? Does it denote standing away from the crowd or is it all about conformity and endorsement? These questions haunt anyone who is in pursuit of beauty. Similarly engaging are the questions about tribes. What does it mean to be a member of a tribe? Does it mean growing up in a serene environment untouched by the evils of modern civilization or does it mean that you are part of an underdeveloped, wretched group that is yet to experience the pleasures of modern life? These questions are simple. But the answers seem to be extremely complex. Their intensity is proportional to your involvement in your exploration. If you are doing it to show some one that you did it, then their influence can be limited. But if you are doing it to quench your internal thirst,...

The Government has failed to enforce building regulations The rules prohibit residential buildings in a radius of 900 m from the air base The Government can deny permission for construction of buildings A circular issued by the Bidar Urban Development Authority is vague Minister plans to convene a meeting to discuss the issue Bidar: The State Government's failure to enforce the prohibition on civilian settlements in a radius of 900 m around the Air Force Training Base here has compromised safety. On March 18, an aircraft of the "Surya Kiran" aerobatics team of the Indian Air Force crashed on the outskirts of Bidar killing two pilots. The wreckage of the aircraft fell less than 40 ft from a college building and 200 m from a residential area. Air Force sources say the pilots avoided loss of civilian life by diverting the flight path just before the crash. Senior IAF officials say the Government should, without further delay, enforce the prohibition on civilia...

BIDAR’S PRIDE, BANGALORE’S ENVY Bidar sees a silent revolution S Kushala & Rishikesh Bahadur Desai | Times of India  Bidar: The Advanced Jet Trainer Hawks fly above with deafening speed. Bulldozers and earth-moving equipment roar to life and mow down buildings. Partially demolished structures, rubble, men clearing debris — it looks like a warravaged zone.      On the other side, vast stretches of ring road lined with trees and manicured median, run parallel to the Air Force station. Wide roads with a row of palms in the middle, roads meandering through two huge mountains into a valley, and colourful Surya Kirans doing sorties in the clear skies.      A silent revolution has been happening in the most backward district over the past two years, with the mantra being infrastructure development. Change came to Bidar with young IAS officer Harsh Gupta, deputy commissioner, who set the ball rolling.    ...