ಒಂದು ಸಂಜೆಯ ಸವಿ

ಒಂದು ಸಂಜೆಯ ಸವಿ

ಅಂದು ಸಂಜೆ ನನ್ನ ಮಗ ಆಫೀಸಿನಿಂದ ಬಂದಾಗ ಬಹಳ ಉತ್ಸಾಹದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದಂತೆ ಕಂಡ. ಏನೋ! ಈವತ್ತು ಇಷ್ಟೊಂದು ಖುಷಿ ಕಾಣಿಸ್ತಿದೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಮುಖದಲ್ಲೀಂದೆ. ಅಮ್ಮಾ, ನಾಳೆಯಿಂದ ನಾಲ್ಕು ದಿನ 'ರಜಾದ ಮಜಾ' ಅಂದ. ಓಹೋ! ಇದಾ ನಿನ್ನ ಉತ್ಸಾಹಕ್ಕೆ ಕಾರಣ ಎಂದಾಗ ಅದಕ್ಕವನು, ನಿನಗೆ 'All The Best' ಅಂದ. ನನಗೆ ಅಚ್ಚರಿ - ನಾನೇನು ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಗೆ ಕಟಿದ್ದೀನಾ? ಅಂದೆ, ಅರ್ಥವಗದೆ.

ಅಯ್ಯೋ ಅಮ್ಮ 'All The Best' ನಾಟಕ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನವಾಗ್ತಾ ಇದೆ ರವೀಂದ್ರ ಕಲಾಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ. ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಕರೆಸುಕೊಂಡುಹೋಗೋಣಾಂತ ಅಂದಾಗ ನನಗೆ ನಿಜವಾಗಲೂ ಬಹಳ ಸಂತಸವಾಯಿತು. ನಾಟಕ ನೋಡಿ ಬಹಳ ದಿನ ಆಗಿದೆ, ನಡಿ ಈವತ್ತೇ ಸಂಜೆ ಹೋಗೋಣಾಂದೆ. ನನಗೆ ಕಲಾಕ್ಷೇತ್ರವನ್ನೂ ನೋಡುವ ಹಂಬಲವೂ ಇತ್ತೂ ಅನ್ನಿ. ಸಂಜೆ ೬ ರ ಪ್ರಸರ್ಶನಕ್ಕೆ ನಾನು ಮಗ ಮಗಳು ಮೊಮ್ಮಗಳು ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಹೋದೆವು. ಪ್ರವೇಶ ಉಚಿತ. ಅದೂ ಒಂದು ಸಂತಸದ ವಿಷಯ. ನಮ್ಮ ನಮ್ಮ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಿಂದ ರವೀಂದ್ರಕಲಾಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗಿಬರುವ ಖರ್ಚಷ್ಟೇ. ಕೇಂದ್ರೀಯ ನಾಟಕ ಅಕಾಡಮಿ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯವರು ನಾಟಕ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನವನ್ನು ಉಚಿತವಾಗಿ ಆಯೋಜಿಸಿದ್ದರು.

ಢಾರಾವಾಹಿ, ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಟಿಸುವ ಕಲಾವಿದ್ ಬಿ.ವಿ.ರಾಜಾರಂ ರವರು ಅಲ್ಲಿನ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯ ರೂವಾರಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದರು. ಅಚ್ಚುಕಟ್ಟಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದರು.

ಮೂಲ ಮರಾಠಿ ನಾಟಕವನ್ನು ಕನ್ನಡೀಕರಿಸಿ ಷ್ರೀ ಯಶವಂತ ದೇಶಪಾಂಡೆ ನಿರ್ದೇಶನ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದರು. ಅವರ ನಿರ್ದೇಶನದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾಟಕ ೬೦೦ ಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನ ಕಂಡಿದೆ ಎನ್ನುವುದೇ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಯ ವಿಚಾರ.

ಒಬ್ಬ ಕಿವುಡ, ಒಬ್ಬ ಕುರುಡ ಹಾಗೂ ಒಬ್ಬ ಮೂಕ ಒಂದೇ ಸೂರಿನಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸುತ್ತಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಮೂವರೂ ಬಹಳ ಬುದ್ಧಿವಂತರು, ಪ್ರತಿಭಾವಂತರು. ಆದರೆ ಅವರ ಅಂಗವಿಕಲತೆಯನ್ನು ನಿನೆಯುತ್ತಾ ಮಾನಸಿಕವಾಗಿ ದುರ್ಬಲರಾಗಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅಕಸ್ಮಾತ್ತಾಗಿ ಕುರುಡನಿಗೆ ಒಬ್ಬಳು ಆದರ್ಶ ಹುಡುಗಿಯ ಭೇಟಿಯಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.ಅವಳಾದರೊ ಮೂವರನ್ನೂ ಭ್ಟಿಯಾಗಲು ಮನೆಗೆ ಬರುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಅವರಲ್ಲಿನ ನಿಜ ಪ್ರತಿಭೆಯನ್ನು ಗುರುತಿಸಿ, ಅವರಲ್ಲಿನ ಕೀಳರಿಮೆಯನ್ನು ಹೋಗಲಾಡಿಸಿ ಜೀವನದಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಂದೆ ಬರಲು ಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹಿಸುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಮೂವರೂ ಮನದೊಳಗೆ ಅವಳು ತನ್ನನ್ನೇ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತಾಳೆ ಎಂದು ಕಲ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಅವಳು ಬಂದಾಗ ವಿಪರೀತ ಸಂಭ್ರಮ ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ತಮ್ಮ ತಮ್ಮ ಅಂಗದೋಷವನ್ನು ಮುಚ್ಚಿರಿಸಿ ಅವಳ ಒಲವನ್ನು ಗಳಿಸುವ ಯತ್ನದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರು ಮಾಡುವ ಅಂಗಚೇಷ್ಟೆ, ನಡೆ ನುಡಿಗಳು ಅದೆಷ್ಟು ಹಾಸ್ಯಮಯವಾಗಿತ್ತೂಂದ್ರೆ ನಕ್ಕು ನಕ್ಕು ನಮಗೆ ಹೊಟ್ಟೆ ಹಿಡಿದುಕೊಂಡುಬಿಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಇಡೀ ರಂಗಮಂದಿರ ನಗೆಗಡಲಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಳುಗಿತ್ತು. ಉತ್ತರ ಕನ್ನಡ ಭಾಷಾ ವೈಖರಿಯೇ ಆ ನಾಟಕದ ಜೀವಾಳ ಎನಿಸಿತು. ಆ ಭಾಷೆಯಾ ಸೊಗಡು, ಕಲಾವಿಧರ ಅಂಗವಿನ್ಯಾಸಕ್ಕೆ ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ಹೊಂದುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾದ್ದರಿಂದ ನಾಟಕ ಬಹಳವಾಗಿ ವಿಜೃಂಭಿಸಲು ಸಹಕಾರಿಯಾಗಿತ್ತು.

ನಾಟಕದ ಅಂತ್ಯಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಆ ಮೂವರೂ ಅಂಗವಿಕಲರು ನಾಯಕಿಯ ಬಳಿ ತಮ್ಮ ತಮ್ಮ ಒಲವನ್ನು ಅರುಹುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಆಗ ನಾಯಕಿ ಅವರನ್ನು ನಿರಾಸೆಗೊಳಿಸುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಕ್ಷಮೆ ಕೇಳಿ ತಾನು ಎರಡೂ ಕಾಲಿಲ್ಲದ ಹುಡುಗನನ್ನು ಮದುವೆಯಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವುದಾಗಿ ತಿಳಿಸುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಅವರನ್ನು ಮಿತ್ರರೆಂದು ಭಾವಿಸಿ ಅವರ ಪ್ರತಿಭೆ ಗುರುತಿಸಿ ಸಮಾಜದಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಂದೆ ಬರಲು ಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹಿಸುವುದೇ ತನ್ನ ಉದ್ಧೇಶವಾಗಿತ್ತು ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿಸುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಅಂಗದೋಷವಿದ್ದರೂ ಅದನ್ನೇ ದೊಡ್ಡದಾಗಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಕೀಳರಿಮೆಯಿಂದ ಬಳಲುವುದನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಇರುವ ಪ್ರತಿಭೆಯನ್ನು ಕಂಡುಕೊಂಡು ಸಾಧನೆಯ ಹಾದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾಗಬೇಕೆಂಬುದನ್ನು ಅವರಿಗೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಸಮಾಜಕ್ಕೆ(ನಮಗೆ) ಸಾರುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಒಂದು ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಸನ್ನಿವೇಶವನ್ನು ಹಾಸ್ಯದ ಔತಣದಲ್ಲೇ ಉಣಬಡಿಸಿದ್ದವರು ಯಶವಂತ ದೇಶಪಾಂಡೆ. ಕುರುಡನ ಪಾತ್ರಧಾರಿ, ಕಿವುಡಾನ ಪಾತ್ರಧಾರಿ (ಸ್ವತಃ ಯಶವಂತ್), ಹಾಗೂ ಮ್ಮೂಕನ ಪಾತ್ರಧಾರಿಗಳು ನಾಟಕದ ಪಾತ್ರಗಳಿಗೆ ಜೀವತುಂಬಿದ್ದರು.

ನಾಯಕಿಯ ಪಾತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಧಾರವಾಹಿ ಸಿನಿಮಾಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಟಿಸಿರುವ ಕಲಾವಿಧೆ ಮಾಲತಿ ದೇಶಪಾಂಡೆ ಬಹಳ ಸೊಗಸಾಗಿ ಅಭಿನಯಿಸಿದ್ದರು. ನಾಟಕವನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ ನಿಜಾರ್ಥದಲ್ಲಿ ಆನಂದಿಸಿ ಮನೆಯ ಕಡೆ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಹಾಕಿದಾಗ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಹೂವಿನಂತೆ ಅರಳಿತ್ತು.

ನಿಮ್ಮ ರಜನಿ

(ಬರಹಕ್ಕೆ ವಸಿಷ್ಠ)

Sharavathi Valley Trekking

Hi Friends,

Last Friday (4^th of September 2009) along with my 12 friends kicked off for a trekking near KARAGAL, linganamakki.(near Sagara ).

Here you can see the details for going trek, whom to contact and also a brief intro for 1^st time trekkers like ME J

For First time Trekkers – instruction:

These are prerequisites for any trekking.

1. Have to buy a trekking (wildcraft) bag and proper trekking shoes. If u don’t get a proper bag then there would be imbalance in the team wherein some have to carry more weight than others....

Important: please don’t forget to pack your belonging (mainly the warm clothes) in a plastic cover and then put it into your bag, with personal experience I can say this is very important

when it rains....Also better not to carry mobile or any electronic items (except camera, even camera should be well taken care as water can go inside any electronic items, I lost one camera because of rain water only L)..And PLEASE DONT WEAR JEANS,

2. Also wear thick socks or get a pair of leech socks this would very much help us preventing from leeches. Carry Salt (ask you guide) / Swiss knife / sunna (kannada lang.) to avoid leeches.

3. Toilet kit (brush, toothpaste, comb, ). Also please carry a small botle of DETOL.

4. Get sufficient Newspaper and a plastic cover to take back waste or wet clothes...

5. Please have one ID Cards of yours, telephone no. and address (in case of emergency) of each other.

6. Plate along with a spoon for eating food and One cup for drinking water, tea etc. A small handtroche, in case of emergency.

7. As already said get clothing as less as possible....Keep ur bag weight minimal.

I would say 3 Undergarments, 1 towel, 2shorts (or tracks), 2 t-shirt, 1-sandals (along with shoes), 1 blanket, and 1 waterproof jacket with cap is sufficient (this is including what u are wearing on Friday...) for 2 days trekking.

Please find the trek details, the rules and regulations below:

Trek Route:- Hogevaddi---->Basavana baayi--->Belligundi falls--->Goodanagundi falls--->Kattinakaru.

The Sharavathi Valley:- The Sharavathi river valley nestled in the central Western Ghats, Shimoga district has been an ecological paradise. The Sharavathi River, rising at Ambuthirtha in Thirthahalli taluk flows north-west and drops down in the Ghats at the world famous Jog falls. The sharavathi Valley is home for many water falls and to some of the beautiful streams. The valley is evergreen to semi-evergreen forest along with moist deciduous type of forests dominate the entire basin along with scrub savannah, grasslands, marshy areas and plantation of acacia, cash crops like areca and rubber providing diverse niches for a variety of taxa. Rare evergreen species such as Dipterocarpus, Syzygium, Cinnamon, Diospyros, Aglaia, endemic Palms along with the globally endangered Myrist-icasps makes this an ecologically sensitive region to be conserved and not marketed.

Itinerary for the 2 days trek (5th and 6th)

Date:- 05-08-2009

* Reach Hogevaddi , the Trek start point by 10:30 AM and Start the trek

* Freshen Up in the stream, Have Break fast

* Reach Basavana baayi peak by afternoon. Play in the water falls and Have lunch.

* Start the Trek towards Padubeedu and camp in a tribals house by 6:00 PM.

* Have a Camp fire and enjoy the evening(Depends on rain situation). Also interact with Tribals.

* Have dinner and retire for the day

(Approximate Trek distance will be around 12KM with peaks and a water falls)

Date:-06-08-2009

* Wake up by 6:00 AM and get freshen up quickly.

* Have Breakfast and start the trek by 7:30AM to Belligundi water falls view point.

* Spend time in valley view and belligundi view

* Trek to Goodanagundi water falls and if possible Enjoy in the Water fall (depends on the water level.

* Have lunch and Trek to Kattinakaru.

* Catch the vehicle and travel back to sagar or kargal.

Blog of the route:-

http://sharavathi.blogspot.com/2008/08/2-days-trek-on-16-17th-aug-2008.html

Dont's

Our programs are basic and minimalist; do not expect city-like comfort, adjust with what ever is being provided. Any additional requests need to be made prior to the start of the program

We strictly do not allow smoking, drinking (alcohol) and consumption of non-veg on our programs.

We follow the 'leave no trace' & 'zero impact camping' practice; do not litter on the trail, please carry back all the material garbage you generate on the program

The forests have their own orchestra of sounds; use of Walkman's & music systems is strictly prohibited; we would like you listen to birds, animals, leaves and the wind

The locals, animals, birds have the right of 'way' and 'say' in our programs. We wish to respect their dignity to the fullest extent possible.

Please feel free to reply for any clarification or doubts.

--

Sampath Kumar

The Sharavathi Nature Trails.....

E-Mail: prapancha@gmail.com

Orkut:- http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=35574179

Blogs:- http://sharavathi.blogspot.com

http://kuchodya.blogspot.com

Few TrekSpetion from my friends :

Prashant Shirol:

I was remembering the taste of anna sambar at Basavan Bhaayi, chapaati saagu payasaa of the dinner, and the akki rotti chatni in the morning..... and the again the anna sambar.....:)

I close the eyes now for a while... and reply the whole trip in the camera of mind....its so enjoyable.....

hmmm have to start the routine life again for atleast few months...:(

Prashant.

Vasistha:

In two days almost we trekked for 30 Kms, with carrying our bag... you know one thing , the very first day each one of us were carrying bag weighing 3 - 5 kgs. we had lots of entho, fully energetic etc.. but due to heavy rain all our dry clothes, bedsheet, towel, along with bag and clothes we worn got wet.. then for the secong day it was weighing more than 7 - 8 Kgs... :-( with this load we need to trek again.. but the weather was so good that, we were again fully entho to trekk for the seond day... ready to fight against rain and our most deadliest enemy LEECHE...

I have no words to explain our 2 days trekking... it's an amazing, never forgatable trek...

Even now I have more than15 leeche bite marks on both of my legs... I donated blood to leeches :-)

Prakash pv:

Hi Guys,

Already in office after a refreshing bath. This trek turned out to be a very refreshing one, I can find the difference.

Since morning I am feeling something is missing without which I felt discomfortable, Thats the rain really missing it :)

We got drenched for more than 10 hrs still none got sick, thats the magic of nature.

I was just checking now I have got leeched more than 30 times. It’s really itching and some are still bleeding if I scratch :)

Kumar:

Trek Summary:

KRSTC Bus to Linganmakki @9:45 pm 04/09

Reached Kargal around 7:35 am 05/09

Meet Narayan and took Jeep to Trek start point @ 9:00 am

Had Break fast and Trek started with OmRaj who was guide for rest two days @10:00 am

Explored Basavana bhaye water fall @ 11:30 am

Lunch @ 12.30 pm

Reached the Camping base @ 5:45 pm

Trek started the next day @8:50 am 06/09 after breakfast

Explored Belli gundi water fall @ 11:00 am

Explored Goodana gundi water fall @ 12:00 am

Back to camping base @2:30 pm

Back to kargal @ 5:45 pm

Bus to Shimoga @ 6:05 pm,reached shimoga @9:00 pm

Train to Bangalore @ 10:00pm

Back to BANGALORE with Haunting Memories @ 5:00 am 07/09

Thanks of your patience and compatibility guys.....APS Boys Rock....

Regards....

Kumar DG

The photos taken during this trek can be viewed at

http://picasaweb.google.com/vasistatravel/Sharavathi_Valley_Trekking

SMS - kannada hani kavana

ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ

SMS ಇಂದ ಬಂದಂತಹ ಕೆಲವನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನಮೂದಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ ....

ಓ ಕಾಲೆಜಿನ ಕನ್ಯೇ ||

ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿದೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಕೆನ್ನೆ |

ನೋಡುತ್ತಾ ಕುಳಿತೆ ಮೊನ್ನೆ ||

ಪರಿಕ್ಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂತು ಬರೀ ಸೊನ್ನೆ | ೧ |

ಚೆಳುವಿಯ ಕಿರುನಗೆ ||

ಚೆಳುವನಿಗೆ FULL ಹೊಗೆ | ೨ |

ಹುಡುಗಿಯ ಸಿಹಿ ಮಾತು ||

ಹುಡುಗನಿಗೆ ಆಪತ್ತು | ೩ |

ಹುಡುಗಿಯ ಕುಡಿ ನೋಟ ||

ಹುಡುಗನಿಗೆ ಕೊನೆಯ ಚಟ್ಟ | ೪ |

Samarthanam - NGO for Blind People

SAMARTHANAM – NGO for Blind and Disabled People Date: 12/7/2008

As a small child I often would say “ I want to become a doctor and serve the poor in some remote village………I still remember in my school days we were supposed to write in a book one good deed that we do for the day. And my dream was to write about me helping a blind man to cross the road and would always look out for one whenever I would go out. But never got a chance to do so. As I grew and joined engineering invariably my New Year resolution would be not to use plastic cover, and not to throw rappers or covers on road and I would either find a trash bin or get it home to dispose.
Last Saturday, when I was discussing with my brother about various issues regarding the disposal system of the city he told me about “SAMARTHANAM”. That triggered my desire of childhood days of helping blind serving country, the poor and my views of keeping city clean and I could do all of these through Samarthanam.


I visited Samarthanam with my brother last Saturday and the visit just made my day. There are so many ways to serve country, the poor and the needy it’s just that one has to make up their mind.


PIC 1: The waste plastics which we took to the Samarthanam

I would brief you all what I saw and learnt about Samarthanam and believe me if you want to help poor, disabled and the needy and also interested in disposing the wastes like plastic, e-wastes, newspaper and metals u now know where to go.

SAMARTHANAM is an NGO for disabled. This organization was established in the year 1997 bringing in together the three visually impaired graduates Mr. Mahantesh, Paul Muddha and Nagesh. Samarthanam is an NGO which started with the primary goal as to provide the visually impaired shelter and education with 3 disabled children.

When we (I and my brother) went to the office we were greeted by Mr. Prashanth who gave us an overall picture about the organization Samarthanam, its aims and activities and fund rising issues. The office since was a part of the woman’s hostel we could see many visually impaired girls walking around doing things on their own.

PIC 2: Prashanth, My Sister (Sindhu) and a visually impaired guy working in this org.

Ms Sunitha who is also working for the organization also gave us detailed working methods of the organization and its activities. Though the organization started with the intension of helping the physically challenged group it gradually extended to also help the children from economically weaker sections of the society.

PIC 3: visually impaired guy working in Samarthanam and Ms Sunitha.

They have three programmes which forms the present activities of the organization.

1) SWADHAR -Integrated Education for the Disabled(IED)Ms Nirmala Dixit who is working with Samarthanam in the IED project gave us an insight of the project.
* IED is a central government aided project which aims at educating disabled students in regular schools. Samarthanam has identified 303 such children in and around Bangalore. It has 21 teachers who along with B.E.D have a special training i.e Multi categorical teachers training done to help the disabled. The
salary to these teachers is given by government through Samarthanam trust.
* They also have distribution programme where they provide all the necessary equipments like hearing aids, spectacles and so on.
* They also provide all the children with free hostel facilities. They house about 200 children mainly disabled and children coming from EWS.

* They have IT cell to educate its visually challenged students, the use of computers with the help of software JAWS(Job Access With Speech).

PIC 4: IT CELL

PIC 5: Computer Systems

* They also have a placement cell for these disabled students to find placements in various companies.

PIC 6: Blind Teacher for Blind Students.

* They have doctors coming from Sanjay Gandhi Hospital for the medical regular checkups.

SPORTS & CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

* They students of Samarthanam are encouraged to participate in many sports like chess, cricket and surprisingly the visually impared students have their own cricket team.
* They have a separate cultural wing. They have emerged as artists, accomplished singers, dancers, instrumentalists and mimics etc…

2) Vidya Prasad – Mid – day meal Programme:

Samarthanam has been providing free mid-day meals to children studying in Government schools under the Akshara Dasoha project since 2003.
This program covers 35,000 children in 200 schools. To expand and strengthen this service, the Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India has granted 35AC. All donations towards this programme are 100% tax exempted.

3) Parisara – Recycling the Wastes:
With the good intensive for the disposal of wastes like plastics, metals, news papers and e-wastes, Samarthanam has a project called Parisara. Here they collect above mentioned wastes from MNC companies, individuals and partly will be used for Brailing and the rest is to generate fund by sending them to respective suitable recycling companies like ITC etc…


Friends my intension of posting this is can we also help these visually impaired friends? We can do it in many ways so that they can find their future through Samarthanam. A few are mentioned below:

Rs 600 per month or Rs 6000 per annum towards one Child Sponsorship Programme to be used for lodging, boarding, and other educational expenses of the child.
Monthly or Yearly fixed contributions may be made in Rs 100 / Rs 1000 or multiples there of to meet their general expenses.
A day’s food could be sponsored.
Breakfast – Rs. 1500
Lunch or dinner – Rs. 2500
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner – Rs. 6500
Contributions may be made to the Computer Cell of Samarthanam either in cash or kind
Contributions in kind may include groceries, utensils, tables, office equipments, books, stationary, Braille states, tape recorders, old newspapers, magazines etc. These will be used for their Hostel, Office and IT projects.
We can arrange cultural shows in our area or office (IT) cultural functions to help showcase the talents of their cultural troupe
Donation of old Newspapers to Samarthanam.
Contribution in cash or kind to help celebrate memorable events like birthdays, marriage anniversaries etc at Samarthanam. You can even select the menu you wanted J

All Contributions and donations can be made by cash/DD/check made in favor of ‘Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled’ payable at Bengaluru.

Donations made to Samarthanam are exempt under u/s 80G of IT Act.
Donations to Vidya Prasad ‘Mid Day Meal’ Programme are exempt u/s 35AC (100% tax exempted)

If the current position of yours is not allowing you for contribution even though you are willing then contact me so that all of us contributing some amount can make a big amount J and help our friends…

For Further details about Samarthanam please visit http://www.samarthanam.org/

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ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ,
ನನ್ನ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತೆ ಸರಸ್ವತಿಯ ಕೆಲವು ಕವನಗಳನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಿದ್ದೀನಿ ನೋಡಿ...

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ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ,
ನಾವು (ನನ್ನ ತಂದೆ ತಾಯಿ, ಅಕ್ಕ ಅವಳ ಮಗಳು ಹಾಗು ನಾನು)ತಿರುಪತಿಗೆ ಹೂಗಿದ್ದೆವು. ಅದರ ಒಂದು ಪ್ರವಾಸನ ಕಥನ ನನ್ನ ತಾಯಿಯವರಿಂದ ..

ತಿರುಪತಿ ... ತಿರುಮಲ ... ವೇಂಕಟೇಶ

ಕಲಿಯುಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಲ್ಕಿ ಅವತಾರವೆತ್ತಿರುವ ತಿರುಪತಿ ತಿಮ್ಮಪ್ಪನ ದರುಶನ ಭಾಗ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಹಂಬಲಿಸದ ಭಕ್ತರೇ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಅವನ ಹುಂಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಣದ ಹೊಳೆಯ ರಭಸ ದಿನದಿಂದ ದಿನಕ್ಕೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗುತ್ತಲೇ ಹೋಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಅಂತೆಯೇ ಭಕ್ತರ ಧಾವಿಸುವಿಕೆಯೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ.

ಮೇ ಒಂದರ ಗುರುವಾರ ರಾತ್ರಿಯ ಬಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ನಾನು ನಮ್ಮ ಮನೆಯವರು, ಮಗ ಮಗಳೂ ಮೊಮ್ಮಗಳು ಹೀಗೆ ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಹೊರಟೆವು. ರಾತ್ರಿ ಹೊರಡಬೇಕೆಂದು ಸಂಜೆ ಷಾಪಿಂಗ್ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ಯಾಕಿಂಗ್ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಮುಗಿಸಿದೆವು. ಅನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿತವಾಗಿ ಹೊರಟದ್ದರಿಂದ ಹೋಟಲ್ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಆಗಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಹೋಟಲ್ ರೂಂ ಏನಾದರೂ ಸಿಗುತ್ತದೋ ಇಲ್ಲವೋ ಎನ್ನುವ ಆತಂಕ. ಆದರೆ ಮಗ ಮಗಳು ಧೈರ್ಯ ನೀಡಿದರು. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಿಂದ ತಿರುಪತಿಗೆ ಎಷ್ಟು ದೀರ್ಘ ಪ್ರಯಾಣ!!

ಅಂತೂ ಇಂತೂ ಬೆಳಗಿನ ಜಾವ ೪ ಗಂಟೆಗೆ ತಿರುಮಲವನ್ನು ತಲುಪಿದೆವು. ಇಳಿದ ಕ್ಷಣದಲ್ಲೇ ವಸತಿಗೃಹಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ತಿರುಗಾಡಿದರೆ ೨ - ೩ ವಸತಿಗೃಹಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಭರ್ತಿಯಾಗಿ ಕೋಣೆಯೇ ಇಲ್ಲಾ ಎಂದರು. ಇನ್ಯಾರೋ ಹೇಳಿದರು ನೀವು ತಿರುಪತಿ ದರ್ಶನಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗಲು ಕೆಳಗಡೆಯೇ ಕ್ಯೂ ನಿಂತು ಟಿಕೆಟ್ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡು ನಂತರ ರೂಂಗೆ ಹೋಗಿ ಇಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೆ ೨ ದಿನವಾದ್ರೂ ತಿಮ್ಮಪ್ಪನ ದರ್ಶನವಾಗಲ್ಲಾಂತೆ. ಆದ್ರೆ ನಾವಿದ್ದ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಧ್ಯ ಒಂದು ಕೋಣೆ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿ ಸುಧಾರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವಾ ಎಂದಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಅಷ್ಟರಲ್ಲಿ ಒಬ್ಬ ಆಟೋ ಡ್ರೈವರ್ ಬಂದ. ಅವನೇ ರೂಂ ಬೇಕಾ ಎಂದು ಕೇಳಿದ. ಆತುರವಾಗಿ ಹೂಂ ಎಂದೆವು. ಅವನು ಬಸ್ ಸ್ಟ್ಯಾಂಡ್‌ಗೆ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪವೇ ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಲಾಡ್ಜ್‌ಗೆ ಕರೆದೊಯ್ದ - ಮೂರು ಸುತ್ತು ಮಹಡಿ ಮೆಟ್ಟಲನ್ನು ಹತ್ತಿಸಿದ. ಕಡೆಗೂ ಒಂದು ರೂಂ ಸಿಕ್ತು. ಸರಿ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಫ್ರೆಶ್ ಆಗಿ ನಾವು ಬುಸ್ ಸ್ಟ್ಯಾಂಡ್ನ್‌ಲ್ಲಿನ ಕ್ಯೂಗೆ ಹೋಗಿ ಸೇರಿದೆವು. ಇಷ್ಟಾಗುವಾಗ ಬೆಳಗಿನ ೫-೩೦ ಆಗಿತ್ತು. ನಿಂತ್ವಿ ನಿಂತ್ವಿ ಗಂಟೆ ೭ ಆಯಿತು, ೮ ಆಯಿತು, ೯ ಆಯಿತು. ಹನುಮಂತನ ಬಾಲದ ತುದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಾವಿದ್ವೇನೋಪ್ಪಾ !!

ಎಣಿಸಲಾಗದ ಹಣವನ್ನು ಹುಂಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣುವ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನದ ಆಡಳಿತ ವರ್ಗದವರು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಬೇಕಾದಶ್ಟು ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಕಾರ್ಯವನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ ನಿಜ. ಆದರೂ ತಿರುಮಲ ಬಸ್ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಂತಿದ್ದ ನಮ್ಮ ಪಕ್ಕದಲ್ಲಿ ವೈತರಣಿ ನದಿಯಂತೆ ದುರ್ವಾಸನೆ ಬೀರುತ್ತಾ ಚರಂಡಿಯ ನೀರು ಹರಿಯುತ್ತಿತ್ತು. ಭಕ್ತರು ಬಾಯಿ ಮುಚ್ಚಿಕೊಂಡು ಟಿಕೇಟು ಪಡೆಯಲು ನಿಂತಿದ್ದರು. ಅದನ್ನು ಸರಿಪಡಿಸಿ ಉದ್ದಕ್ಕೆ ಸಣ್ಣ ಕಲ್ಲುಬೆಂಚನ್ನು ಹಾಕಿಸಿದರೆ ಎಳೆಕಂದಮ್ಮಗಳಿಗೆ, ಬಸುರಿ ಹೆಂಗಸರಿಗೆ ವೃದ್ಧರಿಗೆ ಕುಳಿತು ವಿಶ್ರಮಿಸುತ್ತಾ ಸರದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೋಗಲೂ ಅನುಕೂಲವಾಗುತ್ತಿತ್ತು.

ಅಂತೂ ಕಡೆಗೆ ೧೧ ರ ಸಮಯಕ್ಕೆ ಕೌಂಟರ್ ಹತ್ತಿರ ಬಂದೆವು. ಇದ್ದಕ್ಕಿದ್ದಂತೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದೆ ನಿಂತಿದ್ದವರು ಎಲ್ಲಿಗೋ ಓಡತೊಡಗಿದರು. ಯಾಕೆ ಹೀಗೆ ಎಂದು ನಾವು ಅಚ್ಚರಿಗೆ ಒಳಗಾದೆವು. ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಪೇದೆನ ಕೇಳಿದಾಗ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ೫೦ ರೂ ಟಿಕೆಟ್ ಮುಗಿದಿದೆ. ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸಂಗೆ(ಛತ್ರ) ಓಡಿ ಬೇಗ, ಅಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಮಗೆ ೧೦೦, ೨೦೦ ರೂಗಳ ಟಿಕೇಟ್ ಸಿಗಬಹುದು ಅಂದ. ನಮಗಂತು ನಿರಾಶೆ, ಕೋಪ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಒಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ನುಗ್ಗಿ ಬಂತು. ಆದರೂ ಸಮಯವಿರದೆ ರೇಗಾಡಿಕೊಂಡು ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸಂಗೆ ಓಡಿದೆವು. ನಾವು ಅಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಹೋಗುವಷ್ಟರಲ್ಲಿ ಅಲ್ಲಾಗಲೇ ಹನುಮಂತನ ಬಾಲದಂತೆ ಕ್ಯೂ ನಿಂತಿತ್ತು ಜನಸಾಗರ. ಸರಿ ನಾವೂ ಹೋಗಿ ನಿಂತೆವು. ಇಷ್ಟರಲ್ಲಾಗಲೇ ೧೧ ಗಂಟೇಯಾಗಿತ್ತು.ಪಕ್ಕದವರಿಗೆ ತಿಳಿಸಿ ವಿಪರೀತ ಹಸಿದಿದ್ದ ನಾವು ಎದುರಿಗೇ ಇದ್ದ ಹೋಟೆಲ್ ಗೆ ಹೋಗಿ ಉಪಹಾರ ಮುಗಿಸಿ ಬಂದೆವು. ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಸುಧಾರಿಸಿದಂತಾಯಿತು. ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ನೆರಳಿತ್ತು. ಆಂದ್ರದ ಸುಡುಬಿಸಿಲಿನ ಧಾಳಿಯಿಂದ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಯಾಯಿತು.ಇಲ್ಲೂ ನಿರಾಶೆಯೇನೋ ಎನಿಸುತ್ತಿತ್ತು, ಅಂತೂ ಇಂತೂ ೧ ಗಂಟೆಗೆ ನಮಗೆ ಟಿಕೆಟ್ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿತು. ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸನೇ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿಬಿಟ್ಟನೇನೋ ಎನ್ನುವಷ್ಟು ಸಂತೋಷವಾಯಿತು ಅಲ್ಲೂ ೧೦೦ ರೂಗಳ ಟಿಕೆಟ್ ಮುಗಿದು ನಮಗೆ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿದ್ದು ೨೦೦ ರೂಗಳದ್ದು. ಒಬ್ಬೊಬ್ಬರಿಗೆ ಒಂದೊಂದೇ ಟಿಕೆಟ್, ಹೆಬ್ಬೆಟ್ ನ ಮುದ್ರೆ ತೆಗೆದು ಪೋಟೋ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಕೊಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ಬಿಗಿ ಭದ್ರತೆಯ ಕ್ರಮವಾಗಿತ್ತು ಅದು. ಹೋಟೆಲ್ ರೂಂ ಗೆ ಹಿಂತಿರುಗಿ ಊಟ ಮಾಡಿ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಹೊತ್ತು ಮಲಗಿದೆವು. ನಮ್ಮ ಟಿಕೆಟ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ದರ್ಶನ (ತಿರುಪತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ) ಮಾರನೇ ದಿನ ಬೆಳಿಗ್ಗೆ ೪ ಗಂಟೆಗೆ ಎಂದಿತ್ತು. ಬಿಸಿಲಿನ ಝಳ ತಾಳಲಾರದೆ ರೂಮಿನಲ್ಲೆ ವಿಶ್ರಮಿಸಿ, ೫ ಗಂಟೆಯ ಸಮಯಕ್ಕೆ ಆಟೋ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡು ತಿರುಮಲದಲ್ಲಿ (ಗೋವಿಂದರಾಜನ ಪಟ್ಟಣದಲ್ಲಿರುವ) ಇರುವ ಮುಖ್ಯ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನಗಳಿಗೆ ಹೊದೆವು.

ಜಲಪಾತದಂತೆ ಭೋರ್ಗರೆದು ಸುರಿವ ನೀರು ಕೊಳದಲ್ಲಿ ಶೇಖರವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಅದರ ದಡದಲ್ಲೇ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಸುಂದರವಾದ ಕಪಿಲ ತೀರ್ಥೇಶ್ವರ ಪಾರ್ವತೀ ದೇಗುಲವಿದೆ.

ಅದರ ವಿಶಾಲವಾದ ಮುಂಭಾಗದ ಆಂಗಳದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಳಗಿಂದೊಳಗೆ ಕಟ್ಟಿಸಿದಂತ ವೇಣುಗೋಪಾಲಸ್ವಾಮಿ, ಅಭಯ ಆಂಜನೇಯ, ಗಣಪತಿಯ ದೇಗುಲಗಳಿವೆ. ಸುಂದರವಾದ ಆ ಪರಿಸರದಲ್ಲಿ ಸೊಗಸಾಗಿ ಪೂಜಾಕಾರ್ಯಗಳು ಜರುಗಿದವು. ಇವೆಲ್ಲ ನಮ್ಮ ಮನಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ತಂಪೆರದವು. ಪ್ರಸಾದವೂ ಬೇಕಾದಷ್ಟು ಸಿಕ್ಕಿತು. ಅಲ್ಲಿಂದ ಮುಂದೆ ಇಸ್ಕಾನ್ ರಾಧಾಕೃಷ್ಣರ ದೇಗುಲಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋದೆವು. ಆಲ್ಲಿ ಆಡಂಭರವಾದ ಹೊನ್ನಿನ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಕವಚಗಳಿಂದ ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಅಲಂಕೃತಗೊಂಡು ಕಂಗೊಳಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಆ ಭವ್ಯ ಪರಿಸರ, ಸುಂದರ ನೋಟಕ್ಕೆ ಮಾರುಹೋದೆವು.

ಮನಸ್ಸು ಬಹಳ ಸಂಭ್ರಮಗೊಂಡಿತ್ತು. ಅಷ್ಟರಲ್ಲಾಗಲೇ ಸಂಜೆಯಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಅಲ್ಲಿಂದ ಮುಂದೆ ಅತಿ ಪುರಾತನವಾದ ಬೇಟೆ ವೇಂಕಟೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಲಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋದೆವು. (ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ ಮಂಗಾಪುರ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ.) ಇಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಜನಜಂಗುಳಿ ಇತ್ತು. ಆದರೂ ಮನಮೋಹಕವಾದ ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸನ ದರ್ಶನ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗೇ ಆಯಿತು. ಪ್ರಸಾದವೂ ದೊರೆಕಿತು. ಆಕರ್ಶಕ ಚಲುವಿನಿಂದ ಕಂಗೊಳಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಆ ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸನ ಭವ್ಯ ಮೂರ್ತಿಯ ಸೌಂದರ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಮಾರು ಹೋಗಿತ್ತು. ಅಲ್ಲಿಂದ ಮುಂದೆ ಅತಿ ಪುರತನವಾದ ಅಗಸ್ತೇಶ್ವರ ದೇಗುಲಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗಿ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಈಶ್ವರನ ದರ್ಶನ ಪಡೆದೆವು. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಈಶವರನ ಲಿಂಗವು ಬಲಭಾಗಕ್ಕೆ ತಿರುಗಿತ್ತು. ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಎಲ್ಲೆಡೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಬಲಗಡೆಗೆ ಅದರ ಮೂರ್ತಿಯ ತುದಿ ತಿರುಗಿರುವುದನ್ನು ನೋಡುತ್ತೇವೆ ಅಲ್ಲವಾ? ಲಿಂಗಕ್ಕೆ ಪೂರ್ತಿ ರುದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿಹಾರಗಳಿಂದ ಅಲಂಕರಿಸಿದ್ದರು. ಅಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಪ್ರಸಾದ ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಿ ನಂತರ ತಿರುಚಾನೂರು (ಅಲಮೇಲು ಮಂಗಾಪುರ) ಕಡೆಗೆ ಧಾವಿಸಿದೆವು. ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಪದ್ಮಾವತಿ ನೆಲೆಸಿದ್ದಾಳೆ. ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸನ ಹೃದಯದ ರಾಣಿಯಾದ ತಾಯಿ ಪದ್ಮಾವತಿಯ ದರುಶನಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋದೆವು. ಅಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಕ್ಯೂ ಇತ್ತು. ಆದರೂ ನಮಗೆ ಬೇಗನೆ ದರ್ಶನ, ಕುಂಕುಮ ಪ್ರಸಾದ ದೊರಕಿತು. ತಾವರೆ ಹೂಗಳೂ ಗುಲಾಬಿಯ ಹಾರಗಳನ್ನು ತಾಯಿಗೆ ನೀಡಿದೆವು. ವಜ್ರದ ಒಡವೆಗಳಿಂದ ಅಲಂಕೃತಳಾದ ಆ ತಾಯಿಯ ಸೌಂದರ್ಯವಂತೂ ಅನ್ಯಾದೃಶ್ಯವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಅಷ್ಟೊತ್ತಿಗೆ ರಾತ್ರಿ ೧೦ ಗಂಟೆಯಾಗಿತ್ತು. ದೇಹಕ್ಕೆ ದಣಿವು ಆದರೆ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಬಹಳ ಮುದವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ಸಂತೋಷವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಬೆಳಗಿನ ಸುಸ್ತು ಮಾಯವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಅಂದು ರಾತ್ರಿ ೨-೩೦ ಕ್ಕೆ ಎದ್ದು ಸ್ನಾನಾದಿಗಳನ್ನು ಮುಗಿಸಿ ೩ ಗಂಟೆ ಬಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ತಿರುಪತಿಗೆ ಹೋದೆವು. ನಾಲ್ಕರ ಸುಮಾರಿಗೆಲ್ಲಾ ತಿಮ್ಮಪ್ಪನ ಸನ್ನಿಧಿಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದೆವು. ನಾವು ಸರದಿ ಸಾಲಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸೇರಿದೆವು. ಏನೋ ಹೇಗೋ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪವೂ ದಣಿವಾಗದಂತೆ ತಿಮ್ಮಪ್ಪನ ದರ್ಶನ ಭಾಗ್ಯ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿತು. ಬೆಳಿಗ್ಗೆ ೫-೩೦ ಕ್ಕೆಲ್ಲಾ ನಾವು ಹರಕೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿ, ಲಾಡು ಪ್ರಸಾದ ಪಡೆದು ತೃಪ್ತಿಯ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ ಹೊರಬಂದೆವು. ನಂತರ ಉಪಹಾರ ಮುಗಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಕೆಳಗೆ ತಿರುಮಲಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂದೆವು. ಇನ್ನೂ ಬಹಳ ಸಮಯವಿತ್ತಾದ್ದರಿಂದ ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಹತ್ತಿರದಲ್ಲೇ ಇದ್ದ ಗೋವಿಂದರಾಜಸ್ವಾಮಿಯ ದರುಶನ ಪಡೆದು ಪಕ್ಕದಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಇದ್ದ ಆಂಡಾಳ್ ತಾಯಿ, ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ ತಾಯಿ, ಪಾರ್ಥಸಾರಥಿ ಪೆರುಮಾಳ್, ವರಾಹಸ್ವಮಿ, ಆಳ್ವಾರರುಗಳು ಹೀಗೆ ಎಲ್ಲರ ದರುಶನ ಭಾಗ್ಯ ಪಡೆದು ರುಚಿಯಾದ ಮೊಸರನ್ನ ಪ್ರಸಾದ ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಿ ಆನಂದದಿಂದ ರೂಂಗೆ ಹಿಂತಿರುಗಿದೆವು. ಊಟಮಾಡಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಬಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಳಿತಾಗ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಧನ್ಯತಾ ಭಾವದಿಂದ ಮಿಡಿಯುತ್ತಿತ್ತು.

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ಜನುಮದಿನಕ್ಕೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಯ ಅಮ್ಮನ ಆಶೀಗಳು ಹಾಗು ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು. ನೆನಪಿಗೆ ಇದೊಂದು ಕವನದ ಉಡುಗೊರೆ:

ವಸಂತಗಳು ಕಳೆದುಹೋಗುತ್ತಿವೆ,

ನವವಸಂತದ ಆಗಮನವಾಗಲಿದೆ,

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Dear Friends,

I would like to take this opportunity to inform our readers about : What is the meaning of 786?We have often heard and seen that ‘ 786 ’ is used by muslims all over the world. It is taken to be a lucky mascot.
Some associate it with the movie ‘coolie’, where amitabh bachchan wore a 786 badge.

But there are rarely few who know what 786 really means.

The roots of this number lie in the ancient Indian heritage. In India, there has been a mathematician named, Aryabhatta.
Aryabhatta, was not only a mathematician but also a numerologist. He concluded that every alphabet, whether a vowel or a consonant, has a phonetic value which can be expressed in numerical terms.
He, therefore, calculated the numerical values of the alphabets in Sanaskrit, Persian and Hindi.

Substitue the values assigned by him in ‘Bismillahir Rahman urRahim’ and what do you get obviously ,786. This is the Numerological reason behind the lucky number 786. So every time one writes 786, one means ‘Bismillah….’ Which means “I begin my work in the name of god. May god help me.”

It might be surprising to you that NUMEROLOGY IS AN ANCIENT INDIAN SCIENCE which originated around 4000years back in India.

So now tell me why do all saints add 108 as a prefix in their name ?
Why do we have 108 beads in a maala ?

Hope this is informative for all of us.

WHY WE NEED A HINDU INDIA?

Our powerful nation is a legacy of a long lost Empire and I say long lost because our ancient empire was a VEDIC one (HINDU) and stretched from present day west Afghanistan to South-east Asia. It was a proud one, one of intellectual people, a rich & a vibrant culture, prosperous civilization. But sadly what we see today is a fast shrinking culture that now retains only about 50% of the total area of the Vedic civilization notwithstanding the people of other cultures that are polluting our own. India as a region has only been identified as a country of people who are possibly the first to have a literature as great as the Vedas, Purana, Upanishad, great epics like Mahabharat, Ramayana not to forget many small literary writings that are a wealth of knowledge that covered all topics ever to encountered by humans from the food to be eaten for a healthy living to the optimum shape of a flying machine (vimaan)! Such was the grandeur of the people that they built the finest cities in Taxila, Mohen jo daro, Harappa, Vaishali, Kashi, etc. Ayurved, Yoga are popular means of a healthy living nowadays that even the west strictly follows and scientists have recognized, the scientific discoveries like the Pythagoras theorem, the planets and even the atom were already among discussion among the Vedic scholars. And, where are we now? The present status of the country suggests a different picture altogether.

THE PRESENT PLIGHT:

At present our country is a potpourri of different race, culture and religions. All these foreigners are the cause for our sad situation now. The way we keep giving reservations to the so-called minority community poses a great danger to the indigenous community of the country. We keep appeasing the other community and that has been a way of getting votes during elections. These people from the muslim, christian communities keep converting Hindus by literally bribing them with sacks of rice if they convert to their religion. In fact when the Kashmiri Hindu pandits were driven from their own homeland there wasn’t any hue and cry over the issue and no steps were taken for the same the way it goes for when the riots happened in Gujarat. Agreed, no form of killing of any people is relevant but justice is to be just and equal in all measures. As stated by the articles of S.Gurumurthy that when the head of a militant organization operating from a madarasa in U.P was about to be arrested by a police troop they were pelted with stones in retaliation after which the arrests were stalled! Why, because that would hurt the minority community!! What is more intriguing is that the state government later apologized for the incident.
Had the treatment been equal when the head of the Sankara mutt, shri Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati was arrested for reasons that are yet to be confirmed by the courts the issue wouldn’t be in this article. But surprisingly there wasn’t any protests by the media, which otherwise would have blamed the government for hurting religious sentiments. In fact of all rubbish news came up in the media about the case and the shocking fact was that the arrests were made on Diwali, 2004. Can you imagine an Islamic leader arrested on Id? The world will turn topsy-turvy by the events that would follow. Even if the person has committed a crime really then there is a code that governments follow in the case of a religious leader. All this for the state government to create a secular image and capture the vote banks of a population that is predominantly anti-Brahman. But the present government has a secular policy that invariably means appeasing the minority at the cost of the majority (HINDUS). That is, you insult the Hindus by, asking for a muslim leader in Bihar even if it has no relevance to the governance of any state, by increasing the reservation to the muslims at Aligarh Muslim University, by crying for muslim reservation in the job sector i.e., both private and public (as proposed by the Andhra pradesh government), by modifying facts of atrocities committed by the muslim conquerors on Hindus in the history textbooks for children, so as not to hurt the minorities.
All the above facts are provoking and the Hindus are silent and patient only because their traditions teaches them so. The facts of the demolition of a thousand temples by the muslim invaders is all hushed up by the government but the babri masjid demolition is raked up again and again and is not allowed to be forgotten by the people themselves. And what do we get in return by these pets of the secular government? Lakhs of policemen are deployed by the governments on Hindu festivals in preparation for any eventuality to be committed by again the minority community! The Kashmir for which we spend millions of dollars both in civilian and military involvements only produces militants and separatists (the government respects these people!!)I believe I need not explain the above picture I received in a mail last week.When the country was partitioned in 1947 (which again was for the betterment & appeasement of the minority!) it was on the pretext of a muslim Pakistan and a Hindu India. The former is a reality while the latter is seen as a nightmare by the secularists (funny, considering a muslim Pakistan was a dream land for the minority). Now, consider the aftereffects of the creation of a Hindu state in India (viz., not far away, god willingly).The nation will treat its Hindus with due respect considering they are getting treated like second-class citizens now. The present reservation policy will be done away with a one that considers only the economic status of the person. It is a paradox that in a secular state that you need reservations based on caste when people of all caste, religion & creed are to be treated equally! The ancient scriptures will be treated with more respect and will spread at grass root level. Besides when a country with a majority population of muslims is free to be declared an Islamic country, why can’t we with 85% Hindu population be called a Hindu nation? It won’t hurt anybody (minority community) and is only a matter of recognition to the people and the culture that have shaped the land for centuries and a step towards the revival of the proud Empire that once was.

Let the message spread! P.S: The above articles only reflect the author’s (Vivek) ideas and not that of any political party or organizations. Any comments are welcome to the following id:Vivek1086@rediffmail.comVivek201086@yahoo.com

WHY WE STILL NEED A HINDU INDIA?!

There are people in the society, the pseudo-secularists argue that the hindutva forces are on the same platform as that of the Islamic terrorists!!. Well, to start with one has to really differentiate between a terrorist organization and one that has a cause like the VHP, Shiv sena. Let me tell you one thing Islamic organizations like jaish-e-mohammed, lashkar-e-toiba have an ideal, a cause but one, that it believes can be achieved only by terrorizing it’s enemies, by spreading violence, by infiltrating territories belonging to other countries. These are the organizations that ought to be banned, not the VHP or the Shiv sena! The hindutva organizations have a motive for which they educate people of their own community, not go on a killing spree of other community people! When terrorists attacked the akshardham temple in Ahmedabad, when about 50 people of the shiv sena were burnt alive at godhra, when the ram mandir at ayodhya was attacked and the idol almost destroyed and, when thousands of Kashmiri pandits were made refugees in their own homeland, there wasn’t a single Islamic organization (not the terrorists, but the Islamic welfare organizations) that opposed or condemned or even felt sorry for the acts committed by these so-called jihadis who only spoil the name of islam. The fact of matter is that when a muslim terrorist is shot down at Ahmedabad, the Islamic organizations cry fowl at the government blaming them of igniting communal violence and even proclaim the dead terrorist as a martyr!!
The truth is that the country is nurturing serpents that will one day cause the partition of that nation again on the basis of security of islam. We give them reservation, care for their sentiments, give at most security to their places of worship (for reasons unknown!, fearing threat from the Hindus?), spend huge amounts of money for the development of Kashmir and what do they give us in return? They fuel hatred towards the Hindus, kill them at will, insult them, and what more, wherever their population is the majority they demand independence (Kashmir)!! The reality we face today is that when a Hindu dies, nobody cares but when a muslim dies, charges are made against Hindu organizations, secularism is suddenly at threat, and, the communal violence that follows is blamed on the Hindus!! So, it is time we realize our own value as Hindus, of being the majority, and more importantly as being the indigenous people of this country.
Today when we worry about the decline in the Hindu population, the CPM calls it baseless. Well, it should be noted that there are the pseudo-secularists who blame the RSS of being intolerant, of being over reactive and of nurturing dangerous communal enmity. Let me make one thing clear, centuries ago it was the muslim fanatics who drove out the Zoroastrians, Shia muslims, and then the Jews were driven out by the Christian fanatics! And where did they all come? Well, the so-called intolerant Hindu community provided them with a home! We got a fantastic gift for that. Pakistan is lost, Bangladesh is gone, and, Kashmir is hanging at knife’s edge! Even today, the Christians in Mizoram have replaced the original tribes and the regions of Assam and west Bengal are flooded with Bangladeshi refugees (muslims) and have even overthrown the Hindu majority!! We do not want a Pakistan-II. But the time has come that we come to terms with the fact and the fact is that we are providing too much room to the minorities to play their cards wild! Something has to be done or else our grand children will call Assam and other northeastern states as foreign countries!

Author: vivek1086@rediffmail.com

RESERVATION: HOW CONSTITUTIONAL IS IT ?

RESERVATION: HOW CONSTITUTIONAL IS IT?

Young citizens of India are very much aware of the provision made by the Government of India called Reservation! A boon to some while a curse to others, it is one of the ace cards of caste politics used often by politicians to gain political vendetta. Nowadays days we have reservation in every sphere. How beneficial is it to the nation in the long run, does it achieve its cause, what harm does it do, and, above all is it constitutional? I shall give my ideas in the following paragraphs.
When a reservation is provided to a particular community either for education or jobs it is done so as to relieve the community of social burdens and to earn a respectable place in the social hierarchy. We have 15 percent reservation for scheduled castes in the public job sector. Long ago when the nation was newborn the majority of the population, that of backward castes was poor and oppressed. The leaders therefore decided to grant them reservation in education. This provided the oppressed with a neat platform to come up in life. Later, the same community began enjoying reservation in the job sector too! So the people got good education as well as great secured jobs, all provided by the government.

All this sounds good for the tribal, scheduled castes etc,. Later vote bank politics came into play and the politicians began granting reservations to the Muslims, Christians etc,. The surprising fact was that the Muslims and the Christians came to be listed under the backward caste category!! These religions are not supposed to have any caste of their own and they even proclaim this very proudly! But when it comes to getting easy jobs and education they are no
backwards. Today, only about less than 30% of the seats in a government education institution is via open competition (except the IITs). Now what all this reservation does is it makes the job all the more easier for the already well to do Muslim or a scheduled caste family. These people study pathetically, get about some 60% and get a seat in some top ranked institution! Later they also get a govt. job with ease. Good for one generation, but the thing becomes more annoying when the son of the above person is provided with the same provision.
The question is, does reservations really help the oppressed or is it a case of nurturing a single community even if it is not worth all the facilities! What about the people who burn the midnight oil and score great marks but only get into some average institution, just because they are from the forward community? We thereby lose precious talents for our industries and our workforce consists of people who simply do not deserve their jobs. There is a proposal to give 5% reservation to Muslims in the public sector. On an election promise made by the Andhra CM YSR Reddy an attempt was made to provide 15%reservation to Muslims. But thanks to the judicial system the High court put down the move saying it was unconstitutional!
Ours is a socialist, democratic, SECULAR, sovereign republic. Secular means that the state does not have any discrimination on the basis of caste, creed, race or religion! But what happens here is a total paradox! The state gives reservations on the excuse of safeguarding secular interests!!! At what cost, I ask, at the cost of quality manpower? The reasons the IITs are a success story is because they have no reservations (there is a proposal to introduce one)! The talent coming out there is pure and based on hard work. The private sector has no reservation and companies insist on quality manpower because these are the people who will help achieve success for a company internationally. When, the company is forced to take a candidate even if it does not feel he/she is capable, the standard of the company falls.

More so it is a question of challenging the rights of a private establishment to choose its own workforce!! It is important for the govt. to give reservations on the basis of economic status and not based on castes. The socially backward may not be economically backward and the socially rich need not be financially well off!
PS: These are the authors own viewpoint and do not represent the feelings of any community. Any comments are welcome to vivek1086@rediffmail.com