Saturday, March 19, 2011

HAPPY HOLI

Hi friends .....Wish u Happy Holi

                                                       After Holi in college
       

           During college days we used to enjoy lot on holi day,as u can see above photo how we celebrated.
Every year we enjoy this much,but how much of us know the history of this festival?????? yes many people do not know about this.Lets have glance on this holi history....
            In Vaishnav Theology, Hiranyakashipu is the great king of demons, and he had been granted a boon by Brahma, which made it almost impossible for him to be killed. The boon was due to his long penance, after which he had demanded that he not be killed "during day or night; inside the home or outside, not on earth or in the sky; neither by a man nor an animal; neither by Astra nor by shastra". Consequently, he grew arrogant and attacked the Heavens and the Earth. He demanded that people stop worshipping gods and start praying to him.....
      Despite this, Hiranyakashipu's own son, Prahlada, was a devotee of Lord Vishnu. In spite of several threats from Hiranyakashipu, Prahlada continued offering prayers to Lord Vishnu. He was poisoned but the poison turned to nectar in his mouth. He was ordered to be trampled by elephants yet remained unharmed. He was put in a room with hungry, poisonous snakes and survived. All of Hiranyakashipu's attempts to kill his son failed. 
     Finally, he ordered young Prahlada to sit on a pyre on the lap of his demoness sister, Holika, who could not die because she also had a boon which would prevent fire from burning her. Prahlada readily accepted his father's orders, and prayed to Vishnu to keep him safe. When the fire started, everyone watched in amazement as Holika burnt to death, while Prahlada survived unharmed, the burning of Holika is celebrated as Holi.
     There is alternative story detailing the origin of Holi. This story is about Kamadeva, a god of love. Kama's body was destroyed when he shot his weapon at Shiva in order to disrupt his meditation and help Parvati to marry Shiva. Shiva then opened his third eye, the gaze of which was so powerful that Kama's body was reduced to ashes. For the sake of Kama's wife Rati (passion), Shiva restored him, but only as a mental image, representing the true emotional and spiritual state of love rather than physical lust. The Holi bonfire is believed to be celebrated in commemoration of this event.
           Above is the history of holi,but why colors,In Vrindavan and Mathura, where Lord Krishna grew up, the festival is celebrated for 16 days (until Rangpanchmi) in commemoration of the divine love of Radha for Krishna.Lord Krishna is believed to have popularized the festival by playing pranks on the gopis here. Krishna is believed to have complained to his mother about the contrast between his dark skin complexion and Radha's (Shakti or energy that drives the world) fair skin complexion. Krishna's mother decided to apply colour to Radha's face. The celebrations officially usher in spring, the celebrated season of love.
          Its all about the background of holi day,one second I wish u Happy holi,May your days forever be as colorful as this festival and may you forever be as lovely as hues of holi...


Friday, March 18, 2011

JAPAN-Land of Rising Sun

Hi friends....

                                                             Japan After Tsunami

'Japan' ....I think there is no one in this world who has not heard the name of this small country
From last one week 'Japan' is shown in all the news channels in Television.
Yes everybody is looking towards this small country.But How much you know about this country,I have collected some information about this,go through this.
      There is famous saying in Kannada 'murthy chikkadaru keerthi doddadu'(means small in size big in fame). This saying is perfectly meant for Japan.Being small country it has made very big name in the world and its the one of the most developed nation in the world.
      Japanese names for Japan are "Nippon" and "Nihon" .Japan is an island nation in East Asia located in pacific ocean,it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhots in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south.
      Japan has 6852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku, together accounting for ninety-seven percent of Japan's land area. Japan has the world's Tenth largest population, with over 127 million people.
Capital                   : Tokyo(largest city in Japan)
National language : Japanese
Government          : Unitary Parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
Emperor                :Akihito
Prime Minister     : Naoto Kan
Currency               : Yen
Calling code          : 81

              We also heard the name of Japan during world war 2 when US had put atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki which are two big cities of Japan.During that time it was fully destroyed,but they recovered within no time.Japan maintains one of the  largest military budgets in the world.
             Coming to economy of the this country,as of 2010 Japan is the 3rd largest national economy in the world,after the US and China,in terms of nominal GDP and PPP.And also it is fourth largest exporter and fifth largest importer in the world.Japan has large industrial capacity,and is home to some of the largest and most technologically advanced producers of motor vehicles, electronics, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemical substances, textiles, and processed foods.Some of the largest enterprises in Japan include Toyota, Nintendo, NTT DoCoMo, Canon, Honda, Takeda Pharmaceutical, Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba, Sharp, Nippon Steel, Nippon Oil, and Seven & I Holdings Co.
           Japan is the leading nation in scientific research.particularly technology, machinery and  biomedical research.It has produced 15 Nobel laureates.   
          As of 2008 ,46.4 percent of energy n Japan is produced from petroleum, 21.4 percent from coal, 16.7 percent from natural gas, 9.7 percent from nuclear power, and 2.9 percent from hydro power. Nuclear power produces 22.5 percent of Japan's electricity.
          Some 250 high-speed  trains connect major cities. Japanese trains are known for their punctuality. There are 173 airports in Japan, the largest domestic airport, Haneda Airport, is Asia's second busiest Airport.
          Above is brief introduction about this great country 'Japan'...Small Volcano and earth quake are common in this country, but  This time country is hit by very massive earthquake of magnitude 9.0 in rector scale and followed by tsunami.Which created huge loss in the country.More than 10000 people are died,so many people are homeless,there is no power in the cities,no transport all roads are filled by water,four nuclear power plants are leaking radiations,these radiations are very harmful which creates uncured diseases in human.
  
Still this earth quake is continuing in the country, all countries in the world are joining their hands to help this small country.So friends let all of us also pray for quick recover of Japan.






















Friday, March 4, 2011

LOVE TOWARDS KANNADA


Hi friends...How are you?? Hope all of you doing well…Did u see the Title?
Amazed na?? I would like to share an incident on this.

   As you all know  VISHWA KANNADA SAMMELANA is approaching very fast and this time it will be held in Belgaum. Lets wish for the success of this grand function.

    OK Ok now coming to track ,now days you can see many people in Bangalore who speaks other language other than kannada,some speaks telgu ,some Tamil ,some speaks Malayalam and some others speaks Hindi. But you know there is one common language    Adanna ellaru matadtar kanri, you know which is that?

   Guess guess...I know wats coming in your mind…ya  its correct …that is English…houdri  even small children speaks English in Bangalore .Well  we being kannadigas are also speaking English lot now days.
If you go near by any IT companies here, no one talks any local language, you will only listen English words…like wats going on buddy…wats up..Etc...Etc…

    So this is the case in Bangalore, in this what I am going share is a small incident which took place yesterday with one boy (who really loves Kannada being non kannadiga)
        I am searching for my dream job  in Bangalore from last one month ,so it was Thursday and  I had gone to SJBIT college in kengeri  to write WIPRO test and it was completed at 4 in the evening .From there I wanted to go to JAKKASANDRA near Koramangala to meet some consultant.So  I took bus to banashankari from there, and reached  it, I was not knowing further route to Jakkasandra, so I asked one conductor who was standing nearby ‘ree jakkasandrake hege hogodu anta’ .He said ‘Alli hog nillappa 500 no bus barutte adakke hogu’.

    I went there and waited for 20 minutes, but bus did not come, so I asked one person who was standing beside that how to go to that place. He said frequency of buses is less for that area so catch other bus and go to silk board from there u will get many buses. So I caught one bus which was going and sat beside boy  and asked ‘silk board hogutta?’ then boy replied  said ‘jata hai ‘ in Hindi. 

     I was thinking in mind ‘its hard to find people speaking kannada in Bangalore, same time conductor asked me for the ticket, I showed him my pass ,then he asked for boy sitting beside me,he said ‘nandu pass kanri’…so I got bit angry and asked him you know kannada and why did you speak in Hindi with me.
     He said he is from chattisagarh and came here for the sake of study staying here from last 3 years .Do you know he spoke all this in kannada only ,I was amazed even kannadigas do not speaks that much correct ,then you would have said in kannada when I asked I said. He replied still I am learning it,iam afraid if I speak wrong any one will scold.

    Then I asked him what more he knows about kannada, he showed his mobile with kannada alphabets in it, he learned all that, he knows kannada songs and loves kannada movies, tells names of heroes.

   Then he asked me about my native place,I said  me from Hubli ,I was shocked ,he learned north Karnataka kannada also bit,’neevu duddige rokka antiralla anta anda. 

Later he said I love talking in kannada become perfect in that, but some of my friends says ‘yakappa kannada hal madtia tap tapp matadi,English matadu saku’ anta

    I told him ‘let them say anything you speak kannada ok don’t worry  no one will scold if u speak  wrong they will support and encourage u to learn kannada.

  Then I asked him about  place where I was going ,he  was also going by that way itself, so we got down at silk board and took other bus,he showed me the jakkaandra stop and I got down said bye to him.

   So friends that was the incident which took place yesterday, I felt very nice seeing his love towards kannada, now days being kannadigas are not speaking kannada in Bangalore, we should really appreciate this boy.

    And my request to all kannadigas is that encourage the people who loves to talk in kannada and teach them, please do not discourage them, be proud to be kannadiga.

Yelladaru iru yentadaru iru
Endendigu nee kannadavagiru

JAI KARNATAKA