In Kshetra's House

I have visited Kshetraprasad’s house for the first time. It’s nice to see his parents, in-laws and bhava. I finished dinner at his house. The Huli (Sambar) was very nice. Before that we both ate Akki Rotti at his Akka, Meena’s house.

These days I am very frustrated to eat Andhra style food! And I am really happy to taste the real tasty food J

Anand in action…

Finally Viswanathan Anand won a game (ending a long chain of nine consecutive draws) over Alexei Shirov in the tenth round of the of the Corus chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee.

 

'A' group positions after tenth round:

1.     Vladimir Kramnik (Russia): 7 points

2.     Magnus Carlsen (Norway): 6.5 points

2.     Alexei Shirov (Spain): 6.5 points

3.     Viswanathan Anand (India): 5.5 points

3.     Hikaru Nakamura (US): 5.5 points

3.     Leinier Dominguez (Cuba): 5.5 points

3.     Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine): 5.5 points

3.     Sergey Karjakin (Russia, defending champion): 5.5 points

 

'B' group positions:

1.     Anish Giri (Holland): 7 points.

2.     Erwin l'Ami (Holland):  6.5 points

2.     Ni Hua (China): 6.5 points

 

Parimarjan Negi is joint fifth on 5.5 points

Harikrishna is seventh on 5 points.

 

'C' group positions:

 

Abhijeet Gupta is joint fifth on 5.5 points

 

World junior girls' champion Soumya Swaminathan scored her first victory stands 13th in the 14-players competition.

 

Abhimanyu Mithun

 

Abhimanyu Mithun has been included in the Indian squad for the first Test against South Africa next month.

 

Mithun has emerged as the highest wicket-taker in Ranaji Trophy with 47 wickets.

All the best to Mithun J

 

 

PuPu is now Harshini

My niece PuPu (Putani Putti) has been named as Harshini in the Namakaranam which was held at Sri Subrahmanya Temple in Tarikere. There were many names in the list like Haritha, Harini, Haripriya etc

 

Finally Harshini was selected by my Akka and Bhava. It was a nice gathering of all our relatives and friends.

 

Since I am on strict diet,  I missed the Laddus but not the BajjiJ

 

Gummadi is no more.

Gummadi Venkateshwara Rao, veteran actor of Telugu movies  has died on 26th Jan at Care Hospital, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. He was 82. He acted in nearly 500 movies.

A saga by name “Chindodi Leela”

We have lost 4 eminent personalities of Kannada film industry within a month.

The death of Chindodi Leela is the latest one. I still remember the power of her acting, especially in theatres. I saw her for the first time in Davangere in 1998. She has camped for her play "pOleesana magaLu".  This play has seen 4500 shows and entered Guinness Book of Record.

 

I and Anjan were very enthusiastic to watch her acting. One day, after finishing our dinner at our hostel (Brahma Chaitanya), we got the great idea of watching the "Drama" of Chindodi Leela. We did not think for the second time and simply went to the "Camp" at municipality ground opposite to the railway station.

 

KS Ashwath is no more

It’s very painful to loose someone to whom we were emotionally attached. Ashwath was on of such rare persons who was respected by all.

It’s also very bad to loose Chamayya Meshtru and Ramachari just within 20 days.

All the best to Shammi

Shammi is getting ready to take on Albert-Chicago for its suspicious activities in the SEZ of Devasagara. She is the second girl after Kalyani to raise the voice against that company. Nirmala Kondalli may also play an important role in this issue.

All the best to these girls!

ಸಂಕ್ರಾಂತಿ ಬಂತು... ರತ್ತೋ ರತ್ತೋ...

ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ಮಕರ ಸಂಕ್ರಾಂತಿ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು

ಎಳ್ಳು-ಬೆಲ್ಲ ತಿಂದು ಒಳ್ಳೆಯ ಮಾತಾಡಿ ಅಂತಹ ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾರೆ.

ಮುನ್ನಾ ಭಾಯಿ ಗುಲಾಬಿ ಹೂವು ಕೊಟ್ಟಂತೆ, ಗೌಡರಿಗೆ ಎಳ್ಳು-ಬೆಲ್ಲ ಕೊಟ್ಟರೆ ಹೇಗಿರುತ್ತೆ?

 

 

సంక్రాంతి అంటే

"తత్ర మేషాదిషు ద్వాదశ రాశి క్రమణేషు సంచరతః సూర్యస్య పూర్వస్మాద్రాశే ఉత్తరః రాశౌ సంక్రమణ ప్రవేశః సంక్రాంతిః"

సంక్రాంతి పండుగ వేడుకలు

 

మీ అందరికీ, మీ కుటుంబ సభ్యులకు మకర సంక్రాంతి శుభాకాంక్షలు

What a pity!

When YSR was alive, I have always criticized his arrogance. But now, when he is dead, I am missing him.

All sundry extra players have become big leaders today! and the administration is lacking a leader.

Idiots

 

APSRTC has raised the bus fares from today.

 

One surprise is that they have not done this for many years. The biggest surprise is that they have done it now.

 

City bus transportation in Hyderabad and Chennai is very cheap when compared to that of Bangalore. Though the bus fares are high, Bangalore has more number of city buses when compared to Hyderabad and traveling in the city is not a problem.

 

Even though Hyderabad has less number of city buses, people can take little breath as they have 7 seats shared autos running in many routes.  Since the auto rickshaw drivers in Hyderabad have no 'Meter' culture, it's difficult to commute in Hyderabad for a new comer.

 

The sudden raise of minimum bus fare from Rs 2 to Rs 5 for (Ordinary buses, equivalent to Black Board in Bangalore) and from Rs 4 to Rs 7 (Metro Express buses, equivalent to Red Board in Bangalore) has received sharp reaction from the public.

 

Though the bus fares are higher in Bangalore, the Daily Pass is sold at Rs 30. But the same daily pass (Travel as You Like – TAYL Pass) in Hyderabad will now cost Rs 40. And the TAYL passes are not common for at least two to three different types of services.  Even the bus pass system in Hyderabad is one of the biggest fun for a Bangalorean.

 

I do not understand that what the 'EXPERTS' eat? Why they make some such ridiculous changes?

 

After the RTC, electricity fares will be raised soon.

 

The only question is that why they kept silent for last many years?

 

Answer is very simple…. YSR!

 

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan says "I’m not a prophet, I only know about ribosomes"

Just remember what Amarthya Sen and Arundhati Roy did soon after winning Noble and Booker prize respectively. Both started to give big lectures. One of the common lectures was on communal harmony.

 

"What is the relation between GOKULASHTAMI and Imaam Saabi?" is a very well known saying in Kannada which questions the relation between two irrelative things.  Most of the people are doing the same thing since many years. The latest one being Amir Khan who started batting for changing the education system after the success of his movie.

 

People have understood the hypocrisy of all those 'Celebrities' who think that they can talk about anything under the Sun!

 

Unfortunately, our Father of the Nation, MK Gandhi and Uncle of the Nation (Chacha Nehru) belongs to this category.  In our country, any lecture/writing will be incomplete if it does not refer to the above two messiahs. We have Gandhi's and Nehru's opinions on all possible 'TOPICS' and they are the virtual GODS in this country.

 

I am very happy about Venkatraman. His words make sense.

 

ಈ ಸಾವು ನ್ಯಾಯವೇ?

ನಮ್ಮ ನೋವು-ನಲಿವು, ಕಷ್ಟ-ಸುಖ, ಸೋಲು-ಗೆಲುವು, ಸಿಟ್ಟು-ಸೆಡವು, ಪ್ರೀತಿ-ಪ್ರೇಮ, ಕೋಪ-ತಾಪ, ಅಳು-ನಗು, ಮುನಿಸು, ಕೊರಗು, ಬೆರಗು, ಜಿಗುಪ್ಸೆ, ಹತಾಶೆ, ಉತ್ಸಾಹ ಹೀಗೆ ಅನೇಕ ಭಾವನೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಧ್ವನಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟ ಎರಡು ದಿವ್ಯ ಚೇತನಗಳು ಊರ್ಧ್ವಸ್ತವಾದವು.

ಓಹಿಲೇಶ್ವರ ಚಿತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ವಿಜಯ ನಾರಸಿಂಹ ಅವರು ಬರೆದ ಈ ಹಾಡು ಪದೇ ಪದೇ ಎಲ್ಲರನ್ನು ಕಾಡುತ್ತಿರುತ್ತದೆ.

Archit

Archit, BSP's son is very energetic and dynamic.

New Year Celebrations at Kendriya Vihar

Kendriya Vihar is a big campus of 20 blocks each having 20 flats. All the families celebrate special occassions.