Digital Dreamer in a Analog World

Kannada Rajyosavada Shubashayagalu Tomorrow its Kannada Rajyotsava, this rajyotsava is special because we 'kannadigas' celebrate our Golden Jubilee celebration. India became a Republic in the year 1950 and in same year linguistic provinces were formed. The state of Mysore is one such state in south India. The state of Mysore was created taking into fold various parts of the region, Several districts in, now called North Karnataka and Hyderabad Karnataka were dissolved in the new state. The new state was named after Mysore. People of North and Hyderabad area did not accept the name Mysore. People of this region were demanding a change in the name. After prolonged debate the name of the state was changed to Karnataka on November 1, 1973. Officially the new state was born on November. 1 and on this day every year birthday of the state is celebrated. This is popularly called as Kannada Rajyotsava or Karnataka Rajyotsava . Rajyotsava means "birth of a state". As the gr...

Asathoma Sadgamaya-Happy Dipawali Dear Visitor, Wish you all, the best wishes on *** Festival of lights ***. Hope this Dipawali brigs lots of bliss and prosperity into your life. May Goddess of Wealth Lord Laxmi brings more and more prosperity to you and your family. Asathoma Sadgamaya || From the unreal lead me to real, Thamaso maa jythirgamaya || From darkness lead me to light, Mrithyour maa maritham gamaya || From death lead me to immortality.

Flying Dreams... Date: 03/10/2006 It's a dream come true to any mangalorean or well wishers of this wonderful place called 'Dakshina Kannada' as today mangalore airport became international airport with direct flight to UAE. The union minister for civil aviation Mr. Praful Patel inagurated and also promised to bring state of the art integrated terminal building at the cost of 147 crore. Cool isnt it? I am excited of seeing many possibilities where Mangalore will emerge as next hot destination in karnataka. (provided, our ever sleeping politicians and think tank will share this vision... ) But this is historic day and memorable day for any 'Dakshina Kannadi gas' and to all kannadiga's in general. I wish i hear some good things about our highway between Bangalore-Mangalore .... Highlights: -Tri Weekly service will be converted into daily flight -Flights from other Gulf Cities soon ... -State-of-the-art integrated terminal building (an area of 18220sqm) at the Baj...

Missing you... " Ankho me aansu aa jate hai, Phir bhi labbo pe hasi rakhni padti hai, Yeh mohabbat bhi kya cheez hai yaaro, Jisse karte hai usise chupani padti hai......... " " hame is tereh badalne ke liye shukriya.. woh jhalak, woh muskurahat ke liye shukriya.. aapke saath har lamhe ke liye shukriya.. aapka saath nahi, na sahi.. zindagi mein humse milne ke liye shukriya.. " " Jab Dava Na Mili, To Dard Ko Hi Dava Bana Liya, Jab Pani Na Mila, To Aansuon Se Hi Pyas Ko Bujha Liya Jab Saathi Na Mila To, Sharab Ko Hi Saathi Bana Liya, Phool Na Mile To, Kanton Se Hi Dil Behla Liya Tere Ghar Ke Raston Ne, Mujhe Apna Ghar Bhula Diya, Ishq Mein Itna Bhatak Gaye Ki, Apne aap ko bhola Diya " * Salute to the original anonymous poet When love is not madness, it is not love.

Do you mind...?!!! Being a Technology enthusiast, I have always loved new technology and gadgets. I see many people misusing the mobile technology and troubling other in the process (many times unknowingly). It’s high time we think on some cell phone etiquettes and set some guidelines. Following are some of guidelines which might help (if not for anybody but to myself). These are not 10 commandments of cell phones but some suggestions. 1. Spare other from your babbling. I am sure you must have experienced this many times, when you hear the guy/gal sitting next to you is going on pouring his heart out explaining his love life or seeking desperate advice on her period problems in details (?!). Please kindly spare others from this #@#$!. 2. set the right ring tone. This is a tricky part as Cell Phone Company and some people have taken this very seriously and think ring tones reflect your personality (gimme a break!Where as this is a gimmick to create a market for ring tones, dot you think...

The Irony...! Men: 1. All men are extremely busy. 2. Although they are so busy, they still have time for women. 3. Although they have time for women, they don't really care for them. 4. Although they don't really care for them, they always have onearound. 5. Although they always have one around them, they always try their luckwith others. 6. Although they try their luck with others, they get really pissed offif the woman leaves them. 7. Although the woman leaves them they still don't learn from their mistakes and ... still try their luck with others . Women: 1. The most important thing for a woman is financial security. 2. Although this is so important, they still go out and buy expensive clothes and stuff. 3. Although they always buy expensive clothes, they never have something to wear. 4. Although they never have something to wear, they always dressbeautifully. 5. Although they always dress beautifully, their clothes are always just"an old rag". 6. Although th...

Tribute to my Dear Uncle- Sadanand. Today is my uncle 'Sadanand .D's first death anniversary and we miss his presence among us forever. He was a loving uncle and a strong pillar of our big family, whom we call as 'Malla Uncle (Big Uncle). Dear Malla Uncle, We miss you... * Will write more about him when i have some time.

Today is the longest day of the year Sources : NDTV One has read about it in geography books in school and now can experience it first hand that Wednesday is officially the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere or the summer solstice. In national capital New Delhi, the sunrise was at 5.24 am (IST) and it will set at 7.22 pm (IST). On the day of the 'summer solstice', the sunrays are perpendicular to the Tropic of Cancer. At 12.23 pm (IST) the sun will be seen at its highest point from Delhi and it will be about 84.8 degrees high in the sky at that time. There will be very small shadows under the sun. Nehru Planetarium and the Amateur Astronomers Association have arranged observations and presentations at the Jantar Mantar and the Planetarium, which will be open to the public. So what if every day looks 'the longest day of the year' when you are in office. So enjoy the longest day. Have a Wonderful Day ahead... Creativity comes from trust. Trust your insti...

Drops of Wisdom... God is real, unless declared integer Two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights make a left. Everyone should have a Husband, because there are a number of things that go wrong that one can't blame on the government. Do you have trouble making up your mind? Well, yes or no? Home is where the television is. The evening news is where they begin with 'Good evening', and then proceed to tell you why it isn't. Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need more. Death is hereditary. There are three sides to every argument: your side,my side and the right side. An expert is someone who takes a subject you understand and makes it sound confusing. Many things can be preserved in alcohol. Dignity is not one of them. Never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference. When you're right, no one remembers. When you're wrong, no one forgets. Cheer up, the worst is yet to come. Always remember that you are absolutely unique....

And you thought only Bangalore can do this... Never Underestimate Namma Kudla... the South Canara district & Mangalore under "high alert" in the wake of heavy rain. PS: All photos ' lifted ' from http://mangalorecity.blogspot.com / :) “Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain”

Mungeri Lal ke Hasin Sapne... Location : My Office Oh! God its 7:30 already, one more SRS’s and I am done for today…on the second thought.. I can do it tomorrow … I got up from seat locked my locker and Comp. Now I am going towards car parking. On approaching my car, viola! The car lock opens automatically from the ‘Bio-Chip’ implanted in my body, I sit down stretching my legs, Yawn,.. Its been a hectic day with all the meetings and mindless discussions and my boss kept on testing my patience..Suddenly, A pleasant female voice…” Prashanth, Please fasten your seat belts and enter the ‘destination’ “ (umm that’s my ‘Kar-Komputer’ reminding me to fasten the seat belts, as I always forget to do that). I fasten my seat belt and said ‘Status’, the Kar-Komputer starts reading out all the details of the car status like.. Fuel 80%, Air pressure…. blah, blah etc. And a scratch on the rear door…(I almost yelled) WHAT?!!, when did this happen? , Kar-Komputer replied “ Today morning dur...

Mr. Deepak Tijori you made a big ' Oops! ', out of ' Tom Dick and Harry ' and just be ' Khamosh ' for gods sake, dont do any more ' Fareb ' with audience like us. A Movie for any Tom, Dick & Harry... It's a story of 'a mindless comedy' (literally) where Deaf (Dino), Blind (Anuj) and Dumb (Jimmy) shares a apartment. All these guys fall for a same neighbhourhood Girl(Celina-A true blonde) and try to line maroo and rest is supposed to be comedy (unfortunately). The main villain Soprano (Gulshan,with one more getup) who has a export buisness of indian girls to foriegn countries (thus making our India a true economic super power ?!!!). Celina and Kim Sharma (machi wali cum undercover (who never cover...) cop) are lives up to the classic saying " Ladkiyoo ka Dimak Gutno mein hota hai... ". The dialogues like 'Ande','Defective Piece', 'Items', 'Condoms/baloons' etc . are supposed to be combedy direct fr...

This incident was told to me by my dear father and I cant stop laughing when ever some body asks me to teach ' Tulu ' (A sweet spoken language from sourth Karnataka with histroy of its own , and my mother tounge,... coincidently Aishwarya Rai's too :)). It all happened when one of my dady's colleague (a young beautiful one) showed her interest in learning Tulu and requested my dad to teach one Tulu sentence per day. My dad who till this date speaks un adulterated Mangalorean Kannada readily agreed to teach her some Tulu . Like any typical language learning excercises she made note of common spoken sentences like " Oota aitha?... " in kannada into Tulu and so on. She wrote down the Tulu sentence for "Oota aitha?..." as " Daneye vanas aanda?... " (What man, had lunch?...) and very excited on learning a new language. Everything went well until one day she decided to experiment her new found Prowess on a fellow lecturer (who is a mangalorean)...

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Remembering those OOPS moments !!! Prelude: It was the first year of the college and we were excited about each and everything, especially we were very happy seeing ourselves without uniform. Everything seemed new and different, one day somebody suggested that we will bunk the Biology Practicals and lets see a ' Tom & Jerry' (!!;) movie in a near by theatre. Incident: Now everything was planned and i was told to buy the tickets as i was the only non-localite and nobody will recognise me. Once the ticket was bought someone suggested that we will go after 15 minutes so that nobody can recognise us. We entered the theatre and the theatre was totally dark and we took the seat which ever we found. Now we were busy watching the movie..and lights were 'ON', after some time. It was intervel time and to our amazement and shock, we saw our 'Mathmatics Lecturer' sitting next to us. ( oops! ) Both were shocked & embarrassed see each other in that theatre that too ...

Remembering those OOPS moments!! Prelude: Like everyday evening around 7:30pm, after out cricket practice it was our 'lounging time' on the ground. Where we hangout with friends and discuss on every topic under the Sun (Setting Sun to be precisely). And obviously most of the topics were about ahem..'girls'. Even though this incident happend during my teenage years, i feel embaressed whenever i think about it. Incident: We were chatting and busy in our own world, suddenly 'I' noticed a 'Beautiful Girl' walking near our cricket ground with her pomeranian dog, I had never seen her before near our cricket ground and she was so gorgeous... I could not control my excitment and uttered somethig (me & my BIG Mouth..) like " wow,what a chick!, who is she? ", on listening to this all my friends who were relaxing on the ground, got up and started looking at her ( drip...drip..) with all the possible comments you can imagine. Now, kahani mein twist y...

Remebering those OOPS moments..!! I want to share one of the most embaressing moment in my life. Though It is very embaressing incident, at the same time Its very funny too. When i remeber the whole episode now, all i can say is OOPS... So i thought i can share this with you all people and make you laugh too. Prelude: I was selected for the one of the most Prestigeous Camp Republic Day Camp-1995' in the NCC. ' It was exciting and rewarding experience to get selected for such a exclusive & elite camp. We had a very tough training schedule and drill sessions every day which almost squezzed every drop of water in us. Even druing the night also we had to practice for a presentation on Karnataka-Goa culture. Fortunately or Unfortunately i was given a part of ' Tipu Sultan - A Great warrior of karnataka' . Where i had to enact the great warrior's secularism towards all the people during his rule. I was very proud of my 'golden' voice (!) and my acting abiliti...

Happy National Tecnology Day: The technology has been touching our lives in many ways, to add ' life ' into our life. To me technology is not just flaunting latest cell phones and latest gizmo's rather reaching out to the people who should really benefit and make their lives happier and more livelier. What is Technology? The application of knowledge to meet the goals, and serve the people who need them. I feel happy when.. a farmer from small villege in karntaka(or any where) invents a new method to cut cocanut. or uses a new sprinkler method to utilize water irrigation to grow quality crops more. a simple girl student of Engineering from kerala designs a Washing machine powered by bicycle pedaling. when i hear/read that entire city is getting 'wi-fied' so that people can access information whenever needed. when a women Entrepreneur uses technology to maximize profit from her cottage industry. when India is considered next Super Power not because of its nuclear/mi...

Giving Linux a try Today I bumped into a nice article on Desktop-Linux. This article is very informative at the same time, very simple in its apporach towards the LINUX, I hope you'll like this article by Dough Roberts . I met few people who took up Linux only because they hated MS-Windows (as if they have a thing or two to prove against Mr.Bill Gates). I always enjoyed benefits of both the world and our iLUG Mangalore Group is proud to educate people on Open Source benefits. Try something new and support Open Source. Following is the link written by Doug Roberts titled ' Giving desktop Linux a try ' is a must read for the people who want to try thing s differently. http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT3688964005.html Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

My longlasting Friendship with Masala Puri Disclaimer: This post on the 'Masala-Puri's (Poori's) are not imaginary and does not have resemblece with any or all of the 'Puri's both living and dead (or humm.., dead in your stomach:)). The Masala does signify the typical Bollywood Masala or other types of Hot Masala's. Its just a mere coincidence if you remeber any of those hot Masala's or Puri's(Poori's) seperatly or all together. If my friends are waiting for a post on my travelling experiences to Germany then they have to wait for a while :). Now if you are wondering, What on the earth made me to write something on 'Masala Puri' (not to be pronunced as 'Masaaalaa Pooooori' like typica westerns.) then here you go. After i landed here in germany, i have no way but to eat Food from TaajMohal: A expensive Indian resturant (?! I wonder why cant these guys come up with different name then Taj-Mahal always) or Fastfood resturant (Can you act...

Eh Ajnabi, Tu bhi kabhi Avaz de kahi se.... Mein Yeaha Tukdoo mein jee raha hu.. Tu kahi Tukdoo mein, je rahi rahi. Roz roz resham se hava Aathe Jaathe kahathi hai patha Oh Jo Doodhduli, Masoom kali Oh hai kaha, kaha hai. Oh Roshani kaha hai Oh Jan see kaha hai Mein Adura tu adhuri, Jee rahi hai... Eh Ajnabi, Tu bhi kabhi Avaz de kahi se .. Mein Yeaha Tukdoo mein jee raha hu .. Tu kahi Tukdoo mein je rahi rahi. Tu tho nahi hai, Lekin teri muskurahat hai Chehara kahi nahi hai, Par teri aahat hai... Tu hai kaha, kaha hai Teri Nishan kaha hai Meri Jahan kaha hai Mein aadhura, Tu aadhuri, Jee rahi hai....... OST: Dil Se. Singer : Udit Narayan Lyrics: Gulzar. In a journey of life you meet strengers,then... they no longer remains STRENGERS...

Date: March 30 2006 Vasanth Ritu-Chaitra Masa Chandramana Ugadi Sukala Pratipad (upto 1.50 p.m) Revathi Nakshatra. Yuga Yugadi Kaledaru Ugadi marali baruthide.. Hosa varsha ke Hosa Harushava, Hosathu Hosathu tharuthide.... Hosathu Hosathu tharuthide.... This eternal poem written by Great Kannada poet ' Kuvempu ', which signifies the newness and new hopes, which comes with every new year or season. Though we mangaloreans celebrate our new year on April 14 (Souramana Ugadi-Bishu,Baisaki etc.) But Like a true Kannadiga i consider today as New Year and Wish you all ' Hosa Varshada Shubashayagalu '. I know this year is gonna special for me (me feeling Different, me Happy.. after long time). And i hope this Ugadi will bring more Maturity (What the F*$k!?), Happiness,Productivity and Openness in me. Though i have'nt done anything special today .....let me plan out this day to think about my future and preparation for my Future! (Future Perfect..hummm!). Phew!, Till this d...

Chanaykya Niti: Chanakya, perhaps is the only personality who has been accepted and revered as a genius both by Indian and Western scholars. He is a historical milestone in the making of India amidst tremendous upheavals and myriad’s of reversals. Celebrated as a shrewd statesman and a ruthless administrator, he comes across as the greatest of diplomats of the world. He had the guts to speak his heart out even in front of the rulers, which shows his strong inclination to democratic values and the audacity to put his views through. Although, he lived around the third century BC, his ideas and principles show concurrence and validity in the present day world. Chanakya, apart from being a man of wisdom and unfailing strategies, propounded Nitishastra, the ideal way of living for every individual of the society.All his written works namely, ‘ Arthashastra ’, ‘ Nitishastra ’ and ‘ Chanakyaniti ’ were unique because of their rational approach and an unabashed advocacy of real politic. Quotes...

A Wish from a frozen heart: Today is 17th march my birthday. Today i am very happy , Humm.... slowly things are getting in a better shape as i dreamt. I know this is my year and I hope this will continue. Many friends/welwishers wished me today. well, ....Kash, koi aur bhi, hame yaad kartha aaj..., kam se kam aaj....

Lets get WiFied!: Moving Towards 'digital capital' During the US presidential election campaign, Democrat candidate John F Kerry termed Bangalore as a completely ` wired city '. Now the Government of Karnataka is going a step further to make it a ` wireless city'. My Dream is to go even further make Entire State of Karnataka 'Wireless' or even 'Wireless' India (Did you say 'its wireless already? huh!? ,as there is no wires in some parts of India, come on guys!, be optimistic, I am talking about "WIRELESS", phew!). I Just wanted to share this info published in http://www.ciol.com/ that Govt. of karnataka is exploring a ambitious project to make Bangalore City Wi-Fi and a digital city in India. The Following are some extracted news. “The vision of `Wireless Bangalore' is to enable citizens to enjoy broadband in their homes, offices, schools and public areas. Instead of being tied to offices, homes or individual hotpots, people would hav...

Ever felt like screaming and shout your feelings, or fascinated by Mr. Amir Sayyani's voice over your own Radio. Ever wanted to become a Radio Jockey and become very popular or Ever felt like nobody is listening to you, but you wanted to be leard. You have a opinion on every subject on the planet then you can just Podcast your feelings... What is podcasting? The term podcasting is formed by joining two words ie. portable and broadcasting. The podcasting is like radio, but only sounds better :-). Podcasting is an easy and inexpensive way for creating radio-like content that can then be distributed over the Internet, Viola!!!. It makes you, a content creator, RJ, Sound engineer, Sound mixer, presenter and many more, with capabilities that were previously available only to professional broadcasters and required prohibitively expensive tools. Podcasting also provides listeners with a listening experience that has several important advantages over what they get with traditional radio. T...

Peeping into the Darnet: In the era of 'Great Firewall of unwanted restrictions' and restrictions on freedom of expression the people have always found a wayout to breath some fresh air and express their views. It may be expressing a political, economic or social views on various subjects or may be a idea's. Well everything happens in a good spirit for the betterment of the humanity. History: Justin Frankel, the rockstar of internet at the age of 18 developed WinAmp which went on to become defacto software to listen music on computers. He was paid a whopping $100 million to buy the software from America Online-AOL. Justin created another brilliant software called 'Gnutella'- a software client that lets people trade music online and put it up for the world to use. Unlike traditional networks where everybody connected to a contral node' Gnutella allowed peer-to-peer (P2P) connection directly. This goes something like this, Assume you and I have Gnutella installed...

Every capable person shall achieve position, wealth etc. by his efforts, personal qualities, education and such other factors. He can have diplomacy as per the position he holds and not EGOISM. The approach to life comes from modesty, hospitality, optimism and such other factors. Alexander the great had a dying wish, he asked his people to keep his hands out of the coffin when his body was kept. He remarked " I have waged wars, won kingdoms but I am going empty handed". The noble thoughts that you cherish shall make you a remarkable personality.