Rahim Khan…artist..from Channapatna
| About This Video : | The Karnataka government is presenting a few finely crafted Channapatna toys to Barack Obama, the chief guest of this years Republic Day parade. When the President had come visiting in 2010, the first lady Michelle Obama had bought a few Channapatna toys in New Delhi. |
|---|
source: Videos – Deccan Herald / You Tube
http://www.deccanherald.com/videos/watch/8739/man-made-toys-obama.html
Mysuru :
The Karnataka State Minorities Commission will soon set up a cell to provide legal assistance to innocent members of minority communities arrested by the Police.
Addressing press persons at the Government Guest House here yesterday, the Commission Chairperson Balkis Banu said that the cell to be headed by a retired Judge, will provide assistance by arranging for lawyers and bearing legal expenditure.
Pointing out that the Commission will ensure that no innocent person is forced to face trouble and difficulties, Balkis Banu expressed concern over increasing instances of arrest of innocent minority communities members by the Police.
The Commission is planning to hold communal harmony meets across the State, particularly in the coastal districts, to eliminate misunderstandings among different communities, she added.
Responding to a question, she said that a report has been sought on the recent arrest of three terror suspects from Bengaluru and Bhatkal.
Balkis Banu also said that she had requested the Home Department for details of the recent arrests, two of whom were arrested in Pulikeshinagar in Bengaluru and one from Bhatkal.
Expressing confidence that the Commission would soon be granted judicial powers, Banu said that Chief Minister Siddharamaiah had agreed in principle to bestow judicial powers to the Commission, that will enable it to summon officials against whom there were complaints. Judicial powers will also allow the Commission to call for official records as documentary evidence, she said adding that at present, the Commission’s summons are not binding on officials.
Continuing, she said the Commission was planning to set up a research centre in the name of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, the founder of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). Referring to Bidayi scheme that aimed at providing financial assistance to poor muslim women for marriage, Banu said the Commission has asked the State Government to increase the funding by an additional of Rs. 5 crore, which is now Rs. 5 crore.
Pointing out that the commission had received 543 applications under the scheme in Mysuru district, she said 189 beneficiaries have been selected, who would be provided Rs. 50,000 each.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Thursday – January 22nd, 2015
The Samskritolsavam and the Arabic Sahityolsavam, being organised as part of the 55th State School Arts Festival in Kozhikode, will also consist of seminars and other events.
The Samskritolsavam is mainly held at the S.K. Pottekkat Hall in Puthiyara while a few competitions are being held at a classroom of the Model Higher Secondary School at Mananchira too.
A seminar will be held as part of the fete at Town Hall (renamed as Vidyavachaspathi V. Panoli Nagar) on January 19.
Education Minister P.K. Abdu Rabb will inaugurate it at 9.30 a.m. and Mayor A.K. Premajam will preside.
Procession
Director of Public Instruction K. Gopalakrishna Bhat will deliver the introductory address on the occasion. Vineetha Prabhakaran, daughter of V. Panoli, will be the torch-bearer in the procession that begins from the latter’s house at Thiruthiyad at 7.30 a.m.
It will be flagged off by former Vice Chancellor of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit J. Prasad.
M.K. Raghavan, MP, will release a souvenir of the Samskritolsavam while Vice Chancellor of the Sanskrit university M.C. Dileep Kumar will be the chief guest. MLA A. Pradeepkumar will honour writer and Aksharaslokam exponent P. Chandrasekharan; the former Principal of Ayurveda College, Kottakkal, A.P. Haridasan; and the former Head of the Department of Sanskrit, University of Calicut, C. Rajendran on the occasion.
The Sanskrit seminar will be on the topic ‘Adhunikakaale Samskritanatakani Aswanadam Cha.’ M.K. Suresh Babu and C.K. Jayanthi from the Koyilandy and Tirur centres of the Sanskrit university will be the presenter and moderator respectively.
The Arabic Sahityolsavam will be held at the C.H. Hall on Red Cross Road while a few competitions will be organised at a classroom of the Model Higher Secondary School, Mananchira.
The Arabic seminar will be held at C.H. Hall at 10.30 a.m. Minister for Social Justice and Panchayats M.K. Muneer will inaugurate the programme. The seminar will be on the topic ‘Arabic and Information Technology.’ Deputy Mayor P.T. Abdul Latheef will preside over the programme.
Education Minister P.K. Abdu Rabb will honour the Arabic scholars at 12 noon while Mr. Bhat will preside.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Kozhikode / by Staff Reporter / Kozhikode – January 15th, 2015
by TCN News
New Delhi:
The ‘Urdu Wikipedia India’ user community organised an ‘Urdu Wiki’ meet up at Thiruvananthapuram in association with the Wikipedia India Chapter and the Centre for Internet Society Access to Knowledge (CIS A2K), Bangalore, also working for the Wikipedia movement in India.
The ‘Urdu Wikipedia India’ is part of the Wikipedia movement in India and working for the Indic language Urdu. Wikipedia is the world’s largest crowd-sourced online free encyclopedia spreading the free knowledge to the society.
“The objectives of this meet up was to share views and preferences on the most effective ways to pursue our shared vision of creating and sharing free knowledge in India and in the Indian languages, particularly in Urdu Wikipedia in the state of Kerala; and to attempt to prepare a road map for a future where the Wikipedia resources are better utilized, its volunteers are better served and progress on its mission is more steadily attained,” Habeebur Rahman Bijli, coordinator, Urdu Study Centre of the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL, government of India) said in a release here.
The Urdu Wiki meet up, held at the initiative of Dr Ataulla Khan Cenjary, HoD, was organized under the auspices of Bijli, who is also the chairman of South Indian Muslim Educational and Charitable Trust.
As part of the tour to Kerala on free software movement in India, Nisar Ahmed Syed, academician social scientist and Wikipedian from Pune, introduced Urdu Wikipedia to Urdu speaking people of Kerala.
Bijli presided over the programme. The Wikipedia Urdu users from Kerala have planned to volunteer for the Wikipedia movement in India. Dr Cenjary, in his introductory speech, emphasized on the importance of language and life skills.
Nisar Ahmed introduced Wikipedia movement in India and importance of free knowledge sharing. He explained about the Urdu Wikipedia, its history and platform. He then conducted a demonstrative workshop to explain the methods of editing in Urdu Wikipedia. He further emphasized the importance of importing Indian culture, languages and heritage to the future generations.
Janardhanan Nair (former Foreign Languages translator at ISRO, Trivandrum), Appukuttan Nair, (retired principal, Trivandrum), Prof Mubarak, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, Parveer Grewal, Wikipedian, Patiala Punjab were among those who participated, the release said.
Many members joined the Urdu Wikipedia India user group, and ‘Urdu Wikipedia Ambassadors’ were selected to bring Urdu Wikipedia to the Urdu speaking areas. The meet up resolved to “Bring Urdu Wikipedia from budding stage to a blooming stage.”
source: http://www.twocircles.net / TwoCircles.net / Home> Indian Muslim / by TCN News / December 30th, 2014
The year-long golden jubilee of the Muslim Educational Society (MES) will end with a four-day valedictory summit featuring public meets, academic discussions, seminars, and cultural events starting from January 22 in Kozhikode. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, the State office-bearers of the society said a wide spectrum of leaders, including Ministers, educationalists, and cultural icons, would attend the event. The main venue of the event would be adjacent to the upcoming headquarters of the MES at Govindapuram on Mini-Bypass Road. The summit would begin with a women’s conference at 10 a.m. on January 22. State Women’s Commission chairperson Rosakutty, Muslim Personal Law Board member Uzma Naheeda, social activists Flavia Agnes, Medha Patkar, and Teesta Setalwad would speak.
A cultural festival of students from MES institutions across the State would also be part of the event on the first day. A national seminar on ‘cultural nationalism’ to be inaugurated by senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh would be held later in the day. Another seminar on the third day would be inaugurated by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Kozhikode / Staff Reporter / Kozhikode – January 15th, 2015
Agra:
A museum dedicated to the Mughal era will come up in the vicinity of the Taj Mahal at an estimated cost of Rs 10 crore, and the construction work is likely to begin next year.
The proposed museum will be built near Shilpagram parking on the East Gate side of the monument. The land currently belongs to the state electricity department.
According to information, the project’s funding will be partly taken from the corpus granted by the World Bank under the pro-poor tourism development program. The program is aimed at improving infrastructure for tourists in order to generate revenue and employment in the state. The World Bank (WB) has reportedly loaned out Rs 1,800 crore to the country for the development of the Agra-Braj corridor. Rs 10 crore, amount needed for the building of the museum, will be taken from that amount.
Director general (DG) tourism Amrit Abhijat said a memorandum of understanding (MoU) would most likely be signed by the WB, the Central government and the UP government by September 2015. Construction work will start within a year after that. The state cabinet has reportedly given its approval fro the project in principle.
“The museum will have Mughal-era artefacts, armours, textiles and arms on display. The WB wants it to be developed on the lines of international museums. A detail project report (DPR) is under process,” Abhijat said, adding that foreign expertise will be sought to develop the museum.
The DG informed that besides the museum, there is also a plan to create an art gallery to promote trademark products of the city. Stone works, carpets and sweets, especially petha, will be on display at the gallery. There will also be a section from where tourists can buy finished products.
The centre will be built on the lines of Swiss museums, wherein they showcase the intricacies of cheese manufacturing. Similarly, tourists visiting the centre can learn about how carpets have been woven since the time of the Mughals. Petha production will be explained too.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Agra / by Aditya Dev, TNN / January 13th, 2015
After 30 years of service as a noon-meal worker at the Government Higher Secondary School at Peringolam in Kozhikode, Iyyamkunnath Devi called it a day a few months ago.
Being a daily-wage worker at the mercy of the school management, she couldn’t have expected any retirement benefits from the government as she leaves. Calmly, the elderly widow, in her late 60s, went home to spend rest of her life with her only son’s widow and children.
Ms. Devi’s empty-handed retreat from the school at the end of a prolonged spell of service, however, had left a lingering soreness with her co-workers, teachers and the students, whom she had been feeding all these years. Led by a teacher-in-charge of the noon meal committee P. Bavakutty, they sat one day to discuss the possibility of offering “some help” to Ms. Devi, whom they fondly called Deviyedathi .
Under the initiative of the Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) they decided to collect an amount to be given to the retiring member. Teachers, students, and the public, all responded overwhelmingly to the call. A sum of Rs.1, 25,000 was raised at the end, with which a pension scheme was opened forDeviyedathi. “We had never imagined that people would respond in such an overwhelming manner to this,” said Mr. Bavakutty.
From the amount, Rs.1 lakh was deposited in a pension scheme in her name with the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) while the rest, (Rs.25,000) was given to her as a gratuity during a public function organised at the school recently. “A pension scheme for a daily-wage worker under the initiative of a school PTA would probably be the first of its kind anywhere in the State,” said Sasidharan Pullangotte, the PTA president.
“We believe that the Rs.750, though small, that would reach her as pension every month, would at least make a small difference to Deviyedathi’s life,” said the PTA president.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Kozhikode / by Jabir Mushthari / Kozhikode – January 13th, 2015
Prince of Arcot Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ali has urged Muslims to put a stop to the custom of taking dowry, going against the Quran and Hadith (sayings of the Holy Prophet).
Speaking at the Seerath-un-Nabi (life and teachings of the Holy Prophet) celebration, organised by Fathima Basheer Matriculation Higher Secondary School for Girls under the aegis of the Southern India Educational Trust recently, he urged the Ulema (Islamic scholars) to condemn the practice.
“It is a shameful act and is ruining the lives and finances of many families and girls,” he said.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Chennai > Society / by Special Correspondent / Chennai – January 09th, 2015
Kolkata :
Hazarduari Palace in Murshidabad has been declared an Adarsh Monument by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) along with three others in eastern India.
The other three monuments are Vaishali-Kolhua in Bihar, Rang Ghar in Assam’s Sibsagar and the Konark Sun Temple in Odisha. These will be in the focus of international tourism promotion plan developed by the central government.
ASI has selected only 25 out of 3,680 protected monuments under the Adarsh Samarak Yojona. The list was made on the basis of the number of tourists these monuments attract annually. The list includes some of the biggest crowd-pullers like Taj Mahal, Khajuraho, Qutab complex and Red Fort.
All of them can be of great interest to international tourists, believes the ministry of culture. “Keeping that in mind, we are developing amenities of international standards, including washrooms, drinking water, signs, cafeterias, audio-visual centres, Wi-Fi connectivity, interpretation centres and encroachment-free areas,” said ASI regional director (eastern region) P K Mishra.
But more than anything else, security will be enhanced. The Centre is thinking of introducing the ‘tourism police’ force that is quite common across the world.
Hazarduari Palace, earlier known as Bara Kothi, is located on the campus of Kila Nizamat in Murshidabad, on the banks of the Bhagirathi. It was built in the early 19th century by Duncan MacLeod under the reign of Nawab Nazim Humayun Jah of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa (1824-1838). In 1985, the palace was handed over to ASI. Kila Nizamat or Nizamat Kila was the old fort of Murshidabad which was demolished to build this grand palace.
Built in the 13th century, the Konark Sun Temple is shaped like a chariot of the Sun God with 12 pairs of ornamented wheels dragged by seven horses.
Rong Ghor, meaning ‘House of Entertainment’, is a two-storied building that used to serve as the royal sports pavilion. Ahom kings and nobles used to watch buffalo fights and other sports at Rupahi Pathar in Rangpur, particularly during the Rangali Bihu. Said to be one of the oldest surviving amphitheaters in Asia, the building was constructed during the reign of Swargadeo Pramatta Singha in 1744-1750.
Kolhua in Vaishali is where the Buddha is said to have preached his last sermon. To commemorate the event, emperor Ashoka erected one of his famous lion pillars here in the third century BC. A hundred years after the Buddha’s death, Vaishali hosted the second great Buddhist council. Two stupas were erected to commemorate it.
Jainism, too, has its origins in Vaishali. In 527 BC, Lord Mahavir was born on the outskirts of the city and lived in Vaishali till he was 22. Vaishali remains an important pilgrimage centre for both Buddhists and Jains.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Kolkata / by Krishnendu Bandyopadhyay, TNN / January 11th, 2015
Thousands of people thronged Sawday Road, Mandi Mohalla in city during the recent Eid Meelad celebrations to witness a Royal Enfield Bullet bike weighing 200 kg being hung from a boiled egg. The owner of the bike and the man behind this creativity is Inayath Ulla Shariff, a two-wheeler mechanic by profession. Curious people were seen clicking pictures of the bike in their cellphones. Inayath Ulla has been repairing and tuning two- wheelers such as Lambretta, Java, Royal Enfield Bullet, Yamaha RX 100, Yezdi, Road King, Vespa and Bajaj Chetak for the last 25 years. He started his career as a mechanic when he was just 15-years-old. Now he is 40. Inayath Ulla, who owns a two-wheeler garage by name ‘Track Point’ on Sawday Road in Mandi Mohalla, is the son of Late Mahmood Shariff, a Milkman and Late Chhoti Jaan. Star of Mysore caught up with Inayath Ulla Shariff for a tete-a-tete. Excerpts…
![Inayath Ulla Shariff poses alongside his 200 kg Royal Enfield bike, hung from a boiled egg, at his garage 'Track Point' on Sawday Road in city. [Pic. by Golden Babu]](http://www.mpositive.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/InayathullaBF13jan2015.jpg)
SOM: How did you get an idea of hanging such a heavy bike from a single boiled egg?
Inayath Ulla: I have been a mechanic for the last 25 years. During the past Eid Meelad processions, I had seen people hanging bikes from a bottle-gourd, ridge-gourd, brinjal and other vegetables. So, I too thought of hanging a heavy bike (Royal Enfield bullet) from an egg as nobody had tried it.
SOM: How can a single boiled egg hold such a heavy bike? Have you done any gimmick?
Inayath Ulla: No gimmick at all. It is all about balancing. Myself, along with six others, lifted the bike and hung it from the egg with the help of ropes and two 7mm rods. It took an hour to hang and balance the bike. One should have the skill to balance through ropes and know how to do the centring properly.
Even if a single person does not balance properly or shakes the bike while hanging, then the bike will fall down.
SOM: You have inserted two 7mm rods into the egg to lift the bike with the help of ropes. How did you insert the rods? Didn’t the egg break while inserting the rods?
Inayath Ulla: First I boiled the egg. After boiling it, I did not remove its shell. I slowly made two small holes in the egg with the help of a drilling machine. Then gradually I increased the sizes of the two holes by inserting pencil into the holes and rotating the pencil clockwise. Later, I inserted the two rods. So the egg did not break.
SOM: Doesn’t the bike fall when the egg gets shaken by the wind?
Inayath Ulla: The bike does not fall due to wind. Even the egg does not break into two parts during the wind. But the bike will fall only if someone shakes or pushes the bike manually. You should ensure that nobody touches the bike when it is hanging.
SOM: You have been an expert in repairing bikes and earned a name for yourself. Do you want your children also to become famous mechanics like you?
Inayath Ulla: I have two children. One is studying in 8th standard and the other in 2nd PUC. I don’t want them to be mechanics. I want them to study well and become Officers. I am working very hard to provide them good education. I do not want them to suffer as I did.
[Inayath Ulla is married to Reshma Banu and resides in Hanumanthanagar in city. To meet Inayath Ulla, one can visit his shop on Sawday Road in Mandi Mohalla in city or call:97430-28265].
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / Wednesday , January 07th, 2015