Kannada Online Radios

There are few Kannada online radios now available. I'm too addicted to online music stations. It is just because I need not to take the work of collecting the music files and framing a play list. I'm giving you the list of some of the online music stations in Kannada. I have listed them in my own priority considering the quality of music tracks they play, ease of use and so on.
1. Radio Girmit
I like this station most. Songs could be old or new but they play very nice songs. Play list selection could be appreciated. You will never get bored by hearing to this station. You can also hear to spacial programme 'e'-Haadu Yaarigaagi every Sunday by online-RJ Divya. She has a nice voice, the best voice heard after Vasanti Hariprakash. No advertise, the best in ease of use, available in 3 modes Popup the player, Winamp and itunes, RG players. Just go to its home page, I hope you will also get addicted to it.
2. Kannada Kasturi
It is also very good radio station. I was really confused in giving rank to this station as 1st or 2nd. But active nature of Girmit took 1st place. If you want to listen to the latest songs better choose this station. It is available in Winamp player file(.pls), ease to handle, no advertise. Just go to its home page. You can easily find the player.
3. Maja Madi
A radio station with a complete entertainment discussion forum. Play lists are good. But I don't like this site because they are not focused on music. In the home page you will feel like you are in maze and will be confused where to go to listen to the music. Even though musics tracks are selected cautiously it took 3rd place because of disturbance in the site. We are here only for music. Before get confused by entering into home page try here: Winamp/iTunes/Real player : CLICK HERE; Windows Media player : CLICK HERE
4. Kannada music online
A blogspot site. Track list are good. Available in three player formats. You can go to home page but you will again feel like stuck at maze. But you will be able to find out the player links, if you have patience. If not directly click here: Winamp player and Windows player. From this site you can download Kannada songs also.
5. Naanu
Its OK OK kind of radio. I have not get the home page of the radio. Don't know much about the radio station. You can listen to it by clicking here.

There are some other online stations like Surf Music and Inchara. They don't have their own radio station and play list. They just redirect to the players on Kannada Kasturi and Radio Girmit with lot of ads in their page. Avoid using them stick to originals.

ಇನ್ನೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಕನ್ನಡ ರೇಡಿಯೋ ತಾಣಗಳು ನಿಮಗೆ ತಿಳಿದಿದ್ದರೆ ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು ತಿಳಿಸಿ.

ಪತಂಗದಂತೆ ಹಾರಲು ಪ್ಯಾಪಿಲಾನ್ ಹತ್ತು ವರ್ಷ ಕಷ್ಟಪಟ್ಟ

ಪ್ಯಾಪಿಲಾನ್ ಅಂದರೆ ಫ್ರೆಂಚ್ ಭಾಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪತಂಗ. ಪ್ಯಾಪಿಲಾನ್ ನಿಜ ನಾಮಧೇಯ ಹೆನ್ರಿ ಛಾರೇರೆ. ಆತ ಇದ್ದದ್ದು ಜಗತ್ತಿಗೆ ನಾಗರೀಕತೆಯ ಪಾಠ ಮಾಡುವ ಸ್ವಚ್ಚಂದ ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ. ಅದು ೧೯೩೩ನೇ ಇಸವಿ. ಎರಡನೇ ಮಹಾಯುಧ್ಧಕ್ಕು ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಮೊದಲಿನ ಕಾಲ. ಪ್ಯಾಪಿಲಾನ್ ಮಾಡಿದ ಒಂದು ಸಣ್ಣ ತಪ್ಪಿಗೆ ಅವನಿಗೆ ದೇಶಾಂತರ ಕಳುಹಿಸಿ ದ್ವೀಪವೊಂದರಲ್ಲಿ ಏಕಾಂತದ ಶಿಕ್ಷೆಗೆ ದೂಡುತ್ತಾರೆ ನಾಗರೀಕತೆಯ ಪಾಠ ಮಾಡಿದ ಜನ. ಅವರ ಮೇಲೆ ಸೇಡು ತೀರಿಸಿಯೇಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕೆಂದು ಪಲಾಯನದ ಕನಸು ಕಾಣುತ್ತಾನೆ ಪ್ಯಾಪಿ. ಅದು ನೆರವೇರಲು ಹತ್ತು ವರ್ಷ ಬೇಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಆ ಹತ್ತು ವರ್ಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಆತ ಅದೇಗೆ ಆ ಪಲಾಯನದ ಆಸೆಯನ್ನು ಜೀವಂತವಾಗಿ ಇಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡು ಸಾಧನೆಗೈಯುತ್ತಾನೆ ಎಂಬುದೇ ಒಂದು ಜೀವನ ಪಾಠ.
ಪ್ಯಾಪಿ ಜೈಲಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಹೊಸ ಅನಾಗರೀಕ ಪರಿಸರ ಕಾಣುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಅಂಡಿನಲ್ಲಿ ತೂರಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದ ಕೊಳವೆಯಲ್ಲಿನ ದುಡ್ಡಿನ ಆಸೆಗೆ ದಿನವೂ ನಡೆಯುವ ಕೊಲೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕರಳು ಬಗೆಯುವುದನ್ನೂ ಕಾಣುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಅಂತದ್ದರಲ್ಲೂ ಡೇಗ ಎನ್ನುವವನ ಕೊಳವೆಯನ್ನು ತನ್ನ ಅಂಡಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಇಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡು ಆತನನ್ನೂ ಆತನ ಹಣವನ್ನೂ ರಕ್ಷಿಸಿ ಆತನ ಜೊತೆ ಪಲಾಛಲ ಬಿಡದ ತ್ರಿವಿಕ್ರಮನಂತೆ ಮತ್ತೆ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಿಸಿ ಗುಜಿರ ಎನ್ನುವ ಬುಡಕಟ್ಟು ಜನರ ಜೊತೆ ಆರು ತಿಂಗಳು ಅವರಂತೆಯೇ ಬದುಕಿಬಿಡುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಅವನಿಗೆ ಮನೆ, ಇಬ್ಬರು ಮುದ್ದು ಮಡಯನ ಮಾಡುವಾಗ ಸಿಕಿಬೀಳುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಹಾಗೆ ಇನ್ನೆರಡು ಪಲಾಯನ ಯತ್ನಗಳು ವಿಫಲವಾಗುತ್ತವೆ. ಆದರೂ ದಿಯರು, ಬದುಕಲು ಉದ್ಯೋಗ ಎಲ್ಲ ಇದ್ದರೂ ಇದಲ್ಲ ತಾನು ಬಯಸಿದ್ದೆಂದು ನೆನಪಾಪಿ ಮತ್ತೆ ಓಡುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಕ್ರೈಸ್ತ ಸನ್ಯಾಸಿನಿಯರನ್ನು ನಂಬಿ ಮೋಸ ಹೋಗಿ ಮತ್ತೆ ಜೈಲಿಗೆ ಹೋಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.
ಏಕಾಂತ ಶಿಕ್ಷೆ ಅನುಭವಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಯಾರ ಬಳಿಯೂ ಮಾತಿಲ್ಲದೇ ಮೂರು ವರ್ಷ ಕಳೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಒಂದೇ ಒಂದು ಬಾರಿ ಆತ ಅಲ್ಲಿತನಕ ಮಾತನಾಡಿದ್ದು! ಕತ್ತಲೆಯ ಕೋಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬದುಕುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಮತ್ತೆ ಪಲಾಯನದ ಕನಸು ಕಾಣುತ್ತಾನೆ. ವಿಧಿ ಮತ್ತೆ ಜೈಲಿಗೆ ತಳ್ಳುತ್ತದೆ. ಕಾಲು ಮುರಿಯುತ್ತದೆ. ಸ್ನೇಹಿತರ ಕೊಲೆಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡುತ್ತಾನೆ. ದೋಣಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪಲಾಯನಕ್ಕೆ ಯತ್ನಿಸಿದರೆ ದೋಣಿಯೇ ಮುರಿಯುತ್ತದೆ. ಆದರೂ ಆತನ ಪಲಾಯನದ ಆಸೆ, ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ಜೀವನದ ಆಸೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಕೊನೆಯಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.
ಒಮ್ಮೆಯಂತೂ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಯ ಮಗಳನ್ನು ಶಾರ್ಕ್ ಮೀನುಗಳಿರುವ ಸಾಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ಜೀವದ ಹಂಗು ತೊರೆದು ರಕ್ಷಿಸಿ ಶಿಕ್ಷೆಯಿಂದ ಬಚಾವಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಪಲಾಯನಕ್ಕೆ ಅನುಕೂಲವಾಗಲೆಂದು ಹುಚ್ಚಾಸ್ಪತ್ರೆ ಸೇರುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಮತ್ತೆ ವಿಫಲ. ಇನ್ನೊಬ್ಬ ಮಿತ್ರನ ದಾರುಣ ಸಾವು. ಕಣ್ಣೆದುರಲ್ಲೇ ಶಾರ್ಕ್ ಮೀನುಗಳಿಗೆ ಆಹುತಿ. ಮತ್ತೆ ವಾಪಸ್ಸಾಗಿ ಮತ್ತೆ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ.
ಅಂತೂ ಈ ಬಾರಿ ತೆಂಗಿನ ಕಾಯಿ ಚೀಲವನ್ನೇ ತೆಪ್ಪವನ್ನಾಗಿ ಬಳಸಿ ಶಾರ್ಕ್ ತುಂಬಿರುವ ಸಮುದ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ೩ ದಿನ ನಿದ್ದೆಯಿಲ್ಲದೆ ತೇಲಾಡಿ ಒಂದು ದಡ ಸೇರುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಅವನೊಡನೆ ಬಂದಿದ್ದ ಮಿತ್ರ ಕಣ್ಣೆದುರಲ್ಲೇ ಜವಳು ನೆಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಳುಗಿ ಸಾಯುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಹಿಂದೆಲ್ಲ ಯಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ದೊನಿಗಳಿರುತ್ತವೆ, ನಾವೆಯಿರುತ್ತದೆ, ಜೊತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಜನರಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ, ಆದರೂ ಸಿಗದ ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ಈ ಬಾರಿ ತೆಂಗಿನ ಕಾಯಿಯ ಚೀಲದ ಮೇಲೆ ತೇಲುತ್ತಾ ದೊರಕಿಬಿಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಆ ದ್ವೀಪದಿಂದ ಹೊಸ ಗೆಳೆಯ ಕ್ವಿಕ್ ಕ್ವಿಕ್ ಜೊತೆ ಪಲಾಯನ ಮಾಡಿ ವೆನೆಜುವೆಲಾ ತಲುಪಿ ಅಂತೂ ಅಲ್ಲಿನ ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ಪ್ರಜೆಯಾಗಿ ಬದುಕುತ್ತಾನೆ ಪ್ಯಾಪಿ.
ಎರಡು ಭಾಗಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪೂರ್ಣಚಂದ್ರ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ ಅನುವಾದಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಓದಲೇ ಬೇಕಾದ ಪುಸ್ತಕ. ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯಿಕವಾಗಿ ಏನಿಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೂ ಹತ್ತು ವರ್ಷವಾಗಲೀ, ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತಾಗಲಿ, ಯಾರೇ ಅಡ್ಡ ಬರಲಿ, ವಿಧಿಯೇ ಬಾಧಿಸಲಿ; ವಿಧಿಯನ್ನೇ ಸೋಲಿಸಿ ಗುರಿ ತಲಪುವ ಮಾರ್ಗ ತೋರಿಸುವ ಪುಸ್ತಕ. ನಿಜಕ್ಕೂ ಅದ್ಭುತ ಸಾಹಸ. ಪ್ಯಾಪಿಗಿರುವ ಅರ್ಧ ಛಲ, ಸಹನೆ, ಗುರಿ ನಮಗಿದ್ದರೆ ಏನನ್ನಾದರೂ ಸಾಧಿಸಬಲ್ಲೆವು.
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ಮತ್ತೆ ನೆನಪಾಯಿತು "ಭಾರತ ದರ್ಶನ"

"ನೀವು ಯಾವುದೇ ಚರಿತ್ರೆಯ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ತೆರೆದರೂ ಅದರ ಮೊದಲ ಪುಟದಲ್ಲೇ ಭಾರತದ ಪ್ರಸ್ತಾಪ ಇರಲೇಬೇಕು. ಒಂದೊಮ್ಮೆ ಇಲ್ಲವೆಂದಾದರೆ ಆ ಪುಸ್ತಕದ ಲೇಖಕ ಉದ್ಧೇಶಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿಯೇ ಸೇರಿಸಿಲ್ಲ ಅಥವಾ ಮೊದಲ ಪುಟ ಹರಿದು ಹೋಗಿದೆ ಎಂದೇ ಅರ್ಥ." ಹೀಗೆ ಶುರು ಆಗುತ್ತದೆ ಭಾರತ ದರ್ಶನ.
ನಾನು ಚಿಕ್ಕವನಿದ್ದಾಗ ಗೋಕರ್ಣದ ಸಮೀಪದ ನನ್ನ ಅಜ್ಜಿಯ ಮನೆಯ ಪಕ್ಕದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದ ಸಾರಸ್ವತ ಹಿರಿಯರೊಬ್ಬರು ಅವರ ಹಳೆಯ ಟೇಪ್ ರಿಕಾರ್ಡರ್ ಸ್ವಚ್ಚಗೊಳಿಸಿ ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರತ ದರ್ಶನದ ಒಂದೊಂದೇ ಭಾಗ ಕ್ಯಾಸೆಟ್ ಹಾಕಿ ಕೇಳಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ಅವರಿಗೆ ಅದರಿಂದ ಆಗುವ ವಯಕ್ತಿಕ ಲಾಭ ಏನೂ ಇರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಭಾವಿ ಭಾರತದ ನಾಗರೀಕನಿಗೆ ಭಾರತದ ದರ್ಶನ ಮಾಡಿಸುವುದರಲ್ಲೇ ಅವರಿಗೆ ನೆಮ್ಮದಿಯಿತ್ತು. ಆರೆಸೆಸ್ಸ್ ಹಿರಿಯರ ದೇಶಪ್ರೇಮ ಅದಾಗಿತ್ತು.
ನಿಮ್ಮಲ್ಲೆಸ್ಟು ಜನ ಭಾರತ ದರ್ಶನ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೀರಿ? ಸ್ಲಂ ಡಾಗ್ ಆಗಲೀ, ಬಿಳಿ ಹುಲಿಯಾಗಲೀ ಭಾರತ ದರ್ಶನ ಮಾಡಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಭಾರತವೆಂದರೆ ಬೇರೆಯದೇ ಇದೆ. ಒಮ್ಮೆ "ಭಾರತ ದರ್ಶನ" ಮಾಡಿರಿ. ರೋಗಿಸ್ಟ ಭಾರತ ಎಂದು ಇಲ್ಲೆ ಹೀಗೆಳೆಯುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಅದನ್ನು ನೋಡಿದ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ವಿವೇಕಾನಂದರು ಅದೇಗೆ ಭಾರತವನ್ನು ಮತ್ತಷ್ಟು ಪುನೀತರಾಗಿಸಿದರು ಎನ್ನುವುದನ್ನು ಹೇಳುತ್ತದೆ- ಭಾರತ ದರ್ಶನ. ನಾವೂ ಭಾರತಾಂಬೆಯ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಯ ಪುತ್ರರಾಗುವುದು ಹೇಗೆಂದು ಕಲಿಸುತ್ತದೆ ಭಾರತ ದರ್ಶನ.
ಆರೆಸ್ಸೆಸ್ಸ್, ವಿಶ್ವ ಹಿಂದೂ ಪರಿಷತ್ ಗಳನ್ನು ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದಕರು ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯುವ ಸಿನ್ನೆನ್ನ್ ಐಬಿಎನ್ ರಾಜದೀಪ್ ಸರ್ದೇಸಾಯಿಗೆ ಭಾರತ ಎಂದರೇನೆಂದು ಕೇಳಿ ನೋಡಿ. ಕಮ್ಯುನಿಸ್ಟ್ ಕನ್ನಡಕ ಹಾಕಿಕೊಂಡು ನೋಡಿದ ಭಾರತದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಆದರೆ ಅದಲ್ಲ ಭಾರತ. ನನ್ನ ಭಾರತ ಬೇರೇನೆ ಇದೆ. ಭಾರತ ದರ್ಶನ ಮಾಡಿಸಿದವರಿಗೆ ಟೆರ್ರರಿಸ್ಟ್ ಪಟ್ಟ ಕಟ್ಟಿ ಸಿಮಿಯಂಥ ಕ್ರಿಮಿಗೆ ಹೋಲಿಸುವ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮಗಳಿಗೆ ಏನು ಗೊತ್ತು ಭಾರತದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ.
ನಿಮಗೂ ಭಾರತದ ದರ್ಶನ ಮಾಡುವ ಆಸೆಯೇ? ಆರು ಭಾಗಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇಡೀ ಭಾರತದ ದರ್ಶನ ಮಾಡಿ. ಭಾರತ ದರ್ಶನ ವಿಶ್ವ ಹಿಂದೂ ಪರಿಷತ್ ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಉಚಿತವಾಗಿ ಲಭ್ಯವಿದೆ. ಭಾರತದ ಇತಿಹಾಸ, ವರ್ತಮಾನ, ಭವಿಷ್ಯ ಎಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ ಕೇಳಿ ತಿಳಿದು ಒಂದೈದು ನಿಮಿಷ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಯೋಚಿಸಿ. ಆಗ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನಿಮಗೆ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆ ಅನಿಸದಿದ್ದರೆ ಹೇಳಿ. ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ಹುಟ್ಟುವುದೇ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆ! ಭಾರತಿಯರಾಗಿ ಜನಿಸುವುದೇ ಒಂದು ಪುಣ್ಯ.
ಭಾರತ ದರ್ಶನಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ. ಕನ್ನಡ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಹಲವಾರು ಭಾಷೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಲಭ್ಯವಿದೆ.
೫೯ನೇ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವದ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು. ಭಾರತಕ್ಕೆ, ಭಾರತೀಯರಿಗೆ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದಾಗಲಿ. ಇದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಈ ಬಾರಿ ಶುಭ ಕೋರುವ ಪರಿ ನನಗೆ ತಿಳಿಯುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ.
Keywords: Hindutwa, Bharat Darshan, Indianisation, RSS, VHP, Hindu, History of India, Simi, Republic Day of India

Airtel.com, Airtel.in and Domain squatting

Before going in detail I have to tell you what is domain squatting. Domain squatting is registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else. Now the question is whether the following case a domain squatting?
Let us analyse the situation. Click on Airtel.in. You will be taken to India's popular cellular service provider Airtel. Airtel is largest cellular service provider of India with more than 79 million subscribers as of November 2008. Now click on Airtel.com. You will be navigated to Vodafone Spain site. It may be a Spanish, where Airtel has no service, it still is the competitor’s website. Airtel has tough compitition with Vodafone in India. Whoever types Airtel.com and looks for Airtel detail he will be taken to Vodafone's website. Vodafone gets free traffic from Airtel.
What could be legal action? Before tell it I should also inform how I can write about this. I am a student of Post Graduation Diploma in IPR Laws in National Law School of India University, Bangalore. Now come to the case. By the definition of Domain squatting or Cyber squatting, if domain name Airtel.com is registered with bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else that is well established Airtel, then Vodafone could be asked to transfer the domain name according to the WIPO Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy. WIPO takes care of transfer of domain names to the true trademark owner.
But this case is quite different. Look at this information:

Domain name: AIRTEL.COM
Host IP 212.73.32.153
Created on: 1998-12-15
Updated on: 2008-09-29
Expires on: 2009-12-14
Registrant Name: AIRTEL MOVIL, S.A.
Contact: AIRTEL MOVIL, S.A.
Technical Contact Address: Psg. Lluis Companys, 23
Technical Contact City: Barcelona
Technical Contact Postal Code: 08010
Technical Contact Country: ES
Contact Phone: +34 935074360
Contact Fax: +34 933102360

The domain name is registered very long back in 1998, when cellular service called Airtel was there in Spain. But later it is acquired by Vodafone and they took the advantage and started redirecting the traffic from Airtel.com to their Spanish site. So Airtel-India can not do anything on this issue. But the domain name Airtel.com will get expired on 14 Dec 2009. Hope Vodafone will not re-registeres the domain name and continue to use it.
What happens if Vodafone re-registeres Airtel.com even though now it does not own trademark Airtel? I have to ask our lecturer, IPR expert, advocate J Suresh to answer this question. If you know the answer you are free to write a comment.

ಗ್ರಾ. ಪಂ.: ಅಧಿಕಾರದ ವಿಕೇಂದ್ರೀಕರಣವೋ ಭ್ರಷ್ಟಾಚಾರದ ಸರಳೀಕರಣವೋ?

ಭ್ರಷ್ಟಾಚಾರ ಎಲ್ಲಿಂದ ಆರಂಭವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ? ಎಲ್ಲಿ ಜನ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯರ ಕೈಗೆ ಆದಳಿತ ಕೊಟ್ಟು ಅಧಿಕಾರದ ರುಚಿ ತೋರಿಸಲಾಯಿತೋ ಅಲ್ಲಿಂದಲೇ ಶುರುವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ನಿಜ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯನೂ ಆದಳಿತದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಲ್ಗೊಳ್ಳಲೆಂದು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಲಾದ ಗ್ರಾಮ ಪಂಚಾಯತ್ ಭ್ರಷ್ಟಾಚಾರದ ಉಗಮಸ್ಥಾನವಾಗಿದೆ. ಇಷ್ಟೆಲ್ಲಾ ಯಾಕೆ ನೆನಪಾಯಿತೆಂದರೆ ಗೂಗಲ್ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಗ್ರಾ. ಪಂ. ಗಳಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ನೀಡಲು ಹೊರಟಿದೆ. ಉತ್ತಮ ಗ್ರಾ. ಪಂ. ಆರಿಸುವುದೂ ಕಷ್ಟದ ಸಂಗತಿಯೇ.
ಅಧಿಕಾರದ ರುಚಿ ತೋರಿಸಲು ಗ್ರಾ. ಪಂ. ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಲಾಯಿತು. ನಂತರ ಸದಸ್ಯರುಗಳಿಗೆ ಭ್ರಷ್ಟಾಚಾರದ ಪಾಠ ಮಾಡಲು ಸೆಕ್ರೆಟರಿ ನೇಮಕ ಮಾಡಲಾಯಿತು. ಜನ ಪ್ರತಿನಿಧಿಗಳ ಖರೀದಿ ವ್ಯವಹಾರಗಳನ್ನು ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಪಕ್ಷಗಳು ಆರಂಭಿಸಿರಬಹುದು, ಆದರೆ ಅದನ್ನು ಯಥಾವತ್ತಾಗಿ ಮುಂದುವರೆಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಹೋಗುತ್ತಿರುವವರು ಗ್ರಾ. ಪಂ. ಜನಗಳು. ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಚುನಾವಣೆಗೆ ಎರಡು ಬಾರಿ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರಾಗುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಒಮ್ಮೆ ಎರಡೂವರೆ ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಅವಧಿಗೆ. ಒಬ್ಬೊಬ್ಬ ಸದಸ್ಯನಿಗೆ ಹತ್ತುಸಾವಿರವೆಂದರೆ ಕಡಿಮೆಯೇ. ಐವತ್ತಾದರೂ ಆಶ್ಚರ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲ. ಉದ್ಘಾರ ಬೇಡ. ಲಾಭ ಇಲ್ಲದೇ ಇಷ್ಟೆಲ್ಲಾ ನಡೆಯದು. ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಪುಟ್ಟ ಯೋಜನೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಹರಿದು ಬರುವ ಮೊತ್ತವೇನು ಕಡಿಮೆಯೇ? ಕುಮಟಾದ ಗ್ರಾ. ಪಂ. ಒಂದರಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಲೀ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷನನ್ನು ಕೆಳಗಿಳಿಸಲು ಮಾಡಿದ ಸರ್ಕಸ್ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗಳಲ್ಲೆಲ್ಲ ವರದಿಯಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಸದಸ್ಯರ ಅಪಹರಣದ ತನಕ ನಾಟಕ ನಡೆದಿತ್ತು.
ಮೊದಲೇ ಹೇಳಿದೆನಲ್ಲ. ಗ್ರಾ. ಪಂ. ಒಂದರಲ್ಲಿ ಅನುಭವಿ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಎಂದರೆ ಸೆಕ್ರೆಟರಿ. ಅವನೇ ರೂಲ್ ಮೇಕರ್. ಸಿದ್ದಾಪೂರದ ಗ್ರಾ. ಪಂ. ಒಂದರಲ್ಲಿ ಒಬ್ಬ ಸೆಕ್ರೆಟರಿ ಇದ್ದಾನೆ. ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ಮೀಸಲು ಸದಸ್ಯ. ಆತ ಸಹಿ ಹಾಕಲು ಮೀಸಲು. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಎಂಥ ಅಭಿವೃಧ್ಧಿ ಎಂದರೆ: ಅತೀ ಹಿಂದುಳಿದವರ ಮನೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಶೌಚಾಲಯ ನಿರ್ಮಣ ಎನ್ನುವ ಒಂದು ಯೋಜನೆ ಬಂದಿತ್ತು. ಒಂದು ಹೊಂಡ ತೋಡಿ ಅದರ ಮೇಲೆ ಕಮೋಡ್ ಇರಿಸಿ ಬಿಲ್ ಕೂಡ ಪಾಸ್ ಆಯಿತು. ಈಗ ಫಲಾನುಭವಿಗಳು ಅದರ ಅಕ್ಕ ಪಕ್ಕಾ ಗೋಡೆ ಕಟ್ಟಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕು.
ಇನ್ನೊಬ್ಬ ಪನಿಷ್ಮೆಂಟ್ ಟ್ರಾನ್ಸ್ಫರ್ ಮೇಲೆ ಊರೂರು ಸುತ್ತುತ್ತಿರುವವ ಸೆಕ್ರೆಟರಿ, ಊರ ಹಿರಿಯರೊಬ್ಬರು ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ಇಲ್ಲದೇ ತೋಟದ ಮನೆ ಕಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಕ್ಕೆ ಫೈನ ಹಾಕುತ್ತೇನೆಂದು ಹೆದರಿಸಿ ಜೇಬು ತುಂಬಿದರೆ ಹಿಂದಿನ ದಿನಾಂಕಕ್ಕೆ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ನೀಡುತ್ತೇನೆಂದಿದ್ದ. ಉದ್ಯೋಗ ಖಾತರಿ ಯೋಜನೆಗೆ ಬರುವ ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಎಲ್ಲೆಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾರಾಟವಾಗುವುದೋ ದೇವರೇ ಬಲ್ಲ. ಪಡಿತರ ಸೀಮೆ ಎಣ್ಣೇಗೆ ನೀಲಿ ಬಣ್ಣ ಬಳಿದಂತೆ ಅಕ್ಕಿಗೆ ಯಾವ ಬಣ್ಣ ಬಳಿಯುವುದೋ? ಹೀಗಿದೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಗ್ರಾಮ ಪಂಚಾಯತ್ ಆಡಳಿತ. ಎಲ್ಲ ಹೀಗೆ ಎಂದೇನಿಲ್ಲ. ಆದರೂ ಗ್ರಾ. ಪಂ. ಈಗ ಅಧಿಕಾರದ ವಿಕೇಂದ್ರೀಕರಣವೋ ಭ್ರಷ್ಟಾಚಾರದ ಸರಳೀಕರಣವೋ ನೀವೇ ಹೇಳಿ.
Keywords: Gram Panchayat, Bribery, Government, Job guaranty, Kumta, Siddapur, UttaraKannada, Politics, Google

Slumdog millionaire and true India

Sum dog millionaire grabbed 4 Golden globe international film awards. A R Rehaman, most favourite music director of India become first Indian to win that award. As everybody thought i also accepted it as a crown for India. Later I realised it is completely a myth. What is there in this movie which will distinguish from a normal bollywood movie? It has successfully pictured India as a country of slum, beggars and prostitutes. It has become an international trend. If somebody pictures eastern countries as slums, they will get award. Even white tiger is an example of this. I can bet, this Slumdog is not at all comparable with Taare jameen par or Lagaan.
The i wrote some articles on Slumdog, my friend, a software professional Shivaprasad had told me that it is like any other bollywood film, directed by someone who had never seen India positively. We had better film than this. It won't get even a state award. I did not believe him, because I heard Rehaman's Vande mataram, Jana gana mana and many other songs.
India is never treated better in any International awards including Nobel. Can you show me anybody who can compete with Mahatma Gandhi when he got nominated for Nobel peace award? But he did not get it. What is good in India is never recognised. This does not matter. But when Indians could not recognise what we have, it costs more.
Slumdog starts convincing you Mumbai as a biggest slum in the world. Then it comes to communal disputes- mother of two Muslim boys murdered ( by another community. No need to tell more) Then the story goes towards world of beggars, prostitutes, bar girls, criminals. Should I write more?
Also read Shocked by Slumdog's poverty porn

Watch Slumdog Millionaire- Jai Ho video

Music composer A R Rahman became the first Indian to win the 66-year-old prize, Golden Globe for the best original music score for Slumdog Millionaire for the song Jai Ho. It is a very sweet music to Indian ears lyrics by Gulzar. Ironically, the movie has still not been released in Indian theatres. It is supposed to be released in India on 23rd Jan.

Lirics and Download MP3

Obama may be first for US, India has seen many

One of my friend attended a programme at her office, where a scholar from US was delivering a speech. He quoted that if a Dalit becomes prime minister of India, it could be a great day for India as the victory of Obama in USA. He knew only two races in India- Brahmin and Dalits. It is not his fault. It is the default of Indian media. They never highlight what is good here. It could be CNN IBN or BBC, or some other magazines.

But the truth is Obama may be first back to take charge of white house. But India has seen many such firsts. Here dalits have become presidents, prime ministers, minorities like what foreign, including some highly noticeable Indian media burns a image- the whole Hindu community is against to- Muslims has seen high places. It is not knew for us. We have given a equal, to tell truth, we have given more chance to dalits and minorities.

They tell Only when a Dalit rules India can the country truly be said to have attained its own “Obama moment.” Shashi Taroor answers, in theory, this already has happened: K. R. Narayanan, born into a poor Dalit family, served as India’s president, the highest office in the land, from 1997 to 2002. Dalits and India’s aboriginals (listed in the Constitution as “Scheduled Castes and Tribes”) are entitled to 85 seats in India’s 543-member parliament that are “reserved” for candidates from their communities. One step forward India has had a female prime minister, Indira Gandhi, one of the most powerful leaders this country has seen. Now we have female president at Rastrapathi Bhavan. Can't they see these before criticising. US Department of States itself tells in its report India has had a female prime minister, Indira Gandhi, one of the most powerful leaders this country has seen. What else you need?

Karnataka farmers to set a record: to take oath on organic farming

Farmers strike for seeds, bundh for subsidies, fight for loans.... these are very old stories. Now our farmers are going to set a different record. 50,000 farmers of Karnataka are taking oath on organic farming on 26Th January. What a great news!
We, Indians never considered farmers as the backbone of Indian economy. Even today, India might be exporting software, technology goods, ores to foreign countries, agriculture is the basic structure of our economy. But we never gave importance to it, nor government. They might have announced some benificial plans for farmers. But I don't think it has reached a true farmer. At the most it could reach political party workers.
Now farmers themselves taking a step forward. They are coming to Bangalore in their own expenditure to take oath on organic farming. They now know the importance of the organic farming. They are taking oath to not to depend on seeds of multinational companies, which has brought blood in their eyes a number of times. They are also taking oath to not to take suicide as their final option when their crops cheats them.
Scientist, Visionary, our beloved former president Abdul Kalam will be present at the event in front of the Vidhansoudha.
I did not saw media giving importance to such events. They will enter into farmers life only when a farmer commits suicide. Please open your eyes to such matters. Build a positive India. This post is based on a report published in Vijay Karnataka

Slumdog Millionaire- Jai Ho MP3 with lyrics

Music composer A R Rahman became the first Indian to win the 66-year-old prize, Golden Globe for the best original music score for Slumdog Millionaire for the song Jai Ho. It is a very sweet music to Indian ears lyrics by Gulzar. Ironically, the movie has still not been released in Indian theatres. It is supposed to be released in India on 23rd Jan.

Download Slumdog Millionaire Jai Ho
Watch YouTube Video

Lyrics: (Source: Inkspillz)
Jai Ho....!
Aaja aaja jind shamiyaane ke taley
Aaja zari waale neele aasmaane ke taley
Jai Ho....!
Ratti ratti sachchi maine jaan gawayi hai
Nach Nach koylon pe raat bitaayi hai
Ankhiyon ki neend maine phoonkon se udaa di
Gin gin taarey maine ungli jalayi hai
Eh Aaja aaja jind shamiyaane ke taley
Aaja zari waale neele aasmaane ke taley

Baila! Baila!Ahora conmigo, tu baila para hoyPor nuestro dia de movidas, las problemas lo que sean, Salud! Baila! Baila! (It is in spannish)

Jai Ho....!
Chakh le, haan chakh le, yeh raat shehed hai
Chakh le, haan rakh le,
Dil hai, dil aakhri hadd hai
Kaala kaala kaajal tera
Koi kaala jaadu hai na?
Aaja aaja jind shamiyaane ke taley
Aaja zari waale neele aasmaane ke taley

Jai Ho....!
Kab se haan kab se jo lab pe ruki hai
Keh de, keh de, haan keh de
Ab aankh jhuki hai
Aisi aisi roshan aankhein
Roshan dono heerey hain kya?
Aaja aaja jind shamiyaane ke taley
Aaja zari waale neele aasmaane ke taley
Jai Ho....!
English translation of the song is there at InkSpillz.

Satyam and emergency: A real cartoon

No need to tell you Satyam story here again. Look at the photo. Ambulance, emergency number 108, then Satyam symbol- looks like a real cartoon. This photograph is of an ambulance of government of Karnataka, which the project was recently inaugurated. Satyam provides technology and call centre services for this service. Now Satyam is in need of service.

Adwani's message in election campaign website also promises for "change"

The welcome message by Adwani in his official website www.lkadwani.in reads as follows: "Welcome to my website. I am delighted to meet citizens like you who are keenly interested in forthcoming election for 15th Lokasabha. India's future is critically dependent on nature and leadership of next government. It was always my dream to see India emerged as strong, prosperous and self-confident nation in the world. I dream of an India in which its billion plus people can live in a peacefully. harmonious and justice society. I dream of an India whose ancient culture and spirituality can show the right path to today's troubled world. I dream of a tomorrow, 21st century can become India's century. I am sure many of you has same aspirations for India. Together we can, you and I can turn our aspiration into actuality. India is voiced for change. As many as 1 million young voters will vote for the first time. I know they especially are hungry for change. They are demanding development for all and security for all. I promise you the change you are seeking and change defined by a good politics and good governors. Jai Hind, Vande Mataram"
Read this article on Adwani's election campaign that is similar to Obama's presidential campaign

Advani to follow Obama's Campaign, Change that Indians looking for!

Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama created a broad grassroots movement and a new method of campaigning by courting and mobilizing activists, donations and voters through the Internet. It was part of a campaign that mobilized grassroots workers in every state. As he told in his victory speech this campaign was such a successful campaign that was never seen in history of United States of America. Now in coming election BJP prime minister candidate L K Adwani also seems to follow Obama's successful presidential campaign.

Adwani already became hero in corporate world by bringing Ambani brothers on a same stage during his meeting with corporate people. That has started a new story in news papers about Ambani brothers patch up. He was the main reason behind call off of the strike/bundh on 25th Dec, Christmas at Kandamal by Hindu groups and thus allowed peaceful celebration of Christmas. The strike was called for protesting against the government to fasten the enquiry of Swami Lakshmananand Saraswati murder by some Christian missionary supported criminals.

Adwani's official website www.lkadwani.in is already getting popularity. The site is so attractive and informative. It truly makes you believe Adwani will take India towards "Strong, prosperous and self-confident" status. The site is available both in English and Hindi version. If you hear the message from Adwani it hears same of that Obama's message during campaign. Both can be summarised on "people deserved change". Could this strategy will work on Indian elections. We have to wait till the election for 15th Lokasabha that could be over within 5-6 months.

Read the complete message from L.K.Adwani in his wesite

Bihar IAS officer, TIME Asian Heroes of 2004, corrupted officer Gautam Goswami no more

Gautam Goswami, A true example of oscillating life to the two extremes is no more. He was an IAS officer, TIME Asian hero of 2004, accused in the infamous flood-relief scam passed away on Jan 5, 2009.

A 1991-batch officer(with ID no 01BH042600), Goswami, also an MBBS and MD from BHU. He had received a gold medal for topping the MBBS exam from Benaras Hindu University. He became a hero when he literally put his hand on microphones to prevent the then Union home minister, Lal Krishna Advani, from continuing his speech at an election rally in Patna in 2004. “Sir, your time is up,” the officer told the minister referring to the Election Commission’s model code of conduct which proscribed use of public address system after 10 pm. Later Time magazine also conferred the “Asian Hero” award on Goswami.

Later in the same year 2004, during the flood in Bihar, his life got a dramatic turn. Goswami later quit the IAS and went on to join a private firm even before his resignation was accepted. In the meantime, his name figured in an FIR lodged in connection with the swindling fund which was meant for providing relief to flood-affected people in the state in 2004. Goswami, who was in charge of the relief operations in the north Bihar districts in 2004, became the main accused in the Rs 250-crore scandal. A court issued an arrest warrant in 2005. Goswami surrendered in June that year and was remanded in judicial custody. The government suspended him from service and he was jailed for 17 months with 10 other prominent government officials.

Goswami was diagnosed to be suffering from cancer in early 2008. The Bihar government revoked his suspension on December 8, 2008, on “humanitarian” grounds.
TIME magazine once wrote, “Goswami’s reputation for upholding the law improves the image of a civil service perceived by many Indians as corrupt or inefficient.” But he ended his life as a corrupted officer.

How to download YouTube video? Here is the best way.

How to save video from YouTube?
How download YouTube video like torrent file download?
Why YouTube down loader is not working now?
Is there any free YouTube down loader software?

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YouTube: YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees. In November 2006, YouTube, LLC was bought by Google Inc. for US$1.65 billion, and is now operated as a subsidiary of Google. Now it is the largest video sharing site. The videos are published in ".flv" file extension.

How to download .flv files?
Now I'll tell you step by step procedures to enable your computer to download YouTube videos:

1. Get a latest FireFox browser (If you already have one, go to step 4)
2. Download FireFox from Mozilla.com
3. Install Mozilla settings restart your system if it asked to do so
4. What all you need is an add-on which detect the .flv or other media file and makes you download them easily.
5. Get DownloadHelper add-on set up from Mozilla (recommended) or DownloadHelper
6. Click on add to FireFox, then click on install.
7. Restart FireFox (remember- not necessarily your system)
8. Open a YouTube video in your FireFox browser
9. You will see an animating image like this
10. Clicking on this you will get the list of the file you can download.
11. Click on the file name and start downloading
    
12. It will be saved to DownloadHelp folder in your my document by default
    
13. More help go to user manual

How to play downloaded .flv files?
Simple get a Gom player and enjoy. It is free-ware. You can download it from GomLab. Small size (withing 5 mb) and easy to access.

India lagging behind in its security

Israel, officially the State of Israel is a state in Western Asia located on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. With a population of about 7.28 million,the majority of whom are Jews, Israel is the world's only Jewish state. Several countries, including Syria and Iran, refuse to recognise Israel's right to exist.Arab countries over the years refused to acknowledge Israel's right to exist, and Arab nationalists led by Nasser called for the destruction of the state.Israel maintains diplomatic relations with 161 countries and has 94 diplomatic missions around the world. The United States, Turkey, Germany, the United Kingdom and India are among Israel's closest allies. The majority of Israelis are drafted into the military at the age of eighteen. Men serve three years and women serve two years. Israel also has Palestinian terrorist as its enemy. Hamas Terror Organization has international support too. Though Israel never lagged behind when it comes to its security. Israel never asked anybody when it has to fight for it. It never hesitated to attack on Hamas. They know, world will support them.

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located about 31 kilometres off the southern coast of India. It is home to around twenty million people. Since 1983, there has been on-and-off civil war, predominantly between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, also known as the Tamil Tigers), a separatist militant organization who fight to create an independent state named Tamil Eelam in the North and East of the island. Sri Lanka was considered one of the "world's most politically unstable countries" by the World Bank and Asian Development Bank in 2004. Sri Lanka's government is labeled as one of the "world's worst perpetrators of enforced disappearances", according to a study by US-based pressure group 'Human Rights Watch'. Now, even the Sri Lankan army is celebrating win over rebels.

But India is still lagging behind. Our leaders are busy in burning. They are still giving warning to Worlds 8Th Failed State Pakistan to hand over the culprits. What a funny statements. Our leaders have forgot India maintains the third-largest military force in the world, which consists of the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force. India maintains close defence cooperation with Russia, France and Israel, who are the chief suppliers of arms. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has overseen the indigenous development of sophisticated arms and military equipment, including ballistic missiles, fighter aircrafts and main battle tanks, to reduce India's dependence on foreign imports. In other hand world itself has already given an award to Pakistan "8th top Failed state" (1st is Somalia, 8th is Pakistan) and how one can believe in it? But India is. It may be due to its brotherhood relationships. If India and Pakistan were treated as two human beings the story can be used for a Bollywood film script. Every Indian is waiting to celebrate our win over our enemies. We know they are in Pakistan, they are in Pak Occupied Kashmir. World knows it. We have support of the world, though we don't need. But our leaders are not ready to show who we are. Dirty politicians.

Bangalore call girls' e-business; Who can remind our police it is not legal in India?

No need to keep safe search off in your search engine. Type keyword and just click on search. A number of call girls' ( to tell in respected language escorting girls') websites comes in top of the results. Not one, not two, even not three, a number of sites would be listed. Why they comes when if safe search is on? They are business sites. What does a safe search do with business sites?
Reminding you, prostitution in India is still illegal. Still today you can read news in crime news section of local news papers about police raid on prostitution centers and the list of the prostitutes arrested (every time name changed). But our police are able to control online marketing of these call girls? By looking at the rates they have published on their sites I don't think our police can take action against these sites or these agencies. VIP section also there. How can they take action against some business which has VIPs as clients?

Let us come to content of these sites. What would a local bakery website could give details in its site? A contact number? It is there in these sites too. The name of the person? It is also there- some sites gives a male contact names like Raj, Bob... where some sites gives female name like Jenna, Malati, Lata, Aditi... So what else a customer needs? Price list? OK it is also there- silver, gold, platinum, diamond different section, different prices- 10000 Rs to 30000 Rs. Terms and conditions? How could they forget? Price valid for two hours, service depends on availability, tell two hours before if hotel rooms also needed, don't discuss price with the service girl.

When it was searched by using google web search I could get a number of sites, but with google search for Indian pages some sites are disappeared. That means some are not Indian sites. So leave them, anybody can register any domain name. But it also reveals some sites are Indian, where sex for money is not legal.
One of this site has server located in London, and registered through godaddy- a domain registering service. Another Indian site has server located in New York, though it is listed under Indian sites, the reason could be that is registered by Indian. Another site has server in Plano, USA. Interesting thing is that a website is registered by a person addressed in Delhi. Registrant address details is given in a snapshot.

If China could ban on some sites in it territory, why Indian government won't?

You may ask why I have not given links to those sites, not even links in photos? It is called ethics of a blogger. Answer is I'm not advertising those people here. So you don't find any names or phone number here. You get bigger picture by clicking on the pictures.

Economic Meltdown Kisses Biotechnology Research

Finally world economic meltdown kissed biotechnology too. It took time, may not be at that extent other fields are affected, but it is. There are several reasons to say it will continue even after other firms recovers.
I have some friends working for both research institutions and biotechnology companies. One of my friend in an Indian research institution tells they started re-using eppendorf tube which they have never done earlier. Instead of thrown in to dustbin, now they wash it and sterilise. This is because they are not getting sufficient fund from the corporate firms who were always in back of these research. If this continues for quite a long time they may have to stop research. That is true, research works in biotechnology requires a huge fund, that a research institution alone can not afford. So many firms and also government bodies sponsor these research as their corporate social responsibility. At this economic condition how can you expect funds?
While bio tech companies are still seems to be stable at stock market are also running short of research capital. The capital comes from investment companies and most of the investment firms are now at their worst condition. So now, the research in large bio tech firms have also lost support from capital investment firms.If research in bio tech loses support, it could be a worst hit to mankind.
Photo: part of affinity chromatography column; 2007©Akshay Bhagwat