Senior photographer M.R. Manjunath, who was felicitated by MDJA this morning, is seen with (from left) MDJA President K. Deepak, senior press photographers from Bangalore K. Gopinathan and Abdul Hafeez, General Secretary K.J. Lokesh Babu and Treasurer S.R. Madhusudhan.
Mysore :
As part of World Photography Day today, Mysore District Photographers and Videographers Association had organised a unique programme of clicking photographs of traffic violators in city this morning.
Nearly 35 photographers, went about clicking photographs of those violating traffic rules and sent the same to the office of City Police Commissioner Dr. M.A. Saleem.
At 6 pm, City Police Commissioner Dr. M.A. Saleem will inaugurate a function at Ideal Jawa Rotary School auditorium ,where former Presidents of the Association L. Mahesh and H. Rajagopal would be felicitated. MLA M.K. Somashekar, Leader of the Opposition in MCC Nagabhushan, senior Congress leader Shivegowda and Corporator P. Prashanth will be the chief guests. Association President K.U. Verghese, Vice-President Mukund Singh, Secretary N. Umesh and others were present.
At MDJA
The Mysore District Journalists Association (MDJA) had also organised a function to felicitate senior photographer M.R. Manjunath of Prajavani, Hubli, at its premises on Thyagaraja Road in city this morning.
Senior press photographers from Bangalore Abdul Hafeez and K. Gopinathan were the chief guests. MDJA President K. Deepak spoke. An exhibition of photographs clicked by city press photographers were displayed on the occasion.
MDJA Vice-President Ravikumar, Gen. Secretary K.J. Lokesh Babu and others were present.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / August 19th, 2014
It’s an heirloom Anglo-Indian cuisine food festival at the Vivanta by Taj-Connemara, a top chef said, proudly showing a 108-year-old notebook containing recipes of a bygone era.
“The deciphering of the handwritten recipes in the notebook was the only challenge we faced while bringing back to life the dishes mentioned in it,” Arzooman Irani, executive chef at Vivanta by Taj-Whitefield Bangalore, told IANS here.
He was here to host the “Chronicles of Whitefield” Anglo-Indian food festival at Vivanta by Taj-Connemara Chennai located on the Binny Road here at The Verandah restaurant Aug 22-31.
The Made in Austria note book contains the recipes of around 120 dishes.
“It was the family recipe book handwritten by Harry Blake, one of the original settlers of Whitefield near Bangalore. The notebook was handed over to us by his granddaughter,” Irani said as he served a ginger wine.
The non-alcoholic drink surprised one with its sweetness – and the ginger flavour that followed.
What is unique about the dishes is that they are not very spicy nor are they bland. The dishes are very tasty, flavourful, mild and light on the stomach.
The only spicy item is the fried masala prawn which Blake himself has termed spicy prawn.
“The dishes are made with locally available ingredients. While Blake made his fish curry with the fish caught in the local lake/pond, the prawns came from Madras (Chennai),” Irani said.
He said the whereabouts of Blake’s granddaughter are not known as she has shifted after her husband’s demise.
“She gave us the notebook two years back. We started our work after that and launched the menu at our hotel in Whitefield recently,” Irani remarked, adding that 35 of the 120 recepies were being served.
The ginger wine was followed by mulligatawny soup – a broth made with lentils and pepper. Blake gave a fruity twist to the soup by adding finely cut apples.
For the main course, Irani offered rice varieties – coconut, tomato, cabbage – along with vegetable stew, muttonball curry, country captain chicken curry and Blake’s signature dish – Harry’s fish curry.
The vegetable stew made with coconut was different from the Kerala variety, which is spicier than Blake’s stew.
Similarly the muttonball curry and the country captain chicken curry were very flavourful and not spicy and could be safely consumed by children as well as adults.
The tasty fish curry gave out the good flavours of mustard.
“True the dishes are not very spicy. But this is how the Anglo-Indians settled in Whitefield cooked their food and ate. We also checked with other Anglo-Indian families there who said their dishes are not spicy,” Irani said.
“For the present generation, we offer an experience. It is an experience of going back into the history and tasting the dishes made during those times,” Irani said.
A meal for two, without alcohol, would cost around Rs. 3,500 including taxes, said Irani.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> LifeStyle> Food / by IANS / August 21st, 2014
A session at WorkBench projects where people explore their creativity / by Special Arrangement
WorkBench Projects, by Pavan Kumar and Anupama Prakash, aims to “put the power of innovation in every hand”
Pavan Kumar, CEO and founder of WorkBench Projects / by Special Arrangement / The Hindu
So you have a brilliant idea, a fertile imagination, but you don’t have the resources and support system to create something great. WorkBench Projects, founded by Pavan Kumar, a mechanical engineer, and co-founded by Anupama Prakash, is the answer to your dilemma. Their mission is to spark creativity and innovation among those with engineering and artistic aptitude.
Anupama Prakash, co-founder WorkBench Projects /. The Hindu
WorkBench Projects is currently a maker space in a garage in Kanakapura Road. The facility has hand/power tools and workbenches for people to explore their creativity and the ‘maker spirit’ in them by pursuing their passions from wood-working to mural making and exploring the basics of electronics and gadgetry. “People from all over the city have been coming to this space. They didn’t mind travelling a long distance to get here,” says the enterprising Anupama, who has an MA in Gallery Studies and Critical Curating from the University of Essex.
Seeing the work the duo has done in the garage, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has sanctioned a prime space in the Ulsoor Metro Station to set up a maker space. “People from all backgrounds will be able to explore their creativity in this space. The facility will be loaded with all tools and machines, from a CNC router, 3D printer, laser etching machine etc,” says Anupama. She adds that along with tools and machines, mentorship will be provided. “We will be facilitators. We will help you understand where you are heading and hook you up with the right people. It doesn’t necessarily have to conclude into something definite, but if there is potential, we will be the accelerators.”
The facility will be formally launched in November this year. As a build-up to the launch, the duo has initiated a fortnightly Maker Weekend, which will be held in collaboration with BMRCL. The first Maker Weekend will be held in the city tomorrow. There will be a panel discussion involving the maker community, a Western Classical music concert by Heart Strings and a four-hour woodworking workshop. “The focus of the panel discussion is to know what other makers are doing. The participants are from a cross-section of demographics. We have a veteran maker, who used to build RC airplanes during his free time. There is another hard-core electronics engineer who has converted his basement into a wonderful studio for making replicas of antique clocks! A lady has her own terrace garden, where she grows vegetables for three to four families. Another participant is a college student. We have a lecturer from an architecture college. He is a maker too. He finds geniuses among his students and encourages them to go beyond architecture. We want to know how he becomes an inspiration. Another participant is a lawyer on patents. He will describe what a patent is and how to validate a piece of work for a patent.”
There is a vast talent pool of innovative and creative people in the country. Anupama says the Indian education system focuses more on knowledge-based learning than on skill-based learning and that is really where the problem lies. There are thousands of graduates every year with freshly-minted degrees, but without any practical knowledge on how to convert ideas into reality. Through their initiative, Anupama and Pavan seek to nudge people into a direction. To create a successful structure, system or product, what is important, Anupama says, is ‘disruptive innovation.’ She says that one must not fear failure. “It’s about making a mistake and leading you to the next great step.”
Maker Weekend at Rangoli Metro Art Centre, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. For registration for the wood working workshop, the cost for which is Rs.800, call 9663090123 or mail info@workbenchprojects.com.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Features> MetroPlus / by Shravasti Datta / Bangalore – August 22nd, 2014
TAPMI professor, Dr A Sivakumar’s Case on UPSL- Exploring Operations Strategy Options won the Best Case under Operations Category of ISB – Ivey Global Case Competition 2014. The award, $2000, is being sponsored by Amazon.
The ISB-Ivey Global Case Competition was launched in 2010, has gained prominence in India and abroad and is widely considered an important source for India-centric cases by B-Schools around the globe. An internationally acclaimed subject expert’s panel judges each case in a double-blind review process and provide feedback.
This year, an unprecedented 109 entries from more than 50 B-schools in India and abroad were received including from the United States, Canada, Australia and Switzerland. The cases spanned different management areas such as Strategy, Marketing and Leadership, as well the growing areas of interest such as, Social Enterprise and Business Ethics. This competition plays a critical role in promoting the development of new case material and the use of the case method in management education.
The top cases from this competition are published to the global audience through Ivey Publishing and Harvard Publishing the two largest sources of business cases in the world. Winners in other categories include Academics from IIM-A, SP Jain, MDI.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Mangalore / Stanley Pinto, TNN / August 22nd, 2014
Mysore City Corporation’s offer to pay compensation of `1.99 crore to take possession of renowned writer R K Narayan’s house in Yadavagiri has been rejected by one of the three legal heirs of the building.
This comes as yet another setback for the MCC after it received no response to the global tender of `35 lakh floated to renovate the building. After being pulled up by the Urban Development Department for delaying work on the building, MCC took the matter seriously and began consulting Narayan’s legal heirs.
According to sources, Bhuvaneshwari, Narayan’s granddaughter, has demanded that MCC pay compensation according to the market value. The civic body plans to convert the building into a memorial as a tribute to the writer.
On Thursday, Bhuvaneshwari visited MCC, which had invited her to finalise the compensation before the building could be taken into their possession. During her meeting with MCC commissioner P G Ramesh, assistant commissioner Veena and Zone 6 development officer Jagadish, the authorities said they would pay `1.99 crore according to the guidance value fixed by the government. However, Bhuvaneshwari did not agree. According to MCC sources, she demanded they pay compensation of `3 crore.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Karnataka / by Yathiraju / August 23rd, 2014
A towering figure in the world of letters, Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy, who died on Friday, was modern in his sensibilities and intellectual underpinnings in his literary works questioned many deeply-held beliefs.
Like his literary works, Ananthamurthy’s strong political views were also striking, often landing him in unseemly situations and controversies. A multi-faceted personality and rated as one of the best writers in the country, 82-year old Ananthamurthy has won acclaim from critics and fans alike.
In his literary life, the Kannada writer has won the Padma Bhushan in 1998, Jnanpith award in 1994, the state Rajyothsava award in 1984, while his nomination for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize brought him to the attention of a Western audience. He was also the Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala during late 1980s.
A socialist in political belief, he also tried to dabble in politics contesting the Lok Sabha and Rajya elections once each unsuccessfully and courted controversies quite often with his views that generally were against BJP and Sangh Parivar.
At the height of the recent Lok Sabha poll campaign, Ananthamurthy had said he would leave the country if Narendra Modi becomes Prime Minister but later did a U-turn, saying the remark was made when he was overcome by emotion.
“That was too much to say because I can’t go anywhere except India,” he had said but his remarks had raised the hackles of BJP and many others who questioned his “intolerant” attitude and disrespect towards a possible popular mandate in favour of Modi.
Ananthamurthy had said if Modi comes to power it may result in a “shift in our civilisation.” “I have a feeling that we may slowly lose our democratic rights or civil rights when there is a bully. But much more than that when there is a bully we become cowards.”
source: http://www.indianexpress.com / The Indian Express / Home> India> India-Others / Press Trust of India, Bangalore / August 22nd, 2014
Aliyeh Rizvi used to run a niche design store called Native Place many years ago. It encapsulated her love for handcrafted traditions, nostalgia and fading remnants of culture. She took to passionate blogging subsequently to revisit everything that Bangalore stands for. Native Place no longer exists as a physical space but it is now a “collaborative mind space that works to build awareness of Bangalore’s local history and culture through curated experiences, travel writing and city based collaterals. It explores ways in which information can be used to create meaning and build a deeper connect.”
In a chat with City Express, she talks about the many projects she has undertaken to keep the memory of a genteel city alive that is now being overtaken by change at every level.
Poignant memories
The best memories I have are of Bangalore’s trees and gardens, and a life lived among them. Avenues were awash with different colours all through the year, jacaranda petals fell on our shoulders as we passed. Large family picnics were organised in Cubbon Park and Lalbagh when the weather was good. I miss the beautiful bungalows that had lovely large gardens: fruits, flowers and scented plants. I miss the Queen of the Night that bloomed after sunset, scenting an entire lane with its fragrance. We made passion fruit juice and gooseberry jam from our own fruit trees and compound walls had moss! Which means it was traditionally a cold, damp climate where early morning baths were always accompanied by shivering!
A Turquoise Cloud
I blog and write offline about the Bangalore I grew up in, to save it from vanishing. The city is my home and I am rooted in it. My blog, A Turquoise Cloud, is an archive of information and stories about local culture, city people and our symbolic spaces. The city I grew up with was being knocked down rapidly and it was becoming increasingly difficult to connect with it physically. Houses I had played in were now hi-rise buildings. The local grocery store I stopped at for sweets after school had disappeared. Trees were cut down, roads had changed. Streetscapes in the city were altered forever. I felt a terrible sense of displacement in my own hometown. I could not recognise or identify with it anymore.
That’s why we old Bangaloreans spend so much time in sentimental nostalgia and B&W photographs. It’s our only way of coping with loss.
So where does one go to find this other Bangalore? I chose to recreate it online, where it can stay virtually untouched. ATC is a space where I create a context for the present through memories, images and stories of the city. I choose to focus on the present, by giving it a meaning through the past.
historical connect
One of my most memorable projects was as Curator, Centre for Public History, Srishti School of Art Design and Technology where I co-facilitated a successful Public History Project titled ‘The Tiger Comes to Town’ to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Archaeological Survey of India. The focus was the Bangalore Fort in Bangalore’s busy Kalasipalayam area and its role in local history during the 18th Sultanate, the time of Tipu Sultan, and the Third Anglo-Mysore War of 1791.
It aimed to reconnect the public with their local heritage sites through deeper engagement, build awareness and instil pride in the same. It combined elements from oral history, design, academic enquiry and performance so students could look at multiple ways to engage with the site during the course of the project. The outcome was a true city project in more ways than one.
breakfast specials
One of my most popular posts was the Bangalore Breakfast Special, since the and the eating out-breakfast tradition is so unique to our city. I wrote that Bangaloreans love their breakfast and discuss it intensely.
Replies flooded in with suggestions to try other favourite joints, NRIs posted with intense nostalgia for iconic restaurants mentioned, more discussions about food happened, vows to visit, and even arguments over the best idlis-and dosas! Like I said, we are obsessed with our tiffin! It is always wonderful when people write in with comments and stories of their own, volunteer to share information and photographs.
We also have a page on Facebook for daily interactions and information. The blog allows you to access information by usage (eat, breathe, know) and geography (north, south, east). All posts are research intensive and constructed to provide comprehensive information, painstakingly collected, in one place.
It often takes days to track down information, locate people or join the dots, but it has to be done. In this space, I can now see the Bangalore I know and love.
Back to Native Place
Native Place is the seed of an idea which will hopefully grow into a larger organisation where people interested in the city can work together on creating new formats for city history and culture based projects- through documentation, interactions, performance and information based collateral.
Perhaps knowing a little more will build a relationship, create protectiveness and then generate the ownership we require so badly right now. Our website will be up soon and city based activities will hopefully start with the onset of the festive season.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Bangalore / by Express News Service / August 19th, 2014
M.S. Subbanna, Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), City Armed Reserve (CAR) Police has won the CM’s Vishist Seva Medal for the year 2014.
Currently, Subbanna is serving the Chamundi Commando Force. He is the son of M.V. Subbajetty and Rangamma of city. He joined Police service on Jan. 31, 1977 and has served in Palace Security and at MM Hills. The coveted honour has been bestowed on him in recognition of his honest and good service.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / August 17th, 2014
Alternative form of medicine with Chinese origins gets its own association for promotion
Cupping therapy, an alternative form of medicine with Chinese origins, is trying to find its space in the city. The International Cupping Association of India was officially inaugurated on Tuesday, and Dr Badruzzama Nadeem, a practising Unani physician who is the moving force behind it, has plans to take it to Chennai, Bhubaneswar, and Patna by the end of next month.
Cupping is an ancient practice where heated cup-like devices are used to create suctions on the skin. These suctions are believed by practitioners to not only detox the body but also help relieve pain in the spinal cord, neck, and shoulder region.
Dr Nadeem explained, “When suction is applied, blood from a radius of three centimetres from where the cup is placed is sucked into the bump.” Practitioners believe that ‘impure blood’ gets collected in one place and blood circulation gets better once the cup is released. They also hold that the method detoxifies the body.
Cupping can be broadly classified into two types — dry and wet. While dry cupping is practised using suction cups made of silicone, rubber, or fibre where the air is sucked out, wet cupping follows the same process except for the little incision made in the bump for ‘impure blood’ to trickle out — a procedure known as controlled bleeding.
A third form of cupping is fire cupping. Here, a cotton ball is soaked in 70 percent alcohol which is then held by a pair of forceps and lit. The lit cotton ball is then placed into the cup and removed as soon as it is placed. Practitioners say the process removes oxygen from inside the cup. It is then placed on the skin quickly to create a small amount of suction as the hot air inside the cup cools.
Dr. Nadeem founded the association, which was inaugurated by Health Minister UT Khader, in a bid to increase awareness. “At the moment there are not more than 65 practitioners in Bangalore,” he said.
INEXPENSIVE, AND HOT
Cupping as an alternate form of therapy is yet to catch on in Bangalore, despite being inexpensive. Treatments can rangeanywhere from Rs 100 to Rs 500 for dry cupping. “Since wet cupping requires experts, it can range from Rs 200 to Rs 1,500. At the moment we get six to seven patients a day, most of them due to word of mouth,” explained Dr Nadeem.
source: http://www.bangaloremirror.com / Bangalore Mirror / Home> Bangalore> Others / by Tapasya Mitra Mazumder, Bangalore Mirror Bureau / August 20th, 2014
It’s official. Rearing and selling Japanese quails is not illegal in the state anymore. The state government has lifted a three-year-old ban, after a recent directive from the Centre removed Japanese quail from schedule IV of The Indian Wildlife Protection Act (TIWPA). Till recently, the state forest department not only prohibited rearing and selling the bird, but also booked those who sold it. All this even as neighbouring Tamil Nadu allowed Japanese quail farming, including farming and trading.
Demand is high for quail meat and eggs / Photo: en.wikipedia.org
But with the Centre’s directive in July, followed by the state’s order withdrawing the prohibition in August, it’s hoped that the long prevailing confusion over Japanese quail among breeders, wildlife volunteers, and pet traders will finally come to an end.
Farming and trading in Japanese quail (known as gowjala hakki locally) was in disarray as forest officials, as well as the forest department’s investigative cell, constantly raided outlets selling meat and eggs, both of which are in demand. Not stopping there, even those who brought Japanese quails and their eggs from neighbouring states were booked by forest sleuths here. Traders faced repeated harassment in the form of stock seizures and booking of cases under various sections of TIWPA.
NO LICENCE REQUIRED
The sleuths had justified their actions based on a September 2011 directive from the Centre, which asked state governments not to issue fresh licences either for Japanese quail farming or to expand existing facilities. The directive had cited the inclusion of Japanese quail in schedule IV of TIWPA.
As a result, thousands of people who wanted to set up quail farms in the state, as well as retailers who wanted to sell quail eggs, found their applications in limbo. The new order has dismantled the licensing system.
State Forest Department brass confirmed that there is no more need for a licence, which was mandatory till recently. Chief Wildlife Warden and Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF), Karnataka, Vinay Luthra, told Bangalore Mirror: “Japanese quail has been removed from all the schedules of TIWPA. Henceforth, no prior permission is needed to rear or trade in it. There is no need for a licence either.”
Rearing and selling Japanese quail will henceforth be hassle-free in the state, experts said. “Definitely this order is a boon to this sector. Quail is a very good bird to rear as poultry. The demand for Japanese quail meat and egg is high, and the trade has scope for expansion. With the ban gone, hatcheries will get eggs and chicks without any trouble,” said Prakash Sannamani, a doctorate holder and specialist in Japanese quail.
source: http://www.bangaloremirror.com / Bangalore Mirror / Home> Bangalore> Others / by Chetan R, Bangalore Mirror Bureau / August 21st, 2014
