Thursday, November 26, 2009

26/11: Mumbai remembers, nation remembers

Today (November 26) marks the end of a year to the horrific 26/11 attacks that shook the nation. A year ago over 170 people were mercilessly gunned down by terrorists in Mumbai. Today your channel looks back, echoing the public sentiment that we must not forget 26/11, lest we should have to say again that we take pride in being able to get back to the business of living – that by forgetting the day when terrorists wounded us most, we are ‘resilient’ and ‘strong’. TIMES NOW looks back also because those who have held office and squatted in abject incompetence have to be reminded not to make the mistakes of the past.

more:
http://www.timesnow.tv/2611-Mumbai-remembers-nation-remembers/articleshow/4332972.cms

Gateway of India, Mumbai

The Gateway of India (Marathi: भारताचे प्रवेशद्वार) is a monument in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India. Located on the waterfront in Apollo Bunder area in South Mumbai, the Gateway is a basalt arch 26 meters (85 ft) high.

History:
The Gateway of India was built to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Bombay, prior to the Delhi Durbar, in December 1911.

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References:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_of_India

A view of Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai


The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower is a prestigious luxury hotel located in the Colaba region of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, next to the Gateway of India.

The Taj Mahal Palace hotel resort was commissioned in Indo-Saracenic style by Tata and first opened its doors to guests on 16 December 1903.
It is widely believed that Tata decided to build the luxurious hotel after he was refused entry to one of the city's grand hotels of the time, Parke's Apollo Hotel, as it was restricted to 'whites only'. However, this story has been challenged by some commentators that suggest that Jamsedji Tata was unlikely to have been concerned with 'revenge' against his British adversaries. Instead they suggest that the Taj was built at the urging of editor of the Times of India who felt a hotel "worthy of Bombay" was needed
2008 terrorist attack
On 26 November 2008, in a series of terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the hotel (as well as the Oberoi) was attacked, during which material damage occurred including the destruction of the roof of the hotel in the hours afterwards.[4] Hostages were taken during the attacks. At least 167 people were killed[5] in the attacks and 293 wounded[5] (the numbers include casualties at CST railway station, The Oberoi Hotel, Nariman House and the Cama Hospital), including many foreigners. The casualties were mostly Indian citizens, although westerners carrying foreign passports were singled out. Indian commandos killed the Pakistani gunmen barricaded in the hotel to end the three-day battle.

More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal_Palace_%26_Tower






Friday, October 09, 2009

The Chennakesava Temple (ಶ್ರೀ ಚೆನ್ನಕೇಶವ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ) Belur.

The temple was commissioned by Hoysala King Vishnuvardhana in 1117 CE. Scholars are divided about the reason why King Vishnuvardhana commissioned the construction of the temple. The military successes of Vishnuvardhana is considered a probable reason.[1] Some scholars believe Vishnuvardhana commissioned the temple to surpass his overlords, the Western Chalukya Empire (who ruled from Basavakalyan), after his military victories against them.[2]According to another theory, Vishnuvardhana was celebrating his victory against the Cholas of Tamil country in the battle of Talakad, which resulted in the annexation of Gangavadi (modern southern Karnataka) by the Hoysalas.[3] Another explanation points to Vishnuvardhana's conversion from Jainism toVaishnavism, considering this is predominantly a Vaishnava temple.[4] The Hoysalas employed many noted architects and artisans who developed a new architectural tradition, which some historians call Karnata Dravida tradition.[5] A total of 118 inscriptions have been recovered from the temple complex, covering the period between c. 1117 CE to 18th century, which give details of the artists employed, grants made to the temple and renovations.




The Chennakesava Temple (Kannada: ಶ್ರೀ ಚೆನ್ನಕೇಶವ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ) originally called Vijayanarayana Temple(Kannada: ವಿಜಯನಾರಾಯಣ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ) was built on the banks of the Yagachi River in Belur, an early capital of the Hoysala Empire. Belur is 40 km from Hassan city and 220 km from Bangalore, in Hassan district ofKarnataka state, India. Chennakesava literally means "handsome Kesava" and is a form of Hindu God Vishnu. Belur is well-known for its marvelous temples, built during the rule of Hoysala dynasty, making it and nearby Halebidu, a favored tourist destination in Karnataka.

Baba Budangiri / Dattagiri

Dattagiri Hills or Baba Budan Giri Range is a range of mountains in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India. The range, originally known as Chandra Drona Parvatha, takes its current name from the Dattapeeta Cave and 17th century Sufi saint Baba Budan. The Dattagiri or Baba Budan Giri Range includes the highest peaks of Karnataka. Unique mountain flowers called Kurinji blooms in these hill ranges once in every 12 years and the last time this spectacle happened here was in 2006.

Peaks in the Dattagiri Hills/Baba Budan Giri Range include:





Dattagiri / Baba Budangiri (or Bababudangiri or Baba Budan Giri) is a mountain in the Dattagiri Hill Range / Baba Budan Giri Range of theWestern Ghats of India. Located in the Chikkamagaluru District of Karnataka, Dattagiri/ Baba Budangiri is known for its shrine which is a place of pilgrimage for both Hindus and Muslims.

Peaks in the Dattagiri / Baba Budan Giri Range are the Mullayanagiri and Dattagiri/Baba Budangiri (height 1895 m).

Mullayanagiri also spelt Mullayangiri or Mullainagiri is the highest peak in the Baba Budan Giri Range. With a height of 1930 m (6317 ft.), it is the highest peak between the Himalayas and the Nilgiris.


Manikyadhara Falls







Manikyadhara Falls is situated near Kemmangundi of Chikmagalur district. It is located on the Baba Budan Giri HIlls, which is a sacred place for both Muslims and Hindus. It is one of the main attractions of Baba Budan Giri or Dattapeeta.
Location: It is located approximately 40 km from the chickmagalur town.
Water falls have always magnetized the tourists in large. No matter from where you belong, but if you’re a hardcore nature lover and easily get magnetized by the scenic and serene splendor, then waterfalls will certainly catch your attention slickly. Out in Karnataka, India, the Manikyadhara Waterfalls are also intended to lure the tourists coming its way. Located 1 km away from the Baba Budan Giri Range, the Manikyadhara Waterfalls are exhibiting the gorgeousness of a natural element called “water,” that head-on strikes the ground constantly after smoothly flowing at a decent height amid rocks, pebbles and other debris
Locally, these falls are known as Nellikayi Theertha, which is enclosed by the boundaries of Chikmagalur district. Unlike most of the waterfalls, the water here falls in the form of droplets that shimmers when sunrays kisses it. That is why it’s additionally named as “Manikyadhara,” means a string of Pearls. To be precise, the Manikyadhara falls are soulfully nestled within the exquisite hills of Basavangudda and Waddin Gudda Ranges, coupled with the Shola forest, located at the height of 6000 feet above the sea level. For physically challenged tourists, it’s not an easy task to witness the graciousness of Manikyadhara falls because after parking the cars, the tourists ought to climb down around 200 steps to share the glimpse of this marvelous natural creation.

The water remains cold throughout the year, so if you love to get a shower of extremely cold water, especially in summers, then don’t miss the opportunity to feel the purest form of water on your skin. While taking the shower, you will feel the limpidness of the liquid pouring on you and certainly, this experience is undoubtedly rejuvenating. Believers and especially inhabitants believes that you get relieved of ailments, if take a bathe under the falls. Also, it’s a pilgrimage center for the Muslims. Amongst them, it is believed that saint Hazrat Dada Hayath Mir Khalandar along with his 4 disciples crossed into this region, and when he prayed to god, water automatically began falling in the form of this waterfall. Surprisingly, those who take a bathe under this pilgrimage fall leave a piece of their garment here to get a wish fulfilled, which is quite interesting.

Mullayanagiri (ಮುಳ್ಳಯ್ಯನಗಿರಿ)











ullayanagiri (Kannada: ಮುಳ್ಳಯ್ಯನಗಿರಿ) (also spelt Mullayangiri or Mullainagiri), is the highest peak in Karnataka, India. Mullayanagiri is located in the Baba Budan Giri Range of theWestern Ghats. With a height of 1930 m (6317 ft.), it is the highest peak between the Himalayas and the Nilgiris.

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Bronze Tiger


Mysore palace

The Palace of Mysore(Kannada: ಮೈಸೂರು ಅರಮನೆ) is a palace situated in the city of Mysore, southern India. It was the official residence of the former royal family of Mysore, and also housed the durbar (ceremonial meeting hall of the royal court).
Mysore has a number of historic palaces, and is commonly described as the City of Palaces. However, the term "Palace of Mysore" specifically refers to one of these palaces, Amba Vilas. The palace was commissioned in 1897, and its construction was completed in 1912. It is now one of the most famous tourist attractions in Mysore.
Mysore palace was initially built during the Muslim Dynasty of Haider and Tipu. After their downfall, the Wodeyars rebuilt and refurnished the architectural style of the Mysore Palace from the Muslim way to that of Hindu. Temples were created and idols of Hindu dieties were carved onto the structure.


Thursday, January 22, 2009

Can You Read it..?? Splelling is not important

I ' m one of the 55. Are You?

Don ' t even think about using spell check!!!!!!! !

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Thursday, January 01, 2009

Happy new year 09


We have taken a long journey to reach this stage of life. I'm sure it must havebeen an exciting journey with a mixture of happiness and at the same time lot many hurdles.

Lets hope the new year favours our journey of life with better achievements andprospects, fade away the hurdles, and ameliorate our purpose of life.
Wish you a very happy and prosperous New yoar .09

Friday, December 12, 2008

8 things India Inc, govt must do against Pakistan

1. Recognise and treat Pakistan as a terrorist state. The state policy of Pakistan is terrorism and their single-point programme is to destroy India. This needs to be internalised by every business baron including the owners of media.

2. Now, the elite of Pakistan are more angry, since India is growing at 7% and they are given CCC rating and stiff conditions for borrowing from the IMF.
Many an academic from that country, who I have met in global conferences, has openly lamented that nobody talks about Indo-Pak relations anymore, but only Indo-China or Indo-American, etc. They want to be equal but they are in deep abyss.

3. Pakistan is the only territory in the world where an army has a whole country under its control. This is an important issue since studies have found that a large number of corporates in Pakistan are ultimately owned by the Fauji Foundation (FF), Army Welfare Trust (AWT) Bahria Foundation (BF), Shaheen Foundation (SF) all owned by different wings of armed forces (See paper presented by Dr Ayesha Siddiqa-Agha on 'Power, Perks, Prestige And Privileges: Military's Economic Activities In Pakistan' in The International Conference on Soldiers in Business -- Military as an Economic Actor; Jakarta, October 17-19, 2000).
Hence, do not try to think of Pakistan without its army, irrespective of who rules that country temporarily and nominally. At least 70% of the market capitalisation of the Karachi stock exchange is owned by the army and related groups.

4. There are three groups in India, who are obsessed with friendship with Pakistan. One is the oldies born in that part before partition and who are nostalgic about the Lahore havelis, halwas and mujras. The second is the Bollywood and other assorted groups, who look at it as a big market. The Dawood gang has financed enough of these useful idiots. The third is the candle light holding bleeding heart liberals (BHLs) who cannot imagine India doing well without its younger brother taken care of.
All three have been proved wrong hundreds of times, but they are also opinion makers. Shun them, avoid them and ridicule them.

5. We should categorically, unambiguously, unequivocally boycott Pakistan in all aspects for a decade or more. Be it art, music, economy, commerce, or other hand-holding activities. That army-controlled state has to realise that it has done enough damage to global civilisation.
More than 100 acts/attempts of terror recorded in the world since 9/11 have had their roots in Pakistan. More than 40% of the prisoners in Guantanamo are Pakistanis.

6. We should recognise that it is our war and nobody in the world is going to wage it on our behalf. What the Americans are thinking, or what the Britishers are going to do, will not help. A determined country should have a sense of dignity and independence to fight its war.
We should stop interviewing leaders from that country who mouth the same inanities that "you have not produced any proof." The Government of India should perhaps create a museum of proof between India Gate and North Block.
I am amazed that a country of a billion is required even to furnish proof. If one-sixth of humanity says that the terrorist state of Pakistan is the root cause of global terrorism -- it is factual. Let us not fall into the trap of providing proof to the culprits.

7. We should realise that a united Pakistan is a grave threat to the existence of India. Hence, we should do everything possible to break up Pakistan into several units. This is required to be done not only for our interest, but for world peace.

8. We have made a grave blunder by suggesting in the international fora that "Pakistan is also a victim of terror." That is a grave error and it will haunt us for decades. They are perpetrators and our government is in deep illusion if it tries to distinguish between organs of power in that country thinking it is like India.

Credit:R Vaidyanathan
More:http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/dec/10mumterror-8-things-india-inc-govt-must-do-against-pakistan.htm

12 steps to shock-and-awe Pakistan's economy

1. Identify the major export items of Pakistan (like Basmati rice, carpets, etc) and provide zero export tax or even subsidise them for export from India. Hurt Pakistan on the export front.

2. Identify the major countries providing arms to Pakistan and arm twist them. Tell Brazil and Germany (currently planning to supply massive defense items to Pakistan) that it will impact their ability to invest in India. Tell Germany that retail license to Metro will be off and other existing projects will be in jeopardy.

3. Incidentally, after the arrival of Coke and Pepsi in China, the human rights violations of China are not talked about much by US government organs. Think it is a coincidence? Unless we use our markets to arm-twist arms exporters to Pakistan, we will not achieve our objectives.

4. Tell American companies that for every 5% increase in FDI limit for them, their government needs to reduce equipping Pakistan by $5 billion. That is real politics, not whining. Let us remember that funds are in desperate search of emerging markets and not the other way about. Let us also remember that international economics is politics by another name.

5. Create assets to print/distribute their currency widely inside their country. To some extent, Telgi types can be used to outsource this activity. Or just drop their notes in remote areas.

6. Pressurise IMF to add additional conditionality to the loans given to them or at least do not vote for their loans.

7. Create assets within Pakistan to destabilise Karachi stock market - it is already in a shambles.

8. Cricket and Bollywood are the opium of the Indian middle classes. Both have been adequately manipulated/ controlled by the D-company since the eighties. Chase the D-company money in cricket/ Bollywood and punish by burning D-assets in India instead of trying to have them auctioned by the IT department when nobody comes to bid for it.

9. Provide for capital punishment to those who fund terror and help in that. We have the division in the finance ministry to monitor money laundering, etc. It is important that terror financing is taken seriously and fully integrated into money laundering monitoring systems and this division is provided with much larger budget and human resources. And it should coordinate with RAW.

10. Encourage and allow scientists/ academicians/ elites of Pakistan to opt for Indian passport and widely publicise that fact since it will hurt their self-respect and dignity. There will be a long queue to get Indian passports -- many will jump to get our passport -- since they will not be stopped at international airports. It is rumoured that Adnan Sami wants one. Do not give passports to all -- make it a prized possession. Let it hurt the army- and ISI-controlled country. This one step will destroy their identity and self-confidence.

11. Discourage companies from India from investing in Pakistan, particularly IT companies, till Pakistan stops exporting its own IT (international terrorism).

12. In all these, it is important that we do not bring in the domestic religious issues. The target is the terror central, namely Pakistan, and if there are elements helping them here then they also should be punished -- irrespective of religious labels. If Pakistan is dismantled and the idea of Pakistan is gone, many of our domestic issues will also be sorted out.

credit:R Vaidyanathan
more:http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2008/dec/11mumterror-12-steps-to-shock-and-awe-pak-economy.htm

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Pak constructing missile silos near Indian border

Pakistan is constructing missile launch silos near its border with India and has recently moved a number of missiles towards the area, a report on Monday said, quoting US intelligence officials.
The missile launch sites are believed to be for short-range M-11s (originally obtained from China and duplicated now under the name of Hatf in Pakistan), which US intelligence agencies believe are in the process of being taken out of storage and deployed.
The officials told The Washington Times that they have learnt that five new missile launch sites are being built in eastern Pakistan and have already identified the exact location of three of the new sites.
Additionally, a convoy of some 95 trucks was spotted at a missile-storage facility in Sargodha. The trucks are believed to be for transporting missiles to areas in the northern part of the country.
Intelligence reports also indicated that Pakistan is preparing to move additional M-11 missiles from southern Pakistan to areas in the northeastern part of the country.




more:http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/jan/14pak2.htm?mh

Mumbai attack.


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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Laser instrument on board Chandrayaan-1 activated


The Lunar Laser Ranging Instrument (LLRI), one of the 11 scientific instruments on board Chandrayaan-1, was activated on Sunday, when the spacecraft was passing over the western part of the Moon’s visible atmosphere.
A press release from the Indian Space Research Organisation said the LLRI was a radar that would generate information on the height of hills, mountains, and depth of craters and valleys of the Moon.
It sent high-energy lasers towards a strip of the moon’s surface and they would be reflected to the spacecraft. With this, the instrument can measure the height or depth of the Moon’s hills or craters.
An ISRO official said if the laser returned late, it signified the presence of a crater or a valley. If it came back early, it meant there was a mountain or a hill.


Saturday, November 01, 2008

ISRO New product....

Adding a feather to its cap, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch its own satellite imagery on the Internet six months from now, rivalling popular mapping service Google Earth.
"Our images are better than good. These images will be on our website six months from now," ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair told newspersons here after receiving the Rammohan Puraskar.
Pointing out that certain locations with high security risks were prohibited by law from being imaged, he said, "We are figuring that out. The remaining places, of course, would be on the net."
Earlier, while receiving the award, Nair pointed out that India had the world's largest constellation of Remote Sensing Satellites (RSS).
"With seven satellites in orbit, our Remote Sensing Satellites provide imagery of the earth in a variety of spectral bands and with a resolution of better than one metre. Data from our Remote Sensing Satellites are received at about 20 stations across various parts of the globe including the US and Europe," he said.


more : http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14679664

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