ರಾವ್ ಬಹದ್ದೂರ್ ಧರ್ಮಪ್ರವರ್ತ ಗುಬ್ಬಿ ತೋಟದಪ್ಪನವರ ಜಯಂತ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ- ೨೦೧೨ ಮಾರ್ಚ್ ೧೦

ರಾವ್ ಬಹದ್ದೂರ್ ಧರ್ಮಪ್ರವರ್ತ ಗುಬ್ಬಿ ತೋಟದಪ್ಪನವರ ಜಯಂತ್ಯೋತ್ಸವವನ್ನು ಬಹಳ ಸರಳವಾಗಿ ಮತ್ತು ಅರ್ಥಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ತೋಟದಪ್ಪ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ ನಿಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಇತ್ತೀಚಿಗೆ ಅಂದರೆ ೨೦೧೨ ಮಾರ್ಚ್ ೧೦ರಂದು ಹಿರಿಯ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ ಬಳಗ ರಾವ್ ಬಹದ್ದೂರ್ ಧರ್ಮಪ್ರವರ್ತ ಗುಬ್ಬಿ ತೋಟದಪ್ಪ ಧರ್ಮಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಸಹಯೋಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಚರಿಸಿತು. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ವಾಹನ ದಟ್ಟನೆ ಈ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಕ್ಕೂ ತನ್ನ ಇರುವಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ತೋರಿಸಿತ್ತು, ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ತಡವಾಗಿಯೇ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ ಶುರುವಾಗಲು ಕಾರಣವಾಯಿತು! ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಕ್ಕೆ ಮುನ್ನವೇ ಬಡಿಸಿದ ಕೇಸರಿಬಾತು ಉಪ್ಪಿಟ್ಟು ಬಾಯಿಗೆ ರುಚಿಯನ್ನು, ಬಡಿಸುತಿದ್ದ ನಮ್ಮ ನಿಲಯದ ಭಟ್ಟರ ನಗು ಮನಸಿಗೆ ಖುಷಿಯನ್ನು ನೀಡಿತು. ಮೊದಲಿಗೆ ವಚನ ಗಾಯನ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ ನಿಗದಿಯಾಗಿತ್ತು, ಖ್ಯಾತ ಹಿಂದುಸ್ಥಾನಿ ಗಾಯಕರಾದ ಪಂಡಿತ್ ಶಿವಾನಂದ ಹೆರೂರ ತಮ್ಮ ವಚನಗಳ ಮೂಲಕ ನೆರೆದಿದ್ದ ಹಿರಿಯ ಮತ್ತು ನಿಲಯದ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಗಮನ ಸೆಳೆದರು, ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ನಿದ್ದೆಯನ್ನೂ ಬರಿಸಿದರು ಎಂದರೂ ತಪ್ಪಿಲ್ಲ, ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಅಷ್ಟು ಮಗ್ನ ಭಾವದಿಂದ ವಚನಗಾಯನವನ್ನ ಆಲಿಸಿದರು. ಮುಖ್ಯ ಅತಿಥಿಗಳಾಗಿ ಐ.ಎ.ಎಸ್. ಅಧಿಕಾರಿ ಡಾ|| ಸಿ ಸೋಮಶೇಖರ ಮತ್ತು ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷತೆಯನ್ನು ಧರ್ಮಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಕಾರ್ಯದರ್ಶಿಗಳಾದ ಶ್ರೀ ಜಯಲಿಂಗಪ್ಪನವರು ವಹಿಸಿದ್ದರು. ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಕ್ಕೆ ಅತಿಥಿಗಳಾಗಿ ಶ್ರೀ ರೇವಣ್ಣಸಿದ್ದಯ್ಯಐ.ಪಿ.ಎಸ್ ಮತ್ತು ಹಿರಿಯ ಧರ್ಮದರ್ಶಿಗಳು ಹಾಗು ಹಳೆಯ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳೂ ಆದ ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಜೇಶ್ವರ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿಗಳು ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿದ್ದರು. ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿರಿಯ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಬಳಗದ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರಾದ ಶ್ರೀ ಚಿಕ್ಕಕರಿಯಪ್ಪ ಮತ್ತು ಮತ್ತೊಬ್ಬ ಹಿರಿಯ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ ಹಾಗು ಖ್ಯಾತ ನಿರೂಪಕ ಶ್ರೀ ಹರೀಶ್ ಅವರನ್ನು ಸನ್ಮಾನಿಸಲಾಯಿತು. ಸನ್ಮಾನಿತರು ಮಾತನಾಡಿ ತಮ್ಮ ತೋಟದಪ್ಪ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ ನಿಲಯದಲ್ಲಿನ ಅನುಭವಗಳನ್ನ ಮತ್ತು ಬದುಕಿನ ಯಶೋಗಾಥೆಗೆ ತೋಟದಪ್ಪ ನಿಲಯದ ಕೊಡುಗೆಯನ್ನು ಸ್ಮರಿಸಿದರು. ಮುಖ್ಯ ಅತಿಥಿಗಳಾಗಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿದ್ದ ಸೋಮಶೇಖರ್ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಎಂದಿನ ಶೈಲಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನ ಮಾಡಿದರು. ಅವರ ಮಾತುಗಳನ್ನು ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ ಮತ್ತು ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿನಿಯರೆಲ್ಲರೂ ಏಕ ಚಿತ್ತದಿಂದ ಆಲಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದುದು ಸರ್ವೇ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಹಾಸ್ಯ, ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ವೇದಾಂತ ಮತ್ತು ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಬುದ್ದಿ ಮಾತುಗಳಿಂದ ಎಲ್ಲರ ಮನ ಸೂರೆಗೊಂಡರು. ನಂತರ ಮಾತನಾಡಿದ ಶ್ರೀ ರೇವಣ್ಣಸಿದ್ದಯ್ಯನವರು ಎಂದಿನಂತೆ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ ಜೀವನದ ಮುಖ್ಯ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯಗಳನ್ನ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಮನದಟ್ಟು ಮಾಡಿಕೊಟ್ಟು, ಇಂಥಹ ಸುಂದರ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮವನ್ನ ಆಯೋಜಿಸಿದ ಹಿರಿಯ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ ಬಳಗದ ಶ್ರಮವನ್ನ ಶ್ಲಾಘಿಸಿದರು. ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷತೆ ವಹಿಸಿದ್ದ ಶ್ರೀ ಜಯಲಿಂಗಪ್ಪನವರು ಮಾತನಾಡಿ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಅನಿಸಿಕೆಗಳನ್ನು ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು. ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದ ಕೊನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಹೇಮಚಂದ್ರ ಸಾಗರ್ ರವರು ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಂದರ್ಶನ ತರಬೇತಿ ನೀಡಿದರು.
ಒಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಸುಂದರ ಸಂಜೆಗೆ ತೋಟದಪ್ಪನವರ ಜಯಂತ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ ಅನುವು ಮಾಡಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿತು.

ಕೊನೆಗೆ ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಸೇರಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟ ಪೋಸು ಇಲ್ಲಿದೆ ನೋಡಿ. ಯಾರಾದರೂ ಈ ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೆ ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು ಮುಂದಿನ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಗಿಯುವ ತನಕ ಕಾಯಬೇಕಾಗಿ ಕೊರಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತೇವೆ..:-)

It is a matter of our lab's credibility!

We were on track, we have been undergoing loooooooooong working days since many days, that day it was a 1x1 meeting with my manager. He was so upset that we may miss a schedule(though we completed all tasks before schedule date). While talking he said we should be focused and "It is a matter of our lab's credibility", If we miss any schedule we may lose that credibility globally.....

Enough, i am not going to write here about my office story. But I am really worried how can our administrators/bureaucrats and (I don't know which adjective i need to use here) Politicians miss many schedules, many targets in organizing Commonwealth Games. Yes, it is a matter of our country's credibility in world, it is a matter of our country's will to execute one of the big sport event. The statement made by manager made me ponder not about the lab but about the country. while on my way back to home I was thinking what could be the reasons..due to our bureaucrats? politicians? or lack of commitment in government bodies or lack of people like my manager in government sector and many, list goes on...and again people of country helpless!

The only thing we can do for the success of CWG is to watch games. Lets do that...Wish all the very best to CWG..:)

Last byte:If I find suresh kalmadi, definitely something will happen...baddi maga!

2nd speech in Toastmaster's

Since 2 weeks, I had seen 3 bore wells being dug near my hostel. They were dug more than 1000 feet deep. Two points did not produce any water, the other one pumped very less water. It is not only the case with hyderabad. The same saga goes everywhere.

I have been wondering these days that in next few years we may empty most of the natural resources available on the planet? We are already in short of basic necessities like drinking water, electricity, petroleum products. The temperature of the earth has been drastically increasing. I still remember, the temperature was just 26 to 28 in Mysore when I was doing lab experiments in my class 12, the temperature is 35 to 37 now in Mysore.

It is already late, still it is possible to do our bit to conserve few resources. India celebrates August 20th as “Akshay urja diwas”. Akshay Urja Diwas advocates the essence of renewable energy in the sectors of bio energy, wind, hydro and solar energy.

Yes, the renewable energies are the solution to save non renewable resources. How many of us have already been using solar, wind or bio energy. May be very few. There are plenty of products and innovations available with respect to these renewable energies. Due to the raise in temperature in the cities, especially in metropolitan cities solar energy is the best alternative. One day this summer while going back to home, I was thinking Hyderabad can utilize solar energy to the maximum extent at least in 8 months in an year. But unfortunately I have been observing since one month, I dint see any solar energy utilization unit in the city.

There are plenty of solar energy utilization products in the market, few of them are solar home lighting system, solar water heater, solar dryer, solar cookers and many more.

Wind energy is one more solution for power generation in large and medium scale. These days there are residential turbines available. We can use these turbines on top of the floor and generate the power required for the house.

Bio energy is the best alternative solution for LPG. Bio gas best suits for Indian villages where biological waste can be converted into bio gas. Bio gas produce less carbon di oxide and carbon monoxide as compared to LPG. We can advise our friends, relatives or family who live in villages to use bio gas.

Dear friends, let us start using renewable resources, let us advise others to use them, let us save at least few renewable resources for future generations and let us save and build smarter planet.

My developer works!

Recently had been to IBM's My developer works devlothan, it is a kind of conferences going on all over India about current technologies and IBM developerworks. Even though i have been working with IBM since many days I never got a chance (didn't show interest) to explore My developer works. IBM has a great history of this developer works articles and provide technical assistance to IT community. IBM has launched a Social networking site for technical geeks to collaborate, to share, to gather technology. Many say it is a facebook for technical people but i don't agree for "n" reasons :). I found very interesting while browsing through even though the site is little slow! If you want to know more, search for mydeveloperworks/Devlothan in your favorite search engine..:)



PS: I am not a developer works marketing team guy!

One Evening @ Flagstone

As my idea was getting good score in techconnect(IBM competition) I was on cloud 9(Even though I didn't make it to semi finals), got a call from Deepthi to rush to shilpha kala vedika!. I had no mood to leave my TP. But I had no choice, took the print out of the skit which we wanted to act in flagstone day. Where we(Nirmaan volunteers and children from kottaguda government school) requested to show our volunteer activities. We planned(at last) to show a video, dance from children and a skit from volunteers along with students. As usual Deepthi greeted with a smile on her face even though she was tiered. Sandya was damn busy in teaching dance steps to children. Santhi was helping everybody to make everything pakka!! Prathima and Rajesh were still planning for something!!! Children were looking awesome with their dance dress and the godrej baby powder on their face. As usual Mayur looked tensed, but he is the backbone of Nirmaan and busy in coordinating with flagstone COO Krishnan. Between all these Madhuri was looking gorgeous with her reshme Saree..;). As a tradition function started with lightning the lamp by CEO. We were allotted 20 minutes so we completely prepared for 20 minutes. Krishnan said we will get the stage at 6 15 PM. After 15 min mayur came to us and said our performances will be right after the 2 songs, will update you guys like TV9 vartha bla bla bla(some telugu dialogues)..

Finally we got the stage but we were asked to take less time, video and dance went very well children danced like professional dancers. But their was news waiting for me and Balaji(wanted to open his account on stage) that will drop a skit(). Oh god!!! Balaji looked damn disappointed, All other volunteers didn't forget to congratulate and console Bhalaji and me. Students looked like future chiranjeevi or Anushka(only one actress i know in telugu). Hufff but chaiwala was disappointed as he was in skit! I guess he is the only guy missed stage performance! Thanks to Naidu, to prepare for my skit I gave my think pad for safe guarding!

Our students enjoyed like hell, we could see that from their glorious eyes. The special dinner was waiting for us. Even though we didn't perform Krishnan gave us a memento (that made us much more happier). Students were busy in looking at their books given by Krishnan. Srini treated all of us like his own kids. The flagstone made me and our team happier than expected!!! Brought more than million smiles at our students!!!

Pics courtesy: Madhuri!!!

Website of Nirmaan: http://www.nirmaan.org/