aavarisu...maidumbi...

feel that this song is made for this pic. or the pic is made for the song. or both the song and pic are made for each other. :D

Munjaane manjalli.. Mussanje tilitampalli...

Munjaane manjalli.. Mussanje tilitampalli...
O Olave neenelli.. Hudukaata ninaginelli..
Nannedeyolage nee ilidu..
Janamanada mouna muridu..
Bisi usirannu nee bagedu..
Nittusirannu nee tagedu..
Kuntallu neene.. Nintallu neene.. Ellellu neene sakhi..
Kannallu neene.. Kanasallu neene.. Ellellu neene sakhi..
Nana nennegalu neene.. Naalegalu neene.. Endendu neene sakhi...
Aavarisu.. Maidumbi..

Baanallu neene.. Buviyallu neene.. Ellellu neene sakhi..
Novallu neene.. Nagavallu neene.. Ellellu neene sakhi..
Nana nennegalu neene.. Naalegalu neene.. Endendu neene sakhi...
Aavarisu.. Maidumbi..

Tampallu neene.. Bisilallu neene.. Ellellu neene sakhi..
Hasirallu neene.. Usirallu neene.. Ellellu neene sakhi..
Nana nennegalu neene.. Naalegalu neene.. Endendu neene sakhi...
Aavarisu.. Maidumbi..
 
Movie : Just maat maatalli
Music : Raghu Dixit
Singer : Raghu Dixit

Save Our Tigers

Recently i saw an ad on TV stating that number of tigers have gone up from 1411 to 1600. well, 14 of these are cute little cubs of bannerghatta, bangalore. and, i also got the answer for the question : are these really tigers ?

true gentleman

There is safari ride in bannerghatta and this gentleman was enjoying his lazy saturday afternoon. ( i could have also done the same, but had preferred not to.)

Our bus was, say, just a couple of meters of away from this gentleman. And, we, the people, inside the bus, were screaming, creating ruckus. To this gentleman, we were the juglees and we were caged in that bus. It never lost its cool. Behaved like a true gentleman and tolerated us.

But, is a tiger supposed to be this gentle ? Tigers in bannerghatta are not allowed to hunt, they are well fed. will they survive the harsh jungle ?

Tigers are supposed to be tigers and not gentleman. We need 1600 tigers and not gentlemen who are well fed and kept in zoo, safari as show pieces.

we want these and not show pieces

When two worlds collide...

recently, visited bannerghatta national park. when i visited last time, a lioness and 2 tigresses were mothers in the making. this time, i heard the good news that there are 7 lion cubs, out of which 3 are males and 14 tiger cubs. no wonder, at this rate, the tiger numbers are definitely showing an upward trend. But, are these tigers really tigers ??? thats a question which hit my head like a jolt and am looking for an answer.

When 2 worlds collide - the anger and pain of those who remain

one thing i learnt is that, the Bannerghatta national park has jungle beauties which are more cute and cuddleable than looking ferocious.

CVT

was googling CVT today, as i wanted to know more about Continuously Variable Transmissions. But, google gave me a new expansion for the acronym
CVT : Center for Victims of Torture
http://www.cvt.org/

the Ending of time

here i found that, there are two types of time. one is the normal time as in time of day. and the other is the psychological time as in ... yet to figure out.
Enough of prerequisite. keeping that aside, 'I' was initially associated with "US" so that "we" could identify ourselves amongst "US". Over "time", 'I' started comparing with 'I'. recursively. 'I' sought happiness in "betterment". 'I' literally fought with previous 'I' for this "betterment" .now, "betterment" in what sense, i do not know.

no fear...no sorrow...just the sense of nothingness...



Jiddu Krishnamurti, noted modern philosopher and David Bohm, a noted theoritical Physicist put it this way in their "the ending of time"



...with the end of 'I' or 'me', the psychological time ends. and so, there is no hope. all that is finished, ended. In the ending of it, there is sense of nothingness. and nothingness is this whole universe. ...



...we are trying to find out what happens when the 'I', which is time, has completely come to an end. I believe Buddha is supposed to have said 'Nirvana' and Hindus call is 'Moksha'...

now, what "ending of time" actually means is that its "beginning of something". that something am yet to figure out.
but one thing am sure. when Vyasarajaru asked kanakadasa as to who can attain moksha, kanakadasa rightly said " Naanu Hodare Hodenu". meaning " if 'I' ends, i may go"

kanakadasa new quantum physics beforehand ;)

colorful marathahalli

Marathahalli was(is) a village. now, its a place where clothes/shoes/other fashion accessories of all brands are available. alas, there not a tree in sight on the main road. if one wants a felt tip pen for sketching or a bottle of ink for their fountain pen, there is not a single stationery shop in a 2km radius. if one names peter england, allan solly, levis or arrow, that is readily available.
but on 22nd night, the market place of marathahalli was all colorful. a perfect dose of past culture for the prevailing.









karaga pooja in progress.. ..

aspirations set afloat...

traffic struck at marathahalli @ 0000 hrs

sPEAKING sTONES

Last week had been to lepakshi. the usual way. me and my companions - my bike and my nikon. was also accompanied by Ninad Kularni. for more info on lepakshi - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepakshi

the open air marriage hall



these pillars definitely have something to say. what say ?

PS : 1 peculiarity one has to observe :

the main deity is lord Veerabhadreshwara ( lord shiva) and the pooja is done by a shree vaishnavite. this, i felt was peculiar as i was seeing this combination for the first time.