It’s all about ‘Thirst’. Some people enter into deep wells to quench their thirst or some walk miles bare feet. For Aarati Bhandare, the ‘thirst’ was to get clean drinking water for herself and everyone around, which is supposedly a birthright. Apparently, she lived in an area which had a lot of water but not a drop feasible for drinking. She remembers her childhood days when fetching drinking water was a big family task. It wasn’t available at the doorstep like it is today. Now that drinking water is easily available, people don’t value it enough, is her major concern. Making people aware of the importance of every drop of water was added to her ‘thirst’. This ‘thirst’ made her abandon her degree in bachelor of dental surgery, her decent job, and designation in her family business. In 2015 she started her journey, study and struggle to quench this ‘thirst’.

Practice before you Preach. Or even before that, Study before you Practice and Preach. With the help of KUWS Belagavi, she visited the nearby dams to study purification plants, their processes, and supply system. She got trained for the basics of rainwater harvesting from Mr. A R Shivkumar who is known as the RWH man of India. She attended seminars in metro cities to study the latest trends and products invented to save water. Books, blogs, web links, articles, magazines and the study came from all the possible sources. After the study, she started Practicing and now was the time to Preach.

Awareness was not as easy as imagined. People mocked at her by saying that water is a natural resource and nature has its own way of balancing things. Some mocked at her by saying we had enough rains last season, why is this water-saving gyaan? The reason for such a mentality was that people limited their concerns to themselves. Water is available for my family, my neighbor, and my relatives so why attend such water-saving lectures? She focused on young brains and started awareness programs in schools and colleges. Today, she has covered almost all the schools and colleges in Belagavi, social elite clubs, ladies groups, corporate companies, business colleges and now made her ways into the surrounding rural areas. She was invited by the IIMT College, New Delhi in 2018, to deliver a talk to the students on world water day. The awareness is made through lectures, songs, poetry, ppt, blogs, painting competitions, pasting posters, hanging banners etc. She has been doing this awareness under the banner of ‘Save Water Save Life’ which is now renamed as ‘Boondh’ with the tagline, Life in Every Drop.

We all swear in the name of the most important person like mom and dad. Water is so important for Aarati that she swears in the name of Water, hence the title ‘Swear By Water’. She whispers ‘Save Water’ in the ears of a newborn baby on his or her naming ceremony. She says each drop of water should be respected in the same way we respect the holy ‘teerth’ offered at a temple.

Being a responsible citizen it’s our duty not only to wish her best wishes in her awareness activities but also be a part of it. Let’s save and respect every drop of water and help Aarati to quench her thirst.

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Cab aggregator Ola Cabs has been suspended from running cab operations in the state of Karnataka for a period of six months after the Karnataka government’s transport department suspended the cab aggregator’s license.

The order of suspension of Ola Cabs for six months in Karnataka was issued on March 18.

It seems the cab aggregator is charged with running bike taxis in violation of license conditions and violated government rules.

Karnataka’s transport department has suspended aggregator license given M/s Ani Technologies Pvt Ltd, Ola Cabs, Bangalore for six months which means Ola Cabs will not be plying on roads across the state of Karnataka.

In February, the state’s transport department had written to Ola and bike taxi startup Rapido to stop its bike taxi services immediately.

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Special teams have been formed by the Belagavi police to investigate the murder of Arun Nandihalli, son of former MLA Parashuram Nandihalli who was shot dead by miscreants near Dhamane village of Belagavi taluk in late hours on March 19.

Still, the motive of the murder is unclear. Arun was a teacher by profession and had two wives one resident of Angol in Belagavi and the other of Dhamane.

While on his way back home his car was stopped enroute and shot by unidentified gunmen.

Few villagers who spotted him injured, informed his family members at Dhamane, who then rushed him to the KLE Charitable hospital on Yellur Road. However, doctors declared him brought dead. He was director of Vishwa Bharath Seva Shikshan Sanstha (VBSSS).

In the police complaint filed by Mangala, wife of the deceased, she has accused her brother-in law for murder of Arun. But police are investigating all the possible angles and have taken into custody one person.

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Each one is quite aware that most saplings planted during the Van Mohotsava are just photo sessions and no one bothers to look at them again. There are exceptions to the same as well like Green Saviour’s and others.

With the summer heat on the rise, a worried group of morning walkers in Vaccine depot have taken the noble job of watering the saplings planted in the Vaccine Depot.

Due to the heat generally, the saplings dry as there very less moisture in the soil.

This group of senior citizens are leading the way by watering the saplings in the area for over a month now.

There are several block plantations in the depot and the survival of many of these saplings is difficult during summer.

Vijay Jamble, V G Chougule, R B Patil, M N A Bhat, Bandu Paramshetty, Uday Shidore, Yallappa Parlekar, Prabhakar Kodkini, A K Kulkarni and Acharya Gangur decided that they should start watering the saplings.

They decided to water the saplings on a regular basis until summer ends. Empty plastic bottles were collected and a hole was made in the cap while the bottom was sliced off. A water tap in the vicinity is the source of water, from where water is filled in 5 liter containers and each bottle is filled with water.
With the small hole drops of water keep flowing at the roots of the saplings giving them enough moisture to survive this heat.

Originally shared by Sanjay Ladhad

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KLS GIT invited for the International academic tie-up with Japanese University as a part of Global Based Project Learning (GBPL) Program by Govt. of Japan.

Only two institutes from India have been selected for this special honour viz. IIT, Guwhati and KLS GIT.

Karnataka Law Society’s Gogte Institute of Technology (GIT) Belagavi is selected for the prestigious Global Based Project Program (GBPL) launched by the Government of Japan. This program is basically on Industry V 4.0. Under this, many academic, research and hands on activities like International Student Exchange Program, Internships, Projects and Certification Course have been planned.

Academic delegation from KLS GIT comprising of the Principal and Deans visited Japan recently and held detailed discussions with the President and Professors of Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo about the Academic and Research tie-up. As per the MoU, Selected Students from GIT would be spending a few months at Tokyo for Research Internship as a part of engineering studies. Also Communication Engineering, Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Info.Tech., Materials, Civil Engineering and Architecture are the few of the areas where in, GIT students would be collaborating. As a part of the MoU, the students will be waived off the fees for the course.

Also, recently a group of students and teachers spent a few days at Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo for the GBPL programmme on Industry V 4.0…All expenses borne under Fellowship from the Ministry of Science and Technology under Sakura Science and JASSO, Government of Japan. Every year… few students will be deputed as a part of this program. This Program definitely helps the students to get the global exposure on recent developments in engineering and technology. Also, the participants will grasp how to effectively create new information and communication systems using these four technologies and how to implement the systems into the society, and finally will learn the research scheme to generate technological solutions.

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The Congress announced candidates for 18 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka and Dr.V S Sadhunavar, Director, Karnataka Lingayat Society will contest from Belagavi and Prakash Hukkeri will contest from Chikkodi.

The list was issued last night and now it now draws the battle lines between the BJP and the Congress.

Dr. Virupaxi S. Sadhunavar, M.B.B.S is from Bailhongal influenced by Dr.Abdul Kalam’s PURA Model and Md. Younis Grameen Bank in the triumvirate of economics, schooling, and health as the basis of rural transformation. He wishes to bring quality education to rural areas through project PRERANA.

Dr. V. S Sadhunavar grew up being close to village life. Having had his early education in the village itself, he went on to do his MBBS. As a doctor, he dedicated his life to the looking after of people from rural. Not one to rest on his past laurels, Dr. Sadhunavar decided to change the very fabric of village life by deciding to bring in financial self-sufficiency in the form of rural co-operative banks. He has set up “Hundred” Kittur Rani Channamma Rural Co-operative bank which is now well established in rural north Karnataka. The next step was to set up educational institutions under the name PRERANA. He has set up PRERANA School in Bailhongal which is working towards providing quality education for more than 1000 students. He intends starting 100 schools in coming years.

Now its Angadi vs Sadhunavar!

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Nirupa Jotiba Ghadi aged 35 resident of Tanaji Galli Yellur was killed on the spot as her Activa was hit by a tipper from behind.

The accident occurred on the Yellur road near the KLE Hospital. She was traveling along with her husband as a pillion when a speeding tripper hit their Activa from behind making Nirupa fall down and the tyres bruised her head badly. Jotiba is injured and is been treated in the hospital.

The Tipper did not stop after the accident and fled away and the police are still searching for the Tipper and the driver.

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Amidst all the hyper noise around the penultimate electoral process in the country, major political brains came up with a host of promises through their manifesto. We are sure the majority of the promises are purely to lure the aam aadmi to garner votes and succeed to the pole position.

While political parties will release their manifestos promising a bunch of schemes and a host of freebies to citizens ahead of the Loksabha elections and comparison with the charter of demands by various citizens’ groups reveals that parties have fallen short of gauging citizens’ expectations, each time.

We in Belagavi dont have a large civic groups which are active in such initiatives, but it is now the need of the hour that all the citizens, welfare associations, housing societies, NGO’s come together and create a comprehensive manifesto or charter of demands well before time so that once the elections are announced each one is prepared with the Citizens Manifesto.

“This manifesto offers a model of participatory, active citizenship, setting out the rights & responsibilities of a citizen in a way that seeks to empower the individual and reinvigorate the body politic. It presents a framework of citizenship that is engaged and egalitarian; where the people – not the state – determine their own futures and work together for the common good. This vision of what citizens can be – and can achieve – alerts us to the limited citizenship we currently experience and to the possibility of something better”.
Peter Tatchell

Elections in Belagavi have various angles which include Caste, language, religion among other common viewpoints. The parties try to divide the citizens and try to lure you with promises which have turned out to be false over the years and after the elections we just cry over.

Citizens manifesto could be broadly divided into –

Governance

Public Health

Accessibility

Mobility and Public Transport

Culture

Heritage

Natural Resource Management

Public Education

Social Justice

Welfare of Elders

Urban Poverty

Animal Welfare

Disaster management

The party manifestos are made for the state and hence may not include some valid points which need to be looked at the local level. The citizens forums can come together and make a wish list of the demands which can be put forth the candidates during the time of elections.

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Biddu: Bapu.

Bapu: Yes Bittoo.

Bittoo: SSLC pass/fail politicians seem to be more intelligent than the graduates, post graduates, doctors, engineers, scientists, writers and many others Bapu?

Bapu: Literacy levels are not the sole criteria to judge someone’s intellect and wisdom. But what makes you think so?

Bittoo: I think so because all these highly qualified people vote for these SSLC pass/fail candidates and elect them to parliament and legislatures, pledge their future for five years and expect them to do wonders. Therefore, they must be more intelligent as they motivate us to vote for them Bapu?

Bapu: I don’t know Bittoo.

This is a citizen-centric new column, wherein the author(Bitto) is an ordinary, politically unaffiliated common man of the city who in his/her inimitable approach takes up various issues with the Bapu’s soul! Apparently, the interaction between them portrays ironies of sorts encountered by the common man and others in the city in a lighter vein. The author’s name will not be disclosed to the readers as he/she represents the common man of the society. This column aims at creating awareness and sensitising cross sections of our city on various issues of public concern only but in a lighter vein without holding any contempt against any institution or individual.

Read Earlier Stories Here

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13-year old Swathi from Belagavi has bagged the trophy of the  Drama Juniors season 3 which was telecast on Zee Kannada Channel.

Manjunath (11 years) and Dimpana (5 years) from Koppal and Haasan have ended up as the first runners-up and bagged Rs 5 lakh cash prize, each. Srushti ended up as the second runner-up and won Rs 2.5 lakh cash prize.

The winner was chosen based on the public votes and the marks given by Mukhyamantri Chandru, Lakshmi and Vijay Raghavendra on 50:50 ratio.

Drama Juniors serves as a perfect platform for children around the age of 4 to 14 to present their acting skills.

The show was hosted by Master Anand while, actress Lakshmi, Mukhyamantri Chandru and Vijay Raghavendra judged the show.

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Every year March 20 is observed as World Sparrow Day to raise awareness about the bird. The need for marking this day was felt due to the tremendous decrease in its population. 

A resident of Belagavi and an active member of the Giants Main, Bhau Killekar has set an example by constructing a special tank on an elevated platform which will make it easier for the birds to quench their thirst.

Many ask to put up a seed dispenser nearby and set out an earthenware bowl with drinking water.
But in this case, Killekar has led by an example and showing his love for the bird has constructed this water tank.

Hopefully, the sparrows and other birds such as bulbuls should come calling, especially if there are no mobile towers in the vicinity.

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The person wishing to contest the election has to be a citizen of India and has to be 25 years of age.

A person must be enrolled in the current electoral roll of any of the Parliamentary Constituencies for contesting elections from a Parliamentary Constituency. 

List of documents to be submitted while filing nominations –

• Nomination paper in Form 2A for Lok Sabha election

• Certified extract of electoral roll (when the candidate is an elector of a different constituency)

• Form A and B (applicable in the case of candidates set up by political parties)

• Copy of caste certificates (if the candidate claims to belong to SC/ST)

• Security deposit

• Oath and affirmation

• Affidavit in Form 26 with all the columns filled up and sworn before an Oath Commissioner or Magistrate of First Class or before a Notary Public. This includes details of pending criminal cases, movable & immovable assets including foreign assets, liabilities, sources of income, educational qualification etc.

• Certified extract of electoral roll (when candidate is an elector of a different constituency)

The Affidavit in Form 26 and Form A & B have to be filed latest by 3.00 P.M. on the last date of filing nominations.

Security Deposit
The nomination paper consists of the basic details of the candidates including a photograph. It also has details of the candidate’s name in the relevant electoral roll.

The security deposit amount based on the election being contested should be deposited either in cash with the Returning Officer or by filing a challan in the Reserve Bank of India or a Government Treasury. 

The amount is Rs.25,000 for General category and 12,500 for Schedule Caste/Schedule Tribe

The form is filled out by a voter who knows the candidate and proposes him or her. They must also swear allegiance to the Constitution of India and its sovereignty and integrity in an oath before the returning officer.

Candidates standing from more than one constituency can take the oath only once (however, the security deposit for the second seat is not returned for such candidates).

Candidates filing from jail can take the oath before the prison superintendent. You can swear either in the name of god or just say that you ‘solemnly affirm’, if you are not a believer.

Proposer

Only the person, who is the elector within the constituencies in which the candidate contests the election, will propose the name of the candidate and may sign the nomination paper.

One proposer is enough for candidates of a recognized national or state party. However, if the candidate belongs to a registered unrecognized organisation or is an independent candidate, ten proposers or electors of the constituency are needed to sign the nomination paper.

The nomination paper is to be presented either by the candidate or by only one person who has proposed the name of the candidate.

The Nomination will have to be filed in Belagavi at the Deputy Commissioner’s office.

Dates:
The issue of Notification: 28-03-2019

Last Date for filing Nominations: 04-04-2019

Scrutiny of Nominations: 05-04-2019

Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 08-04-2019

Date of Poll: 23-04-2019

Counting of Votes: 23-05-2019

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The admission season for the various graduation courses are to begin, and the students must be relaxing and enjoying the fulfillment of 2nd PU Examinations. But in this period it’s sure they are having lighter talks and thoughts with parents, friends regarding which course to pursue next? Based on Individuals dreams and aspirations there is a vast number of courses to choose from.

It’s obvious for a student who has dreamt or has passion towards engineering and medicine to take up the respective stream of education. There are even many instances wherein an engineer or doctor has chosen an unrelated profession and made a successful career in it. In a way, he has followed his passion irrespective of peer pressure or any other reasons. The next preferred graduation courses in the region are BA, BSc, BCom, BBA, BCA, BSW, etc. The number of graduate courses in Health care sector offers a good scope of employment as well as entrepreneurship.

It’s the fact known to everyone that there is a bright future for a student in any stream of studies provided the student does well in the respective courses and the Post graduation course that follows. Before a student chooses a course the student must think of the outcome of the course. No doubt all courses offer graduation degree which makes him eligible for getting jobs in government as well as private sector, appear for Competitive exams etc. And there is a huge gap between Government job applicants and the vacancies. And private jobs are purely based on performance and productivity. The private jobs demand productivity from day one, also reward and appreciate the performers.

Nowadays finding a job even in the private sector is not a cake walk. The important point to understand is does the recruiter finds a graduate eligible? Or can the candidate be productive without training? Hence before choosing the course and the college the students and the parents should observe if a particular course and the college provides requisite skills required to get employed and perform well in the job. A graduate opting for the job initially gets a managerial or supervisory job in the stream of administration, marketing, finance, human resource, production, operations, sales, marketing(online and offline) etc. But does the graduation degree he holds has in any way given him the prior knowledge of the work he would be doing? So that he can break the ice immediately at the job? Even if the student is planning for competitive exams such as IBPS, FDC, KAS, etc is he prepared to perform the task? Though clearing the competitive exam is most important, bur pre acquiring skills doesn’t harm.

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA/BBM) course attempts to give an answer to all the above questions and problems. As the name suggests Bachelor of Business Administration/ Management. The course trains and builds persons administrative, management skills, Leadership skills and builds confidence to take up the task and complete it with responsibility.

Like any other course the University syllabus, internal tests, project works, assignments etc take care of the academic development of the student. Apart from this, there is another part of the BBA course which colleges nowadays are more stress on. And that is the make or break part of the student’s career. That is the “Skill Development”. It is not mandatory by the university, but the demand of the recruiters.

Recruiters nowadays do not spend time and money on training the candidates, especially in the sales and marketing, finance and human resource stream. That’s why they avoid hiring fresh graduates and resort to overburdening the existing employees. Realizing this BBA college across the state, have started giving more importance to skill development. Students are groomed each day with their Group discussion, Presentation, Seminars skills Industry interactions, Industry visits and they are monitored one on one, unlike earlier where students used to perform these activities only during management festivals. The management festivals have been entirely student driven.

Apart from these, the colleges are coordinating with the local businesses and providing hands-on experience in the field of Distributor/Stockiest handling, retailer handling, where they learn about different stock management techniques in practice such as FIFO, LIFO, strategies to prevent stock from expiring, Employee training, motivating techniques followed, Stockbroking etc. And companies are also encouraging such move as they feel there is no better lab to test the performance of the candidate than the real market.

Moreover, BBA is a stream of studies wherein there is a sea of scope to choose a career and get trained as per its needs and step out of the college and start performing. I urge the students to have a thought on the outcome of the course and the training process followed by the colleges before taking a decision.

By

Nachiket Hanmantgad, Lecturer KLE Society`s College of Business Administration, Nipani

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Rani Channamma University’s audit report for 2017-18 has found grave procedural lapses in the purchase of laptops. The computers were distributed to SC/ST students studying in post-graduation and PhD students. According to the details in the report, a copy which is available with TOI, the university had bought 592 laptops under SCP/ TSP scheme by spending Rs 2,09,17, 136 (each laptop costs Rs 48,000). The report has raised objections over the cost and procedural lapses. The report says there was no comparative price chart of laptops from different companies while selecting the product of a particular company, reports the Times of India.

The report makes mention of the vendor and how the tender process was executed flouting rules, but the vice-chancellor Shivanand Hosamani said tender procurement was done as per procedures. The audit report has given some suggestions which would be looked into, he said.

The TOI further reports, Before calling the tender notification for purchasing the laptops, a technical committee in the university had finalized the needed technical requirements in the product. The technical details were suitable for laptops from HP and Lenovo. However, on the request of Patil Computers, Belagavi, the committee changed the technical requirements making it suitable for laptops of Dell. The report says, prima-facie, the committee favored Patil Computers by recommending technical details which suit just Dell laptops.

The report also found procedural lapses in the tender notification. According to rules, minimum two-month time must be given for the tender procurements costing more than Rs 2 crore. However, the university called a short-term tender notification on December 8, 2017 giving just one month to the bidders. No prior permission was taken from the authorities concerned for making these changes. At the time of tender opening, the presence of tenderers or one of their representatives is required.

However, the laptop related tender opened without tenderers. According to rules, a third party had to conduct an inspection of the product but this has been done by the technical specification advisory committee of the university itself. The audit report also states many other violations in the purchase of laptops.

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A professor of Physics by profession, former Principal of a leading science college, but she is more known to the world as a writer in Marathi, she is Mrs. Madhuri M. Shanbhag from Belagavi another star of Belagavi. A multi-faceted personality who has been a winner on all fronts from home to work and the literary field as well. Born as Geeta Prabhu Ajgaonkar she married Dr.Mohan Shanbag.

Over 45 Marathi books written by her have been published by noted Marathi publishers, on the subjects like science, fiction, short stories, novels, and biographies.  She also translated English books into Marathi, the most notable amongst it being “Agni Pankh” the translation of the book “Wings of fire” written by Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam.

She has won many awards a list of which is too big to fit hence I have appended it at the bottom. Just to name a few notable awards will include the Lalit Vidnyaan Maharashtra Raajya Puraskaar on two occasions, KATHA Best Marathi short story, 2004.

She is very good short story writer with also a passion to translate best works into in Marathi, and the best example is “Agni Pankh” (14th Edition) the translation of the book “Wings of fire” written by Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam and one written by Kiran Bedi. (As I See, part1 ‘women empowerment, part2 ‘indian police’ part3 ‘leadership and governance; translated as ‘Streeyanche Saxameekaran, Sharateey Polisasevaa, Netrutv aani Prashasan). 

Writing Career:

45 books are published on various subjects. One in English

Short Story Collections: Palasachi Pane, Kachkamal, Chehere,Chakva, Ankhi Ek Rasta, Neerasi Mohasmaaya, Tichee Gosht, Punarvasan, Samudra, Date, Ayushyachya Ladhaivarti Bolu Kahee. Antari Veena Jhankarati. (12)

SciFi : Story Cllections: Punarjanm, Indradhanushya, Sap, Mungee Udali Akashee(4), Novels:Brainwaves (5^th Edition), Tamachya Talashee (2)

Biographies: Svapnakadun Satyakade(Kalpana Chavala, 10^th Edition), Chadrashekhar Subramanyum (4^Th Edition), JRD (5^th Edition), Richard Feynman, (4^th Edition), Bharatratna CNR Rao.(5)

Lalit lekhan: Phule Ani Patri, Savrichee Pise, Vatevarchee Phule, Lekhananama, Vatevarche Rangatarang. (5)

Translations: Agnipankh, (Biography Of APJ Kalam, Wings of fire, 26^th Edition) Who Is Kalam( R. Ramanathan, 5^th edition), Joy Of Cancer(Anupakumar, journalist), Keep Off the Grass(Karan Bajaj), AS I See, (Kiran Bedi, Streeyanche Sakshamikaran, Bharteey Police Seva, Netrutv Ani Prashasan, Three books), Prayogatun Vidnyan( Science Is, 5^th Edition), Smart Leadership, (Gita Piramal), Doctors From Hell(Vivian Spitz, Second World war), Letters To a Young Scientist (Dr. E.O.Wilson, Prof. Emirates, and Twice Pulitzer winner, Harward University), Jeevanat Anand Pulava( S.H.Nayak), Shalechya Awaratil Baag, (Nyla Koelho, Experiments in Rural Schools)

Fragrance Of Earth, (Marathi Poems Of Bahinabai Choudhary In English) (15)

Books For Children: (Aprupashi, Ranmeva, Anniche Savangadi) (3)

Many articles and short stories included in edited books by literary bodies.

To be Published Soon: Vidnyan Vishaarada(articles on Lady scintists), Practical Miracles( John Grey, Translation), Surely You Are Joking Mr. Feynman(translation), Vatevarchya Lata, (travelogues) (4)

Forthcoming. Jalyatale Moti,(Column), Tu Maza Sangati (Sci-Fi stories), Jeevo Jeevasya jeevanam(short story collection)

Some of my articles and Stories are in Marathi Syllabus Books Of Maharashtra and Karnatak States.

‘Brainwaves’ was prescribed as text Book for M.A. Syllabus of Shivaji Vidyapeeth.

Knowledge grows only when it is shared and with the same perception she has been giving lectures on literary and social topics, translations in and around Belagavi, in different towns of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, M.P., Delhi and many other places.

As a Public speaker: Literature, Translation, Sci-Fi stories, and many social and educational subjects are handled by me. Presented many lectures as an expert in many literary and social conferences. Worked as an expert in writing workshops, sponsored by UGC, Marathi Vidnyan Parishad, conducted by Karnataka University, Goa, Amaravati, Pune, SNDT, Shivaji Vidyapeeth. At Satana, Nasik, and at Vasco, Goa Participated as a President of the Vibhageey Sahitya Sammelan. Participated as an Expert in DST New Delhi “INSPIRE” Program for students.

Phoenix Maharashtra Mandal, Akshaybhasha,(Arizona) Marathi Vishva, New Jersy(USA), Maharashtra Mandal, Paris(France), Sydney, Melbourne (Australia), lectures and Kathakathan programs.

E-Prasaran USA, Sydney FM, interview and kathakathan on Radio. Interview in Mumbai, Goa, eTV, Doordarshan.

Two Maharashtra Rajya Puraskar for Scifi writings.

Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad, Three prizes.

Katha, New Delhi, Best Short Story of the year. (included in Indian short stories vol 13)

About 8 to 10 Puraskar of various institutions around Maharashtra. Pune, Chipalun, Nasik,Vidarbh sahitya sangh Nagpur, Belgaum, Ajara. Etc.

YBChavhan Pratishtan, Kumud Bansal Educational writing Puraskar.

Mulund Seva Sangh.. Su.La.Gadre Puraskar.

Balsahitya Puraskar from Kolhapur and latur.

• Dr. Kavita Patil From Malegaon, received PH.D. From Pune University on the Subject.

“Madhuri Shanbhag, Vyakti ani Vangmay.” Guide Dr. Ushatai Shinde.

• Prof. Ranjita Veerkar, Shankar Narayan College, Mulund has submitted her thesis to Mumbai University on “Madhuri Shanbhag yanche samagra sahitya.” Guide Dr. Sicilia Carvhalo.
• “Madhuri Shanbhag, Streevaad in her short stories” Smt. Kavita Chougule has started writing her thesis for Ph.D. In Gulabarga University. Guide Dr. Vijaya Telang.
• Two Ladies wrote their dissertation for M.Phil. on my short stories. Smt. Swati Vagh from Sholapur, Smt.Meenaxi Gosavi from Nasik.
• Social Institutions:

  Secretary of Tilakwadi Female Education Society which runs a school Balika Adarsha Vidyalaya. Goud Saraswat Brahman Samaj, Ex-Trustee and active member. President, Vasant Vyakhyanamala society, for five years.

  Connected to many literary and social organisations of Belagavi city.

   

Some excerpts of the interview with Madhuri M. Shanbhag :

When did you start writing and what was your motivation behind the same?

Well I started late, when my son Manish started going to school, in 1989, I wrote one article and everybody praised it. Then I came to know that I have many more things to tell and the rest is history for me.

Do you remember what you wrote first?

The first article I wrote was a ‘lalitlekh’ on my favorite teacher Prof. V.G. Tilagul.

In all your writings you seem to be influenced by science? Is that because you are a Physics professor?

Yes, science is something I am in love with, but actually, its people which interest me more when it comes to writing. Most of my works are the result of my interest in people. For science, I love to pen influence of science on people.

Agnipankh was a great success story for you, what inspired you to translate that biography into Marathi?

Well, I knew Dr. Kalam as a scientist in composites (smart materials), also the chief of five Indian missiles. When I read a small news item about his autobiography, the son of an illiterate poor boatman of Rameshvar reaching the highest civil honor, ‘Bharat-ratna’ completely on his merit and intelligence, I thought that it must be a very interesting journey. And yes it is. Rests are the details like finding a publisher, who purchased rights and made a contract.

How has been the support of your family towards all your work? You must have to make a balance between home and work and also your writing? 

I always feel that if you like to do something, you will find the time. You even don’t mind forgoing your favorite pleasures. My husband Dr. Mohan Shanbhag is proud of me as a writer. Even my kids are very supportive of my writing. I was also taking care of the house. For a long time children, Sansar and my teaching was my first priority.

You have given lectures on so many varied topics and in various places can you narrate some good and bad incidents?

That will be a long answer. But at this point, I will say that good incidence outnumber bad ones.

What do you like to do when you are not working and also not writing?

I love to cook, particularly fish. Then chat with my friends on phone, or netchat with my son and daughter. Surf on the net on my favorite sites. Read a book, well there are umpteen things I can think of.

Are you working on something new these days, what is it another translation or fiction?

I am translating a book on Second World War, ‘Doctors from Hell’ by Vivien Spitz. I write one article ‘Kshitij’ every first Sunday of a month in ‘Saptarang’ (Sunday special of Sakal daily.)

Who are your idols?

Dr. Richard Feynman, (I am writing his biography), Dr.Kalam, JRD Tata, Chandra S. and many more in the field of science. Vijay Tendulkar, Dalavi, Arati Prabhu, G.A. Kulkarni, Shashi Deshpande.

Reading of books has plummeted in the modern world your thoughts on this?

Yes, television, mobiles, and e-revolution have done that. But at least in India, the literacy rate is increasing and very few have access to e-reading. Besides reading percolates in your mind and TV pictures just fly. You don’t remember the scenes you have seen yesterday till you see today’s episode. I do believe that books have a lasting effect on you.

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The nomination process for the Loksabha 2019 commences from Tomorrow:

Issue of Notification: 28-03-2019
Last Date for filing Nominations: 04-04-2019
Scrutiny of Nominations: 05-04-2019
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 08-04-2019
Date of Poll: 23-04-2019
Counting of Votes: 23-05-2019

Returning Officers:
Belagavi: Dr. S B Bommanhalli, Deputy Commissioner Belagavi

Chikkodi: Dr. Rajendra K V, CEO ZP Belagavi

Uttara Kannada: Dr. Harish Kumar, DC Uttara Kannada

Place where nomination will be accepted from 11 AM to 3 PM

Belagavi: Court Hall, DC office Belagavi

Chikkodi: First Floor, Mini Vidhan Soudha Chikkodi

Uttara Kannada: Court Hall, DC office Uttara Kannada

General Observer: Rajeev Chandra Dube – Belagavi

Expenditure Observer: Pradip Kumar Majumder

Police Observer: KV Mohan Rao

Total No. of Voters as on 16-01-219:
Belagavi
Male: 8,79,619
Female: 8,69,333
Others: 53

Total: 17,49,005

No. of Service Voters: 6956

Gender Ratio: 989.12

Young Voters (18-19 Years): 27,400

Polling Stations:
Urban: 748
Rural: 1316

No of PWD Voters: 10,469

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The Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) which spearheads the movement of pro-Maharashtra leaders for the merger of Belagavi with Maharashtra has decided to field 101 candidates in the forthcoming Loksabha elections to attract the attention of the whole nation to their demand.

The security deposit will be collected as voluntary donations and then the 101 candidates will file their nominations.

The Belgaum parliamentary constituency, where polling had to be postponed by a month in 1996 due to a record number of independent candidates, 452 and a total of 456. Shri Shivanand Hemappa Koujalgi of Janta Dal won the elections then. All the 452 were fielded by the MES then.

For the 1996 general election, Nalgonda in Andhra Pradesh crossed all earlier records with 480 candidates in the fray. After this incident, the Election commission increased the security deposit and also changed some norms for the nomination.

All the aspirants for the Gram Panchayat, Taluka Panchayat etc have been asked to file their nominations here as to get a view as to how many voters are behind them.

The MES says it is a form of protest to get the attention of the centre on this long pending issue.
Each EVM machine can hold only 15 names, so if we assume that these 101 and last time there were about 15 so to accommodate 116 names, 8 EVMs will have to be connected to each other.

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SpiceJet is all set to launch its services from Belagavi to Hyderabad from May 1 as per its new schedule.

Flight No. SG 3734 will depart IXG at 5.55 PM and arrive at Hyderabad at 7.10 PM on all the days of the week.

On the return journey, SG3733 will depart Hyderabad at 4.10 PM and arrive at IXG at 5.35 PM on all the days of the week.

The minimum price displayed today was Rs.2464.

The said flight service is under UDAN 3.0 which was announced in January 2019.

This is the only route under UDAN which the company has won.

InterGlobe (Indigo), Turbo Megha (TruJet) have also been alloted the Hyderabad routes under UDAN.

A few more flights could be announced in the Summer Schedule on March 31.

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When you are in Belagavi there are two structures which are visible from most part of the city, one is the Rajhunsgad (locally known as Yellur Gad or Yellur Fort) and the Suvarna Vidhan Soudha. The latest addition has also been the Tallest Flag pole.

There would still be many people in the city who would have never been to this unique fort which is at an elevation of around 2,500 feet above sea level, it offers a panoramic view of the Belagavi city from all four sides.

Dr C B Taboji, assistant professor and head of the Department of History at Government First Grade college, K K Koppa, near Belagavi, a member of INTACH and also an authority on forts in Belagavi district, has said that the fort was built by the Ratta dynasty and later rebuilt or renovated in stone by Asad Khan Lari, a Persian noble of Bijapur, while the Belagavi Fort was being built.

The fort mainly served as an outpost of the Belagavi fort, mainly to spot and prevent the enemies attacking from Goa and Karwar areas. The Belagavi Fort and by extension, the Yellur Fort, was controlled by many rulers. Yellur Fort mainly served as a ‘watchtower’ as it allowed one to spot enemies approaching from a great distance due to its elevation.

According to Taboji, the fort has withstood three wars: the first one between the Nawabs of Savanoor and the Peshwas, the second one between the forces of Tipu Sultan and the Peshwas, and the third war between the officials of the Bhimgad Fort and the Rajhunsgad forces. During the British rule, around 100 soldiers would be posted here for the protection of the fort.

Several war weapons, food, and water supply were made available at the fort by the Belagavi rulers for the soldiers’ use. Legend has it that a tunnel from the Yellur Gad is directly connected to Belagavi Fort. A depression covered by thick bushes is seen at the fort and there are loose stones that cover what could have been an entrance to a tunnel.

The fort stands on an interesting topography. Yellur village, for long, has been a part of the fertile plateau located amidst the tapering ends of the Western Ghats surrounding Belagavi city. Areas like Sulebhavi-Balekundri, Ambewadi and Yellur are a part of the fertile soil that produces rich yields of paddy, lentils, vegetables, pulses and many such crops.

The hillock that the fort is built on has about five levels. So, the view of the fort changes as one moves towards the top of the hillock. It can be ascended by foot, which is the best way to experience the historical fort, or by road, which takes you right up to the main entrance of the fort. The soil on the hillock is shining white indicating traces of bauxite, the principal ore of aluminum.

The main entrance door of the fort is grand but its design is deceptive. One has to take a turn to enter the door which means that the sentries would have seen you from at least three directions before you stepped in there. An arch flanks the door, which leads to the inside of the fort. Though not very large, the fort could accommodate the soldiers deployed there. A structure that appears to be a granary stands in a dilapidated condition. Also, a structure that looks like the foundation of another building could have been some kind of a settlement for the soldiers.

One of the prominent structures at the fort is the well that is today fed with water from the base through pumps and pipes. It has been properly covered with an iron grill. The steps leading inside the well are sturdy and its inner walls have arches with a proper pulley facility to draw water. Another structure found here is the temple of Shiva. The temple has been renovated recently.

The fort is surrounded by strong walls on all sides, with ample peepholes for the guards. At one point of the fort, you can see a binocular window, through which one guard can watch opposite ends at the same time. Interestingly, the walls have small exit routes where one has to bend and enter in pitch-dark. These routes were probably used to come out of the fort in times of emergency, without alerting enemies who may have breached the fort.

Small forts like Yellur Fort may not have splendid tales to tell of battles fought and valour exemplified, but they stand testimony to the fact that such citadels served as check-posts to ensure the safety of a larger population. Awareness about such interesting structures and proper maintenance by the authorities would ensure that the structures stay intact for a long time, telling their own tales of yore.

Originally authored by Swatee Jog and published in the Deccan Herald.

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Sitting BJP member of Parliament Suresh Angadi today on day one filed his nomination papers after seeking divine intervention from Lord Ganesha.

PPrabhakarKore, Sanjay Patil, Abhay Patil, Anil Benake and others were present while he submitted his papers to Election officer Dr S B Bommanhalli.

In the affidavit he has filed has the following info:

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