head gear ......

                                                                                                                

Head gear worn in India are Pagdi or paag, Saafa,Topi,Dastar,Dulband and so on.These were traditionally worn as a person's self respect.The turbans are worn by almost all region hindu ,muslim ,sikh etc. so it can be a common cord between all these relegions.

The most commonly worn headwear for Indian men has been a turban .A turban is a length of cloth wrapped in a specific way around the top of the head.The type of fabric and wrapping technique indicate the wearer's social status,profession etc.Turbans are also worn by women in some cultures such as the nomadic  Kurds from Syria,Iraq and Turkey.

In rajasthan turban is very popular throughout.Pagdi or Paag is worn in Udaipur region whereas ,the Leheriya or wave pattern turban is worn especially during monsoon season .The Chundri, Panchranga or five colour ,turban is worn for celebrations .whereas the Mothra or dot pattarn in regular occations.Diffrent coloured turban is worn at diffrent occassions like saffron colour turban for dussehra festival as it was treditionally worn while going for battlefield.Red and pink were treditionally worn during wedding .whereas dark maroon ,khaki and blue coloured turbans are worn for a condolence visit.

Now this tradition is fading off as it is not convinent for people to use it in day to day life only some communities like sikhs are practising in urban india while in rural part Turbans are still worn with pride.

 

Nathuji's.......the best place to hangout at udaipur.

Hang outs in this world of chaos are must for chilling on everyday basis.one such is "nathu ji's"at udaipur near sahleion ki bari .Every youngster in Udaipur must have been to this place once .The trend started when I was in class seventh in 1990,at that time only 2or 3persons were regular, but today almost 40 to 50 persons are regular in visiting nathu ji's.Everyone is friend there ,Most of us are nathu ji friends as we only, but regularly meet at nathu ji's shop .Ironically many of us who are regular even dont know that the shops name is "Garden cafe"as we always call it nathu ji's.Here i would like to tell u that the shop owners name is nathu singh ji who is a calm and cool icecream shop owner and in 1990 he started with one shop and now he rules the place with 3shops all jam packed.

There is also a ciggrette shop adjusten to it owned by ramesh ji but still the annexx is known commonly as nathu ji's .
guys gossipp there about anything from day to day life to international issues like united states elections .If anybody had not read the days newspaper and by any chance drop in at nathuji's he will come to know the news !
you can meet your friend who was outof station or even abroad and was expected today, at nathuji's as soon as he land in udaipur, as he will make sure to come to nathuji's once daily if he is in city.
thats the magic of this place ....

Karwa chouth ?

Karwa chouth !  is there any relevance for such festivals in this age where society is giving scansion's for livin relationships and where marriages have become a legal contract rather than intimate bonds .
Well
How many ladies have observed this festival today with wholeheartedness ? and how many remained hungry just because the husband may buy them an expensive gift ,
or
 how many husbands went home on time just to avoid any clash today on Karwa chouth ,many might have forgotten The day.
In a world where serials like 'Kali' etc are booming in TRP's how many wives blindly and fearlessly follow there husbands and remain hungry for their long life?

THINK and THINK and ACT..


STOP FOOLING YOURSELF 

for your cheers!!!

Beer is the oldest alcholic and third largest consumable drink after water and tea in the world.It is produced by brewing and fermentation of cereal grains mainly barley.beer is flavoured with hops for bitterness.hops also acts as natural preservative for beer.
beer is the national drink of germany.
the alcholic strength of beer is usually around 4 percent to 6 percent alchol by volume though may range from less than 1 percent to over 20 percent alchol by volume in rare case.

diagram illustrating the process of brewing beer

what do all boxes means in diagram:

hot water tank                   malt

copper          hops          mash tun

                                   hop back

                    heat exchanger

                                      bottling

add yeast                       cask


picture of hops

lot of varieties are there for beer
lambic :beer of belgium
stout and porter :dark beer made by roasted barleyand malt
wheat beer :made mainly from wheat
Ale : beer mostly fermented by yeast
Lager :lager is english name for cool fermenting beers of europien origin.The name lager comes from german "lagern" for "to store"as brewers stored beer in cool cellars and cavesduring warm summer months where they continued to ferment.

health related facts
high ethnol content of beer's effect on body can seen in below link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Possible_long-term_effects_of_ethanol.svg#filelinks
The main active ingredient of beer is alcohol and therefore, the health effects of alcohol apply to beer.a 2005 japanese study found that low alcohol beer may possess strong anti cancer properties.it is considered that overeating and lack of muscle tone is the main cause of beer belly.

CHEERS

celebrate sensibly

Working for a hotel I tend to be a part of lot of celebrations and late night parties ,many  of them are hosted by well off personalities .But sometime problems does arise. People want to enjoy dancing and disco jockeys’ are invited to perform in marriages and other events and they play loud music. This loud music is allowed till 10: 30 pm in our city by law and it is hotel administration’s duty to stop such performances after the prescribed time. It is where my role comes in our organization. I usually inform the guest well in advance that he will have to abort the loud music after 10:30pm, but when the time approaches many a times guest try to get extension of time and for that he requests saying “abhi to time hai’or you can charge a bit more, or let the cops come I will talk to them and so on. But government rules are to be followed and also the neighbours have to sleep peacefully thus I have to do the needful forcefully with a heavy heart ,as I too don’t like to disturb them in their enjoyment.
 I don’t understand why these type of people want an extension when they are celebrating but want an action by administration when somebody near there house is playing loud music late night or organizing a jaagran at a temple .

hamari mithaiyo ko bachao....

versus

Rasgulla ,Gulabjamun, kajukatli…… Indian sweets are mouthwatering but now slowly chocolates are substituting .Mithai is sweet milk dessert from India. Mithai is traditionally used to be exchanged on festive occations,but now a days chocolates have replaced mithai. In India the main region for it is adulteration in making mithai, as milk and other products are limited so some people have started adulteration and thus customer have switched over to chocolate .

The chocolate industry is an organized industry with lots of multinationals also working and they have a dedicated budget for advertisement and lobbying is also there .now a days even savories like kurkure and bhujias have festive packs .everyone knows that they are not traditionally exchanged on festive occasion but then too lot of people opt for them. 

The dairy federations should stand with sweet industry and should take initiative to save Indian sweet bazaar by making standards and can standardize the sweets also by keeping check. These government dairy federations can brand these sweets even make tempting advertisements  and come out with ideas to promote sweets and can vigilantly keep track on adulteration also.

dusshera.....in true sence

Dusshera is celebrated today around the country will lot of festivities and joy .The elimination ritual of king ravana who is supposed as the symbol of evil .
How many of us have shed any of their bad habits on this day ?
True significance of Dusshera festival will be  only if we imply it in our life and shed at least one of our bad habit ,practices.
BUT its not that easy as we think ….
Today three dalits were fined 45000 for drinking water at public taps isn’t  it a ravana act on dusshera.
Well we all know this is one which came to light there are many and each of us might have performed several ..
Please wake up .
Only destroying the idol of demon king is not enough burn the ills within and celebrate !

my memories of Ihm Chennai hostel days ....

It was the summer of 1999 when I stepped at the Chennai central accompanied with my father and girju data .we checked in a hotel near the railway station .next morning after we were done with the formalities we went to tirupati balaji for darshans .it was a great experience .
Next morning my father and girju data left me with my luggage at ihmct&an boy hostel’s room no 18 and left for Udaipur.

I came to know that I have to live with my roommate Narayan Tharoor from Pallacad .As soon as we setteled we were asked to come to the mess where briefing was conducted by some seniors who told us about the Personality Development Program (PDP)  which will follow from now .full sleeves shirt slippers in wrong legs and the upper most button to be tied every time at  hostel premises .and very important thing the five friends to be kept in the paint pocket every time and nothing in shirt pocket.
Some other interesting things I remember now after 10 years are the hostel song ,learning the names with room nos of all hostalites .the bad days ended before  dusshera breaks  ,the day the Hindu god ram got victory over ravana the demon king .we had a freshers party with our own money and still enjoyed the freedom.
Kanagam was the place where we hostallites use to go for party after mid night ‘garnish ‘on a birthday and use to have tea ,coffee,ragi,biscuits and of course smoke.annexxe was the other place outside the campus where we use to get smoke and vada’s in collage time .Rotas at mess and the fried chicken on Sundays and Wednesday at mess are a few things I miss a lot .

Pushkar who joined us as the third roommate was an adventurous boy and we both used to explore Chennai we went to movies followed with dinner almost everyday after classes .I remember one insident when I returned from home after breaks the wine shopkeeper called us and asked ‘anna long time no see’.
The teachers I can recall are Chef Sabapati ,Chef Roberts  Chef Parimala ,
 Chef abhraam in second year once scolded me as I was standing outside the class with my shoe on the wall he told me that I am making the wall dirty even today whenever I remember the chef and the insident. Mr. Dadhwal with his French and Mr. Gitesh with his French classical menu ,even Mr. Thambu with his communication skills  are few teachers I still remember.

Khambha,sutta king nirjhar,machli,Nunnu were some nicknames saju dushyant ankur, rahul dev swami  goseph george ,ABD,dutta chitlaa above all Drigesh and many  I still remember .everyone was friend, mess nights were great but incomplete without booze and music. The ODC’s which fetched us some cash to enjoy ,girls from girls hostel neha ,babita,Dipti and pratima were few I could still remember .many of my friends are abroad also .Hope everyone else are well off in life .

Today's judgment and Social Audit in NREGA

Justice sodhi reacting on ‘matoo case judgment ‘today said that “ aaj kal criminals ki to aaish hi aaish hai jail mai . “ today Priadarshini matoo case was heard at supreme court and the death sentence to Santosh Singh  is changed into life imprisonment. Media reports says Santosh had raped 22year old Priadarshini ,who was alone at home ,after first beating her with his motorcycle helmet .He then strangled her with an electric wire .Isn’t it brutal by a law student  to a law student and the highest court of justice had changed the death verdict to life imprisonment !
Previously on 19 April 2010 supreme court had upheld the punishment given to Manu Sharma for murdering model Jessica lall in 1999.

Mathama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005

The social audit of NREGA at bhilwara,rampant corruption and irregularities were found over one crore rupees.Panchayats of Titodi ,Tasvariya,Para,Devariya ect.were in question . The social audit was largest of its since enactment of the NREGA in year 2005 with about 1800 people ,organized by the government of Rajasthan for the audit with Magsaysay award winner Aruna Roy of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sanghatan ,teams undertook a ‘Padyatra’ covering more than 381 Gram panchayats comprising of 1600 villages and 900 NREGA work sites were addressed during the audit..
On 20 june2007 the presentation in front of the prime minister of India reveled certain facts related to nregas
The demand of employment is met under this scheme while 2.12 crore households employment was demanded whereas 2.10 crore households employment was provided through NREGA in whole country out of which 61.77percent share is of scheduled castes and tribes.
At least one third of the beneficiaries shall be women who have registered and requested for work under the scheme .
From the total of 8812crores of rupees 33.8 percent is gone in material and contingency and rest rupees 5834.21 crores for wages which is a major share .In the work done under NREGAS highest priority is given to water conservation (54%) ,then 10% of work done under NREGAS for provision of irrigation facility to land owned by scheduled tribe and scheduled castes,21% for rural connectivity ,eleven percent for land development and rest 4   percent of work done under the scheme for other activity.

The government of India is trying for betterment under this scheme .The insurance of a NREGAS worker is Rs25000 of death on work site right now, discussion are on with L.I.C. for whole family insurance in such event. Also the government is trying to double the time span for a NREGAS worker from 100 days guarantee work to 200 days of work .

The lesser known railway training school at Udaipur

Zonal training school at Sukhadia circle Udaipur is one of the premier railway training institutes in India.
It was established in the year 1956and was inaugurated by Dr. Rajendra Prasad the first president of Indian republic .Since than it has been the alma meter for lot of railway employees who learned from here .
The motto of this institute embodied in words “sanrakshaseva gatiyuta”which means “ patronage service speed”
The zonal training school is known for its vast area of more than 100 bhigas at premium location .the institute includes hostels ,mess ,a government school ,3 temples ,one mazaar and arch shaped main school building , .The zonal school building have a model room which have a set up of railways model it include miniature trains , platforms ,railway line with signals and railway crossing in that room and everything there is functional .the model room at school also attract visitors especially children. An auditorium is also there at this training school where our school  had its annual functions when I was a kid.
The painful part is two cigarette shops  situated less than 50meters of the institute gate and no one is bothered.
The institute also caters as yoga classes for neighborhood and also about 100 health conscious morning walkers and joggers use the institute in the morning everyday and also for evening walks lot of udaipurites use this institute .
Sukhadia circle is the garden with a tall fountain situated in front of the institute.

About An Ant.

An ant is the most inspirational insect on this earth for humans but we know very less about an ant so I am sharing some lesser known facts about ants .
http://www.google.co.in/imgres?imgurl=http://www.lifestudiesonline.com/antdiagram.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.lifestudiesonline.com/antbody.htm&usg=__y2TVkYFHUZpz0wwa_1MZJwfD1fY=&h=309&w=432&sz=27&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=O-r-nf1tCRkwAM:&tbnh=154&tbnw=213&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpictures%2Bof%2Bants%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1366%26bih%3D667%26tbs%3Disch:10,240&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=1059&vpy=231&dur=2781&hovh=190&hovw=266&tx=133&ty=112&ei=WZipTI2EGoW0vgOU45WaDA&oei=WZipTI2EGoW0vgOU45WaDA&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:18,s:0&biw=1366&bih=667
Ants are said to be the only living being colonized  at every part of the globe except Antarctica. Ants are social insects of the family formicidae .Ants evolved from wasp like ancestors 110 to 130 million years ago.
An ants success in so many environment has been attributed to their social organization and their ability to modify habitats, tap resources ,and defend .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wElmpgHXCCw&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_stronger_r2-2r-6-HM
Humans cant ignore this insect in any way as they have learned lessons of organization ,hard work, zeal ,and not giving up in any situation .ants also play a big role in today’s management study .
An ant have largest brain in proportion to its size they are the smartest species of insects with about 250000 brain cells. The total biomass of all the ants on earth is roughly equal to the total biomass of all the people on earth. An ant is able to lift about 20 times of its own body weight.
The caste system is also the system introduced by the ants as they lived in colonies and they had divided themselves into different caders for example queen ant ,male ants ,worker ants and soldier ants …
So friends next time when you see an ant don’t just walk away try to learn from this tiny insect .

aaj sunday hai ...

Necessarity is the mother of inventions .Many a times small needs can invent or reform things .People modify things to there convenience ,even words can be modified and used .Right now I am coating an excellent example of how my friends did so.

Weather in English dictionary means the state of atmosphere. Weather word for a cricket bookie is unfortunate as for them it means, the rainy atmosphere or when rain interrupt the game they call weather had came and interrupted the match. In such case the game is cancelled and the bookie suffers.

Whereas for me and my friends weather means time to enjoy because we friends have termed booze party as’ weather’ ,the trend started because one of our friend was into cricket betting and use to say every now and then that today weather came into the match and interrupted .we friends picked up the term whether and started using it for alcoholic parties so now if any of us have to celebrate we call friends and inform that weather is organized  ,some of the common phrases are
Aaj weather ka mood hai ...yaar.
Weather kar ke aa raha ho !
Daijee weather karoge kya….

So aaj Sunday hai aaj weather day hai…
And so on….

Face to Face With U: My Rural India.

Face to Face With U: My Rural India.

My Rural India.

Different people have different perceptions of Rural India in their mind, some gets a picture of green fields, bullock carts, and even clumsy shabby person with a pair of bullock’s .This is what we think about a village sitting in a city.
 Forget those images of ravaged villagers with ragged cloths and sun baked earth. Island of poverty still exist but most of rural India is transformed beyond imagination thanks to factors which has put unprecedented wealth in the hand of farmer across the country and turn it into huge consumer market.
The super markets purchase food products directly from farmer thus farmer gets market for his product at his door steps and no middle man is there to suck his hard earned money.

As per 2001 census 72.2%of population lives in about 638000 villages .The government of India is emphasizing on rural development .the indra awaas yogans for home to rural homeless people,Pradhan mantri gramin sadak yogana ,Rashtriya baagwani mision,poshahar yogana and most popular MGNREGA are few to name. Because of these a regular inflow of money have begin due to which the purchasing power of villager have increased and rural economy started flourishing.

It was 1994 when my grand father brought a black and White television set to our village .The set had shutter in front and it was EC company’s television .During installation group of villagers started coming and at 8;40PM at the news time around 600people had gathered to watch it at our backyard .It was a celebration time for everyone .The teacher of the primary school was heard saying that now we will be connected with the rest of the world and will start progressing .Today my village have plasmas and even 1or 2 desk tops .
Now days most of the villagers have vehicles, cell phones, television with dish, refregrators, invertors and many such amenities. Rural people have also recognized the value of education so almost every child is going to school ,here government have also worked and introduce  scheme of mid day meal  at all schools .

Again talking about my own village, from past 20 yrs development have been there at a regular pace. I remember in my childhood days electricity was there but unorganized  power cuts was regular feature, but now a days power cuts in villages are less and due to it many gazettes have been purchased by rural masses even villagers have started to relay totally on electricity for irrigation at fields which in turn increased yield and thus prosperity .
we had a bio gas plant also at our village which was first of its kind .There were no phones 8 years back and now villagers carry mobile phones, the landlord calls the worker at anytime and can check weather he is irrigating the land or not which improve the productivity .awareness thru television about rights and schemes of government for farmers and villagers have increased.

Happy …everyone is happy because of the verdict and thanking the god for making things smooth and fair .
The judiciary has given a balanced judgment it has used non legal categories like faith to come to conclusion which is an example to follow  .

Thank you nation for behaving mature please continue to behave like this at all such critical time. 

Tomorrow is second of October a dry day and almost every one is making arrangements of booze for the weekend .many of us don’t know the reason why Gandhi jayanti is a dry day where no Indian is allowed to booze but almost every one drinks on that day .human sociology says whenever anyone is stopped or restricted not to do something he or she will find ways to do the same act and feel pleased. The newspaper survey says there is a 100 percent growth in hard drink sales. So dry day concept should be thrown away the government should not be a moral police .

The civil aviation minister of government of India was held and questioned by immigration authorities at Chicago airport. Why do India not condemn such foreign acts .is India is been targeted by foreign nations ?
Sometimes its beaurocrats sometimes celebrities and now ministers ….why ?