Titoda Mafi ....is on wikipedia !

Titoda Mafi ; टिटोडा माफी ; تتودہ مافی Titoda,टिटोडा تتودہ

Titoda Mafi is a 
village

situated in

Bhilwara district
near Pander .The village 
 Jaagir
awarded to Mahiyaria 
Clan
of 
 Charans
by 
 Mewar 

Royal House.The location of the

Jagir 

is 25.691536n, 75.126392 village " Titoda Mafi" via Jhazpur dist. Bhilwara [(Rajasthan)] on the globe.

The name Titoda was changed into Titoda Mafi way back in eighteenth century when the village was awarded as the then Titoda Thakur Saab wanted the nearby village Titodi also to the Jaagir because Titodi was a bigger revenue village .So "Thakur Sa of Titoda " went to the court of Udaipur and recited a doha/poem

which said "Titoda bina Titodi dori ;Jagpat Raan milade  jodi"... (titodi is also a bird )listning to it the then 
Maharana
said :"gaao khalsey kar lo "...(take back Titoda Jagir from the Mahiyaria's) after a due course of apologies by Thakur Saab the Titoda Jaagir was returned again to the Mahiyaria's after Mafi or [(appologies )].From then onwards the village was named as "Titoda Mafi".

Once

Thakur 

Hamir Singh Mahiyaria of Titoda went to [(Jaipur)] and stayed there for couple of weeks .On returning back as he was fascinated with the way Jaipur city was well planned ,Thakur Hamir ordered replanning of Titoda .Now Titoda was also planned village and had Padas like Meena Pada,Gujar Pada ,ect where each caste was given a different area in village to live in a group .even the streets and severage was taken care off.till now it is said that Titoda Mafi is very well planned village

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The Fatehsagar Lake

                 

Fatah Sagar Lake is situated in Udaipur city in the Indian state of Rajasthan.This artificial lake was dug up by ‘Maharana Jai Singh’ in 1678 and reconstructed by ‘Maharana Fateh Singh’ by raising a big enchanting embankment. The main dam is 2800 ft. long and 35 ft. deep.  Said to be the pride of the City of Lakes of Udaipur, it is an artificial lake constructed by Maharana in north of Lake Pichola in 1678 and to the north-west of Udaipur. It is one of the four lakes of the Udaipur city; the other three lakes are: the Lake Pichola (within the Udaipur town), Udai Sagar Lake (13 km to the east of Udaipur) and Dhebar Lake or Jaisamand Lake (52 km south east of Udaipur). Within the confines of the Fatah Sagar Lake, there are three small islands.; the largest of these is the island called the Nehru Park (4 km area), which is a popular garden with a restaurantThere is a boat shaped café which is also an attraction for visitors. , the second island (0.06 km area) houses a public park with an impressive water-jet fountain and the third island (1.2 km area) addresses Udaipur Solar Observatory, which is the best solar observing site in Asia. Fateh Sagar Lake is quiet place where people usually come for relaxation and to lighten up amidst the serene waters of the lake. 

               

Fateh Sagar Lake is well-planned with three intake channels and an overflow channel that is usually brought into play in the rainy season. The primarily aim to construct this lake was to carry out irrigational practices. But, eventually the lake became reliable water supply source in the entire region. Lake Fateh Sagar, in fact is the second utmost source of water supply for Udaipur.Said to be the pride of the City of Lakes of Udaipur.One can enjoy boating with moist hills and scenic view in the background. It will indeed be a refreshing feel as cool breeze will leave you energized and thrilled. And make sure that you don’t miss the opportunity to view the magnificent sunset from this lake as it will give you some picture perfect shots. 

                          

Latitude	Longitude
24.6	73.67

Shore length:

• 8.5 km (5.3 mi )

Max. width:

• 1.6 km (0.99 mi )

Max. length:

• 2.4 km (1.5 mi )

Catchment area:

• 54 km² (21 mi² )

memories

"Happy Friendship day" to all you people From childhood days to Chennai days to now a days have a happy friendship day.It is said that from 1935 the first Sunday of August is proclaimed as the friendship day by the United States Congress .Today the commercial world have endorse the event to add a boost to the sales .




Well for me as usual every Sunday starts at 9 am as the hangover of Saturday is to high !  after b'fast a trip to a hangout where cluster of Friends gather as usual  we plan an outing for the day .each one is assigned with a job to be finished in an hour .bottles and packs are loaded and untamed we start our trip which ends near a stream as these are rainy days in this part of the globe.Sunday has transformed into a Funday .On a highway roadside dhaba Samosa and a cup of tea with showers all over some of us exploded the music and transformed that  Dhaba into a disc what a day .


Friends and friends all around the best part about picnics is that it really does help bond us together .For In our school days we neighbours use to picnic at a nearby garden with homemade stuff like pakoras etc it was a good get together exercise .
Leaving from the dhaba we started to the jharna recommended by one of us totally drenched and excited we reached the destination and BLAST the music onn ,took out the packs and the bottles and had snacks and cold drinks while some arranged for firewood and cow dung for the hand made delicacy dalbati churmaa .
With off and on showers the day was great and we friends  had great fun and enjoyed to the fullest till evening and made the Sunday memorable .

"दर्द सहेजो ,प्रेम बाटों"

आज आप और हम जहा कही व् जब कभी हो इस वाक्य का चलन काफी ज्यादा होने लगा है की "आजकल धरती पर पाप बहुत बढ़ गया है इसलिये यह हो रहा है वो हो रहा है | कभी किसी ने यह सोचने की जरुरत महसूस की है की यह क्यों और कैसे हो रहा है ?

"भय बिनु होए ना प्रीती गुसाई " तुलसी की इस चोपाई को लोगो ने सार्थक करने में कोई कसार नहीं छोड़ी | आज इंसान झूठ ,फरेब और मक्कारी का उपयोग करते हुए प्रभु भय के बारे मे ना सोच कर समाज उसका कुछ बिगाड़ पायेगा या नहीं ?क्या कोई काम रुक तो नहीं जायेगा ऐसा करने से ,कई जगहों पर दंड दे कर बच सकता हू या नहीं ? इस तरह की प्रवृति आम होचुकी है |

"फिर हम सही सहयात्री होंगेएक कांधा तुम होगेएक मैं ..... दर्द को हम बाँट लेंगे" !  इस कथन का आज भरपूर उपयोग हो रहा है, मेरी तरह हरकोई दर्द बाटने मे लगा हुआ है प्रेम, सद्भावना, मानवता आज जिंदिगी से कोसो दूर छूट गए सच कहा है, अगर मनुष्य अपना चेहरा ही गौर से देखे आंशिक प्रकाश में तो रुप कितना विकृत दिखाई देता है। इसलिए जीवन में प्रकाश का होना निहायत ही जरुरी है। जीवन में प्रकाश तभी रहेगा जब कथनी और करनी में अंतर नहीं होगा। तभी तन-मन-जीवन आलोकित होगा।

प्रकृति प्रदत्त उपहार समस्त जगत के लिये है बस आवश्यकता है उसे सहेजने की उसका आनंद लेने की।होड़ छोड़ कर सेवा सुश्रुता,कामना परे रख कर कर्म ,मोह का त्याग कर दान एव दर्द को सहेज कर उलहास बिखेरने से तृप्ति का वो सुखद अहसास स्वयं ही जीवन पर्यंत रहेगा और तभी मनुष्य जीवन सही मायने मे सार्थक होगा|

No proofs needed !

Perhaps not actually necessary but certainly beneficial for learning and growth is a bad phase in life and it can never be avoided .I personally feel that life is simply an examination and we are either a failure or success.
but the fact is, we cant judge as the content of life which determine this situation is too too blurred and it is difficult to make out what we have lost worth how much and what all we gained in the journey is really ! Also,who and how will we come to know when we have to analyze in life when we have everything you would think But may be the next moment have the bloody spirit and vigor to take away everything .


Energy is needed for each and every thought and from where we get it ? It is from the thought ,Yes if we are positive about our feature than nothing can stop us .Even the worse fear will bypass our mind .So vice versa same as "life and zeal " if we don't have the zeal or passion for anything life becomes stagnant and lethargic .


There are environments which sometimes fill positivity in life that's the reason why we go to a picnic ,movie or friends place on a weekend ,we recharge ourselves .Maybe by looking at others we get the feel of the positive stream and get the JOSH !


Talking about supernatural powers when I was a child i was fascinated with superheros like Phantom ,Saabu , Superman ETC and use to think that they are the forces behind this mother nature time passed someone told me that these superheros are our own creations and my faith in them got tarnished and God came into picture . And I believe he is the one ,no one knows from where ? so everyone have the faith in god whom they haven't seen.it doesn't  look strange that when we talk about anyone we ask for proofs and guarantees but nothing of such for the unknown force?

The Criminal Wastage

"ANNAM PARABRAHMA SWAROOPAM," says our Indian philosophy. This means that food is equal to God as told by our great ancient sayers. But we, their descendants, are we giving the same amount of respect to this age-old God? Frankly, most of us do not. Result: Millions of our fellow beings are dying in hunger when millions of tons of food is being thrown away, wasted, discarded, whatever; for no good reason most of the times. Other times there are a few good complications because of which food is wasted. Except for them, this is a very simple problem with colossal possibilities of simple solutions. In brief it is "Don't waste food; Give it to others." 

Way back in early nineteen sixties, practically every food scientists in India were chanting the now familiar "mantra" that 35% of the country's food was being wasted and urgent measures were required to stop this enormous waste which would only assure food security. After billions of rupees spent on food conservation research during the last 50 years and successfully managing the Green Revolution that ensured plentiful supplies of food grains, is it not a quirk of irony that same "waste mantra" is still repeated ad naseum to day by the Minister for Food Processing Industry at the Center, who might not have been even borne at that time? There is no dearth of conservation technology in the country to prevent the waste and scientific design of grain storage structures is within the reach of the government, if it really desires to arrest the grain wastage. Unfortunately what is lacking is the political will and dynamism on the part of the government that obstructs a long term vision.

When the daughter of businessman Mohammed Sultan got married recently, guests were treated to a lavish 30-course meal served in super-sized silver platters. About 20 percent would've been thrown away.It's a criminal waste,around 100,000 weddings and social events are held in India every day food wasted each day at weddings and family functions in Mumbai alone would be enough to feed the city's vast slum population.food prices in India are rising fast — by 8.4 per cent in June alone — as demand outstrips production. And the burden is falling disproportionately on the poor. Experts say the jump in prices for staples to record highs over the past few months has pushed another 64 million Asians into poverty.

 The loss due to wastage could be reduced by a developed food  processing industry, strengthening of the post- harvest infrastructure and filling the gaps in the supply chain.some of the latest technologies for the cold chain industry include post harvest technologies for pre cooling process technologies for controlled ripening ,high relative humidity cold stores for fruits and vegetables,blast freezing and individual quick freezing for fruits and vegetables among others. 

Some quick tips to reduce food wastage 

 Don't fall for "three for two" deals on fresh food unless you'll definitely use them.

Plan weekly meals and stick to shopping lists.

Watch your portion sizes and make sure plates are being completely cleared at mealtimes.

Remove bad stale food immediately as it can harm the good one .

To conclude I want to quote Gandhiji " If God were to appear to the millions of hungry people, it would be in the form of food".

The Feudal

Thakur is not a caste or religion,various  terms for Jagirdaar, zamindar were and are used in various provinces. For example, a zamindar is known as a Wadera in Sindh and as a Thakur in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya pradesh, Himachal pradesh, Haryana, Uttrakhand, Chhatisgarh and Bihar. In the Punjab and Haryana, there are multiple variations, such as Chaudhary (which often became lambardar or zaildaar during the British Empire's occupation of North India), Sardar and Malik (an Arabic term which literally means "King"). The word zamindar is derived ultimately from the Persian زمین Zamīn, "earth/land", and the common suffix دار -dār, "-holder" (also found in many of the terms above).The term means, in Persian, 'land owner.Even 'Jagir is a Persian word consisting of Ja (جا) "place" + gir (گیر) "holder.


 Thakur is an identity and the word is placed before name by the rich peoples in the villages like landlords, having high control on the village peoples in terms of doing justice for their own society. They are Kshtriya and claim to be descendants from good kshtriya family.
The feudal form of land ownership and transfer is referred to as the Jagirdar system. It was established in the 13th century by the sultans of Delhi. The net result of this system was to weaken the central government as the land ownership became hereditary. The Jagirdar system was periodically abolished, then resumed. It was last abolished by the government in 1951.If the grant was of a whole village, it was generally referred to as 'jagir'.Jagir was the estate given  to anyone to take care and the revenue being collected and forces kept ready to serve for the king of that kingdom .


Jagirdar or  Thakur (also Thakkar, Thakhor, Thakir, Thakrar or Tukhar) is an Indian feudal title in several Indian languages for the estateholder was an aristocrat, typically hereditary, who held enormous tracts of land and ruled over and taxed the peasants who lived on it .The grantee of the jagir, called a jagirdar, was in effect the ruler of that region and substantial income that was earned (taxes, etc.) from this region went to the owner to maintain his family and his troops. The jagirdar would live at court in capital, keeping up his rank and appearing twice a day before the emperor; consequently the jagirdar preferred to receive his share of the dues from the estates in coin rather than in kind.


 A Thikana is the state or more often estate of a Thakur. A Thakurani is the wife of a Thakur. The big Jamindars of old times used Thakur as their title . In fact, princely titles were even awarded to holders of domains mainly jagirs and even zamindars , which were not states at all. Various sources give significantly different numbers of states and domains of the various types. Even in general, the definition of titles and domains are clearly not well-established. 
Kanwar is the courtesy title given to the eldest son of the jagirdar while Kawarani is the courtesy title for wife of Kanwar.Thakar Sahibs ('Sir Lord') was loftier, and indeed used till their accession to independent India .