Mumbai & Bangalore___________ Varied Cultures.
______ Traveling Experiences______
Mumbai is an oblique city. I have been a resident of this city since my birth and I can vouch for its obliqueness. Its multi cultural ethos is reflected in its authentic cosmopolitism. Mumbai is in the state of Maharashtra and is situated on the west coast of India. There are many rumored stories on the name of this great city. When the British came over here, the city was consisting of seven islands. But, they found an ideal natural bay for the ships to berth. So they termed it as Bon (meaning fine in French) and Bay. Soon, ‘N’ was replaced by ‘M’ and the city changed over to BOMBAY. The other story is of a famous Hindu Temple called MUMBADEVI located in the famous congested bullion market, Zaveri Bazaar. So, a few years back, BOMBAY had a walk over to MUMBAI, keeping the sentiments of the Hindu Goddess in mind.
Mumbai has an extensive 7 km. coastline and its world famous Juhu Beach is the longest one in India. Just across this Juhu Beach, is Juhu Flying Club, the only one of its kind in India for amateur fliers. Every now and then, , the swimmers huddle together, whenever they hear the buzzing sound of a small low flying plane zooming over them. The learner pilot waves from his cockpit and the swimmers return the favor by waving with both their hands. This is a thrilling moment for the swimmers below, as they imagine that they are flying the plane! The coastline is dotted with some of the most exquisite bungalows owned by some celebrities, corporate houses, Bollywood actors and the high profile. It is right here in these grand villas that massive finance deals are made by these big shots! It may be a casual meeting between a script writer & a film producer, a deal of joint venture amongst business houses or it may even be a huddle of drug activists. Money running into billions of dollars exchange hands in the blink of an eye! Sex, murder, extortion and other nefarious activities also cannot be ruled out in this diabolic place.
After partition, one of the great freedom fighters of India, Mr. Bal Gangadhar Tilak got an idea of dividing India on the basis of state language for better governance. But, the idea was flawed, because of different languages spoken in India. Hence, the states were divided into linguistic basis like, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Oriya, Urdu, Guajarati, Kannada, and et all. In short, these languages made the states of India and language Marathi became the dominant language of Maharastra State, Tamil language of Tamil Nadu State, Telugu language of Andhra Pradesh State, Bengali language of Bengal State, Oriya language of Orissa State, Urdu language of Uttar Pradesh State, Gujarati of Gujarat State, Malayam language of Kerala State…………………… But to top it all this concept, Hindi Language was made into a National Language of India.
Now, the regional sentiment for one’s own mother tongue was too attractive to overlook. Hence, strong powerful vested interests for one’s region came into focus and regional politics was born. Unheard of names suddenly began to occupy the important posts in the regional government machinery. This in turn destroyed the oneness of Indians as a whole and patriotism was just a password in a computerized life of an Indian. In totality, India became of a country divided into various cultures with little care for thinking as an Indian, lacking in patriotic fervor. During my extensive travels in these different states of India, I found the Kannada people more appealing to mix and bond with. My experiences with the cultures of Maharashtra and Karnataka is the write up of this article……………………
Earlier, I had mentioned that Mumbai is an oblique city, a best virtual city in the whole of India. If a little more foresight was made, Mumbai could have been compared with the likes of London, New York, California, Washington D.C. Amsterdam, Germany and other dynamic cities of the world. But, Mumbai was made into a chess game and a pawn for powerful vote bank politicians, where they milked the city dry so that no progress, prosperity, art, culture, fine arts can thrive. In sum, it is a traveling city, where its citizens are forced into a commute habit of passing their time, leaving no time for the other pursuits to be indulged in. Only a few large corporate houses are carrying this otherwise dying city on their shoulders to keep it alive. There is no order, no rule, no governance to maintain the city and take it to the dizzy heights to be recognized as a world class city. Yes, my friends, Mumbai is dying a slow death.
The only charm left in this city is the age old fine Marathi Culture, where poetry, literature, drama, can find its true identity in the people of Maharashtra. But, here again the evil is ruling over the good. Many great saints, poets, dramatists, writers, have passed away and there is no true leader to guide the young generation and continue the traditions and the customs of the great Marathi people. Basically, the Marathi men are very talented tribe but………………………..??????
Ask about the Marathi cuisine and our mouths begin to water. This eat is a very delightful spread of various food items, totally ethnic ( with no influence from any other culture) and varied in its preparation, aroma, style, color and taste. Stepping into one of this hotel was a delightful experience for me. A Thali or a plate of meals in its true Marathi culture contains_________ chapattis, rice, amti (soup), some vegetables, pickle, curd, papad ( a snack) and a sweet of laddoo (ball made of sugar, grated coconut, cashew nuts, )and I had the pleasure of tasting this Thali in that hotel, a really sumptuous meal for the hungry stomach.
A true Maharashtrian wears a dhoti of simple white cloth material, a Gandhi an jacket, and a topi (Gandhi cap ). His walk is straight and proud and his spoken language a little rough and loud. The Marathas are a brave warrior tribe, ready to die for a cause they believe is right, according to their conscience. One of the weaknesses is in their thinking to be united and come under one umbrella to rule. Here, everyone wants to be a leader, who form their own groups to rule their own army and where his ideology is always different from the other leader. If only, the Marathi people could be united under one savior to guide them…………………………….??????
A habit most common amongst the working class Marathi man is chewing tobacco or eating pan (beetle leaves containing supari nut, chuna [lime], shaunf, and katha [brown liquid condiment]. A small oblong steel box is always kept in his inner pocket containing dry tobacco and chuna (lime) This fellow takes out this box, opens it and pours some tobacco into his left hand palm. Then, with his right thumb, he sort of grinds this tobacco into very fine particles and a powdery form. After adding a bit of chuna, he opens his mouth and places this mixture below his tongue. This tobacco gives a slight intoxication and the person feels relaxed for some time………….. but little realizing of contacting a deadly disease of the cancer of the mouth. Eating a pan is the easiest pastime for this class of people. He might just visit a tiny wayward shop and pick up his pan from the owner of the shop for Rs.5/= or even less. Chewing pan is also not considered good for health, as it may again cause the cancer of the mouth, especially the tongue. Many cases have been recorded in the hospitals for pan eaters or tobacco chewers for losing their tongues. But, a habit is a habit and a culture is a culture amongst this ethnic group.
I just traveled to the city of Bangalore (the city being renamed Bengaluru) a few days back and my experience was exhilarating! I went to my computer to book a train ticket, but was disappointed to find all the berths full. Unwillingly, I had to opt for a bus journey. I selected National Travels to take me to Bangalore. This company has a fleet of 10 Volvos running between the southern states of India. Volvo is a luxurious bus imported from Sweden and is great for a quick travel. This air-conditioned bus is equipped with 2 x 2 seats, elegant, very comfortable and very high tech. Each seat is attached with a pad for footrest, in case a passenger is interested in reclining and dozing off. The semi-sleeper super bus takes just 17 hours for a 1200 km. journey from Mumbai to Bangalore, in comparison to a train travel, which may extend up to a boring 26 hours!
When I entered my Volvo, I was pleasantly surprised to receive a free box containing a bottle of purified Bisleri water with a packet of Parle Glucose biscuits. There is a lever type of handle on the left side of each seat. Once you push this lever down, the seat automatically slowly goes into a reclining angle for a quick nap! This company has also installed a TV to screen some great Bollywood blockbusters. All these facilities make a Volvo bus journey very soothing for a tired body and the journey time flies off very quickly, adhering to the law that anything good lasts for a very short while.
Bangalore’s salubrious climate attracts many people from other states to migrate into this beautiful garden city of India. Its citizens are highly educated and is currently the best city of India. Its world famous IT company, INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES is rooted here. Its roads are very clean and this reflects on the culture of the people. Its staple food is rice, from where all the varied food items are prepared……………. Like Idlis, (steamed round balls of rice) Vadas,(fried golden brown button holed rounds made from pulses), Dosas ( chapatti like) and other food items. I had the pleasure of meeting a young Bangalorean, who had made millions of rupees, just by selling the above items. Its unassuming wayside shop attracts many young bikers, who stop by for a quick bite. Last year, his shop, M/s Vienna Stores was awarded a certificate by the government of Karnataka as the finest makers of IDLIS.
An average Bangalorean is a very peaceful man, which shows in his walk and talk. He will never indulge in dramatics, showman ship or be in confrontation. His dress code is a lungi ( round cotton cloth wrapped below the waist, like a pant), and a Jhaba ( long shirt with full sleeves worn well below his knees). Bangalorean children, especially the girls are born beautiful and we have the Miss World, Ashwariya Rai Bachhan to back this claim. What makes these children attractive? Is it the climate, the thinking or the culture? Like Mumbai, the citizens of Bangalore go for the fine arts, dramas, plays, dance, music………….. the carnatic music being world famous in symphony. There are many drama theatres in Bangalore and so parents of the girl child are enrolled in these theatres to learn the various dance forms at an early age. This in turn leads these girls to opt for a career in film industry. The Kannada language continues to the mother tongue of a Bangalorean. The one factor that separates the Bangalorean man from his Mumbai counterpart is the total lack of fanatism in their lives. They are an open book, peaceful, kind and also ready to opt for a change. The one language & culture which they have imbibed very strongly is their love for anything English. They willingly name their schools, convents, business houses, pubs, hotels in English, while still retaining their ethnic image. They got for educating their children in the best English schools, while also learning their mother tongue, the Kannada Language. In sum, they have a modern outlook with a traditional bent of mind. Although, corruption is rampant every where, the Bangalorean man is a stickler for a rule of law. He will rarely break a law in trade, business, transport, society living, or in manners and etiquette. One of the oldest immigrants in Bangalore is a business house, M/s K. C. Das. His business is in the manufacture and sale of Bengali sweet delicacies, like……………… Rossagollas, Pure white Burfis, Jallebis, (dipped in sugary liquid) Basundi, Rossa malai, (floating in thick condensed milk) and many other sweets. The most favorite item in the card is MISHTI DAHI. This is a sweet curd, prepared very lovingly from a thick pure milk. It is distributed in their branches in various types of pottery containers. The secret of selling this exquisite curd in pottery vessels has a reason, as solid as its curd. Brick pottery made from red clay has invisible pores, through which there is a ventilation of air. So anything packed in these vessels ensures the coolness of its contents. Hence, MISHTI DAHI is these containers tastes fabulous to the tongue. Another latest sweet item added to its list are 3 items for Diabetics…………… Rossagollas for Diabetics, Sandesh for Diabetics, and canned Rossagollas for Diabetics. The other fast selling product is a quick breakfast item, called plate of PURI BAJJI ……….which consists of 4 small fried chapattis, baby potatoes floating in tomatoes liquid, and liquid channa dal ( a type of pulse) .All these products are freely distributed through their 10 strategic located branches in Bangalore, with their head office stationed permanently in Calcutta ( Kolkata). M/s K. C. Das also runs a R & D facility in Bangalore with stringent control over their food products. This is necessary, as it involves a bacterial culture for DAHI (Curds). M/s K. C Das is a billion dollars company and is an Iconic Landmark in Bangalore.
_____ The End ______
copyright@ Manohar Bhatia
All rights are reserved.
Dated_________ 29th September, 2010.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Mumbai & Bangalore____ Varied Cultures.
Mumbai & Bangalore___________ Varied Cultures.
______ Traveling Experiences______
Mumbai is an oblique city. I have been a resident of this city since my birth and I can vouch for its obliqueness. Its multi cultural ethos is reflected in its authentic cosmopolitism. Mumbai is in the state of Maharashtra and is situated on the west coast of India. There are many rumored stories on the name of this great city. When the British came over here, the city was consisting of seven islands. But, they found an ideal natural bay for the ships to berth. So they termed it as Bon (meaning fine in French) and Bay. Soon, ‘N’ was replaced by ‘M’ and the city changed over to BOMBAY. The other story is of a famous Hindu Temple called MUMBADEVI located in the famous congested bullion market, Zaveri Bazaar. So, a few years back, BOMBAY had a walk over to MUMBAI, keeping the sentiments of the Hindu Goddess in mind.
Mumbai has an extensive 7 km. coastline and its world famous Juhu Beach is the longest one in India. Just across this Juhu Beach, is Juhu Flying Club, the only one of its kind in India for amateurs fliers. Every now and then, , the swimmers huddle together, whenever they hear the buzzing sound of a small low flying plane zooming over them. The learner pilot waves from his cockpit and the swimmers return the favor by waving with both their hands. This is a thrilling moment for the swimmers below, as they imagine that they are flying the plane! The coastline is dotted with some of the most exquisite bungalows owned by some celebrities, corporate houses, Bollywood actors and the high profile. It is right here in these grand villas that massive finance deals are made by these big shots! It may be a casual meeting between a script writer & a film producer, a deal of joint venture amongst business houses or it may even be a huddle of drug activists. Money running into billions of dollars exchange hands in the blink of an eye! Sex, murder, extortion and other nefarious activities also cannot be ruled out in this diabolic place.
After partition, one of the great freedom fighters of India, Mr. Bal Gangadhar Tilak got an idea of dividing India on the basis of state language for better governance. But, the idea was flawed, because of different languages spoken in India. Hence, the states were divided into linguistic basis like, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Oriya, Urdu, Guajarati, Kannada, and et all. In short, these languages made the states of India and language Marathi became the dominant language of Maharastra State, Tamil language of Tamil Nadu State, Telugu language of Andhra Pradesh State, Bengali language of Bengal State, Oriya language of Orissa State, Urdu language of Uttar Pradesh State, Gujarati of Gujarat State, Malayam language of Kerala State…………………… But to top it all this concept, Hindi Language was made into a National Language of India.
Now, the regional sentiment for one’s own mother tongue was too attractive to overlook. Hence, strong powerful vested interests for one’s region came into focus and regional politics was born. Unheard of names suddenly began to occupy the important posts in the regional government machinery. This in turn destroyed the oneness of Indians as a whole and patriotism was just a password in a computerized life of an Indian. In totality, India became of a country divided into various cultures with little care for thinking as an India, lacking in patriotic fervor. During my extensive travels in these different states of India, I found the Kannada people more appealing to mix and bond with. My experiences with the cultures of Maharashtra and Karnataka is the write up of this article……………………
Earlier, I had mentioned that Mumbai is an oblique city, a best virtual city in the whole of India. If a little more foresight was made, Mumbai could have been compared with the likes of London, New York, California, Washington D.C. Amsterdam, Germany and other dynamic cities of the world. But, Mumbai was made into a chess game and a pawn for powerful vote bank politicians, where they milked the city dry so that no progress, prosperity, art, culture, fine arts can thrive. In sum, it is a traveling city, where its citizens are forced into a travel habit of passing their time, leaving no time for the other pursuits to be indulged in. Only a few large corporate houses are carrying this otherwise dying city on their shoulders to keep it alive. There is no order, no rule, no governance to maintain the city and take it to the dizzy heights to be recognized as a world class city. Yes, my friends, Mumbai is dying a slow death.
The only charm left in this city is the age old fine Marathi Culture, where poetry, literature, drama, can find its true identity in the people of Maharashtra. But, here again the evil is ruling over the good. Many great saints, poets, dramatists, writers, have passed away and there is no true leader to guide the young generation and continue the traditions and the customs of the great Marathi people. Basically, the Marathi men are very talented tribe but………………………..??????
Ask about the Marathi cuisine and our mouths begin to water. This eat is a very delightful spread of various food items, totally ethnic ( with no influence from any other culture) and varied in its preparation, aroma, style, color and taste. Stepping into one of this hotel was a delightful experience for me. A Thali or a plate of meals in its true Marathi culture contains_________ chapattis, rice, amti (soup), some vegetables, pickle, curd, papad ( a snack) and a sweet of laddoo (ball made of sugar, grated coconut, cashew nuts, )and I had the pleasure of tasting this Thali in that hotel, a really sumptuous meal for the hungry stomach.
A true Maharashtrian wears a dhoti of simple white cloth material, a Gandhi an jacket, and a topi (Gandhi cap ). His walk is straight and proud and his spoken language a little rough and loud. The Marathas are a brave warrior tribe, ready to die for a cause they believe is right, according to their conscience. One of the weaknesses is in their thinking to be united and come under one umbrella to rule. Here, everyone wants to be a leader, who form their own groups to rule their own army and where his ideology is always different from the other leader. If only, the Marathi people could be united under one savior to guide them…………………………….??????
A habit most common amongst the working class Marathi man is chewing tobacco or eating pan (beetle leaves containing supari nut, chuna [lime], shaunf, and katha [brown liquid condiment]. A small oblong steel box is always kept in his inner pocket containing dry tobacco and chuna (lime) This fellow takes out this box, opens it and pours some tobacco into his left hand palm. Then, with his right thumb, he sort of grinds this tobacco into very fine particles and a powdery form. After adding a bit of chuna, he opens his mouth and places this mixture below his tongue. This tobacco gives a slight intoxication and the person feels relaxed for some time………….. but little realizing of contacting a deadly disease of the cancer of the mouth. Eating a pan is the easiest pastime for this class of people. He might just visit a tiny wayward shop and pick up his pan from the owner of the shop for Rs.5/= or even less. Chewing pan is also not considered good for health, as it may again cause the cancer of the mouth, especially the tongue. Many cases have been recorded in the hospitals for pan eaters or tobacco chewers for losing their tongues. But, a habit is a habit and a culture is a culture amongst this ethnic group.
I just traveled to the city of Bangalore (the city being renamed Bengaluru) a few days back and my experience was exhilarating! I went to my computer to book a train ticket, but was disappointed to find all the berths full. Unwillingly, I had to opt for a bus journey. I selected National Travels to take me to Bangalore. This company has a fleet of 10 Volvos running between the southern states of India. Volvo is a luxurious bus imported from Sweden and is great for a quick travel. This air-conditioned bus is equipped with 2 x 2 seats, elegant, very comfortable and very high tech. Each seat is attached with a pad for footrest, in case a passenger is interested in reclining and dozing off. The semi-sleeper super bus takes just 17 hours for a 1200 km. journey from Mumbai to Bangalore, in comparison to a train travel, which may extend up to a boring 26 hours!
When I entered my Volvo, I was pleasantly surprised to receive a free box containing a bottle of purified Bislerri water with a packet of Parle Glucose biscuits. There is a lever type of handle on the left side of each seat. Once you push this lever down, the seat automatically slowly goes into a reclining angle for a quick nap! This company has also installed a TV to screen some great Bollywood blockbusters. All these facilities make a Volvo bus journey very soothing for a tired body and the journey time flies off very quickly, adhering to the law that anything good lasts for a very short while.
Bangalore’s salubrious climate attracts many people from other states to migrate into this beautiful garden city of India. Its citizens are highly educated and is currently the best city of India. Its world famous IT company, INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES is rooted here. Its roads are very clean and this reflects on the culture of the people. Its staple food is rice, from where all the varied food items are prepared……………. Like Idlis, (steamed round balls of rice) Vadas,(fried golden brown button holed rounds made from pulses), Dosas ( chapatti like) and other food items. I had the pleasure of meeting a young Bangalorean, who had made millions of rupees, just by selling the above items. Its unassuming wayside shop attracts many young bikers, who stop by for a quick bite. Last year, his shop, M/s Vienna Stores was awarded a certificate by the government of Karnataka as the finest makers of IDLIS.
An average Bangalorean is a very peaceful man, which shows in his walk and talk. He will never indulge in dramatics, showman ship or be in confrontation. His dress code is a lungi ( round cotton cloth wrapped below the waist, like a pant), and a Jhaba ( long shirt with full sleeves worn well below his knees). Bangalorean children, especially the girls are born beautiful and we have the Miss World, Ashwariya Rai Bachhan to back this claim. What makes these children attractive? Is it the climate, the thinking or the culture? Like Mumbai, the citizens of Bangalore go for the fine arts, dramas, plays, dance, music………….. the carnatic music being world famous in symphony. There are many drama theatres in Bangalore and so parents of the girl child are enrolled in these theatres to learn the various dance forms at an early age. This in turn leads these girls to opt for a career in film industry. The Kannada language continues to the mother tongue of a Bangalorean. The one factor that separates the Bangalorean man from his Mumbai counterpart is the total lack of fanatism in their lives. They are an open book, peaceful, kind and also ready to opt for a change. The one language & culture which they have imbibed very strongly is their love for anything English. They willingly name their schools, convents, business houses, pubs, hotels in English, while still retaining their ethnic image. They got for educating their children in the best English schools, while also learning their mother tongue, the Kannada Language. In sum, they have a modern outlook with a traditional bent of mind. Although, corruption is rampant every where, the Bangalorean man is a stickler for a rule of law. He will rarely break a law in trade, business, transport, society living, or in manners and etiquette. One of the oldest immigrants in Bangalore is a business house, M/s K. C. Das. His business is in the manufacture and sale of Bengali sweet delicacies, like……………… Rossagollas, Pure white Burfis, Jallebis, (dipped in sugary liquid) Basundi, Rossa malai, (floating in thick condensed milk) and many other sweets. The most favorite item in the card is MISHTI DAHI. This is a sweet curd, prepared very lovingly from a thick pure milk. It is distributed in their branches in various types of pottery containers. The secret of selling this exquisite curd in pottery vessels has a reason, as solid as its curd. Brick pottery made from red clay has invisible pores, through which there is a ventilation of air. So anything packed in these vessels ensures the coolness of its contents. Hence, MISHTI DAHI is these containers tastes fabulous to the tongue. Another latest sweet item added to its list are 3 items for Diabetics…………… Rossagollas for Diabetics, Sandesh for Diabetics, and canned Rossagollas for Diabetics. The other fast selling product is a quick breakfast item, called plate of PURI BAJJI ……….which consists of 4 small fried chapattis, baby potatoes floating in tomatoes liquid, and liquid channa dal ( a type of pulse) .All these products are freely distributed through their 10 strategic located branches in Bangalore, with their head office stationed permanently in Calcutta ( Kolkata). M/s K. C. Das also runs a R & D facility in Bangalore with stringent control over their food products. This is necessary, as it involves a bacterial culture for DAHI (Curds). M/s K. C Das is a billion dollars company and is an Iconic Landmark in Bangalore.
_____ The End ______
copyright@ Manohar Bhatia
All rights are reserved.
______ Traveling Experiences______
Mumbai is an oblique city. I have been a resident of this city since my birth and I can vouch for its obliqueness. Its multi cultural ethos is reflected in its authentic cosmopolitism. Mumbai is in the state of Maharashtra and is situated on the west coast of India. There are many rumored stories on the name of this great city. When the British came over here, the city was consisting of seven islands. But, they found an ideal natural bay for the ships to berth. So they termed it as Bon (meaning fine in French) and Bay. Soon, ‘N’ was replaced by ‘M’ and the city changed over to BOMBAY. The other story is of a famous Hindu Temple called MUMBADEVI located in the famous congested bullion market, Zaveri Bazaar. So, a few years back, BOMBAY had a walk over to MUMBAI, keeping the sentiments of the Hindu Goddess in mind.
Mumbai has an extensive 7 km. coastline and its world famous Juhu Beach is the longest one in India. Just across this Juhu Beach, is Juhu Flying Club, the only one of its kind in India for amateurs fliers. Every now and then, , the swimmers huddle together, whenever they hear the buzzing sound of a small low flying plane zooming over them. The learner pilot waves from his cockpit and the swimmers return the favor by waving with both their hands. This is a thrilling moment for the swimmers below, as they imagine that they are flying the plane! The coastline is dotted with some of the most exquisite bungalows owned by some celebrities, corporate houses, Bollywood actors and the high profile. It is right here in these grand villas that massive finance deals are made by these big shots! It may be a casual meeting between a script writer & a film producer, a deal of joint venture amongst business houses or it may even be a huddle of drug activists. Money running into billions of dollars exchange hands in the blink of an eye! Sex, murder, extortion and other nefarious activities also cannot be ruled out in this diabolic place.
After partition, one of the great freedom fighters of India, Mr. Bal Gangadhar Tilak got an idea of dividing India on the basis of state language for better governance. But, the idea was flawed, because of different languages spoken in India. Hence, the states were divided into linguistic basis like, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Oriya, Urdu, Guajarati, Kannada, and et all. In short, these languages made the states of India and language Marathi became the dominant language of Maharastra State, Tamil language of Tamil Nadu State, Telugu language of Andhra Pradesh State, Bengali language of Bengal State, Oriya language of Orissa State, Urdu language of Uttar Pradesh State, Gujarati of Gujarat State, Malayam language of Kerala State…………………… But to top it all this concept, Hindi Language was made into a National Language of India.
Now, the regional sentiment for one’s own mother tongue was too attractive to overlook. Hence, strong powerful vested interests for one’s region came into focus and regional politics was born. Unheard of names suddenly began to occupy the important posts in the regional government machinery. This in turn destroyed the oneness of Indians as a whole and patriotism was just a password in a computerized life of an Indian. In totality, India became of a country divided into various cultures with little care for thinking as an India, lacking in patriotic fervor. During my extensive travels in these different states of India, I found the Kannada people more appealing to mix and bond with. My experiences with the cultures of Maharashtra and Karnataka is the write up of this article……………………
Earlier, I had mentioned that Mumbai is an oblique city, a best virtual city in the whole of India. If a little more foresight was made, Mumbai could have been compared with the likes of London, New York, California, Washington D.C. Amsterdam, Germany and other dynamic cities of the world. But, Mumbai was made into a chess game and a pawn for powerful vote bank politicians, where they milked the city dry so that no progress, prosperity, art, culture, fine arts can thrive. In sum, it is a traveling city, where its citizens are forced into a travel habit of passing their time, leaving no time for the other pursuits to be indulged in. Only a few large corporate houses are carrying this otherwise dying city on their shoulders to keep it alive. There is no order, no rule, no governance to maintain the city and take it to the dizzy heights to be recognized as a world class city. Yes, my friends, Mumbai is dying a slow death.
The only charm left in this city is the age old fine Marathi Culture, where poetry, literature, drama, can find its true identity in the people of Maharashtra. But, here again the evil is ruling over the good. Many great saints, poets, dramatists, writers, have passed away and there is no true leader to guide the young generation and continue the traditions and the customs of the great Marathi people. Basically, the Marathi men are very talented tribe but………………………..??????
Ask about the Marathi cuisine and our mouths begin to water. This eat is a very delightful spread of various food items, totally ethnic ( with no influence from any other culture) and varied in its preparation, aroma, style, color and taste. Stepping into one of this hotel was a delightful experience for me. A Thali or a plate of meals in its true Marathi culture contains_________ chapattis, rice, amti (soup), some vegetables, pickle, curd, papad ( a snack) and a sweet of laddoo (ball made of sugar, grated coconut, cashew nuts, )and I had the pleasure of tasting this Thali in that hotel, a really sumptuous meal for the hungry stomach.
A true Maharashtrian wears a dhoti of simple white cloth material, a Gandhi an jacket, and a topi (Gandhi cap ). His walk is straight and proud and his spoken language a little rough and loud. The Marathas are a brave warrior tribe, ready to die for a cause they believe is right, according to their conscience. One of the weaknesses is in their thinking to be united and come under one umbrella to rule. Here, everyone wants to be a leader, who form their own groups to rule their own army and where his ideology is always different from the other leader. If only, the Marathi people could be united under one savior to guide them…………………………….??????
A habit most common amongst the working class Marathi man is chewing tobacco or eating pan (beetle leaves containing supari nut, chuna [lime], shaunf, and katha [brown liquid condiment]. A small oblong steel box is always kept in his inner pocket containing dry tobacco and chuna (lime) This fellow takes out this box, opens it and pours some tobacco into his left hand palm. Then, with his right thumb, he sort of grinds this tobacco into very fine particles and a powdery form. After adding a bit of chuna, he opens his mouth and places this mixture below his tongue. This tobacco gives a slight intoxication and the person feels relaxed for some time………….. but little realizing of contacting a deadly disease of the cancer of the mouth. Eating a pan is the easiest pastime for this class of people. He might just visit a tiny wayward shop and pick up his pan from the owner of the shop for Rs.5/= or even less. Chewing pan is also not considered good for health, as it may again cause the cancer of the mouth, especially the tongue. Many cases have been recorded in the hospitals for pan eaters or tobacco chewers for losing their tongues. But, a habit is a habit and a culture is a culture amongst this ethnic group.
I just traveled to the city of Bangalore (the city being renamed Bengaluru) a few days back and my experience was exhilarating! I went to my computer to book a train ticket, but was disappointed to find all the berths full. Unwillingly, I had to opt for a bus journey. I selected National Travels to take me to Bangalore. This company has a fleet of 10 Volvos running between the southern states of India. Volvo is a luxurious bus imported from Sweden and is great for a quick travel. This air-conditioned bus is equipped with 2 x 2 seats, elegant, very comfortable and very high tech. Each seat is attached with a pad for footrest, in case a passenger is interested in reclining and dozing off. The semi-sleeper super bus takes just 17 hours for a 1200 km. journey from Mumbai to Bangalore, in comparison to a train travel, which may extend up to a boring 26 hours!
When I entered my Volvo, I was pleasantly surprised to receive a free box containing a bottle of purified Bislerri water with a packet of Parle Glucose biscuits. There is a lever type of handle on the left side of each seat. Once you push this lever down, the seat automatically slowly goes into a reclining angle for a quick nap! This company has also installed a TV to screen some great Bollywood blockbusters. All these facilities make a Volvo bus journey very soothing for a tired body and the journey time flies off very quickly, adhering to the law that anything good lasts for a very short while.
Bangalore’s salubrious climate attracts many people from other states to migrate into this beautiful garden city of India. Its citizens are highly educated and is currently the best city of India. Its world famous IT company, INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES is rooted here. Its roads are very clean and this reflects on the culture of the people. Its staple food is rice, from where all the varied food items are prepared……………. Like Idlis, (steamed round balls of rice) Vadas,(fried golden brown button holed rounds made from pulses), Dosas ( chapatti like) and other food items. I had the pleasure of meeting a young Bangalorean, who had made millions of rupees, just by selling the above items. Its unassuming wayside shop attracts many young bikers, who stop by for a quick bite. Last year, his shop, M/s Vienna Stores was awarded a certificate by the government of Karnataka as the finest makers of IDLIS.
An average Bangalorean is a very peaceful man, which shows in his walk and talk. He will never indulge in dramatics, showman ship or be in confrontation. His dress code is a lungi ( round cotton cloth wrapped below the waist, like a pant), and a Jhaba ( long shirt with full sleeves worn well below his knees). Bangalorean children, especially the girls are born beautiful and we have the Miss World, Ashwariya Rai Bachhan to back this claim. What makes these children attractive? Is it the climate, the thinking or the culture? Like Mumbai, the citizens of Bangalore go for the fine arts, dramas, plays, dance, music………….. the carnatic music being world famous in symphony. There are many drama theatres in Bangalore and so parents of the girl child are enrolled in these theatres to learn the various dance forms at an early age. This in turn leads these girls to opt for a career in film industry. The Kannada language continues to the mother tongue of a Bangalorean. The one factor that separates the Bangalorean man from his Mumbai counterpart is the total lack of fanatism in their lives. They are an open book, peaceful, kind and also ready to opt for a change. The one language & culture which they have imbibed very strongly is their love for anything English. They willingly name their schools, convents, business houses, pubs, hotels in English, while still retaining their ethnic image. They got for educating their children in the best English schools, while also learning their mother tongue, the Kannada Language. In sum, they have a modern outlook with a traditional bent of mind. Although, corruption is rampant every where, the Bangalorean man is a stickler for a rule of law. He will rarely break a law in trade, business, transport, society living, or in manners and etiquette. One of the oldest immigrants in Bangalore is a business house, M/s K. C. Das. His business is in the manufacture and sale of Bengali sweet delicacies, like……………… Rossagollas, Pure white Burfis, Jallebis, (dipped in sugary liquid) Basundi, Rossa malai, (floating in thick condensed milk) and many other sweets. The most favorite item in the card is MISHTI DAHI. This is a sweet curd, prepared very lovingly from a thick pure milk. It is distributed in their branches in various types of pottery containers. The secret of selling this exquisite curd in pottery vessels has a reason, as solid as its curd. Brick pottery made from red clay has invisible pores, through which there is a ventilation of air. So anything packed in these vessels ensures the coolness of its contents. Hence, MISHTI DAHI is these containers tastes fabulous to the tongue. Another latest sweet item added to its list are 3 items for Diabetics…………… Rossagollas for Diabetics, Sandesh for Diabetics, and canned Rossagollas for Diabetics. The other fast selling product is a quick breakfast item, called plate of PURI BAJJI ……….which consists of 4 small fried chapattis, baby potatoes floating in tomatoes liquid, and liquid channa dal ( a type of pulse) .All these products are freely distributed through their 10 strategic located branches in Bangalore, with their head office stationed permanently in Calcutta ( Kolkata). M/s K. C. Das also runs a R & D facility in Bangalore with stringent control over their food products. This is necessary, as it involves a bacterial culture for DAHI (Curds). M/s K. C Das is a billion dollars company and is an Iconic Landmark in Bangalore.
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Obliqueness________ A New Key To Creativity?
Obliqueness_____ A New Key To Creativity?
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Sep 17, 2010 8:38 am
Obliqueness_____ A New Key To Creativity?
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Manohar Bhatia
Hi,
One of the key ingredients of success in any business is not profit, but valued based on customer's satisfaction.A company going only with profit as their mantra has always been surprisingly eaten by this mantra and gone bust!
Oblique is a term used in geometry......examples are acute,obtuse angles in comparision to right angles, which are straight angles.So oblique means slant,not straight or simply indirect.Obliquity may seem a wrong word in a right place, but it is more functional in a crowd, which is irregular,complex,weird,impossible to handle directly and its many varied problems.
Consider 2 citie like Chandigarh and Mumbai(Bombay).Everyone knows what a planned city is Chandigarh.Clean roads, well plannd infrastructure,quality buildings,beautiful footpaths to walk on, etc.But still, that 'thrill' of happiness factor is missing.Have you thought for a minute why is this happiness factor missing?Now, look at the unplanned city of Mumbai(Bombay).Here,everything is in a mess; yet it is thriving,prospering,building lofty skycrappers,raising the per capita income of an immigrant in monetary terms and very exciting to live.Why is it so?The difference between Chandigarh and Mumbai is the lack of diversity in the former.Man is a social animal by nature and he wants a little bit of everything and Mumbai offers the man 'that' bit of everything.If you look at Chandigarh, you will find that 'happiness' is restricted to a limit.After ou settle in Chandigarh, man begins to feel bored, as he has seen everything of the city.For the Mumbai man, everything is born new everyday____________ so man gets to soak in this happiness without getting bored.Mumbai is an happening city and this suspence gets the Mumbaikar a run for his extraordinary way of life.So, Chandigarh is direct and Mumbai is an Oblique city.
Manohar Bhatia.
Ken Hilving
Good point.The counter point to this is that there are times when the planned and exactly executed approach fits better.Consider the parade. Groups of individuals, in a defined order, moving in precise unison according to a plan. From bands playing marching songs to drill teams executing intricately choreographed mass movements, impossible interactions without everyone doing exactly and only what their part of the plan calls for. The beauty comes from the size and precision of movement. Colors and patterns precisely as the artist has envisioned. Without the predictability, it turns into chaos.Which isn't to say the unplanned street festival, the spontaneous crowd moving and dancing, each dressed in their own fashion, each heading in its own direction, does not have its own beauty. A rainbow of colors, ever changing, ever moving, unpredictable and chaotic, can be a wonderful event as well.As for business, I wonder if those who create businesses based solely on profit see the end of that business as failure, or simply completion of one step in a series? Each step focused on profit, and the end of profit simply the time for the nest step. I can't live like that, but does that mean it is wrong for them?
Manohar Bhatia
Ken,
A one off event, like a parade is a good example where order,rules,synchrocity are a must for the success of that event.But consider, where multiple events of different hues are to be executed.........say living in a city.Here, the question is of enjoying one's life and not get bored.This article of 'Obliqueness' is written for this very purpose and it has not to be mixed and compared with a singular event, like say, a parade.Ken, I want you to understand the true meaning of profit.Profit is not only an extra amount accruing into your account, after deductions of cost, but it should also include 'something' more than that.That 'something' is profit + contentment.Ken, what really happens to a company,is that when a comapany makes billions of dollars as profita thought may come in the mind of the owner/chairman/ as what to do with all this money, now lying in the bank.He may act in 2 ways.........good or bad.If his thought is good, he will buy that contentment and give away a major share of his profits to charity/help start-ups enterpreneurs, etc...... Bill Gates & Warren Buffet are examples.And, if his thinking is bad, then he may go for dangerous persuits in drugs cartels and other unwanted activities.Because, I feel,Money is a very dangerous commodity to handle.I do not know how far I am right/wrong in this thinking......perhaps Ken, you can add a few lines.
Manohar Bhatia.
Ken Hilving
I was using the common understanding of profit in business. The wording "One of the key ingredients of success in any business is not profit..." led me to believe this was how you were using it. :-)See my posts in the archives on five currencies - time, material wealth (money fits in here), security, knowledge, and prestige._____The singularity of "events" is always a matter of perspective, isn't it? How do we measure the lifetime of a city? (Just thinking about the changes where I live that have occurred over the past 21 years.)
Ken Hilving
Manohar Bhatia
Ken,
Thank you for your valuable comments on my post; I very much appreciate it.
Manohar Bhatia.
Ken Hilving
Here is another resource that supports your comments on cities in its own way.http://shareable.net/blog/what-so-called-slums-can-teach-american-cities
The article includes pictures. Here is the text:What if there were a better way of living? A way that was more environmentally sound, more economical, more conducive to the building of community, and didn’t require huge monetary investments? What if this new method of existence was already visible, and people were already participating in it, in places we had never thought to look?Today, in the world’s most underdeveloped countries, locations where the impact of formal rule or government and capital is scarce, people are creating this other way of life. You might know these places by their other names: slums, favelas, and ghettos. We believe that these settlements offer lessons on natural development patterns, on more efficient resource and commodity use, and on sustainability. There’s this book we have, Informal City: Caracas Case, which depicts quite vividly the “informal city” phenomenon.Environmental futurist Stewart Brand and San Diego architect Teddy Cruz have spent years trying to learn and communicate the lessons of these places: They’re high-density and walkable, two goals most urban designers consider of utmost importance when planning multibillion-dollar neighborhoods for hip, wealthy Americans. Commerce and housing in these informal cities mingle freely to the betterment of both residents and shopkeepers. In the West, we hear a lot about the need to recycle. Slum residents have always made use of post-recycled material more effectively than anyone else, including the stuff no one else will take.In a March 2009 Boston Globe article, writer Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow points out that some countries have begun to “mitigate the problems with slums rather than eliminate the slums themselves.”As Cruz remarks in the article, these inhabitants hold to “sophisticated, participatory practices.” They have “a light way of occupying the land. Because people are trying to survive, creativity flourishes.”These areas are the most vulnerable to floods and natural disasters, as recent events in Haiti make clear. The total absence of planning is not a goal for urban planners to strive for. But people in these areas have been surviving and developing with very little capital or government involvement, and they’re becoming increasingly good at it. If we can learn what these places have to teach us, we can find better ways to live in our own local habitats.We call our interpretation of this idea the self-generative community, or SGC.The Self-Generative CommunityModern life is frustrating and disappointing; we work too hard to spend too much for things we hardly want. The most obvious alternative to our feelings of technological discontent and disconnect is leaving the world behind, quitting the high-stress job, abandoning society with its regulations and failing institutions, moving somewhere temperate, and looking out for oneself. This is popularly referred to as “going off the grid,” meaning the electrical grid, but really referring to any and all sense of society or obligation.We propose living on the grid of a new urban fabric that distributes self-generated resources—food, learning, skills, human talent, and labor—and creates natural connections among inhabitants and nature. This way of living draws from the lessons that the world’s poorest inhabitants have to give us without romanticizing the difficult and unfortunate aspects of impoverishment. The SGC is a portrait of humanity not at its poorest, but at its most resourceful, responsible, and aware of its surroundings. The objective of the SGC is to realize homegrown socioeconomic sustainability by investing in the proper handling of the natural environment and technology.How do you create an SGC? We see three steps, which involve uncovering the natural resources of the area, tapping into the appropriate use of both natural and social capital (such as building partnerships, cooperative business enterprises, etc.) in order to further the economic development, and finally integrating a sophisticated mix of programs into a high-density model.Step One: Restore. Reconnect the Earth and the SkyRestore, in this context, refers to bioremediation or restoration of the natural cycles as needed. Nations in the developed world have altered the urban landscape to a point where water hardly reaches soil for filtration and drainage, and rooftops squander solar energy that nature had used productively. There are better ways to treat both those resources.If you’re talking about building an SGC at one particular urban area, fulfilling step one can be as simple as ripping out urban pavement that isn’t actively supporting a structure and allowing rainwater to be absorbed into the ground. Communities around the world function effectively with a lot less pavement around than do people in the industrialized world. Again, the point is not to create a situation without adequate land grading, or where un-zoned structures impede the flow of rainwater, possibly causing flooding. This is an unfortunate fact of life in many of the world’s poorest communities. We propose simply the removal of unnecessary pavement in an intelligent, considered way.Does your city not want you to rip up the sidewalk? Some local governments are giving ideas like this serious attention. Starting in June 2010, the state of Maryland will be enforcing a new law stipulating that, if you’re developing a site of a particular size, you’ll need to meet the highest water-management requirements. But for a picture of what truly effective water management looks like, go to a forest.Step Two: Plant and Energize the SeedsThis refers to the building of new social, economic, and environmental infrastructure based on cooperative capacity, or the amount of time and talent the neighborhood is willing to invest to make their area economically self-sustainable.Harvesting renewable energy sources locally to generate immediate revenue and help sustain development is one key to realizing step two. This could mean passive solar energy co-ops, where neighborhoods build their own photovoltaic systems on rooftops. It could mean inner-city biofuel-crop growing, perhaps in basement hydroponic gardens. It could be all of the above. The idea is to start harvesting available renewable energy and use it to power local businesses, or sell it back into the grid. Power generation becomes a community business. In this way, it’s integrated seamlessly into the area’s future development.This is directly connected to the informal city way of life. We in the developed world commonly misperceive slums as economic dead zones, as basket cases, when in fact they’re hotbeds of self-sustaining commerce. That’s as it should be.Informal cities are also mixed use in their layout. That means commercial, residential, and light industrial/agricultural activities take place side by side. The key here is to capitalize on cooperative relationships, seek potential partners within the community, and develop strategies for integration. Meanwhile, the SGC must also be adaptable and versatile. Communities change constantly; SGCs reflect and support that change.Step Three: Nourish, Breathe, and GrowThe third step is to introduce a series of connected programs between local government and the community. In terms of proposing programs to fit community needs, there is no one-size-fits-all strategy. We presented a plan to the city of Baltimore a few years ago called Hidden Walls. The plan involved rehabbing blocks of abandoned row houses. This was a high-unemployment inner-city neighborhood. The community in that situation needed a means to build equity and value into their area. They also needed to shelter their kids from the notorious Baltimore drug-dealing scene. Our final proposal was a modern iteration of the Middle Ages manor village, but with high-speed Internet and without a feudal lord. The programs we proposed were geared mostly toward community education and neighborhood economic development.We suggested different program solutions at another location in Dallas, where the community was trying to make use of abundant sunshine and open space. The key is to add new programs and transform the relationships of the actors as more people move to the location and change it. There is no formalist approach to building a self-generating community. It’s more systematic; complexity grows itself naturally in keeping with how community actually develops.In the context of every city and in the life of every neighborhood, there is a synergy that brings up the potential to develop something unique, to rebuild the urban environment to reach its fullest potential. There is no MAKE GOOD button for creating a more equitable environment, just like there is no GO AWAY for unwanted elements and no PUT THERE for discarded resources.To regenerate our cities and communities and restore our feeling of place, we must stop perceiving ourselves as mere consumers. If we can become inhabitants, constituents, and producers, we can achieve a different sort of habitat, one that is environmentally, sociologically, and culturally self-sustaining precisely because it honors all of these vital areas of life, equally.
Views: 31
Sep 17, 2010 8:38 am
Obliqueness_____ A New Key To Creativity?
#
Manohar Bhatia
Hi,
One of the key ingredients of success in any business is not profit, but valued based on customer's satisfaction.A company going only with profit as their mantra has always been surprisingly eaten by this mantra and gone bust!
Oblique is a term used in geometry......examples are acute,obtuse angles in comparision to right angles, which are straight angles.So oblique means slant,not straight or simply indirect.Obliquity may seem a wrong word in a right place, but it is more functional in a crowd, which is irregular,complex,weird,impossible to handle directly and its many varied problems.
Consider 2 citie like Chandigarh and Mumbai(Bombay).Everyone knows what a planned city is Chandigarh.Clean roads, well plannd infrastructure,quality buildings,beautiful footpaths to walk on, etc.But still, that 'thrill' of happiness factor is missing.Have you thought for a minute why is this happiness factor missing?Now, look at the unplanned city of Mumbai(Bombay).Here,everything is in a mess; yet it is thriving,prospering,building lofty skycrappers,raising the per capita income of an immigrant in monetary terms and very exciting to live.Why is it so?The difference between Chandigarh and Mumbai is the lack of diversity in the former.Man is a social animal by nature and he wants a little bit of everything and Mumbai offers the man 'that' bit of everything.If you look at Chandigarh, you will find that 'happiness' is restricted to a limit.After ou settle in Chandigarh, man begins to feel bored, as he has seen everything of the city.For the Mumbai man, everything is born new everyday____________ so man gets to soak in this happiness without getting bored.Mumbai is an happening city and this suspence gets the Mumbaikar a run for his extraordinary way of life.So, Chandigarh is direct and Mumbai is an Oblique city.
Manohar Bhatia.
Ken Hilving
Good point.The counter point to this is that there are times when the planned and exactly executed approach fits better.Consider the parade. Groups of individuals, in a defined order, moving in precise unison according to a plan. From bands playing marching songs to drill teams executing intricately choreographed mass movements, impossible interactions without everyone doing exactly and only what their part of the plan calls for. The beauty comes from the size and precision of movement. Colors and patterns precisely as the artist has envisioned. Without the predictability, it turns into chaos.Which isn't to say the unplanned street festival, the spontaneous crowd moving and dancing, each dressed in their own fashion, each heading in its own direction, does not have its own beauty. A rainbow of colors, ever changing, ever moving, unpredictable and chaotic, can be a wonderful event as well.As for business, I wonder if those who create businesses based solely on profit see the end of that business as failure, or simply completion of one step in a series? Each step focused on profit, and the end of profit simply the time for the nest step. I can't live like that, but does that mean it is wrong for them?
Manohar Bhatia
Ken,
A one off event, like a parade is a good example where order,rules,synchrocity are a must for the success of that event.But consider, where multiple events of different hues are to be executed.........say living in a city.Here, the question is of enjoying one's life and not get bored.This article of 'Obliqueness' is written for this very purpose and it has not to be mixed and compared with a singular event, like say, a parade.Ken, I want you to understand the true meaning of profit.Profit is not only an extra amount accruing into your account, after deductions of cost, but it should also include 'something' more than that.That 'something' is profit + contentment.Ken, what really happens to a company,is that when a comapany makes billions of dollars as profita thought may come in the mind of the owner/chairman/ as what to do with all this money, now lying in the bank.He may act in 2 ways.........good or bad.If his thought is good, he will buy that contentment and give away a major share of his profits to charity/help start-ups enterpreneurs, etc...... Bill Gates & Warren Buffet are examples.And, if his thinking is bad, then he may go for dangerous persuits in drugs cartels and other unwanted activities.Because, I feel,Money is a very dangerous commodity to handle.I do not know how far I am right/wrong in this thinking......perhaps Ken, you can add a few lines.
Manohar Bhatia.
Ken Hilving
I was using the common understanding of profit in business. The wording "One of the key ingredients of success in any business is not profit..." led me to believe this was how you were using it. :-)See my posts in the archives on five currencies - time, material wealth (money fits in here), security, knowledge, and prestige._____The singularity of "events" is always a matter of perspective, isn't it? How do we measure the lifetime of a city? (Just thinking about the changes where I live that have occurred over the past 21 years.)
Ken Hilving
Manohar Bhatia
Ken,
Thank you for your valuable comments on my post; I very much appreciate it.
Manohar Bhatia.
Ken Hilving
Here is another resource that supports your comments on cities in its own way.http://shareable.net/blog/what-so-called-slums-can-teach-american-cities
The article includes pictures. Here is the text:What if there were a better way of living? A way that was more environmentally sound, more economical, more conducive to the building of community, and didn’t require huge monetary investments? What if this new method of existence was already visible, and people were already participating in it, in places we had never thought to look?Today, in the world’s most underdeveloped countries, locations where the impact of formal rule or government and capital is scarce, people are creating this other way of life. You might know these places by their other names: slums, favelas, and ghettos. We believe that these settlements offer lessons on natural development patterns, on more efficient resource and commodity use, and on sustainability. There’s this book we have, Informal City: Caracas Case, which depicts quite vividly the “informal city” phenomenon.Environmental futurist Stewart Brand and San Diego architect Teddy Cruz have spent years trying to learn and communicate the lessons of these places: They’re high-density and walkable, two goals most urban designers consider of utmost importance when planning multibillion-dollar neighborhoods for hip, wealthy Americans. Commerce and housing in these informal cities mingle freely to the betterment of both residents and shopkeepers. In the West, we hear a lot about the need to recycle. Slum residents have always made use of post-recycled material more effectively than anyone else, including the stuff no one else will take.In a March 2009 Boston Globe article, writer Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow points out that some countries have begun to “mitigate the problems with slums rather than eliminate the slums themselves.”As Cruz remarks in the article, these inhabitants hold to “sophisticated, participatory practices.” They have “a light way of occupying the land. Because people are trying to survive, creativity flourishes.”These areas are the most vulnerable to floods and natural disasters, as recent events in Haiti make clear. The total absence of planning is not a goal for urban planners to strive for. But people in these areas have been surviving and developing with very little capital or government involvement, and they’re becoming increasingly good at it. If we can learn what these places have to teach us, we can find better ways to live in our own local habitats.We call our interpretation of this idea the self-generative community, or SGC.The Self-Generative CommunityModern life is frustrating and disappointing; we work too hard to spend too much for things we hardly want. The most obvious alternative to our feelings of technological discontent and disconnect is leaving the world behind, quitting the high-stress job, abandoning society with its regulations and failing institutions, moving somewhere temperate, and looking out for oneself. This is popularly referred to as “going off the grid,” meaning the electrical grid, but really referring to any and all sense of society or obligation.We propose living on the grid of a new urban fabric that distributes self-generated resources—food, learning, skills, human talent, and labor—and creates natural connections among inhabitants and nature. This way of living draws from the lessons that the world’s poorest inhabitants have to give us without romanticizing the difficult and unfortunate aspects of impoverishment. The SGC is a portrait of humanity not at its poorest, but at its most resourceful, responsible, and aware of its surroundings. The objective of the SGC is to realize homegrown socioeconomic sustainability by investing in the proper handling of the natural environment and technology.How do you create an SGC? We see three steps, which involve uncovering the natural resources of the area, tapping into the appropriate use of both natural and social capital (such as building partnerships, cooperative business enterprises, etc.) in order to further the economic development, and finally integrating a sophisticated mix of programs into a high-density model.Step One: Restore. Reconnect the Earth and the SkyRestore, in this context, refers to bioremediation or restoration of the natural cycles as needed. Nations in the developed world have altered the urban landscape to a point where water hardly reaches soil for filtration and drainage, and rooftops squander solar energy that nature had used productively. There are better ways to treat both those resources.If you’re talking about building an SGC at one particular urban area, fulfilling step one can be as simple as ripping out urban pavement that isn’t actively supporting a structure and allowing rainwater to be absorbed into the ground. Communities around the world function effectively with a lot less pavement around than do people in the industrialized world. Again, the point is not to create a situation without adequate land grading, or where un-zoned structures impede the flow of rainwater, possibly causing flooding. This is an unfortunate fact of life in many of the world’s poorest communities. We propose simply the removal of unnecessary pavement in an intelligent, considered way.Does your city not want you to rip up the sidewalk? Some local governments are giving ideas like this serious attention. Starting in June 2010, the state of Maryland will be enforcing a new law stipulating that, if you’re developing a site of a particular size, you’ll need to meet the highest water-management requirements. But for a picture of what truly effective water management looks like, go to a forest.Step Two: Plant and Energize the SeedsThis refers to the building of new social, economic, and environmental infrastructure based on cooperative capacity, or the amount of time and talent the neighborhood is willing to invest to make their area economically self-sustainable.Harvesting renewable energy sources locally to generate immediate revenue and help sustain development is one key to realizing step two. This could mean passive solar energy co-ops, where neighborhoods build their own photovoltaic systems on rooftops. It could mean inner-city biofuel-crop growing, perhaps in basement hydroponic gardens. It could be all of the above. The idea is to start harvesting available renewable energy and use it to power local businesses, or sell it back into the grid. Power generation becomes a community business. In this way, it’s integrated seamlessly into the area’s future development.This is directly connected to the informal city way of life. We in the developed world commonly misperceive slums as economic dead zones, as basket cases, when in fact they’re hotbeds of self-sustaining commerce. That’s as it should be.Informal cities are also mixed use in their layout. That means commercial, residential, and light industrial/agricultural activities take place side by side. The key here is to capitalize on cooperative relationships, seek potential partners within the community, and develop strategies for integration. Meanwhile, the SGC must also be adaptable and versatile. Communities change constantly; SGCs reflect and support that change.Step Three: Nourish, Breathe, and GrowThe third step is to introduce a series of connected programs between local government and the community. In terms of proposing programs to fit community needs, there is no one-size-fits-all strategy. We presented a plan to the city of Baltimore a few years ago called Hidden Walls. The plan involved rehabbing blocks of abandoned row houses. This was a high-unemployment inner-city neighborhood. The community in that situation needed a means to build equity and value into their area. They also needed to shelter their kids from the notorious Baltimore drug-dealing scene. Our final proposal was a modern iteration of the Middle Ages manor village, but with high-speed Internet and without a feudal lord. The programs we proposed were geared mostly toward community education and neighborhood economic development.We suggested different program solutions at another location in Dallas, where the community was trying to make use of abundant sunshine and open space. The key is to add new programs and transform the relationships of the actors as more people move to the location and change it. There is no formalist approach to building a self-generating community. It’s more systematic; complexity grows itself naturally in keeping with how community actually develops.In the context of every city and in the life of every neighborhood, there is a synergy that brings up the potential to develop something unique, to rebuild the urban environment to reach its fullest potential. There is no MAKE GOOD button for creating a more equitable environment, just like there is no GO AWAY for unwanted elements and no PUT THERE for discarded resources.To regenerate our cities and communities and restore our feeling of place, we must stop perceiving ourselves as mere consumers. If we can become inhabitants, constituents, and producers, we can achieve a different sort of habitat, one that is environmentally, sociologically, and culturally self-sustaining precisely because it honors all of these vital areas of life, equally.
Innovation or New Ideas?
Innovation or New Ideas?
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Ken Hilving
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703989304575503730101860838.html_____The Web link reads "The Origins of Good Ideas", but the article is titled "The Genius of the Tinkerer". In it, Steven Johnson explores the value of idea networking with some very interesting examples.One example in particular is telling. The ill fated Apollo 13 spacecraft, and the critical need to solve air purification with limited parts available to the astronauts. Deke Slayton, head of flight crew operations, tosses a jumbled pile of gear on a conference table: hoses, canisters, stowage bags, duct tape and other assorted gadgets. He holds up the carbon scrubbers. "We gotta find a way to make this fit into a hole for this," he says, and then points to the spare parts on the table, "using nothing but that."The article ends with an excellent thought."The trick to having good ideas is not to sit around in glorious isolation and try to think big thoughts. The trick is to get more parts on the table."
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Ken,Yes, very true.Two years ago,a project was launched by google.com to come up with innovative ideas has resulted in 1,50,000 ideas from 170 counties.Incidently, I state very humbly that I was also in those 1,50,000 ideas...... my idea being able to develop a software for deaf people wanting to learn and play instrumental music.Although,I did not mention any details of my project,I did tell them about my idea.Now, google vice-prersident,Lorraine Twohill and her team has zerroed in 16 'big' ideas and when the public voted online, the best 5 were selected by the Mountain View California based firm.These are the 5 ideas where google will give away US$10 million to the enterpreneurs.________________
1)Non-profit Khan Academy will get $2 million to open up its free online library of educationl videos and translate core works into the world's most widely spoken languages.
2)From Cape Town comes "The African Institue of Mathemetical Sciences" to promote graduate-level math and science study on African continent....award offered $2 milion.
3)Non-profit FIRST group that promotes science and math study worldwide through team competitions will get $ 3 million to start a robotics program for sudents.
4)Google.com will give $2 million to public.resources.org to make United Stats court documents,statutes,legal forms and other government documents easily available online.
5)Final award of $1 million went to New Zealand start-up, Shweeb to develop and test a transportation system based on personal monorail pods powered by by pedalling the way one does while riding a bicycle.
Google believes that these ideas will change the world and are as excited about these projects as the world citizens.
Thumbs up and 3 cheers for google inc.!!!!!!!
****Source____ The above info is from DNA newspaper titled:::::: [Google puts $10 million into ideas that can change the world]
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Ken Hilving
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703989304575503730101860838.html_____The Web link reads "The Origins of Good Ideas", but the article is titled "The Genius of the Tinkerer". In it, Steven Johnson explores the value of idea networking with some very interesting examples.One example in particular is telling. The ill fated Apollo 13 spacecraft, and the critical need to solve air purification with limited parts available to the astronauts. Deke Slayton, head of flight crew operations, tosses a jumbled pile of gear on a conference table: hoses, canisters, stowage bags, duct tape and other assorted gadgets. He holds up the carbon scrubbers. "We gotta find a way to make this fit into a hole for this," he says, and then points to the spare parts on the table, "using nothing but that."The article ends with an excellent thought."The trick to having good ideas is not to sit around in glorious isolation and try to think big thoughts. The trick is to get more parts on the table."
Private Reply to Ken Hilving
Manohar Bhatia
Ken,Yes, very true.Two years ago,a project was launched by google.com to come up with innovative ideas has resulted in 1,50,000 ideas from 170 counties.Incidently, I state very humbly that I was also in those 1,50,000 ideas...... my idea being able to develop a software for deaf people wanting to learn and play instrumental music.Although,I did not mention any details of my project,I did tell them about my idea.Now, google vice-prersident,Lorraine Twohill and her team has zerroed in 16 'big' ideas and when the public voted online, the best 5 were selected by the Mountain View California based firm.These are the 5 ideas where google will give away US$10 million to the enterpreneurs.________________
1)Non-profit Khan Academy will get $2 million to open up its free online library of educationl videos and translate core works into the world's most widely spoken languages.
2)From Cape Town comes "The African Institue of Mathemetical Sciences" to promote graduate-level math and science study on African continent....award offered $2 milion.
3)Non-profit FIRST group that promotes science and math study worldwide through team competitions will get $ 3 million to start a robotics program for sudents.
4)Google.com will give $2 million to public.resources.org to make United Stats court documents,statutes,legal forms and other government documents easily available online.
5)Final award of $1 million went to New Zealand start-up, Shweeb to develop and test a transportation system based on personal monorail pods powered by by pedalling the way one does while riding a bicycle.
Google believes that these ideas will change the world and are as excited about these projects as the world citizens.
Thumbs up and 3 cheers for google inc.!!!!!!!
****Source____ The above info is from DNA newspaper titled:::::: [Google puts $10 million into ideas that can change the world]
Manohar Bhatia.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Identities, Transformations & Cylic Order____ A Knol.
______Identities,Transformations & Cyclic order_____________
This is a very useful information for the school students studying algebra at the lower school level.This is my personal research based topic and I would be happy to receive any useful feedback for the information to be upgraded.
Bhatia, Manohar. Identities,Transformations & Cyclic order [Internet]. Version 2. Knol. 2009 Jan 2. Available from: http://knol.google.com/k/manohar-bhatia/identities-transformations-cyclic-order/1g86tdy1pj9kg/5.CitationEmailPrintFavoriteCollect this page
_______ Conceptualized & written________
By
Manohar Bhatia
Contents:__________
This is a very important chapter for school students learning algebra.I found many students getting unnecessarily confused solving problems on cyclic expressions.I have discovered a very simple and effective way to tackle such problems.
This involves factorisations of cyclic expressions.Here,it is very important for the student to understand the important term 'cyclic'This word 'cyclic' is derived from the word 'cycle' or 'bicycle' which we ride daily.A bicycle is a 2-wheeled mechanical vehicle,where a person sits on a seat provided and paddles the vehicle with his 2 feet.The perfect synchronised movement that is obtained by paddling allows the bicycle to move forward without toppling.The 2 wheels of the bicycle are moving round and round and this is called 'cyclic movement'
Now, this same principle is involved in solving the expressions of identities and transformations that are cyclic in nature.An identity is an algebraic expression or a statement which is true for all values of letters involved in it.For example, take an expression.........a raised to power 3 + b raised to power 3 = (a+b)(a square - ab + b square) If you put any values in a and b, you will observe that Left Hand Side= Right Hand Side.Therefore, an identity always asserts that expressions are always equal,provided if the law is applied properly to it. And....................
WHAT IS THE CYCLIC LAW?
Imagine a wheel of a bicycle going round and round.Now, put 3 points, a,b,c, on the wheel at a short distance from each other and watch the wheel.You will observe that a is followed by b, b by c, and c by a.This pattern can never be changed because of the movement of the wheel.
Now, multiply a by b, b by c and c by a and you get an expression...........
ab + bc + ca...................(1)
Now, interchange the alphabates and you get...................
bc + ca + ab...................(2)
From the above expressions, we can comclude that (1) = (2)
Therefore,
ab + bc + ca = bc + ca + ab
Such expressions are called identities that are cyclic in order,because these expressions follow the usuual CYCLIC LAW and ordered movements of a bicycle involving points a,b,c.
The 4 operations of a cyclic movement are.......................
(1) Addition .................... (a + b), (b + c), (c + a)
(2) Subtraction....................(a - b), (b - c), (c - a)
(3) Multiplication..................ab, bc, ca
(4) Division......................... a/b, b/c, c/a
However complicated your problem may be, you can easily solve these problems by applying the above cyclic law to these expressions. Just remember the order:------ (a+b), (b+c), (c+a) or (a-b),(b-c),(c-a) or ab, bc, ca or a/b, b/a, c/a.
Always remember to bring the complicated espressions to the above forms by making minor adjustements of plus,minus,multiply or division signs and then proceed.Just as a movement of a bicyle cannot change, so also these identities will always be true on both left hand and right hand sides of an expression.
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This is a very useful information for the school students studying algebra at the lower school level.This is my personal research based topic and I would be happy to receive any useful feedback for the information to be upgraded.
Bhatia, Manohar. Identities,Transformations & Cyclic order [Internet]. Version 2. Knol. 2009 Jan 2. Available from: http://knol.google.com/k/manohar-bhatia/identities-transformations-cyclic-order/1g86tdy1pj9kg/5.CitationEmailPrintFavoriteCollect this page
_______ Conceptualized & written________
By
Manohar Bhatia
Contents:__________
This is a very important chapter for school students learning algebra.I found many students getting unnecessarily confused solving problems on cyclic expressions.I have discovered a very simple and effective way to tackle such problems.
This involves factorisations of cyclic expressions.Here,it is very important for the student to understand the important term 'cyclic'This word 'cyclic' is derived from the word 'cycle' or 'bicycle' which we ride daily.A bicycle is a 2-wheeled mechanical vehicle,where a person sits on a seat provided and paddles the vehicle with his 2 feet.The perfect synchronised movement that is obtained by paddling allows the bicycle to move forward without toppling.The 2 wheels of the bicycle are moving round and round and this is called 'cyclic movement'
Now, this same principle is involved in solving the expressions of identities and transformations that are cyclic in nature.An identity is an algebraic expression or a statement which is true for all values of letters involved in it.For example, take an expression.........a raised to power 3 + b raised to power 3 = (a+b)(a square - ab + b square) If you put any values in a and b, you will observe that Left Hand Side= Right Hand Side.Therefore, an identity always asserts that expressions are always equal,provided if the law is applied properly to it. And....................
WHAT IS THE CYCLIC LAW?
Imagine a wheel of a bicycle going round and round.Now, put 3 points, a,b,c, on the wheel at a short distance from each other and watch the wheel.You will observe that a is followed by b, b by c, and c by a.This pattern can never be changed because of the movement of the wheel.
Now, multiply a by b, b by c and c by a and you get an expression...........
ab + bc + ca...................(1)
Now, interchange the alphabates and you get...................
bc + ca + ab...................(2)
From the above expressions, we can comclude that (1) = (2)
Therefore,
ab + bc + ca = bc + ca + ab
Such expressions are called identities that are cyclic in order,because these expressions follow the usuual CYCLIC LAW and ordered movements of a bicycle involving points a,b,c.
The 4 operations of a cyclic movement are.......................
(1) Addition .................... (a + b), (b + c), (c + a)
(2) Subtraction....................(a - b), (b - c), (c - a)
(3) Multiplication..................ab, bc, ca
(4) Division......................... a/b, b/c, c/a
However complicated your problem may be, you can easily solve these problems by applying the above cyclic law to these expressions. Just remember the order:------ (a+b), (b+c), (c+a) or (a-b),(b-c),(c-a) or ab, bc, ca or a/b, b/a, c/a.
Always remember to bring the complicated espressions to the above forms by making minor adjustements of plus,minus,multiply or division signs and then proceed.Just as a movement of a bicyle cannot change, so also these identities will always be true on both left hand and right hand sides of an expression.
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Saturday, September 11, 2010
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How a New Symbol pie is Discovered in a Circle?
Everyone knows that the word pi is a greek letter and the other word pie is usually meant for a round dish of baked meat, fish or cake.What I have discovered is that the original symbol of pi is not the real symbol ; but rather my symbol of pie taken from a piece of cake does look like a real symbol! Watch out from my writings and findings.
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How a New Symbol pie is Discovered in a Circle? [Internet]. Version 2. Knol. 2008 Jul 25. Available from: http://knol.google.com/k/manohar-bhatia/how-a-new-symbol-pie-is-discovered-in-a/1g86tdy1pj9kg/2.CitationEmailPrintFavoriteCollect this page
Conceptualized and written by:---
Manohar Bhatia
A circle is made up of a circumference, radii and a diameter.Two radii makes one diameter.The original symbol of pi was a 2 parallel vertical straight lines with a horizontal straight line on top.My symbol pie will be an inverted V with a circular 'c' placed on top of inverted V.How does this come about?
At a ceremonial function, this pie cake is divided into several parts cut in V-shapes and each part is distributed to everyone present on the occasion to celebrate the event.Although the pronounciation of pi & pie is the same, but for the sake of proving how pi & pie are alike, we shall asuume as the one and the same in actual meaning also.
Therefore,
Let pi = pie (Assumption)
When the cake is cut and divided into several parts, then each part is called a portion or sector of a circle.You will find that my new symbol pie is in the circle itself ! How do you prove this theory? The theory is proved by taking out a sector of a circle and placing it separately on a plate.If You look at this figure, it will look like a perfect V covered on its top by a small 'C' Now there are 2 radii on this V and a small rounded portion held to-gathter to form a sector.Now, cut off this small rounded portion 'C' and paste it on top of the inverted V.Now, what do you see? A new type of symbol pie, which I feel should be the right one, because the full design os this symbol is taken out from the circle itself. Below, I give the proof of my discovery......................
The size of the pie cake was in proportion to the sizes of the sectors of the pie cake.The bigger the sector having bigger circumsference, the bigger will be the pie cake.Therefore, it can be safely assumed that pi or pie is in proportion to the size of the circumsference.
Therefore,
pi or pie is proportion to 'C' or 'C' is proportion to pi or pie
Therefore,
C = pie x a constant
C = pie x 2 radius (Since radius is always constant)
C = pie x d (since 2r = d)
Therefore,
pie = C / D
Now, what do you think this symbol stands for? It is indeed my new symbol pie or inverted V with 'C' pasted on its meeting points to form a perfect new symbol pie. Finally, my findings are that the new symbol pie, circumsference and radii are all interconnected and are part of the circle. It is indeed from here that this NEW SYMBOL PIE IS BORN & ORIGINATED.
I think the right symbol pie should be as inverted V with a 'C' pasted on top at its meeting of its 2 radii and no other symbol will match this theory.In all humility, I ask my fellow mathematicians to throw more light on the theory as conceptualized and written by me.-----------Manohar Bhatia.
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Everyone knows that the word pi is a greek letter and the other word pie is usually meant for a round dish of baked meat, fish or cake.What I have discovered is that the original symbol of pi is not the real symbol ; but rather my symbol of pie taken from a piece of cake does look like a real symbol! Watch out from my writings and findings.
Contents:__________________
How a New Symbol pie is Discovered in a Circle? [Internet]. Version 2. Knol. 2008 Jul 25. Available from: http://knol.google.com/k/manohar-bhatia/how-a-new-symbol-pie-is-discovered-in-a/1g86tdy1pj9kg/2.CitationEmailPrintFavoriteCollect this page
Conceptualized and written by:---
Manohar Bhatia
A circle is made up of a circumference, radii and a diameter.Two radii makes one diameter.The original symbol of pi was a 2 parallel vertical straight lines with a horizontal straight line on top.My symbol pie will be an inverted V with a circular 'c' placed on top of inverted V.How does this come about?
At a ceremonial function, this pie cake is divided into several parts cut in V-shapes and each part is distributed to everyone present on the occasion to celebrate the event.Although the pronounciation of pi & pie is the same, but for the sake of proving how pi & pie are alike, we shall asuume as the one and the same in actual meaning also.
Therefore,
Let pi = pie (Assumption)
When the cake is cut and divided into several parts, then each part is called a portion or sector of a circle.You will find that my new symbol pie is in the circle itself ! How do you prove this theory? The theory is proved by taking out a sector of a circle and placing it separately on a plate.If You look at this figure, it will look like a perfect V covered on its top by a small 'C' Now there are 2 radii on this V and a small rounded portion held to-gathter to form a sector.Now, cut off this small rounded portion 'C' and paste it on top of the inverted V.Now, what do you see? A new type of symbol pie, which I feel should be the right one, because the full design os this symbol is taken out from the circle itself. Below, I give the proof of my discovery......................
The size of the pie cake was in proportion to the sizes of the sectors of the pie cake.The bigger the sector having bigger circumsference, the bigger will be the pie cake.Therefore, it can be safely assumed that pi or pie is in proportion to the size of the circumsference.
Therefore,
pi or pie is proportion to 'C' or 'C' is proportion to pi or pie
Therefore,
C = pie x a constant
C = pie x 2 radius (Since radius is always constant)
C = pie x d (since 2r = d)
Therefore,
pie = C / D
Now, what do you think this symbol stands for? It is indeed my new symbol pie or inverted V with 'C' pasted on its meeting points to form a perfect new symbol pie. Finally, my findings are that the new symbol pie, circumsference and radii are all interconnected and are part of the circle. It is indeed from here that this NEW SYMBOL PIE IS BORN & ORIGINATED.
I think the right symbol pie should be as inverted V with a 'C' pasted on top at its meeting of its 2 radii and no other symbol will match this theory.In all humility, I ask my fellow mathematicians to throw more light on the theory as conceptualized and written by me.-----------Manohar Bhatia.
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Thursday, September 9, 2010
Circle, Diameter, Radius, Circumference ( pi or pie)
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Sunday, September 5, 2010
Quiz-Vision Competitions_____ QQ # 58.
Manohar Bhatia Manohar Bhatia
Introduction______________Let's start at the very beginning.Since times immemorial, people all over the world have always been fascinated by mystery,magic,skill,intelligence and what have you! Man has always loved a challenge to test his intelligence, bravery or his hidden abilities to find a solution to his problems.Many great and famous writers of the English language have commented upon the richness of its vocabulory and have pointed to the fact that the speaker of the writer in English has an edge or an advantage over the speaker or writer in French,German,Spanish or Italian________ what we mean is that a large store of words upon which,he can express his thought.Likewise, the teacher of English are in the habit of contracting the limited vocabulory of the individual student with the wealth of words possesed by his mother tongue and stressing the importance of making the greater number of words as his own.They show that,we become articulate in English when we can command a greater number of words and especially in finding the right word for the quotation.This is the crust of this competiton on which it is based.If the writer cannot find an absolute word in his quotation, then it will cease to inspire.Then the writer has also to look at the meaning of his plot of the story.If he can find the right word, which expresses clarity of thought, meaning,beauty and inspiration, then he has done his job as a writer.
Keeping the above points in view, we are planning to start Quiz-Vision.What is Quiz-Vision? Quiz-Vision is an English Literary Competition where sentences or "Quotations" picked up from the books, magazines,periodicals are placed before the readers participating in these competitions.These quotations of the writers or the authors have an element of 'truth' in them.There can be no way of altering the meaning of these quotations of these writers.Finding the 'truth' in these quotations is the key to solving them.Logic is another area where the competitor can apply on the 'quotation' and arrive at the correct answer.Competitors are advised to think sensibly, use their knowledge judiciously and arrive at all the correct words of the sentence as written by the author of the material content.The 'extra' word planted by the wily compiler add mystery to the quotation and is all that the competitor had to eliminate.It will be a real challenge by the solver to spot the correct original word of the quotation.There will be totally 11 Quiz sentences or let's call these sentences "Quotations" on topics based on as diverse subjects as Health,Philosophy,Literature,Emotions,History,Sex etc.The competition Compiler might also pick up sentences from Newspapers,Periodicals or Magazines, if he finds the Quiz sentences interesting, knowlegable or challenging for the competitor.In every Quiz sentence, one extra word will be put by our competition Compiler anywhere in the sentence.This 'extra' word will be the wrong word of the compiler.The competitor will have to spot the correct original word used by the author of the book, newspaper, magazines from where the sentence or the "Quotation" is picked up and cancel the Compiler's word.Quotations are also sentences said by someone as common as a man on the street.But, they can become 'historical' only when these sentences have an element of truth in them.Maybe, these sentences carry a message for the masses,are self-experienced or foretell even an impending future discovery!Great past authors,writers,philosophers or thinkers have quoted some beautiful sentences, that are still relevant to-day!Why? Because, there is truth in these quotes.Someone quoted:- "A cat has nine lives" is still being spoken of to-day and may be believed by many.Another quote:- "An apple a day keeps the doctor away."is really being investigated by scientists for its truth and reality.Then there is another Shakespere quote from a play--'An importance of being ernest' says--"They also serve who stand and wait"Just think to yourself, this is relevant even to-day.Take a sentence--'A dog is barking on the street'.This sentence cannot be called a quotation, because no message comes out of it.But, observe a changed sentence--"Barking dogs seldom bite" can be called a quotation, because of a message in it.He can use these exercises to increase his knowledge,to pass his time usefully,and also come to know the name of the book and the author, or the source from where the "Quotation" is picked.Besides, housewives, students, retired folks can also benefit.
--Editor
RULES AND REGULATIONS
1)Employees and their immediate family members are not eligible to participate in these competitions.
2)Neither the Directors nor the owners or their immediate family members are interested in these competitions.
3)Full sources of the selected sentences from the book will be published at the end of the closing date of the competition.
4)The editor's decision is final and legally binding on the participants.
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Manohar Bhatia
Friends,Here is your new quiz _________
Opening Date:::: 6th Sept.2010
Closing Date:::: 20th Sept.2010(Noon.IST)
Solutions::::::: 20th Sept.2010
360)One thousand eight hundred years since their creation, the BLOODY/PAGAN tales of ovid......are read by all of christendom.
361)The mark is there, and the wound is HEALED/CICATRIZED only____ no time, tears, caresses or repentence can obliterate that scar.
362)When rain or moisture from any source descends with the cinders, the moss forms THYMOL/TUFA.
363)Climbing a ladder develops physical strength; climbing a mountain feeds MENTAL/NERVOUS energy.
364)It is a good callyrium to look on the bare SOIL/EARTH.
365)[Envy and PRIDE/CALUMNY and hate and pain,
And that unrest which men miscall delight
can touch him not and torture not again.]
366)SCIENCE/NATURE is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws.
367)COMBINATIONS/PERMUTATIONS for use of means of mass communications and transportation make railway service cheap.
Notes:::
a)Of 2 capitals words,one is wrong,cancel it.
b)Use your best skill,knowledge,to solve.
c)Do use your dictionaries for support.
d)Form groups in your locality fo discussions.
e)Think over the quotation as a TRUTH and you will get the right word.
**** Prize settings____
1)For all 8 quotes correct,a book title:: "Your Creative Power" by Alex Osborn.
2)For one-error entry, an award cetificate.
3)For two-error entry, an award certificate.
The certificates will be posted to the winners to their e-mail addresses;please get the print-outs at your ends.Thanks.
Happy quizzing!
Manohar Bhatia.
Introduction______________Let's start at the very beginning.Since times immemorial, people all over the world have always been fascinated by mystery,magic,skill,intelligence and what have you! Man has always loved a challenge to test his intelligence, bravery or his hidden abilities to find a solution to his problems.Many great and famous writers of the English language have commented upon the richness of its vocabulory and have pointed to the fact that the speaker of the writer in English has an edge or an advantage over the speaker or writer in French,German,Spanish or Italian________ what we mean is that a large store of words upon which,he can express his thought.Likewise, the teacher of English are in the habit of contracting the limited vocabulory of the individual student with the wealth of words possesed by his mother tongue and stressing the importance of making the greater number of words as his own.They show that,we become articulate in English when we can command a greater number of words and especially in finding the right word for the quotation.This is the crust of this competiton on which it is based.If the writer cannot find an absolute word in his quotation, then it will cease to inspire.Then the writer has also to look at the meaning of his plot of the story.If he can find the right word, which expresses clarity of thought, meaning,beauty and inspiration, then he has done his job as a writer.
Keeping the above points in view, we are planning to start Quiz-Vision.What is Quiz-Vision? Quiz-Vision is an English Literary Competition where sentences or "Quotations" picked up from the books, magazines,periodicals are placed before the readers participating in these competitions.These quotations of the writers or the authors have an element of 'truth' in them.There can be no way of altering the meaning of these quotations of these writers.Finding the 'truth' in these quotations is the key to solving them.Logic is another area where the competitor can apply on the 'quotation' and arrive at the correct answer.Competitors are advised to think sensibly, use their knowledge judiciously and arrive at all the correct words of the sentence as written by the author of the material content.The 'extra' word planted by the wily compiler add mystery to the quotation and is all that the competitor had to eliminate.It will be a real challenge by the solver to spot the correct original word of the quotation.There will be totally 11 Quiz sentences or let's call these sentences "Quotations" on topics based on as diverse subjects as Health,Philosophy,Literature,Emotions,History,Sex etc.The competition Compiler might also pick up sentences from Newspapers,Periodicals or Magazines, if he finds the Quiz sentences interesting, knowlegable or challenging for the competitor.In every Quiz sentence, one extra word will be put by our competition Compiler anywhere in the sentence.This 'extra' word will be the wrong word of the compiler.The competitor will have to spot the correct original word used by the author of the book, newspaper, magazines from where the sentence or the "Quotation" is picked up and cancel the Compiler's word.Quotations are also sentences said by someone as common as a man on the street.But, they can become 'historical' only when these sentences have an element of truth in them.Maybe, these sentences carry a message for the masses,are self-experienced or foretell even an impending future discovery!Great past authors,writers,philosophers or thinkers have quoted some beautiful sentences, that are still relevant to-day!Why? Because, there is truth in these quotes.Someone quoted:- "A cat has nine lives" is still being spoken of to-day and may be believed by many.Another quote:- "An apple a day keeps the doctor away."is really being investigated by scientists for its truth and reality.Then there is another Shakespere quote from a play--'An importance of being ernest' says--"They also serve who stand and wait"Just think to yourself, this is relevant even to-day.Take a sentence--'A dog is barking on the street'.This sentence cannot be called a quotation, because no message comes out of it.But, observe a changed sentence--"Barking dogs seldom bite" can be called a quotation, because of a message in it.He can use these exercises to increase his knowledge,to pass his time usefully,and also come to know the name of the book and the author, or the source from where the "Quotation" is picked.Besides, housewives, students, retired folks can also benefit.
--Editor
RULES AND REGULATIONS
1)Employees and their immediate family members are not eligible to participate in these competitions.
2)Neither the Directors nor the owners or their immediate family members are interested in these competitions.
3)Full sources of the selected sentences from the book will be published at the end of the closing date of the competition.
4)The editor's decision is final and legally binding on the participants.
___ Editor.
Manohar Bhatia
Friends,Here is your new quiz _________
Opening Date:::: 6th Sept.2010
Closing Date:::: 20th Sept.2010(Noon.IST)
Solutions::::::: 20th Sept.2010
360)One thousand eight hundred years since their creation, the BLOODY/PAGAN tales of ovid......are read by all of christendom.
361)The mark is there, and the wound is HEALED/CICATRIZED only____ no time, tears, caresses or repentence can obliterate that scar.
362)When rain or moisture from any source descends with the cinders, the moss forms THYMOL/TUFA.
363)Climbing a ladder develops physical strength; climbing a mountain feeds MENTAL/NERVOUS energy.
364)It is a good callyrium to look on the bare SOIL/EARTH.
365)[Envy and PRIDE/CALUMNY and hate and pain,
And that unrest which men miscall delight
can touch him not and torture not again.]
366)SCIENCE/NATURE is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws.
367)COMBINATIONS/PERMUTATIONS for use of means of mass communications and transportation make railway service cheap.
Notes:::
a)Of 2 capitals words,one is wrong,cancel it.
b)Use your best skill,knowledge,to solve.
c)Do use your dictionaries for support.
d)Form groups in your locality fo discussions.
e)Think over the quotation as a TRUTH and you will get the right word.
**** Prize settings____
1)For all 8 quotes correct,a book title:: "Your Creative Power" by Alex Osborn.
2)For one-error entry, an award cetificate.
3)For two-error entry, an award certificate.
The certificates will be posted to the winners to their e-mail addresses;please get the print-outs at your ends.Thanks.
Happy quizzing!
Manohar Bhatia.
Friday, September 3, 2010
F.O.R.M::: Sestina_____ ["A jungle Outing"].
Topic: F.O.R.M.- Sestina.
Jack Huber Sestina.
The sestina is a very structured form of six sestets (six-line stanzas) followed by a triplet (or tercet, a three-line stanza) for a total of 39 lines. What sets it apart, however, is the re-use of the final word in each line of the first stanza in a specific order that is different in each subsequent stanza. All six repeating words appear in the triplet as well.The sestet is usually strictly metered and is commonly written in decasyllables, or lines of ten syllables each, but other formal structures are acceptable. Rhyming is not a requirement of the form, but if the first stanza rhymes (i.e. a-b-c-a-b-c or a-b-a-b-a-b) , the balance will rhyme by default, since the rhyming words are the ones repeated. However, the pattern of rhyme will only follow the sequence of last words for each stanza. In a rhyming pattern, lines ending in a sound designated by “a” only rhyme with other “a” lines, “b” lines only with other “b” lines, and so on. The notation for the last words is “1” through “6,” for each of the six lines, thus the pattern of use is as follows:Stanza 1: 1 2 3 4 5 6Stanza 2: 6 1 5 2 4 3Stanza 3: 3 6 4 1 2 5Stanza 4: 5 3 2 6 1 4Stanza 5: 4 5 1 3 6 2Stanza 6: 2 4 6 5 3 1Stanza 7: 6 2, 1 4, 5 3The final triplet, using all six words in three lines, is a point in the sestet that can vary from form, using a different pattern (i.e. 1 2, 3 4, 5 6), or perhaps a couplet (two-line stanza, i.e. 6 2 1, 4 5 3). A rare format even ends on a haiku or senryu, utilizing the six repeated words in the accepted 5-7-5 syllabic pattern.
So, in the example below, 1=day, 2=cold, 3=place, 4=café, 5=hold and 6=embrace.
Example:A
Picturesque Café
Regardless of the time of day,
or if a tempest's rain is cold,
my mind will wander to the place
where first we met, that quaint café,
when both our lives were still on hold;
we hadn't had our first embrace.
The world had left me to embrace
a job I suffered through each day,
no inspiration taking hold,
relentless as a common cold.
But in this picturesque café
my life was never out of place.
I hadn't known that in this place
I'd found a reason to embrace
my future and this old café.
I made my mind up on this day
that though the season's turning cold,
the promise of its warmth I'd hold.
A notion started, keeping hold,
that there was something in this place
which bore the brunt of passions cold,
where many felt love's kind embrace,
escaping from their trying day--
I'd someday own this aged café.
The atmosphere of my café,
an ambiance of which would hold
the patrons' kindness through the day-
this would be the only place
to offer all a warm embrace,
a lively shelter from the cold.
Through summer's drought and winter's cold,
my friends would come to my café
to help each other, love, embrace
camaraderie, while couples hold
each other, like no other place
to spend their lives day after day.
I longingly embrace the cold
and greet the day in our cafe,
take hold of this, our perfect place.
Copyright © 2009 by Jack Huber
Manohar Bhatia Jack,This is a very difficult one, but challenging.What's this life if its not a challenge?I am trying Jack to come up with this one.Will I be able to do it?Manohar Bhatia.on Tuesday ·
Jack Huber I'm sure you will, Manohar, but it can take time--Jack.
Manohar Bhatia Dear Jack,I have taken nearly 2 hours to write this F.O.R.M. but I feel relieved that I have written something for you to check mate::::::::::::::::;;;
______ [ A Jungle Outing] ______
[" Lions,tigers,snakes roam in the wild
as we prepare to go hunting
for their beautiful priceless skins,
Me and my team of greedy friends
drive in open jeep for outing
bravely facing danger to lives] 1-2-3-4-5-6
[" Group of daredevils don't care for lives
as they are born fearless and wild
ready to go for an outing
risking everything for a hunting
to merge as a cartel of friends
all eager to possess the skins."] 6-1-5-2-4-3
[" Of what use are these animal skins
when facing a ban in our lives
as well as for our deadly friends
their thinking so stupid and wild
instead finding job to hunting
Surprise, all rushing for outing."] 3-6-4-1-2-5
[" None thinks of difficult outing
where roaming harms our delicate skins
to walk in the sun and go hunting
endangering our delicate lives
and skip our best thoughts in the wild
for us as well as for our friends"] 5-3-2-6-1-4
["Who are these bunch of dirty friends
without rational thinking for outing
little realising all going wild
instead of saving full their skins
and bring stability to lives
not dream about doing stupid hunting"] 4-5-1-3-6-2
[" It was task to find job in hunting
most difficult for my mad friends
by putting a stake on their lives
to go in jungle as outing
instead of protecting their skins
and hard to return from the wild"] 2-4-6-5-3-1
[" I do find hunting and outing
in the wild with friends
exciting but for our skins and lives!"] 2,5 1,4 3,6
____ The End ____
copyright @ManoharBhatia.
All rights are reserved.
Cathy Robinson
this was my first and only sestina...i wrote it in about fifteen minutes during a workshop. surprisingly, i was the only one to get past stanza 3...maybe i should try another. let me know what you think.
Dream bridge-
By Cathy Robinson_______
[walking on a bridge of dreams
i quiver at the sight below my knees
buckle and i freeze
dear God, don't let it break
the water's deep and I hope
this bridge will remain strong
right now i'm anything but strong
inching slow upon these dreams
looking everywhere for hope
but finding only terror below
i could really use a break
deep breaths won't help, i freeze
if i fall will the water freeze
my body? trying to stand strong
feet unsure, but my will won't break
deciding to trust the dreams
God gave me, the water below
stills, and i gain new hope
resting in this new found hope
i smile, and the water freezes
all of a sudden what's below
makes me feel almost strong
can't help but trust these dreams
the One who gave them doesn't break
finally the lonesome fear breaks
and light shines on in hope
that i'll not only walk on dreams
but even when my flesh freezes
my spirit remains God-strong
and i don't worry about below
for all that creeps and lies below
pushes my faith not to break
gives me power, a heart so strong
that i can give another hope
pick them up when their flesh freezes
and help them to walk on dreams
so if your dreams threaten to break
don't look below, look to hope
while others freeze, you will be strong.]
____ The End ____
Jack Huber Manohar, in S3 you have repeated "hunting" instead of using "outing," otherwise this conforms perfectly. As a suggestion, since you are not using a classic meter or rhyme, you may want to fill in missing articles (the, an, etc.) to smooth out your lines, i.e. "to go in jungle as outing" could be "to go in the jungle for an outing."Nicely written, Cathy. I especially like the envoy, which sums it up beautifully.Jackon Tuesday ·
Anthea Burson I've long thought of writing one of these. What a perfect time to actually do it. I'm inspired by others' successes as well! I miss my Newton poetry group. (Jobs, travel and families took their toll and the group is no more- and now I am on the road as well, so online is great..
The coffee isn't as good, but you can't have everything. lol)
GREAT job you two!!
Manohar! In just two hours!? I am impressed. Cathy.. wow. Sometimes inspiration hits and things just seem to write themselves, huh? I definitely thing you could try another!And now, I shall try my first. (check back in a week or two- LOL!)
Manohar Bhatia Jack,Thank you very much for coming to my poem........ yes there is typo error in hunting.....in s/3, the last line word should be 'outing'Whew! I have passed the test and here is a bouquet of roses for you as my appreciation!And Anthea Burson, a big thank you for reading and liking.
Jack Huber I want to congratulate all of you who wrote sestinas this week. This is one of the most difficult forms (I think only the cleave is more challenging) and you all did very well. Most other forms will now seem much easier by comparison...Jack.
Jack Huber Sestina.
The sestina is a very structured form of six sestets (six-line stanzas) followed by a triplet (or tercet, a three-line stanza) for a total of 39 lines. What sets it apart, however, is the re-use of the final word in each line of the first stanza in a specific order that is different in each subsequent stanza. All six repeating words appear in the triplet as well.The sestet is usually strictly metered and is commonly written in decasyllables, or lines of ten syllables each, but other formal structures are acceptable. Rhyming is not a requirement of the form, but if the first stanza rhymes (i.e. a-b-c-a-b-c or a-b-a-b-a-b) , the balance will rhyme by default, since the rhyming words are the ones repeated. However, the pattern of rhyme will only follow the sequence of last words for each stanza. In a rhyming pattern, lines ending in a sound designated by “a” only rhyme with other “a” lines, “b” lines only with other “b” lines, and so on. The notation for the last words is “1” through “6,” for each of the six lines, thus the pattern of use is as follows:Stanza 1: 1 2 3 4 5 6Stanza 2: 6 1 5 2 4 3Stanza 3: 3 6 4 1 2 5Stanza 4: 5 3 2 6 1 4Stanza 5: 4 5 1 3 6 2Stanza 6: 2 4 6 5 3 1Stanza 7: 6 2, 1 4, 5 3The final triplet, using all six words in three lines, is a point in the sestet that can vary from form, using a different pattern (i.e. 1 2, 3 4, 5 6), or perhaps a couplet (two-line stanza, i.e. 6 2 1, 4 5 3). A rare format even ends on a haiku or senryu, utilizing the six repeated words in the accepted 5-7-5 syllabic pattern.
So, in the example below, 1=day, 2=cold, 3=place, 4=café, 5=hold and 6=embrace.
Example:A
Picturesque Café
Regardless of the time of day,
or if a tempest's rain is cold,
my mind will wander to the place
where first we met, that quaint café,
when both our lives were still on hold;
we hadn't had our first embrace.
The world had left me to embrace
a job I suffered through each day,
no inspiration taking hold,
relentless as a common cold.
But in this picturesque café
my life was never out of place.
I hadn't known that in this place
I'd found a reason to embrace
my future and this old café.
I made my mind up on this day
that though the season's turning cold,
the promise of its warmth I'd hold.
A notion started, keeping hold,
that there was something in this place
which bore the brunt of passions cold,
where many felt love's kind embrace,
escaping from their trying day--
I'd someday own this aged café.
The atmosphere of my café,
an ambiance of which would hold
the patrons' kindness through the day-
this would be the only place
to offer all a warm embrace,
a lively shelter from the cold.
Through summer's drought and winter's cold,
my friends would come to my café
to help each other, love, embrace
camaraderie, while couples hold
each other, like no other place
to spend their lives day after day.
I longingly embrace the cold
and greet the day in our cafe,
take hold of this, our perfect place.
Copyright © 2009 by Jack Huber
Manohar Bhatia Jack,This is a very difficult one, but challenging.What's this life if its not a challenge?I am trying Jack to come up with this one.Will I be able to do it?Manohar Bhatia.on Tuesday ·
Jack Huber I'm sure you will, Manohar, but it can take time--Jack.
Manohar Bhatia Dear Jack,I have taken nearly 2 hours to write this F.O.R.M. but I feel relieved that I have written something for you to check mate::::::::::::::::;;;
______ [ A Jungle Outing] ______
[" Lions,tigers,snakes roam in the wild
as we prepare to go hunting
for their beautiful priceless skins,
Me and my team of greedy friends
drive in open jeep for outing
bravely facing danger to lives] 1-2-3-4-5-6
[" Group of daredevils don't care for lives
as they are born fearless and wild
ready to go for an outing
risking everything for a hunting
to merge as a cartel of friends
all eager to possess the skins."] 6-1-5-2-4-3
[" Of what use are these animal skins
when facing a ban in our lives
as well as for our deadly friends
their thinking so stupid and wild
instead finding job to hunting
Surprise, all rushing for outing."] 3-6-4-1-2-5
[" None thinks of difficult outing
where roaming harms our delicate skins
to walk in the sun and go hunting
endangering our delicate lives
and skip our best thoughts in the wild
for us as well as for our friends"] 5-3-2-6-1-4
["Who are these bunch of dirty friends
without rational thinking for outing
little realising all going wild
instead of saving full their skins
and bring stability to lives
not dream about doing stupid hunting"] 4-5-1-3-6-2
[" It was task to find job in hunting
most difficult for my mad friends
by putting a stake on their lives
to go in jungle as outing
instead of protecting their skins
and hard to return from the wild"] 2-4-6-5-3-1
[" I do find hunting and outing
in the wild with friends
exciting but for our skins and lives!"] 2,5 1,4 3,6
____ The End ____
copyright @ManoharBhatia.
All rights are reserved.
Cathy Robinson
this was my first and only sestina...i wrote it in about fifteen minutes during a workshop. surprisingly, i was the only one to get past stanza 3...maybe i should try another. let me know what you think.
Dream bridge-
By Cathy Robinson_______
[walking on a bridge of dreams
i quiver at the sight below my knees
buckle and i freeze
dear God, don't let it break
the water's deep and I hope
this bridge will remain strong
right now i'm anything but strong
inching slow upon these dreams
looking everywhere for hope
but finding only terror below
i could really use a break
deep breaths won't help, i freeze
if i fall will the water freeze
my body? trying to stand strong
feet unsure, but my will won't break
deciding to trust the dreams
God gave me, the water below
stills, and i gain new hope
resting in this new found hope
i smile, and the water freezes
all of a sudden what's below
makes me feel almost strong
can't help but trust these dreams
the One who gave them doesn't break
finally the lonesome fear breaks
and light shines on in hope
that i'll not only walk on dreams
but even when my flesh freezes
my spirit remains God-strong
and i don't worry about below
for all that creeps and lies below
pushes my faith not to break
gives me power, a heart so strong
that i can give another hope
pick them up when their flesh freezes
and help them to walk on dreams
so if your dreams threaten to break
don't look below, look to hope
while others freeze, you will be strong.]
____ The End ____
Jack Huber Manohar, in S3 you have repeated "hunting" instead of using "outing," otherwise this conforms perfectly. As a suggestion, since you are not using a classic meter or rhyme, you may want to fill in missing articles (the, an, etc.) to smooth out your lines, i.e. "to go in jungle as outing" could be "to go in the jungle for an outing."Nicely written, Cathy. I especially like the envoy, which sums it up beautifully.Jackon Tuesday ·
Anthea Burson I've long thought of writing one of these. What a perfect time to actually do it. I'm inspired by others' successes as well! I miss my Newton poetry group. (Jobs, travel and families took their toll and the group is no more- and now I am on the road as well, so online is great..
The coffee isn't as good, but you can't have everything. lol)
GREAT job you two!!
Manohar! In just two hours!? I am impressed. Cathy.. wow. Sometimes inspiration hits and things just seem to write themselves, huh? I definitely thing you could try another!And now, I shall try my first. (check back in a week or two- LOL!)
Manohar Bhatia Jack,Thank you very much for coming to my poem........ yes there is typo error in hunting.....in s/3, the last line word should be 'outing'Whew! I have passed the test and here is a bouquet of roses for you as my appreciation!And Anthea Burson, a big thank you for reading and liking.
Jack Huber I want to congratulate all of you who wrote sestinas this week. This is one of the most difficult forms (I think only the cleave is more challenging) and you all did very well. Most other forms will now seem much easier by comparison...Jack.
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