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2009-07-22T13:11:00.001+05:30

ಉಠಾ ಬೈಸ್ - ಸೂಪರ್ ಬ್ರೈನ್ ಯೋಗ
ಉತ್ತರ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಗಣೇಶ ಚತುರ್ಥಿಯ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಮನೆ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲೂ, ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಗಣಪತಿ ಕೂಡಿಸುವದ ಸರ್ವೇ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ. ಅದರಂತೆ ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ವಿಷಯ ಏನಪ್ಪಾ ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಗಣಪತಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕರಿಸೋ ಪದ್ಧತಿ.

ಬಲಗೈಯಲ್ಲಿ ಎಡಕಿವಿ ಮತ್ತು ಎಡಗೈಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಲಕಿವಿ ಹಿಡಿದುಕೊಂಡು ಕುಳಿತು ಏಳುವದು. ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ನಮ್ಕಡೆ ಉಠಾ-ಬೈಸ್ (ಮರಾಠಿ ಮೂಲ ಇರ್ಬೊದು, ಉಠಾ = ಏಳು, ಬೈಸ್ = ಕುಳಿತುಕೊಳ್ಳು) ಅಂತಾರೆ.

ಈಗ ಇದೆ ಪಾಶ್ಚಾತ್ಯ ದೇಶಗಳಲ್ಲಿ 'ಸೂಪರ್ ಬ್ರೈನ್ ಯೋಗ' ಎಂಬ ಹೆಸರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಡ್ತಾ ಇದ್ದಾರೆ.
ಈ ಕೆಳಗಿನ ವಿಡಿಯೋ ನೋಡಿ :)

ವಿ ಸೂ: ನಾನು ಈ ಪದ್ಧತಿ ನೋಡಿದ್ದು ಉ.ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತ್ರ, ಹಾಗಂತ ಬೇರೆಲ್ಲೂ ಈ ಥರ ಮಾಡೊಲ್ಲ ಅಂತ ಅರ್ಥ ಅಲ್ಲ.

2007-08-13T17:11:00.000+05:30

You don't win Silver, you lose Gold !

Chak De ! India

Chak De! India is mainly life story of a disgraced Captain of Indian Hockey team. Movie starts with a final between India and Pakistan, in which eventually India lose the Gold to Pakistan!!, The Captain, by name Kabir Khan (India's most successful Centre Forward), made scape goat by circumstances and the media.

After a seven long years gap, Kabir returns to Hockey as the coach of Indian National Women's Hockey team. He choses to be the coach only to remove his gaddar tag and prove that he is not a outsider.

His approach to training is simple, start from the very basic things , fitness. and the discipline. The coach has the tough job to unite them and make them play as a team and for a team.Unlike previous sport-themed movies Lagaan, Iqbal, this one talks about a team than an Individual. Thats what is lacking in current Cricket team too !!

Shahrukh as coach has delivered a brilliant performance and this time he did it better than Swades! His acting clearly portrais the sportman in him. SRK as a hockey coach is very inspiring, frustrated and dejected at times and mostly buried under the 'bhoj' of his earlier defeat. His wonderful acting is superlated by few very clever dialogues.If Shah Rukh the star, pulled you to the cinema hall, it's Shah Rukh the actor, who is gonna keep you gripped.

Sure, you know what's going to happen, at the end, still its the journey is what worth watching. I've not mentioned about few negatives, such as a poor commentator in the world cup and only ground view of Hockey match, as they are very negligible and have little impact.

A must watch for all the Movie fans esp if You like SRK !!

2007-01-08T12:42:00.001+05:30

"The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page." - St. Augustine.

After missing the last years Sri Lanka trip, I was very much excited for the year end trip. Unlike previous trips where we travelled to a remote place, this time we planned ( and that was the only planning we did ;) )to drive ourslef.

For more articulated blog refer to Sharath's maricheeke or the travelogue from Nikki .

This year end trip was the most unplanned and most reposeful one unlike previous ones. Only Sharath knew that we have got a confirmed accomodation at swarga, will tell you the extent of our unplanning. The Drive to swarga was good and after couple of wrong turns (as it says swades "insaan galat hote hain, mod (turn) nahi" ) we finally reached the place just about the dinner time.

The next one and half day was more of relaxing and learning more about Coffee and related processes. The owner of Swarga, Chirag is a very friendly host who educated all of us with some information on some of the Coffee breeds such as Arabica and Robusta, their vegetation ,the complete process involved in making the coffee powder starting from picking the seed.

The evening was spent playing some gully cricket, the matches were closely fought and ended in nail-biting finish all thanks to uncanny knock from Supreeth and Rock (yes thy name is Rock ).

"Tourists don't know where they've been, travellers don't know where they're going." -Paul Theroux

The uncertainity of our planning continued and we concluded to halt at Udupi by night, travelling via Mudigere-kalasa-Kudremukh. We stopped at Horanadu to visit the Goddess Annapurneshwara and for a sumptous meal. From here onwards the route to Udupi ( via
Kudremukh, NH-13 ) was the best we had it in out entire trip,With very less traffic and lush green environs.

The next day when we guys had the darshana of Lord Krishna and seeked his bessings for the rest of the trip :).

The drive from Udupi to karwar involved the pit stops at Maravanthe, Murdeshwara and Gokarna.

Gokarna was a bit of disappointment. We coudnt get the accomodation on Om Beach and had to appease ourself with a not-so-good lodge in the town. Later in the night we decided to take an auto to Om beach to have dinner and spend some quality time on Om beach. As the name itself says, its named after it's sea line which resembles the symbol OM . During dinner time we had an interesting debate on a controversial topic which even forced us to recall the Theory of Evollution etc. The best part was the time when we were just lying on the Beach gazing at the clear sky filled with millions of millionn twinkling stars. At this time i realised that sighting shooting stars are not as frequent and easy as shown in the Hindi Movies :).

The Mahabaleshwara temple of Gokarna was a bit of letdown in terms of sanctity and sacredness.

Next Destination was Karwar from where we were supposed to goto Goa. This is where we hit a fork, when one of Sharth's friend suggested us about the Kali river white water Rafting. We were in dilemma and had to chose between Goa and Rafting. After an hours of discussion it was decided that two days we'll visit goa n third day head towards Dandeli for rafting.

Reached Karwar by evening, and were fortunate enough to find a decent accomodation very close to Tagore Beach. I got to know from Kishore that its the place where Tagore started his journey as a poet.

"The sea beach of Karwar is certainly a fit place in which to realise that the beauty of nature is not a mirage of imagination but reflects joy of the infinite and thus draws us to lose ourselves in it." - Rabindranath Tagore

For the next three days we camped at Karwar and visited the Goa during day time. This is the third time im going to Goa and all three times I've been to altogether Different Beaches. The scenic Vagatore Beach and Chapora Fort (DCH fame) were the best part of the trip. Chapora fort is situated on a hill having Vagatore beach on one side and river Mandovi on the other. Next day it was again Go-Goa and the destination was Palolim beach in South Goa, so far the best beach i've been to.

Somehow the Rafting plan had to be dropped. which left us one complete day to drive back to Udupi/Kundapura. We started late from Karwar, had delicious meal at Kamat Upchar enroute and stopped at Idugunji, where there's a large temple of Ganesha. After a quick darshana headed towards Kundapaur. Enroute we stopped at Maravanthe, where NH-17 passes close to the beach (around 100 meters from the shore) and a stretch of a kilometer of this highway is flanked by the seashore on one side and the Sauparnika River on the other. We played a little bit of frisbee and clicked the cameras during Sunset.

Last day of the Year and the only planned thing of the trip was pending, Kayaking on Varahi river. Once we were done with kayaing we headed towards shivamogga via aagumbe. For those who have watched the famous rendition of R.K. Narayan’s Malgudi Days on T.V. this place will not look unfamiliar. Agumbe is a small village on the state highway, known for its sunset and beautiful treks it has to offer. This place receives the highest rainfall in the state.

Reached Shivamogga by night time and dined at Rakesh's place. New year was welcomed watching live celebration across India.

Brand new day of new year, was the penultimate day of the trip. The drive back was quite fun with decent roads. It was only after reaching Bangalore, that we hit the traffic jams which reminded us of what is going to be the hard truth the next day onwards!

All in all, a real nice road trip. All kudos to Nikki and Supreeth for their driving skill and the cars also deserve a word of appreciation with almost no problems throughout the trip, which made it more memorable.

2006-02-09T19:00:00.000+05:30

Last weekend five of us (arvi,ashu,basu,rohith n me ) had been to Sita nadi kayaking near Hebri. Sita Nadi Camp (Someshwara wild life sanctuary) is a 30min bus ride away from Udupi, 4km after the town of Hebri. People from adreno take care of arranging all activities here.

First day morning went for trekking to Koodala thirtha falls .It is nearly 21km from Hebri. After travelling 16km in jeep we reached the starting point of our trek. From this point onwards we started our trekking. After first 2km we found ourselves amidst thick jungle. After successfully trekking around 6k in total, we were in front of the most beautiful waterfalls I had ever been. This place is enclosed with rocks on the three sides and a sectoral opening to enjoy the blue sky lying in the chilled water. We didn't dare to get beneath the falls as it was falling from a height of 100-150 ft and it would have been really tough to stand below it (esp when person dont know how to swim :) ). After spending 2 hours of time in the water we trekked back to the camp.

Next day morning headed to a place near siddapur for kayaking in river varahi.We got in to the kayaking gear(helmet, swim wear and life jacket). Initially we were asked to understand what was happening with our kayak. Then all the five groups started towards the first of the 4 rapids. We were all exited as it was the first one we were going to see. We crossed the first three with lot of enthusiasm and were asked to park our kayakss after passing theese rapids. After paddling for 2 hours and some swimming classes (when Ashwin dared crossing the river through the strong currents swimming ) we stopped for lunch. After the delicious lunch we continued with our paddling enjoying each of the rapids. After crossing the 4th and the biggest rapid, we had reached the culmanating point. we got out of the water and had a few shots with the team.

Evening we headed to Agumbe.For those who have watched the famous rendition of R.K. Narayan’s Malgudi Days on T.V. this place will not look unfamiliar. Agumbe is a small village on the state highway, known for its sunset and beautiful treks it has to offer.

This place receives the highest rainfall in the state. After that we took the bus back to Bangalore and next day onwards the usual mechanical life started.

Some of the snaps here:)