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Thururuthutthu...CD
by Eric all set for release
There is no comparison for one and only Eric Soans and his
talents….. a multi faceted personality and one with such passion
is music and there is no doubt, it flows in every vein of his
body, mind and soul….as the man gifted with enormous quality and
hold over the choice of rich and pure Konkani words, latent
poetic, rhythm and class melody to inculcate instant feel of
divinity in praising the creator. Many of his devotional songs
were sung in neighboring church. Moreover Eric had a special gift
to compose them at short notice, to suit any given grand occasion.
Its common at Mangalore, the religious music and songs were
composed by priests only with very few exceptions and our Eric
ventured in this field and at par with contemporaries both in
meaningful quality and divinity. It was a persistent request of
his well wishers and friends to familiarize these unique hymns to
all Konkani lovers, not only at native but to reach them to every
Mangalorean Konkani household settled abroad.
The day has come and the work is almost complete. A CD consisting
12 selected hymns with a choir of talented singers of Barkur and
renowned singers from Mangalore including Adolph Jayathilak of "Ye
Mana" fame, Ivy D'Souza, Sangeetha Balachander and others have
lend their best in praise of Lord. Finest orchestra under Gladson
Raveendra are done a splendind job, renowned sound Engineer Rony
was engaged in this noble work and in one sentence the famous
studio at CAD Media at Mangalore is bringing out a masterpiece in
the form of a CD and the same will be released on Parish Feast day
of Barkur church on 17th December 2008 in the Blessed hands of
H.E. Rt. Rev. Henry D’Souza, the Bishop of Bellary Diocese.
We at Barkur-online team wish this debutant enterprise of Eric
Soans every success, a man with youthful spirits, constant
innovation and reinvention to improvise and lets not to forget his
unique style to enter the heart and mind of one and all at ease,
with whatever he did or does, may it be Pedruchi Chavi, ICYM
Souvenir, or stories both in Kannada / Konkani or crossword
puzzle….. and now Devotional Songs, a great grand success.
For more details please contact Eric Soans at his e mail id
ericjaes@yahoo.co.in or cell no 0091 9844626700.
Obituary
Alice Passanha
(60),W/o Philip Richard Passanha, Mother of Steven/Leena, (Dubai),Ivan
Vijay, Grand mother of Lloyd Chris Passanha. Passanha villa, Bale
Hitlu, Hanehalli Village,Barkur, passed away on 22nd November.
Funeral service was
held at the church of St.Peter, Barkur on 23rd November at 04.00
pm followed by burial. 0091 9731161402
Dr.Fernandes in
limelight at Japan
Regular visitors of our site need no introduction for Dr.Gabriel
Fernandes, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of
Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Not only known for his
academic excellence he is very well known for his dream project
"Village to College Foundation.
Last week Dr. Fernandes was invited to give a Keynote address
during a large annual meeting in Tokyo . He addressed an audience
of 3000 members and his topic of talk was “Prevention of
Osteoporosis by Dietary Fatty acids and Coral Calcium".
Dr Fernandes was asked to travel by business class but he
requested them to allow him to travel by economy class he
requested them to pay the difference of fare to his Village to
College Foundation, through which students from the neighborhood
of Barkur are receiving help to complete their college education.
Last year itself about Rs.80000 were distributed from this
foundation to the deserving students of Smt.Rukmini Shedthi
Memorial National Govt. First Grade College.
Dr.Fernandes received a check for $5000 which he promptly
deposited in the Foundation account. This year the foundation has
received over 150 applications for the Scholarship assistance from
nearby several village students of Barkur Govt College who are all
needing help to attend the College. However it can only pay to
40-50 students Rs 1000-2000 per year. If anyone wants to
participate in helping these needy students may kindly send their
donation to the Prof. Rajshekhar Hebbar of Barkur College. This
year Mr Sudhin Y Shetty of Barkur who is in Los Altos , California
has sent a contribution of $300 for a scholarship for 3 years for
a student.
More about Dr.Fernandes,
click here
Rotary and BBCF
join hands to promote Agri Farm
The Rotary Clubs of Barkur and Brahmavar and Barkur-Brahmavar
Citizens’ Forum (BBCF), jointly held a programme for the promotion
of the ‘Agri Farm Project’ at Rotary Bhavan, Barkur, on Monday
November 3.
This ambitious programme of developing a model horticulture farm
by creating a land bank of 40-50 acres is the dream project of B
Dharmaraj Shetty, Unitop Group of Concerns. As per this project,
the rights for using the land are surrendered to a horticulture
co-operative farm for growing various agriculture and horticulture
crops as recommended, and guided by the University Department of
Regional Agriculture Research Centre, Brahmavar. However, land
owners retain the ownership rights.
The programme was presided over by Dharmaraj Shetty who is also
the founder president of BBCF. He gave a presentation on
self-agriculture system and its market value. Padmanabha Kanchan,
secretary, Rotary Club, Brahmavar, Rathnakar Shetty, secretary,
Rotary Club, Barkur, Ganesh Vakuda, president Rotary Club,
Barkur, K K Nayak, president, BBCF, Bojaraj Shetty, assistant
governor, Rotary, and Ramesh Rao, manager, Syndicate Bank, were
present on the stage.
On Monday morning, Dharmaraj Shetty also delivered a presentation
at Mangalore University, Konaje, on the project following an
invitation from the varsity authorities. Dr Guru Prasad from
Regional Agri Research Institute, Brahmavar, talked about self-
agriculture and its methods.
Vittal Shetty, vice-president, BBCF, shared his experience in
self-agriculture with the gathering. Koodly Sathyanarayana Udupa
presented his views on the self-agriculture system and his own
experience.
Obituary
Urban Sequeira (74), husband of Alice Sequeira, father of
Melvin / Vineetha, Nirmala / Ivan, Cynthia / Melvin, Jeevan /
Rita, Prakash / Juliet and Naveen/Janet (Maibhas.com),
grandfather of Melisha, Marsh, Anvil, Osvin, Melron, Melreen,
Jovian and Shayan, passed away on Monday November 3, 2008 after a
brief illness.
Funeral cortege leaves residence to the church of St.Peter at 3.30
p.m. on 5th November for mass and burial.
Contact details: 0091820 2561606 (India) or 0097150 7554105
(Dubai)
Linen Club, The
Ramp, Exclusive show room inaugurated by Dr. V.S. Acharya
Dr V S Acharya, state home minister, inaugurated the new showroom
of 'Linen Club' in the city on Saturday October 11 located at C P
C Plaza near service bus stand.
Linen Club Fabrics is the premium Brand from Jaya Shree Textiles,
a Unit of Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd. This
is the brand's second exclusive showroom in Karnataka with
Bangalore having the first.
Soon after the inauguration, a stage function was held which was
presided over by Dr G Shankar of Shamili group of Industries. He
lit the traditional lamp along with other dignitaries present on
the dais.
Abhey Nair, senior vice-president, Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd, said in
his speech that linen is a special fabric which is better than
cotton and can absorb any kind of moisture and is particularly
suitable to tropical climatic regions like that of Udupi.
Builder Jerry Vincent Dias of Mandavi Developers and Builders,
Manohar S Shetty of Sai Radha group of concerns, Jagadish Moleyar,
assistant general manager, Karnataka Bank Regional Office were
amongst those present. Dr Prafulla G. Kanchan, partner, welcomed
the gathering and Kishoo Barkur, partner, proposed the vote of
thanks. Sudhakar Rao compered the programme.
The exclusive showroom jointly promoted by Barkurians Kishoo and
Dr. Prafulla, will offer complete range of Linen Fabrics, right
From Pure
Linen Fabrics to Linen Blends with Cotton, Silk, Wool, Bamboo,
Lyocell, Yarn Dyed Wovens, Printed and Embroidered linen suitable
for Men’s & Women’s Wear. With a wide variety of designs and
colours Linen Club fabrics are show stoppers at wedding functions,
evening – outs, officers and even as ethnic wear on festivals. Be
it shirts, trousers, kurta – pyjamas, skirts, tops, suits, jackets
and other men’s & women’s wear, linen club fabrics is used for all
kind of garments.
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