Dr.Gabriel Fernandes Scholarships
distributed at Barkur college
Two days of annual college
festivities kicked off at Srimathi Rukmini Shedthi Memorial National First Grade
Government College with Annual Prize Distribution on 28th February
2010.
Formal stage function presided
over by Prof.Rajashekhar Hebbar,
Principal, Dr.Gabriel Fernandes scholarships to the deserving students
were distributed. Dr.Fernandes, through
his Village to College Foundation is distributing scholarships to the
needy students who can’t afford the expenses of the college education from the
last couple of years. Once again this year too about 45 students received a
total sum of Rs.80000 through the foundation. Kishore Gonsalves of
www.barkuronline.com, distributed the
Scholarships on behalf of Dr. Fernandes. Sathish Poojary, President,
Sthayee Samithi, Taluk Panchayath, Udupi, and Chandrasekhar Shetty Nalkudru,
President, Grama Panchayath Hanehalli , Dr. Gananath Ekkar, Co-Coordinating
Officer NSS, Mangalore University, Vishwanatha Shetty, Member College
Development Committee were the guests present on the stage.
Dr. Gananath Ekkar, Coordinating
Officer NSS, Mangalore University, inagurated the Third NSS unit of the college
for Post Graduate division
Himakara Shetty, President of the
Parent Teacher’s Association , K.K. Naik, Sathyanarayana Udupa,
Shrinivasa Shettigar and others
present on the occasion.
Golden Star Ganesha enthralls fans
in Barkur at "Anche Kuncha" awards
As promised they arrived in time
and touched the lives of fans and devotees in Barkur. While Rajarshee
Dr.Veerendra Heggade of Dharmasthala provoked the religious sentiments of
devotees in and around Barkur, Golden Star of Kannada Moviedom Ganesha
enthralled his fans
Rajarshee Dr.Veerendra Heggade
inaugurated the function while Ganesha gave away the awards.
Shanthivana Trust ®, Shri Kshethra
Dharmasathala is conducting a state level painting competition on the postal
cards aptly titled “Anche Kuncha” for the last 10 years. To promote to bring out
the hidden talents , this competition is held at 4 levels Primary School, High
School , College and Public each year with a statewide participation. Over 1
lakh participants have taken part in this unique painting competition for the
last 10 years.
Wonderful paintings and acclaimed
artists came into lime light through this competition and one of the paintings
had an honor of being displayed at the Rashtrapathi Bhavan, New Delhi.
In the past the award winners were
felicitated in the presence of great personalities like Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam,
Mrs. Sudha Moorthi, President Infosys Foundation, T.N. Chathurvedi, Governor,
Karnataka, Dr.S.P. Balasubrahmanyan, Veteran Playback singer, and famous
cricketer Anil Kumble along with Dr. D.Veerendra Heggade.
The decennial award function was held at Shrimathi Rukmini Shedthi Memorial National Government First Grade
College, Barkur .
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"Anche Kuncha” awards and
Pentaphase Personality Development Yoga camp at Barkur. Golden star Ganesha to
felicitate the winners
Shanthivana Trust ®, Shri Kshethra
Dharmasathala is conducting a state level painting competition on the postal
cards aptly titled “Anche Kuncha” for the last 10 years. To promote to bring out
the hidden talents , this competition is held at 4 levels Primary School, High
School , College and Public each year with a statewide participation. Over 1
lakh participants have taken part in this unique painting competition for the
last 10 years.
Wonderful paintings and acclaimed
artists came into lime light through this competition and one of the paintings
had an honor of being displayed at the Rashtrapathi Bhavan, New Delhi.
In the past the award winners were
felicitated in the presence of great personalities like Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam,
Mrs. Sudha Moorthi, President Infosys Foundation, T.N. Chathurvedi, Governor,
Karnataka, Dr.S.P. Balasubrahmanyan, Veteran Playback singer, and famous
cricketer Anil Kumble along with Dr. D.Veerendra Heggade.
The decennial award function is to
be held at Shrimathi Rukmini Shedthi Memorial National Government First Grade
College, Barkur . A three day camp for the Personality Development of will be
held along with this function.
Golden star of Kannada moviedom
Ganesh has agreed to participate in this year function to be inaugurated on 26th
February at 4 pm, in the presence of Rajarshee Dr. D.Veerendra Heggade. He was
recently awarded with Karnataka Rathna award and will be felicitated on behalf
of the people of Barkur.
Pentaphase Personality Development
Yoga Camps are conducted every year under the Moral and Yoga educational project
of Shri Khsethra Dharmasathala. This year its 4th camp will be
conducted at Barkur. About 750 Yoga students and about 200 Yoga teachers from
primary and secondary schools , from in and around Udupi and Dakshina Kannada
are expected to participate. Expertise knowledge transfer, Moral values, Yoga,
Pranayama, Meditational techniques etc will be taught and discussed in the
camp.
“Jaago Bharath” a special
programme of inducing patriotism by renowned columnist Chakravarthi Sulibele,
Vice President, Samskara Bharathi, Bangalore is scheduled at 6.30 pm on 26th
February
News : Ramabhat Sajangadde
Young Power Lifter, Roshan Gabriel
Lobo, Seeks Financial Assistance to Represent India
Roshan Gabriel Lobo, son of
Charles Lobo and Philomena Lobo from Barkur in Udupi district, is a promising
power lifter backed by impressive achievements. He has been chosen to represent
India at the Asian Power Lifting Championship (75 kg category) being held in
Mongolia in April 2010, but is daunted by the condition that he has to deposit
one lac of rupees before March 12, to be able to participate in the said event.
Lobo, a past student of Milagres College, Kallianpur, was chosen by the Asian
Power Lifting Association, after securing first place at the national level
competition organized by the Indian Power Lifting Association. He has also been
selected for the National Level Soft Ball Competition to play for Maharashtra.
He had won silver medals in the weight lifting competitions held during the year
2008-09 in Goa and also in 2004-05 at the Mangalore University level, in Mulki.
He has also represented Udupi district in weight lifting competitions and won
medals. He had taken part in the state level ball badminton competition too on
behalf of Udupi district.
Roshan, presently working as the site in-charge for Murzello Engineering
Services (Pvt) Ltd at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra, is apprehensive that he might
lose the opportunity to take part in the said international competition, if he
fails to pool funds required for the deposit amount as stated above. He has
appealed to the people to help him to meet the said requirement, by extending
financial help. His permanent address and telephone numbers are given below:
Roshan Gabriel Lobo
Bethel, Hosala Village, Barkur - 576210
Udupi district
Phone: 09579338332
A/C 047104000057585, IDBI Bank
Suresh S M from Barkur Appointed
Director of AICTE
Suresh S M, a native of Barkur in
Udupi district, has been appointed as the director of the New Delhi-based All
India Council for Technical Education.
Suresh, who had studied in B M S
Engineering College Bangalore and Regional Engineering College Suratkal, is the
son of the late S M Rama Nayak and Lakshmi from Barkur. He is a relative of Dr K
Sundar Nayak, former registrar of Mangalore University.
New Arch gate
declared open
The newly constructed Arch Gate of
the church of St.Peter was declared open by Rt.Rev. Dr.Aloysius Paul D'Souza
Bishop of Mangalore recently.
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Barkur
Kavita Fest 2010 - It's Victory for Konkani Poetry at Barkur
“Poetry, the
heart of the language, can open our eyes, make us sensitive to issues around us,
connect us to people, make us more humane and bring us close to reality. In
today’s depraved society only poetry offers us a ray of hope and can save us
from any eventuality. Poetry is human possibility”, opined eminent Kannada
littérateur and lyricist Jayant Kaikini. He was speaking as the Chief Guest at
the Kavita Fest 2010 held at Moodhadu Kudru, Barkur, amidst the pristine and
rustic charm of Barkur.
The courtyard
of Richard D Souza, on the banks of the Sita River there was a festive
atmosphere akin to that of a marriage house as the traditional mantap complete
with stage, gave such a feeling as one entered the courtyard. The milieu of the
river overlooking the courtyard surrounded by a vast expanse of coconut trees
from all sides was just apt for the occasion, to recite poetry and for listeners
to just soak in its impact. The connoisseurs of poetry could not have asked
for a more idyllic setting to get lost in the new world created by the poet by
his clever disposition of words and situations. What mattered most was the
active participation of the people of all ages in the poetry festival in large
numbers who also displayed the same energy levels till the end.
Such an ideal
setting and also the enthusiasm of the people must have certainly provided an
impetus to the poet in Jayant Kaikini who equated poetry to the honey collected
by the bees and said “just like the nectar collected by human beings does not
turn into honey information will not become poetry unless it becomes an integral
part of our body and we should evolve with it. Poetry should be the only
religion known to mankind. We lose poetry if we go on searching for ideological
reasons for everything we do. When we become humanized then poetry leads us to
create”.
Lamenting the
present condition of the society Kaikini stated that 25 years ago ours was a
country of corrupt youth and now ours is a country of corrupt parents as the
same corrupt youth have now become parents. He pointed out that there are two
types of writers namely those who want to be a part of literary history and
those who want to be part of human history. “I would like to be a writer who
can be a related to people, who write human history”.
Giving an
example of noted Kannada poet D R Bendre, Kaikini pointed out that Bendre used
poetry to deal with the utter misfortunes of his life and to get strength at
the crucial stage of his life when he was saddled with personal tragedy of worst
kind. “Poetry is what happens to the writer when he writes. One is a poet only
when he writes and it is not anything that can be preconceived to be written at
any other time”, he asserted.
Praising the
organizers and the connoisseurs of poetry who had assembled in vast number
Kaikini stated that credit should go to Kavita Trust for attracting people to
Kavita Fest. “It is a victory to poetry”, he asserted.
Anant Amembal,
who was the guest of honour on the occasion, pointed out that the glow on the
faces of the people assembled at the Kavita Fest 2010. “Poetry is awakening and
sometimes even silence communicates”. Giving an example of making poetry as part
of the curriculum to MBBS students in the 1940’s in England he said “A holistic
treatment is possible through poetry which necessitated learning poetry by
would-be doctors”. He also emphasized that language is not a barrier to
understand the essence of poetry. “Sometimes we take language for granted which
acts as an impediment in understanding poetry. Poetry is awakening. It can
touch the innermost feelings of people”, he pointed out.
Joseph Mathias,
who was also the guest of honour and sponsor of the Mathias Family Poetry Award
2009, said that the future of Konkani is in the hands of youngsters who need to
use the language in their day to day life to carry forward the torch of the
language.
Melvyn
Rodrigues, president of Kavita Trust in his introductory speech said that the
Trust has been working for the promotion of Konkani poetry in the right
earnestness. “We are giving a befitting reply to those who always write
obituary of Konkani”, he stated.
The entire day
was filled with activities related to poetry. The morning session of the
programmme was inaugurated by educationist and Administrator of Manipal Academy
of General Education H Shantharam and Hemacharya, editor, Daijiworld Weekly, in
the presence of office bearers of Kavita Trust, The Expresions and Karnataka
Konkani Sahitya Academy, who had jointly organized the programme. Inaugurating
the Kavita Fest 2010 H Shantharam credited Roman Catholics for the development
of Konkani language and bringing it to the present status it enjoys. “Konkani
language is saved because Roman Catholics used it in the churches in the prayers
and other activities”, he stated. He further added that the combination of
literature, culture and poetry leads to the development of the society and
lauded the efforts of Kavita Trust in providing a new impetus to the promotion
of Konkani through Kavita Fest.
Kishoo Barkur,
secretary of Kavita Trust welcomed the guests. Folk dance by Babanna Naik and
Group, Kebikere, Yadtadi soon after the inauguration set the mood for the much
serious symposium on “Why I write poetry”. Speakers H M Pernal and Prakash
Parienkar provided their inputs on the topic and Andrew L D Cunha moderated the
symposium. It led to a vibrant discussion on questions ranging from poetry
being a language of heart, whether the poet is born or made, and poet a social
reformer etc. Both the speakers provided enough food for thought before
pre-lunch session.
Post-lunch
session began with the much awaited youth poetry session with 16 youngsters
mostly from Mangalore and Goa presenting their poems on a range of topics which
showed that these youngsters hold the future of Konkani. The youth poetry
session has been a revelation as many promising poets in the making showed
glimpses of their talent to write poetry. Poet Lloyd Rego (Elyer Taccode)
presided over the youth poetry session.
Another keenly
anticipated event of the day was the stage programme as the assembled crowd was
waiting eagerly to listen to the celebrity poet Jayant Kaikini, who did not fail
to live up to the expectations of the people. He released Antony Barkur’s
Anthology of poems “Kat Tutcho vel” and also presented the Mathias Family Poetry
Award 2009 to Leo D Souza. Flavia Mathias gave away the late Charles and
Theresa Rodrigues Memoral awards to winners of All India Children’s poetry
competition to Pradnya Kamath, Kavita Fondekar and Punita Naik, all from Goa.
The
multi-lingual poetry session was presided by Hanumant Chopdekar had poets in
Konkani, Tulu, Kannada and Byari languages presenting their poems much to the
delight of the assembled audience who savored them with rapt attention and
expressed their happiness with thunderous applause.
At the end of
the day, music by the members of The Expressions entertained the audience with
some foot taping Konkani songs to signal the end of the day long event. Eric
Soans, Barkuer, was the Master of Ceremony of the entire programme.
The programme
which began at 10 in the morning came to an end only at 8 pm. But the assembled
gathering never exhibited any fatigue or boredom. Instead there was a glow of
satisfaction on their faces. The credit certainly goes to Kavita Trust and
other organizers who toiled hard for days together. Credit also goes to the
host Richard D Souza and family who had made elaborate arrangements for the
smooth conduct of the Kavita Fest.
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