Village to
College Foundation
“Village To College” a novel scholarship programme initiated by
Village To College Foundation, founded by
Dr.Gabriel Fernandes, Texas, USA, for the needy students of
Barkur is being extended to the very needy students at St.Mary's Syrian College
(SMS) Brahmavar, and Milagres College, Kallianpur.
Two students from SMS were chosen who were the recipients of
scholarships last year to continue their Second year and recruited 4 freshers
from 1st year as well. In all paid six scholarships on behalf Dr.
G.Fernandes. In addition as part of continuation of the last year programme two
second year students were also awarded the scholarships at Milagres College at
Kallianpur. New 3-4 freshers will also be selected soon. These scholarships are
given only to those students who are doing well in their studies and coming from
very needy families.
Last year nearly 50 scholarships, amounting to Rs 80,000 were
given to the students of Smt. Rukmini Shedthi Memorial National Government First
Grade College Barkur and again this year several new students, as well as
students from second and third year, who were supported last year will also be
selected soon for the programme.
Established very successfully for the past five years giving
close to Rs 70- 80,000 each year at Barkur College alone, this programme was
initiated in a small way, first at Barkur Parish over 10 years ago, by Dr.
Fernandes,
Professor
of the Department of
Medicine at the University of Texas, with the kind co operation of then Parish
priest, Rev Fr Benjamin D’Souza.
Although living sta ndards are much improved around Barkur,
several needy families looking forward eagerly to receive help to pay their
tuition fees each year. Many students who were the recipients of Village to
College Scholarships have already graduated and found jobs to support their poor
parents. It is the foundation desire to extend this activity Brahmvar and
Kallianpur along with Barkur.
Dr. Fernandes appreciates very much the help of Kishore Gonsalves
and Rajshekar Hebbar, Principal, Smt. Rukmini Shedthi Memorial National
Government First Grade College Barkur, as well as both Principals of SMS College
Brahmavar and Milagres College Kallianpur in facilitating in expanding this
program to benefit very needy students to complete their College education.
The foundation also thanks the recent donors for helping towards
scholarships. For more details and the names of the donors, please visit the
website
www.villagetocollegefdn.org
Click here for more info on Dr.Gabriel Fernandes
Obituary
Mary Picardo (87), Hosala, Barkur. W/O Late Felix Picardo, M/O Rosy T.
D'Silva, Grand M/O Shaila/Harry, G. Grand Mother of Harshitha and Shobitha,
passed away on 06/08/2010.
Funeral cortege leaves residence at 03.45 PM on 07/08/2010 to the Church of
St.Peter for mass at 0400 PM.
Ph:
+91 820 2587167, +91 9880958620
Chowlikeri Pond cleaned
The historical
temple pond which stretches to whopping 4 acres of Chowlikeri was cleaned up
recently as a part of beautifying Barkur. Local youth groups Athula Yuvaka
Mandala and Mogaveera Yuvaka Sangha with their more than 100 members
participated in the clean up task.
Four boats were
used to clean up the murk and weeds from the pond. B.Shantharam Shetty
inaugurated the clean up drive by lighting the lamp. Shrinivasa Sgettigar of
Shettigar Industries, B.M. Krishna, Sudhakar poojari, Udaya Poojari , Sathish
Amin and others took the lead and successfully completed the drive.
Local Grama
Panchayath members, Gouri Poojarthi, Dolphy D’Lima, Shaila D’Souza, Vitthala
Kundar, Narasimha and Prakash Thanthri were present on the occasion.
The clean up
program continued on Saturday when the rains were subsided and MLA Haladi
Shrinivasa Shetty visited the program.
News and Pics : Dr.Manoj D'Lima
Floods at Barkur
The
consistent torrential rains from the last few days days have created havoc and
floods at Barkur. The pictures sent by Dr.Manoj D'Lima speaks for themselves
Veeyol Veenya Sangin By Eric Barkur released by Rev. Fr. Aranah.
Veeyol Veenya Sangin the much awaited CD of devotional hymns By Eric was released here on Sunday on the
26th of July at St. Peter's church, Barkur. Releasing this CD after
the 7.00Am Mass the Parish Priest Rev. Fr Aranah said that it was a matter of
pride that the talent of emerging artists like Eric Barkur is being recognized.
He also said that though he has been in Barkur Parish for the past few years he
never had to take the responsibility of the choir group. Eric Always took
leadership in composing and organizing the Parish choir team. He wished Eric all
good luck for this CD.
The Lyrics and the Tunes are composed by Mr. Eric Soans &the music in this CD is
directed by Mr. Dolvin Kolalgiri who is said to be one of the finest musicians
of this region. Dolvin said he had put in a lot of effort in bringing out this
CD and today he feels extremely proud and happy since one of his greatest dreams
has turned into reality
The Parish Priest Released the CD. The guests on the dias were Fr. Aranah , The
parish priest, Parish Council Secretary Mrs. Irene Pais. Mrs Eugene Quadros,
Dolvin and Eric. Once the CD was released complimentary copies were distributed
to the Donors and Sponsors of the CD. The 6 Singers from Barkur parish who
recorded for this CD were felicitated. And Mr. Eric Soans proposed the vote of
thanks.
The details of the songs present in the CD’s are as follows
1.Veeyol Veenya Sangin - Anuradha Bhat (Noted Kannada Movie Playback
Singer)
2.Yeya Mogan Naavadya - Mervin Quadros, Naveen Dias, Kishore Gonsalves
(All the 3 from Barkur)
3.Utar Somiya The Tujhe - Vinay Lewis(from Kallianpur...Gulf Voice of
Mangalore)
4.Sarvesporak Jai Jai - Dolvin Mendonca (from Kolalgiri...keyboardist &
music director)
5.Munshya Jeene Tuve Dille - Ivy D'souza (From Mangalore...Lata
Mangeshkar of konkani music)
6.Jezu Ye Tu Mujhya Hya Kalzanth - Prajoth D'sa (from Kallianpur...Has
sung for "Radio City"-Bangalore...and a fresh new voice)
7.Kalzanth Mujhya Ye SOmiya - Wilfred D'sa (from Shankarpur)
8.Somiya Govlya Mujhya - Harriet Braganza ( From Kundapur)
9.Naman Karuya - Nelson Lewis (from Brahmavar)
The CD includes 9 Hymns and 3 Karaoke Tracks
Recorded By Aravind Shet @ Kalyani Home Studio, Udupi
Mixed & Mastered By Arya @ 7db Studio, Bangalore
CD Copied By Digital Media, Mangalore
Photography & Cover Designed By Avinash Roche @ Zion, Santhekatte
A sample music video of this talented Eric Soans can be heard and viewed in
youtube at this site:
Obituary
Herald J
Sequeira,(48) Hosala H/O Sharmila, F/O Hashvith, S/O Late Victor and Late
Theresa Sequeira, Brother of Josephine, Ruby,Dora, Clara, Sr.Shanthi, late
Lawrence, Edna and Daphne passed away on 25/07/2010.
Mortal remains
are at Manipal Mortuary. Funeral on 30th July at the church of St.Peter, Barkur
Contact 0820 2587159.
Stonescape, A Barkurian venture in South Africa
Stonescape, dealers in granite and marble work opened their new factory in
Johannesburg, South Africa on June 12th 2010.
Manith and Maahir, sons of the proprietor, Jerome Manoj and Olinda Sequeira
opened the factory by cutting the inaugural ribbon tied at the entrance to the
factory.Fr. Marie Joe, Carmelite missionary from Benoni, blessed the premises.
After offering prayers, he conveyed his well wishes to Jerome Manoj and Olinda
Sequeria & family for the continued success of Stonescape.
Stonescape specialises in kitchen tops, vanity tops as well as wall and floor
tiles. It deals with granite and marble-related installation, repair and
maintenance work for Johannesburg’s premier corporate offices, hotels, financial
institutions as well as the world famous Sun City, 220 km away from
Johannesburg.
Established seven years ago by Jerome Manoj, Stonescape’s primary clientele
today consists of corporate offices, hotels, financial institutions and casinos
in Johannesburg and its surrounding cities.
Jerome Manoj Sequeira is the son of Late Salvador Sequeria and Margaret Sequeira
from Barkur, Udupi District. He settled in South Africa 11 years ago with his
wife Olinda Sequeria (nee Mendonca) and they have two sons, Manith and Maahir.
His elder brother Vinod Sequeira is proprietor of Electrical Point, Mangalore &
Udupi.
Obituary
Veronica
D’Almeida (71), wife of late Peter D’Almeida, mother of Victoria/Elias,
Theresa, Ida/Maxima, Charles/Diana, Frenny/John, Celine/Walter, Johnson/Reshma,
Prakash/Rekha, Cynthia/Lancy, Br Anil(SJ) and Kishore, passed away on Thursday,
15th July 2010.
Funeral cortege
leaves residence ‘Shelter’, Halekody 3.00P.M. to Church of St.Peter, Barkur on
Monday July 19 Followed by Mass at 4.00 P.M.
Ph: +91 820
2587235, +91 94488 57555, +91 98800 72719
Irresponsible, Anonymous Graffiti
Artistes Deface National Monument
‘Kaththale Basadi’, an ancient
structure relating to Jainism, standing in Barkur in the taluk, has long been
declared by the department of archaeology as a national monument. Any one who
visits the Basadi comes across a sign at the entrance, which says that anyone
damaging or defacing the structure would be punishable with fine, imprisonment
or both. It is however, clear that this sign has failed to draw any recognition
or respect from a number of perverted people from among the visitors, who seem
to get sadistic pleasure out of sacrificing the sanctity and serenity of the
monument through their disgusting acts. Heart shapes coupled with names of
lovers have crowded the walls of the Basadi. Gutkha sachets, plastic materials
and other waste products are found strewn around.
Barkur has been a historically
famous town, having been the seat of glorious kings for long in the past. This
tiny town, which boasts of nearly 400 temples, also houses Kaththale Basadi, one
of the most ancient buildings in the town. Barkur, which was once ruled by the
local kings as well as those belonging to lineages like Vijayanagar, Keladi,
Ikkeri etc., also was a centre of Jainism once upon a time. Kaththale Basadi is
an ancient structure with two centres of worship joined together. The walls,
pillars, portico, steps etc., have been artistically carved. They have the power
to carry the visitors down memory lane by several centuries, as the structure
itself came up in 1200 AD.
A unique feature of this Basadi is
that it houses a Lingam of Lord Shiva, signifying that it was a unified centre
of worship for Jains and Shaivites. However, the fact that the declaration of
the structure as national monument has not been able to stop its unbridled
misuse, has given rise to concerns about the very effectiveness of The Ancient
Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act 1958 in containing damage to
monuments. People having no respect for law of the land or the past glory, have
been inflicting irreparable damage to this monument, time and again. No
security men or officials of the department are seen at the national monument,
which speaks of the apathy of the government towards such rich ambassadors of
our cultural heritage.
News and Pics from
www.daijiworld.com
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Patron’s
Feast celebrated at Mumbai
St. Peter’s Association (Barkur ) Mumbai , a leading association of
Barkurian’s residing at Mumbai thriving in the socio- cultural field for more
than two decades celebrated the feast of its patron, Saint Peter, on 11th
July at Chakala , Mumbai along with its 22nd Annual day. Rev Fr.
Leofold Suares, S.J., concelebrated the thanks giving mass at the Holy family
Church, Chakala in the morning.
The guests and the members along with their families gathered thereafter at the
hall of the Holy Family School for the annual get together. President
Richard Carvalho, presided over the function. Industrialist and philanthropist Harry
Rebello and famous singer Victor Consessao attended the function and were
felicitated with flower bouquet. Immediate past President
Henry Roche, Vice
Presidents
Simon Peter Furtadoand Norbert Menezes were present on the stage. Ex
President
Felix Barnes gave the glimpses of the services rendered by the
association for the last two decades and remembered all the associates along the
way. He unveiled the plans for the grand celebrations for the Silver Jubilee of
the association in the year 2013. The programme started with the prayer
conducted by Eric Carvalho. Honorary General Secretary
Ivan M Rebello presented
the report of the past year. Honorary General Treasurer Antony Dais presented
the accounts for the last year. Many sub committees were formed for the various
activities planned for the Silver Jubilee year and Mrs. Ida Roche was
unanimously selected as the convener of these committees.
Various skits, dances were performed by the members and children for the
entertainment were well received by the people gathered. Joylan Fernandes aptly
conducted the proceedings and Ivan Suares proposed the vote of thanks.
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News and Pics : Rons, Bantwal
Veeyol Veennya Songim...Second CD of hymns by Eric is all set for release
There is no comparison for one and only
Eric Soans
of Barkur 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. 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. So Eric came up with "Thururuthuthutthu", his
debut CD into the foray of Konkani hymns world with its soulful lyrics and path
breaking music, was a instant hit with over 1000 CDs sold within the first month
of its release.
And now "Veeyol Veennya songim.." the second CD consisting another bunch of
selected hymns with a choir of talented singers of Barkur and renowned singers
from Mangalore including Vinay Lewis of "Gulf Voice of Mangalore" fame, Ivy
D'Souza, Harriet Aranha and Anuradha Bhat and others have lend their best in
praise of Lord, is all set to release soon. Music maestro M. Dolvin, Kolalgiri
at the helm of the orchestra did a splendid job and the CD is mastered at the
famous recording Studio in Banaglore.
We, team barkuronline.com, wish
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 puzzles….. and now Devotional Songs, a
great grand success.
For more details please contact Eric Soans at his e mail id
ericsoansbarkur@yahoo.com
or cell no 0091 9844626700.
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