Author: Mujtaba R.G.

A 30 year old student from Udaipur currently pursuing his career in commerce. Currently serving as a Writer and contributor for UdaipurBlog

Post author By Mujtaba R.G.
Post date July 31, 2011
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UdaipurBlog would like to wish everybody a happy Ramadan Mubarak! Ramadan alternatively called as Ramzan is expecting to start from 2^nd Aug 2011. The Coordination Committee of Anjuman Mosques, Udaipur will have announced that Monday 1st August 2011 or Tuesday 2nd Aug 2011 will be the 1st of Ramadan. Dates will be confirmed on the sighting of the new moon. According to the lunar calendar of Islam, Ramadan is the ninth month. Muslims consider this whole month as a blessed and a sacred month. They fast during the days of this month and make special prayers at night.

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic year. It is the holy month of fasting. Ramadan is the month the Qur’an was revealed with clear guidance and differentiation (between good and bad.) Whoever of you is a witness of this month, should fast.

During Ramadan, all Muslims will go without all the pleasures of the body throughout the hours of the day. Sawm is the intentional control of the body by an act of will. During that month Muslims renew and re-establish their commitments to Allah. They read the Qur’an, and perform the night prayer. During Ramadan, Muslims avoid many evil deeds that would invalidate their fasts and act of worship.

Ramadan	Date	Day	Sehri Time	Iftar Time
1	2 Aug 2011	Tuesday	4:32 a.m	7:21 p.m
2	3 Aug 2011	Wednesday	4:33 a.m	7:20 p.m
3	4 Aug 2011	Thursday	4:33 a.m	7:20 p.m
4	5 Aug 2011	Friday	4:34 a.m	7:19 p.m
5	6 Aug 2011	Saturday	4:34 a.m	7:18 p.m
6	7 Aug 2011	Sunday	4:35 a.m	7:17 p.m
7	8 Aug 2011	Monday	4:36 a.m	7:16 p.m
8	9 Aug 2011	Tuesday	4:38 a.m	7:16 p.m
9	10 Aug 2011	Wednesday	4:39 a.m	7:15 p.m
10	11 Aug 2011	Thursday	4:39 a.m	7:15 p.m
11	12 Aug 2011	Friday	4:40 a.m	7:14 p.m
12	13Aug 2011	Saturday	4:41 a.m	7:14 p.m
13	14 Aug 2011	Sunday	4:42 a.m	7:13 p.m
14	15 Aug 2011	Monday	4:42 a.m	7:13 p.m
15	16 Aug 2011	Tuesday	4:43 a.m	7:12 p.m
16	17 Aug 2011	Wednesday	4:43 a.m	7:10 p.m
17	18 Aug 2011	Thursday	4:44 a.m	7:09 p.m
18	19 Aug 2011	Friday	4:44 a.m	7:07 p.m
19	20 Aug 2011	Saturday	4:45 a.m	7:07 p.m
20	21 Aug 2011	Sunday	4:45 a.m	7:06 p.m
21	22 Aug 2011	Monday	4:46 a.m	7:06 p.m
22	23 Aug 2011	Tuesday	4:46 a.m	7:06 p.m
23	24 Aug 2011	Wednesday	4:47 a.m	7:04 p.m
24	25 Aug 2011	Thursday	4:47 a.m	7:03 p.m
25	26 Aug 2011	Friday	4:48 a.m	7:03 p.m
26	27 Aug 2011	Saturday	4:48 a.m	7:02 p.m
27	28 Aug 2011	Sunday	4:49 a.m	7:00 p.m
28	29 Aug 2011	Monday	4:49 a.m	7:00 p.m
29	30 Aug 2011	Tuesday	4:50 a.m	6:59 p.m
30	31 Aug 2011	Wednesday	4:51 a.m	6:59 p.m

The Dawoodi Bohras will be observing Ramadan from today, the 31st of July, and the Muslim community from tomorrow or Day after tomorrow.

Download Ramadan 2011 Timetable[PDF]

Tags ramadan timetable udaipur, ramadan udaipur, ramzan udaipur

News

Co-operative Bank Board Elections Held

Post author By Mujtaba R.G.
Post date July 26, 2011
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The elections for board of Udaipur Urban Co-operative Bank were held yesterday in the Dawoodi Bohra Jamaat. Immense interest of people could be seen to access their voting rights. One could see the crowd of the election in the streets. The polling finished smoothly. There were 9 candidates to be elected out of a total of 11. The result was announced till 8 and the list of candidates who were elected is as under

Akhtar Hussain
Ashiq Ali
Arvind Shah
Fatima Liyaquat
Mansoor ali R.V.
Mushtaq Hussain
Shbbir Hussain R.V.
Lft. Col. (Rdt.) Sirrajduddin
R.L. Nagar

In the elections, Mr. Akhtar Hussain bagged the highest position. One could see the winning spirit and the happiness of the elected members after the results were declared.

Tags bank, board, co-operative, cooperative., elections, udaipur, urban

Events News

A Perfectly Inspiring class by the Missile Man

Post author By Mujtaba R.G.
Post date July 23, 2011
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APJ Abdul Kalam is a man of great vision, an eminent scientist and engineer who served as the 11th President of India from the period 2002 to 2007. A person with the pure and down to earth personality was in the city of lakes yesterday. He arrived at the Maharana Pratap international airport at 3:30 P.M., and went straight to the circuit house for rest, where he enjoyed the pleasing and every refreshing view of our own Fatehsagar. After resting for about an hour Kalam sir took the the class of the Lakecity students in Delhi Public School at Chitrakoot Nagar. One could also see the crowd waiting outside for Dr. Kalam to have a view of our very own people’s president. In his half an hour class in DPS, the ironic missile man of India firstly asked the students about what they wanted to become in their future life. In this process he found that there were majority of the students who wanted to become engineers and lesser wanted to become a teacher.

Talking about building a personality, he added that one should have the knowledge as well as the purity of the heart. In this process he gave the students the knowledge equation i.e.

Knowledge = Creativity + Purity in heart + Courage

In his speech he did not forget to mention the role of mother in the prosperity of the nation. In the series of questions and confusion many students raised their points to the iconic man. In this chain he told the students about how he enjoys his role of a teacher. On the question about India’s possibility to become the superpower by 2020, Dr. Kalam again reminds the role of a mother in nation building and explains “If a child keeps his mother happy, he will sure keep the family happy, if he makes the family happy he will surely make the Udaipur happy, and if he makes the Udaipur happy he makes Rajasthan happy, if he keeps the Rajasthan happy he indeed keeps the India happy and if country is happy then what more do you need to make the country a super power.”

On being asked about his source of inspiration, Dr. Kalam did not forget to mention his teacher V. Subrramanium Iyyer. On a question about why India is always giving a handful of friendship to Pakistan and is not using this hand to slap him for the activities, Kalam quoted “strength respects strength” and explained that being a democratic country we are not supposed to risk the lives of 112 billion people who rely on us.

Dr. Kalam, the teacher of ideas and an environment ambassador inaugurated the Eco Club of the School by watering a plant. In the end with a conversation with the principal of Delhi Public School, she shared her experience about the program and also felt honored as the great personality was between them in their very own campus. The facility provided by the school and the arrangements for the program was excellent. And they wish to have many more interactions of the eminent personalities with the ordinary students of Udaipur in the coming times.

A glimpse of the event can be seen below via the following photographs:

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Photos By: Yash Sharma

Video By: Gaurav Bhattacharya

Edited By: Prasun Bannerjee

Social

Sangini: A Companion for the Senior Citizens of Udaipur

Post author By Mujtaba R.G.
Post date July 10, 2011
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Rotary Club of Udaipur ‘Meera’ started a unique new initiative “SANGINI” to avail the honorary services to the senior citizen of the city so as to provide them special attention and extra care. The name itself states the whole process of the initiative. The main ideas in the initiative are:

1. Computer Skills for Senior Citizens:

A special class to edify computer skill and mobile operation to the senior citizen of the city as to make them walk with the technological generation. A one month course will be conducted in Aishwarya College by Ms Seema Singh and will be coordinated by Ms. Sanjh Narula.

2. Monthly Lecture Series:

The lecture series cum consultation started with the idea to bring the health awareness to the senior citizen. Twelve lectures cum consultation will be held on health issues with different doctors willing to serve voluntarily and also offering the consultation on the spot. Dr. Kusum Mathur is the idea leader for this effort.

3. Dedicated senior citizen hour at the selected clinics:

The private clinics and doctors will give priority time the senior citizen in order to reduce their waiting time and give them priority treatment. Dr. Sudha Kothari is the main person to make this idea float.

4. Phone-a-friend :

The greatest thing one can give is time. Keeping this idea in mind the Initiative started a service called ‘Phone-a-friend. There is a list of volunteers who will always be ready to support the senior citizen in any way. Mrs. Shashi Hingad holds the responsibility for this initiative.

Rotary Club Udaipur Meera SANGINI service project (Senior citizen) was inaugurated by Mr. Mathew Cherian, chief executive of HelpAge India Guest of honour Mr V.K.Ladia and special guest was Assistant Governor Mr U.S. Chouhan on 8th july 2011 at Mohan Singh Mehta auditorium. Meeting started with invocation from PHF, PP, Rtn Rajkumari Gandhi, Fourway test by Rtn Aroona Doshi, floral welcome by Rtn Neelu Javeria, Co-chair, Sangini Intiative, PP, Rtn Ratan Pamecha, Rtn Sudha Bhandari. President Rtn Veena Sanadhya verbal welcome then Brief on project by Chair Rtn Neelima Khetan, medical team leader Dr Kusum Mathur, Phone a friend team leader Rtn Shashi Hingad, Computer literacy Rtn Sanjh Narula and medical clinic support from Dr Sudha Kothari and many members of various committees were present. SANGINI brochure was released & distributed. Blessings received from all present, honored best learner Mr. B.L. Verma (computer education), instructors of Aishwarya College and welcomed the volunteer International Player Mr. Mahesh Nehra who offered his services to this project after reading about it, and also Mr. Piyush Javeria whose efforts were appreciated by all. Inaugural Function ended with Rotary protocol.

Here are a few glimpses for the event that took place on 8th July 2011

Tags citizen, initiative, meera, rotary club, sangini, senior, udaipur

Events

The Celebration Mall Celebrated

Post author By Mujtaba R.G.
Post date July 3, 2011
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The NH 8 of Bhuwana got all the more crowded as the Udaipur cannot stop itself to move towards the soft launching of the celebration mall on Saturday. The celebration mall is the first of its kind in the city. The heritage architecture of the mall stands to preserve the heritage culture of the city, and this inaugural function added the western color to it.

In the series of two day celebration at The Celebration Mall the Udaipur witnessed the dazzling performance by fame Gaurav and Bhakti. And sizzling Jazz, Tango, Spanish dance performance. It also Included Surprise and Unique group dance which was a markup to All Performances. Our own RJ cum Anchor Ankit rocked the mall with many interesting activities.

The Complete Inaugural was handled by the Celebration Mall Team. Ankit Talesra from the Celebration Mall team Quoted:

“We will keep bringing such new Acts and Events in future to entertain our City of Lakes in their own Heritage Mall.”

The mall today welcomes you for Indian idol fame Sandeep Acharya’s concert.

Here are a Few More Pictures of the Launch :

Tags lakecity mall, mall in udaipur, The Celebration Mall, udaipur mall

Festivals

Udaipur Ready for the Jagannath Rath Yatra

Post author By Mujtaba R.G.
Post date June 30, 2011
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If you have ever wondered what adds glitters to the processions, here is the right and ripe time to explore !! Yes , Jagannath Maandir Rath Yatra of Udaipur. Authorities are busy in tightening the securities while social organizations are busy in giving it a amazing look by beautifying the idols and adding sparkles to the deities. Thousands of people are expected in this auspicious Rath Yatra. Bhagwan Jagnnath will go around the city and will be worshipped by people across the City of Lakes. It all started before 400 years and the tradition is still on.

Main Attractions:
A small chariot in which jugal Jodi of Bhagwan Jagannath and Laddu Gopal will be seen taking parikrama of the main mandir campus at 2:00 pm

After that the main “Rajat Rath Yatra” will begin at 3:00 pm which will be further joined by the Rath Yatra beginning from Hiran Magri Sector – 7. the rath will be pulled by Maharana Mahendra Singh Ji Mewar as per the tradition. The rath will pass through the following places and will end up in Jagdish mandir.
The route is :

Ghanta Ghar
Bada Bazaar
Mochiwada
Bharbhuja Ghati
Bhopal Wadi
Tij Ka Chowk
Mandi Ki Naal
Marshal Choraha
Jhini Reth
RMV School Road
Kala Ji Goraji Choraha
Lake Place Road
Bhattyani Chohatta
And Finally Jagdish Chowk
Followed by Maha Aarti at 10:oo PM

People from all walks of life are engaged in the preparations of the rath yatra to make it a Grand Success as always.

Tags Jagannath rath yatra, jagannath yatra Udaipur, Rath Yatra Udaipur, Udaipur Rath Yatra

News

Crossword: A new hub for all Booklovers in Udaipur

Post author By Mujtaba R.G.
Post date June 19, 2011
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Hello Udaipurites, as we see you with the best and something different, we bring you a review of crossword, the popular book store chain. Situated in The Celebration Mall, Bhuwana, Crossword invites you with a friendly and silent ambiance.

Crossword, with Seventy Stores across Ahmedabad, Aurangabad, Amritsar, Bhopal, Bengalooru, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nasik, Pune, Vadodara, Udaipur etc. is India’s fastest growing chain of bookstores.

Since its inception in 15th October 1992, Crossword aims to be a point of interaction where authors and poets hold court, where children get delighted. The name Crossword states the entire story as it is a space created to seek information, to gain knowledge or one can just enjoy reading. Crossword stocks the widest and the latest range of Books, Movies, Music, Toys, Stationery, Magazines and DVD’s etc.

The books are arranged in proper section where one can easily classify his taste. This bookstore has books from all around the world which makes it a better place. It’s a big store as soon as you enter the store you will see different sections and also the best recommended books by Cross word. The best thing is it’s not necessary for you to buy a book if you have entered you can sit and read the book if you wish you buy or else visit again and complete the boo. This is one of the store which conducts launch of books on a very regular basis and a huge crowd is attracted for this as the author talks about the book and also gives an overview of the same. Yet, a better room for reading section would be appreciated.

So if you feel like just going and reading surfing books the best place to visit in town is “CROSSWORD”

Here are a few glimpses of the new world of books in Udaipur

Tags 2011, bhuvana, book, bookstore, celebration mall, crosswords, inaugration, India, june, launch, pulla, review, udaipur

News

First Car Rally by Rajasthan Motor Club

Post author By Mujtaba R.G.
Post date June 13, 2011
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The city of lakes witnessed the car rally first in its on kind organized by Rajasthan Motor Club. The rally raised the current issue of corruption and spreads the message of corruption free Udaipur.

The rally started at 4:00 P.M. from Fathepura Chowki and ended at 6:00 P.M. at Sukhadiya Circle. Mr. Pradeep Kumawat, Director of Alok Sansthan flag off the rally. There were more than 30 cars who participated in the rally. The Rally was supported by Autokam Honda who provided their 2 Honda City and 2 Honda Civic.

The rally passed from many places. The route for the rally is : Fathepura Chwoki – Dewali – Fathe Sagar – Swroop Sagar – Shiksha Bhawan Choraha – Chetak Circle – Hatipole – Ashwani Marg – Delhi Gate – Bapu Bazar – Surajpole- Fateh School Road – Durga Nursery – Ashok Nagar – Shastri Circle – Residency Road – Panchwati – Sukhadiya Circle

Some More Pictures 🙂

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News

CBSE 10th Class Result Announced – Udaipur sets 10/10

Post author By Mujtaba R.G.
Post date June 1, 2011
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Thousands of Grade 10 Udaipur pupils received the results of their March examinations this evening. The anxiety made them visit the CBSE site again and again.

Grade 10 pupils at Indian high schools across the World take this standardized examination which is evaluated in Delhi by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Last year, a total of 886,338 students Worldwide sat for this examination.

Two major changes were made to the board system this year to ease the pressure on pupils who take the so-called “boards“: pupils were allowed to opt for internal exams instead of Delhi-marked exams, and the final mark was not based only on the final exam but included a percentage of marks earned throughout the year.

However, most of them spared the anxious moments and possible disappointment, Since the newly introduced grading system of the central board ensured a sense of academic joy for students.

Dismissing initial apprehensions pertaining to the Complete Comprehensive Evaluation, Students have taken well to the new system, where the focus has shifted from rote memory of lessons to overall development of the student. Students have managed to register a good performance, with many of them scoring a full 10 out of 10 in Grades (A1 in all subjects).

The List Of The Students Who Secured 10/10

No.	Name	School	Target
1	Anushka Jrotha	D.P.S.
2	Kshati Sarupria	The Study	Doctor
3	Kanishka Jain	St. Patricks	IIT
4	Rubina Nath	St. Mary’s	IIT
5	Kunal Samar	St. Gregarious	Engineer
6	Dron Adhikari	St. Gregarious	IIT
7	Meetanshi Maheshwari	St. Anthony	IIT
8	Irshi Kamesra	Kendira Vidhlaya, Eklingragh	IIT
9	Sourabh Kabra	St. Anthony	Mechanical Engineering
10	Siddharth Seth	St. Anthony	Software Engineer
11	Sahil Swami	St. Anthony	Civil Engineer
12	Anjana Goyal	St. Mary’s	IIT
13	Diksha Rangwani	St. Anthony	IIT
14	Naina Bhushan	St. Mary’s	IIT
15	Aarchi Sharma	St. Mary’s	IIT
16	Sheyansh Parakh	St. Anthony	IIT
17	Aayush Galundiya	Seedling Modern Public School	IIT
18	Utkarsh Goyal	D.P.S.	IAS
19	Ishita Kavadia	D.P.S.	IIT
20	Divyanshu Manorani	Kendriya Vidhalay, Pratapnagar	Software engineer
21	Pooja Vijayavargia	St. Taresa	AIEEE
22	Khushboo Chawdhary	St. Anthony	Cardiologist

No.	Name	School	Target
1	Anushka Jrotha	D.P.S.
2	Kshati Sarupria	The Study	Doctor
3	Kanishka Jain	St. Patricks	IIT
4	Rubina Nath	St. Mary’s	IIT
5	Kunal Samar	St. Gregarious	Engineer
6	Dron Adhikari	St. Gregarious	IIT
7	Meetanshi Maheshwari	St. Anthony	IIT
8	Irshi Kamesra	Kendira Vidhlaya, Eklingragh	IIT
9	Sourabh Kabra	St. Anthony	Mechanical Engineering
10	Siddharth Seth	St. Anthony	Software Engineer
11	Sahil Swami	St. Anthony	Civil Engineer
12	Anjana Goyal	St. Mary’s	IIT
13	Diksha Rangwani	St. Anthony	IIT
14	Naina Bhushan	St. Mary’s	IIT
15	Aarchi Sharma	St. Mary’s	IIT
16	Sheyansh Parakh	St. Anthony	IIT
17	Aayush Galundiya	Seedling Modern Public School	IIT
18	Utkarsh Goyal	D.P.S.	IAS
19	Ishita Kavadia	D.P.S.	IIT
20	Divyanshu Manorani	Kendriya Vidhalay, Pratapnagar	Software engineer
21	Pooja Vijayavargia	St. Taresa	AIEEE
22	Khushboo Chawdhary	St. Anthony	Cardiologist

Tags cbse 10th class, result udaipur, udaipur 10th class

Plant Kingdom: A Kingdom of Greenery

Post author By Mujtaba R.G.
Post date May 30, 2011
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‘Plant kingdom Garden Centre’ is a unique garden known especially for growing both the indigenous as well as exotic varieties of plants in Udaipur. Here plants from abroad are sowed, grown and developed under the local temperature and climatic conditions.

Plant Kingdom Udaipur — Mr. Rakesh Bolia

The idea and the interest developed in 1999 when the piece of land was purchased by Late Mr. Bhawarlal Ji Bolia in the drops of Aravalli’s near Sisarma in 1999. In a conversation with Mr. Rakesh Bolia, he explains “When we purchased the land it was totally barren, no one could find even a grass shrub.” Now he is standing proudly on a field where no one can see the land part barren. When asked about the caretaker of the garden, Mr. Bolia smiles and points towards his wife, Mrs. Neena Bolia.

“We are running this farm since 11 years till present, and it has been a huge success. Today we have 300-400 species of plants in the garden”, explains Mrs.Bolia. “In the exotic species, we have first grown the Gladiolus in the garden in 2006. We first ordered 90 bulbs and today we have 2500 bulbs of that same plant”, proudly adds Mrs. Bolia, who devotes 2-3 hrs daily in the garden.

They have also started a nursery in garden. The base of farming is purely organic, and one can find many of plants like litchi, Gladiolus American corn, in large numbers, the exotic varieties of flowers which are grown at the nursery are Tulip, Ranunculus, Zentedeschia, Oxalis, Lillium oriental, Iris, Lillium asiatic, Lillium amaryllis, Hyacinth, Gladiolus, Fressia, Tritonia, Daffodil, Anemone, Narcissus, crocus,carnesian, fressia.
Fruits which are grown are litchi, citrus maxima, orange, 1 kg guava, 10 varieties of mango, cherry, strawberry, peach.which come from entirely different habitats and climates, and are successfully grown here in the dry region. It is worth visiting this place at least once. You can contact them at

PLANT KINGDOM Garden Centre
Farm:
Sisarma Nai road
Near Shyam HP Gas Godown
Village : SISARMA
GIRWA : UDAIPUR (Rajasthan)

Office:
114, hiran magri sector No. 13
Opp. S.T. Work Shop,
Govind Nagar
UDAIPUR (Rajasthan)

Email: plant_kingdom@yahoo.co.in
See link- http://picasaweb.google.com/rakeshbolia11

A glimpse of the Farm is given below. Photos by Prasun Bannerjee