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What comes to my mind when I think of Ultimate bliss or a perfect gift from god is a “Teacher”. A significant figure in our life who provides us tips, tools, techniques and knowledge to help us expand our consciousness and raise our energetic frequency.

Apart from parents and family a child spends most of the time at school and it is in school that the character of a child is molded. A teacher inculcates values, traditions and principles in every individual’s life for more than 10 years , and these 10 years are the most essential years for the growth . The teacher is like a potter and the child is the clay. They take what is plain vacuum almost, and changes that clay into a stunning pot that can be used and can be helpful in a million ways. By this it implies that the child is given to the teacher by being normal and it is the teacher who actually gives the student’s life some direction.

A teacher is a perfect blend of knowledge, love, guidance, sacrifices and values. A teacher puts in great effort in everything she does for the child. A teacher’s efforts are enormous. A teacher helps us in ascending in life, in the sense that what she plants today in our mind may one day help us become a great person and come up with flying colors.

Lets salute our teachers by honoring them on this great day celebrates Teacher’s day by remembering a leader, the teacher of all teachers Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Dr S Radhakrishnan was born on September 5th, 1888 in Tiruttani. He is one of the famous Indian philosophers and statesman, his birthday is celebrated as the Teacher’s day. He was the first vice president of India and then became the president in 1962.

Dr S Radhakrishnan started his teaching profession at the Madras Presidency College, he then became the professor of Philosophy by the University of Mysore. His philosophy journals include The Quest, Journal of Philosophy and the International Journal of Ethics. He even wrote books titled “The Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore” and “The Reign of Religion in Contemporary Philosophy”.

After serving as the principal at the Harris Manchester College, he later became the Vice- Chancellor of Andhra University. Popularly known as Sarvepalli, he even represented India at UNESCO and later as the Ambassador of the Soviet Union. In 1952, he was elected as the vice president of India. He was the first vice president and the second president.

When his students and friends requested him to celebrate his birthday on September 5th, he suggested them to celebrate this day as the Teacher’s day.

We bring some blessing from all the teachers, teaching the geniuses all round the Lake City !!

“The students of today need to be more concerned towards their family, Institutions and nation.”

Mrs. Shahnaaz B. Doza
(Principal, Central Academy (Hiran Magri))

“Live life to the fullest, enjoy every moment, and respect your parents, teachers and elders.

Learn from your mistakes do not repeat them, and have a beautiful future.”

Mrs. Priya Bose
(Principal, Central Academy (Sardarpura))

“Students should learn to be conscious about their deeds, so that they can be good citizens in the future.”

Mrs. Preeti Saroha

“Students today need to be more dedicated concerned and aware about their responsibilities.“

Mrs. Komal Maroo

“Lead a Self Disciplined Life and rock in everything you do. Gain from every moment of life. Theprimary focus of the students should be to excel in their studies. This is their first contribution to thedevelopment of the nation.”
Mrs. Shalini Dixit

“Student should focus on all round development. He should not only do good in academics but also in other activities.”

– Mr. Puneet Pandya, P.T.I. Central Academy, Sector 5

“In order to succeed, you must first be willing to fail. Unless you’re willing to have a go, fail miserably, and have another go, success won’t come.”

– Mr. Dilip Yadav, Director – The Success Point & The Success College

Lets thank those great personalities who have shaped our lives and made us think out of the box .

A positive or negative influence from a teacher early on in life can have a great effect on the life.
Thank you Teachers !! 🙂

Inputs By: Yash Sharma
Edited By: Chani Soni

Tags India, sept 5, Teachers Day, udaipur

Social

Independent India Turning 64: Are we Really Independent?

Post author By Palak Jain
Post date August 14, 2011
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Independence Day- the day when British left the golden bird free from their rule. But the bird was left looted, harassed, with the slightest of hope to survive. Then followed a long fight for the survival of golden bird. 64 years have passed and the country is still ‘developing’. The whole world says and even we believe that we are the citizens of an independent country. But a question always keep on hovering in my mind, the answer to which I never found out. You also give it a try. Is India really free? Are we not bound by so many handcuffs of ever growing poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, crimes, men-women inequality, limited technology and the worst of all which potentiate other bounding forces too- Corruption?

Team UdaipurBlog gathered some statistics. Have a look and you all will support me.

Name of Scam	Year	Amount
Jeep Purchase	1948	80 lakh
BHU Funds	1956	50 lakh
MUNDHRA SCANDAL	1957	1.25 crores
Teja Loans	1960	22 crores
Kuo Oil Deal	1976	2.2. crores
HDW Comission	1987	20 crores
Bofors Pay-Off	1987	65 crores
St Kitts Forgery	1989	9.45 crores
Airbus Scandal	1990	2.5 crores per week
Securities Scam	1992	5000 crores
Indian Bank Rip-off	1992	1,300 crores
Sugar Import	1994	650 crores
JMM Bribes	1995	1.2 crores
In a Pickle	1996	10 lakhs
Telecom Scam	1996	1.6 crores
Fodder Scam	1996	950 crores
Urea Scam	1996	133 crores
CRB Scam	1997	1000 crores
Vanishing Companies Scam	1998	330.78 crores
Plantation Companies Scam	1999	2,563 crores
Ketan Parekh Scam	2001	137 crores
Stockmarket Scam	2001	1,15,000 crores
Home Trade Scam	2002	600 crores
Stamp Paper Scam	2003	30,000 crores
IPO- Demat Scam	2005	146 crores
Bihar Food Relief Scam	2005	17 crores
Scorpene Submarine Scam	2005	18,978 crores
Punjab City Centre Project Scam	2006	1500 crores
Taj Corridor Scam	2006	175 crores
Pune Billionare Hasan Ali Khan Tax Default	2008	50,000 crores
The Satyam Scam	2008	10,000 crores
Army Ration Pilferege Scam	2008	5000 crores
The 2-G Spectrum Swindle	2008	1,76,000 crores
State Bank of Saurashtra Scam	–	95 crores
Illegal Money in Swiss Bank (est. till 2008)		71,00,000 crores
The Jarkhand Medical Equipment Scam	2009	130 crores
Rice Export Scam	2009	2,500 crores
Orissa Mine Scam		7,000 crores
Madhu Koda Minning Scam	2009	4,000 crores
Commonwealth Games Scam	2010	40,000 crores
Grand Total	Rs. 91,06,03,23,43,00,000/-

Shocked seeing the figure?? Don’t be because there is still a large figure behind the scene which the CBI has failed to suspect.

“Angrez chale gaye par inhe chod gye”- the best phrase that can describe our corrupt politicians and high commanding officers. And why only blame these famous names. Even an ordinary man is giving them a tough competition- Wrong ways to save income tax, Under table income, and what not. Fighting with any outsider is easy but how to fight with someone amongst ourselves. How to punish a crow from within a group of parrots? And what adds to the tragedy is that everyone is inside this dirty cave of corruption. Those who are in the light of honesty and truthfulness don’t want to make an initiative to clean this dirt.

A grand salute to those great leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Swami Vivekanand, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Bhagat Singh who broke a revolt against British and drove them back to their home. Today again we need such leaders to drive corruption out of this beautiful country. Then we all will proudly say that “Yes!! We are the citizens of an independent country which flies unbound in the sky of glory and success”.

Happy Independence Day to all from Udaipur Blog!! Let us vow to make our country a free bird again.

Jai Hind!!

Inputs by: Mujtaba RG

Tags 15 aug, 2g, 3g, 64 years, anna, august, bhagat singh, commonwealth games, corruption, cwg, freedom, Gandhi, godse, hazare, independence day, India, kalmadi, raja, scam, spectrum, udaipur

Festivals Photos and Videos

Hariyali Amavasya: A Photostory of the Tradition and Celebration

Post author By Prasun Bannerjee
Post date July 31, 2011
9 Comments on Hariyali Amavasya: A Photostory of the Tradition and Celebration

Hey friends. First and foremost I would like to extend my warm greetings on the occasion of our tradition and cultural day: Hariyali Amavasya.

As you all might know this year it is being celebrated the 30^th and 31^st of July, where the 31^st will be restricted for the women only. This year saw a great crowd and joy in the fair, as well as the drizzle added to the energy and worked as a stressbuster, and kept the name Hariyali worth its sake. The crowd was huge, the excitement unmatched, all stalls were ready and loaded either with eatables, toys, fancy items, women’s items, etc. People were here with the traditional pupadis or the instrument horning them all the way, and not to forget, the day’s special Malpuas.

For those who were present at the event, and want to feel the same fun again, and also, who unfortunately missed the fair, here I bring you a photostory with some of my best clicks, for the first day at the Hariyali Amavasya fair. Let the pictures speak for themselves.:)

also, do checkout a video of the same

Tags amavas, amavasya, carnival, crowd, Culture, folk, fun, hariyali, India, malpua, mela, Monsoon, Rajasthan, tourism, tradition, travel, udaipur, villager

Events News

A Perfectly Inspiring class by the Missile Man

Post author By Mujtaba R.G.
Post date July 23, 2011
1 Comment on A Perfectly Inspiring class by the Missile Man

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

Events Photos

Honda CBR 250R Unveiled Officially at the Celebration Mall

Post author By Prasun Bannerjee
Post date June 20, 2011
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Finally the much awaited sports bike for youngsters, the CBR 250R by the automobile giant, Honda, was officially launched yesterday, 19^th June 2011, in a grand event at the new happening and promising place of Udaipur, The Celebration Mall.

In the event, there were performances by the Sparkle group, and the entire event was hosted by the very popular RJ Ankit Mathur. During the event, Mr. Sandeep Rana, Sales In-charge (Rajasthan area), Honda motorcycle and scooters Pvt. Ltd. unveiled the new devil, and handed over the keys of the bike to Mr. Loveneet Bhati.

On behalf of Lakecity Honda, Mr. Sheel Mohan Sharma, and the entire team was present in the launch event. He informed that the bike will be available in two different models and 3 attractive and sporty colours. The main attraction of the bike will be its sporty and unique design, provision of Anti Lock Braking System or the ABS, Liquid Cooled PGM-Fi fuel injected 250cc engine, broad tubeless tyres, comfortable seating position, and many more features. This new sporty attraction on roads of Udaipur is available via bookings.

Here are a few captures from the event:

Unvieling the bike — The Guests Unveiling the Bike

Handing over the keys — Handing over the first keys to Mr. Loveneet Bhati

The Entire Lakecity Honda Team with the Bike

For all the Bike Lovers, here are a few more snaps of a closer look at the new Devil in the town:

Tags 2011, 250, 250cc, 250r, bhuvana, bike, cbr, celebration mall, Honda, inaugration, India, june, Lakecity, launch, motorcycle, official, pulla, review, udaipur

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

Udaipur Speaks

Mobile Number Portability: The Truth Behind

Post author By Guest Author @UdaipurBlog
Post date May 22, 2011
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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: The following article happens to come from one of our regular readers, Mr. Ashwin Jain, who faced a serious problem regarding the above mentioned title, and got no response at all. The entire mishappening, I felt, must be shared with our other readers too, for the word that how alert are we and/or how much our complains are being entertained. UdaipurBlog does not take any responsibility for the contents of the post that follows, and are solely the author’s own words.

I am a Reliance user from a long time. 3 months back I decided to port to other operator all thanks to MNP (Mobile Number Portability). When I posted a request for changing the operators (on 20 March), I received a call from Reliance customer care office, the customer care guys requested me to continue my subscription with them and said they will provide me reliance to reliance free for six months (as an incentive to stay their customer). I found the scheme attractive so I agreed to it, at that time they asked me to come to their agency office and sign some papers. The employee got it signed from me stating that this contract is just a part of formality, in reality there was a HIDDEN CLAUSE in it stating that I will not port for another 12 months, the employee intentionally didn’t informed me about this clause.

I signed the contract on March 23, now it’s almost two months and they have not yet activated that reliance to reliance free service on my number. I have called the concerned person several times, but he has stopped picking my calls. When I went to their main office to his Senior for enquiry, even her response was not satisfying, I showed her that her subordinate was not picking my calls and neither my calls were able to connect to Reliance Help Line number 198, she gave me an assurance that “Sir, although the R2R is not yet activated on your phone, but from our side we will give you a waiver after doing the required adjustments”.

Alas, her assurance was of no avail. I am still being charged with normal call rates without any adjustments being done. The problem here is that I cannot go to their main office each month and ask for the waiver again and again. If they can’t add this in my bill then I don’t want Reliance service at all.
Now after getting fed up with all this ambiguity when i again tried to port my number in May, they rejected my request on the basis of the HIDDEN CLAUSE in the contract which they made me sign. They said that while giving you the reliance to reliance free scheme you had signed a paper where you accepted that you won’t port to any other operator for 1 year. They are just fooling by giving me R2R free for six month and asking me to be with reliance for a year. This is FRAUD and CHEATING. The most annoying thing is that they didn’t activate the plan on time. I am tired of these reliance employees and their excuses.

Now after two months they are saying that now your plan is configured and you can use R2R free from next month. This commitment from them came to me on 12 May. Honestly speaking now this R2R free feature is of no use to me. I have cleared all my previous bills without any adjustments. In any case after all these false promises and cheating I don’t want to stay with them, now I just want to port my number to other operator as soon as possible.

I have complained on www.consumercourtforum.in on 12 May after that i got a call from them asking for a receipt i got while signing the contract. I mailed it to them but they haven’t yet responded back. A week has passed (to do a more actual calculation months have passed) but my problem is not yet solved. On 18 May i posted my complaint on Reliance Facebook page and I got a call and they said “We can’t help you, you can take legal action if you want to cancel the contract and want to port.” I thought these employees were hired to sort out issues rather than advising consumers to take legal actions against Reliance.

Now it doesn’t matter how this issue ends, whatever happens Reliance has lost one of its loyal customer and I want all the readers of this post to be careful of Reliance. Also please don’t sign on any document they offer you as they are can cheat you anytime. This company is full of frauds and all its employees only tell lies (and idiotic excuses) to fool the customers. KINDLY BEWARE OF THE FALSE PROMISES MADE AND BE ALERT!!!

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By Ashwin Jain

Tags complains, disadvantage, India, issues, mnp, problems, reliance, udaipur

News

Two Laureates from Udaipur in the NIOS Curriculum Committee

Post author By Prasun Bannerjee
Post date May 22, 2011
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Two renowned scholars, Dr. Shrikrishna Jugnu, and Dr. Mahendra Bhanawat from Udaipur are now the members of the curriculum committee of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), a Government body.

Dr. ShriKrishn Jagnu | UdaipurBlog — Dr. ShriKrishn Jugnu

Dr. Mahendra Bhanawat | UdaipurBlog — Dr. Mahendra Bhanawat

NIOS is currently preparing a curriculum for study on folklores, folk art, etc at both school and university level nationwide. According to Mr. Kuldeep Agrawal, Director, NIOS, different folk arts, styles and literatures from western India will also be emphasized in the new syllabi. For the same reason, a conference of the committee will be held at Advent Institute, Udaipur on 28^th – 29^th May.

Tags advent, conference, curriculum committee, India, institute, National Institute of Open Schooling, NIOS, udaipur

News

Udaipur Witnessed the launch of an upcoming TV Serial on NDTV Imagine

Post author By Prasun Bannerjee
Post date March 18, 2011
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NDTV Imagine launched the serial Beendh Banunga, Ghodi Chadunga today at Udaipur in a press conference. All the four major characters of the serial were present at the moment, and initiated the launching ceremony by enacting few excerpts from the serial.

Artists of the serial (L to R) Khyati Khandke, Jaishree, Anuj Thakur, Nausheen Ali — (L to R) Khyati Khandke, Jaishree, Anuj Thakur, Nausheen Ali

In the press conference the stars from the serial Khyati Khandke, Jaishree, Anuj Thakur, and Nausheen Ali informed that the serial is completely a Rajasthan based story, which is a comedy as well as family drama.

The storyline goes around a boy Jai (Anuj Thakur) who belongs from a very rich Rajasthani family. Being the youngest member of a 22 member joint family, he is also the most beloved person of the family. He is in love with a girl (Jaishree), who wishes to be a doctor. Both the characters are like poles of magnet, always opposite to each other. Boy’s mother wants her daughter-in-law to be a housewife, and always be engaged in kitchen and other households, whereas the girl’s mother wants her daughter to become a successful doctor. But the boy is anyhow crazy after the girl, and always keeps praying to god for hours to get her as his wife.

All the four characters told that every effort has been made to give a Rajasthani touch. The Rajasthani customs, language etc have been made a part of the serial and characters. Many portions of the serial has been shot in many districts of Rajasthan. Many renowned actors such as Himani Shivpuri, Akshay Anand, etc will be seen in the show

“In this show, I am playing the role of a mother, which is quite a new thing for me”

-Nausheen Ali Sardar

“I have always played negative characters, but this time I am playing a positive one. Hence I feel a lot of excitement in being a part of this show.”

–Khyati Khandke

“I am a newborn artist. Hence this show is of great importance to me.”

–Jaishree

“I am playing the role of the main lead Jai in the story. This character is inspired and influenced by masculine and male dominated thoughts. Its my 4^th show on the TV.”

–Anuj Thakur

Tags baand, banunga, beendh, ceremony, chadunga, chhadunga, conference, Ghodi, imagine, India, launch, ndtv, press, serial, show, t.v., television, tv, udaipur

People

[Women’s Day Special] Salute to a Legend: Mrs Meera Ranawat

Post author By Prasun Bannerjee
Post date March 8, 2011
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A fine morning at Techno NJR knowledge campus, buses bringing students to the college and you see a tall lady welcoming every student with a sweet smile. The ones who have guessed it, yes they are right. She is none other than the sweet, caring, down-to-earth and ever smiling chairperson of the Techno India NJR Institute of Technology, Mrs. Meera Ranawat.

Meera Ranawat was born on 17.4.1952 at Merta city (Home town of Meera Bai). She did her schooling at MGD School, Jaipur. In addition to being a good student she was a good sports person and represented her school and college in Basketball. She did her graduation in Arts (B.A.) from Maharani College, Jaipur.

Her husband, Shri J.S. Ranawat, a management graduate, was a corporate executive and worked for Birla group in India and Indonesia, Sigapore and Malaysia. He was GM of a carpet company in Abu Dhabi when he left for heavenly abode on 5.6.2003.

Navdeep, her son, a bright student completed his schooling from St. Columba’s School, Delhi and international school, Jakarta,Indonesia and did his undergraduate degree in Telecommunication Engineering from Polytechnic University, NewYork. He subsequently did his M.S. from the same university. He was working with Reuter when he met an accident and left the world in 2001.

It was in memory of her husband and her son, Meera Ranawat established Navdeep Jitendra Ranawat (NJR) Foundation on 12.6.2003 along with Shri R.S.Vyas, a very close family friend with an objective of setting up a world class engineering college at Udaipur, her husband’s hometown.

Mrs Meera Ranawat in discussion with Lakshya Raj Singh Mewar — Mrs Meera Ranawat in discussion with Mr. Lakshya Raj Singh Mewar

It is her sheer determination and perseverance that has resulted in establishment of Techno India NJR Institute of Technology. Her dream is to take this Institute to further heights and make it among top engineering colleges of India. She treats every student of the college as her own child and helps them or guides them in any of their doubts or problems. Student welfare is her topmost priority, also, she does not withdraws any salary from the college or the foundation.

She is a living example of how you can put your personal pains behind for a larger purpose in life. She is a role model for Women of India. Team Udaipurblog and the entire Udaipur salutes her on International Women’s day.