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ನಮ್ಮ ಹೆಮ್ಮಯ ಪ್ರತೀಕ !

bglr_praveen — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:55:54 +0000

A long dream has turn to real, New Kannada channel “Kasturi” is set to air today!

This channel is owned by Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy’s wife Anitha Kumaraswamy and the channel is also known as first T.V.channel by a Kannadiga and for a Kannadiga.

Let’s wait and watch for the quality and quantity of the channel in the coming days.

I wish a great success for Kasturi.

Morning Rain !

bglr_praveen — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:57:39 +0000

ಎನ್ ಮಳೆ ಗುರು!What a Rain Boss!

Friday early morning rocks with rain in the city, A Huge downpour is not just from today morning but also from few days, However all these days rain used to visit in the afternoon or evenings but for a change today it was early morning.

I was wishing for the early morning heavy rains from a long time and my wish has fulfilled!

Took an early morning drive @ 6 AM to feel the rain, It was quite risky on the roads to drive today and also some roads were impossible to drive where a huge water on the roads, Almost all the vehicles were with headlights and roads remembered the evenings.

For the first time i saw a quite numbers of cabs on the roads were with flat tyre, Lot of traders or vendors who were selling the festival items were cursing the rains, News papers and milk deliver was delayed, Early morning office goers were in bad mood, I guess later rain understood the situation and reduced the force.

But the thing which made me relax is Traffic Police were on the road by 6:30 AM and controlling the traffic in the heavy rains with just a thin raincoat on them.

I appreciate the efforts and the dedication of these guys.

Aamir in Namma Bengaluru

bglr_praveen — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:05:07 +0000

Well, many of you might know already that Aamir Khan was there in Namma Bengaluru last week for his new movie shooting, This movie is a remake of Tamil movie Ghajani.

Here are few snaps of film shooting for Aamir fans, Quality of pictures is not so good but do compromise.

Gun Culture…

bglr_praveen — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:56:40 +0000

Gun culture is not a new thing to Bangalore, Shootouts were happenings once in a blue moon but in a recent times Gun culture is growing rapidly in Bangalore.

Below are the few shootouts, 3 incidents in last 6 months and out of it 2 incidents happened in just a weeks gap.

Feb 15, 2007 – 2 died in a Shootout at Tilak Nagar.

July 11, 2007 – 1 died in a shootout at Indira Nagar.

July 17, 2007 – 1 died in a shootout at Shivaji Nagar.

Big Bucks, Illegal commitments, Personal issues & mostly real estate mafia is behind the Shootouts, Bangalore is no more a peaceful city, God save my city

LIGHTS OFF DAY

bglr_praveen — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:45:15 +0000

LIGHTS OFF DAY, This is not specific to Bangalore, it is celebrated across the globe, so the people who care for ecosystem can try this.

Let’s contribute our drop to the mighty ocean.

Planned Action for the Day
Date: June 21, 2007
Time: 8-9pm (Your Time in the World)
Planned Action: Turn Off The Switch.
More details here

Please circulate amongst all your family, friends and neighbors.

Tippu Palace

bglr_praveen — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:14:08 +0000

Tippu Palace is one of the remains of the history in Bangalore, Construction of the palace started in 1781 by Haider Ali and completed by his son Tippu sultan in 1791, This Palace is built in an Islamic style with mostly wood and a very good paintings on the walls with lot of pillars across the palace.
BTW another fact is that the so called Palace is just a part of main palace, the main palace was towards the Venkataramana Temple which is no more exist there.
Current Palace consist of Ground & First floor with lot of rooms, hall & a open area, In ground floor there is small museum with few paintings related to Tippu sultan by James Hunter, Robert Home and others.

[Entrance of the palace]

[Palace view]

[Pillars of the palace]

[Internal view of the palace]

[Paintings on the wall]

[These walls are spoiled by scribbling by Morons]

[About Tippu palace]

Location: Near KR Market (City Market)

Entrance Fee: Rs.5

Note: Well, there is some small conflicts in the date of construction of the palace, Inside one can see it is started in 1781 and completed by 1791, However outside at the entrance it is dated 1778-1789, Do any of you know why it is so ?

Tales from TIMESNOW

bglr_praveen — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:22:36 +0000

Recently Times Now a news channel showed a report on how easy to carry a weapon (read Gun) in to pubs in Bangalore (later showed about other cities too), After watching the program I still didn’t understood what is the need to expose the security loop holes in the Pubs, Is Pubs are some military base or house of parliament to have a tight security? Also channel should understand where in our country they have a security check in pubs.
The concern they gave is the shootout in the pub last year on St.Marks road by an politicians son, But i would like to ask Times Now that i can show you the shootouts in Temples,Court,Trains,Road,Mosque,call center and many more places, so that means that all these places need to have a tight security check ?

Can’t understand the standards of the channels.

All about TOWN

bglr_praveen — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:11:04 +0000

Bangalore was all about pete,ooru,palya etc till British came in here around 1800 AD to establish there military base , Bangalore was not a new military base for British in the region but it was a transfer of military base from Srirangapatana to Bangalore.
Once British entered the Bangalore a new area called “Cantonment” came into existence, Then the Bangalore mainly know by two areas i.e. Old Bangalore or Pete area and Cantonment.
Old Bangalore was mainly consist of region established by Kempe Gowda and Cantonment mainly consist the new area which British established, Then the Locality in the Cantonment was called TOWNs thus the Towns entered into Bangalore, usually the town use to name under some British officers who were quite famous in order to respect there work.

Below are the towns of current Bangalore.

Austin Town
Benson Town
Cleveland Town
Cooke Town
Cox Town
Frazer Town
Langford Town
Mcliver Town
Murphy Town
Pottery Town
Richards Town
Richmond Town
St. Thomas Town
Tasker Town

Do let me know if someone known the history of any particular town here and also if I have missed out some towns in the list.

Kingfisher – AirDeccan Bhai Bhai…

bglr_praveen — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:29:45 +0000

A month awaited curiosity ended yesterday, Two Bangalore based Airlines tycoons became Bhai Bhai, Vijay Mallya from Kingfisher airlines is buying 26% of the stake in Air Deccan and now one can see the smile and relax on Captain Gopinath face, Mr.Gopinath had gone through tough time last couple of months as the Air Deccan was running with loss for 200+ cr.

The news of marriage between KF & AD came a month ago, But Mr.Gopinath was not ready to accept the fact,Infact every time he escaped from press, Last one month the share prices of AD increased 40% + by the news of acquisition.

Air Deccan is well know for low airfare, poor customer service and delayed flight schedules, Kingfisher is know for little costlier in the budget airlines, good customer services, eye and mouth candies.

Well, with the marriage between AD & KF will cut the loss of AD? Will both rule in Indian domestic sector? Will they grab the profit to maximum? No idea, I am not a business analyst.

As a customer I am eagerly waiting for competitive air fares, better customer service & timely schedules with Mallya and Gopinath, will they reach common man with all this? time should answer.

Good Luck Mallya & Gopinath.

Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!

bglr_praveen — Wed, 30 May 2007 16:38:30 +0000

Some good news miss the attention sometimes, It has happened same in “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!” case, Well this is bit old news but still a news to rejoice, Ripley’s are coming to Bangalore :-) and I am happy with the news !

For the first time Ripley Entertainment Inc is marching towards south asia and selected Bangalore as a destination for there new establishment.

Bangalore will have the below attractions in “The Innovative Film City”, Bidadi, Mysore road.

The Louis Tussaud’s Wax museum
Ripley’s Believe it or Not
Guinness World Records

More news here