Rain brings Mallalli waterfalls alive

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Green Initiatives / Environment, Nature, Sports
Mallalli Falls at Somwarpet taluk. DH photo
Mallalli Falls at Somwarpet taluk. DH photo

Mallalli waterfall in the taluk has come alive following heavy rain in the region. The milky flow of water is attracting tourists from across the district and also the state.

A vast patch of land on the top of the waterfalls helps tourists peek into the water spectacle. The row of peaks of Western Ghats on the otherside, as if kissing the skies, makes for a visual treat. The Pushpagiri shrine enhances the visual treat.

The Kumaradhara river that jumps from a height of 150 foot here, flows towards another small waterfall.

The waterfall, in particular, has been drawing people in hordes. Students and tourists from different parts of the State visiting the waterfall.

The footfall swells during holidays and the available space is too small to hold the crowd. It also exposes lack of basic amenities in the place.

The waterfall is located within a distance of three km from Hanchinahalli on the way to Pushpagiri.

Pushpagiri can be accessed through Shanthalli located at a distance of 22 km from Somwarpet.

If one is lucky, he or she may also behold the sight of rivulets enroute Mallalli.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / by DH News Service / Somwarpet (Kodagu) – August 13th, 2017

How to Make Green Coffee

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Coffee News

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A cup coffee is probably your go-to drink when you have to remain alert on a lazy work day or pull an all-nighter. But we usually get trapped between the never ending combat of benefits and side effects of drinking coffee due the excessive amount of caffeine it contains. What if we were to switch to a better version of it? Just like to green tea, green coffee is considered to be good for our health.

Green coffee beans are the seeds of the Coffea Arabica fruit that are not roasted unlike a regular coffee. During the roasting process of coffee beans, a natural antioxidant called Chlorogenic acid present in the beans is lost. The cholorogenic acid is meant to fight many health problems such as high blood pressure, diabetes, indigestion and even weight loss. Therefore, green coffee beans with an original amount of chlorogenic acid are considered to be healthier. According Macrobiotic Nutritionist, Shilpa Arora, “It is best to consume green coffee is you want to lose weight and it is recommended to drink it as the first thing in the morning. This helps in increasing your metabolism and burning more fat through the day.

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Health Benefits of Green Coffee

1. Highly rich in antioxidants, green coffee prevents our skin cells from getting damaged.

2. It also inhibits the release of excessive glucose in our bloodstream. Due to the lack of glucose in our liver, our body starts burning the stored fat to reach the basic glucose level. Thus, it boosts your metabolism and helps to burn extra fat.

3. It works as a natural detoxification element by cleansing our liver from toxins and bad cholesterol.

4. Green coffee beans are rich in compounds like Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA), Epigallocatechin Gallate and Theophylline, that help in delaying signs of ageing like wrinkles and also keep our skin supple.

Step-By-Step Method to Make Green Coffee

Ingredients (as per 2 servings):

20 grams of green coffee beans
300 ml of hot water
If preferred: sugar, honey or a pinch of cinnamon

Method:

Using green coffee bean powder

3. To get the coffee beans in powered form, grind the same in grinder and maintain the intensity as per liking. Use a heavy and strong grinder as unroasted coffee beans are hard to grind.

2. Put the powder in 2 separate cups and slowly pour hot water (approximately 90°C) in the cups.

3. Leave the mixture for 10 minutes and then filter it to get a warm and delicious beverage.

4. Sugar or honey can be added if desired. Though the subtle flavours are best enjoyed without them.

Using whole and raw green coffee beans

1. This method is more time consuming. Soak the beans overnight in a bowl of water.

2. The next day, boil them along with the same water on high flame. After the first boil, leave it on low flame for at least 15 minutes.

3. Keep the mixture to cool completely and then filter out the flavoured water in a cup and enjoy. The green coffee made with this method has a much stronger flavour. If you find it to be too strong then you can dilute it a bit by adding warm water.

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Before you set out to make your first cup of green coffee, you must keep somethings in mind. For instance, it is best to use Arabica coffee beans. Also, it is best to drink it after your meals to improve your digestion and keep your metabolism going.

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source: http://www.food.ndtv.com / Smart Cooky / Home> Food & Drinks / by Gunjan Bajaj / August 18th, 2017

Regional languages facing threat of extinction: Bilimale

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Purushottama Bilimale, researcher and head of Kannada department, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) inaugurates a multilingual poets' symposium organised by Karnataka Arebhashe Culture and Literature Academy in Gowda Samaja, Madikeri, on Sunday. dh photo
Purushottama Bilimale, researcher and head of Kannada department, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) inaugurates a multilingual poets’ symposium organised by Karnataka Arebhashe Culture and Literature Academy in Gowda Samaja, Madikeri, on Sunday. dh photo

Owing to an obsession with English, several regional languages are facing the threat of going extinct, said Purushottama Bilimale, researcher and head of Kannada department, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).

He was speaking during a multilingual poets’ symposium organised by Karnataka Arebhashe Culture and Literature Academy in Gowda Samaja, Madikeri on Sunday.

Starting from the communication between the nations to the communication between households, English has been dominating the scene, to the extent that English schools are being opened in rural areas, Bilimale said.

More than 400 languages in the country have been feared of becoming extent in the next 30 years, he said. The youth have not been taking enough care to preserve the multilingual fabric of the Indian culture.

The absence of projects which aim towards developing the language in the local levels has been the main reason for the extinction of regional dialects of languages, Bilimale observed.

The Central Government has only been focusing on Hindi and it has cleverly passed on the responsibility of protecting the regional languages to the states, he said.

Pattada Shivakumar, lecturer at Government PU College, Doddaravalanje, said that languages like Arebhashe, Kodava and Tulu are included in the list of languages which face the threat of extinction.

The poets who took part in the poets’ symposium were: Bareyanda Joyappa and Kudekal Santhosh(Arebhashe), M A Ajij, K S Kanchana (Kannada), Chammattira Pravin Uttappa and Shobha Subbaiah (Kodava), Kishor Rai, Navin Suvarna (Tulu), M A Muhammed, M A Abdulla (Beary) and Charles D’Souza (Konkani).

Arebhashe Culture and Literature Academy president Kolyada Girish was present on the occasion.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / DH News Service – Madikeri / August 14th, 2017

Four Indian teams to represent the nation at the RFC global series

Famous Personalities of Kodagu / Coorg, Sports

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Cougar Motorsport announced that they have extended the automatic entry benefits for the RFC Global Series 2017 Grand Finale, to the top four teams on the Force Gurkha RFC India 2017 leader board. Previously, this coveted award was given only to the top Indian driver of the competition. However, this year Cougar Motorsport will now sponsor RFC India 2017’s top four drivers and their co-drivers by subsidising their RFC 2017 Grand Finale entry ticket worth $3,900 and also provide return airfare worth $1,100 from Malaysia, where the finale will be held later this year.

Gurmeet Virdi and co-driver, Kirpal Singh Tung, from team Gerrari Offroaders, Chandigarh, who won the Force Gurkha RFC India 2017, are already entitled to these benefits. In addition to that, the winner team will also get a sponsorship of up to $3,000 towards their competition vehicle rental amount.

However, the other beneficiaries announcement would be the remaining podium finishers — Jagat Nanjappa and co-driver Chetan Changappa from Coorg-based V5 Offroaders, driver Sanbir Singh Dhaliwal and co-driver Gurpartap Singh from Gerrari Offroaders, Chandigarh and the fourth position holder, Siddartha Santosh and co-driver Prithviraj AC from Team BODA (Bangalore Offroad Drivers Association).

source: http://www.carwale.com / Carwale.com / Home> News / by Aditya Jadhav / August 17th, 2017

Women insecure socially: Shwetha Madappadi

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Famous Personalities of Kodagu / Coorg

Mysuru :

“Even if women have secured higher positions in the society, they are still insecure socially. Women are always facing probable assault at any moment,” said writer Shwetha Madappadi here on Sunday.

She was speaking at the annual meeting of Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada District Gowda Women’s Association at Vijayanagar 2nd stage.

Amritha Suresh, President of Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu women’s association Geetha Montadka, Naduvattira Geetha Lakshman, Rukmini and others were present. (MR/BM)

source: http://www.citytoday.news / City Today / Home> Uncategorized / by CT Bureau / August 14th, 2017

Celebrating academic excellence

Education, Famous Personalities of Kodagu / Coorg, Inspiration / Positive News and Features, Leaders, Records, All, World Opinion

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‘India and Cambridge university have had an enduring relationship’

The Pemanda Monappa Scholarship was presented to Rupsa Banerjee, a student of English literature, by the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court Indira Banerjee at a function on Wednesday. Ms. Banerjee will study at the University of Cambridge, U.K.

Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Justice said studying in an institution like Cambridge broadened the outlook of students.

Congratulating the student, Chief Justice Banerjee hoped she would imbibe the qualities of Pemanda Monappa.

She recalled that in 1948, the officer was hand-picked by Sardar Vallabhai Patel to be the Inspector of Police of Hyderabad State despite the fact that they had never met.

P.M. Belliappa, former IAS officer and managing trustee of the Pemanda Monappa Trust, said the event was a celebration of the values that his late father followed till the very end.

Helen Pennant, director, Cambridge Trust, said it has been in existence for 30 years. It supports 500 scholars annually, she said. “One in three students at the university comes from outside the U.K.,” she said.

N. Ravi, Director, Kasturi and Sons Ltd., said the relationship between India and Cambridge had been an enduring one and several Indians, including mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujam, statistician P.C. Mahalanobis, Nobel Prize winner Venky Ramakrishnan and three former Prime Ministers were alumni of Cambridge.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Chennai / by Special Correspondent / Chennai – August 03rd, 2017

M.C. Nanaiah re-emerges from political hibernation

Leaders

His entry into the Legislative Council is considered a shot in the arm for Kodagu

Nanaiah is entering the Council for the fifth time

He was a Minister in the J.H. Patel Cabinet

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M.C. Nanaiah

Madikeri:

It might not be a familiar story for Meriyanda Chengappa Nanaiah, popularly called as MCN, to re-enter the Legislative Council, as is for the people of Kodagu. Even a bete noire of Mr. Nanaiah would agree that he is a political asset to the district. Mr. Nanaiah’s presence in the Upper House is sure to lend an aura of dignity, thanks to his political astuteness and sagacity, many feel.

Mr. Nanaiah is entering the Council for the fifth time. His maiden entry was in the year 1985 when he represented the Kranti Ranga. It stood for just one year before he re-entered as a full fledged member in 1986 as member of the Janata Party. His stint in the Council from 1989 to 1994 saw a glib-tongued Nanaiah emerge as a powerful politician. He became a Minister by virtue of being the MLC from 1994 to 1999 in the J.H. Patel Government. The new assignment as Janata Dal (Secular) candidate has just begun. “My best moment in life was getting elected as the Leader of Opposition in the Council in 1989,” Mr. Nanaiah said. He continued in that post till 1994.

Mr. Nanaiah recalled that his worst moment was tendering resignation as Law Minister. He was pained at the developments that took place after the late Chief Minister J.H. Patel parted ways and aligned with the National Democratic Alliance Government, he stated. Mr. Nanaiah has his roots in the cooperative field, which had catapulted him to politics. He was elected president of the Cardamom Cooperative Society here in 1962, which was then a powerful body in Kodagu.

His first taste of election came in the year 1967 when he contested and lost as an independent against the former Minister the late A.P. Appanna, who was the Congress candidate from Madikeri constituency. “Though I had a leaning towards the Left parties, I did not associate with them,” Mr. Nanaiah said. He said that he was a great fan of the late Devaraj Urs. He contested as Congress candidate from Madikeri in 1978, defeating A.K.Subbaiah, another firebrand politician. Subsequently, he became a Minister, albeit for a short period.

Before that Mr. Nanaiah had served as president of the Madikeri City Municipal Council (then a town municipal council) from 1970 to 1974.

His stint as an advocate, both handling civil and criminal cases, continued undisturbed in between. He was chairman of the Karnataka State Cooperative Marketing Federation in 1980. Mr. Nanaiah went on to win national award for his contributions to the cooperative field.

Mr. Nanaiah’s tenure as the Kodagu district in-charge from 1994-99, saw a spurt in development activities in the district. His political clout and proximity to the late J.H. Patel stood him in good stead in the party. Now, political hibernation for Mr. Nanaiah is over and he is back in politics. “Nanaiah will act as voice of Kodagu district”, said Matanda C. Monnappa, president of the Akhila Kodava Samaja, Virajpet.

“We needed a seasoned campaigner such as Nanaiah to speak on behalf of Kodagu,” said Muneer Ahmad, councillor of the Madikeri CMC. Indeed, Mr. Nanaiah has come out of nearly eight years of ‘political wilderness.”

Mr. Nanaiah told The Hindu that the Janata Dal (Secular) base has been eroded due to the ego clash of party leaders. It had lost because it could not gear up its machineries to face elections. He exudes confidence, saying there is sufficient political space for the party to grow in the State.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / by Jeevan Chinnappa / June 27th, 2008

Gundu Rao award distribution

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Records, All

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Mysuru :

Seven members who have achieved in various fields felicitated with Gundu Rao award at Rotary auditorium on Saturday during Gundu Rao Nenapinangala programme.

Social worker Raghuram Vajapayee, hotel owners’ association president Narayana Gowda, Prakash and others were felicitated.

Education minister Tanveer Sait inaugurated the programme. Congress city president R Murthy, Congress leader Dhruvaraj and others were present. (HN)

source: http://www.citytoday.news / City Today / Home> Mysore / by CT Bureau / June 26th, 2017

Field Marshal Cariappa remembered

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Retired Army officers and schoolchildren participating in a programme to mark the 106 birth anniversary of Field Marshal late K.M. Cariappa at his estate, `Roshanara', in Madikeri on Friday . KPN
Retired Army officers and schoolchildren participating in a programme to mark the 106 birth anniversary of Field Marshal late K.M. Cariappa at his estate, `Roshanara’, in Madikeri on Friday . KPN

Madikeri :

The 106th birth anniversary of late Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa, the first Commander-in-Chief of India, was observed at `Roshanara’, the home of the Cariappas, here on Friday.

Nalini Cariappa, daughter of the late Field Marshal; Air Marshal K.C. Cariappa (retd.), son of the Field Marshal; his wife Meena Cariappa; the Deputy Commissioner, Srikant Valagad; the Madikeri tahsildar, R.G. Palkar; Col. N.K. Appaiah (retd.); and the secretary of the Kodagu Vidyalaya-Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan School, M.B. Belliappa, paid tributes to the late Field Marshal at his burial site on the occasion.

Prizes presented

The students of Kodagu Vidyalaya-Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan School rendered patriotic songs and bhajans under the leadership of Jayashri Ramesh. Ms. Nalini Cariappa presented prizes to the winners of competitions organised in memory of the late Cariappa. Nischal Kumari, Pramoda and Prapti, won the first, second and third prizes, respectively. Speaking on the occasion, Air Marshal K.C. Cariappa said Pooja Foundation, Bangalore, had announced annual scholarships of Rs. 5,000 each to six students in memory of the late Field Marshal.

The scholarships will be given from April next. He stressed the need for learning good English, and said this helps students at competitive examinations.

Students shared their views on the late Field Marshal.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Karnataka / by Our Staff Correspondent / Saturday – January 29th, 2005

Withdraw resolution: Editors Guild

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It is violation of freedom of speech and freedom of press, says the Guild

Disapproving the Karnataka Assembly’s decision to imprison and fine two journalists, the Editors Guild of India has said it would violate the freedom of speech and freedom of the Press.

The Guild has urged the Karnataka Assembly to immediately withdraw its resolution.

In a release signed by its President Raj Chengappa and other office-bearers, the Guild has said journalists must have the freedom to write critical articles against elected representatives and hold them accountable for their actions.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Andhra Pradesh / by Special Correspondent / Bengaluru – June 26th, 2017