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Flavour of India competition winners announced

Coffee News, Coffee, Kodagu (Coorg), Records, All

Each year the Coffee Board of India (CBI) invites applications from the coffee growers of India for the annual cupping competition, The Flavor of India -The Fine Cup Award.

The competitions is held for Arabica (washed/unwashed), Robusta (washed/unwashed), and the Specialty coffees of Arabica and Robusta.

The outstanding coffees from the national level are chosen for the final cupping by the internationally jury consisting of eminent cup tasters from different countries.

In this, the 12th year of competition, the CBI received a total of 221 coffee samples. Out of these, 40 samples were selected for cup quality evaluation by the international jury in the finals held at Nice, France on the eve of SCAE World of coffee prestigious three-day event held in June.
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The winner of Best Arabica was the Pedabayalu Estate’s Arabica Plantation SLN-4.

The Poabs Estates’ Organic Arabica SLN-9 took out the Best Specialty Arabica prize, while the prize for the Best Specialty Robusta went to Harley B Estates’ Old Robusta.

The Best Robusta category was won by Margolly Estates’ Robusta Parchment AB.

The full details of the winners in all categories and regions can be found on CBI’s website: www.indiacoffee.org.

source: http://www.globalcoffeereview.com / Global Coffee Review / Home / Monday – September 16th, 2013

Need to conserve tribal languages stressed

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Just like the way in which English is a threat to Kannada language, Kannada is posing a threat to minor languages in the state, said writer Abdul Rasheed.

Speaking at the valedictory of the ninth district Kannada literary meet here recently, he said along with Kannada, Kodava and tribal languages of Yarava, Jenukuruba, Bettakuruba, Malekudiya and other tribals are spoken in Kodagu.

“On the pretext of developing and conserving Kannada, we have neglected other languages,” he lamented.

“With the destruction of tribal culture, their languages are also on the verge of extinction. There is a need to strive for the development of minor languages.

Elected representatives are concerned about providing roads, water, and other infrastructure for tribal colonies, but not worried about conserving their culture and tradition. Culture, literature and life of tribals should be documented,” he said.

Assembly Speaker K G Bopaiah said: “Parents feel inferior, sending their children to government schools. The need for proficiency in English in changed scenario is agreed, but we need to give priority to the administrative language,” he said.
Writer Vishnu Bhat presided over the meet.

Poets meet

Thirteen poets recited their poems at the poets’ meet. The poems highlighted corruption, suppression of weaker sections, beauty of Kannada culture, etc. K V Ramakrishne Gowda presided over the poets’ meet.

Felicitation

Shaurya medal winner Ayyangeri School student K S Suhail and highest scorer in SSLC B P Maulya were felicitated at the valedictory function.

Resolutions

The two-day Kannada literary meet resolved to urge the government to constitute an expert committee to find out a reason for low admission rate in government schools despite introducing English from first standard itself.

The other resolutions are: Railway connectivity is essential to promote tourism in the district. So, the state government should impress upon the Union Railway Ministry to start works on the proposed Mysore-Kushalnagar railway line.

The government should ensure that farmers get scientific price for their crops. The government should distribute Kannada dictionaries, published by Kannada Sahitya Parishat, free of cost among government school children.

The resolutions were read out by District Kannada Sahitya Parishat honorary secretary B A Shamshuddin.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / DH News Service / Koodige (Kodagu Dist) / March 06th, 2013

Udupi, Kodagu, U-K best districts in Sakaala

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Udupi, Kodagu and Uttara Kannada (U-K) districts have secured top three positions in disposing of applications under Sakaala, a scheme for the timely delivery of services to the people of the State.

The districts of Bijapur, Raichur and Bidar are at the bottom of the ranking list. As much as 97.39 per cent of the applications were disposed of in the month of January. Altogether, 12.84 lakh applications were received under the scheme, according to the progress report on Sakaala released for January on Monday.

The report said the number of complaints had gone up. About 115 complaints have been received in January, 2013, against 89 in December, 2012.

For the month of February, the Sakaala portal will also have taluk-wise ranking. It will help the district administrations to evaluate the performances within the districts, the report said.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State / DHNS / Bangalore – February 25th, 2013

TOI Social Impact Awards: Wonder doctor’s success mantra

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Inspiration / Positive News and Features, Science & Technology

Mysore :

As a child M Jadeyegowda first saw Dr H Sudarshan dispense medicines to tribals at Biligiri Ranaga Hills near here. Initially, he stayed away from the doctor. Later, curiosity drew the tribal boy to the doctor. Dr Sudarshan and his Karuna Trust became the biggest influences on his life.

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Other than providing medical help, Dr Sudarshan taught children in the tribal parts of Karnataka’s Chamarajnagar district. Jadeyegowda was a reluctant student. Today, he’s an assistant professor at Kodagu’s College of Forestry. “As a kid, I saw the doctor conduct surgeries with minimum facilities,” Jadeyegowda,43, says.

In October 2006, when the Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra (VGKK) — to which Karuna Trust is affiliated — celebrated silver jubilee, Jadeyegowda, MSc, shook hands with President Abdul Kalam. He was one of the six students who had attended the tribal school set up by the NGO 25 years back. Jadeye now heads VGKK and is a trustee of the Karuna Trust. “I’m more comfortable being recognised as a beneficiary,” he says. “Jadeye is a beneficiary of our health and education programmes. That helped him,” Dr Sudarshan says.

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Mysore> Silver Jubilee / by H M Aravind, TNN / February 01st, 2013

KBA, PPBA felicitate shuttlers

Famous Personalities of Kodagu / Coorg, Sports

Bangalore :

The Karnataka Badminton Association on Monday handed out cash awards to the tune of Rs 1.5 lakh to top performers in the sub-junior, junior and senior National championships in the past year. KBA also handed Ashwini Ponnappa honorary membership to the association.

Later, the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy too celebrated the successes of its trainees, including national champion Sayali Gokhale, in a separate function with the legendary Padukone giving the young shuttlers valuable words of advice. Padukone added that the academy planned to rope in Indonesian coach Yusuf Jauhari, the brother of noted coach Atik, for a month-long stint in the beginning of February. “This will be of great benefit for the kids and it will help the coaches here upgrade their skills too,” he said.

Awardees:

Senior Nationals (Srinagar): Varsha V Belawadi Rs 10,000; Nischitha GM Rs 10,000; Guruprasad D Rs 5,000; Vineeth Manuel Rs 5,000; Ashwini Ponnappa Rs 10,000.

Junior Nationals (Imphal): Reshma Karthik Rs 25,000; Poorvisha S Ram Rs 25,000; Sankeerth BR Rs 5,000; Sindhu Bharadwaj Rs 5,000; Devika Ravindra Rs 10,000.

Sub-junior Nationals (Patna): Ashwini Bhat Rs 22,500; Mithula UK Rs 7,500; Mithun M Rs 2,500; Raghu M Rs 2,500; Mahima Aggarwal Rs 2,500; Shikha Gautam Rs 2,500.

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> Sports> More Sports> Badminton / by Shrivathsa Sridhar, TNN / January 09th, 2013

Gulshan Devaiah to play the antagonist in SLB’s Ramleela

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

Gulshan Devaiah who received praises for his role in Shaitan, will be seen in an all new avatar in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Ramleela’. The talented actor plays the antagonist in the movie.

(Gulshan Devaiah )
(Gulshan Devaiah )

Gulshan essays the character of ‘Bhavani’ in the movie. Talking about his character, Gulshan says, “Bhavani is a prominent member of the Jadeja clan who are of Chandrivanshi Rajput descent living in modern day Kutch Gujarat. The exact attributes of the character and his contribution to the plot is something I cannot divulge in but let’s just say he has enough shades of grey and is nothing like I have done this far in my career .” He further adds, “I am very excited to be a part of the film as I have grown up watching Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s films and I am overwhelmed by the greatness of the man.”

Gulshan has already shot for the film. The movie is slated to release on 15th Novembe,2013.

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> Entertainment> Bollywood> Film / by Tanvi Trivedi, TNN / Septmeber 16th, 2013

2-day expo of paintings , books of Kodava artist

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

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Mysore :
An exhibition of paintings, writings and song compositions of late Koothanda Parvathy Poovaiah (1913-1994) of Pollibetta, Kodagu, in commemoration of her centennial year, will be held at Suchitra Art Gallery in Kalamandira here on Sept. 21 and 22 from 11 am to 1 pm and 4 pm to 8 pm on both the days.

Star of Mysore Editor-in-Chief K.B. Ganapathy will inaugurate the expo at 11 am.

Pattamada Shanti Ganapathy, who has organised the exhibition in memory of her mother, said that Parvathy was the third daughter of Neravanda Nanjappa and Mayamma of Madikeri. The famous Kodava playwright Haridasa Appaneravanda Appacha Kavi was related to her mother. Parvathy would meet him often and hear him sing, thus influencing her artistic interests.

Parvathy had authored three books in Kannada: Kodagina Sannakathe mathu Kavanagalu (1976); Kodagina Kathegalu (Janapada-1977) and Bhugila Gonchalu (1980). Apart from this, she wrote articles and poems to Kodagu periodicals quite often.

Dr. Rekha Vasanth, professor in Kannada at Kavery College, Gonikoppal, has written a brief Biography of Parvathy, published in 2012 by Kannada Pusthaka Pradikara.

While at Queen Mary’s in Chennai to pursue her studies, Parvathy learnt to play veena. Parvathy, who got married to planter K. M. Poovaiah in 1935, was a great follower of Gandhiji’s philosophy, after she met him in Madikeri in early 1930s.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / September 20th, 2013

Rohan Bopanna/Edouard Roger-Vasselin start as favorites in Metz

Famous Personalities of Kodagu / Coorg, Sports

Wimbledon 2013 semifinalists Rohan Bopanna and Edouard Roger-Vaselin are top seeds for the ATP 250 event in France
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Metz :

Indo-French grouping of Rohan Bopnanna and Edouard Roger-Vasselin have got the top billing for this week’s ATP 250 tournament – Moselle Open in Metz, France.

Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin will kick-start their campaign against tricky opponents in American’s Sam Querrey and Eric Butorac.

Second seeds Julian Knowle and Marcelo Melo meet French pair of Jeremy Chardy and Marc Giquel in the opening round of the hard-court tournament.

British-Aussie combo of Jamie Murray and John Peers has an easy first round outing, as the third seeded match up fight out with Johan Brunstrom and Raven Klaasen.

The victor of this event takes home € 22,500 as the cash prize, besides accumulating 250 ATP ranking points.

source: http://www.tennisworldusa.org / Tennis World / Home> DS Network

4OOm runners to the fore

Sports

MR Poovamma
MR Poovamma

So many known names clashing in a single event occurs rarely in Indian athletics. One such rarity is the 400m race in the Open Nationals, where the country’s top quarter-milers MR Poovamma, Nirmala, Anu Mariam Jose and Tintu Luka will vie for glory alongside seasoned campaigners Ashwini Akkunji and Jauna Murmu.

Of late, Poovamma has been monopolising the event. Having claimed a hat-trick of Grand Prix gold, the Mangalorean would be confident. However, she can’t expect a free ride with the likes of Jauna, Ashwini, Priyanka Panwar, Sini and Mandeep returning from the dope-induced sabbatical.

She can’t discount Anu or Tintu either. Anu, only 23, has made rapid strides but lacked the killer instinct to better her. Tintu, meanwhile, is gradually progressing in her new stream.

The sheer numbers could bolster the 400m scene in the country, expects chief national coach Bahadur Singh. Though he reckons it is premature to predict the chances of the country excelling at the global stage, he thinks they are already a force to be reckoned with in Asia. “We will have a proper assessment of our athletes’ capabilities after CWG and the Asian Games next year. But the increase in bench strength, undoubtedly, will help raise the standard of running in the country,” he said.

National coach N Ramesh feels some athletes have the talent to blossom at the international level. “We are focussing more on 400m. Almost nine quality runners will compete in this event, and some have the quality and talent to make an impact at the international level,” he said.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Sport / by Shan A S / ENS – Ranchi / September 08th, 2013

Gym at indoor stadium opens for public in Madikeri

Sports

State-of-the-art stadiums and facilities are essential for the sports personnel to hone their skills. To support the sports talent in the district, the department of youth services and sports had constructed an indoor stadium at General Thimmaiah Stadium in Madikeri.

Youth have been showing interest in shuttle badminton and body building in the recent years. Keeping this in mind, the authorities had developed shuttle badminton court and a gym. The gym will be open for not only the sports personnel but also for the public and students. The decision was taken by the District Stadium Development Committee.

The indoor stadium which was developed using lakh of rupees was not utilised by many. Hence, the Committee had decided to allow the public to use it.

Those who would like to gain admission to the gym can collect application forms from the department of youth services and sports in General Thimmaiah Stadium on September 16.

The registration fee for shuttle badminton is Rs 500 for students, Rs 1000 for public and the monthly fee will be Rs 200. The fee for using the gym is Rs 400 for students, Rs 750 for public and the monthly fee is Rs 300, said department assistant director Jayalakshmi Bai.

For details contact: 08272-228985.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / by Srikanth Kallammanevar, Madikeri / DHNS – September 15th, 2013