World Tourism Day 2010

The passengers were in a for a surprise when they received a floral welcome at the city airport, Bajpe and KSRTC bus stand, Bejai. The gesture was planned as part of World Tourism Day by the Mangalore Association of Travel Agents in association with the department of tourism here on Monday September 27.

In a specially organized programme, all the air passengers who landed at Mangalore Airport on Monday were welcomed with flowers and greetings. Higher education minister V S Acharya and Moodbidri MLA Abhaychandra Jain extended a floral welcome to the passengers of Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airline flight that landed at Mangalore Airport at around 8:30 am.

Abhaychandra Jain formally inaugurated the programme. Later, Jain and Acharya flew to Bangalore through a special flight. Airport director M R Vasudev, general manager of Hotel Gold Finch S M Das, Pilikula Nisargadhama executive director J R Lobo, Louis Pinto and Roshan Pinto were among those present. Daijiworld

28.03.2010

Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy awards ceremony

Hotel Kediyoor, inaugural of halls...

(Photos: Janardan Kodavoor)

Acharya says State Government is committed to promoting Tulu

Staff Correspondent

Folk awards presented to Someshwar, Kargi Nalike

RECOGNITION:Home Minister V.S. Acharya felicitating Kargi Nalike in Udupi on Sunday.

Udupi: Home Minister V.S. Acharya said on Sunday that the Government was committed to promoting Tulu language.

He was speaking after presenting the “Bannanje Babu Amin Janapada Prashasti” to folk scholar Amrut Someshwar and “Padadana” singer Kargi Nalike here. The awards have been instituted by Kemmalaje Janapada Prakashana. Dr. Acharya also released “Tulunadu Daivagalu – Samskritika Vishleshane”, a book written by Mr. Bannanje Babu Amin on the occasion.

Dr. Acharya said that the Government had issued orders for introduction of Tulu as an optional third language from sixth standard in schools in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts from 2010-11. Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa had written to Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on including Tulu in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. Tulu was an independent language by itself. Contrary to the popular belief, Tulu had a script of its own. Experts at the Dravidian University at Kuppam in Andhra Pradesh had testified to the importance and richness of Tulu language.

Mere materialistic progress in terms of infrastructure was not enough for the people to be happy.

Realising the importance of culture, the State Government had allocated Rs. 180 crore to the Department of Kannada and Culture. The Government Kannada in the regions bordering Maharashtra and Kerala and some foreign countries, Dr. Acharya said. MLA Raghupati Bhat and folk expert Kudi Vasanth Shettywere among those present. (The Hindu)

“Manipal Pain Relief Centre”

Pains are something we live with and now Banagalore has a place where these obscure pains cane be treated. from knots in the back from working long hours on the computer, to nagging headaches possibly stress related, injury pains, nerve pressure pains. With this new facility that has been started under the xpertise of Dr. Suresh R Joshi, who is an Alumni of the Manipal Group and has had a over 30 year experience in pain relief. With working intensively with specialists from the USA, Uk and the Netherlands.

The Pain Relief Centre was inaugurated on February 10th by Dr. VS Acharya Home Affairs Minister of Karnataka along with Anil Kumble. Dr Acharya has been Dr. Joshi who go back to being childhood friend and on the occasion said," I am extremely happy to be here to inaugurate this centre at Manipal, one of the best well-known hospital in the state. I feel it is a great opportunity and blessing for people that the 1st Pain relief Centre has opened here. In the old days, it took a lot of time and trouble to diagnose our pain but now with the help of this new technology we will be able to find the root cause of our pain and treat it accordingly. My only wish is that we should strive to make it accessible to all society and I believe that Manipal hospital will come up with a solution for this very soon."Photo & Full report from My Bangalore

'Advanced dental treatment needed'

BANGALORE: Advanced dental treatment should be made available to common persons, said home minister V S Acharya on Saturday while inaugurating the
diamond jubilee celebrations of the Dental Council of India (DCI). "People in rural areas need dental healthcare at affordable prices," Acharya added. RGUHS V-C S Ramanand Shetty said the government is reluctant to start dental colleges. "Even after 50 years since Independence, we got a second dental college only last year," Shetty added. DCI president Anil Kohli said youths should strive to become teachers in dental colleges. "Teachers need to publish more research papers too."
(News: TOI)

Dental Council of India observes Diamond Jubilee, to focus on high quality education

Mines tourism: Knowledge is power

ಪರಿಸರ ಪ್ರೇಮ ಬುದ್ದಿ ಜೀವಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಪರಿಸರ ವಾದಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಅಲ್ಲ

: ಟೂರಿಸಂ ವಿಷಯ ಅರಿಯದೇ ಪ್ರಲಾಪಿಸುವುದೂ ಸರಿಯಲ್ಲ! ಟೂರಿಸಂ ಅಂದರೆ ರೆಸಾರ್ಟ್ ಮಾತ್ರ ಅಲ್ಲ..ಇಕೋ ಟೂರಿಸಂ ಕೂಡ ಇದೆಯೆಂದು ಇವರಿಗೇಕೆ ತಿಳಿದಿಲ್ಲ? (ಉದಯವಾಣಿ- ಬರಹ /ವಿಜಯ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ-ಓದುಗರ ಪತ್ರ?)

ಕುದುರೆಮುಖದಲ್ಲಿ ಈಗಲೇ ಈಜುಕೊಳ ರೆಸಾರ್ಟ್ ಇತ್ಯಾದಿ ಇವೆ...ಹೊಸದಾಗಿ ಏನನ್ನು ಕಟ್ಟಬೇಕಾಗಿಲ್ಲ..ದೇವಳ , ಕಟ್ಟಡಗಳು, ವಸತಿ ಗ್ರಹಗಳು, ರೆಸಾರ್ಟ್, ಟೆನ್ನಿಸ್ ಕೋರ್ಟ್ , ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆ , ಸುಸಜ್ಜಿತ ಶಾಲೆ (ಒಂದೊಮ್ಮೆ ಕೇಂದ್ರೀಯ ವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ ) ಉದ್ಯಾನ ಎಲ್ಲ ಇವೆ. ಈಗ ಚಿಂತನೆ ನಡೆದಿರುವುದು ಇವೆಲ್ಲಗಳ ಸದುಪಯೋಗ... ಇಕೋ ಟೂರಿಸಂ, ಮೆಡಿಕಲ್ ಟೂರಿಸಂ ಮಾಡಲು ಉತ್ತಮ ಅವಕಾಶ...ಇಕೋ ಟೂರಿಸಂ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿಯದೆ,ಕುದುರೆಮುಖದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಇಲ್ಲದೆ, ಯಾರೋ ಯಾವಾಗಲೋ ಬರೆದ ಧಾಟಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಲೇಖನ ಬರೆದರೆ ಇವರ ಅಜ್ಞಾನದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನಮಗೆ ಕನಿಕರವಿದೆ... ಅಷ್ಟಾಗಿ ಎಲ್ಲ ಓದುಗರಲ್ಲಿ ನಮ್ಮ ವಿನಂತಿ : ಒಮ್ಮೆ ಕುದುರೆಮುಖಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ ಕೊಡಿ...ನಿಮ್ಮ ಅನಿಸಿಕೆ ನಮಗೆ ತಿಳಿಸಿ...

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ಇದನ್ನೂ ಓದಿ...

"It is being contemplated to develop mine tourism in Kudremukh region.The KIOCL facility is still in pristine condition and can be utilisedfor educating the youth and children on how the mining activities are carried out" (here is some info on Mine Tourism)Dr.V.S.Acharya visited Mines City in 2002 while on a personal trip toMalaysia (background lake was once a tin mine. Building in thebackground is Palace of Golden Horses - part of Mines City)
Mine tourism is nothing new in many parts of the world. It is a great way to preserve existing ecology (and mend any earlier damages) while benefiting local economy by way of eco-tourism. Mines Resort City in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is a good example of this(Wikipedia link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_MINES) Once the world's largest open cast tin mine covering 1300 acres, MinesCity is now one of Malaysia's most popular tourist attractions after being developed as a destination for International Conferences and as a high end resort. Mine workers and their descendants who wereunemployed due to closure of the mine are employed by numerous business establishments in Mines City. Some of the events hosted byMines City include G-15 Summit, ASEAN Summit, APEC conferences.Dr.V.S.Acharya visited Mines City in 2002 while on a personal trip toMalaysia (background lake was once a tin mine. Building in the background is Palace of Golden Horses - part of Mines City)

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related news: http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=10&bKeyFlag=BO&autono=326449

ಕುದುರೆಮುಖದಲ್ಲಿ ಟ್ರೆಕ್ಕಿಂಗ್ : http://www.karnatakawildernesstourism.org/Trekking_opp_in/Kudremukh.htm

ಹಕ್ಕಿ ಪ್ರಿಯರಿಗೆ / ornithologists...please visit: http://www.indiabirds.com/HotSpots/FullDetails.asp?spotid=277&page=1

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more on mining & tourism around the world: ಪ್ರಪಂಚದ ಗಣಿಗಳ ಪ್ರವಾಸೋದ್ಯಮದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಮಾಹಿತಿಗಾಗಿ ಇವನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ...

America: http://www.miningusa.com/mh-t/mh-t.asp, http://info.detnews.com/redesign/history/story/historytemplate.cfm?id=142

Malaysia: Iron ore mine: http://www.tourism.terengganu.gov.my/historical/dungun/bukitbesi.htm, Tin mine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_MINES

Sweden: http://www.ajc.com/news/content/travel/otherdestinations/int_stories/2007/06/14/0617kiruna.html

Sardinia:http://www.minesofsardinia.com/VaiURLIng.php?link=http://www.admmr.state.az.us/musgen.htm&IL=158

Jharkand, India: http://www.bihartimes.com/newsnational/2008/march/newsnational12march1.html

Canada: https://gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/meninmines/iron.asp?Language=English, http://www.caniapiscau.net/tourism/activity.html#tours

Africa: http://www.sntc.org.sz/cultural/ironmine.html

Writeup of the week: The Crime Merchants by Sevanti Ninan, in The Hindu

Please click on the image to read full article in The Hindu If crime and real-life violence are easy ways of increasing the consumer base for news channels today, it is because the demand is there, with new viewers bringing in different expectations. Why this obsession with morbidity?
pic source: from various newspapers of Karnataka;

Related news: Bangalore losing out on Medical Tourism? http://drkiranacharya.blogspot.com/2008/06/medical-tourism-bangalore-on-losing.html

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Dr U R Ananthamurthy criticizes Glorification of Crime News...

ಅಪರಾಧ ಸುದ್ದಿ ವೈಭವೀಕರಣ ಬೇಡ: ಯು.ಆರ್. ಅನಂತಮೂರ್ತಿ
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು: ಮಾಧ್ಯಮಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅಪರಾಧ ಸುದ್ದಿಯ ವೈಭವೀಕರಣ ಸಲ್ಲದು ಎಂದು ಜ್ಞಾನಪೀಠ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ಪುರಸ್ಕೃತ ಸಾಹಿತಿ ಡಾ ಯು.ಆರ್. ಅನಂತಮೂರ್ತಿ ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಶನಿವಾರ ನಗರದ ನಯನ ಸಭಾಂಗಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಏರ್ಪಡಿಸಿದ್ದ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಇನ್ಸ್‌ಪೆಕ್ಟರ್ ಡಿ. ಪಾಲಾಕ್ಷಯ್ಯ ಅವರ ’ಶಬ್ದದೊಳಗಣ ನಿಶ್ಯಬ್ದ’ ಪತ್ತೇದಾರಿ ಕಥೆಗಳು ಕೃತಿ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಮಾತನಾಡಿದ ಅವರು ದೃಶ್ಯ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮಗಳು ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಮತ್ತು ಪೀತ ಪತ್ರಿಕೋದ್ಯಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಪರಾಧ ಸುದ್ದಿಗಳೇ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿವೆ.
ಇಂತಹ ಅಪರಾಧ ಸುದ್ದಿಯನ್ನ ವೈಭವೀಕರಿಸಿ ತೋರಿಸುವುದರಿಂದ ಜನರನ್ನ ದಾರಿ ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿದಂತೆ ಆಗುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂದ ಅವರು, ಉಡುಪಿ ಶಾಸಕ ರಘುಪತಿ ಭಟ್ ಪತ್ನಿ ಪದ್ಮಪ್ರಿಯ ಅತ್ಮಹತ್ಯೆ ಯಲ್ಲಿ ದೃಶ್ಯ ವಾಹಿನಿಗಳು ವರ್ತಿಸಿದ ರೀತಿ ಶೋಚನೀಯ ಎಂದರು. (ಸುದ್ದಿ ಕೃಪೆ : http://www.gulfkannadiga.com/news-9957.html)