Prayer for Narendra Modi- Our CM
October 30, 2009India celebrate 63rd Independence Day
August 15, 2009India wins Test series on Kiwi soil after 41 yrs
April 7, 2009India recorded their first series triumph on New Zealand soil in 41 years though rain denied them a deserving victory in the third cricket Test here today.
Rain played spoilsport in India’s push for a 2-0 series win on the fifth and final day and the hosts escaped with a draw after they were down 281 for eight in the post-lunch session in chase of a near impossible 617 for a win.
The visitors will have to be content with a 1-0 victory in the three-match Test series after India won the first match in Hamilton by 10 wickets and drawing the second in Napier.
Despite the draw today, India ended their long wait of 41 years to win a Test series in New Zealand after Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi-led side drubbed the Kiwis 3-1 in 1968.
The Indians, who outplayed the Kiwis throughout the match, were well on course for a victory by conjuring up four wickets in just over a session before light rain stopped play 30 minutes into post lunch session. Daniel Vettori on 15 was at the crease at that time alongwith Iain O’Brien (19).
There was a glimmer of hope for India recording their 100th Test victory as covers were taken off for a short while to resume the post-lunch session half an hour after stoppage.
That hope disappeared as rain returned immediately and light shower turned into heavy downpour. The match was finally called off at 1015 hrs IST, nearly one and half hours before scheduled close. More…
Happy Brothers
April 3, 2009
Celebrating variety in Indian performing arts
April 2, 2009Good morning friends, something I like to share with you all. True to its name, JG College of Performing Arts Vividhotsavam is set to celebrate the variety in Indian classical music and dance from April 2 to 8 through workshops and performances on ASIA campus. Open to all, the workshops in particular will be a good learning opportunity for performing arts students.
Baha-ud-din Dagar of the celebrated Dagar family will conduct a four-session workshop in Dhrupad-Dhamar, the genre that in its rendition and impact has kinship with the chanting of Vedic mantras, on the opening and the second day and will give a lecture-demonstration on the second evening. Eminent Khayal vocalists Rajan and Sajan Mishra, whose names are synonymous with enchanting Jugal Gaan, will give a special performance on April 4, followed by a four-day workshop. There will be simultaneous morning and evening workshops in Kathak and Bharatanatyam from April 5 to 8. While the resource person for Kathak will be Rajendra Gangani, Kundanlal Gangani’s son, from Delhi’s Kathak Kendra, for Bharatanatyam Deepak Mazumdar, who has made a name as an imaginative choreographer besides being a graceful dancer and a competent guru, is coming.
Ranjana Gauhar, director of Utsav (Delhi), a gifted vivacious Odissi dancer of repute, will perhaps be performing in Ahmedabad for the first time on April 5. Kumudini Lakhia’s accomplished senior disciples Vaishali Trivedi and Prashant Shah will present traditional Kathak items the same evening. Two outstanding Gujarati contributors to dance, drama and music each will be felicitated at the festival.
Self-financed JG College, which has made its presence felt with a limited number of students in its fifth year, has the twin advantage of tenacious patronage and a young zestful faculty, now led by well-known vocalist Viraj Amar. More….
Gujarati Man always ready to help
March 31, 2009
In a first, Central agency to accredit rural health service in Gujarat
March 30, 2009Good Morning friends, Government agency will have more quality and healthy environment now. The CHCs and PHCs lack basic infrastructure and adequate staff and the accreditation has come as an ambitious attempt to do away with the disparities. Out of the 273 CHCs and 1,073 PHCs in the state, the Department of Health has selected 48 CHCs and 158 PHCs for the first phase of accreditation. Read the complete story I found at times of india website.
Vadodara For the first time in the country, Community Health Centres (CHCs) and Public Health Centres (PHCs) have been lined up for an accreditation from the National Accreditation Board for Hospital (NABH). In a recent collaboration with the Quality Council of India, the Department of Health has turned their attention to upgrade the rural health service. The CHCs and PHCs lack basic infrastructure and adequate staff and the accreditation has come as an ambitious attempt to do away with the disparities. Out of the 273 CHCs and 1,073 PHCs in the state, the Department of Health has selected 48 CHCs and 158 PHCs for the first phase of accreditation. “The selection of the centres has been on the basis of the workload. There is one CHC and three PHCs in every district that will undergo the process,” said Dr J L Meena, State Quality Assurance Officer.
An estimated budget of Rs 25 lakh for the CHCs and Rs 10 lakh for the PHCs has been allocated for the first phase, while the Quality Council of India, with the district health officials, will be involved in providing technical support in the accreditation process. “We intend to complete the first phase of accreditation within a year. But keeping the proximity in mind, the standard of accreditation for the centres has been kept lower to that of the government and private hospitals. It is more an attempt to better the condition of public health in the rural areas,” said Meena. The training of the staff has already begun, while the Health Department is in the process of baseline study of all the PHCs and the CHCs. “We know that the condition at the PHCs and the CHCs are not up to the mark. The baseline study of the centres will give a clear picture of the intensity of the faults that lie with the health centres in the rural areas,” Meena added. Dr Amarjit Singh, Commissioner of Health, Gujarat, said, “While we have all the facilities available, the important step of monitoring the process will help in the uplift of the centres.”
Ref: expressindia
Govt org calls for voluntary Saturday power blackout
March 28, 2009AHMEDABAD: Get ready for candlelight dinners and some romantic moments with your beloved. For, Saturday night could be darker than usual. No negative connotation here. It will be a wilful blackout on Saturday. The idea is to conserve energy.
This will be Ahmedabad’s turn to join the Earth Hour campaign after Delhi and Mumbai joined the movement. In Gujarat, the move has been initiated by a government-undertaking, Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA). The organisation has asked citizens to join in by keeping power in their houses switched off between 8.30 and 9.30 pm. GEDA has also decided to host a gathering at Kankaria Lake on Saturday evening where citizens will enjoy the conscious blackout.
“The event aims at gathering a huge crowd at one place so that much power is saved. The power will be cut off at Naginawadi also, except the lights needed for security purposes,” said Daksha Vaja from GEDA.
“The theme of the event is Save Energy, Save Earth. There will be audio messages that will be played at the venue to create awareness about importance of saving energy,” she said.
Not just GEDA, Gujarat Science City is also creating awareness among its volunteers to support the programme through its different school clubs across the state.
Le Meridien, Ahmedabad, too announced that it will participate in the Earth Hour. The hotel will turn off all non-essential interior lighting and will use candlelights in restaurants.
“We will switch off air conditioners, without compromising on customers’ comfort. We expect to save 500 KW per hour in Ahmedabad and 25 lakh KW per hour globally,” said manager Mrinal Sarkar. More….
Know the Ahmedabad City
March 27, 2009Gujarat’s principal city is Ahmedabad (also known as Amdavad) and is one of the major industrial cities in India. Although it retains little evidence of the Raj, it has been called the `Manchester of the East’ due to its many textile industries and its smokestacks. Ahmedabad is also very noisy and incredibly polluted; Relief Rd (Tilak Rd) gets the author’s votes as one of the most polluted, congested and thoroughly chaotic strips of barely controlled mayhem in the country. It’s a real rat race and only on Sunday mornings is there any respite. Visitors in the hot season should bear in mind the derisive title given to Ahmedabad by the Moghul emperor, Jehangir: Gardabad, the City of Dust. Nevertheless, this comparatively little-visited city has a number of attractions for travellers, and is one of the best places to study the blend of Hindu and lslamic architectural styles known as the Indo-Saracenic. The new capital of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, is 32km from Ahmedabad.
History
Over the centuries Ahmedabad has had a, number of periods of grandeur, each followed by decline. It was founded in l411 by Ahmed Shah (from whom the city takes its name) and in the I7th century was thought to be one of the finest cities in lndia. In 1615, In the noted English ambassador, Sir Thomas Roe, judged it to be ‘a goodly city, as large as London’ but in the l8th century, it went through a period of decline. Its industrial strength once again raised the city up, and from 1915, it become famous as the site of Gandhi’s ashram and the place where he launched his celebrated march against the Salt Law. More….


