Friday, May 31, 2024
ಬೇಕಿದ್ದು ಕೇಳಿ; ಬೇಡದ್ದು ಬಿಟ್ಟುಬಿಡಿ
Friday, March 29, 2024
Walk of Fame and Pantages Theatre
The city of Los Angeles is often referred to as the "Entertainment Capital of the World". This term is also used for Las Vegas for the reason of the variety of entertainment available there, including luxurious and large casino-hotels. Los Angeles is a older city and official history dates back to the year 1781, though native inhabitants have been living here since much before. Las Vegas was founded in 1905 and is a relatively new city. Los Angeles is the city known for movie production at its Hollywood area. The movie industry in Hollywood is now over a century old and its many famous studios have been cradle of development of the film industry. Universal, Paramount, Walt Disney, MGM, 20th Century Fox, Sony and other major film studios were instruments for the growth of the movie industry and thereby providing entertainment all over the world.
Growth of movie industry in different parts of the world over the last few decades notwithstanding, Hollywood continues to be a great centre for movie making. Ramoji Film City near Hyderabad, India, is considered as the biggest film making facility in the world nowadays. Mumbai and Chennai have been big film producing centres for several decades. Mumbai's film system, popularly known as Bollywood, produces nearly double the number of movies produced in the USA. The total number of movies produced in India, all languages put together, nears 3000 in most years!
The growth in the movie industry has been possible due to the contributions of many people over the years. Producers, directors, technicians, film stars and assistant production staff have all made their contributions. As in any other industry, contributions of some people stand out among all the innumerable contributors. The world has many ways of recognising major contributors in all walks of life. Hollywood too has its own methods. The annual Academy Awards, popularly known as Oscars, is one of them.
Pantages Theatre stands on Hollywood Boulevard. It is a landmark in Hollywood and was the location for the Academy Awards (Oscars) ceremony for some ten years. Alexander Pantages was the creator of many theatres in westren part of USA and Canada. This theatre carries his name as Pantages theatre and is said to be his last theatre. It was made ready and opened on 4th June, 1930. It will be celebrating its centenary year in six years. The theatre ownership has changed many hands over the years. Its uses also have been varied over the years; as a stage show theatre, movie theatre, venue for oscar awards etc. Since 1977 it is used exclusively for stage shows presenting different shows including pop shows and Broadway musicals.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
ಡಾ. ವಸಂತ ಕವಲಿ - ಒಂದು ನೆನಪು
ಖ್ಯಾತ ಶಿಲಾಶಾಸನ (ಎಪಿಗ್ರಾಫಿಸ್ಟ್ ) ಮತ್ತು ಇತಿಹಾಸ ತಜ್ಞೆ ಡಾ. ವಸುಂಧರಾ ಕವಲಿ-ಫಿಯೋಜಟ್ ವಸಂತ ಕವಲಿಯವರ ತಂಗಿ. ಅವರ ಫ್ರೆಂಚ್ ಪತಿ ಪಿಯಾ ಸೆಲ್ವ ಫಿಯೋಜಟ್ ( Dr Pierre Sylvan Filliozat) ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ ವಿದ್ವಾಂಸರು. ದಂಪತಿಗಳಿಬ್ಬರೂ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಮತ್ತು ಭಾರತ ಸರ್ಕಾರಗಳಿಂದ ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಗೌರವಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟವರು. ಅನೇಕ ಸಂಘ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳಿಂದ ಪ್ರತಿ ವರ್ಷ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿಗಳನ್ನೂ ಗೌರವಗಳನ್ನೂ ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಲೇ ಇರುವವರು. ಫಿಯೋಜಟ್ ಅವರಿಗೆ "ಮಹಾಮಹೋಪಾಧ್ಯಾಯ" ಎನ್ನುವ ಗೌರವವೂ ಸಂದಿದೆ. ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸ್ ದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರತಿ ವರುಷ "ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ ದಿನ" ಆಚರಿಸುವುದು ಇವರದೊಂದು ಹೆಗ್ಗಳಿಕೆ. ಅಪಾರ ಗ್ರಂಥ ರಾಶಿಯನ್ನು ಈ ದಂಪತಿಗಳು ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಜಗತ್ತಿಗೆ ನೀಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ವಿದ್ಯಾರಣ್ಯ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ, ಇತಿಹಾಸ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಶ್ರೀ, ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಕಲಾ ಪ್ರವರ್ತಕ ಮೊದಲಾದವು ಇವರಿಗೆ ಸಂದ ಕೆಲವು ಗೌರವಗಳು.
Monday, March 4, 2024
ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಮತ್ತು ಜೂಜಿನ ಹಾಡುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಸ್ಯ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
ಕೆರೆಯ ಪದ್ಮರಸನ "ದೀಕ್ಷಾಬೋಧೆ"
Monday, February 26, 2024
Ancient View On Types Of Plants
- Herbs are short-sized plants. Their stems are soft, delicate and can be easily bent. They have a short life cycle and usually live for one or two years. They have few branches or do not have branches.
- Shrubs are medium-sized plants. They grow taller than herbs but shorter than trees. They have hard and woody stems with branches. The stems can be bent easily and have relatively longer life span than herbs.
- Trees are longest living plant types and grow tall with many branches, with some exceptions like coconut and palm trees which have no branches. They have strong trunks and provide valuable wood for many uses like making furniture and used in building constructions.
- Climbers have thin, long and weak stems which cannot stand upright on their own. But they can grow vertically with external support and bear their own weight.
- Creepers are plants that stay on the ground, spread out and grow. They have thin, long and very fragile stems and cannot bear their own weight.
- Oshadi (ओषधिः): These are plants that die after delivering their next generation. Examples are Paddy, Ragi, Wheat, Banana etc. The interesting thing about this classification is that the life of plant ends with the birth of next generation!
- Vanaspati (वनस्पति): These are plants and trees that give out fruits without flowering. Usually flowering precedes fruit bearing. But in the case of Vanaspati, the plants give fruits directly without flowering. Example is Pippala or Bodhi or Peepul tree or Sacred Fig (Aswatha).
- Lataa (लता): These are creepers and is the same as creepers referred above. They cannot stand erect on their own but can grow upwards with support of others like trees, pillars etc.
- Druma (द्रुम): These are plants or trees that first flower and then give fruits. There are many such trees with best examples being Mango, Jackfruit etc. Most of the fruit yeilding trees are in this category.
- Virudha (विरुधः): This is same as Shrubs mentioned above. They grow up to three or four feet, have many branches with soft stems and can be easily bent.
- Twaksaara (त्वक् सार): These are plants which have their strength only in the outer shell, but do not have anything inside them. Best example is the Bamboo family. Twak means skin. Saara means essence. Inside portion is hallow and the strength of the plant is in its outer shell or skin.



