Friday, February 13, 2009

Piece of oldest Valentine story-It's in Chintamani.




Happy Valentine's Day.The oldest valentine story known is Ramayana.
The rocks used to build the bridge to Lanka is at Kodandarama Temple,Azad Chowka, in Chintamani.Believe it!The rocks are for public view during Ramanavami celebrations during the month of April.Unfortunately these rocks are not in the safe hands.It was kept in a small stinking tank and couple of rocks are now missing.It is embarassing to mention that in Chintamani some religious bodies and political parties protested the proposed demolition of the 'Ram sethu' and turning blind eye on precious historic thing  in close proximity. CC(Chintamani Calling) will take initiatives to bring this to the notice of concerned government department and protect this piece of Great Valentine story of Lord Ram and Sita.(The letters on the board is in kannada and the language used is Telugu,ofcourse not the typial Chintamani telugu). So, celebrating Valentine's Day at Chintamani gains significance and it is a safe heaven too.So Chintamaniacs, have fun.
Pictures by: Photo "Seen-a"

Friday, February 6, 2009

What's Fashion? Struggling for Ration.



It's not a Fashion high street!! But it’s the common people made to sit on the street waiting to collect the ration cards. This is a common sight at all ration card distribution centers. People sometimes have to taste the police cane treatment to get their ration card. Their struggle doesn’t end there; they have to stand in long queues and have to fight each other to get the limited grocery stocks available from the Fair price depot..Quite unfair isn’t it?   Its the same British formula-'divide and rule' that the government has adopted. Ration card is also the proof of ones existence and hence it is necessary to obtain it. The government has created a problem for a solution to the problem.