Heartiest greetings on the colourful occasion of Holi. We all know the importance of Holi as well as the story behind celebrating Holi as well as Holika Dehen. It dates back to very ancient history and mythology when king Hiranyakashayp ordered his son Prahlad to be burnt who was a devotee of Lord Vishnu. Hiranyakashyap’s sister Holika consented to accompany Prahlad in the fire as she had a blessing that no fire could ever burn her so as to ensure his demise.  Holika sat on pyre with Prahalad. Read more [...]

It is indeed a very happy moment for the whole Udaipur to know that one of us,an active Udaipie, and a great talent,  Mr. Yogi Sachdev is now featuring on television too in a show called Chand Chhupa Baadal Mein. Passed his 12th from Alok senior secondary school Yogi Udaipur is a fascinating actor and is proving his talent in front of whole world. He is president of well known group of youngsters of Udaipur named "The Yuvaz" which is a social cum entertainment group. With his 10 other group Read more [...]

30 students of the CBSE 12th COMMERCE had to suffer due to carelessness of the invigilator, when the question paper for writing the exam was provided to them 25 minutes late, and taken back on due time without providing any extra time. This incident happened at the St. Mary’s Convent School, Fatehpura on 3rd March. This school was allotted as the examination centre to students of St. Anthony’s School. The commerce students were gathered to write their 1st examination of Business Studies. Read more [...]

To unite all the ignited minds of all engineers all over Udaipur, Geetanjali Institute Of Technical Studies, popularly known us GITS is organising a grand Techfest called Technoholix. Technoholix started as an intra college event held in year 2008. Last session Technoholix went big, inviting participation from engineering colleges all over Udaipur with an endeavor to bring spirit of knowledge, culture and festivity. This is a National Level Inter College technical symposium being conducted Read more [...]

Yeah it is indeed the 1st of Feb, lots of new plans for the upcoming month, for the near approaching exams, the season of marriages, Basant Panchmi, of course not to forget the Valentine’s Day, and lots more. After all, “khush hai zamaana aaj pehli taareekh hai” But not to forget the previous month, the beginner of the New Year, which filled the welcome of 2011 with many reasons of happiness and pride, as well as many mixed feelings for the entire Udaipur, and the Udaipies as well.l Lets Read more [...]

How we reached so far: from Independent to a Republic country The foundation of independence laid before 150 years in 1857, which is described as First war of Independence got success after 100 long years of struggle and on 15th August 1947 when a new democratic country which has taken over the attention of the world with it's principles of non-violence and peace. India obtained its independence but did not yet have a permanent constitution; instead, its laws were based on the modified Read more [...]

"Experiments and Explorations" was a 5 day theatre workshop at Shikshantar with one guiding theme: "The audience”. We explored different means of audience participation, and discussed the many ways in which the theatre can interact with its public. The workshop consisted of exercises, games and creation techniques- looking at the links between theatre with the visual arts, music, dance and street performances. The objective was not only to explore the art form of the theatre, but to try and understand Read more [...]

Makar Sankranthi, or Sankranti is a popular Indian festival. It is celebrated in many parts of the country and also in some other parts of the world with great zeal and enthusiasm. It is a harvest festival which is basically celebrated in the Hindu communities. In Indian, the states of Bihar, Bengal, Punjab, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu celebrate the festival with great fervor and gusto.In Tamil Nadu the festival is known as Pongal, in Assam as BhogaliBihu, in Punjab, as Read more [...]

THE SWAPATHGAMI CYCLE YATRA LEFT UDAIPUR ON JAN 9, 2011. They will return on the 13th. There were 17 yatris from Rajasthan, MP, Maharashtra, Delhi, Mysore, Gujarat, UP. Many were students of Swaraj University. Several yatris dressed up as animals such as polar bear, penguin, tiger, elephant, etc to raise attention to the global warming and climate change issues. The yatra was organized by Shikshantar. For those who are new to the cycle yatra idea, it is a weeklong cycle trip into rural Rajasthan. Read more [...]

The count down begins for the week long grand youth festival happening first time in the city of Lakes. With just three days left the spectacular event will witness vibrant colors of Rajasthan with cultural events, folk dances and other colorful events bringing in light the theme of the event for 2011 which is 'Sabse Pehle Bharat ' . The Jointly organized event by Government of India and Government of Rajasthan will witness the participation of 5000 participants across 35 states and union Read more [...]