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Shakira To Sizzle Udaipur

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Yes, you have heard it right! The pop sensation, who rocked the whole world with her songs and of course, belly dance, none other than Shakira, will be performing in Udaipur. Unfortunately, this performance won’t be for the public, but, in occasion of the celebration of the 80th birthday of the real estate tycoon, Mr. K.P. Singh(CEO, DLF) The birthday has already been celebrated in August, but the celebration mood hasn’t come to a halt yet.

Reportedly, the three day celebrations have been planned from November 13-15 in Delhi, Gurgaon, and will be ending on 15th at our very own Udaipur. Different ‘Guess lists’ include the name of Shah Rukh Khan, Hritik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, and pop star Ricky Martin who might make it to Udaipur. This shall be a private party, with a limited guest list of about 500 in all, at Jagmandir.

Source: The Times of India,  Local Sources

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A Diwali from a different perspective

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Yesterday was the festival of lights, everybody was in a joyous and festive mood. The sound of crackers was audible right from the morning, which got amplified more than a million times in the evening. But suddenly, an insight forced me to think that there are children who remain devoid of these luxuries. This thought carried me to Bhupalpura, where I entered the building of Missionaries of Charity, popularly known as the Mother Teresa Ashram, to meet the kids and spend some time with them. But, to my soothing surprise, the children there were celebrating Diwali with crackers, smiling and enjoying. I felt really happy to see the smiles on each face. The nuns were really superb caretakers and guardians of the children, and were too celebrating the happiness with them. Hats off to their care and concern. I spent a little time there with the little friends, and took some pictures, which I felt is worth sharing with you all, as everyone views the brighter side, and very few from the other perspective. This was truly a Diwali apart from other Diwali celebrations for me.

On my way back, I thanked Mother Teresa for setting up this initiative to bring smiles on the needful faces, years ago, and was thinking that there are many other faces who are still needy of a savior, and of course, a smile. We all must desperately spare a moment from our busy schedules and think, and pray for the betterment of them, as they are too a part of our society. Let the mercy of the Almighty shower on them too. Personal thanks to my old friend Siddhartha Jain for accompanying me, and not to forget, heartiest Diwali Greetings to every reader of UdaipurBlog 🙂

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Health & Fashion

Get Gorgeous Tips for Roop Chaudas

Hey Udaipies! Heartiest greetings for the auspicious occasion of the Diwali Season. As we all know, today, the day before Diwali is celebrated as Roop Chaudas, or Roop Chaturdashi. Today is the day when Lord Krishna, along with his wife Satyabhama killed the devil Narkasur, and freed the people from his cruelity. Hence, this day is also known as Narak Chaturdashi. Anyways, this post is not about historical importance of the day, but concerned about the roop, shringaar for the Indian beauties. Ms. Paridhi Bansal shares few tips that can be easily followed in the Indian homes, and can prove really helpful to enhance your beauty. So ladies, kindly note down the tips that are being discussed here, or just bookmark this useful page for all time.

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Besan Paste:

This multipurpose magic flour can be found in every kitchen, and magically works on all skin types. All you need to do is use it along with some drops of honey, lemon and milk cream/milk powder. Make a paste of all these ingredients in rose water and use this as face pack. Quick dry in 20min and than rinse it off.

This will give you smooth, supple, clear and glowing skin.

Multani Mitti Pack:

For women who have oily skin, they just need to make a paste of multani mitti with rose water with a pinch of lemon juice. Apply on clean face and let it dry. Rinse with water after 15 minutes, and apply Vitamin-A moisturizer, and you are here with a charming face, even the mirror won’t miss a chance to stare you.

Wheat flour scrub:

Make a paste of wheat along with rose water + haldi (turmeric powder) + drops of lemon juice. Scrub for 7min. and wash it off. This will remove all the dead skin from your face and will give you smooth flawless skin.

Aloevera:

The all time favourite cotent from all the fairness creams and stuffs has more functionality in its raw form. Aloevera can be used time to time to make your skin shine.

Cut a fresh Aloe Leaf (if you don’t have it, get it plucked from your neighbourhood, it is widely available thoughout Udaipur ). Clean the outer layer with kitchen knife and apply this fresh gel on your face. Massage it slowly and gradually for 20 minutes. After massage let it dry for 10min and take a bath. After that, your skin will be more tight and shiny.

Oops! Sorry Ladies, this post cheated you. This wasn’t only a post for beauty tips only dedicated for women, but also for men. So the Handsome Hunks, all you need to do is either make efforts to enter the kitchen and do this stuff for the sake of a charming, glowing, smoother skin, or ask your Wife/Mom/Sister/Daughter to make a paste for you from the above given tips and use it successfully for according to your skin type. I’m pretty hopeful that the ladies won’t let you down, and thus, you could get yourself a better makeover that will attract everyone, and even you will get a much refreshing experience on this festive season.

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Three Day National Seminar IPMC 2011 began yesterday

The 27th National Convention of Electronics and Communication Engineers and National Seminar on IP Multimedia Communications (NC-IPMC) 2011 began yesterday at the Institution of Engineers (India) centre at Sec. 11, Udaipur. This is being organized by the Institution of Engineers (India), under the aegis of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Division Board in association with College of Technology and Engineering (CTAE), Techno India NJR Institute of Technology, Special Interest Groups-Wireless Networks (SIG-WN) and e-Agriculture, Computer Society of India (CSI), and with academic collaboration with the International Journal of Computer Applications (IJCA), Foundation of Computer Science, New York (USA) from 14th-16th Oct 2011.

In the inaugural ceremony of the conference, the welcome address was given by Dr. Y.C. Bhatt, where he welcomed all the eminent guests for their gracious presence at the IPMC-2011. Then, Dr. Dharm Singh informed about the National Convention.  He told that in total 91 papers were received for consideration and after reviews, 35 papers have been selected for the presentation in the conference. The presented papers will also be published with ICJA, USA.

Next to it, the guests of honor, as well as presiding chairman gave their thoughts about the importance of the conference, and role of student phase throughout one’s life. Later, Mr. P.N. Goswami gave a motivational speech, sharing his life experiences. After that, Prof. S.K. Mitra Memorial Lecture was given by Prof O.P.N. Calla. He emphasized on the use of microwaves, and explained its wide applications in many fields such as communication, industrial, medical, remote sensing, etc. Vote of thanks was given by Er. Syed Irshad Ali, later followed by sessions of paper presentations.

Given below is a glimpse of the event that took place yesterday. the conference will be continuing for 15th as well as 16th of October too.

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This Diwali, get your Favourite Cars at your Favourite Place

Surprised after reading the strange title? Yes this is absolutely true. This Diwali, TECHNOY MOTORS, a premier authorized showroom for Maruti Suzuki cars in Udaipur, is bringing its showroom at your favourite place: THE CELEBRATION MALL.

THE DIWALI MOTO FEST 2011, as they call it, is going to be an awesome plan for the spending this weekend. This Sunday, 16th of October at Celebration Mall, right from 10 o’clock in the morning till the complete evening, there will be latest cars by Maruti Suzuki on display, Maruti Special Diwali offers, lots of fun, games, and other stuffs which you can enjoy with your family, and win prizes, which will be hosted by famous Anchor.

You can get a test drive of their favourite Maruti vehicle, and can enquire about the prices, hot deals, and exclusive offers on each Maruti Car, alongwith Maruti Special Diwali Scratch and Win Offers. You can also get an evaluation done for your old cars, if you are planning to take a benefit of the Exchange offer.

Not only this, on-the-spot bookings on the day will be rewarded with special PVR Gift Cards. So what are you waiting for Udaipies? This weekend, come for happiness at Celebration Mall, and also bring home a Maruti Suzuki on the occasion of Diwali, with loads of happiness and gift items.

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Birthday Greetings to Mr. Gulab Chand Kataria

Mr. Gulab Chand Kataria needs no introduction to anyone in Udaipur, as well as outside Udaipur. A former Home minister in Government of Rajasthan, he is a senior leader of BJP and is also a member of central working committee of the party. He resides in our own Udaipur, and has represented it in 9th Lok Sabha.

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Mr. Gulab Chand Kataria

He was born on 13th Oct 1944 at Delwara Village near Udaipur City. Today, on 13th of October 2011, he celebrates his 67th Birthday.

As we all know, Mr. Mohan Lal Sukhadia (ex- Chief Minister, Rajasthan) saw a dream that the lakes of Udaipur shall always remain full throughout the year, it was Mr. Kataria who struggled for the project and got it completed. Yet this down-to-earth visionary gives all the credit to Mr. Sukhadia for the entire Devas project, even sometimes going against the party guidelines. He has done many social and development works for our beautiful city of lakes.

His program for today will begin with Rudra Abhishek at the Triyambakeshwar Mahadev Mandir, Machla Magra, Sector 11 at about 7:30 AM.Then, he will be participating at a function in the party office, which will be followed by tree plantation programme, where he will be planting trees on occasion of his birthday, and later he will also take part in a blood donation camp at Seva Mandir.

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In a small discussion with Mr. Bhagwan Lal Sharma, Secretary, Triyambakeshwar Mahadev Mandir, we were informed that Mr. Kataria is a great follower of Lord Shiva, and has been worshipping at the temple from more than 25 years, whose foundation too was laid by Mr. Gulab Chand Kataria. Every year, on occasion of his birthday, he performs the Rudrabhishek ceremony of Lord Shiva, worships Lord Shiva before going anywhere on the day of elections, as well as attends all the functions of the temple, such as Shivratri, Janmashtmi, etc alongwith his colony mates.

 

The entire Team of UdaipurBlog wishes him a very happy birthday. May his great ideas be a guiding path for those who want to contribute their life for the development as well as also be a role model for upliftment of Udaipur in every possible case, just as he himself did.

Here are a few facts about Mr. Gulab Chand Kataria. (Source: Wikipedia)

Positions Held

  • 1980 – 1981 Member, Estimates Committee, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
  • 1981 – 1985 Member, Estimates Committee (A), Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
  • 19/01/1990 Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table, Lok Sabha
  • 1990 Member, Committee on Agriculture, Lok Sabha
  • 13/12/1993 – 30/11/1998 Minister, Primary & Secondary Education, Bhasha, Govt. of Rajasthan
  • 13/12/1993 – 05/07/1998 Minister, Sanskrit Shiksha, Lingual Minority, Language Dept. (Bhasha Vibhag), Devasthan, Govt. of Rajasthan
  • 1999 – 2000 Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
  • 1999 – 2000 Member, House Committee, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
  • 24/08/2002 to 04/12/2003 Leader of the Opposition, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
  • 08/01/2004 to 31/05/2004 Minister, PWD & Home, Govt. of Rajasthan
  • 31/05/2004 to 31/12/08 Minister, Home Deptt., Govt. of Rajasthan

Memberships of Legislature

  • 1977 – 1980 Member, 6th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
  • 1980 – 1985 Member, 7th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
  • 1989 – 1991 Member, 9th Lok Sabha
  • 1993 – 1998 Member, 10th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
  • 1998 – 2003 Member, 11th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
  • 2003 – 2008 Member, 12th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
  • 2008 – Cont. Member, 13th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

Party Posts Held

  • 1977 – 1980 Vice President & General Secretary, Janta Yuva Morcha
  • 1980 – 1985 Secretary, Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), Rajasthan
  • 1986 – 1993 General Secretary, BJP, Rajasthan
  • 27/05/1999 – 19/06/2000 President, BJP, Rajasthan
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[Pictures] Farewell to the Goddess with Invitation for the Next Year

Vijaya Dashmi is the tenth day from Navratri Sthapna. It is symbolized as the victory of good over evil, as Dusshera, when Ram won over Ravan and freed Seeta from Lanka. This day is also celebrated for Goddess Durga, who is worshipped during these nine days, is given a grand farewell by the devotees. Every year all the devotees of Goddess Durga become a part of grand procession, and with great enthusiasm, endeavor and devotion, the idols of the Goddess are immersed in water bodies.

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It is believed that during Navratri, Goddess Durga and her kids visit us, at her home, or Maayka from her in-law home place (Sasural), and goes back from our world to her Sasural on the 10th day. Hence on the 10th day, the procession is similar to any farewell celebrations which happen after all marriages. After the deity is immersed, people wish each other with the greetings of Vijaya Dashmi, and return to their homes.

This year, I became a part of the Vijaya Dashmi celebration at Bengali Kalibadi Society, Hiran Magri Sec. 4. I could see crowd gathering and everyone preparing for the farewell to the Goddess.Women were beautifully dressed in traditional white Sarees with red borders.  The ceremony was started by a ritual called Darpan Visarjan, followed by Sindur Khela, a ceremony only for women where they worship Goddess Durga, and then play with Sindoor. After that, the idols were loaded onto a truck, and the entire procession followed shouting slogans, with Dhols, Nagaadas, and huge amount of fireworks. Slowly and slowly the procession reached Swaroop Sagar, where keeping in mind the eco-friendly tradition,  the non-biodegradable/plastic items were stripped off the idols, and with full devotion the deity was immersed into water, with an invitation to shower the blessings on us and come again in the next year.

Check out the pictures of the event, captured by (in alphabetical order) Aniket John, Gaurav Bhattacharya, Mujtaba RG, Prasun Bannerjee, and Sanjay Das.

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Dusshera: Victory over the Evil symbolized at Gandhi Ground

The victory of good over evil was again symbolized at Gandhi Ground yesterday, where a huge crowd gathered in the evening to celebrate the moment. There were processions and events from the afternoon, which concluded with the entry of Ram, played by Mr. Vijay Kasturi, Lakshman played by Amit Khathuria, and Hanuman played by Kishor Lalwani entered the ground.

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The structures were standing tall at about 60 feet. There was a lot of effort done on the preparations. After the Tilak of Ram, the scene came into action with fireworks, and Hanuman set the Golden Lanka on Fire. Following this moment, Ram set the structures of Ravan, Meghnad, and Kumbhkaran on fire, with his fiery arrow. The awesome fireworks wowed the entire crowd present at the moment. The Chief guests present at the ceremony were Mrs. Rajni Dangi, Mr. Gulabchand Kataria, Dr. Girija Vyas, Mr. Raghuveer Meena, Mrs. Kiran Maheshwari, etc.

Ravan was burnt, but we all still have many evils around us, such as crime, illiteracy, poverty, etc, most prominent among them being corruption. With the burning Ravan, which symbolizes the evil, we just hope that the “trending” Ravans among us burn away from our society.

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[Pictures] Nine days of Navratri Finally Concluded with Zeal

Navratri means nine days of full fun, frolic, devotion, as well as enthusiasm. This year during Navratri, one had many options for enjoying the same with friends, family, or even alone. First of all, the rocking environment of Garba, or Dandiya shall not be forgotten. Huge populations have poured in huge amount of money for arranging passes and getting inside for enjoying the Garba. Here are few photographs of the Our Real Estate Dandiya Raas 2011 event by Mujtaba RG

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Other than the Garba, there was also the Durga Puja Celebration held by Bengali communities over different places in Udaipur. Devotees of Goddess Durga celebrated the Durga-ashtami on the 8th day of Navratri, majority of devotees observed fasts. The Bengalis worshipped the Goddess Durga at the Sandhi Puja with 108 lotus flowers and 108 lamps at late night, which is the Sandhi, or the joining period of the going 8th day, and the coming 9th day. The photos below show few of the rituals such as Sandhi Puja, Dhunuchi dance, etc. The Dhunuchi is a clay pot filled with burning incense; devotees of the Goddess Durga dance with these – hop across to the nearest Durga Puja pandal this evening, it’s breathtaking, and too much of fun as well. Photos are shot by Gaurav Bhattacharya, Mujtaba RG, and Prasun Bannerjee 😀

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Dusshera Preparations in Full Swing

Today is the last day of Navratri, and tomorrow is the day of Dusshera, or Vijaya Dashmi, which denotes the victory of Good over Evil.

Every year, the entire Udaipur gathers at the Bhandari Darshak Mandap, popularly known as Gandhi Ground for witnessing the spectacular Ramleela. Preparations for the same are in a full swing; gigantic structures for Ravan, Meghnad and Kumbhkaran have been created, and soon will be a centre of attraction for tomorrow’s celebration. When Team UdaipurBlog reached the venue, there were the structures, waiting to be erected.

Here are the photographs from Gandhi Ground, clicked by Gaurav Bhattacharya. Do have a look and share your views. 🙂

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