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26 June is International Day against drug abuse and Illicit Trafficking- Know how its related to our city!

Today is International Day against drug abuse and Illicit Trafficking, the whole of the nation is talking about it. Let us have a close look at its adverse effects on our people.

The celebration of International Day against drug abuse has a special significance in Udaipur.  Opium is grown in parts of Mewar and neighboring state of Madhya Pradesh. It is reported that its products are easily available in Lake city and are bought at an extremely high price. By foreign tourists, especially in the areas close to Lake Pichola. Those engaged in this business fall victims to addiction and in turn when they do not have adequate money to buy drugs, they are involved in undesirable activities.

With its determination to strengthen action and co-operation to achieve the goal of a world society free of drug abuse, the UNO General Assembly decided to observe June 26 as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking by a resolution of 7 December 1989. The resolution recommended further action with regard to the report and conclusions of the 1987 International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The end of the first century of drug control coincided with the closing of the General Assembly Special Session on Drugs. These anniversaries stimulated reflecting on the effectiveness and limitations of the drug policy. The review resulted in the reaffirmation that illicit drugs continue to pose a health danger to humanity. That is why drugs are and should remain controlled. With this sanction in mind, member states confirmed unequivocal support for the UN Conventions that have established the world drug control system.

Mewar and Opium

Former Professor and Dean, MLSU Dr. P.S. Ranawat says that Mewar was an important grower and exporter of opium, mainly to China. It was consumed mainly for its medicinal effects. Maharana Fateh Singh banned its uncontrolled cultivation and consumption in Mewar through his order of 1913 so as to curb the reappearance of the addiction of opium amongst the public. It is still grown under Union Govt. supervision and collected and distributed by the Narcotics Commissioner for medicinal use.

Source: THE HANS INDIA

According to Dr. Ashish Ameta, drinking may cause cancer of the mouth, throat, and food pipe and mental disorders. It may adversely affect heartbeat, blood pressure and muscles of the heart. Ulcers in the stomach may result in death, these are some other ill effects of consumption of wine. Lungs and the respiratory system are likely to suffer as a result of drinking and smoking. The indirect effect on kidney may cause excessive urination. Other ill effects of drinking include insomnia, increase in weight and weakening of muscles. In males, the sperm count goes down whereas in females there is a danger of breast cancer.

So, in the opinion of Ameta, one has to keep away from drinking to be free from all these problems. He adds that as per the report of Alcohol and Drug Information Centre, out of 1,38,000 deaths due to road accidents, 40% are caused by drivers who are drunk. Drinking might make a man violent that might result in serious crimes.

According to eminent psychiatrist Dr. D.M. Mathur, the family of the addict can play an important role in preventing and curing addiction. The common symptoms to be observed include a sudden change in behavior such as frequent changes in mood, irritation etc. Keeping away from one’s family and friends, carelessness about one’s appearance, losing interest in activities such as hobbies, games and other things, change in sleeping habits- waking at night and sleeping during the day, redness in eyes, and frequent bouts of cold and cough. Mathur feels that early detection of the malady, prevention, and proactive measures can save a lot of suffering of the addicted person as well as his family.

Dr. P.C. Jain who has been running a free Nasha Nivaran Kendra for over two decades feels that addiction can be easily cured if the person is determined to give up his habit and takes regular treatment. He should tell his family, friends, and neighbors that he has decided to get rid of the habit. He should give up the company of those who are addicts and encourage others to do so. It is advisable not to keep drinks or drug at home. Physical exercise, yoga, mental rest and meditation help a lot. Keeping a diary and noting in it whenever one deviates from one’s promise not to take drugs helps a lot. Rewarding oneself for not taking drugs for quite some time is also useful. It is better to keep oneself busy so that there is no time to think about the addiction. To keep reminding oneself about the fate of the family in case one passes away due to the addiction is yet another effective measure to keep away from this deadly habit.

The concerted efforts of the govt. and several other agencies in Lake City to root out various forms of addiction, it seems, would go a long way in creating a healthy atmosphere.

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World Voluntary Blood Donation in Udaipur  

Source: Awareness Days

Yesterday was the World Blood Donor Day (14 June 2018).

Kudos to Udaipurites for getting together to help their brother in a highly adverse situation. Recently, there was a crisis in the Blood bank of MB Hospital, Udaipur when the stock of blood came down to 77 units of blood including the 11 units that had been donated by the relatives and acquaintances of the patients. The 66 unit blood was of A+, B+, O+ and AB+ groups. 30 units were ready while 36 units were untested. This caused a big risk for those seriously injured in road accidents, complicated surgery, and blood deficiency cases. According to doctors, the situation was so bad that blood was procurement daily from places such as Bhilwara and Mount Abu. The hospital administration issued an alert to doctors that they should inform the patients that in case of an emergency, blood had to be procured by themselves.

Source: RemediumOne

Then the city woke up in response to a call by a local newspaper (Dainik Bhaskar) and organization such as Arjun Bagh, Samutkarsh Samiti, Bajrang Sena, Secure Meter, Mahesh Sewa Sansthan, Badi Sadri, Jain Mitra Mandal, Udaipur cement works for voluntary blood donation. ‘Raktadaan Jeevandaan camps were organized at several places and over 550 units of blood was collected in a short time. Then there was no need to get it from other places and it was possible to meet the daily demands of children Hospital (15 units) 240 registered thalassemia patients were (10-15 units, neurosurgery patients (10-15 units) patients in emergency (10-15 units) gynecology patients (8-10 units) and other patients (5 units). It had become difficult to meet the daily demand of 55 to 60 units, an adequate number of blood donors were not coming to the camps due to vacations in schools and colleges. Before this 50-60 units were being donated every day.

According to specialists, a healthy person can donate blood once in three months without feeling weak or any other physical problem. The donor should be in the 18-60 year age group and weight over 45 kg. He should not be a patient of serious diseases such as HIV AIDS, TB, Skin disease, Jaundice, Malaria or diabetes. His hemoglobin level should be not below 12.5 grams. He should not have had tattoo within the last one month.

Kappu- who has a world record in donating blood

According to Ravindra Pal Singh Kappu, who has set a record by donating blood over 81 times, blood donation saves lacs of human lives every year. Blood donation is the only means of securing this precious fluid that cannot be made through any process known so far. Social and religious organizations can do a lot in blood collection by enthusing their members to take part in this humanitarian activity at regular intervals. The youth can play an important role in ameliorating the pain of human being by donating blood in govt. or private blood banks in their neighborhood. It has several advantages. It keeps the level of iron normal and thus also helps in reducing the weight of the body. The biggest advantage, perhaps, is the feeling of satisfaction of doing something for the benefit of others.

According to Dr. Ramesh Joshi, Fr. Superintendent MB Hospital, Udaipur, the body contains 5-liter blood on average. The hemoglobin level should be between 12 and 16 grams. If it comes down to 2 to 2.5 grams, it is dangerous. This generally happens in cases of serious accidents. In addition to carrying oxygen and carbon dioxide to different parts of the body, blood also takes nutritive elements of the food to different organs. It also circulates the hormones secreted by different glands. Urea, cretatin, uric acids etc. are taken to the kidney by it and then expelled out of the body. The medicines taken by a patient are also carried by it. Doctors advise us to take food that contains folic acid, protein, vitamins etc. regulates to increase blood in our body. Some rich sources of these are Spinach, apple, green leafy vegetables, aamla, sprouted cereals, eggs, fish, etc. according to Dr. Sanjay Prakash, HOD transfusion medicine, seriology tests take about four hours to see whether the blood has infections like HIV, Hepatitis – A, B, Malaria etc. It takes about one hour for blood transfusion. So the blood donors, relatives, and friends are asked to reach the bank a couple of hours before.

According to Shyam Singhvi, Founder, Saral Blood bank in Udaipur the requirement of blood ranger is roughly from 20,000 to 25,000 units, out of which about 18,000 to 20,000 units are collected from volunteers. Other sources include relations, neighbors, and friends of the patients. About 90% of the requirement is met easily. And for the remaining amount, emergency calls are made to 150 to 200 donors. It can be said that nobody dies due to the paucity of blood in Lake City.

According to Dr. Chandra Mathur, former HOD, Pathology and Transfusion Medicine, RNT Medical College, Udaipur, it is heartening to see that Lake City people are becoming aware of the need of voluntary blood donation. Religious and spiritual organization such as Muslim Mahasabha, Jain World and Sikh Samaj Yuva and social organizations are also organizing camps where their members and others donate blood in large number. Recently, 400-500 unit blood was collected on Mahaveer Jayanti. People like Ravindrapal Singh Kappu, who has been honored at national and international level, chip in by creating awareness about blood donation by distributing 25000 color posters and booklet on blood donation. Dr. Mathur suggests that by making donation compulsory for getting driving license, Voter, identity card, Pan card, Aadhar card, etc. A larger number of people could be involved. Information about blood donation should also form a part of the school and college syllabuses.

 

Udaipurites are fully conscious of the problems related to blood donation in the city. It is evident from the fact that recently a group of blood donors presented a memorandum to the district collector to be forwarded to the CM. Uneducated villages are still being cheated by agents. In a large number of cases, the relatives of the patients are found to be ineligible as they are malnourished with low hemoglobin level. The demands of the group included the scrapping of blood donor card system and supply blood to all the needy persons.

When needed help of all the organizations should be taken privation of blood banks should be stopped. For the sake of transparency, the availability of blood in all the blood banks of the state should be made available online. No charges should be taken for blood transfusion products and tests. Storage capacity of govt. blood banks should be increased. Blood banks of private hospitals should take blood from other blood banks.   

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Respect Your City Because It’s Your Udaipur!

Udaipur is flooded with natural and scenic places and some are still unexplored. A great number of tourists flock to the City of Lakes as they have seen immensely alluring pictures of these places in our city on the internet. It is our duty to keep these places like in photographs.

Udaipur is a beautiful place, right? We, on a daily basis, promote our city- boast about the city- talk about the laurels of the city and think that we do a lot for our homeland. And that’s true! People are doing a lot for the city like spray painting nuisance on the walls around the city and spoiling the public places, littering where ever they wish to and the list goes on.

Respect Your City Because It’s Your Udaipur!
Source: Gajendra Kumawat

Exploring the city isn’t bad. Coming up with beautiful places inside the city and letting your mates know is also not bad after all places are meant to be explored. But why aren’t we just exploring them? Why are we making them places of drinking liquor or messing around with the natural beauty?

People of the city, our beautiful Udaipur, are making it rot! Where ever you go you can find bottles of alcohol or packets of chips and snacks. If not these you can find messages like “I love you…”, “Happy Birthday…”, some random group name on the rocks or walls and so on. But why?

Badi Hill spoilt by some people

Have we ever thought that by doing all this we aren’t getting any better? The city isn’t getting any better. It is just GETTING SPOILT!

Travel and explore the hidden places, this makes you learn and experience a lot about the city and as well about life and nature. Respect Your City Because It’s Your Udaipur.

Also, if you find someone doing something wrong and nonsensical at these beautiful spots, tell them to stop! It is our city and it is our responsibility to keep it clean and healthy!

I hope you all agree to this and adhere to the responsibility of cleaning and keeping the natural beauty of Udaipur intact.

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Is Miniature Art in Udaipur Dying?

Is Miniature Art in Udaipur Dying_
Is Miniature Art in Udaipur Dying_

The indigenous art forms are the soul of any place. They make up the city’s beauty in the same manner as the landscape does. Udaipur is indeed quite beautiful with the landscape part and also has a lot of artforms coexisting beneath the layers of modernization and technology. Well, there are many art forms such as handcrafted wooden toys, zinc artifacts, and others. Paintings take up a bigger portion of the art of the city and are one of the things not to be missed.

Mewar (Udaipur) is famous for its paintings. Miniature art is one such artform that is quite popular in the subcontinent and is aboriginal to Udaipur.

There are hundreds of miniature painting artists in the old city of Udaipur who are making their living by selling these arts to locals, foreigner and to bigger retailers.

I happened to come across one such artist who is painting miniatures since ages and makes his living through his art. The meager amount of money and newer generations not opting to learn the art is making this art of Miniature paintings drift into oblivion.

Let’s hear it from him- Is Miniature Art in Udaipur Dying?

(earphones recommended)

 

What are thoughts about the same? Do you also think that the artists are not valued much and hence are losing their art in the hands of inflation?

Share your inputs/queries at fouzia@udaipurblog.com

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Today is World’s No Tobacco Day | Read The Initiative of World’s Health Organization

world no tobacco day
world no tobacco day

World’s No Tobacco Day is celebrated all over the world on May 31st every year. This year the theme is ‘Tobacco and Heart diseases’. The aim is to increase public awareness on the link between the use of tobacco and heart and other cardiovascular diseases that include stroke which combined are the world’s leading causes of death. Emphasis is to be laid on the feasible actions and measures that key audiences including government and the public can take to reduce the risk to heart health posed by the use of tobacco.

This year the event coincides with the range of global initiatives and opportunities aimed at adverting the fast increasing use of tobacco and its effect on public health, particularly in causing the death and suffering of millions of people all over the world. These actions include the ‘WHO- supported global heart and resolve’ initiatives that aim to reduce cardiovascular disease deaths and improve care and the third United general assembly high-level meeting on the prevention and control NCD’s being held this year.

The goals of the campaign this year include increasing awareness within the broader public on the impact of the use of tobacco and the exposure to second-hand smoke on cardiovascular health and to provide opportunities for the public, governments, and others to make commitments to promote heart health by protecting people from use of tobacco products.

Source: health24

Monitoring tobacco use and implementation of prevention policies are needed. People can be protected from exposure to tobacco smoke by the creation of completely smoke-free indoor public places, workplaces, and public transport. For giving up the use of tobacco facilities such as cost covered, population-wide support, including advice by health-care providers and national toll-free lines. Tobacco users have to be warned about the dangers of tobacco use by implementing plain/standardize packaging, and/or large graphic health warnings on all tobacco packages and implementing effective anti-tobacco mass media campaigns. Comprehensive bans have to be imposed on tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship. Taxes on tobacco products have to be raised to make them less affordable.

The harmful effects of the use of tobacco are highly alarming. Cardiovascular diseases kill more people every year than any other diseases and about 12% of all heart disease death are due to the use of tobacco and second-hand smoke exposure. Tobacco use is the second main cause of heart diseases after high blood pressure. A shocking report of Global Adult Tobacco Survey of India reveals that in homes 52% young persons are affected by secondary or passive smoking that is smoking by others. Researchers have found that in the homes where adults smoke in the presence of children, the latter suffers from the diseases such as ear infection, asthma, pneumonia, chest trouble, skin and throat related problems, underweight, etc.

Whatever may be the reason for starting smoking – to distress, to show off or to pass time – the effects are manifold. Smoking affects the nerves and mental system. It causes worry, uneasiness, restlessness, headache, etc. it is the cause of several breathing problems as it affects the lungs adversely.

Source: guardian.ng

According to experts, there are several ways that decrease the desire to smoke such as the use of milk products, potato chips, fried walnuts, almonds, and dates. Vegetables and fruits such as carrots, brinjal, lemon, orange, and strawberry also help.

Members of the family and friends can help a lot in giving up smoking. It is always better for a person to let others know that he has decided not to smoke as they can remind him of his resolve. Cigarettes, ‘bidies’, etc. should be kept out of his reach. The company of other smokers is to be avoided at all cost.

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Today is International Day for Biological Diversity | Know about Mewar Biodiversity Park Udaipur

With the aim of creating awareness about the importance of preservation of biodiversity among the public, Biodiversity day is celebrated on 22nd May every year. In the year 1992, Earth Conference was organized in Rio De Janeiro in Brazil and a policy for conservation of biodiversity was framed that is being followed by 193-member countries of the world. India has been following it since 18th February 1994.

Source: scientificworld.com

Biodiversity means the diversity that exists in different forms of life in the universe and includes all forms – man, animals, and plants. In other words, it consists of all sorts of plants and trees (vegetation) wildlife, pet animals, and birds, bacteria etc.

The main reasons for the need of conservation of biodiversity include the right of all the species to survive. Every species givers products that no other can. India is one of the 17 countries – Brazil, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, United States, Venezuela that are known for their biodiversity. In spite of its uncommon climate, Rajasthan is a rich state so far as biodiversity is concerned. The province has been divided into arid and semi-arid zones by the Aravalli ranges. At present Rajasthan has three national parks, twenty-five wildlife sanctuaries and ten conservation reserves. Where all ecological systems and the animals and plants that inhabit them are being protected.

Outside the protected forest areas rich biodiversity areas have been converted into medicinal plants areas. Gochar, Oran, Ban, Kho, lakes and water bodies, pastures and agriculture land are other treasures of biodiversity.

For the poor the biodiversity is extremely important as it provides basic necessities such as nutrition, clothes, energy, building wood, houses shelter. The position of biodiversity in India and Rajasthan is respectively- flora (45000 and 2500) birds (1200 and 450) mammals (350 and 67) reptiles (453 and 58) and amphibians (182 and 40).

Udaipur, the city of lakes, is rich in biodiversity and has a park dedicated to it. Let’s read about it.

Mewar biodiversity Park, Udaipur

Udaipur has the distinction of having both, a biological park at Sajjan Garh and a biodiversity park on Nathdwara Udaipur NH8 in the densely forested Amberi area spread over 165 hectares. This area showcases the rich biodiversity of Udaipur region. That is a part of Aravali range.

Mewar Biodiversity Park Udaipur
Source: Mewar Biodiversity Park

The height of the hill ranges in the north-west parts increases 1200 meters then decreases in the northeast and in south-west part the shape of the mountains goes from gentle to steep.

The area is ideal from the point of view of biodiversity due to its slope, height, soil, humidity and geo-scientific factors. The rich biodiversity includes 63 species of trees, 33 types of shrubs, 37 kinds of creepers, 117 variety of under shrubs and herbs, 38 species of grasses, 3 types of parasites and 2 species of pteridophytes and one variety of bamboo.

Mewar Biodiversity Park Udaipur
Source: witty kids

Also, can be seen here 300-400 years old mango, ‘mahua’ and ‘bargad’ tree. In addition to this, the park is home to several species of birds, reptiles, and animals viz birds (129), reptiles (17) and amphibians (6). One can also see ‘Neelgai’, jarakh, etc and also lizards, snakes, spiders and so many more.

Mewar Biodiversity Park Udaipur
Source: Mewar Biodiversity Park

Due to its congenial conditions, the park is home to a variety of wildlife and 3-4 panthers can be seen wandering here. In this way, the site provides it is an attractive site for students, researchers, bird lovers, bioscientists, nature lovers, and environmentalists.

When looked at separately, the factors that harm the forest do not look very important but together they seem to be extremely harmful. The first set of such factors include natural occupancies such as flood, storm, frost, extreme heat and scant rain or drought.

Mewar Biodiversity Park Udaipur
Source: udaipurtimes

Other types of factors include fire, heat an illegal cutting, farming, and encroachment, arming over-grazing, mismanagement, insects, fungus, parasites etc.

The main development work done in the park includes a wall fencing, measures for the preservation of water and soil, beautification of roads, and construction of viewpoints, eco trails, entry gates, tickets window, park office, and cafeteria. There are attractive signages at proper places. So also, facilities for eco-tourism and swings for children. For tourists, there are basic facilities such as interpretation center and display of biodiversity. Grooves of different kinds namely orchids groove, tuber groove, endemis groove, cactus groove have been developed. So also climbing and arboretum butterfly home, bird viewpoint, frog pits etc. are also being developed. Adventure sports have included, ground obstacles, zip line, valley crossing, and tree walk. After the failure of all the terrain vehicle that some other kind of vehicle is to bring. Amidst the dense forest and smell of sandal trees, the visitors are able to watch dancing peacocks and groups of frolicking monkeys. For the night stay of the tourists, there is a provision of tents.

Mewar Biodiversity Park Udaipur
Source: Mewar Biodiversity Park | Purohito ka Talab

In Amberi area, exists Purohito ka Talab that was built in the time of Mewar state and is full throughout the year. It is home to huge variety of birds especially migratory ones during winter. The pollution free, serene and natural ambiance attracts a lot of tourists.

The park is a paradise for visitors and at the same time is a source of income for the local community.

The park timings: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Entry ticket: Rs. 40/- per person | Over student ID Rs. 20/- per person

Distance from Udaipur: 15 km

 

Have you ever visited the Mewar Biodiversity park? Tell us your experience in the comments section below!

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Weird and unusual questions people ask about Udaipur on Quora

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Before you read!!

Disclaimer Time: All these questions below were asked by people on different online social platforms such as Quora, Facebook groups, WhatsApp groups and in person as well. I have selected and filtered out the most interesting and unusual questions people ask about Udaipur, along with the answers that other people have provided them. The content is taken from the above sources originally, Hence, language and grammar shouldn’t be the point of concern. 

Here we go (you are free to laugh out loud btw)

Question Udaipur is a lack city so is there only lacks? If yes where do persons live?

Answer ha bhai we have only lakes all around. Human beings live on tapu and we have to swim through the water to go to school, college, work, etc.

Weird and unusual questions people ask about Udaipur on Quora
Source: Singapotato

Q Bal Vivah sach mein rajasthan mein hota h kya? What is the general age when you get married?

A In reality it happened back in stone age but now, yes, Bal vivah exists but only in serials such as ‘Baalika Vadhu’. Other than that nobody marries before legal age. And even after that one can get married by the age of 28-30 easily.

Q Udaipur, Rajasthan bhi desert h kya? Agar haan to paani kaha milega?

A It would be a bit dfficult to find water in the city.

you can find packaged water in every other shop and we have thousands of shops in the city. If you are not satisfied with just that you can visit several lakes which our city has. So yeah happy journey.

Weird and unusual questions people ask about Udaipur on Quora
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Q Hy, can I travel Udaipur without knowing Mewari?

A Not only can you travel to Udaipur without knowing Mewari but you can travel to Udaipur without knowing Hindi as well. We Udaipur citizen know Mewari, Hindi and English too. So unlike people thinks, we know other languages as well. In fact, only a few people in Udaipur speaks Mewari on a daily basis.

Q Do you eat Dal Baati every day?

A Dal baati is the regional food of Rajasthan but like every other city of India we eat other food too. In Udaipur you can find other national and international cuisines too such as Punjabi, South Indian, Italian, Chinese, Continental, etc. So no WE DO NOT EAT DAL BATI EVERYDAY.

Q Why is Udaipur called Kashmir of rajasthan? Does it have snowfall?

A Why do people even ask such questions? Udaipur is called Kashmir because it is similar to Kashmir in terms of beauty and landscapes not because it is a cold place or it has snowfall.

Weird and unusual questions people ask about Udaipur on Quora
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Q What should one not do in Rajasthan?

A Don’t disrespect warriors of Rajasthan by any manner. specially Maharana Pratap, Prithviraj Chauhan. People respect them a lot.

  • Don’t think Rajsthani people have only Dal- Bati to eat. We have lot of recipies and all of them are delicious.
  • Water scarcity is now not a big issue. It’s not like we even drink water in calculative way. We also waste lot of water on Holi.
  • All of us are not Marwadi and Rajputs. Marwar is just one of the region in Rajsthan and Rajputs are one of the communities.
  • We are not that Orthodox as we are shown in movies etc. Men and women are treated as equal now.
  • Don’t think it’s entire desert. It’s just a part that to close to border. Elsewhere you will see modern rajasthan for example in jaipur , udaipur, jodhpur etc.
  • Don’t ever say literally don’t ever say Kanjoos to a marwadi guy. We get offended. We also spend lavishly on luxaries. If you want to see just attend a wedding of Marwadi family.
  • Don’t ever try to mess with Gurjars. This is not offend anyone out here. But they are kind of Don in Rajsthan. Hahah..in a positive way.
  • Don’t judge men if you see him wearing jewellery. Specially earrings. This is tradition.
  • This one is my personal experience and I got offended on this. Never say that rajasthan and Rajasthani people didn’t play role in our freedom and all the kings surrendered to British for salutation‘ SIR’ in their name. They had no choice or they protected their persons ‘praja’ by doing that. Infact Rajasthan was very prone to warriors from outside like Afganistan and Pakistan. Our kings fought with them and don’t let them inside our territory till their last breath.
  • We all don’t live in bungalows. ‘Kothi’ or ‘mahal’. We have usual houses.
  • Don’t underestimate Bhangarh fort. It’s scary and will surely haunt you. Don’t try to be over smart at haunted places like Bhangarh and Kukdhara village in jodhpur. (Haunted Village)
  • Last but not least don’t underestimate Rajasthan Royals in IPL. After all we have won the title without any big name from cricket world. Rajsthan Royals is for talented youngsters not for big names.

Thank you for reading!!!

Q How social is Udaipur on social media?

A Facebook -I am tired of receiving friend requests from old classmates, acquaintances from coaching classes, neighbors, close relatives, distant relatives, relatives of relatives. Pheww! Mom, Dad please don’t ask me again to create your Facebook profile.

Instagram – I signed up on Instagram just to see that my feed had nothing but repetitive snaps of cold coffee at Fateh Sagar, sunsets at Ambrai Ghat, people leaning over the letters of I.L.O.V.E.U.D.A.I.P.U.R in Pratap Park. Till date, I never logged in again.

Whatsapp – I once happened to scroll through my Dad’s Whatsapp contact list. My thumb started paining but the end of the list never came. Every doctor, every retailer, all the milkmen and newspaper guys we ever had, everyone was there.

They are everywhere my friend. You name the website, they would sign up on it within a minute with a selfie taken at Fateh Sagar set as their profile picture.

On Quora?

A few intellectuals signed up, followed their facebook friends and vanished. Another category includes travel bloggers or tour guides who plan other people’s itinerary here and thereby redirect them to their websites.

Seems like I am all alone here.

Weird and unusual questions people ask about Udaipur on Quora
Source: tenor

Did you go WTF after reading these questions people ask about Udaipur from different parts of the country? Well, it was well intended and it comes as no wonder that people still have many misconceptions about the beautiful city of lakes even after it has such a huge coverage on media every now and then. Meanwhile, all we can do is go on these online platforms and resolve the myths people have in mind about Udaipur.

Did anyone ask you such weird questions about Udaipur too? Share the incident with us in the comment section.

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I bet you didn’t know these things about Udaipur

I bet you didn’t know these things about Udaipur

Udaipur is a city of dreams and surprises. It is a city which known for its beauty in not only the country but in the whole world. There are a lot of places and sites which attracts a large number of people from all over the world so it is not needed to tell how beautiful Udaipur is to not only its residents but people from all around the world.

The city is rich in terms of History and Culture. It has a different story behind everything it has, be it forts or palaces, and be it festivals or people. There are lots of interesting and amazing facts about the city but we have gathered the most unheard facts about Udaipur for you which will leave you surprised and spellbound. So, get ready for the surprises.

 

Udaipur’s tree house is in Limca book of world records

I bet you didn’t know these things about Udaipur
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Once upon a time, a businessman named KP Singh proposed the idea of building a tree house upon a 65 years old Mango tree without cutting a single branch of the tree. The idea was so raw and difficult that when he took this idea of his to different architects and engineers around the city, none of them agreed to it.

One day his wish got fulfilled and the tree house got constructed just the way he wanted it to be without any damage to the tree and its branches. Surprisingly, the tree wasn’t made by some architect or civil engineer but a small artisan of Surat with the academic qualification of just grade seven. This tree house was later featured in the Limca book of world records.

 

The jungle book ‘Oodeypore’

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Udaipur is a city which inspires writers, artists, and painters. It is the home of imagination. And that is exactly why it inspired Rudyard Kipling to include the place in his famous book ‘The Jungle Book’. In this book, ‘Bagheera’, the Black Panther belonged to the placed called ‘Oodeypore’ which is actually Udaipur. If you pronounce both of these names, the pronunciation is the same. It is said that Kipling was inspired by the elegance and the beauty of the city and that’s why he thought to include it in his book. Just imagine, how great and wonderful the city would be to inspire such a great artist, isn’t it?

 

World’s most romantic hotel

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Udaipur is undoubtedly a city of romance. It seems like love multiplies itself in the huge white forts and palaces. But did you know Udaipur is the home of world’s most romantic hotel?

Lake Palace or Jag Niwas was once a summer palace of Sisodia rulers. Later it was converted into a hotel which is now a heritage hotel run by Taj group. The hotel is situated in the middle of Lake Pichola and is voted as the most romantic hotel in the world. This luxury hotel has 83 rooms and suites which features amazing and splendid white marble walls. The aura and the view from the hotel are so spell bounding that it captures the heart of all the couples that seek love from the city.

 

Asia’s best solar observatory

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We all are familiar with the famous Lake Fatehsagar. Have you ever seen a white solar observatory situated right in the center of Lake Fatehsagar? And did you know this solar observatory is the best solar observatory in entire Asia? It is considered the best because it is situated at the center of a Lake and the air turbulence is low around the water as compared to land. Apart from that, the sky conditions of Udaipur are also favorable, thus it adds up as an advantage to study the movement of the sun. So now every time you look at the observatory, keep this in mind that you’re looking at Asia’s best solar observatory.

 

Second largest wall of the World

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After the Great Wall of China, Kumbhalgarh fort near the Udaipur district has the largest continuous wall measured more than 38 kilometers surrounding the fort. Surprisingly, even after being the second largest wall in the world, you cannot see the fort and the wall unless you are within a half mile of it.

This way of construction was intentional and had a great strategy behind it. Back then, the kings and the rulers of Mewar used to reside in the fort. The fort was designed in such a way that it would not be visible to the enemies and thus, they kept themselves safe. The 38 kilometers long wall was constructed in order to protect the entire fort from the attacks of the enemies.

 

Second largest artificial freshwater lake in Asia

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Jaisamand Lake or Dhebar Lake which is situated at a distance of 48 km from the city, is the Second largest artificial freshwater Lake in Asia. In 1685, Maharana Jai Singh constructed the lake after making a dam at Gomti River. The Lake is 14 km wide and approximately 102 feet deep. It has the circumference of 48 km. There are total three islands in the lake which are inhabited by the Bhil Manas. The two bigger islands are known as Baba ka Magra and the smaller island is called Piari.

 

Udaipur is a city of wonder. Once you visit Udaipur, you never know what you will be able to see and know. You’ll never know which part of history will come flashing right in front of you through the palaces and forts that will tell you different stories every time you visit them.

Now, that you know these lesser-known facts about Udaipur, you can brag the fresh knowledge you have acquired in front of your friends. Meanwhile, if you have any other fact related to the city, please share with us in the comment section. We will be glad to hear them.

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English breakfast places in Udaipur

English breakfast places in Udaipur

Our morning starts with food like samosa, kachori, vada pav, pohe, parantha etc. which is quite oily and unhealthy. At times like such all we need is a light, different and exotic breakfast that not only fills our craving stomach well but also relishes our tongue with cuisine from around the world. City of lakes is filled with food places for spicy Indian breakfasts, but it is no less when it comes to English breakfasts as well. Although, very few of you might know it.

So here we bring you the list of places in Udaipur where you can enjoy English breakfasts, and they won’t even burn a hole in your pocket.

 

Brewmen

English breakfast places in Udaipur

Brewmen is a café which doesn’t just excel in the quality of the English breakfast but you would also enjoy its cozy ambiance. It has a very comfortable sitting arrangement with awesome interior décor. While your food is getting prepared, you can enjoy several board games that they provide such as chess, Uno, etc. There are different options for you to brighten your mornings. The continuous aroma of coffee that the café is surrounded with will keep increasing your appetite and lift up your mood to get the best out of your day.

Address: Shop 4, Hitawala Complex 2, Saheli Marg, Panchwati

 

Jheel’s Ginger Coffee Bar & Bakery and Jheel’s Rooftop Restaurant

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English breakfast places in Udaipur
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A beautiful café and rooftop restaurant situated at the edge of Lake Pichola so it is not needed to say how beautiful the view would be. The café is on the ground floor where you can opt to sit inside the room or on the balcony kind of portion where you can literally see and touch the water of Lake Pichola. The Rooftop Restaurant is four floors above. The café is so beautifully surrounded by the lake that it oversees the lake from the restaurant as far as your eyes can see.

You can enjoy sandwiches, muesli, different flavored pies and if you want to have a brunch you can have their delicious wood-fired pizza and I bet you won’t regret it at all.

Address: 52, 56, Gangaur Ghat, Near Bagore Ki Haveli, Chandpole

 

Café Edelweiss

English breakfast places in Udaipur

It is a small café situated inside the old city. It was originally started by a German man and later handed over to an Indian. You can find a variety of food that you can opt for a breakfast. You can enjoy Ham, Bacon, Shrimp, sausages, Tuna, you name it and its there. Apart from these options of English breakfast, you can always have pies for your sweet tooth and it also happens to be their specialties. You just cannot resist their apple pie and walnut pie. This place is surely satiate your exotic cravings.

Address: 71, Gangaur Ghat, Chandpole

 

Café Namaste French Bakery

English breakfast places in Udaipur
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Café Namaste French Bakery is a very ambient and lively place. The walls of the café are decorated in traditional Indian style which is quite contrary to the food they serve which is exotic and delicious. You can find Croissants, Cinnamon rolls, Tuna, porridge, Beans, French toast and many other things. The various choices in the café are enough to give you a French feel. And the good news is everything available here is very budgeted and cheap.

Address: 339, Ashoka Haveli, Gangaur Ghat, Chandpole

 

Millets of Mewar

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Millets of Mewar is a restaurant which believes in the customs and mentality of Mewari people. They believe in the Mewari proverb ‘Jaso ann Vaso Mann’ which means ‘We are what we eat’. You can find English breakfast items here such as muesli, porridge, burrito, tacos, etc. The view from the restaurant is quite amazing as it oversees Lake Pichola and in the morning all the houses and palaces located on the other side of the lake looks golden and breath-taking. The décor of the restaurant is amazing and very photogenic. Thus, you can have some really good pictures here.

Address: 16, Bhim Parmeshwar Marg, Hanuman Ghat, Outside Chandpole

 

Café Satori

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Café Satori has a very homely atmosphere all around. It gives the feeling of breakfast at home. The low sofas and ground seating arrangement give the comfort to the customers just the way they want. You can find motivational quotes and sarcastic puns all around the café written on the boards. While your order is getting prepared, you can read books from their collection of several books. Apart from the wonderful interior, the café is outstanding even in the quality and taste of its food.

Address: 59, Gadiya Dewra, Chandpole

 

Udai Art Café

English breakfast places in Udaipur

English breakfast places in Udaipur
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If you are in search of proper English breakfast with all the essential dishes in it, it is an ideal place for you. You can have a complete traditional English breakfast with eggs, baked beans, bacon, chicken sausage, fried tomato, and Mushroom served with toast. The list doesn’t end you can also enjoy traditional Greek breakfast with fried eggs, cheese, bacon, tomato, cucumber, olives, and oregano served with special Greek toast. With so many things on the menu, you wouldn’t want to go to any other place.

Address: Gangaur Ghat Road, Near Jagdish Temple, Chandpole

 

Jaiwana Bistro lounge

English breakfast places in Udaipur

This is the one café which serves you everything from Poha to pasta. It has a very chic ambiance with low and comfortable sitting arrangement. From this café, you can have a breathtaking sight of the entire Lake Pichola. The prices of every item are very nominal and just worth it. The breakfast is very delicious and if you ever wish to have lunch or dinner you can definitely go for it.

Address: 14, Lal Ghat Road, Silawatwari

 

Now that you have a list of places which serves English breakfast, you can relish your tongue with the exotic delicacies from all around the world whenever you feel like it.

If you have any more suggestions regarding the same, kindly share with us in the comment section below.

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MUST READ | Daily Dump and Eco Hut will make you manage your waste!

If you want to change the world, begin that change from yourself.

Waste management has become the need of the hour and it’s crucial that we act upon it! We tend to throw around a lot of trash, which is basically called littering. In India, littering is an offense and is often fined. But apart from being fined or stopped by someone, we must be aware of how drastically and exponentially it is affecting our lives and nature. Being living in one of the most beautiful cities in India, we must take steps not to generate any more of litter. Udaipur is a beautiful city but often we find heaps of litter around fine-looking areas of the town. Our lakes face a lot of troubles due to the same reason.

Petite waste becomes huge if not recycled or reused. For instance, take our kitchen waste; if every day 20 houses in a colony dump 2 dustbins of kitchen waste at a place every day, think of how much litter would be accumulated at the end of a year. Accounting that, let’s see what Daily Dump teacher us.

Daily Dump, Udaipur

Mr. Anant Nigam, the Udaipur store owner of Daily Dump, gives us a new way to make a greener and healthier environment at home by just dumping our kitchen waste. All you have to do is grab earthen pots from them and change the way of your kitchen waste dumping errand.

These earthen pots are made to be kept at home as they do not give out any foul smell while they perform their task of creating compost from your kitchen discards. These do not require any electricity or any other source of power. Once you start putting discarded materials from your kitchen in these pots, you don’t even need to stir or keep a compulsive check- just keep filling and leave.

The initial compost making would take 40 to 45 days but once the process takes it rotation, you can get organic compost every 15 days. So now, for all those who love gardening, such kind of compost is close to gold!

And yes for all those of you who are wondering what’s fertilizers are for? These compost making pots are totally organic, they do not involve the use of any kind of inorganic material and are way eco-friendly than the conventional fertilizers.

We need to understand that a one-time investment can keep us away from big losses in the future.

A customer with a 3 tier compost pots

Q: How much I need to pay to get these?

Each pot set comes for INR 2,800/- and includes a mud pot, lid, remix powder, Neem Khull, and Microbes.

Q: Where can I get these pots?

No.5/6, Patanjali Vihar, New Bhopalpura, Behind CPS School, Udaipur, Rajasthan

Q: Whom to contact?

Anant Nigam (+91- 9829769043)

For more information, click: Sujaan Inc – Daily Dump

Email: info@sujaan.com

Another serious issue is of throwing waste that can be upcycled. The meaning of upcycling is transforming, waste materials, useless, or unwanted products into new materials or products of better quality. In other words, you creatively mould a discarded thing to make it useful for you again.

An organization in Udaipur is upcycling products for 2 years now and pledge to make Udaipur better and waste-free.

Eco Hut, Udaipur

Run by Guddi Prajapat, Ritesh Shekhawat, and Vishal Singh, Eco Hut is a nonprofit social business which aims to make Udaipur a zero-waste city. Started in the year 2014, the organization conducts workshops with children and youth on how to upcycle waste and make something creative out of it. They sell Eco-friendly products, provide services, tours, workshops about upcycling.

Guddi Prajapat has more than 6 years of experience in designing handmade products and natural herbs, while Ritesh Shekhawat is a management graduate; she has an expertise in handmade jewelry design, Vishal Singh is a self-design learner who helps in bringing new ideas to the venture.

Source: thalagiri Left to Right: Ritesh, Guddi, Vishal

Their products include herbal items, handmade jewelry, upcycled creative products, décor items and so much more. They also put their stalls in various fairs and festival across the city.

For more information, click: Eco Hut – Facebook Page

Q: Where can I meet them?

1, Dhaibhay Ji Ki Haveli, Mahavat Marg, Ganesh Ghati, Udaipur, Rajasthan

Q: Time of availability?

Eco hut opens at 11 am and closes 6 pm

Q: Whom to contact?

Call them on +91-90018 09638

Recycling and upcycling is a crucial need of today. Our city is beautiful and let’s keep this beauty intact. As initiated by Eco Hut, let us make our City of Lakes a zero-waste city.

If you know any other organization or any individual who is doing their part for nature in Udaipur, do mention them in the comments below. We would love to know them!