Monthly Archives: July 2016

Joshna Chinappa breaks Top10 barrier

Famous Personalities of Kodagu / Coorg, Records, All, Sports, World Opinion

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New Delhi :

Top squash player Joshna Chinappa on Friday rose to a career high 10th position in the latest PSA world rankings, becoming the second Indian to break the top-10 barrier after longtime India teammate Dipika Pallikal.

Chinappa, who has been in fine form in the last six months, moved a place to be 10th in the standings. Pallikal, who broke the top-10 barrier in December 2012, is ranked 19th in the latest rankings.

Chinappa had reached her biggest ever final at the HKFC International in Hong Kong in May.

She is now getting ready to defend her title in the National Championship, to be held in Mumbai from July 12.

Pallikal, who was 18th last month, dropped a place in the rankings. She was a quarterfinalist at the HKFC International.

The only other Indian in the top 20, Saurav Ghosal, remained on 17. Ghosal had been off action for a while nursing an ankle injury and is due to return to active squash at the Nationals in Mumbai.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / July 04th, 2016

Kodagu palace brings alive fading memories

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Historical Links / Pre-Independence, Records, All

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Madikeri :

The Nalkunadu palace in Yuvakapadi, 30 km from Madikeri, was built in the late 18th century by Doddaveera Rajendra, a king of the Haleri dynasty. The last king who lived there, Chikaveera Rajendra, was immortalised in fiction by the celebrated Kannada writer Masti Venkatesa Iyengar. The palace is also called Nalnad aremane in Kodava parlance.

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The palace is now attracting a huge number of tourists. Its unique features include a mantap where marriages were solemnised. The palace stands atop a hillock next to Tandiyandamol, the highest peak of district. (This breathtaking expanse is drawing bigger numbers after it was featured as Mugilupete in the hit Kannada film Gaalipata).

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Built in brick and mortar, the palace is about 65 feet wide, and has a spacious verandah. The ground floor has a wooden roof with carvings, depicting flowers, vines, dancing girls, musicians, and a king and queen. The style is Indo-Saracenic. A 6×10 ft mural depicts the king in a procession, but it is damaged. Four dark rooms at the back, historians say, were used as a prison.

A spacious darbar hall, several baths and chambers for the king and queen are still in evidence. In 1796, king Doddaveera Rajendra married Mahadevammaji, his second wife, at the mantap here.

Some walls have lime carvings of the two-head mythical bird Gandabherunda, elephants, and lions. Artists from Rajasthan and Mysore were brought in for the special carvings, some of which have been ravaged by time. Similar architecture is seen at the Madikeri Omkareshwara temple.

Surrounded by lush greenery, the palace had a copper kalasha (cupola) on its roof which, elderly people say, is now obscured.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Karnataka / by Coovercolly Indresh / July 03rd, 2016

Brewing coffee from jackfruit seeds

Agriculture, Business & Economy, Coffee News, Nature
Healthy:Maithraye Shenoy displaying the ‘Jaffe powder’ made of jackfruit seeds.— Photo: H.S. Manjunath
Healthy:Maithraye Shenoy displaying the ‘Jaffe powder’ made of jackfruit seeds.— Photo: H.S. Manjunath

Can powdered jackfruit seed taste like light coffee without adding any other ingredient to it?

If you cannot believe it, you ought to taste the “health drink” made by Shivanna from Sakharayapatna, of Parivarthana, a non-government organisation, in Chikkamagaluru district.

“My product is very near to coffee; it can become a substitute for coffee,” said Shivanna, who was at the jackfruit mela here on Sunday. He told The Hindu that the processed seed powder was the result of his one-year research and it was free from any stimulant like caffeine.

He said that three cups of the “health drink” could be prepared from one spoon of his new product. Shivanna has sent the sample to the Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysuru, for analysis of carbohydrate, fibre, fat and calorie contents. “You can drink this product like you drink coffee by making its decoction,” he said.

‘Jaffe powder’

Maithraye Shenoy, a homemaker from Pandeshwara in Mangaluru, has also made a “health drink” from jackfruit seed. She has named it “jaffe powder”, which can be mixed with milk. “It was the result of a two-month research. I roast the jackfruit seed before making the product,” she said.

Meanwhile, Artocarpus Foods Pvt. Ltd., at Taliparamb, near Kannur, is already marketing jack seed powder. It can be used to make chapattis, dosas, cakes, and bread. It also makes a product from the seed as masala for chicken curry, said Shree Padre, executive editor, Adike Pathrike, a farm monthly and a crusader for jackfruit and its value-added products.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Mangaluru / Raviprasad Kamila / Mangaluru – July 04th, 2016

Joshna Chinappa Breaks Into World’s Top-10

Famous Personalities of Kodagu / Coorg, Records, All, Sports, World Opinion

Joshna Chinappa is now the second Indian squash player after Dipika Pallikal to enter the top-10 ranking. Dipika is currently ranked 19th.

Joshna Chinappa entered final at the HKFC International in Hong Kong in May. / @ AFP
Joshna Chinappa entered final at the HKFC International in Hong Kong in May.
/ @ AFP

New Delhi:

Joshna Chinappa, top squash player, on Friday rose to a career high 10th position in the latest PSA world rankings, becoming the second Indian to break the top-10 barrier after Dipika Pallikal.

Chinappa, who has been in fine form in the last six months, moved a place to be 10th in the standings. Pallikal, who broke the top-10 barrier in December 2012, is ranked 19th in the latest rankings.

Chinappa had reached her biggest ever final at the HKFC International in Hong Kong in May.

She is now getting ready to defend her title in the National Championship, to be held in Mumbai from July 12.

Pallikal, who was 18th last month, dropped a place in the rankings. She was a quarterfinalist at the HKFC International.

The only other Indian in the top 20, Saurav Ghosal, remained on 17. Ghosal had been off action for a while nursing an ankle injury and is due to return to active squash at the Nationals in Mumbai.

source: http://www.sports.ndtv.com / NDTV Sports / Home> News / by Press Trust of India / July 01st, 2016

Harshika’s wild night with Vikram, Shruti Haasan!

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Famous Personalities of Kodagu / Coorg

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Harshika Poonacha is sure having fun. The pretty actress is currently in Singapore for an award function that honours the best of the South Indian film industry, and while there, Harshika seems to be having a ball of a time.

The actress has been interacting with her peers from all the four southern film industries, and was also partying with Tamil stars Vikram and Shruti Haasan. She posted a selfie that she took with the two stars, amd even called Vikram the “most handsome photobomber”.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> Entertainment> Kannada Movies / TNN / July 01st, 2016