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Search for Google ends in K’taka INDIA
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Search for Google ends in K’taka
No Net Connectivity In This Tiny Hamlet On Banks Of Krishna River
Rishikesh Bahadur Desai | TNN
Raichur: You can’t google in Google. For, Google, a tiny village about 510km north-east of Bangalore, doesn’t have internet connectivity.
This village on the banks of the Krishna river in Raichur district, with just about 1,000 residents, is far removed from the search engine company based in Mountain View, California. And how you spell the name in English is left to you as all signboards here, including those of government offices, are in Kannada. When the government tried to put up English boards, activists stopped them. ‘‘We asked officials if anyone from Cambridge University would come here to read these boards,’’ laughs Kannada activist K P Yallayyanayaka.
No wonder then that only a few villagers have heard of their famous namesake in cyberspace. ‘‘My grand-daughter told me that two boys have named a website after our village. I feel happy and proud,’’ says landlord Basavarajappa Gouda Police Patil. ‘‘Who’ll not be happy to know the name of our village is so popular in the cyber world? But this is just a pleasant coincidence. Americans will have totally different reasons for naming their company Google,’’ reasons native Sharana Gouda, an agricutural scientist who works in Bellary.
The story goes that 12th century saint poet Allama Prabhu stopped by in the village while travelling from Basava Kalyan to Shreeshailam in Andhra Pradesh. The cave he stayed in has been described as ‘Gavi Gallu’ (cave of stone), say villagers. ‘‘Our village was hence called Gavi Gallu. Over the years, it became Googallu and now it’s Google,’’ says Gouda.
As proof, residents point to the temple atop the underground cave now. Devotees crawl through a hole in the ground to enter the cave, which has an idol of Allama Prabhu and a small well. Experts, however, point to a piece of history that they say is closer to the truth.
‘‘The Helavas, who went around telling people about their ancestral history, say the village was named after rocks that seemed to sing,’’ says writer Chidananda Sali.
The name comes from ‘Kooguva Kallu’ (stones that make a pleasant sound when river water strikes them), he says.
‘‘The sound wasn’t produced by river water but by people who wanted to communicate with villagers in far-off places,’’ explains S K Aruni, assistant director of Indian Council of Historical Research.
‘‘In ancient times, people would send signals to far-off villages by hitting rocks with small sonorous stones. This produced cup-like marks in the rocks. Prehistoric rocks with such cup marks are found in several places in the Krishna river basin, such as Watkal, Hunasagi, Hebbal Burj and other villages in Gulbarga and Raichur districts. So, it’s possible that a village with such rocks was called Kooguva Kallu,’’ he adds.
Source:http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Client.asp?Daily=CAP&showST=true&login=default&pub=TOI&Enter=true&Skin=TOINEW&GZ=T
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BICYCLE DI FANTASTICO
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Realized by the Industrial Design Department of Alberto Del Biondi Industria Del Design in Italy, this avant-garde concept plays on the latest bicycle materials and technology. The new design is a minimalistic play on the typical city bike, using the concept of less is more to an extreme degree. Lines are simple yet dynamic while the overall design is an exotic concept that stimulates the imagination. The shape is extreme, flying in the face of classic bike iconography. The bike’s makeup is primarily carbon based allowing for maximum weight reduction in the finished design. Although carbon requires great expertise in modelling, in this scenario it allows Biondi the freedom to work the non-traditional design in order to retain key flexibility characteristics and strength qualities. The model is considered a ‘premium city bike’ for commuting and inner city touring. The design provides a platform for an extensive rider base while maintaining extreme styling and innovation.
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Wall papers
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Here is sum of the wallpaper designed by me
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I wonder how many creative sites offer the platform for turning ideas into reality. Here on TapSmack a normal user (who are not good in designing but have great ideas) can put ideas in turn designers put those ideas into design. These design in turn can be printed on T shirts, stickers or even on coffee mugs.
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This is one of my fav marathi remix song. After tirelessly searching on net i found this song.
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Eagerly wanted to get a blog on web....... and here i am!!!!
