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ROTARY MIDTOWN SILICON JOURNALISM AWARDCongratulations!!! Mr.Nagesh Panathale and Mr. K.Shashikumar

Today Midtown welcomes the chief guest R.Guru, Chairman, N.R.Group of Companies to confer the “Rotary Midtown Silicon Journalism Award” to two eminent journalists of Mysore who have excelled in the field of journalism. Rotary Midtown has a tradition of identifying and honouring eminent personalities in all fields including Jounalism. This award is instituted by M/s Silicon Controls Pvt. Ltd., And co-incidentally its managing director is also the Club’s president and his partner is also a club member. Midtown congratulates today’s award recipients Nagesh Panathale and K.Shashikumar.

Mr. Nagesh Kumar P.B alias Nagesh Panathale comes from the land of Kodavas. He is the 2nd son of Sri P.C.Bidappa and Smt Janaki Bidappa from the village Maragodu. He had his education in Coorg, Hassan, Bangalore and Mysore. He graduated in journalism from Mysore University in the year 2000. He is married to Mamatha Nagesh and has two children, Deepan Nagesh and Sagar Ganapathy. He started his career in the year 2002 as a press photographer and in 2003 he joined Vijaya Karnataka as a press photographer. He was transfered to Mysore in 2004 and since then he is based here. For his exemplary service he was promoted as senior press photographer. Wild animals and nature photography are his interests. He has excelled in his field and has won many awards. His awards include......

1. First award by Mysore Jouranalist Association in 2005 for best photography.2. Best photography award by Karnataka Union of Working Journalist

Association in 2006.3. Two National and two State awards in 2008/09.4. Award for ‘Fire Jump’ photo at the National competition organised on the occasion of 150th yearof the society by Photography Society of Chennai.5. First place in ‘Rural photography’ organised by Sagar photographic Society of Shivamogga district.6. One medal and four certificates in 2009 from IIPC and PSA.7. Award for ‘Leopard Attack’ photo in 2010 by Photography Society of India.8. One medal and four certificates in 2010 from IIPC and PSA for ‘Pied Kingfisher with Prey’ photo.9. First place in journalism by Jodhana Photo Journalist Society of Jodhpur, Rajasthan

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President's MessageMy Dear Rotarians,

Bye till next week….Thank You

Last week we had a memorable meeting at Shakthidhama, a Women Rehabilitation Centre where we could understand lot of problems faced by women fraternity. After hearing to Madam Sumana one of the trustees of the home we could see the other face of the society which needs to be addressed with a priority. We were able to fulfill their requirements of 3 pedestal fans & our Rotarians were so generous that we could give Rs.5,000/-as monetary support & dinner was served to all the inmates. I thank all the Rotarians for their liberal contributions. Today we have two Mysore's proud journalists Mr. Shashi Kumar & Mr. Nagesh Panathale who will be honored with Rotary Mysore Midtown Silicon Journalism Award. I on behalf of Midtown whole heartedly congratulate both of them.

Rtn. Raghavendra

18-4-2012

K.Shashikumar is the son of Sri S.Kumar and Smt R.P.Shanthamma of Gundalpet.He is basically an electrical engineer by qualification but with a keen interest in photography right from his school days. Besides photography poetry, story writing, travelling and sports are his hobbies. Initially his write-ups, poems and photos were published in the kannada weekly 'Taranga' and English monthly 'Teenager' and also 'Andolana' newspaper. His writings were encouraged by 'Andolana' and he had a close association with it. Later in July 1997 he joined 'Andolana' as a permanent journalist.

Mysore District Journalist association awarded him “Janakamma Venkatappa Gowda” award for his exclusive reporting in 2004. From then on he has won about 9 awards including 'Best Journalist Award' , 'Mahatma Gandhi Award' and ' Youth Award' from Mysore District Journalist association. These awards were awarded to him for his writings on wild life protection, environmental awareness and human values. He has also had a hatrick of awards by winning awards for 3 years continuously from the Mysore District Journalist Association.

He won the award “Vanasuma” in the year 2010 for his article titled 'Vanya jeevigale, dhayavittu mysoorige barabedi”. The same year he also won the award from Karnataka Media Academy. For his exclusive reporting titled “Jeeva bindhu mruthya swaroopi pralayavadhaga” won the award from the Karnataka Media Academy.

By nature he is a friendly person and we wish that his services are available to the society at all times.

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JOURNALISM AWARD

Dr. Prahlad asked me to edit and bring out the bulletin last week because he was not available. I agreed to do it but was not confident, anyway I consulted Sundar, Ramki, & Bhanu and made a decent job of it. Again this week the same request from Dr. Prahlad. Do I see a pattern here? Or is he training me for this so that I will be ready when he lays down the pen. In any case it benefits me and trains me for my post in the coming year as editor.

From the desk of Srinivasan

· Every Wife is a "Mistress" for her Husband."Miss" for one hour & "Stress" for the rest 23 hours!

· There are 2 times when a Man doesn't understand a Woman.Before Marriage and After Marriage.

· My Husband And I Divorced Over Religious Differences.He Thought He Was God, and I Didn't.

· Husband Throwing Darts at His Wife's Photo and Not Even a Single One Hitting the Target... From Another Room Wife Called The Husband: Honey What Are You Doing...Husband: "MISSING YOU"...

· THOUGHT FOR THE DAY...Women are like phones:They like to be held, talked to and touched often.But push the wrong button and you're disconnected.......

· Difference Between Complete & Finish...People say there is no difference between COMPLETE & FINISH. But there is... When you marry the right one, you are COMPLETE.... And when you marry the wrong one, you are FINISHED.....

ALL IN THE FAMILY

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accommodate 64 members and also has study and

entertainment space. Training is provided in tailoring,

knitting, soft toys making, screen printing and hand

made greeting cards. The inmates are also taught

reading and writing, legal rights, right of women,

health and cleanliness. The center encourages and

guides the women to take up higher studies. JSS

hospital provides free medical health care. Children

accompanying the women are also taken care by the

centre and placed in foster homes. The centre has

acquired 4 acres of land adjacent to its existing facility

and has plans to extend its activities to the community

on a bigger scale. The government takes care of only a

part of the expense in running the centre and all other

expenses are dependent on contributions from

donors. Any contribution to this centre is exempted

under 80G of IT Act. The centre had FCRA clearance to

accept international donation. Mr. G.S.Jayadeva is the

managing trustee, Smt. Parvathamma Rajkumar is the

president and Sri Devanur Mahadev is the trustee for

this organization.The president should be thanked for arranging the

meeting at Shakthidhama which is doing yeomen

service to the society. The meeting was adjourned

after handing over the pedestal fans and cheque to

the center. After the meeting was over Rotarians were

discussing with the center's personnel in what way

they can contribute to the centre. Fellow Rotarians,

you can send your contribution cheques to

“Shakthidhama Women's Welfare and Rehabilitation

Centre”.

Report on Weekly Meeting‘Shakthidhama'- Women's welfare and

rehabilitation centre, Mysore was chosen as the th

venue for the club's 34 weekly meeting. Rtn

Ragavendra along with joint secretary Rtn Narendra

Babu presided over the meeting and as community

service project 3 pedestal fans and Rs. 5,000/- cheque

was handed over to the centre and dinner was also

served to the inmates. ' Shakthidhama' the name

relates to 'Shakthi' or 'Women' is providing to

underprivileged women in general. Smt Sumana, one

of the trustees, speaking on the occasion said that the

centre was started in the year 2000 on 1.7 acres of

land given by JSS organization. It provides shelter to

women who have been deprived of family protection

and who are subjected to inhuman treatment by

society. Its aim is to give immediate protection to

women who doesn't have a shelter over their head be

it because of family problems, rape and prostitution

victims, law victims and unwed mothers who have

been shunned from their families. The centre

provides food, clothing and medical facilities free of

cost. Apart from these immediate reliefs it also

provides counseling, career guidance, vocational

training, legal advice and police protection. Till now

the centre has provided rehabilitation for about 1500

women and has settled 4000 issues and has brought

hope in their lives.She also mentioned that the center has 2

dormitories, well equipped kitchen, spacious dining

hall and vocational training hall. The dormitories can

Rtn Dr. Bheemesh handing over cheque forRs 5,000/- to the trustee.

Rtn Narashima handing over 3 pedestal fan to the trustee.

An old farmer wrote a letter to his innocent son in prison:

Next Week in Midtown

BUSINESS MEETING

Date: 25-04-2012

at 6.30pm

Venue : RCL Hall, JLB Road

'The Rotarian' talks with Muhammad Yunus, a speaker at the 2012 RI Convention

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, known as the “banker for the poor”, began transforming lives while an economics professor at the University of Chittagong in Bangladesh. What began as personal microloans to poor women in nearby villages grew into Grameen Bank, which today has more than 2,500 branches throughout the country. Grameen Bank has helped launch or expand the businesses of more than 8 million borrowers – 97 percent of them women. Yunus, a keynote speaker at the 2012 RI Convention, recently spoke with Warren Kalbacker, a frequent contributor to The Rotarian. Here is an excerpt of the interview.

The Rotarian: In 1976, you introduced the concept of microcredit, which involves providing loans of as little as a few cents to individuals. Many businesspeople might be puzzled as to how lending such small amounts could be aeffective.

Yunus: Microcredit started in one village in Bangladesh. I was teaching economics, and the country was going through famine. I was frustrated because the economic theories I taught in the classroom didn't have any meaning in the lives of poor people. I thought I'd try to do something to help individuals in the village next to the university campus. I noticed loan sharking in the village – people lending money to the poor with terrible conditions attached. The sharks took control of peoples' lives. I thought I could solve this problem by lending money myself. I visited those who were borrowing from the loan sharks, and I made a list of 42 names. The total money they owed was the equivalent of US$27. I put the money in their hands to pay off the loan sharks so they could be free. When I did that, everybody got excited. If such a small amount of money could make so many people so happy, I thought I should do more of it.

Rtn. PHF. M.S. Naveen Chandra19-04-2012

(Mobile: 9980782008)

Happy

Birthday

In New York City’s Jackson Heights, Yunus helps launch the first Grameen America branch. Five others

are now open in the United States.

Rtn. B.m. Devaiah & P.K. Bhavani23-4-2012 Cell : 9980113409

Rtn. D.K. Manjunath & Sumana 24-4-2012 Cell : 9900223480

Wedding Anniversary

JOKE"This year I'm unable to plant potatoes because I can't dig the ground. I know if you were here you would've helped me."Son Replied:"You idiot, don't dig the ground, I have hidden the guns there." ...Police read the letter, next day the ground was dug by the police, searched for guns but nothing was found.Son wrote again: "Now plant your potatoes dad, it's the best I could do from here.

Rtn. Venkatesh C.P. & Leelavathi R. 22-2-2012 Cell : 9448022967

Rtn. Rajendra Babu M.K. & Rasitha26-2-2012 Cell : 9342184004

Wedding Anniversary

Rotary quiz:

Who developed Rotary 4 way test?

In which year?

See Answer in Rotary Information

Today’s Tea Hosted by

Rtn. Deepak Solanki

Photo of the Week

Happy Birth DayPresident Raghavendra

Joke3:

After returning from a foreign trip, sardar asked his wife - Do I look like a foreigner?Wife: No! Why?Sardar: In London a lady asked me “are you a foreigner?”

· The A B C...After being married for thirty years a wife asked her husband to describe her.He looked at her slowly...then said, "You're A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H.... I, J, K."She asks...... "What does that mean?"He said, "Adorable, Beautiful, Cute, Delightful, Elegant, Fancy, Gorgeous, Honey.She smiled happily and said...."Oh, that's so lovely.....What about I, J, K?"He said, "I'm Just Kidding!"His eye is still swollen....but it will get better.........

Sardar starts shouting in a store......Where is my free gift with this oil?Shopkeeper : There is nothing free with thisSardar: It is written CHOLESTEROL FREE.