Jab We Met - Film Review

Already there is a talk of Jab We Met making most of the void created by two most awaited films of the year Om Shanti Om and Saawariya and rightly so, this film has the freshness we expect of the new films released.

Film starts in a train with the leading pair of the film meeting there. Geet (Kareena) is flamboyant, talkative girl who believes in living life to the fullest. Contrasting to this Aditya Kashyap (Shahid) is exactly opposite. Though Aditya caught in his own problems and tries to avoid Geet when she starts a conversation, Geet is not one of those who give up easily. Circumstances lead Aditya to accompany Geet to her home in Bhatinda. But Geet has other plans to elope with Anshuman whom she had met when she was in Mumbai.

Aditya in the company of Geet transforms from a sadist to a positive thinker resembling Geet herself! Aditya assists Geet in escaping from her home to Manali to meet Anshuman. Aditya is a completely changed man now! He successfully handles his company well and turns it into a profit making one. But the story takes a twist when one of Geet’s relatives approaches Aditya thinking Geet had eloped with him. Aditya promises them that he will bring back Geet within ten days. But when he meets Anshuman in Manali, he is hurt when he learns that he too does not know where Geet is. Anshuman had rejected Geet when Geet asked him to marry her.

Aditya finds Geet in Shimla and convinces her to come back to home. Meanwhile Anshuman realizes his mistake and owes to face the situation along with her back home in Bhatinda. But when Aditya, Geet and Anshuman reach Geet’s home everyone there thinks that Aditya and Geet are couple and treat them so. Geet when tries to tell the truth she cannot. In the end, Geet realizes her true love in Aditya and they live happily ever after.

Highlights of the film are the refreshing dialogues and awesome on-screen chemistry between Shahid and Kareena. Also, equally worth mentioning is the stunning scenic beauty of Manali and Himalyan mountain range. Worth watching if you have not watched this film before and if you had watched, I don’t think you will not say no to the second watching. Some unnecessary songs may bore some who don’t like dance and song sequences for a brief moment. Anyway ‘Poochona Poocho Mujhe’ song has been topping the numbers even after the release of Om Shanti Om and Saawariya. Punjabis are known for their ambience and hospitality and that is rightly depicted in the film. If you are planning and confused which film to go this weekend this is the one I would suggest.

Regards,
Raveesh

Om Shanti Om - Film Review

What can you say about a film which acknowledges the guest appearances of 31 stars and casts duplicates of some other? That surely must be a spoof, and it is! That is the tale of the latest venture from SRK: Om Shanti Om. Much of the fame for this movie came through marketing of the film in various ways or rather the hype created by the media, latest being or at least what is said in the media ‘SRK promoting this film by being present in the on going cricket series between India and Pakistan’!

If only it fits to this genre of a spoof film, it would have been better. But this also tries to accommodate the usual Hindi film success formula and presents an old story in a new book! Reincarnation drama which was churned and adapted to several films has made its comeback again with this film. Subhash Ghai’s Karz’s traces are evident. In second film of her career Deepika Padukone has announced her arrival on the big stage (Deepika Padukone had debuted in Upendra starrer Kannada film Aishwarya last year).

Farah Khan has tried to recreate the 70s era in the first half of the film but without much success. But some of the dialogues she had picked from old Hindi films make some of the funny moments of the film. Film begins with 70s era and a love story between star Shanti Priya (Deepika) and a junior artist Om Prakash Makhija (SRK). But this comes to an abrupt end when Om learns that Shanti is already married to producer Mukesh Mehra (Arjun Rampal). But Mukesh kills Shanti and Om, in his ambition to become the biggest producer in the industry. But Om is reborn again as Om Kapoor, the son of yesteryear super star Rajesh Kapoor. Circumstances lead Om to accept his previous birth and he decides to take revenge against Mukesh who is now a big producer in Hollywood. Om tries to make Mukesh to accept his sins and give peace to the soul of Shanti and no need to tell that he succeeds in that! Highlights of the film are: some catchy, foot tapping songs, some silly and some good funny sequences, some times over acting by the lead characters.

But the film fails to live up to the expectations of the created by the hype surrounding it. Anyway if you want to see a time-pass film, this can be one of the choices you can make. An average film you can surely pass it off.

Regards,
Raveesh

Mangalore’s Ist Private FM Channel: Radio Mirchi 98.3

Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM has become the Ist private FM channel to be launched in Mangalore. It was launched today, Friday, November 23, 2007 at 5 PM. With this Radio Mirchi has setup its second FM station in the state of Karnataka. Till now the only FM channel active in Mangalore was the state owned Akashavani FM. Radio Mirchi which already has a presence in Bangalore is famous for its Kanglish lingo, making it a hit among college goers. One would like to see how in Mangalore it makes an impact.On Monday, November 26, 2007, one more FM channel Radio Big 92.7 FM is going to be launched in Mangalore. This will be the third one for Radio Big in Karnataka which already has stations in Bangalore and Mysore. Incidently Radio Big has been rated No.1 FM channel in Bangalore in a recently conducted survey. Two more FM channels are going to be launched by the end of this month in Mangalore; this will take the count of private FM stations to four in the city.

Hope the private operators know the language diversity in cosmopolitan Mangalore with Tulu, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam languages widely spoken here, it would be appropriate to have right mixture of the popular languages in their programs. And I would definitely like to see the entry of private FM channels to promote the local artists, folklore and the modest Tulu and Konkani Cinema by playing the songs from the same.

Regards,
Raveesh

Related Links

The Hindu - It’s time to swing to hits from FM channels

Daijiworld - FM Radio Bug to Hit Mangalore

Daijiworld - ‘Radio Mirchi’ to Start Transmission in City Shortly

Landmark Quiz 2007 Bangalore

Date: November 1, 2007
Venue: Chowdaiah Memorial Hall, Sadashivanagara
City: Bangalore

November 1^st is a holiday in Karnataka on account of Kannada Rajyotsava (State Unification Day). After buying of some Kannada books in Sapna Book House, Gandhinagar I headed for Sadashivanagara for the Landmark Quiz 2007. I reached around 2 30 PM with already people crowding around the venue. We were three of us, Guru and Nithin; the other two had formed a team of three. There were last minute team formation requests from the people around the venue so that they too can give it a shot. Though majority of team size was 3, even team with 2 members was allowed. The Quiz was open to general pubic across all age groups. So there were family, school, college and corporate teams. The quiz began at 3 30 with 40 questions dictated by India’s famous quiz master Derek O'Brien. I had seen him only in Bournvita Quiz contest aired on TV in school days. To see him on stage was completely different.

40 questions in the preliminary round were distributed across history, world music, famous personalities etc. Some visuals and audio were also in the collection of questions. From the preliminary round top 8 teams were selected for the next round on stage. Cut off for this round was a score of 28. There were 7 rounds of questions in this stage to decide the winner. Though the teams of college students and working professionals were the majority who got qualified to this round there was a team of teachers and family team of mother, son and niece. This round which dealt with teams on stage, made the audience actively participate in the quizzing process. So there were questions for audience too and if they got it right they were in for gifts from Landmark. Derek O’Brien’s rapport with the audience was too good. This was my first open quiz experience and it was memorable. The whole event lasted about 4 hours from 3 30 PM to 7 30 PM, and there not even a single moment when the show looked dull. The questions too were innovative. For example look at this: Why there was 700 percent rise pencil sales in England 2005-2006?? Hold your breath; it was for solving Sudoku puzzles!! And one of the teams (WWW) answered it too! The final battle was between two teams ‘WWW’ (Son, Mother and Niece team) and ‘QED’ (IIM guys team), with QED winning in the end. But the quizzer of the year award went to captain of WWW team, Mrs. Sushila Kamath. And the team ‘QED’ has now won this quiz 4 years in a row!! Amazing, that too in an open quiz!! And there were also prizes for the best corporate team, best school team, best team name.

Below are the list of questions which were asked in the quiz: Thanks to Shande for providing me with the questions and photographs of the quiz.

Regards
Raveesh

Prelims:
1. Ivan Nigli, MLA of Karnataka is elected from which constituency ? NOMINATED, REPRESENTS ANGLO INDIAN COMMUNITY
2. Pascal Cotte's 240 megapixel camera revealed facial hairs on the face of which women? - MONA LISA.
3. Fictional school.
4. Max Yung Sur
5. 1803 - Luke Howard - Curl of hair - locks of hair - Whats is the term used for curls of hair
6. which country in the world is largest producer of fashion diamonds , less than half a caret? INDIA
7. He rejected names Vasudeva and Jehangir for his screen name? DILIP KUMAR
8. Under the name congressmen - Rajiv Gandhi - The Great Suicide? who said he was did not much about the assassination? - PV NARASIMHA RAO
9. Olympic : Honey, Seawater, Olive oil, Clothes - athletes in ancient Greek wore which one of these apart from sand on their body in Olympics? - OLIVE OIL
10. Library book - within my power - Hogwarts
11. Visual Clip - Egyptian god - RAMSEY
12. Cylindrical Caps which chefs wear - TOQUE
13. Common between Nafisa Ali, Milind Soman - SWIMMING
14. Visual Clip - Citation by President - BHARAT RATNA
15. Visual Clip - Director - ANURAG KASHYAP
16. Soups - Mohingar and Khow suey - which neighbouring country ? BURMA
17. Married most times ? - Larry King, Salman rushdie, henry VII, Oprah Winfrey - LARRY KING.
18. Who sent Tagore on his 81st birth day this note - "FOUR SOCK NOT, MAY YOU FINISH FIVE "? MAHATMA GANDHI
19. Which Akbar's Court Navratna was mudered by Bir Singh Deo on the orders of prince Salim: ABUL FAZAL
20. Dance form - embracing couple - polite society - WALTZ
21. Which Indian state capital means "land which never floods" in Marathi.? PANAJI
22. Hulidan, Dsaudan, Pidan are forms of chinese? EGGS
23. Which Asian was officiating as match referee most number of times ? RANJAN MADHUGALE
24. 1950 Angela Dhinlay - actress - uncredited : Marlyn Manroe
25. Floating Pontoon Bridge in India - HOWRAH BRIDGE
26. Connect i> aviator ... ii> Edible chinnesse goosberry - KIWI
27. 3 songs: common - DEV ANAND.
28. 3 songs one was of celine dione: common - CANADA.
29. Audio from movie "Hum lajawab hai", identify male voices - SRK and Aryan
30.
31. Playright - published - posthumously - SIR WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
32. Confluence of Tropic of Cancer and Longitude - UJJAIN
33. which famous book closes with a line " ... " ? TALE OF TWO CITIES
34. Gnagflow Trazom - 250th birth anniversary.
35. something something. MLA from Edlabad 4 times - PRATIBHA PATIL
36. Geta Kinni ... socks
37. Sir Winston Churchill said "Uneducated person Should read a book of ......" ? - QUOTES
38. Star - Center of all planets, who is a son of Manu- DHRUV
39. what are bloks ? - BLOG on BOOKS
40. On which country's flag Golden Eagle is present? - EGYPT

Stage Round:

Round-1
1. Before stamps how were postage rate determined ? CANDLING METHOD - If the candle light passes through the envelop it costs less otherwise more
2. Film with 9 scientific errors ....
3. Describe "Muffin Top" ? Protuding Roll of Fat when one wears low jeans.
4. Rome Gladiator how did they ordered death ? Thumbs Up
5. Which cricket played only 2 matches in 1983 Cricket world cup and both of them(only) India lost -> Dilip Vengsarkar.
6. Acoording 2005-06 census which country has maximum number of Tigers - USA
7. Oswald Maleno - short 12 minute film - screened Dec 1986 -> Rabindranath Tagore
8. What are Arasuram, Gandharva, .... -> 8 types of Marriages

Round -2: Picture &Audio
1. Pic+Audio, Douglas Adams
2. Ping Pong - Enrique Iglecias song is called "ping pong"
3. Visual : Zidane + Mira Nair and a lady next to her -> directing Little Zezu (nick name of Zenidiane Zidane)
4. Connection: Rand Currency, Person Ayn Rand
5. Visual: Mali Timbaktu
6. Stamp - Paquebot -> Sent by ship
7. visual: two guys in front of Taj Mahal; Darryl Harper and Simon Taufel
8. Visual: Title of the book - Jungle book.

Round-3
1. Purpose of Trackgandhi dot com ? To tracks Indian Currency Notes.
2. Jarasana v/s Krishna ? why ? - Kamsa's wives approached Jarasandha
3. Only film raj kapoor and dilip kumar acted together ? Andaaz
4. Thomas Alva Edison, Louis Armstrong, Lyla Ritchie ? Hello
5. What do you mean by Medial Capitals ?
6. Which is the most Commenest bird in the world ? Chicken
7. what's common between La paz, Bolivia. ---, Nepal, Salado Chile Ragon, Angel falls (venenzuala) -> All are highest in respective categories.
8. Brown Bear hiebernates for 6 months in natural conditions, but in captivity does not hiebernate ? -> Because of scarcity of food during winter/

Round-4
1. Audio of Queen, Elton John ... Connect -> John Lenon
2. Shakil O Neil
3. A Qawali song- was part of cassette of which movie - Sholey
4.
5. Audio : Two Songs - 'Neel Gagan Se Chale Dharati ka Pyaar Dhale' & '-" : SAME RAGA
6. Audio of Chameli ki Shadi, Saawariya .. connect - Anil Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor

Buzzer Round +7, -5
1. Where do you find ..... ? Jantar Mantar
2. Lawyer Defended who defended Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1916 - Md. Ali Jinnah
3. types of Stamps - fiscal, commemorative, ....
4. Middle East city 3 hill ranges and lava -> Medina
5. T20 batsman time limit to come to crease - 90 seconds
6. Since 1731, 51 men and 1 woman have crossed this ? - Door of 10 Downing Street.
7. Something related to Helen Keller ...
8. why there was 700 percent rise pencil sales in England 2005-2006?? For solving Sudoku

Visual Round
1. What does Maiya Maiya mean in Arabic (song from GURU, Malika Sherawat)-> water
2. Visual -> Dancers doing some weird dance : Choreographing Penguin dance sequence in happy feet.
3. Flags; Army Silk, Navy Woolen,
4. 2 words, 10th anniversary, one is blamestorming . which is the other one ? muggle
5. Video Clip from film Zanzeer picturised on some actors(not the leads). Who is the actor ? Gulshan Bawra.
6. which famous fictional accessory was made out of squirrel fur ? Cinderella's slippers

Last Round-2teams
1. which book has 5894 hymns, always placed on cushion ... -> Guru Granth Sahib
2. Who was musician at India's first Independence Day ceremony at Lal Quila -. Ustab Bismillah Khan
3. Indian 2 rupee coin is of shape hendecagon - how many sides does it have? 11 sides
4. In which country couples are wished by prime minister for 50th anniversary and by Queen for 60th anniversary -> Australia.

'೫೨'ನೇ ಕನ್ನಡ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ - ಒ೦ದು ನೋಟ

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಅಸ್ಥಿತ್ವಕ್ಕೆ ಬ೦ದು ಈಗ ೫೧ ವರ್ಷಗಳೇ ಕಳೆದಿವೆ. ಇ೦ದು ೫೨ನೇ ಕನ್ನಡ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ. ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಸಾಧನೆಗಳ ಸಿ೦ಹಾವಲೋಕನ ಮಾಡಲು ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಮು೦ದಿನ ಗುರಿಗಳನ್ನು ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಿಸಲು ಇದು ಸಕಾಲ.

ಔದ್ಯೋಕಿಗ ಪ್ರಗತಿಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ವಿಶ್ಲೇಷಿಸುವುದಾದರೆ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಪ್ರಗತಿ ಕ೦ಡಿದೆ. ಪ್ರಮುಖವಾಗಿ ರಾಜಧಾನಿ ಬೆ೦ಗಳೂರು ಹಿ೦ದೆ ಕೇ೦ದ್ರ ಸರಕಾರಿ ಉದ್ಯಮಗಳ ತವರೂರಾಗಿದ್ದರೆ ಇ೦ದು ಮಾಹಿತಿ ತ೦ತ್ರಜ್ನಾನದ ಕೇ೦ದ್ರ ಬಿ೦ದುವಾಗಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಮಹತ್ತರ ಕೈಗಾರಿಕೆಗಳು ಕೇವಲ ರಾಜಧಾನಿಗೆ ಸೀಮಿತವಾಗಿರುವುದು ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಬೇರೆ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳನ್ನು ಹಿ೦ದುಳಿದವನ್ನಾಗಿಸಿರುವುದು ಸುಳ್ಳಲ್ಲ. ಆದರೆ ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗೆ ಮ೦ಗಳೂರು ಹಾಗು ಮೈಸೂರು ಕ್ಷಿಪ್ರ ಗತಿಯ ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆಯನ್ನು ಕಾಣುತ್ತಿರುವುದು ಒ೦ದು ಉತ್ತಮ ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆ. ಈ ವರ್ಷ ಮ೦ಗಳೂರಿನಿ೦ದ ಕೊಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಗಳಿಗೆ ನೇರ ವಿಮಾನ ಯಾನ ಪ್ರಾರ೦ಭವಾಗಿರುವುದು ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಪ್ರಗತಿಗೆ ಪೂರಕವಾಗಲಿದೆ ಎನ್ನಲಡ್ಡಿಯಿಲ್ಲ. ವಿಪರ್ಯಾಸದ ಸ೦ಗತಿಯೆ೦ದರೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಏಕೀಕರ್‍ಅಣಕ್ಕೆ ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಕೊಡುಗೆ ನೀಡಿದ ಉತ್ತರ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ನಿರ್ಲಕ್ಷ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಓಳಗಾಗಿರುವುದು. ಪ್ರತ್ಯೇಕತೆಯ ಕೂಗು ಪ್ರಬಲವಾಗುವ ಮುನ್ನ ಸರಕಾರ ಈ ಕುರಿತು ಮುತುವರ್ಜಿ ವಹಿಸಿದರೆ ಒಳಿತು. ಈ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಹುಬ್ಬಳ್ಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ಹೂಡಿಕೆದಾರರ ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನ ಒ೦ದು ದಿಟ್ಟ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ. ಆದರೆ ಇದು ಕೇವಲ ಮೊದಲ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಮಾತ್ರ.

ಇನ್ನು ನುಡಿಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಬ೦ದರೆ ಈ ೫೧ ವರ್ಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಶ್ರೀಮ೦ತವಾಗಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರು ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಬೆ೦ಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ವ್ಯವಹಾರಿಕ ಭಾಷೆಯನ್ನಾಗಿ ಕನ್ನಡವನ್ನು ಬಳಸಲು ಅ೦ಜುವುದು ಖೇದಕರ. ನಮ್ಮವರ್‍ಏ ಭಾಷೆಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನಿರಭಿಮಾನವನ್ನು ಬೆಳೆಸಿಕೊ೦ಡರೆ ಪರಭಾಷಿಕರು ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಲಿಯುವರೇನು? ಅವಶ್ಯಕತೆಯೇ ಒ೦ದು ಭಾಷೆಯನ್ನು ಜನರು ಬಳಸಲು ಪ್ರೇರೇಪಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ೧೦ ವರ್ಷಗಳಿಗೂ ಮೇಲ್ಪಟ್ಟು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಲೆಸಿದ ಪರಭಾಷಿಕರು ಕನ್ನಡವನ್ನು ಕಲಿಯದಿರುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಇದೇ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಕಾರಣ. ರೈಲ್ವೆ ಇಲಾಖೆಯಿ೦ದ ಹಲವು ಬಾರಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ಭಾಷೆ ನಿರ್ಲಕ್ಷ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಒಳಗಾಗಿರುವುದು ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ತಿಳಿದಿರುವ ವಿಷಯ. ಇ೦ಥ ಘಟನೆಗಳು ಪುನರಾವರ್ತನೆಯಾಗದ೦ತೆ ನೋಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದು ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರೆಲ್ಲರಾದ ನಮ್ಮ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯ. ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರು ಕನ್ನಡವನ್ನು ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿ ಬಳಸಿ ಭಾಷಾಭಿಮಾನ ಮೆರೆಯಬೇಕು.

ಮು೦ದಿನ ೪೯ ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಅವಧಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರದ ಒ೦ದು ಮಾದರಿ ರಾಜ್ಯವಾಗಬೇಕಾದರೆ ಗುರಿಗಳು ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಬೇಕು. ಸಾಕ್ಷರತೆ ಈ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಪಾತ್ರವಹಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಶೇಕಡ ೧೦೦ ಸಾಕ್ಷರತೆ ಶೀಘ್ರದ ಗುರಿಯಾಗಬೇಕು. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಐ.ಎ.ಎಸ್ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನವರು ಉತ್ತರ ಭಾರತದವರು. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಿ೦ದ ಐ.ಎ.ಎಸ್ ಗೆ ಆಯ್ಕೆಯಾಗುವವರ ಸ೦ಖ್ಯೆ ಬಹಳ ಕಡಿಮೆ. ದೇಶದ ಕೆಲವು ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿರುವ೦ತೆಯೇ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರಕಾರ ತಮ್ಮ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಗೆ ಸಿದ್ಧಗೊಳಿಸಬೇಕು. ಮೊದಲನೆಯದಾಗಿ ನಾಡಿನ ಪ್ರತಿಭಾನ್ವಿತರಿಗೆ ಯು.ಪಿ.ಎಸ್.ಸಿ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಅರಿವು ಮೂಡಿಸಬೇಕು. ಇವರು ಮು೦ದೆ ಕೇ೦ದ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಉನ್ನತ ಹುದ್ದೆಗಳನ್ನು ಅಲ೦ಕರಿಸಿದಾಗ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ ಪೂರಕ ಕೊಡುಗೆ ನೀಡುವುದು ಇದರ ಉದ್ದೇಶ.

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ವಿಪುಲ ಪ್ರವಾಸೋದ್ಯಮ ಅವಕಾಶಗಳನ್ನು ಸಮರ್ಥವಾಗಿ ಬಳಸಿಕೊ೦ಡರೆ ಪ್ರವಾಸೋದ್ಯಮದ ಮು೦ಚೂಣಿಯ ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳಾದ ಗೋವಾ ಹಾಗು ಕೇರಳಕ್ಕೆ ಪೈಪೋಟಿ ನೀಡುವುದು ಶತಸಿದ್ಧ. ಯಾಕೆ೦ದರೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಪ್ರಾಕೃತಿಕ, ಸಾ೦ಸ್ಕೃತಿಕ ವೈವಿಧ್ಯತೆಗಳ ನಾಡು. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲೇ ಒ೦ದು ಕಿರು ಭಾರತವನ್ನು ಕಾಣಬಹುದು. ಇತ್ತೀಚಿನ ವರದಿಗಳ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ದೇಶಿಯ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿಗರ ಪೈಕಿ ಕೇವಲ ಶೇ. ೭.೮ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿಗರನ್ನು ಸೆಳೆಯುವಲ್ಲಿ ಸಫಲವಾಗಿದೆ. ಅದೇ ನಮ್ಮ ನೆರೆಯ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಆ೦ಧ್ರ ಪ್ರದೇಶದ ಪಾಲು ಶೇ. ೨೪.೨. ಸರಕಾರ ಈ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾರ್ಯೋನ್ಮುಖವಾಗಬೇಕು.

ಕನ್ನಡ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ ಈ ಶುಭ ಸ೦ದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು.

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