Volume 1, Issue No.1                                           December, 2003-January, 2004

Mission:  To Present, Enhance and Archive the Diverse Intellectual Capacity

of Youth and all Havyakas

Contents

JHAA, Vol.1, No.1(Article 1) Pages 2-3

Scope of the Journal of Havyaka Association of Americas (JHAA)

-Bheem Bhat, Madiyala, West Chester Pennsylvania

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(Editor’s Notes)

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Dear Havyakas,

As depicted in the front page of the Journal, the central focus and passion of our Havyaka heritage thousands of years ago was the spiritual practice of Vedic life, including the chanting of holy scriptures. However, over the years Havyakas have explored diverse fields like teaching, agriculture, science, medicine, law, literature and performing arts. During the past century, our community has been excelling in and contributing to all these diverse interests. Although we have branched from our original practices, we are still practicing some of the rituals. In addition, many of our youth are interested in exploring our rich spiritual heritage by using modern science and technology. Our community must be proud of the diverse intellectual capacity of every member of our extended family. Presenting and documenting various contributions can educate all of us, especially the youngsters, about present and future generations. It can help build a Havyaka network of all ages that can interact and uplift our community and society. With these goals, a section named “Havyaka Achievement Showcase” was introduced within the 10^th Bi-annual convention souvenir of July, 2003.

Aim of JHAA: To give all Havyakas, especially youth, the opportunity to present their experiences and achievements more often, the Journal of Havyaka Association of Americas (JHAA) is being put forward.

Scope of the Journal:

1. Diverse topics for Havyakas, by Havyakas
2. Informative and inspirational articles
3. Havyaka Showcase- to highlight all Havyaka talents, contributions and/or accomplishments as a supplement to the Souvenir of 2003
4. Articles highlighting the constructive intellectual capacity of all Havyakas including the past generation, to enrich our youth and community
5. Archive the Journal as a resourceful reference in a proposed HAA library

As we all know, if our ancestors had such a documentation capacity, their intellectual property could have been better recognized and appreciated worldwide.

In order to present the diverse interests and contributions of Havyakas, the Journal can have three major sections with articles pertinent to:

Our Future: (Youth): Their passions/ dreams/ experiences in India/ US/ worldwide.

Our Present: (Adult Havyakas): The current and future potential of their professional specialty/passion/ hobbies and any other experiences that could make a positive impact.

Our Past: (Our heritage) Extended family talents in India, their hard work, contributions to community/ society etc. Among Havyakas in India or world wide, there were many people with a passion for writing, poetry, art, and community service.

As a community publication, JHAA will benefit present and future Havyaka generations. It can build a better-informed network, enhance creativity and enrich our community. The JHAA has the potential to become a productive medium of communication monthly/ bi-monthly/ quarterly. Accordingly, everyone is encouraged to present his or her thoughts, interests, and talents to JHAA. The HAA community will be proud of you.

Best Regards,

Bheem

Bheem Bhat, Madiyala (West Chester, PA)

President, Havyaka Association of Americas (HAA)                December 22, 2003

Editor, Journal of Havyaka Association of Americas (JHAA)

For any suggestion, please contact: bheembhat@yahoo.com,   (610-944-6014)

JHAA Co-Editors: Ganesh Bhat, Parthaje (Marysville, PA)  ganeshpb@att.net

Shailaja Bhat, Valakatte (Buddlake, NJ) shailajabhat@yahoo.com

JHAA Youth Co-Editor: Shubha Bhat (West Chester, PA) peacelove05@yahoo.com

Note : The contents  of JHAA are the opinions or expressions of the respective author(s)

Please send electronically  your  inspirational and informative  thoughts and creations by using:

 (A)MS Word Format ( articles, poetry, genealogy, talents, contributions or links of publications) and

(B)JEPG/GIF format (1) close-up photo (author & family), (2) scanned fine arts, cartons or unique photography (with relevant description/detail)

to: bheembhat@yahoo.com

JHAA, Vol.1, No.1 (Article 2) Pages 4-8

From 1982 to 2003: HAA to JHAA

–Bheem Bhat, Madiyala, West Chester Pennsylvania

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 (Key Contributors and Activities of HAA: Past, Present and Future)

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“Two decades of effort are behind us, many decades of effort are ahead of us”.

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Key Contributors in HAA activities over the past 20 years:

Founding Members:

Ramachandra K. Bhat, Girinari Bhat,  Dhruva Kanjarpane, Lalita Kanjarpane,

Narayan Avadhani, Usha Avadhani, Bhaskar Bhat, Chetana Bhat & Narayan K

Bhat

Presidents:

         Dhruva Kanjarpane, Banarikammaje Narayan Bhat,  Ramamoorthy Belagaje,

Uasha Avadhani, Kusuma Bhat Kaleyathodi, Ramachandra K.Bhat, Narayan

Avadhani,  Mabal Bhat Sediyapu & Bheem Bhat Madiyala

General Secretaries:

Narayan Avadhani, Mahesh Rao, Shama Bhat, Bheem Bhat Madiyala, Vasant

Hegde, Tejaswi Manchale & Asok Avadhani

Treasurers:

         Narayan Avadhani, Ganapathi Bhat, Shama Bhat, Chetana Bhat, Bhaskar Bhat,

Anand Bhat, I.G, Sharada M. Bhat & Shasikal Prasad Kanchan

Vice-Presidents of Three original & largest Chapters(East, Mid-West & West Coast):

         Naras Bhat, Ramachandra K. Bhat, Shankar Hegde, Krishna G. Hegde, Kusuma

         Bhat, Thimmappayya Hasanadka, Narayan K. Bhat, Padmanabha Bhat, D. S. Bhat,

         Rama Bhat Irodi, K. P. Mahabaleshwara Bhat, Lalitha Bhat, Ganapathi A. Bhat,

         K. Shivarama Bhat, Gajanan Hegde , KVS Bhat, Shubha Moorthy, Rama U.

         Hosmane, Ravi Bhagwat, Nagaraj Neerchal, Krishna Upadhya

Various Social Cultural Activities:

          All the past Chapter VPs, Executive committee members, Youth Committee

          members, Life members, Annual members of HAA and especially the bright and

          energetic Havyaka Youth.

Youth Participants during HAA Conventions/Contributors to the HAA Souvenir:

Anjali Avadhani, Suneel Bhat, Devesh Kanjarpane, Anita Bhat, Deepak Bhat,

Tara Bhat, Sona Bhat, Sumant Bhat, Pavana Bhat, Prashanth Bhat, Samir

Belagaje, Sudheer Belagaje, Anita Bhat, Mamata Moorthy, Murali Moorthy,

Anjali Bhat, Joy Bhat, Deeksha Bhat, Vinay Hosmane, Anil Hosmane, Suneel

Hosmane, Adarsh Bhat, Amogh Bhat, Veena Bhat, Avinash Mohan, Ashik

Mohan, Harish Bhat, Harsha Bhat, Deepak Srpangala, Dheeraj Sarpangala,

Mahesh Pailoor, Deepa Pailoor, Shreya Kangovi, Kiran Bhat, Nirupama Hegde,

Susheela Bhat, Rashmi Bhat, Anarghya Vardhana, Utsav Bhat, Shubha Bhat,

Rashmi Bhat, Ramya Bhat, Deepa Bhat, Divya Bhat, Maya Bhat, Suma Bhat,

 Archana Bhat, Pradhan Bhat, Asha Bhat, Vikas Agartha and others

Traditional Music and Dance/Fine Arts Activities/Organizers:

          Nagaraj Neerchal, Shivu Bhat G. G. Hegde, Gajanan Hegde, Narayan Avadhani,

Krishna  G. Hegde, Venkatramana Bhat, Padmanabha & Sharada Bhat, Rama Bhat

Balike, Nalini Belagaje, Vijaya Bhat, Sadashiva Bhat, Nagaraj Neerchal, Shivu

Bhat, Anand Bhat, Praveen Dala, Nalini Bhat, Bheem Bhat Madiyala, Gajanan

Bhat all the talented havyakas and in particular the Youth.

Multiple Contributions to Charity & Advertisements in HAA convention souvenir:

           Jayanti & Suneel Pandit, Kaveri & Anant Shenoy, Kusuma & Shripad Hegde,

Girinari & Ramachandra K. Bhat, Leela & Shankar Hegde, Chya & Krishna

Upadhya, Chetana & Bhaskar Bhat, Sumathi & Narayana Bhat, I, Kusuma &

Naras Bhat,Meenakshi & Shivarama Bhat, Bharathi & IshwaraBhat, Kusuma &

Rama Hosmane, Saraswathi & B.Narayana Bhat, Nalini & Krishna Bhat,  Sharada

& Govida Pailoor, Shubha & Krishna Moorthy, Vasanthi & Mahabaleshwar Bhat,

Usha & Narayan Avadhani, Radha & Krishna Hegde, Lalita & Narayan Bhat,

Sharada & Bheem Bhat, Vidya & Venkataramana Bhat,Vidya & Gajanan
Bhat,Chaya & Krishna Upadhya, Vidya & Gajanan Hegde,  Shaila & Ravikiran

Tamragouri,  Aruna & Mabal Bhat, Vidya & Raja Bhat, Shaila  & Anand Bhat,

Laxmi & G.N. G. Bhat, Divyashree & Vinay Hegde, Chandrahas Bhat, Mahesh

Rao and many other one-time donors.

Matrimonial Data Bank: Ramachandra K. Bhat, Usha Avadhani & Nalini Belagaje

Havyaka Net newsletter:  Raja Kailar & Roopa Kailar

Directory/Photo-Directory:

Ramachandra K. Bhat, Ashok Avadhani, Bheem Bhat, Vinay Hegde, Krishna

Upadhya, Prasad Kanchana, Sripad Bhagwat, Ganesh Bhat, all chapter VPs

and  Havyaka members

Souvenir Editors/Co-Editors:

         Subru Bhat Yethadka, Narayan Avadhani, Krishna Upadhya, Nagaraj Neerchal,

Ganesh Sharma Tyagali, Ganesh Bhat & Shailaja Bhat Valakatte

HAA Web page & Havyaka Yahoo-groups:

         Mabal Bhat Sediyapu, Bheem Bhat Madiyala & Shailaja Bhat Valakatte

Performing Arts Committee:

Gajanan G. Hegde, Nagaraj Neerchal, Gajanan Hegde, Sadashiva Bhat Guttu

Charity Committee:

Ramachandra K. Bhat,  Bheem Bhat Madiyala, Shubha Bhat, Nalini & Krishna

Bhat Mundathaje, Krishna Upadhya, Murari Rao

JHAA (Journal of Havyaka Association of Americas): Bheem Bhat Madiyala, Ganesh

         Bhat, Shubha Bhat & Shailaja Bhat Valakatte

(Reference Article: “Havyaka Association of the Americas”. By Ramachandra K. Bhat, in Eighth Bi-Annual Convention of HAA Souvenir, 1999, p.14-15, Editor: Nagaraj K. Neerchal; The list of contributors included is based on the available publications during past twenty years history of HAA or by the input of former Presidents of HAA. Hence it is possible that inadvertently, the list of participants/contributors might not be complete.)

Activities of HAA (1982 to 2003 and beyond)

Formation of HAA: Over the years the number of Havyakas in America has been growing. Havyakas represent a sub-sect of Hindu Brahmins with roots in India. Because of the interest in maintaining, sharing and enriching our cultural tradition in the Americas, Havyaka Association of Americas (HAA) was formed in 1982. The aim of HAA is to provide a common forum so that we can achieve these goals for the present and future generations. HAA is a Non-profit Organization registered in the state of New Jersey, USA. ( #0100163931, EIN # 22-24019)

Governing Body: The operational governing body consists of a President, General Secretary, Treasurer and Executive Committee. Initially, there were three major geographical chapters of HAA: East-coast, Midwest & West-coast. Each chapter contained Vice Presidents. In addition, a Youth committee was formed and consisted of one representative from three chapters.

Communication: Since inception of HAA, US mail or telephone have been the modes of communication between the office bearers and members of HAA. The activities were summarized as chapter reports or annual reports. These aspects involved significant time and effort from the office bearers to maintain and update the postal address directory of the members. In addition, making paper copies of the notices and the paying for mailing would drain the HAA treasury. However, starting in 1994 a formal Havyaka Net newsletter served as an electronic medium to communicate among Havyakas about various activities. In addition, in 1998 havyaka@yahoogroups was established to facilitate an informal exchange of constructive ideas between interested Havyakas. At the 1999 bi-annual convention, a proposal to form a Havyaka web page was put forward. Subsequently, the web site www.havyak.com was created in 2000 to present HAA activities and events, and to enhance the interaction between Havyakas worldwide. Since the beginning of 2002, the main mode of communication has been e-mail. Messages have been sent to the members, either directly from the governing body, or through the chapter vice presidents.

Matrimonial: Matrimonial committee compiled information of interested single Havyakas. The list was published either through annual HAA meeting reports or electronically by Havyaka Net newsletter and HAA web page.

Expansion into sub-chapters: In 1997, twelve more sub-chapters with respective VPs were formed to facilitate better interactions among Havyaka families located within smaller regions. These included:

1)     New England-Boston area

2)     Rochester-Buffalo- NY area

3)     Pittsburgh-West Virginia-Ohio area

4)     Carolina

5)     Florida

6)     Tennessee- Atlanta, GA area

7)     Kansas-Missouri-Iowa area

8)     Huston, Texas area

9)     Arkansas-Arizona area

10)Northwest-Seattle, WA-Oregon area

11)Southern CA/Los Angeles-San Diego area

12)Canada (Toronto-Montreal)

This concept was further expanded during 2003 by adding two more sub-chapters in Washington DC-Virginia-Maryland area and Detroit, Michigan-Windsor, Canada area.

Youth Leaders/Co-leaders: To bring forward the youth Havyakas with leadership roles in the community activities, one or more Youth Leader/Co-leader (s) positions were created in 2003. This expanded the pre-existing youth committee and the responsibility of youth-lead HAA activities. The goal is to give more opportunities for the youth to come up with new idea. The chapter VPs can serve as mentors during to help the youth leaders organize various regional HAA activities.

Regional Meetings: Every chapter conducts local meetings/get-together four times a year, around the Hindu/Havyaka festivals Ugadi, Chuthi, Navarathri and Deepavali. These meetings are generously hosted by one of the Havyaka families. After a traditional pooja and prayer, simple Havyaka food is served as a pot-luc lunch.Next, the youth are informed about the significance and rituals of such festivals. In addition, informal cultural activities or talents are presented. Such events conclude with discussions on HAA business, additions to HAA directory and charity issues. In addition, an annual picnic is organized in the summer to enhance social interactions through sports activities such as cricket and volleyball.

National/Inter-national Meetings: HAA organizes a Bi-annual American Continent convention. In addition, participation by international Havyakas is being encouraged.  Generally this is a two-day event with an overnight stay that is filled with many cultural, social and sport activities. The important aspects of such conventions are to bring together Havyakas in the Americas, to enhance the HAA network, and to present our various talents and achievements. During the convention of 2001, a HAA logo was selected. Major emphasis was given in 10^th Bi-annual convention in 2003 to include youth interests and encourage youth leadership. Accordingly, youth were brought to the forefront by including several Youth-Speaker presentations as a part of the opening ceremony of the convention. To present glimpses of our cultural heritage to the present generation Havyakas, various types of classical music and dances of India were presented at the 1999 and 2003 conventions, including the special dance drama of Karnataka, “Yakshagana”. These also bring forward the special performing art talents of Havyakas. In addition, in 1999 and 2003, Havyaka fine art exhibitions were included.

Souvenir and Photo-Directory: As a part of each convention a souvenir book and updated Havyaka directory are published. Many Havyakas, including youth, have been contributing creative and interesting articles or poems on diverse topics and experiences in Kannada and English. Youth and adult accomplishments were published through annual reports or souvenirs.  In 2001, the Photo-Directory enhanced the souvenir content. This feature was expanded in 2003, with a new section called “Havyaka Achievement Showcase”. It highlighted various accomplishments, contributions, talents of many youth and adult Havyakas excelling in diverse fields. This section also included photographs and details about their family members. This information can enhance future interactions between interested Havyakas. In addition, another section called “Havyaka Art Gallery” was introduced to present the artistic capacity of Havyakas.

Spiritual and Cultural activities: The Hindu spiritual activities that were performed during Havyaka events included Poojas, chanting of Sanskrit Shlokas of Vedas or verses of Bhagavatgitha, Bhajans, and Yoga practices and demonstrations. Cultural performances contained Kannada or Havyaka traditional/folk songs and dances, Indian or Western vocal and instrumental classical or pop music, Bharathanatyam or Kuchupudi classical dances as well as Yakshagana. In addition to these, the association members have provided encouragement and support to the cultural performances of talented guest artists of our heritage from India.

Performing Arts Committee: To facilitate efficient co-ordinations of future culture activities year over year, at various HAA sponsored events a permanent group was team formed in 2003. The group includes few Havyakas, who have a special passion in performing arts from classical music to Yakshagana.  The volunteer numbers need to be extended to represent different regions of Americas so that they can communicate and interact with the chapter VPs of HAA so that such cultural programs can be organized efficiently. This can enhance  the identification and presentation of youth and adult Havyaka talents to our community or even to other communities.This type of group can help  to increase the interaction, as well as to build a strong network of Havyakas.

Charity: Over the years, HAA members have been interested in helping needy and hard working Havyakas worldwide. We want to give them an opportunity to excel to their best capacity so that they, in turn, can equally continue to make a positive impact on humanity. Havyakas have been contributing to the community they came from and to the community they live in. The special interest of Havyakas in education and giving tribute to the ancestors have been exemplified by a few Havyakas by establishing student scholarship funds in their original home village. Several local community charity activities were carried out such as “food-collections for the needy” and “Thanksgiving soup kitchen”. Some of the disaster relief donations were provided to funds of “Earthquake in Gujarat, India” and September 11^th disaster. Support was provided to various temples and cultural facilities in various villages of our Havyaka members’ origins as well as Havyaka Swamiji/Guru-institutions like Shree Ramachandrapura Math and Shree Swrnavalli Math. To facilitate specific needs such as mobile communication capabilities of Shree Swamiji, funds for laptop computers were provided. Similarly, Shree Math’s charitable Eye hospital establishment was supported. To enhance such donations to good causes through HAA, as well as to accommodate the changing international situations, a policy/guideline for charity contributions was presented during 2003 convention’s business session and got approved.

List of few organizations/charitable causes supported by the members of HAA:

1. Havyaka Mahasabha, Bangalore, Merit Scholarship
2. Sri Krishna Gokarna Trust Udupi,
3. Shree Ramachandrapur Math, Hosanagara
4. Shree Swarnavalli Math, Sirsi
5. Kodagu Brahmana Vidhyabhivridhi Nidhi, Madikeri (Education Fund)
6. TWS Womens Hostel, Sirsi
7. Kumta Havyaka Association Trust
8. Sowmya Smarak Samiti
9. Havyaka Vidya Vardhaka Sangha, Kumta
10. Shree Bharathi Vidya Peetha, Badiyadka
11. Gujarath Earthquake Relief Fund
12. September 11 relief fund (Red Cross)

Charity Committee: In order to have a sustained effort in supporting the charitable causes of HAA for future years, a “Charity Committee” was organized in 2003. To build a network of Havyakas who have a significant interest in this great endeavor, it was proposed that the committee would consist of a committed chairperson to lead and members who have a passion in the charitable causes. However, the committee can invite new members and recommend having a co-chair or rotating the chair-position among the committee members once in four years or as needed. As the charity committee gains experience and network, it will guide the HAA office bearers and the donating Havyakas to proceed in accordance to HAA’s charity policy. In addition, the committee can co-ordinate charitable activities with the governing body, various sub-chapter VPs and Youth leaders of HAA.

Contributions to diverse fields and society: For many of us, the desire for higher education and jobs is what has brought us to this land of opportunities. We have a common goal to succeed and contribute to humanity by pursuing our special interests. Havyakas have demonstrated their intellectual capacity in diverse fields including but not limited to spirituality, basic sciences, medicine, engineering, Internet technology, business, and law. Havyakas strive to achieve higher standards. By excelling in these fields Havyakas have contributed significantly to their specialty and are well-appreciated and recognized by the community they came from as well as by the society they live in.

Advisory Board: Every two years, HAA gives opportunities to its interested members to take leadership roles as office bearers of the organization. When the new leaders take the responsibility, it could be challenging. To help in this process, a permanent, experienced advisory group has been installed so that the group can be approached as needed by the new office bearers. This can enable the organization to maintain and implement effectively the fundamental principles, values and mission of the organization. Accordingly, in 2003 the “HAA Advisory Board” was formed. It consists of interested former presidents of HAA, who have been actively participating in various HAA activities and conventions during the recent years and have gained broader experience and knowledge in coordinating the HAA activities. The membership is voluntary, and a president after the term can chose to be a part of the advisory board. The scope of the board will be to advise or guide the governing body during transitions or as needed, and will have no direct role in the operation of the organization year after year. Similarly, it will be advantageous to HAA to have a permanent “Legal Advisory group” and “Accounting Advisory group” so that the new office bearers will be able to approach them for any legal and accounting issues of HAA.

Web Committee: A HAA web committee was formed in 2003 to share the increasing responsibility of communication and to make the web a resourceful site for Havyakas, with special emphasis on youth. With this goal, several enhancements are made that include, but are not limited to providing information to the interested Havyakas about HAA mission, organization, office-bearers, historical perspectives, Havyaka achievements, contributions to literature, links to Hindu Temples, other Havyaka/Hindu/student organizations, youth opportunities, Havyaka/Professional networks, matrimonial column, charity policy, and worldwide interaction among Havyakas through yahoo groups etc.

JHAA: To Present, Enhance and Preserve: Initiatives have been taken to publish, encourage and preserve the intellectual capacity of havyakas by establishing a monthly or quarterly “Journal of Havyaka Association of Americas”. The goal is to present and enhance the creative and productive interactions between youth and all Havyakas of our community through an electronic publication. In addition, it can highlight the past and present intellectual contributions by havyakas to the society. Such a publication from a community of diverse expertise and interest can enrich our creative minds for the benefit of current and future generations.

“Two decades of effort are behind us, many more decades of efforts are ahead of us. Let us join and contribute as an organization to strengthen our future generation!”

-Bheem Bhat, Madiyala

President, HAA                                                                                 December 21, 2003

 For any suggestion, please contact: bheembhat@yahoo.com, (610-944-6014)

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JHAA-Vol.1, No.1(Article 3) Pages 11-16                                                             

Two Faces of India

-Anarghya Vardhana, Portland, Oregon

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(Ed. Note: A visit to Mysore Palace gives another dimension to Anarghya at age 11)

Staying in the same atmosphere for years with no change can be suffocating. To prevent that suffocation, my parents, my sister, and I make an annual trip to India, where my parents are originally from. India is a beautiful and enchanting country. A trip to that mind-captivating place every year means that my sister and I soak in the ancient and rich Indian culture and get out of the rigmarole of daily material life. However, more than anything, the visit to India is meant to be a reunion with family members and a trip down the nostalgic memory lane.

During the (dull, boring, dreary, mind-numbing… need I go on??) 26 hour airplane ride (with about two hour breaks at three different airports), I usually gripe and whine about the boredom, the tasteless food, how hot or cold I am, how long the flight takes, and a variety of other ludicrous things. I never really considered that my parents spend thousands of dollars every year so that I can have this unique experience, but was steeped in my own conceit world of worldly pleasures. But my so-called “tradition” of griping changed on our 1999 trip. That was when I first noticed the “two faces” of India, and realized how lucky I was.

It was June 12, 1999 and we had just arrived at Portland Airport and were awaiting our flight to India. As we tried to kill time, this was the crazy scene:

1.         My sister was trying to drive me insane (as usual)

2. My mother was tense, worrying we’d forgotten to pack something (as usual)
3. My father was calm and in the mood for joking and/or eating (as usual)
4. I was really getting annoyed with my sister (as usual, and much to her delight)

Miraculously, despite all those events, we managed to get on the plane and set off for India. After so many stops I thought we’d never get there—San Francisco, Cincinnati, Frankfurt, Bombay and finally our destination: the Mangalore airport which is located on the southwestern tip of India.

Stepping off the plane, a hot humid blast of air hit me like a wall! My skin tingled—I was on Indian soil! I wanted to race out of the airport and find my grandparents, but unfortunately I was strapped down with tons of luggage. We were eventually able to get our luggage on a cart and out of the airport, I craned my neck from side to side trying to locate my Ajja and Ajji (Indian terms for grandfather and grandmother respectively) in the sea of people (kind of like the Arabian sea I had seen from the plane!!).

As I strode quickly through the crowd, I suddenly cringed as a filthy child brushed past me, reaching a hand out for money. The kid was a puny, malnourished 7 or 8 year old, and I could see his ribs through the tatters of his clothing. “Yew!” I thought, “That kid must not have showered in a month. He smells putrid.” I lurched away from the beggar and continued to search for my grandparents.

After much craning of my poor sore neck, I spotted them across the crowd. My grandfather still had his noble look, even though he was 60. His hair was a pure white and he had a slight mustache. I grinned seeing him standing out amongst the throng of people who jostled around, he looked stern (having been a lawyer for the past 35 years), but once you got to know him, he was a lot of fun to be around. My grandmother was by his side, all smiles and ready for a big hug. I loved my grandmother; she always had an air of superiority around other people, but at the same time made them feel comfortable enough to tell her all their problems. As always, she was dressed in a dazzling silk sari wearing earrings with seven diamonds each! Her delicate nose, as well, had a diamond stud (it is a custom in India for women to pierce their noses… of course, I’ll never do that, I’m scared to get shots at the doctors!!). I rushed out somehow (despite the heavy bags) and threw myself on my Ajja and Ajji.

After the hugs, kisses and tears, we sped off in my grandfather’s luxuriously air-conditioned car. I leaned back against the plush satin seats and relaxed. The horrible airplane trip was over, the dirty beggar boy gone from my mind; I could peacefully enjoy my vacation! But just as I was starting to get into a mellow state-of-mind, we drove past a slum. Reality hit me again. I stared at the tent-city made out of plastic bags, cardboard, and other garbage. From the cool interior of the car, I could see naked children chasing a ragged puppy, older kids begging, and their haggard-looking mothers stirring pots over open fires. And what was I thinking, looking at this sad scene? “Disgusting! How can they live in such unhygienic conditions? Good thing they can’t get to me.” I felt safe in the car. “Whew!”

Arriving at my grandfather’s mansion, I was ready for two months of relaxation. Our family in India is a joint-family, meaning that my grandpa, grandma, great-uncle, great-aunt, uncle, aunt, and three cousins (with five dogs, 10 cows, a farmhouse, motorcycles, and waterfalls) all live together in one big happy family, this makes India the best place in the world! Another major part that makes India so great are the servants who are there to fulfill our wishes. They cleaned up any messes we made, so we didn’t have to worry about putting things away. Cooks prepared all the meals, which were delicious. And I never had to wash a dish (my least favorite chore back home!). The servants also served as personal tour guides if we ever wanted to tour my grandfather’s 40-acre plantation. We even had a driver to take us around in any of the three the air-conditioned cars we chose. Back home in US, my dad is no Bill Gates! We are a typical middle class family living in an ordinary house, in an ordinary neighborhood. Despite being so ordinary, my sister and I adapt to the ultra luxury and royal lifestyle of my grandfather’s house pretty quickly! We whiled away our summer playing, sleeping, eating (and sometimes whining).

But for some reason, I wasn’t totally content. I had every comfort I could hope for, but still felt incomplete. Aside from my family, friends of my grandparents, and the servants, we didn’t see anyone else for a whole month. In fact, in all my visits to India, I had never really had a chance to see the regular people of the country. By regular people I mean the man who sold flowers by the way side, the old man who rode the bicycle distributing milk house to house, the next door neighbor who worked as a bank clerk…. In case you couldn’t tell from the house and servants, my grandfather and his family are pretty wealthy and mostly associate with other wealthy Indians. I found myself thinking about the children I’d seen at the airport and on the drive to my grandparent’s house. Children, who looked like me, but had such different lives. I wondered, “What is it like for other Indian families? Regular Indians? And what about the poor people?” No matter what else I did, I couldn’t get these questions off my mind.

So when my uncle came up with the idea of visiting the Mysore Palace, I jumped at the chance. Mysore is an ancient city of temples, forts and palaces. Center for culture and learning in Southern India. It is located about 12 hours away from my grandfather’s house. If you wanted to learn about Indian culture, or history, Mysore was the place! So, I knew that the palace would be a popular destination. It would be teeming with Indian tourists, merchants, and even beggars—the other face of India I’d been longing to see. Getting stifled by my pampered, languishing lifestyle, I was excited at the prospect of an adventure. It would also serve as an awesome way to see how my great-great-great (I have no clue how many “greats”) grandfather lived. He was the royal mathematician in the Mysore Palace! So, I was pretty excited (you would be too if you had a small bit of royal blood in you!!).

The next morning I couldn’t wait to start the scenic twelve-hour drive to Mysore. My fascination with the scenery wore off quickly, however, and my sister and I were back to our regular routine: arguing and bothering our parents. Fortunately the drive didn’t last forever and we cruised into the bustling city around 10pm. I could barely fall asleep that night, I was so excited, “Tomorrow I’ll be part of the action. I’ll be one of the regular people walking the streets of Mysore!”

My adventure into “real” India finally began the next morning. As soon as I stepped out of the hotel, into the sunlight, traffic, and action of India, my heart started beating faster. Cars whizzed past me, people honked and yelled, vendors bellowed about their wares, dogs chased each other yipping, cow bells jingled, people yelled for taxis and a thousand other things were happening all around me. I was overwhelmed by the hustle and bustle, but that was part of adventure. (One thing to remember is outwardly I looked like a typical Indian and blended with the surroundings. But inwardly I was totally American!! Since I was quite oblivious to this, I took in the whole scene with same fascination as any of my local American friends would take it.)

After the initial shock of seeing the entire hullabaloo (even though I felt that my parents weren’t as “taken aback” as my sister and me, because they had grown up in that atmosphere), my family and I weaved down the road, dodging people, cars, carts, and animals, and soon found ourselves in front of the famous Mysore Palace. When my uncle said the word “palace” the day before, I imagined elegance, wealth, gold, silver, jewels, etc.. Don’t get me wrong. The palace was beautiful. But the area around it shocked me, to say the least.

Mysore Palace was surrounded with dozens of old men who were missing arms or legs, children who had no eyes, and women with large, hideous growths on their faces—all of them trying their best to make money for their decaying families. It all hit me like a steamroller. I thought, “Why has this never bothered my before? I mean, these people have always been just -poor people- to me before. What’s so special about today, for me to feel so sorry for them?” Sure I had seen poor people before—back home in America and even in India—but nothing prepared me for this. Before, I was always in a car or watching them on the news. I was at a safe distance, removed from their suffering. But at the Mysore Palace, for the first time I was up close and personal with the other side of India. I could see and hear and feel these people’s pain. It surrounded me.

Before, these people had always seemed to be “creatures.” Not being like me, made me feel as if they were a different species. But now, as I stared, I realized that they were just people. I was also amazed at the fact that these poor people tried to make the best out of their lives. Even though every day was a challenge for survival, they somehow managed to make the best of their lives. Some would use their amazing talents and carve beautiful statues out of twigs, and rocks from the road. Others would even make instruments and play melodious tunes. The children also had lives beyond the ones we saw on the streets. Some managed to go to the railway station and learn little bits of reading and writing from the newspapers discarded by passengers. The children also found time in their miserable lives to play with their friends. Despite their hardships, they seemed so normal, just people trying to live out their lives.

In those hours that we toured the grounds, something changed in me forever. The contrast between the rich, magnificent palace and the poverty-stricken people around it jumped out at me like a crow amongst a flock of parrots. All my life I had cried, whined and pouted over trivial things: not getting the things I wanted, certain types of food, homework on sunny days; such unimportant facts and details. The poor people here were overjoyed just to get a morsel of food. They scavenged through garbage cans to find anything edible, even a banana peel. What in the world did I have to complain about?

During my earlier visits to India, I had been critical of the poor people there, and even considered them below me. As if their poverty was their fault. In India, almost everything is based on the caste system. There are considered to be about four major castes: Brahmins (the scholars and priests), Kshatryas (warriors), Merchants (mainly people who sold things), and the untouchables (generally servants). The untouchables are considered the lowest caste, and are not to be touched by Brahmins (like me) the highest. My entire life I had tried always to be fair to all people despite their race, color, or religion. But here, I had not knowingly fallen into my caste role!  After the Mysore Palace, I realize that they are no different than me. They are just people who were dealt bad cards in the game of the poker of life.

Now that I’m back in America, I can’t say that I’m a major volunteer at the local soup kitchen or that I donate my entire allowance to the starving children in Africa. But I have changed. The thing that I started doing right away as soon as soon as I was back at my grandfather’s house was I started to give my “dakshinae” to the poor. A “dakshinae” is a pretty good amount of money you receive at functions, kind of like a goody bag just for attending. Earlier, I had spent that money on bubblegum, sweets and other junk. But, after my experience at Mysore Palace, I felt that it was more important for little kids to get their food, than for my selfish teeth to rot. Right now (three years later), I still continue to do that every year when I go to India. However, the major change is that I will never see India the same way again. I won’t be able to ignore or hide from India’s other face. That evening when we returned from the Mysore Palace, visions of limbless men and blind children flashed through my mind again and again. They still do, even today. Mostly whenever I start griping about something stupid.

For any suggestion, please contact Anraghya Vardhana at:  jayashreev@hotmail.com

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JHAA, Vol.1,  No.1 (Article 4) Ppages 17-20

Medical Imaging: Opportunities to Complain and Invent!

Gopal Avinash, Biligeri, New Berlin, Wisconsin

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(Ed.Note: Dr. Avinash is the receipient of “Top Inventor Award” in GE Medical System)

———————————————————————————————————–From X-Ray of the bone and wedding ring, Ultrasound of a fetal baby, MRI of our brain, to the latest 3-D picture archives of colon or bone by the CT scanners! Application of medical imaging needs no introduction as is it touches all of us at various stages of life. Medical imaging allows medical practitioners non-invasively or minimally invasively see through the human body and make prognosis, detection, diagnosis, therapy and treatment planning for various medical conditions.

How did the  medical imaging technology evolve?

X-ray: In 1895 X-rays were discovered by German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen. He also produced the first x-ray picture of the body in the same year. Röntgen made a radiograph of his wife´s hand showing the soft tissue and bone structure and the great radiopacity of the wedding ring.

Nuclear Medicine: A landmark event for nuclear medicine occurred in 1946 when a thyroid cancer patient’s treatment with radioactive iodine led to complete disappearance of the patient’s cancer. The 1980s saw the use of nuclear medicine for diagnosing heart disease as well as the integration of digital computers to add additional power to the technique. Nuclear medicine imaging shows not only the anatomy of an organ or body part, but the function of the organ as well.

Ultrasound: In the 1960’s the principals of sonar were applied to diagnostic imaging. Ultrasound imaging was developed to look at the abdomen and kidneys, fetal baby, carotid blood vessels and heart.

Computed Tomography (CT): In 1972 Computed tomography (CT) scanning was invented by British engineer Godfrey Hounsfield and physicist Allan Cormack. CT is fast, patient friendly and has the unique ability to image a combination of soft tissue, bone, and blood vessels. Since its invention over 30 years ago, CT imaging has seen massive advances in technology and clinical performance. Screening virtual colonoscopy is getting ready for the headlines!  CT-scanner, while touring the colon can take 3-dimentional virtual images of the colon and help in very early detection of colon cancer!

Magnetic resonance Imaging: In 1980 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the brain was first done on a clinical patient. MR imaging was cleared for commercial availability in 1984 and its use throughout the world has spread rapidly since. MRI was developed by Paul Lauterbur and scientists at Thorn-EMI Laboratories, England, and Nottingham University, England.  MRI shows both the anatomy of an organ or body part and the function of the organ.

Positron Emission Tomography: In 1975 Clinical Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanning was developed by scientists at the University of California. PET is a type of nuclear medicine scanning that involves cross sectional data acquisition and reconstruction much like Computed Tomography (CT) scanning. PET scanning has specific potential in imaging certain diseases and disorders of the brain and the heart.

Information Technology: In the 1990s, it became very clear that information technologies have a significant role in medical imaging and picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) became a standard part of medical imaging.

Why this passion of Medical Imaging research and Invention?

When I was doing Ph.D. at the University of Michigan, I needed to develop new imaging tools to answer several medical questions. This necessity led to several interesting developments in the field of three-dimensional optical microscopy. Then when I started my industrial research career, I had to come up with ideas for imaging products that work with the real world constraints. This got me really involved with patenting. I got too passionate about it and started researching for methods of generating patent landscapes and maps for the areas of interest.

What are the achievements and applications?

Milestones achieved in this field: At present, medical imaging allows medical practitioners non-invasively or minimally invasively see through the human body and make prognosis, detection, diagnosis, therapy and treatment planning for various medical conditions.

Current limitations of the technology:Current challenges include providing accurate and reliable integrated anatomical, functional, and molecular information, automating processes, seamless integration with healthcare workflow, and improving throughput.

Specific contributions:  My inventions are generally in the areas of medical image processing and visualization, pattern recognition based automation, and next generation healthcare infrastructure.

Potential  applications of the Inventions:  The inventions make medical data more useful to the medical practitioners. The inventions address the immediate challenges in making the images acquired under routine conditions look as if they are acquired during ideal imaging conditions. A second group of inventions minimize imaging artifacts that could detract image viewing. Third group automatically extract information from large data sets and present the information to a medical practitioner in a usable form thereby improving the data throughput. Fourth group of patents cover the next generation healthcare infrastructure where all the information is seamlessly available when and where it is needed.

Any thoughts for our creative  youngsters, the future inventors?

 Even though on an average, only 5% of the inventions make money, be optimistic! It is like many things we dream or would like happen in this wonderful world. Lots of inventions can be essentially stay inert, until others discover its use and great application in day to day life. Our quest on challenging questions that culminate as an invention is very fulfilling, because it can impact dramatically our life, the life of present and future generations.  If we dream of being aspiring inventor, most likely we will find opportunities. Do look for opportunities, especially whenever people complain about something! In most cases, inventions are additions or modifications of things that already exist. But you never know when you might create some thing new and be able to say “Eureka”!!!

For comments, please contact Dr. Avinash at :  gopal.avinash@med.ge.com or

nima@customerclimate.com

Notes from the Editor:

1. The article is an outcome of the on-line question and answer interactions

 between the  Editor, JHAA (Bheem Bhat, Madiyala, Ph.D) and

             the Inventor at GE Medical System (Gopal Avinash  Biligeri, Ph.D)

2. Here are some interesting and useful links to the potential young inventors:

     http://www.uspto.gov/go/kids/   

     http://www.uspto.gov/go/kids/kidhello.html

     http://www.nsta.org/programs/craftsman/ 

     http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blkidprimer6_12.htm

3.  Any complaint on medical imaging? Send a note to Dr. Gopal Avinash he

will say “Eureka” some day!.gopal.avinash@med.ge.com or

nima@customerclimate.com

4. Links to some of  his current invention list:

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-                Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/search-bool.html&r=2&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=ptxt&s1=’Avinash+Gopal’.INZZ.&OS=IN/”Avinash+Gopal”&RS=IN/”Avinash+Gopal“

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=0&f=S&l=50&TERM1=Avinash+Gopal&FIELD1=INZZ&co1=AND&TERM2=&FIELD2=&d=ptxt

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(Supplement-10^th Bi-annual Convention Souvenir, 2003)

5. Dr. Gopal Avinash’s Geneology ( in Brief):

If you are yet to read about the impact of the “Brain Power” of people of India/ Indian origin in shaping American Technology and Economy, please read following Cover page article of Business Week, Dec. 8, 2003). We Havyakas with roots in India also should be proud of our heritage!

“The Rise Of India :Growth is only just starting, but the country’s brainpower is already reshaping Corporate America” http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_49/b3861001_mz001.htm

JHAA, Vol.1, No.1(Article 5) Page 21-22

The Jana Family – A Brief Background on the Genealogy

–        Raaghu  Jana, Bryan, Texas

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(Ed. Note: Raaghu (Raghavendra) Jana took great initiative and effort to create the Genealogy and Provides us a good source of the software!)           

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Documentation of the Jana family tree was something I wanted to do for a long time. About 6-7 years ago, my hiriyappa, Ramachandra Rao, who lived in Kerekoppa village, was visited by some people who said that they were from a family whose work was to document the details of families in their region. These people had records of the family lineage since c. 1475.

Apparently, our family was based in the village of Basavana Bagevadi, a taluk in Bijapur district. There, our ancestors maintained property records and other documents and also acted as arbitrators in local matters, along with agriculture. From there, probably due to poverty, they moved to Ulavi near Haveri and from there to Belur village near Sagara. The dates of these migrations are not clear. My grandfather, Jana Manjappa, came to Kerekoppa somewhere in 1939-40 and settled there. Since then, his descendents (and those of his siblings) have migrated to almost all corners of the world.

The origin of the family name “Jana” is ambiguous. Some believe that this was a title given to my grandfather Manjappa for his knowledge and work in various fields. The other version is that the name was given to the family a long time ago because they were the knowledgeable people who maintained documents and also solved people’s problems. In support of this, the persons who brought the family details to my hiriyappa said that the family was colloquially referred to as “Shaneru” which is easily translated to “Janaru” in the general Kannada tongue.

My chikkappa, Raghupathi, and I were quite interested in all this and while I made a rough copy of the details, he went ahead and drew a family tree in quite some detail on paper. My father, Shreedhara, was also after me to create one but though interested, I always would find it to be too much work. A couple of years ago I came to the US for studies and last summer (2002), I had some free time on my hands and thought of finding some on-line tool to lessen my work in creating the family tree.

Going through the websites, I tried a few softwares and finally settled on the GenoPro program. The program was easy to understand and use. It had the advantages of being free (the main factor in student life) and also allowed easy creation of web pages. It also has a lot of good features such as capabilities to record dates of birth, marriage, death, etc. one can even add photos to each individual and to the families. That is another neat thing – once the tree is created and a report generated as web pages, the details can be viewed for either an individual or a family.

Creating the family tree, I surprised myself by remembering a lot of the names (as can be seen, ours is a large family) but was also appalled that I couldn’t remember many. My cousins and Raghu chikkappa in particular helped fill a lot of the blanks. I also encountered some challenges – attributable more to our family structure than the programming. As is probably true of most Havyaka families, our family too has its fair share of marriages among relatives. This meant that I had to be careful in linking the individuals correctly and in making sure that the same person was not recorded as two individuals.

I would like to add a few comments on my work, the Jana family tree, which is on the WWW at www.geocities.com/thejanafamily/. One, I have documented only the Jana side (father’s side) of my family. That is to say that the ancestry of anybody who is not a descendent of the Jana family is not recorded. For example, while I have recorded my sister’s family (husband and children), my brother-in-law’s ancestry is not provided. Similarly, my mother’s ancestry is not provided since she “came into the family” and is not a descendent. This approach was basically driven by the amount of work involved than by information availability. My hope is that these “end branches” from my tree could act as locations where other trees can be linked up. It would be necessary for anybody creating a similar tree to do put in just one side of the family as the other is readily available here.

Another point, a disclaimer of sorts, is that although I have discontinued the old custom of documenting only the male children and have made all efforts in treating both male and female children equally, I cannot guarantee that all female individuals have been included – especially in the older levels of the tree. This is basically due to my data sources for these levels being of the older, male-oriented format.

Finally, this effort is never complete. It needs to be constantly updated as children are born, marriages performed and, sadly, as elders depart us for better places. Though a lot of work, something like this has its own rewards. I feel a greater sense of “family” now that I know each individual in the tree and can visualize his/her link to me. A record such as this can be preserved for eternity and act as the point of reference for everyone related to the family, lessening the torture in trying to remember “Aa Seetharamana akkana magala gandana hesrenthatho??”

Hope all of you have as much fun creating your  “Vamsha Vriksha” as I did. Any comments and/or suggestions are welcome. (You would need to download the genopro software to view the actual tree format: http://www.genopro.com/InstallGenoPro.exe).

For comments please contact Ragavendra Jana at:  raghu7jana@yahoo.com.

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Geneology of Jaaghu Jana in beief:

 Vol.1, No.1 (Article 6) Pages 23-25

Vidwan Sediyapu Krishna Bhat:

Poet,  lexicographer and a great scholar in Kannada

– S. Jarayama Bhat, Manipal, India                                   

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(Ed. Note: Son gives a tribute to his father’s contributions)

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A quote from one of his poems
“Oo sathyaveera puthra
Manushyapathada nethra
Oo punyabhumi varaputhra
Nee bhaviyugada dhathra !
Jaya bharathaputhra !”    

(1902-1995)

Sediyapu Krishna Bhat, reknowned poet, story teller, philologist, lexicographer and a great scholar in Kannada would have completed hundred years on 8th June 2002 had he been alive. He passed away on his 95th birthday after the release of the English translation of his book Thathya Darshana Discovery of Facts. Born in the year 1902 at Sediyapu, near Puttur in Dakshina Kannada District he lost his father very early and could attend regular school only up to 9th standard due to lack of any support and poverty. But, intense thirst for knowledge made him to gather it from all quarters that he was entirely a self-made person attaining proficiency not only in all aspects of Kannada but also in Sanskrit and other languages as well as in Ayurveda. He became a teacher at primary, secondary, high school and college level. Before he joined St.Aloysius High School, Mangalore as a teacher, he was a practicing Ayurvedic physician and an associate editor of a well known periodical.
He was recognized at a very young age as a scholar of great learning by his writings, as he always believed in maintaining very high standards, be it poetry, stories, scholarly articles or research activity and hence in terms of numbers his literary output was low. Ill health and eye problems, even complete blindness during his last decade did not prevent him from producing works of great quality. In fact every one of his literary works have been acclaimed by some honor or prize by the State or Universities/Institutions. Original and independent thinking, unbiased writing with precision are the hallmarks of his works. His poems reflect his views in multi layered fashion taking the reader to different levels of poetic ecstasy. He always kept his mind very active, even up to the final seconds of his life.

The following is a brief list of his works:

Poetry: Chandrakhanda Mattu Kelavu Sanna Kavyagalu (1994)- This is a collection of all his poems including those published in smaller booklets/books from 1935 onwards.

Stories: Palamegalu Mattu Eradu Kathanagalu (1979/97)-This is the tenth impression of his original collection first published in 1947.

Philology/Grammer-Kannada:

Varnagalu (1955)-Series of resentations made at Karnataka University, Dharwad Research Volumes-Kelavu desha namagalu (1975),

Thathya Darshana (1991-This was also translated to English by Padekallu Narasimha Bhat in 1996.),

Kannada Geethikeya Lakshana Mattu Dhati (1972),

Chhandogathi (1985),

Kannada Chhandassu (1988-this was an enlarged version of his celebrated article of 1932)

Collection of articles on different subjects:

Vichara Prapancha (1992)-This brought him the highest literary award Pampaprashasthi of Karnataka Govt. for 1994 that was announced and given postumously in 1996.

Collection of his letters:

Patravali-compiled by Prof.M.Ramachandra (1991),

Patragalu Chithrisida Sediyapu-compiled by Erya Lakshminarayana Alva (1996) Lexicon-Kannada Nighantu(1951)-co-author
Other titles:

Eeshwara Sankalpa Athava Daiva Leele (1996)-some events in his life.,

Sediyapu Nenapugalu (1996)-compiled by Vaidehi towards the end of his days., Nudiharalu (2001)-compiled by Prof. M. Ramachandra.

There are a number of books on him and on his works. His former students, friends, well-wishers and admirers set up a fund to celebrate his birth/death day every year with day long literary activities highlighted by the annual award of “SEDIYAPU PRASHASTHI” and also for the republication and study of his works. During June 7-9^th of 2002, a year long centenary celebrations were rounded off by a three day program of literary and cultural activities at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College, Udupi. The 2002 year’s SEDIYAPU PRASHASTHI went to eminent scholar Prof .S. K.Ramachandra Rao. In 2003, the SEDIYAPU PRASHSHI was given to Professor Talitaje Keshava Bhat, Octagenarian Kannada scholar, researcher, poet, teacher and author of a variety of books. The previous awardees of this prashasthi are Vidwan N.Ranganatha Sharma, Dr.Chidanandamurthy, Prof.Venkatasubbaiah, Prof.Venkatachala Shastry. And Dr.U.P.Upadhya.                                                       

For comments, please contact Prof. Jayarama Bhat at: sjbhat@satyam.net.in

(S. Jayarama Bhat, Ph. D is a retired Professor of Elecronics at  Manipal Institute of Tecnology, Manipal, India and is the son of Vidwan Sediyapu Krishna Bhat.)

(Majority of this article was presented earlier (2002) in “Havyaka Net”-News letter published by Raja Kailar & Roopa Kailar) 

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Journal of Havyaka Association of Americas (JHAA)

2003,Volume1, Issue No.1 pages 1-25.                                      December 22, 2003

Editor: Bheem Bhat, Madiyala

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