Listed here below are some of the important posts about the city of Jaipur on this Blog for your ready reference.
An Appeal
19 01 2010Please take a minute to read this post from Give India Foundation Incorporated, a trusted and credible NGO in India since 1999. To cast your vote on facebook please visit here .Please click to visit their official website and their Blog for more information.You can email them at giveindiachase@gmail.com for any queries.
Cast Your Vote Now! Every Vote Counts!
You have to vote before 22nd January 2010.
The Issue
Children have the right to study and enjoy their childhood. However 50% of school age children in India are not in school today. It is estimated that there are anywhere between 10-20 mn children working as labourers in hazardous industries and being exploited when they should be learning and playing.
Education is the only key to unlocking these children’s future, the key which will allow them to lead a dignified and financially independent adult life.
The Plan
GIVE Foundation will use the $1mn grant to for educational sponsorships costing $43 per child per year thus providing access to education to more than 20,000 children through our partner NGOs. All partner NGOs have undergone due diligence, and are highly transparent and credible organizations. They are located across India and provide access to education to underprivileged children, including the girl child, tribal children and children from remote rural areas.
However, so that your vote COUNTS and goes FURTHER we will take the balance of about $90,000 and run a matching campaign that raises an additional $1mn from individual donors. This balance will also help meet the operating costs of running this program, including costs of project monitoring, and tracking including regular quarterly updates.
Each $43 sponsorship will provide books, school bags and uniforms to the children as well as the education i.e. teachers salaries and other costs to ensure a quality education.
The Outcome
More than 20,000 children will be educated for a year with the grant support. In addition over 20,000 children will be educated for a year through matching donations raised from individuals, thus ensuring that in all, more than 40,000 children are educated.
The program aims to make the underprivileged children of India self-reliant and independent by providing them a mainstream education. It is a movement to strengthen the future of the nation, an attempt towards a better life.
Each child we help is one less child that has to work for a living; one less child that has to experience illiteracy; one less child that has no hope for the future.
We believe that there are enough people who want to see this happen, enough people to ensure that we get 40,000 votes that will in turn help to educate 40,000 children. One VOTE = one CHILD!
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Tags: Child, Education, Give india Foundation Inc, india, Literacy, Non-governmental organization
Categories : Appeal, Charity, City Life
Basant
18 01 2010The 6 seasons of the Indian year are as follows:
Grisham- Summer-April & May are Dry & Hot.
Varsha- Monsoon- June & July are Wet and Humid.The landscape around Jaipur turns green.
Sharad August & September are less hot
Hemant- October & November are the start of winter
Shishir – December & January are Cold. Winter has set in.
Basant-Spring – February & March Not too hot not & too cold.
Basant officially starts after Basant Panchmi or Rishi Panchmi ( 5th day of the Magh month), the day when goddess Saraswati was born and is worshiped with Lord Sri Krsihna and Kamdev and his wife Rati .Goddess Saraswati is the goddess of knowledge, art & music. The goddess is dressed in white and her vahan are white swan and peacock. In her hands She holds a veeana, a book and a string of beads.She is worshipped in three roops, Maha Sarawati,Maha lakshmi and Maha kali.These are the three roops worshiped in the caves of Vaishno Devi. People dress up in yellow to worship her and offer her yellow sweets and flowers and lotus. It is the most auspicious day to get married also. And people do so too in large numbers.
Basant is the king of all seasons. This is when nature rejuvenates itself. Taking a cue from nature hearts of all men and women sing the joyous songs of life. Suffice it to say here that great writers and poets in India and abroad have written panegyric after panegyric in praise of this season, in particular. Bihari and Padmakar,two poets from Jaipur, writing in Brijbhasa, have outdone themselves in describing basant.
On this day the idols in the Govind Dev Ji’s Temple wear yellow also.
Holi is its main festival.
It was Rishi Panchmi when Lord Sri Ram graced Shabri mata’s hut with his presence. He was on his way to find Goddess Sita.
In 1192 A.D. on Basant Panchami Prithviraj Chauhan and poet Chandbardai stabbed each other to death after a blind Prithviraj Chauhan had killed Mohammed Gahori in his own citadel.
In 1872 on Basant Panchami Guru Ram Singh Kuka was apprehended by the British Forces and sent to Burma to be incarcerated till death in 1885 in the Mandalay Prison.
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Tags: basant, basant panchami, Burma, Goddess Saraswati, grishma, guru ram singh kuka, hemant, Hinduism, Holi, india, Jaipur, Lord Ram, prithvi raj chauhan, Religion and Spirituality, ritu, Saraswati, sharad, shishir, Sita, Vaishno Devi, varsha, vasant panchami
Categories : Accomodation, Around Jaipur, City Life, Festivals, Folk Hero, GuestHouse, History, Hotels, Jaipur, Jaipuri, Mythology, Temples, culture, india, rajasthan, rajasthani, temple
Hand Made Paper
14 01 2010They are able to make hand made paper from the strangest of things.At the Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute (KNHPI), Sanganer in 1999 they succeeded to make hand made paper from banana fibre even though they have to get the fibre from Assam, Tamilnadu, Bengal, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Kerala, and Karnatak. But the paper produced is of such high quality that it can last for 700 years. KNHPI were able to produce thin tissue paper weighing just 10 gms per square mts. This paper is used to preserve ancient manuscripts, paintings and documents as a laminate.
In Sanganer they usually make paper from hosiery fibre. But hand made paper can be made from fibre of pine, jute/jute waste and bhimal (Grewia oxysporia) -a fibre brought in from the himalayas. Hand made paper is even made from elephant poop. The finished product goes under the brand name of Haathi Chaap. Shredded currency waste and Bodha grass from Andhra Pradesh is also used to make hand made paper. They are making paper from Akda ( calatropis procera). This plant is widely available in Rajasthan.
These papers are environment friendly also as they are biodegradable and produce little waste during manufature as the water etc used to process the raw material is used again and again.
This paper is used to make diaries, Bangle Boxes, Carry bags, Photo frames, envelopes, jewelery boxes, lamps, cards, makeup boxes, handsome gift packing boxes, visiting cards and wedding cards. There is a huge demand for these products in developed countries which is met through exports. Jaipur is the leading exporter of handmade paper.Next are U.P. Pondichery and Haryana. However local people do not show much interest in using these products. Need of the hour is to promote these products locally also.
Hand made Paper Craftsmen came to India in 1522 A.D. with Babur from Bulkh Bukhara. Emperor Akbar sent 2 families of Paper Master craftsmen to Amber. On advise of Sawai Jai Singh ji they settled in Sanganer in the year 1728 A.D. These families came to be known as the kagzis.
Some handmade paper products can be bought at the Dharti Dhan Shop in between the Police Memorial and Narain Singh Circle and at the Ratan Papers, Papriwal Cottage on Ajmer Road( 0141-2222392).Kagzi’s, Sitapura (0141-2770718).
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Tags: Akara, Andhra Pradesh, banana, Calotropis procera, fibre, Haathi Chaap, india, Jaipur, jute, Maharashtra, Orissa, Papermaking, rajasthan, sanganer hand made paper
Categories : Accomodation, Around Jaipur, Calotropis procera, City Life, Flowers, GuestHouse, Hand Made Paper, Jaipur, Jaipuri, Shopping, culture, india, rajasthan, rajasthani
Beautification Of The Streets Of Jaipur
14 01 2010In any modern city you will see ugly places left over by modern flyovers or circles made to regulate traffic. They are inevitable by product of modernization. A consequence of a large number of people living together.It has become so that we do not notice the eyesores any more. For some time now the Government of Rajasthan and JDA (Jaipur Development Authority) have been going to great lengths to beautify these eyesores. They can not get rid of them but they can hide them a little. They can divert the attention of the public from something ugly to a thing of beauty, a work of art. They have had the walls of flyover painted with traditional paintings, on some mural have been put , on some mandanas have been painted. On the island made by the circles they have put up sculptures depicting rajasthani culture.
The Peacock Garden in Malvea Nagar was one of the first space left over by the flyover to be beautified by having a garden developed and mandanas painted and carved stone chatris with sculptures of life size peacocks made of fiber installed.The peacock sculptures have been made by Mr.Raj Kumar Pandit who is based in Jaipur. His some other works gracing the city of Jaipur are Ashok Stambh at the Vidhan Sabha and the statue of Vallabh Bhai Patel at the Secriteriat.
In continuation of this trend JDA has earmarked other circles to install sculptures at. The circles earmarked are near Lakshmi Mandir, near Rajmahal and in front of BJP office on Sardar Patel Marg. There will be 31 statue of metal made from a mixture of 8 metalas (Ashta dhatu). The themes will be rajasthani dress, Jaipur festival and Holi dance. They will cost about rupees 1.5 crores.
These efforts are laudable. But people have defaced the painted walls where they could reach them and there have been instances of statues being stolen. These statues are works of art and valuable public property. In my opinion the JDA is justified in guarding them. Maybe they ought to have them insured for what they are,works of art, and to put the onus of their safety on the insurance company.The cost will be justified too as works of art appreciate over time.
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Tags: Add new tag, Arts, Jaipur, Raj Kumar Pandit, rajasthan, Rajmahal, Rambagh Circle, Sculptors, Sculpture, Stone carving, Vidhan Sabha, Visual Arts, Work of art
Categories : Accomodation, Around Jaipur, City Life, Gardens, GuestHouse, Jaipur, Jaipuri, Paintings, Sculpture, Travel, culture, india, peacock, rajasthan, rajasthani
Jaipur Blue
14 01 2010Sawai Jai Singh Ji I brought the art of Blue Pottery to Jaipur in 1727 and Sawai Ram Singh ji II patronized the art and Rajmata Gayatri Devi revived the art in 1960s before it could fade away. Today Blue Pottery of Jaipur has come a long way with the help of government organizations like RUDA (Rural Non Farm Agency),Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI), non government agencies,artists,artisans,and businesses like Neerja International and the ordinary people for whom the charm of Jaipur Blue has endured over the years.Due to the efforts of all these people Blue pottery of Jaipur has been granted Geographical Indication (GI) status under the GI Act by the GI Registry in Chennai. This status comes with a unique Registered Logo with which all blue pottery produced in the Jaipur District will be branded.
Some 400 families in Jaipur and nearby villages like Sanganer, nevta, Muhana, Mahalan and Kotjewar are actively involved in producing these art works. The body is completely hand made by Quartz and normal glass and the designs are sketched by hand before being colored in by specially developed colors which do not fade with use. Cobalt oxide produces the blue color. Jaipur climate is uniquely suited for producing this variety of pottery.Now a days according to WTO guidelines 100% lead free pottery is being produced. So the Jaipur Blue item can be put to day to day use.
There is no doubt that Jaipur Blue pottery items are works of art because artists like Ms.Meenakshi Rathore and Mr.Prabhu Dayal Yadav are depicting scenes from the lives of Lord Budha and Mahaveer Swami and the local folk stories.
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Tags: Art, Ceramics, CGCRI, Crafts, Geographical Indication, GI, Jaipur, Pottery, RUDA, Sanganer, Shopping
Categories : Accomodation, Around Jaipur, City Life, GuestHouse, JAIPUR BLUE pottery, Jaipur, Jaipuri, Paintings, Sculpture, culture, india, rajasthan, rajasthani
Photographing Monuments Of Jaipur
14 01 2010Light plays a big role in making a photo stand out. Golden hours are the sunrise and the sunset.When shooting monuments you have to know where the sun will be at a given time.
It is a good idea to start the day at the Amber Fort because the rising sun illuminates the Fort and you can have early morning darshan at the Silla Mata Temple.You can not take pictures around the temple and the palaces will open later on.You should concentrate on the exterior of the Fort only. If you want you can take pictures or make a video riding an elephant to the top of the hillock. One tourist tweeted from her smart phone while riding an elephant up to the Amber Palace. She wanted to be the first to do so.
Now you have a choice either you can wait for the Amber Palace to open to photograph the interiors and then visit the Jaigarh Fort for taking pictures of the Jaigarh Fort and the Cannons and to take pictures of Jaipur and Amber fort from the Jaigarh Fort OR you can head back to Jaipur and take pictures of the Jal Mahal Palace in the Man Sagar Lake against the rising sun and take pictures of the facade of Hawamahal bathed in the early morning sun light.
Later on around noon you can take photos of the Jantar Mantar, Isar Lat & the City Palace. If the spirit moves you you can climb the Victory Tower after paying a small fee and take pictures of the Nahargarh Fort from there.
On your way to the Nahargarh you can take pictures of Jal Mahal from high up.
If you do not mind heights you can even book an early morning hot air balloon ride to take pictures of the city from high up.
Sisodia Rani ka Bagh has to be captured in your camera in the morning. In the evening you will be shooting the palace against the light. Central Park is nice in the evening.The facade of the B.M.Birla Conference venue on the Statue Circle is best shot in the setting sun. The founder of Jaipur’s Statue stands tall at the Statue Circle.You can take its picture also now.
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Tags: amber fort, central park, Hawamahal, Hot air balloon, Jaigarh Fort, Jaipur, Jal Mahal, monuments, nahargarh fort, Photos, Sisodia Rani Ka Bagh, Statue Circle, Sunrise, sunset
Categories : Accomodation, Around Jaipur, Cannons, City Life, Forts, Gardens, GuestHouse, Hotels, Jaipur, Jaipuri, Museums, Photography, Photos, Sculpture, culture, india, monuments, rajasthan, rajasthani, temple
Spicy Egg Curry
13 01 2010Serves: 2 persons
Time Taken :30 minutes
Ingredients :
4 Hard Boiled Eggs
2 Medium Onions Minced
2 Tomatoes Minced
4 Green Chillies Minced
2 Tea Spoons of Garlic Paste
2 Tea Spoons of Ginger Paste
2 Tea Spoon of Red Chillies
1 Tea Spoon of Coriander Powder
1/2 Tea Spoon Turmeric Powder
Some minced green coriander leaves for garnishing
1/2 tea Spoon of Roasted Cumin (Jeera) Powder
200 gms Curd
1 Cube of Maggi Chicken Stock
1/2 Tea Spoon Salt OR to taste (Remember there is some salt and pepper in the chicken cube too)
6 Table Spoons Of Soya Oil
METHOD:
A simple curry for the eggetarians & the non-vegetarians among us.It does not take much time to prepare.But is a delicious substitute to a non vegetarian dish.
Put the four eggs to boil in a pot of water for 15 minutes.
Heat up the oil in a wok and fry the onions in it on low heat till the onions are a little brown.Add the minced tomatoes in the Wok and fry some more.Now add the garlic and the ginger paste and fry some more.Add the Red chillies,Coriander powder, Roasted Cumin Powder,turmeric powder and Salt with a cup of water to the mixture and cook it till the oil starts to bubble.Stir in the curd.Keep stirring the mixture on high flame till the mixture starts to boil.Add the chicken cube.See that it dissolves in the mixture.
Add the green chillies.Cook the mixture on low heat till it is oily red in color.
Cut the 4 boiled eggs in 2 halves each and add to the curry.
Garnish with minced green coriander leaves and serve with hot chapatis.
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Tags: Anda Curry, Ande Ki Sabzi, Chili pepper, Cook, Coriander, Cumin, Egg Curry, Garlic, Ginger, maggi chicken cube, Onion, recipe, Salt
Categories : Accomodation, Around Jaipur, City Life, Cusine, Eggs, GuestHouse, Hotels, Jaipur, Jaipuri, Noth Indian Food, Street Food, Travel, cookery, food, india, rajasthan, rajasthani, recipe
The Bullet Riders
3 01 2010In December 2009 a team of four Belgians namely Versprille Nicoas, Crispyn Ann, Fruytier Els and De Mol Alain arrived in Jaipur at the Karan’s Guesthouse from New Delhi on their way to Agra and back to Delhi. Versprille Nicoas and Crispyn Ann were on their second visit to the Guesthouse. Their first visit was in November 2006. This time around they decided to spice up the trip by doing the Golden Triangle Circuit on Bullet Royal Enfield Motor-cycles. When they arrived at the guesthouse the racket the four motorcycles made had to be heard to be believed. The magic of the Bullet’s beat never palls. It has enthralled generations from all countries.After a 2 night stay they left for Dausa on Jaipur-Agra-Highway to visit Abhaneri and the haunted ruins of Bhangarh.
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Tags: Agra, Asia, Delhi, india, Jaipur, Karans Guest house, karans guesthouse, New Delhi, Royal Enfield, Taj Mahal
Categories : Accomodation, Around Jaipur, Bullet Royal En Field, City Life, GuestHouse, Hotels, Jaipur, Jaipuri, Motor Sport, Photos, Travel, india, rajasthan, rajasthani

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