Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Bina Prem Dhiraj Nahi

I'm in love with this Yesudas' song from the movie Swami Vivekananda.




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Monday, November 26, 2012

slip of the tongue

Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth.
- An Irish proverb.

And when a near & dear one's tongue slips once too often, it hurts.
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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Hotels, Lodges, Khanawali & Restaurants in Dharwad

This post has been created to help those looking for lodging and boarding information at Dharwad. Hotels, Kanawalis and Restaurants have been listed in a order of location, North to South. Hotels with websites have been linked. This list will be updated as frequently as possible. Hope you find this info useful.


HOTELS & LODGES

Malaprabha Lodge
Saptapur
91-836-2772285

Ankita Residency
Poona-Bengaluru Road, near Kittur Chennamma Park
91-836-274833 and 2742333

Vaibhav Residency Lodge
Opposite District Court, near Jubilee Circle
91-836-2444662

Hotel Vaishali
near City Bus Terminus (CBT)

Guru Prakash Lodge
Regal Circle, Vijaya Road
91-836-2441512

Hotel Durga Nivas
Old Dalal Market
91-836-2741144

Hotel Hoysala
Poona-Bengaluru Road, opposite, ICICI Bank, near Court Circle
91-836-2445627

Central Park
PB Road, opposite Kittel College, near Court Circle

Karnataka Bhavan
PB Road, adjacent to court, near Court Circle

Mandar Regency
near Court Circle
91-836-2444420

Brinadavan Lodge
Station road, near Court Circle, opposite Horticulture office

Indraprastha Residency
Poona-Bengaluru Road, near Court Circle
91-836-2446744, 2446745 and 2446746

Seasons Residency
off Poona-Bengaluru Road, near NTTF

Sri Sai Residency
off Poona-Bengaluru Road, near NTTF

National Lodge
Line Bazar
91-836-2445626 and 2443626

Hotel Nataraj
Sangam Circle, Line Bazar

Jyothi Lodge
Sangam Circle, Line Bazar
91-836-2445864

Karishma Residency & Lodging
Toll Naka, Dharwad-Hubli Road

Palaksh Inn
near Toll Naka, Dharwad-Hubli Road

Hotel Manorama
near JSS College, Dharwad-Hubli Road

Kamat Yatri Nivas
adjacent to SDM Hospital, Dharwad-Hubli Road
91-836-2461161

Mayur Aaditya Resort
near Navalur village, Dharwad-Hubli Road
91-836-2461701

Travel Inn
Dharwad-Hubli Road, near SDM Dental Hospital
91-836-2464848


KHANAWALI

Khanawalis are places for home-like traditional North Karnataka jolada-rotti oota ~ jowar-roti khana. The tradition of Khanawali originated in Bijapur and spread to other districts of northern Karnataka. Khanawalis provide wholesome food at reasonable prices. Most Khanawalis have a common menu; jolada-rotti, two chatnis, green salad, vegetable bhaji, cereal bhaji, rice, curry, pickle and curds.

Nagappa Rotti Khanawali
Opposite Shravya Hospital, German hospital-Sadankeri Road

Shri Dharwad Basappa Khanawali
Corporation Circle

Basappa Khanawali
near Court Circle

Prabhu Khanawali
near Court Circle

Nataraj Khanavali
Sangam Circle, Line Bazar

Siddarooda Khanawali
near Hindi Prachar Sabha

Revana Siddeshwara Khanawali
near Saptapur Baavi

Shankar Kanawali
near Saptapur Baavi


RESTAURANTS

Sai Aranya
Multi Cuisine Restaurant for families
Poona-Bengaluru Road (NH4), near Narendra cross

Cafelicious
Fast food joint
opposite KC Park water tank, Haliyal Road
Mobile: 94828 48408

Brewberrys Cafe
Coffee joint
KCD Circle - Saptapur road

Ankita Restaurant
Vegetarian
Poona-Bengaluru Road, near KC Park

Madhura Palace
Vegetarian
Poona-Bengaluru Road, near KC Park

LEA Canteen
Vegetarian
adjacent to Town hall, near Corporation Circle

Amingad Cool Drinks House
Vegetarian, chat, snacks and cool drinks
Gandhi Chowk, Subash Road

Bombay Restaurant
Vegetarian
Dattatreya Gudi Road

Gurudatt Bhavan
Vegetarian
Dattatreya Gudi Road

Hotel Kamat
Vegetarian
Subash Road

Krishna Restaurant
Vegetarian
Subash Road

Megha Darshini
Vegetarian
Subash Road

Hotel Upavan
Vegetarian
Azad Park, Jubilee Circle

Hoysala Restaurant
Vegetarian
Poona-Bengaluru Road, opposite, ICICI Bank, near Court Circle

Central Park
Bar & Restaurant, veg and non-veg food
Poona-Bengaluru Road, opposite Kittel College, near Court Circle

Mandar Regency
Food Court and Bar & Restaurant, veg and non-veg food
near Court Circle

Krishna Bhavan
Vegetarian
PB Road, Court Circle

Brinadavan
Vegetarian
Station road, near Court Circle, opposite Horticulture office

Devi Refreshments
Vegetarian (popular for South Indian snacks)
Station road, opposite Sushrutha Nursing home

President Bar & Restaurant
Bar & Restaurant, veg and non-veg food
Station road, opposite Sushrutha Nursing home

Devi Refreshments
Vegetarian (popular for South Indian snacks)
Station road, near Karnataka Bank

Mayur Cafe
Vegetarian
near Hindi Prachar Sabha

Meals Corner
Vegetarian
near Hindi Prachar Sabha

Hotel Food Corner
Vegetarian
near Karnatak College rear entrance

Pearl Bar & Restaurant
Bar & Restaurant, veg and non-veg food
near Sangam Theatre

Saroj Veg Restaurant
Vegetarian
PB Road, near NTTF

Karishma Restaurant
Bar & Restaurant, veg and non-veg food
Toll Naka, Dharwad-Hubli Road

Sagar Restaurant
Veg and non-veg food
near Masur Travels, Saraswatpur, Kalghatgi road

Prithvi Garden Restaurant
Bar & Restaurant, veg and non-veg food
Kalghatgii Road, near SDM Engineering College

Shambhavi Restaurant
Vegetarian
Opposite HESCOM, Vidyagiri, Dharwad-Hubli Road

Maitri Palace
Vegetarian
near JSS College, Dharwad-Hubli Road

Manorama Restaurant
Vegetarian, good Chinese food
near JSS College, Dharwad-Hubli Road

Ozone
Bar & Restaurant, veg and non-veg food
Dharwad-Hubli Road

Mayur Aaditya Resort
Bar & Restaurant, veg and non-veg food
near Navalur village, Dharwad-Hubli Road

Red Fort
Bar & Restaurant, veg and non-veg food
Dharwad-Hubli Road, near SDM Dental Hospital

Travel Inn
Bar & Restaurant, veg and non-veg food
Dharwad-Hubli Road, near SDM Dental Hospital

..and, if you are new to Dharwad, then you must thinking of what to see in Dharwad or places of interest around Dharwad.


Hotel, Lodge, Khanawali and Restaurant owners: feel free to contact me to have your business listed here.
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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Happiness

Quote received by SMS
If everyone is happy with you.. then surely you have made many compromises in your life. If you are happy with everyone.. surely you have ignored many faults of others.

I felt, thoughts on the other side could be;
If everyone is happy with you.. then surely they have ignored many faults of yours. If you are happy with everyone.. surely they have made many compromises for you.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Peepul Leaf Skeleton

Aaladagida Yeli

This leaf skeleton was found by Arati U Yaligar
Shilpa scanned it and provided the image.
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Saturday, November 17, 2012

Brrrr its cold in Dharwad

Last three days, cold weather is taking over Dharwad. Especially this evening, is really cold. Heard the temperature is around 13 degrees.

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Deepawali Rangoli

Deepawali at office was different this year; the team made a colorful freehand floral Rangoli.

A part of the team is drawing the core, in the background another part of the team is mixing rangoli powder and colors.


Outer section being drawn around the core. Lines were drawn, erased and redrawn, over and again to get the right shapes.


Initial stages of color filling.


Coloring was done with lot of care, no such thing called 'undo' in this work.


Even a tea-strainer was used for sieving colored powder :)


Outlines around the colored sections.


Oil lamps join the Rangoli. Part of the team creating Kannada text "Deepawali Subhashayagalu"


The five-flame Deepa at the center.


Aaro Dalada Rangoli
Mean time, another team had drawn Rangoli at the entrance and also the stairway to ground floor.


That's our team!


Shivana-Butti creates it's own shadow rangoli.


Good team work!! A memorable Deepawali.

Here's the link to the video- Deepawali Rangoli.

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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Alive is Awesome

About a month ago, the Cinthol: Alive is Awesome campaign kicked off. People, mostly youngsters passionate about travel and adventure expressed their sense of fun in water. Being a part of the campaign was a matter of doing something for my brand of soap- Cinthol, the red wrapper one. To be honest, I'm loyal to my brands. If Alive is Awesome was some other brand's idea, I wouldn't be a part of it.

I'm a Cinthol user for almost three decades now.. from childhood right till present day. I did use Mysore Sandal in between, its a good soap but somehow it dd not go well with my respiratory system. I guess the scent was a bit too strong for me, especially when throat was sore. Cinthol was back in my bathroom and in my travel kit.

Cinthol hamper contained four variations- Cool, Deo, Strong and Original. However, Lime was missing.
Alive is Awesome gift hamper
I haven't tried the new Cinthol soaps yet but I'm sure they'll go well with me. Strong or Deo can be for morning bath while Original can be for the evening wash. Cool and Lime might suit warm weathers..

The most popular video in Alive is Awesome campaign-


I liked the Geyser Bath idea.


Long Live Cinthol.

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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Typo in Advert

Lime Bazaar instead of Line Bazar?
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