Tuesday, April 30, 2024

City Central Library hours and holidays

Dharwad City Central Library working hours & holidays.


ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ ಸಮಯ ಮತ್ತು ರಜೆ ದಿನಗಳ ಮಾಹಿತಿ
ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ ಸಮಯ: ಮಂಗಳವಾರ ದಿಂದ ರವಿವಾದದ ವರೆಗೆ ಬೆಳಿಗ್ಗೆ 8.00 ರಿಂದ ರಾತ್ರಿ 8.00 ಗಂಟೆಯವರೆಗೆ
ಪ್ರತಿ ಸೋಮವಾರ ಹಾಗೂ ತಿಂಗಳ 2ನೇ ಮಂಗಳವಾರ ಬೆಳಿಗ್ಗೆ 10.00 ರಿಂದ ಸಂಜೆ 5.30 ಗಂಟೆಯವರೆಗೆ
ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ ರಜಾ ದಿನಗಳು
ತಿಂಗಳ 4ನೇ ಶನಿವಾರ ಹಾಗೂ ಸರ್ಕಾರಿ ರಜೆ ದಿನಗಳಂದು ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ ರಜೆ ಇರುತ್ತದೆ. ಹಾಗೂ ಪ್ರತಿ ಸೋಮವಾರ ಹಾಗೂ ತಿಂಗಳ 2ನೇ ಮಂಗಳವಾರ ಎರವಲು ಸೇವೆ (ಪುಸ್ತಕ ವಿತರಣೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಬದಲಾವಣೆ) ಇರುವುದಿಲ್ಲಾ.


Information on library hours and holidays
Library Timings: Tuesday to Sunday 8.00 am to 8.00 pm
Every Monday and 2nd Tuesday of the month from 10.00 am to 5.30 pm
Library holidays
The library will be closed on 4th Saturday of the month and government holidays. And every Monday and 2nd Tuesday of the month there is no borrowing service (book delivery and exchange).
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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Red Whiskered Bulbul

A bulbul couple decided to raise it's babies in our home. In the first week of April the bulbul couple built a nest in our utility area, on the clothesline pipe. We tied a foot wide basket under it as a safety catch. Soon after the nest was ready, eggs were laid and one of the bulbuls would remain in the nest most of the day, keeping the eggs warm.  The eggs hatched in the second week, we got one look at the chicks on the 14th. The couple was busy, both taking turns to guard the babies and fetching food. We could hear the feeble chirps of the babies crying for food, they were hungry through out the day.

These pictures were shot on 20th morning..

head turned 180°
Bulbul holding food for the chicks

A few minutes after shooting these pictures I saw the chicks perched on the basket rim. They were ready to leave the nest and face the world outside. Within the next hour both chicks left the nest.. all the best to the little ones!

To see more pictures, click Red Whiskered Bulbuls.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

high point near Karnataka University

This is high point has a commanding view of the western, southern and eastern sides. On it's northern side is the university campus. This curvy road literally slides down towards Dharwad-Hubballi bypass road and Masur village.

The road sliding down towards Masur and NH48 highway. This spot is frequented by people early morning for walking or running, and in the evening for sunsets.

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Yellow stripey sans stinger

Couple of weeks ago, while watering plants on our apartment roof I happened to notice fly like insects buzzing around. I hadn't seen the insects clearly, assumed they were some kind of flies. There wasn't any decaying matter on our roof. So, why these insects?

A few days later when I moved one of the buckets, I happened to notice a colony of insects. Oh those buzzing insects weren't flies. These are bees, the smaller type without sting. I left them alone, didn't even take a photo. A week later I noticed the exposed honeycomb with just a fraction of the colony. I guess the bees migrated to another location to build a new honeycomb. Here's a short video of the stingless bee.

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Zigzag twigs of bird eye chili plant

Here's a collage of a Jeerige Menasina Gida ~ bird eye chilli plant and twigs. This plant is approximately two years old. Since it is planted in a small planter there's not much growth, it's about 18" high. Once a chilies are harvested from a branch, the branch starts drying out. I happened to notice the twigs zig-zag formation which is quite interesting.

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