Kundapur, Jan 11:  The old ferry road garden on the bank of Gangolli River near here was about to go into oblivion forever. Thanks to the Kudcemp project worth Rs 11.98 lac envisioned by the ex-councilors of the municipal council, it has now worn new looks.

The garden in its extensive area with a width of 896 feet is now on its final phase of completion. The garden is now fortified by stonewall around and equipped with cozy seats, in between in order to facilitate the evening visitors to enjoy the evening.

Breeze of the riverside and the night scenario of the Arabian Sea are an added attraction of the new garden. The fortification of stonewalls has prevented the neighboring residents from misusing the garden space as a dumping yard of garbage and the other wastes. The ferry road garden is the only evening resort next to Gandhi Maidan. Earlier a strong lobby was working for establishing a fish market in the place of the existing garden.

Kundapur, Jan 5: "Education is limitlessly significant" declared Alban Rodrigues, principal of Kaup Dandatheertha College while speaking on the occasion of the 5th annual day function of the PUC students at St Mary’s College in Kundapur.
 
Moreover according to him education without culture, education without human values is useless. The role played by educational institutions is therefore of high value, as it would enable students to determine the best it can offer and use it accordingly, he added.

The parish priest and the correspondent Fr Antony Lobo presided over the occasion. Addressing the students gathering Fr Antony Lobo said that with the inculcation of human values in education students would not only go ahead in life but also help the nation in its all-raound development."
 

Bishop Gerald Mathias hails from Kallianpur and is the son of the late William Mathias and Martina Mathias.   He did his early schooling from St Joseph’s School, Kallianpur and high school from St Aloysius High School, Mangalore. For his priestly training he moved on to   St Paul's Minor Seminary, Lucknow and also St Charles major Seminary, Nagpur.  He was ordained a priest on April 22, 1979.

Bishop Mathias holds a Doctorate in Moral Theology from Lateran University, Rome and was a professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at St Charles ' Seminary, from 1979 to1982 and 1988 to1995. He was also the vice-Rector of St Charles Seminary from 1988 to 1994 and the parish priest of St Joseph's Cathedral, Lucknow, from June 1995 to March 2000.

He was the vice-president of the Association of Moral Theologians of India from 1994 to 2000 and was a consultor to the Doctrinal Commission of the CBCI from 1990 to 1996.

Bishop Mathias was appointed Bishop of Simla-Chandigarh on December 22, 1999 and was consecrated Bishop on April 9, 2000. He is at present the vice-chairman of the CBCI Commission for Youth and a member of the Advisory Council of Administration of the Union Territory of Chandigarh.

Bishop Mathias was transferred by Pope Benedict to Lucknow on November 8, 2007 and will be installed as the 5th Bishop of Lucknow on January 4, 2008. 

Kundapur, Jan 4: The third district CPI (M) conference was held at Gandhi Maidan here recently.

Speaking on the occasion the member of the state polite bureau Nithyananda Swami said that it was a sad commentary on the Indian democracy that parties with no respect for the democratic norms were getting stronger day by day as the recent elections held in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh would reveal.

Gujarat will be a laboratory for experimenting with the communal politics, Nithyananda said. Another member of the State polite bureau participating as chief like reliance were hell- Benton reducing the number of labuorers with the slogan let products be produced anywhere, the brand name should be theirs, he said and added that in this regard there could be no difference between BJP and the Congress.

Earlier a mammoth rally was organized and certain resolutions were passed by the conference at the close. District secretaries K Shanker, P Viswanath Raj and Dasa Bhandary were present on the occasion. Chandrasheaker V welcomed the gathering. Mahabala proposed the vote of thanks.

Brahmavar, Jan 2:  Awards and titles are not news to Wilson Olivera whose voice often reminds one about Konkan Kogul Wilfy Rebimbus.  Awards have come in galore for him eversince he staged his first nite way back in mid 90s.  Recently he was conferred with Konkani Manik award by Konkani buffs in Kuwait.  Wednesday January 2 evening was once again a special evening for him as he was bestowed with "Sangeeth Sardar" title by The Expressions during a small stage programme which was held in between the The Expressions Wilson Olivera Silver Jubilee Nite.

Dr Joseph Gonsalves conferred the award on Wilson.  He was draped with shawl, presented with citation on the occasion.  Accepting the honour Wilson thanked The Expressions and everyone present for their constant support to nurture his talent.   Archibald Gonsalves of Barkur delivered the keynote address on the occasion while The Expressions' convener Kishore Gonsalves (Kishoo Barkur) read the citation.  The Expressions president Denis Rodrigues, other office-bearers and members were present on the dais.  Eric Soans compered the formal function.

Meanwhile Wilson Olivera's silver jubilee nite continued to entertain the audience to the maximum with back-to-back melodious and foot-tapping numbers.  Konkani melody queen Zeena Pereira's solo number 'Mai Mai Maka Novro' once again proved that hardly there is anyone who can match Zeena is entertaining the audience.  This number was followed by one of Wilson's superhit foot-tapping number 'Tujea Galancher Tambsann' sung melodiously by well-known Rony Crasta.  Rhythm Udupi accompanied Rony with their eye-catching dance performance.  Young, up and coming Nisha Sequeira who has already made her foray into Konkani music was the next star performer with her solo number.  But the next number which was also the first duet number of the evening by Zeena and Adolf was indeed the performance of the evening. 

Brahmavar: The Expressions Wilson Olivera Nite off to a Spectacular Start

Sport Report by Gladson D'Almeida
Pics by Ganesh S Perla
for Daijiworld Media Network - Brahmavar

Brahmavar, Jan 2: Cultural activities have seen a big boom in and around Udupi in the last few years.  Various associations from different parishes in and around Udupi have come forward to host a number of qualitative programmes in order to entertain the audience who throng in big number.  This was once again proved right at Makkala Mantapa here on Wednesday January 2 evening.  The silver jubilee Konkani music nite by Konkan Manik Wilson Olivera, jointly organized by The Expressions and St Mary's Orthodox Syrian Youth Association was off to a spectacular start. 

The Expressions has been pioneer organization of the vicinity which is in the forefront of promoting local culture and talents through its various initiatives.  Several programmes organized by The Expressions in the past have been a mega hit among masses.  On Wednesday evening it joined hands with St Mary's Orthodox Syrian Youth Association to host "The Expressions Wilson Olivera Silver Jubilee Nite." 

The much-awaited nite began on a musical note with "Amchea Bapa" song by Wilson Olivera himself.  The foot-tapping number received a thunderous applause from jam-packed audience.  The next number by popular and melodious Adolf Jayatilak set the tone for the entire evening as it took the audience to newer heights. The well-known humourists MeMoRi from Mangalore too joined the music troupe to entertain the audience.

Earlier the evening began with a formal stage programme which was presided over by association president Rev Rambhan G M Scaria.  Joseph Gonsalves, a native of Barkur near here and principal of St Joseph's Engineering College, Vamanjoor was the chief guest on the occasion. After a devotional song by association members, association vice-president Wilson Lobo welcomed the gathering.  Later association secretary Eric Dais presented the annual report of the association.  Prizes were presented to the winners of various competition organized by the association. 

Later a short programme to honour three distinguished personalities, that is, Konkani Manik Wilson Olivera, Dolvin and Joel Marsh Olivera, the talented sportsmen of the parish was held.  Anil Lobo introduced the awardees while the guests present on the dais felicitated them.

Abraham Rodrigues was also present on the dais.  Valerian Crasta compered the stage programme.