ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿತ್ವ ವಿಕಸನ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳು

ಆ೦ಗ್ಲ ಭಾಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿತ್ವ ವಿಕಸನದ ಕುರಿತಾಗಿ ಹಲವಾರು ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳು ಬ೦ದಿವೆ. ಕನ್ನಡ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಪ್ರಪ೦ಚದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಹರಿಸಿದಾಗ ಈ ತೆರನಾದ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳ ಸ೦ಖ್ಯೆ ಕಡಿಮೆ ಇದೆ ಎ೦ದೆನಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಜಗತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಜನರಿಗೆ ಸಭಾಕ೦ಪನವೇ ಮಿಕ್ಕೆಲ್ಲಾ ಭಯಗಳಿಗಿ೦ತ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಭಯವನ್ನು೦ಟು ಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆಯ೦ತೆ. ಹೀಗಿರುವಾಗ ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಬ೦ದ೦ಥ ಕೆಲವು ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿತ್ವ ವಿಕಸನ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳ ಪರಿಚಯ ಓದುಗರಿಗೆ ಮಾಡಿಸುವ ಉದ್ದೇಶ ಈ ಲೇಖನದ್ದು.

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಅತಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಮಾರಾಟವಾದ೦ಥ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿತ್ವ ವಿಕಸನ ಪುಸ್ತಕ - ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಜಗದಾತ್ಮಾನ೦ದನವರು ಬರೆದ 'ಬದುಕಲು ಕಲಿಯಿರಿ'. ೧೯೮೧ರಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಥಮ ಮುದ್ರಣವನ್ನು ಕ೦ಡ ಈ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಈವರೆಗೆ ೨ ಲಕ್ಷ ಪ್ರತಿಗಳಿಗೂ ಮಿಗಿಲಾಗಿ ಮಾರಟವಾದದ್ದನ್ನು ಗಮನಿಸಿದರೆ ಇದರ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯತೆಯ ಅರಿವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಇದು ಎರಡು ಆವೃತ್ತಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಕಟವಾಯಿತು. ಈಗಿನ ಸ೦ಯುಕ್ತ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನದಿ೦ದ ಪರಮಾರ್ಥ, ನಿಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿದೆ ಅಪಾರ ಶಕ್ತಿ, ಚಿ೦ತೆಯ ಚಿತೆಯಿ೦ದ ಪಾರಾಗಿ, ಪ್ರೀತಿಯ ಪ್ರಚ೦ಡ ಪ್ರಭಾವ, ಅದ್ಭುತ ಘಟನೆಗಳು ಸಾರುವ ಸತ್ಯ, ಬಿತ್ತಿದ೦ತೆ ಬೆಳೆ ಸುಳ್ಳಲ್ಲ, ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನೆಯಿ೦ದ ಪರಿವರ್ತನೆ ಹೀಗೆ ೭ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊ೦ದಿದೆ. ಇದು ರಾಮಕೃಷ್ಣ ಮಿಷನ್ ನಿ೦ದ ಪ್ರಕಟವಾದ ಕೃತಿ. ರಾಮಕೃಷ್ಣ ಮಿಷನ್ ನಿ೦ದ ಪ್ರಕಟವಾದ ಹಲವಾರು ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳು ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿತ್ವ ವಿಕಸನಕ್ಕೆ ಪೂರಕವಾಗಿವೆ. ಇದು ಅದೆಲ್ಲದರ ಸಾರವನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊ೦ಡಿದೆ ಎನ್ನಬಹುದು. ಹಲವಾರು ದೃಶ್ಟಾ೦ತಗಳ ಮೂಲಕ, ಉಕ್ತಿಗಳ ಮೂಲಕ ಲೇಖಕರು ಓದುಗನನ್ನು ತಲುಪುವ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಉದಾಹರಣೆಗಳು ಹಲವಾರು ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಗಳ ಸಾಧಕರ ಅನುಭವದ ಸಾರವಾಗಿದೆ.

ಇನ್ನು ಇತ್ತೀಚಿನ ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯವಾದ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳು ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಸುಖಬೋಧಾನ೦ದ ವಿರಚಿತ ಕೃತಿಗಳು. 'ಮನಸ್ಸೇ, ರಿಲ್ಯಾಕ್ಸ್ ಪ್ಲೀಸ್ ಭಾಗ ೧' ಹಾಗು ಭಾಗ ೨ ಇವರ ಅತ್ಯ೦ತ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯ ಕೃತಿಗಳು. ಇದರಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಸ್ವಾರಸ್ಯವೆ೦ದರೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿರುವ ದೃಶ್ಟಾ೦ತ ಕತೆಗಳು. ಲೇಖಕರು ಪ್ರತಿಯೊ೦ದು ಅ೦ಶವನ್ನು ನೈಜ ಕತೆಗಳಿ೦ದ ಬಿ೦ಬಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅದರಿ೦ದಾಗಿ ಓದುಗರಿಗೆ ಏಕಾತನತೆ ಕಾಡುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ತಮಿಳು ಮೂಲವಾದರೂ('ಆನ೦ದ ವಿಗಡನ್' ತಮಿಳು ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಕಟವಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಲೇಖನ ಮಾಲೆಯನ್ನೇ ಪುಸ್ತಕವನ್ನಾಗಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ) ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಅನುವಾದ ಕೃತಿಯಾಗಾದೆ ಮೂಲ ಕೃತಿಯ೦ತೆ ಭಾಸವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.

ಹಾಗೇಯೆ ಪಟ್ಟಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬರುವ೦ಥದ್ದು ತೆಲುಗಿನ ಯ೦ಡಮೂರಿ ವೀರೇ೦ದ್ರನಾಥರ ಕೃತಿಗಳು. ಅವರ ಅನುವಾದಿತ ಕೃತಿ 'ವಿಜಯಕ್ಕೆ ಐದು ಮೆಟ್ಟಿಲು' ಅತ್ಯ೦ತ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯವಾಯಿತು. ಕೆಲ ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಹಿ೦ದೆ ಈ ಪುಸ್ತಕವು ಲೇಖನ ಮಾಲೆಯಾಗಿ 'ಉದಯವಾಣಿ' ಕನ್ನಡ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಕಟವಾದದ್ದನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಗಮನಿಸಬಹುದು. ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗಷ್ಟೆ ಇವರ ಇನ್ನೊ೦ದು ಕೃತಿ 'ವಿಜಯಕ್ಕೆ ಆರನೇ ಮೆಟ್ಟಿಲು' ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಯಾಯಿತು. ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆಯ ಸಾರವನ್ನು ವಿಭಿನ್ನ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇ೦ದಿನ ಪೀಳಿಗೆಗೆ ಪರಿಚಯಿಸುವ ಉದ್ದೇಶ ಇದರದ್ದು. ಪುಸ್ತಕವು ಇ೦ದಿನ ಜನಾ೦ಗಕ್ಕೆ ಉತ್ತಮ ಕೈಪಿಡಿಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಈ ಪುಸ್ತಕದ ಒ೦ದು ಋಣಾತ್ಮಕ ಅ೦ಶವೆ೦ದರೆ ಕೆಲವೊ೦ದು ಕಡೆ ಅನುವಾದ ಅನರ್ಥವಾಗಿರುವುದು. ಚಲನ ಚಿತ್ರ ಪ್ರಿಯರಿಗೆ ಗೊತ್ತಿರಬಹುದು, 'ಬೆಳದಿ೦ಗಳ ಬಾಲೆ' ಕನ್ನಡ ಚಿತ್ರ ಯ೦ಡಮೂರಿ ವೀರೇ೦ದ್ರನಾಥ್ ರವರ ಮೂಲ ಕೃತಿಯನ್ನಾಧರಿಸಿದ್ದು.

One More Feather To His Cap

Score board read

Paul Collingwood lbw b Kumble 0(3)

in India vs England, Ist Test Lord’s, London. With that Anil Kumble became the highest wicket taker in the form of LBWs in tests. That speaks volumes for the accurate bowling of the Mechanical Engineering graduate from RV College of Engineering, Bangalore. Previously he was tied with Australian leggie, Shane Warne with 138 wickets for the highest LBWs in Tests.

With 2 wickets on the first day of the first test against he now stands with a tally of 554 wickets in 116 tests. He is fourth among the all time highest wicket takers in tests behind Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralitharan and Glenn McGrath. The present standings of these bowlers in tests is as follows

Shane Warne – 708 wickets off 145 tests
Muttiah Muralitharan – 700 wickets off 113 tests
Glenn McGrath – 563 wickets off 123 tests

One record Kumble would be eyeing will be surpassing Glenn McGrath’s tally of 563 wickets. With India England test series on this would be a record which would be 'kumbled' soon.

Lets wish all the best for this man to set up another record in the near future

Regards
Raveesh

Gandhigiri Works

Few days back I had written a post on Gandhigiri way of protest in USA by Indian green card seekers. It seems that the protests had their effect with US authorities announcing that they will not limit the Green cards for high-skilled foreign workers. For more details click the below links.

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Raveesh

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200707182165.htm

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/gandhigiri-works-magic-for-indians-seeking-a-green-card/45233-2.html

One more letter to differentiate

Finally, centre has approved Karnataka state government’s proposal to rename Bangalore and 12 other cities in the state. So from now on Bangalore will be Bengaluru (not sure whether this will be Bengaluru or Bengalooru) and Mangalore will be Mangaluru. So one more letter to differentiate between Bangalore and Mangalore, previously it was the initial letter and now the first 2 letters.

Renaming the cities to its original name has been an old phenomenon, not only in India but in other parts of the world too and it is more so in those regions which were colonized. A classical example is of the city in Turkey, now known as Istanbul. Originally named by Greek as Byzantium, then by Romans as Constantinople and now presently known as Istanbul. And neighboring Burma changed its capital name to Yangon from Rangoon of British after independence.

Most of the change in names of the cities of the world from the original ones can be attributed to the British, as they renamed several of them in their colonial empire for their easy pronunciation. Like in Karnataka, we have Coorg for Kodagu, Shimoga for Shivamogga and Kaup for Kapu. In India renaming of cities started with commercial hub Bombay getting back its original name Mumbai. Then Calcutta, Madras followed suit for being renamed as Kolkata and Chennai respectively.

Whatever may be the opinion against the renaming of the cities people get used to the new names over a course of time. As it is the case with most Indian cities too like Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkota.

But interesting to note is the effect of changing the names of roads in the city. It is here the name change has less impact. People use the old names only to refer to the now renamed roads. For example, did you ever notice that in Bangalore, Race Course Road is officially named as Devraj Urs Road and Residency Road’s official name is FM Cariappa Road?.

Related Links :
http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/16/stories/2006081618170200.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4579905.stm

Green Card on the other side

Gandhigiri is going places. Now it is in the United States of America. Indian green card seekers in the US who were irked by the last minute reversal in stand by the American government are staging peaceful protest in the form of Gandhigiri. US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Emilio Gonzalez is being delivered a thousand flowers in this novel way of protest. Will it have the same effect on him as it was on Luck Singh in Lage Raho Munna Bhai. Lets wait and see.

Earlier in 2006, in Pune, India, a 'Gandhigiri Club' was started inspired by the Hindi movie 'Lage Raho Munna Bhai '. The members wear a white Gandhi cap and would garland the offenders (like traffic rule offenders, corrupt officials in public offices etc) with a gleeful smile on the face. The non voilence or ahimsa preached by Mahatma Gandhi is relevant to this day as was in the days of Indian independence. Or probably more relevant than before.

Lage Raho Munna Bhai was a bollywood flick diected by Rajkumar Hirani, released in 2006 which went on to become a huge hit. To find out more about the film read the below post
Munna Shines Again

Regards
Raveesh

After all it's a BATSMAN’s game

One more jolt to the bowler. Already with the existing rules in batsmen’s favor now one more to add to the bowler’s woes. It’s called the ‘free hit rule’. With this, if a bowler bowls a front foot no-ball, the next delivery he bowls will be a free hit. That is batsman cannot be dismissed in that delivery. Of course, he can be run out. But I think this is harsh on the bowlers who anyway have to bowl an extra ball for bowling a no-ball. But that is the case with wides too.

With this new rule suppose a bowler bowls 2 consecutive no-balls as is the case with most sub-continent bowlers then he is penalized to bowl 2 free-hit balls. So a batsman effectively gets 4 free-hit balls in that over, with already if it is a no-ball batsman can not be dismissed in that delivery. Also the umpires shout loudly for the batsman to know that it is a no-ball so that the batsman can go for a big shot. With this new rule if the above situation occurs, batsman can go for 4 big shots which was earlier 2 if that was the case. This may sometimes change the course of the match. Imagine the plight of the bowler who bowls no-balls in the final over of the deciding match.

Looking at the positives, this rule may make the bowler to become more disciplined in their bowling. But a still long way to go for the bowlers from sub-continent who often bowl more extra bowls. This may prove good for the sides like Australia, South Africa and England who already have a more disciplined bowling attack giving away fewer extras.

The other important rules of the game which got approved by ICC are: allowing an extra fielder outside the fielding circle during second or third power play and mandatory change of bowl after of 35 overs of each innings in ODIs. And all these would come into effect from October 1, 2007.

Regards
Raveesh