My news- Radio down to earth

Surge in FM use came after mobiles began to provide radio facilities

Narender pulloor 2008 Deccan chronicle August Wednesday 6th p. 2.
AIR introduced an exclusive programme for farmers named - Kisan vani - sponsored my Ministry of Agriculture with the assistance of ...
7.15 top.m. to 8.15 pm.

News bulletins, Phone-in programmes, quiz, weather reports, market rates and interviews of progressive farmers

Telangana dialect

Regional Sugarcane institute and Rice research station of Rudrur in Varni mandal interact with farmers through FM radio.

Mr. L. Jalapathi Rao - Senior agricultural scientist

Mass media wing of the agriculture department is provoding training to FM radio personnel

Quiz programmes and gifts to winners.

`Praja Rajyam' swells!

The results count for `Praja rajyam' increased to 28,700 in about just 24 hrs!

Praja rajyam - Preme Lakshyam, Seve Margam - Tag line

To me, the Tag line Preme Lakshyam, Seve Margam [ love is the goal, service is the path], is half disappointing and half convincing. More than convincing. `Seve margam' is very apt! Succinctly describes his `blood donation' campaign and also reflects Mother Theresa's approach, on whose birthday he announced the party's name.

It should have been `Pragate Lakshyam' (The goal is development' and the next component is perfect!

Phenomenally overwhelming!

My goodness! 6,840 results for `praja rajyam' google search! 425 blog posts! It is not even 30 hrs that the word is known to public. I was late by about 30 hrs, although I grabbed the earliest possible opportunity to share Chiranjeevi's photo, sorry Painting. Nevertheless, this exercise helps me gain the pulse of public and how they use ICTs to communicate and respond. This insight helps me to fine tune agricultural ICT programmes.

Three, Two and One! The party name is ... Praja Rajyam

Everyone around me was counting days, and then got glued to Television on the evening of 26th. Excitement and suspense were in the air and more so for Chiranjeevi's fans! My thought went to my classmate who was a die hard Chiru fan and challenged me once to paint his picture on the cover of a weekly in her hand, while I was busy painting the pests affecting sugarcane crop. We used to display information on crops and pests in the village, during our RAWE (Rural Agricultural Work Experience Programme) programme.

And the party name is 'Praja Rajyam '. More details available on net.



From that day onwards, portrait painting has become a handy way of expressing my concerns and/or contribution to any event.
(This is the portrait of DR. S.R. Ranganathan, considered to be the Father of Library Science', whose books we used to like more than novels. His ideas were so contemporary - or rather timeless - that they hold good for times to come.
I believe that Semantic Technologies find a way to march forward with his clue of PMEST - Personality, Matter, Energy, Space and Time.