വിശാലമായ വനമേഖലയില്‍ മേഞ്ഞുനടക്കുന്ന ആനക്കൂട്ടങ്ങളില്‍ നിന്ന് ഒറ്റയായും ചിലപ്പോള്‍ കൂട്ടമായും വാരിക്കുഴിയില്‍ വീഴാറുണ്ടായിരുന്നു. അടുപ്പുകല്ലുകള്‍ കൂട്ടിയപോലെ മൂന്ന് കുഴികള്‍ ഉണ്ടാകും. ഇത് കാട്ടാനകള്‍ സാധാരണ സഞ്ചരിക്കുന്ന ആനത്താരകളിലും തീറ്റയും വെള്ളവും ലഭ്യമായ മേഖലകളിലുമായിരുന്നു ഒരുക്കിയിരുന്നത്. കുഴിയെടുത്തശേഷം ഓടയോ മുളകീറി മെടഞ്ഞതോ കൊണ്ടോ മേല്‍ഭാഗം മൂടും. ഇതിന് മുകളില്‍ പുല്ല് മണ്ണോടുകൂടി ചെത്തിയെടുത്ത് നിരത്തിവെക്കും. ചിലപ്പോള്‍ കരിമ്പും മുളയും ഇതിന് മുകളിലുണ്ടാകും. മണംപോലും കിട്ടാത്തവിധമായിരിക്കും ചതിക്കുഴി നിര്‍മ്മിച്ച് മൂടിയിട്ടുണ്ടാകുക.
കഴുത്തില്‍ വടമിട്ട് താപ്പാനകളുടെ സഹായത്തോടെയാണ് കരയ്ക്ക് കയറ്റിയിരുന്നത്. ആന ക്യാമ്പിലെ ആനകളുടെ വലയത്തിലാണ് പന്തിയിലെത്തിക്കുക. കാട്ടിലെ മരംവലിക്കാനും വില്പനയ്ക്കും പിടി ആനകളെ ഉപയോഗിച്ചിരുന്നു.
ആനപിടുത്തത്തിന്റെ ഓര്‍മ്മകളുമായി നിരവധി സ്ഥലനാമങ്ങള്‍ വയനാട്ടിലുണ്ട്. ഇതില്‍ മൂന്ന് ആന വീണകുഴികളും സമീപ പ്രദേശങ്ങളിലായി മൂന്ന് കുഴികളുള്ളതുമായിടങ്ങള്‍ മൂന്നാനക്കുഴി എന്ന പേരിലറിയപ്പെടാന്‍ കാരണമായി. ഇത്തരം പേരുള്ള സ്ഥലങ്ങള്‍ ഒന്നിലധികമുണ്ട്.
| Report collected by: Ali Manjeshwar (9895731734)  Mangalore, Jan 16: A menace, not so new in its origin but absolutely fatal, is on the prowl for some years now and has been destroying the lives of tens of youngsters, especially girls and their families. We are talking about videos containing explicit sex scenes that are being circulated with impunity in the last few years, about which the policemen and intelligence agencies seem to have done little.In Indian society, social stigma scare prevents girls from taking up cudgels against the perpetrators of their character assassination. It appears that even in cases where the guilty have been found, the parents of the girls try to let them go scot-free by just accepting an apology, because of the fear of adverse publicity, which can ruin the future of their daughters. There appears to be no hope for girls in such condition, in a country where honour killing is the order of the day, and virginity and chastity are expected of women alone. What can a girl, hounded by pervert minds, whose hunger for raw sex and misguided adventurism encourages them to use technology to spoil the names of girls, do? Apart from videos captured without their knowledge, there are those which are taken with the full consent of the girls, who are naive enough to trust their 'boyfriends' who are the real culprits in most cases. Many a time we come across incidents where the man exploits the woman in the name of 'love' only to blackmail her later. In such cases some of the blame lies on the girl too for allowing the man to take her video in the first place, notwithstanding his 'promises.' The victims of such videos naturally feel helpless in a society where are people are too ready to doubt the character of good-looking girls. The girls can do little else other than watch in exasperation as their character is dragged to the street, and doctored videos are spread out in public like a piece of meat thrown to a pack of wild dogs. The situation gets worse when the girl is enticed into it with money. Especially in cases where the girl is left to tend for herself for whatever reason, the lure of money proves to be an effective bait. With little care for her future and the consequence, the girl lets herself become a victim of sleaze videos in return for a few bucks. By the time she realises her mistake, it is too late and many a time her life ends in tragedy. Many lives are lost by way of suicides, futures get trampled upon, minds wither, people suffer in silence, character gets corrupted, and families get shifted to unknown places because of the act of some criminal minds. But those who are responsible for these devastating changes go unscathed. This crime is much more serious than other crimes, because not only the social status of families but even the future of girls is at stake. Why do youngsters, particularly college students, engage in spreading malaise against their college mates? Perhaps their families have failed to keep an eye on their activities and have close relationship with them. But one thing is sure. The fact that more videos get circulated in this fashion, gives a clue that the culprits get encouraged because of the fact that those who have done these acts in the past, have gone unpunished. Given the technology in mobile handsets these days, it has become extremely easy to capture good resolution videos even without the knowledge of the victim, and to circulate them using Bluetooth, MMS and what not. It is for ladies from all fields to come to the rescue of their sisters, and to put in relentless efforts to unmask the faces behind these misdirected escapades, and encourage girls who openly defy the criminals. Only when the future of the culprits becomes worse than that of their victims, can one hope such things to come to an end. Policemen, intelligence agencies and other government departments need to work in close liaison with women welfare department, to save girls from this torture. The same technology that has helped criminals to perpetrate crimes against girls should be used to nail them. Heads of educational institutions, where such activities are witnessed often, should have an intelligence network within their colleges, and student gatherings should be utilized to awaken the conscience of the students. Kudos to Shruti, a first year degree student of St Philomena College, Puttur, who openly came out to clear her name from controversy regarding a video that is being attributed to her. It is heartening to note that Vishwa Hindu Parishat has come to her support. If more organizations jump into the bandwagon and pledge themselves towards weeding out such anti-social activities, we can hope for a better future for such victims. Let us take this incident as a clarion call for educating youngsters in the families that such videos do not just give them temporary sadistic pleasure, but they also ruin the future of girls and their families. More girls should stand up and protest against this sleaze. They need not be patient, they should be vocal. They should not hesitate in getting help from organizations and policemen, and they should not rest until those who play with their character become the subjects of sufferings. |
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| കാസര്കോട് : കാസര്കോട് ഗവണ്‍മെന്റ് കോളേജില്‍ ബി.എ മലയാളം കോഴ്‌സ് ഉടന്‍ ആരംഭിക്കുവാനുള്ള നടപടി സ്വീകരിക്കുമെന്ന് വിദ്യാഭ്യാസമന്ത്രി എം.എ ബേബി പറഞ്ഞു. എം.എല്‍.എ മാരായ സി.ടി അഹമ്മദലി, സി.എച്ച് കുഞ്ഞമ്പു, കെ.വി കുഞ്ഞിരാമന്‍, പള്ളിപ്രം ബാലന്‍, കെ.കുഞ്ഞിരാമന്‍, കോളേജിയെറ്റ് എഡ്യുക്കേഷന്‍ ഡെപ്യൂട്ടി ഡയരക്ടറായി വിരമിച്ച മുന്‍ പ്രിന്‍സിപ്പാല്‍ ഗോപിനാഥന്‍ മാസ്റ്റര്‍ എന്നിവരടങ്ങുന്ന നിവേദന സംഘം വിദ്യാഭ്യാസമന്ത്രിയെ കാണുകയും ബി.എ മലയാളം കോഴ്‌സുകള്‍ ആരംഭിക്കാന്‍ നടപടികള്‍ സ്വീകരിക്കണമെന്നാവശ്യപ്പെടുകയും ചെയ്തു. കാസര്കോട് ഗവണ്‍മെന്റ് കോളേജില്‍ ബി എ മലയാളം കോ്‌സ് ആരംഭിക്കാന്‍ അടിയന്തിര നടപടി സ്വീകരിക്കുമെന്ന് മന്ത്രി നിവേദക സംഘത്തിന് ഉറപ്പു നല്‍കി. |
Will you, hold me, when ever I fall? Will you support me when ever I fumble? Where ever I go, will you follow me? Who ever I meet, will you accept them? When ever I irritate you, will you forgive me? Am I expecting too much? Where ever we are, you will hold me to your heart?  Keep me in thy bosom? Am I asking too much? Who ever I meet, I search for thy face? Those familiar eyes I imagined? Where ever I go, I search for that sound? About which I can sing songs! Where ever I go, I long for that vibes, we felt Who ever I meet, I wish it was your simile Am I wishing for the moonlight? Which can only be felt, like a beam of light? Can never hold you; can ever feel you next to my skin? Breathing and longing and loving me, Only me??? Am I asking for wings to fly? Am I going to burn like the phoenix bird? Whoever I see, where ever I go, I long for you? Only you. |
| Report by: Ali Manjeshwar (9895731734) |
| Mumbai, Jan 12: The wait is over, and the result is out! After days of excitement, suspense and speculation, 19-year-old Anjali Shetty has been crowned 'Hysnna Miss Daijiworld-2010.' The immensely popular 'Hyssna Miss Daijiworld' contest, organised by Daijiworld.com on account of its 10th anniversary had generated enormous interest among audience worldwide, with more than 1200 entries flooding in and later registering a record 99,601 online votes.  Hyssna Miss Daijiworld Anjali Shetty  First Runner-up Rashmi Rebello  Second Runner-up Monica D'Souza |
Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Dr K Radhakrishnan said three dimensional images would help the government and Temple Board (Travancore Devaswom) improve infrastructure in Sabarimala area and help avoid such mishaps in future.
"To avert such disasters in future, we are ready to provide three dimensional pictures to the state government.
They could provide a clear view of each and every landscape," Radhakrishnan told reporters on the sidelines of an international conference on 'Contemporary Trends in Optics and Optoelectronics' here.
With the support of Union government, ISRO had already prepared a databank of peripheral pictures of around 200 districts in the country.