First Telugu Bloggers' Meet in America : 1st Feb '09, Bay Area, California

"TELUGU...from palm manuscripts of ancient times...to palm OSes, laptops of today...that is our aim" - vee tel, telugublog, Feb 2006

From the starting of the Telugublog group, leading to the nascent bloggers' meets in Hyderabad, India, to the wide-spread attention garnered by the e-Telugu meetings in the National and Regional media, the Telugu Computing Movement has indeed come a long way.

The future of this mellifluous, Classical language indeed lies in the adoption of new technology and making people aware of the new medium to take their ideas and thoughts to the world.

This Movement is now going to take on a new chapter with the first ever Telugu bloggers' meet going to be organized outside the shores of India. We aim to bring the Telugu Computing Movement to America and invite you to be part of this historical event. The Telugus in North America have been among the highly skilled and successful communities present here, and are a reservoir of talent which is still untapped. The Silicon Valley will the starting point for this movement in the United States.

The first Telugu Bloggers' Meet in North America is going to be organized in the Bay Area, California on Feb 1st, 2009.

Venue: 4251 Escudo Ct, Dublin, CA 94568

Date: 1st Feb 2009

Time: 2:00pm to 4:00pm

ALL Telugu bhAshAbhimAnyulu are invited !

Agenda

• How can we , as a team contribute to create more awareness of our language in this new wave of Telugu blogging
• Use upcoming BATA / SiliconAndhra / ATA, TANA functions to be a launch pad for expanding Telugu Blogs and popularizing the Telugu Computing Movement
• How can we share Dr Vemuri gaari untiring effort at University of California, Berkeley
• See if Koumudi would be interested in promoting/conducting a "kathA" competition, TOPIC focussed on creating awareness / promoting the telugu language.
• How can we try to improve the pathetic state of "nATakam" and folk arts
• How efficiently can we use local Telugu Associations from different states in our effort
• Making the national, regional and international media, include Telugu Magazines/ webzines like Koumudi, Telugunaadi, eeMaata a medium to propagate Telugu Computing Movement globally

Amaravati to take leaf out of Vietnam

HYDERABAD: The sustainable development framework of the ‘Hoi An’ heritage site in Vietnam would be implemented to develop Amaravati in the State.

Delivering a lecture at the Archaeology and Museums Department here today, Prof. Amareswar Galla pointed out that critical aspects of the development of ‘Hoi An’ could be proposed as possibilities in the development of the Buddhist heritage site in Andhra Pradesh. ‘’For any society, heritage values are of utmost importance in order to ensure cultural rights of the people as they are pivotal to their sense of identity or belonging to a place in this multi-cultural world,’’ said Prof. Galla, who is a faculty member in Museum Studies in Queensland University and is also UNESCO chair in Museums and Sustainable Heritage Development. During the course of his lecture, Prof. Galla lamented the lack of community participation and collaborative initiatives in heritage conservation, which was precisely why the ‘Hoi An’ model was relevant for the development of Amaravati.

Prof Galla added that the model, through capacity building, brought together cultural heritage, voluntarism and community participation.

Speaking on the occasion, Andhra Pradesh Official Language Commission (APOLC) Chairman ABK Prasad stressed the need to develop the Amaravati site in the wake of Telugu getting classical language status.

“There is a dire need to preserve the rich Telugu heritage and culture,’’ said Prasad, the guest of honour.

Tourism and Culture Department Special Secretary GN Rao also attended the lecture, which was presided over by Department of Archaeology and Museums director P Channa Reddy. On the occasion, the Archaeology and Museums Department felicitated Prof Amareswar Galla and ABK Prasad for their contributions to Telugu culture.

Courtesy: ExpressBuzz

World Telugu Federation meet from today

VIJAYAWADA: The 8th biennial meet of the World Telugu Federation (WTF) will begin on Friday amid impressive preparations being made at VR Siddhartha Engineering College (VR SEC) to make it a grand success. The three-day event is expected to attract 3,000 delegates from across five countries.

Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy is not attending the meet in view of his busy schedule. WTF representatives say that efforts are being made to seek the Chief Minister’s participation just like he attended an alumni meeting in Andhra Loyola College. Now, finance Minister K. Rosaiah will participate in the inaugural function of the WTF meet.

WTF president V.L. Indira Dutt, industrialists Gokaraju Ganga Raju and Malineni Rajaiah and VR SEC convener P. Lakshmana Rao said that various events were being organised to attract participation of people in cultural, literary, entertainment and business sessions. Addressing a press conference held at VR SEC, they said that this was the first time that the WTF meet was being organised in Vijayawada in its 16 years of existence.

Earlier, such meets were organised in Hyderabad, Chennai, Singapore and many other cities.

“Now we are happy that this meet is being held here though it is delayed. From industry side, we are giving all support possible.

We are ready to seize this opportunity after four years again,” said Mr. Rajaiah, who is president of Andhra Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Culture and tourism minister Anam Ramnarayana Reddy will inaugurate the cultural programmes on the first day.

On January 10, the WTF women wing meet will be held when Union Minister of State for Human Resources Development Daggubati Purandeswari will be chief guest. Ms. Indira Dutt will preside over the programme. Throughout the day, there will be cultural programmes.

There will be a literary meet on January 11 morning when animal husbandry minister Mandali Buddha Prasad will be chief guest. The valedictory meeting will be held at 4 p.m. when transport minister Kanna Laxminarayana will be chief guest. A youth meet will be held at 5.30 p.m. in which many Tollywood artists are expected to participate.

Courtesy: The Hindu

మేటాస్ మెట్రో ఒప్పందం రద్దు?

హైదరాబాద్: సత్యం కంప్యూటర్స్‌ పతనావస్థకు చేరిన నేపథ్యంలో మేటాస్‌ కూడా ఆర్థికంగా బలహీనపడిందని రాష్ట్రప్రభుత్వం భావిస్తోంది. మేటాస్‌కు అప్పగించిన హైదరాబాద్‌ మెట్రో రైలు, కృష్ణా జిల్లా బందరులో ఓడరేవు పథకాలను రద్దుచేసుకోవాలని యోచిస్తున్నట్లు తెలిసింది. మెట్రో రైలు ఒప్పందానికి సంబంధించి గతంలో ఢిల్లీ మెట్రో రైలు ఎండీ శ్రీధరన్‌ సంచలన వ్యాఖ్యలుచేశారు. ఎన్నికలు తరుముకొస్తున్న సమయంలో విమర్శలు మళ్లీ చెలరేగితే రాజకీయంగా దెబ్బతింటామన్నది వైఎస్‌ సర్కారు ఆందోళనగా కనిపిస్తోంది. సత్యం కంప్యూటర్స్ లో వేల కోట్ల అక్రమాలు జరిగిన మాట వాస్తవమేనని రామలింగరాజు ఒప్పకోవడంతో ఈ ప్రాజెక్టుల సందిగ్ధంలో పడిపోయాయి. మెట్రో ప్రాజెక్టుతో పాటు, విశాఖపట్నం వద్ద సత్యంకు కేటాయించిన యాభై ఎకరాల విషయంలోనే ఇదే వైఖరిని అవలంభించవచ్చని తెలుస్తోంది. నాలుగు కంపెనీలతో కూడిన మేటాస్ కన్సార్టియం మెట్రో ప్రాజెక్టును దక్కించుకుంది. ఇందులో 52 శాతం కన్సార్టియం భాగస్వామ్యం కాగా, 11 శాతం రాష్ట్ర ప్రభుత్వానిది. అంతర్జాతీయంగా సత్యం ప్రతిష్ట దెబ్బతినడంతో మెటాస్‌ సంస్థలతో ఉన్న ఒప్పందాన్ని రద్దు చేసుకోవాలనుకుంటున్నట్లు సమాచారం.

Courtesy: TeluguOne
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