tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28504461954622865662011-11-28T05:56:13.419+05:30Wing Commander Bellie Jayaprakashnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850446195462286566.post-75501631641649341952008-11-25T17:29:00.001+05:302009-01-11T16:35:34.989+05:30There are a few elderly Badagas spread among our Hattis and Cities who are so well informed about us. May be due to their age or the personal interest and individual atrributes, they know about our origin, customs, culture or anything connected and concerning Badagas. It is a shear blessing to meet them.<br /><br />Jakkada Bella Gowder is such a wonderful person. Talking to him is an honour and pleasure and needless to say, highly educative. It was indeed my good fortune when he dropped in at my place in Bangalore, though for a very short while. Discussing about [Jakkada] Hethe Amma or about Rao Bahadur Ari Gowder when he was a student of Madras Christian College, Madras in the 1930s, he becomes very exited and emotional. My only regret was that I could not spend more time with him.<br /><br />He is 92 years young and is in good health and does not like to have any artificial help like hearing aids etc. He moves on his own and politely declines when somebody tries to help him climb down the stair case or get into the car.<br /><br />May God bless him with many more active years!<br /><br />Incidentally, Bella Gowder’s second son Bala, an engineer by profession, is another Badaga Buff, having done a lot of research on Badagas.<br /><br /><br /><a title="Bella Gowder with the author of this weblog JP" href="http://badaga.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/131207-016.jpg" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(16, 92, 182);"><img src="http://badaga.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/131207-016.jpg" alt="Bella Gowder with the author of this weblog JP" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); width: 594px; height: 410px;" /></a><p class="entry" style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; max-width: 475px;"></p><h6 style="margin: 0px; padding: 9px 0px 0px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Georgia,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a title="Subscribe using any feed reader!" href="http://www.addthis.com/feed.php?pub=bjaypee&amp;h1=http%3A%2F%2Fbadaga.wordpress.com&amp;t1=" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(16, 92, 182);"><span style="color: rgb(253, 90, 30);">################################</span></a></div></h6><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2850446195462286566-7550163164164934195?l=badaga-leaders.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Wing Commander Bellie Jayaprakashnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850446195462286566.post-12919895334982828382007-12-30T19:23:00.000+05:302008-12-30T19:24:03.585+05:30<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Badaga Calendar 2009 </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Here is the calendar for Jan 2009<br />with Badaga month K[G]oodalu [which starts from Jan 10th and falls into Feb 2009] being incorporated</span><br /></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xdvR0plKxAQ/ST1RoN5HPgI/AAAAAAAACK8/SFjX2HNd-K4/s1600-h/Jan+09.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277464089713917442" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 225px;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xdvR0plKxAQ/ST1RoN5HPgI/AAAAAAAACK8/SFjX2HNd-K4/s400/Jan+09.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Click for enlargement<br /><br /><a href="http://badaga-calendar.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Read all about Badaga Calendar here</span></a><br /></span></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2850446195462286566-1291989533498282838?l=badaga-leaders.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Wing Commander Bellie Jayaprakashnoreply@blogger.com0