Lets Join hands to show Banjara

RAM RAM goar bhayiyo n bhehno,
Give me chance to introduce first,Im srihari prasad naik working as software engineer ,Pune.Im a native of Palvancha ,Khammam(Dist),A.P. I've started working on our community long back.Orkut has given me an opurtunity to talk to u all dis way for which im very much thank full to orkut team.Im working on to create a site of our communtity which tells about our heritage n culture,our issues,about our organization ,social activities(An idea) n much more.Probably it takes another couple of months to get the site on live.Apart from dis im gathering the info of our people directly goin to them ,talkin to them knowing their problems ,Doing needful to them,giving suggestions if required.
My request is to unite ,we can give this work more life, if join together.Solve the problems of needy of our community in well organized fashion.
My Important conern:
its nice to see u all.But im unhappy to say and see our guyz are more inclined towards making pals for them selves.Atleast they could show half of the interest on our community which they r showing on getting pals.No porbs , i think there r so many reasons for dis.the reasons may be:
.. we r not serious about our community.
..Lack of understanding or ignorance about our community.
..People don't have time to bother about this.
..they may be in a helpless situation eventhough they have time.
n may be many..
but guyz let me tell u, im very much serious about it. its for a cause ..for our integrity,so lets join the hands to show them(Banjaras) ..we r there for them.

Regards
Shrihari Naik

Let us know about few famous Personalities...

Hi guys please post the information about famous personalities from our cmnty....

Dr. M. SHANKAR NAIK: EX. MEDICAL EDUCATION MINISTER OF KARNATAKA

BIRTH: Recently elected President of All India Banjara Seva Sangh, Dr. M. Shankar Naik was born in village Chikkajogihalli, Bellary District, Karnataka at the house of father Shri M. Muniya Naik on 1st July, 1947. His father Shri M. Muniya Naik was a Freedom Fighter and prisoned during Quit India Movement more than 18 months. He followed Gandhian Principals throghout his life time.

EDUCATION: Dr. M. Shankar Naik completed his Middle and High School education at Village Chikkajogihalli and did PUC and Medical Education from Bellary.

MEDICAL PRACTICE: After completion of Medical Education, Dr. M. Shankar Naik started Medical Practice at Doddaballapur (Rural District of Bangalore) in 1973.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES: Dr. M. Shankar Naik is the founder of Lions Club of Doddaballapur in 1973 and served as a Charter Secretary and held various positions in Lions Club as a President, Regional Chairman, District Chairman etc., and continue as a Lion Member still now. He is the founder of IMA Branch, Doddaballapur and now Life Member of IMA and Life Member of Red Cross Society. Dr. M. Shankar Naik is recipient of Dr. B. C. Roy's Award in 1997.

Banjara Leader: He elected and served as a President of Karnatka Pradesh Banjara Seva Sangh for 6 years and then President of All India Banjara Seva Sangh, Karnataka Branch. Now he elected unanimously as President of All India Banjara Seva Sangh in place of Late Shri Ranjit Naik, a well known Architect and Social Worker from Mumbai.

POLITICAL CARRIER: Dr. M. Shankar Naik entered into politics in the year of 1987 and elected as a member of Bangalore Rural Zila Parishad and served as a Vice President for 5 years. Then he got elected as a MLA from Nelamangala Constituency, Bangalore Rural District and was Minister for Medical Education during Shri J. H. Patel's Government in Karnatka and continuing in active politics.

MAILING ADDRESS: Dr. M. Shankar Naik, No. 26/B, 2nd Main, CIL Colony, Sanjay Nagar, Bangalore-560094, Karnataka Pradesh, India.

PHONE NO.: 080-3413700.

Regards,
Ravi Naik.

Who are Banjara? - An Historical Context

About our language

Linguistic Lineage for Lambadi language
Indo-European (449) --> Indo-Iranian (308) --> Indo-Aryan (219) --> Central zone (76) --> Rajasthani (18) --> Unclassified (8) --> Lambadi [lmn] (India).

You can find out some more linguistic attributes of our language here...
http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/LLDescription.cfm?code=lmn

Who are Banjara? - An Historical Context

The Banjaras are the largest and historic formed group in India and also known as Lambadi or Lambani. The Banjara people are a people who speak lambadi or Lambani. All gypsy languages are linked linguistically, stemming from ancient Sanskrit and belonging to the North Indo-Aryan language family. Lambadi is the heart language of the Banjara, but it has no written script. The Banjara speak a second language of the state they live in and adopt that script.

They are listed under 53 different names. Historically, these are the root Gypsies of earth. During the British colonial rule, these gypsy nomads of India were given the name Banjara, but they call themselves Ghor. The Banjaras are a colourful, versatile and one of the largest people groups of India, inhabiting most of the districts of Andhra Pradesh.

The Banjara are a sturdy, ambitious people and have a light complexion. The Banjara were historically nomadic, keeping cattle, trading salt and transporting goods. Most of these people now have settled down to farming and various types of wage labour. Their habits of living in isolated groups away from other, which was a characteristic of their nomadic days, still persist.

Their unique dress, heritage, customs and language distinguish them from the majority population, and they maintain a separate lifestyle. The banjara gypsies love storytelling, music, songs and dance. Men play drums and women dance in a circle chanting to the rhythmic beat. The Banjara are now experiencing rapid changes, and their traditional customs, practices and institutions are undergoing far-reaching transformations. They are now settled as agricultural labourers.

The Banjaras are located in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan. The Banjara are primarily Hindu-Animists with their own gods and goddesses, festivals, and animistic worship practices. They offer goat sacrifices and are also bound by superstitions, fears and witchcraft.

P.S: internet source

Regards,
Satish Lusnavat.

We Need Reservation but in right way...........

Hello Goar Yuth.........
We must need resrvation, but in right way. now the on going resration system has many draw backs..... for example take in the case of S.T category. in general all the persons belong to this category, we are using resrvations.. it is not fair...... an I.A.S officres son also using the same S.T reservation tag and a poor student from very back ward village also using the same. so how far this is correct.....
I.A.S son becoming I.A.S, Engineers son becoming Engineer, Doctors son also a doctor and so ........on. Dr. Ambedkar introduced reservatin system to improve the peoples in backward areas and in remote areas. Because they don't have sufficient communication and resources compared with peoples in urban areas.
in early days, Dr. ambedkar thoght and present situation is different.
so friends just think how reservation is misused. The resrvation is not reached to those desired persons.......
This is the same case in all categories. so we must make a limit to reservation system. I am not against with resrvation. Today I am speaking with you peoples is becasue of resrvation.I came from very backward tanda. Today also we are not having bus service and communication facility in our thanda....