S.B.R.R.

MAHAJANA LAW COLLEGE

FINAL YEAR STUDENTS OF 2008-2009

JUST L I KE THAT
Class Magazine of 2009
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 WHERE THE MIND IS WITHOUT FEAR

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow
domestic walls;

Where words come out from the depth of truth;

Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the
dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action—
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

— Rabindranath Tagore
‘Gitanjali’

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 EDITORS SPEAK

Ab Bhi Jiska Khoon Na Khaula

Khoon Nahi Wo Paani Hai
Jo Desh Ke Kaam Na Aaye, wo bekaar javaani hai

Dhua Jhata Khula Gagan Mera

Nayi Safar Naya Dagar Mera
Jo Ban Sake Tu Humsafar Mera Nazar Mila Zara

Dream Dream Dream

Because dreams transform into thoughts
And thoughts transform into actions.

It was our dream since we joined this college to see the first copy of our
college magazine. We made some efforts to collect articles and tried doing our
work for bringing out a college magazine. But the work did not get any support
and somehow the dream did not materialize.

Now, we thought since we had computer facility, we could bring out an

E-Magazine. We discussed and finally decided ourselves that we will surely bring
out the magazine. And here is the E-Magazine you are reading. This magazine, we
decided would have not many legal articles, but more of fun filled articles by
students. And the magazine will contain many photos. It will be more like going
through a photo album for all of you.

Our class strength is less, but the quality of our class is high. We have the
potential to do many things. But there was no opportunity to put out our talents.
Dr. Abdul Kalam in his book Ignited Minds tells about the powerful seeds which
do not get fertile land to sprout. The position of few of our classmates was similar.
We did not have the forum to put out our talents. Within the limited
opportunity, we tried to do our best. We do not have money to print this
magazine, but we surely know the print technology and also know how to make
use of the latest technology. Hence, we are out with this E-Magazine.

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 There were legal issues involved while bringing out this magazine. We know
that people want to create some or the other problems. Hence we have tried our
best to minimize these things by using our own photos. Wherever photos taken by
others is used, we have mentioned the sources. Most of the articles written are by
our team and copied from internet under various liberal license terms.

The reason we kept the name as JUST LIKE THAT is because, the word
“just” means “justice” and this word just is directly related to Law. And we
thought of making this magazine just like that without any reason. This magazine
will have only one issue.

We wish to clarify one more thing. This is a magazine done by the students
only. The views expressed here are of the editors only. The college / institution
does not necessarily subscribe to them. There is no work of the college in this
magazine.

This magazine is for private circulation among the students of Class 2009
and selected members of the faculty of our college. This magazine is encrypted and
then released on internet. Cracking the encryption and reading the file be the
general public is prohibited. The editors have taken all the care to see that the
magazine is strictly circulated among the students of class 2009. If in case, this
magazine is circulated to general public; the editors are not responsible for any
consequences arising out of it.

Chandan Kumar Aswal

Gagan K
Editors of Just Like That

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 INDEX

Our Institution ………………………………………………………………….. 06

Our College …………………………………………………………………. 08

Our Lecturers …………………………………………………………………. 11

Our Staff ……………………………………………………………….…………. 18

Our University ……………………………………………………….………… 20

Our City ………………………………………………………………….……… 23

Law Education in India ………………………………………………. 24

Articles by students ………………………………………………………… 26

Photo Album ………………………………………………………………… 27

Student’s info ………………………………………………………………… 46

Vishwamaanava Sandesha ……………………………………………….. 53

Epilogue …………………………………………………………………………. 58

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 OUR INSTITUTION

Mahajana Education Society was established in the city of Mysore in the

year 1937 with the objective of developing an institution offering value and need
based education to the general public. The efforts of visionary philanthropists like
Sri Ambale Subramanya Iyer, Sri Agaram Suryanarayana Pandit, Sri G.
Ranganna, Sri M.N.Jois, Sri M.N.Ramachandra Jois and others to leave a
lasting legacy has become a reality today. The society is one of the premier
educational societies of Karnataka.

The society is heading towards Platinum Jubilee. In its big march it has
registered tremendous impact upon its surroundings by its pragmatic outlook and
concern for human values. Well-known personalities like late Sri B. Rachaiah,
Rachaiah
former Governor of Kerala, late Sri Tulasidas Dasappa,Dasappa Sri S.M. Krishna,
Krishna
former Chief Minister of Karnataka, late Sri Poornachandra Tejaswi,
Tejaswi noted
writer and a host of personalities from the field of movies, sports, social service
and other professionals form an illustrious line of its alumni.

Photo Courtesy: www.mahajanafgc.com (used under Fair Use Rationale)

The management is spearheaded by well-known educationist and

entrepreneur Sri R. Vasudeva Murthy as President, supported by a dedicated
team of office bearers including Sri G.S. Subrahmanyam as Hon. Secretary and
Sri N. Vijaya Kumar as the Treasurer. The Governing body consists of learned
scholars, former Vice-Chancellors, writers, thinkers and people from the cross

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section of the society. It is the policy making apex body, which is assisted by a full
time Administrative Officer.

Mahajana educational institutions have today branched out in several

directions and have registered unprecedented growth in terms of numbers, size
and dimensions. A total number of 6500 students and 500 staff members are in its
fold, today. The institutions run by Mahajana Education Society range from pre-
school to PG centre.

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 OUR COLLEGE

SBRR Mahajana Law College was started in 1992 under the stewardship of
Dr. C.K.N. Raja – an eminent constitutional expert and a versatile personality in
the educational field. Dr. Raja’s bio data runs to pages together (as told by our
principal). He is the director of legal studies at our college. He is referred as
Dronacharya and the Guru of the Gurus which is very much true.

He has served as lecturer, reader and professor at various universities. He

was the dean of the Department of law in Manasa Gangothri (Mysore University).
He is the first person in India to get a doctoral degree in Constitutional Law. He
has been in the field of literature also. He used to write for a newspaper called
KORAVANJI which featured the cartoons of Cartoonist R.K. Lakshman. He
hails from Nanjanagud taluk. He has been a native Mysorean for years. He has
been associated with many great personalities like Upendra Baxi for instance. We
were lucky enough to hear his lectures on Indian Penal Code and International
Law. Apart from his class lectures, we were also blessed to hear his highly
authoritative speeches during various functions and seminars. We remember him
for his noble thoughts and simple way of living. We apologise to all of you for
failing to get his complete bio data. We want to put his bio profile on free, open
encyclopedia – Wikipedia. We hope we can do this work in coming days.
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Prof. K. Rajashekara is our principal at our college. He is a masters degree holder
in commerce and masters in Law. Apart from being the principal of our college, he
has also served in various posts of the Mysore University. He is currently a
member of the Senate of Mysore University.

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 OUR LECTURERS

We wish to remember each and every lecturer who taught us right from the day
we joined this college. Our batch consists both the students of 5 years LLB course
and 3 years LLB course. Hence we list out both the law and pre law lecturers:

Pre-
Pre-Law Lecturers:
A. Smt Triveni Urs (History)
B. Smt Sujatha Bopanna (Economics)
C. Smt Poovamma (Sociology)
D. Shri Jayakumar (Political Science)
E. Shri Parameshwarappa (Political Science)
F. Smt. Vinodamma (Kannada)
G. Kum Shantala (English)
H. Smt. Rathna Prakash (English)
I. Smt Padmavathi (Computer)

• Shri Murali (PT Master)

• Siddaraju (PT Master)

Main Law Lecturers:

• Dr. CKN Raja (Law Of Crimes and International Law)
• Prof. K Rajashekara (Jurisprudence and Consumer Law, Interpretation of
statutes)
• Smt. Sangeetha Pandey (Contract, Hindu Law, Practical training)
• Smt. Vijayalakshmi Metrani (Constitution, Administrative law, Company
law, Transfer of property, Civil Procedure code, Indian Evidence Act)
• Shri Lokesh (Labour Law, Practical training, Professional ethics)
• Shri Nagesh (Legal Language)
• Smt Shruthi (Constitutional law, Law Of Torts)
• Shri Mohan sir (Drafting, pleading and conveyancing)
• Smt. Shilpa (Mohammadan Law)
• Smt. Savitha (Land Law)
• Smt. Sujatha (Banking law, insurance, environ-mental law)

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 OUR STAFF

Library:
Since we joined the college, Smt. Vrunda Kulkarni has been serving as the
main librarian. Kum Saraswathi , Kum. Roopa and Shri Kalegowda have served as
assistant librarians.

Along with the library staff, Shri Shivakumar and Smt Sarasu Mary have
also helped in getting us the books.

Office:
Smt. Jayamma and Smt. Manjula have been serving as office staff since we
joined this college.

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Other staff:
Smt. Ningamma, Shri Shivakumar, Shri Revanna, Shri Naganna, and
Smt. __________

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 OUR UNIVERSITY

Crawford Hall – the place mostly remembered for the strikes we did!

The University of Mysore is among the foremost institutions of its kind,

and is an enduring symbol in the sphere of higher education in India. It was
founded by the then Maharaja of Mysore, His Highness Sri Krishnaraja Wodeyar
IV and his Dewan, the renowned engineer statesman, Sir M.Visvesvaraya, on July
27, 1916. The Maharaja of Mysore became its first chancellor. A Bill to establish
and incorporate the University was introduced in Mysore Legislative Council in
1916. It was passed unanimously on 17th July 1916. The first meeting of the
University Council was held on 12th August 1916 and the first meeting of the
senate on 12th October 1916.

The University of Mysore became the first University outside the domain of
the English administration in India, the sixth University in India as a whole, and
the first ever University in Karnataka. During the institution of the University in
1916, four faculties were constituted viz., Arts, Science, Engineering and
Technology, and Medicine. Seperate Boards of Studies and Boards of Examiners
were constituted in 28 subjects. The University was also administering 12 other
educational institutions.
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 The first Act of the University came in the year 1933 (University of Mysore
Act 1933). The first report of the curriculum followed by different departments is
available in the University's Calendar 1947-48. The University offered a two-year
intermediate course, three year B.A.(Hons), B.Sc.,(Hons) Degree courses and
M.A., M.Sc., courses. There were also the faculties of Medicine and Engineering.
The University also offered Diplomas in vocational subjects. The University
Extension Lectures and Publication Bureau were notable features of the
University.

The main campus of the University, created in 1960, lies in a picturesque

area of 739 acres at the western end of the Kukkarahalli Lake. The University
headquarters, the Crawford Hall, is located right across the lake on the eastern
end. This inspiring locale of the campus was aptly named Manasagangotri
(fountainhead of the Ganges of the Mind) by the poet-laureate, Dr. K.V.Puttappa
(Kuvempu). In due course, two satellite campuses were set up in response to the
demands of postgraduate education from semi-urban/rural areas: Sir
M.Visvesvaraya Postgraduate Centre at Tubinakere in Mandya, and the Mysore
University Postgraduate Centre at Hemagangotri in Hassan.

In the beginning, the entire princely state of Mysore comprising of nine

districts came under the jurisdiction of the University. Now it is confined to
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Mysore, Mandya, Hassan, and Chamarajanagar districts. The remaining areas
come under the Bangalore University (1964), Mangalore University (1980), and
Kuvempu University (1987). The institution, incidentally, gave birth to one more
University in 1996 when the Institute for Correspondence Courses and
Continuing Education in the Manasagangotri campus, got transformed into the
Karnataka State Open University.

The University now encompasses 122 affiliated colleges and 5 constituent

colleges (with an aggregate of 53,000 students). In addition, the University has 37
postgraduate departments, 8 specialised research & training centres and 2
postgraduate centres that together offer about 55 regular academic programmes to
3,500 students. It also runs a number of employment-oriented diploma courses
and certificate programmes. The postgraduate departments are reputed for
excellence in advanced studies and research, and have attracted projects and grants
worth crores of rupees from many national and international institutions.

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 OUR CITY - MYSOORU

Mysore is the second largest city in the state of Karnataka, India. It is the
headquarters of the Mysore district and the Mysore division and lies about
146 km (91 mi) southwest of Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka. The name
Mysore is an anglicised version of Mahishūru, which means the abode of Mahisha.
Mahisha stands for Mahishasura, a demon from the Hindu mythology. The city is
spread across an area of 128.42 km2 (50 sq mi) and is situated at the base of the
Chamundi Hills.

Mysore is famous for the festivities that take place during the Dasara festival
when the city receives a large number of tourists. Mysore also lends its name to the
Mysore style of painting, the sweet dish Mysore Pak, Mysore Peta (traditional silk
turban) and the garment called the Mysore silk saree.

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 LAW EDUCATION IN INDIA

In India, legal education has been traditionally offered as a three years

graduate degree. However the structure has been changed since 1987. Law degrees
in India are granted and conferred in terms of the Advocates Act, 1961, which is a
law passed by the Parliament both on the aspect of legal education and also
regulation of conduct of legal profession. Under the Act, the Bar Council of India
is the supreme regulatory body to regulate the legal profession in India and also to
ensure the compliance of the laws and maintenance of professional standards by
the legal profession in the country.

To this regard, the Bar Council of India prescribes the minimum

curriculum required to be taught in order for an institution to be eligible for the
grant of a law degree. The Bar Council also carries on a period supervision of the
institutions conferring the degree and evaluates their teaching methodology and
curriculum and having determined that the institution meets the required
standards, recognizes the institution and the degree conferred by it.
Traditionally the degrees that were conferred carried the title of LL.B. (Bachelor
of Laws) or B.L. (Bachelor of Law). The eligibility requirement for these degrees
was that the applicant already have a Bachelor's degree in any subject from a
recognized institution. Thereafter the LL.B. / B.L. course was for three years,
upon the successful completion of which the applicant was granted either degree.
However upon the suggestion by the Law Commission of India and also given the
prevailing cry for reform the Bar Council of India instituted upon an experiment
in terms of establishing specialized law universities solely devoted to legal
education and thus to raise the academic standards of legal profession in India.

This decision was taken somewhere in 1985 and thereafter the first law
University in India was set up in Bangalore which was named as the National Law
School of India University (popularly 'NLS'). These law universities were meant
to offer a multi-disciplinary and integrated approach to legal education. It was
therefore for the first time that a law degree other than LL.B. or B.L. was granted
in India. NLS offered a five years law course upon the successful completion of
which an integrated degree with the title of "B.A.,LL.B. (Honours)" would be
granted. Thereafter other law universities were set up, all offering five years
integrated law degree with different nomenclature. The next in line was NALSAR
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university of law set up in 1998. The National Law University, Jodhpur offered
for the first time in 2001 the integrated law degree of "B.B.A, LL.B. (Honours)"
which was preceded by the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences
offering the "B.Sc., LL.B. (Honours)" degree. The Prestigious M.S. University has
also started Baroda School of Legal Studies since 2005, which also offers 5 years
integrated law course. It has a uniqueness of having computer applications and
yoga & stress management as subjects. Another achievement in this field was the
setting up of National Law University,Delhi at New Delhi, the first national law
school of the capital.

However despite these specialized law universities, the traditional three year
degree continues to be offered in India by other institutions and are equally
recognized as eligible qualifications for practicing law in India. Another essential
difference that remains is that while the eligibility qualification for the three year
law degree is that the applicant must already be a holder of a Bachelor's degree, for
being eligible for the five years integrated law degree, the applicant must have
successfully completed Class XII from a recognized Boards of Education in India.
Both the holders of the three year degree and of the five year integrated degree are
eligible for enrollment with the Bar Council of India upon the fulfillment of
eligibility conditions and upon enrollment, may appear before any court in India.

The setting up of Karnataka State Law University has heralded a new era in
the law education. Shri J S Patil has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the
University. The Karnataka State Law University is sui generis (only one of its
kind). The university is the only Law University in the Globe! From now onwards,
all the law colleges of Karnataka will be functioning under the guidance of
Karnataka State Law University.

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 ARTICLES BY STUDENTS

No Articles have been submitted to us through E- Mail till now.

Hence we are not listing any articles here!

Sorry friends, we could not inform you all about the magazine
articles in advance. Since it is exam time, even we can understand
the difficulties for which you could not submit your articles.

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PHOTO ALBUM

Sneha Sethu 2008

Teachers’ day 2008

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 Classmates

College day 2006

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 Former President of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam at SBRR Mahajana Silver Jubilee
Celebrations. Former VC of Mysore University TC Shivashankara Murthy is also seen

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 Sneha Sethu 2008

College day 2008. Dr. Raja with Late Hon’ble Shetkar Subhash.

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Shri Shetkar Subhash at our college day.

Ethnic Day 2008

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Hon’ble Judge C G Hungund in our college

College day

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Prof. Shashidhara Prasad. Former vice chancellor Mysore University

Our Classroom

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Students relaxed after attending the coordination committee viva

Viva tensions

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First Vice Chancellor of Karnataka State Law University Shri J S Patil in our college day

OLD BUILDING. How can we forget it?

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 Old classroom

Old building library. We once sat and chatted here and even studied rarely!
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Old building
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Old building corridor

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Class students group photo with Lokesh sir at Kodaikanal

Ethnic Day 2009

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 Professor’s advice

Women’s day special lecture by Public Prosecutor Smt. Muttamma

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Legal Aid Camp at Beeri Hundi. Inauguration by Zilla Panchayat President
Shri K . Marigowda

Lokesh Sir speaking at Legal Aid camp

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 Legal Aid Camp at Beeeri Hundi

Thanksgiving function on 25th June 2009

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Thanksgiving

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Thanksgiving

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 STUDENTS INFO

Note: We have taken the consent of all these students before putting their photos. Once the
magazine is put on internet for private circulation, we cannot guarantee the removal of the
photos again.

3 YEARS COURSE STUDENTS

Vineetha PP Vairavamoorthy

Vijayakrishnan P V Thanalakshmi
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Sujeesh M R Shridhara

Siddaraju A Saminathan

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Renuka Prasad Prakasha

Rajachari Nithyananda Dharma Veeru

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Naveen Mahesh M

Manju K Lokesh K S

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 Kiran M C Arumugam

and
• Hema M

Chandan Kumar Aswal

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 5 Years Course Students

Ravi Shekar S Gagan K

Ramachandran Chethan K N

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 Anbushekar Thilak P S

Vanitha Sheela M R

AND
Note: Some students requested us • Manjula M
not to put their photos. Hence we • Vishnu S
have not put their photos. We do • Nethravathi K
respect privacy of all the students. • Naleena D

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 VISHWA MAANAVA SANDESHA
By Shri Kuvempu

Photo Copyright: Kuvempu’s family.

Message Of Universal Man

Every child, at birth ,is the universal man. But, as it grows, we turn it into “a
petty man”. It shouldbe the function of the education to turn it again into the
original “universal man”.

The child which by birth was the universal man us fettered by us with such
constraints as country, language, religion, caste race and colour. To free it from all
these limitations and transform it into “the enlightened soul”, that is to say the
universal man, -- this should become the first and foremost function of our
education, culture, civilization and what not. All children of the world should
become “unhoused” beings, if the world should survive , should continue to live,
and advance.

In the course of human evolution great men arose at different periods to

fulfill the needs of their times and (then they) passed into history. The message of
some of them assumed the form of a distinct religion, but eventually narrowed
down into a mere creed. The voice of the great souls, which had sprung from the
noble motive of bringing together all men and making them live nobly,
degenerated into a mere creed, and thus became a pernicious opiate. There are
instances of a religion turning into a mere creed in the course of time and
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becoming quite worthless in the process, thus giving rise to another – one more
new religion. In this manner, numerous creeds arose, broke up humanity into
groups and schisms, and have even ignited was, almost as if they were the root
cause of all the troubles and turmoils of the world! To the experimental outlook
of our scientific age the superstition of religion is no longer acceptable. As Vinoba
Bhave said some years agao, “The days of religion and politics have passed. The age
of science and spirituality has now to dawn”.

The Religion of Humanity, the Universal Path, the Welfare of All

Reconciliation, the Integral Vision – these five mantras should become view of the
future. In other words, what we want henceforth is not this religion or that
religion, but then Religion of Humanity; not this path or that path but then
Universal Path; not the wellbeing of this individual or that individual, but the
Welfare of All; not turning away and breaking off from one another, but
reconciling and uniting in concord and harmony; and above all, not the partial
view of narrow creed, not the dual outlook of the material and the spiritual, but
the Integral Vision of seeing all the things with the eye of the Divine.

Ideas which are applicable to all mankind do not relate to a single cast or
creed, a single section or country. Since they are of value for all time, these are
basic human values which tend towards uniting all men and enabling them tolive
in harmony. They give no room to groupism, which, after all, is the sordid game of
politics. While giving full scope for individual freedom, this view aims at collective
uplift. On this view it is possible to have as many religious as there are individuals;
and it is possible for all the individuals to contribute towards the development of
the whole community. It is this “vision” which is proclaimed by the following
poem. “The Unhoused Consciousness.”

The Charter of Fundamental

Fundamental Principles, to be practiced in
in order to become
universal man:
The Seven Articles (of the Charter)
1. We have to accept unconditionally that “All mankind is verily, one
(community).”

2. Our attempt should be not to reform the caste system but to wipe it out
completely. That is to say, distinctions like Brahmanas, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas

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 and Sudras, or the Depressed classes, or Shia and Sunni, or Catholicas and
Ptotestant, or Sikh and Nirankari, should be eradicated altogether.

3. The caste systems that exist in all countries and all religions should be totally
denounced and completely destroyed.

4. ‘Religion’ should go, and ‘spirituality’ alone, being a scientific principle,

must be recognized.

5. ‘Religion’ should become ‘the Religion of Humanity’; the Path should

become the ‘Universal Path’; and man should become the ‘Universal Man’.

6. Religion should not become a matter for creating schisms. No one should
belong to any particular religion; on the contrary, everyone should belong to
“his own” religion – the religion that he has personally discovered. This will
mean that there will be as many religions as there are individuals in the
world; no one will seek to embrace another’s religion, from his own group
and create factions.

7. No single book should become the “only one” and the “most scared”
scripture. Everyone should, on the contrary study and assimilate all the
books he can and should freely decide what to accept, and build for himself
his own ‘philosophy’.

POEM OF THE UNIVERSAL MAN

O my spirit… set roots nowhere… O my spirit
Grow beyond the myriad forms… Go beyond the countless names…
From a heart overfull, inspiration bursts forth…
O my spirit… set roots nowhere… O my spirit
Winnow the chaff of a hundred creeds… Stretch beyond the stifling
philosophies…
Rise, immense and endless as the cosmos…
O my spirit… set roots nowhere… O my spirit
Rest nowhere on the unending road… Build never a binding nest…
Touch never the boundary… O remain infinite and boundless…
O my spirit… set roots nowhere… O my spirit

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Infinity's Yoga has no end… Endless is the quest you apprehend…
You are that infinity… become that boundless…
Ascend, ascend, ascend, ascend!
O my spirit… set roots nowhere… O my spirit
Grow beyond the myriad forms… Go beyond the countless names…
From a heart overfull, inspiration bursts forth…
O my spirit… set roots nowhere… O my spirit
Winnow the chaff of a hundred creeds… Stretch beyond the stifling
philosophies…
Rise, immense and endless as the cosmos…
O my spirit… set roots nowhere… O my spirit
Rest nowhere on the unending road… Build never a binding nest…
Touch never the boundary… O remain infinite and boundless…
O my spirit… set roots nowhere… O my spirit
Infinity's Yoga has no end… Endless is the quest you apprehend…
You are that infinity… become that boundless…
Ascend, ascend, ascend, ascend!
O my spirit… set roots nowhere… O my spirit

ABOUT KUVEMPU

Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa (December 29, 1904 - November 11 ,1994)

is a Kannada writer, poet, widely regarded as the greatest poet of 20th century
Kannada literature. He is the first among seven recipients of Jnanpith Award for
Kannada. Puttappa wrote all his literary works using the pen name Kuvempu. He
is the second among Kannada poets to be revered as Rashtrakavi (after M.
Govinda Pai). His work Sri Ramayana Darshanam, the rewriting of the great
ancient Indian epic Ramayana in modern Kannada, is regarded as revival of the era
of Mahakavya (Epic poetry) in a contemporary form and charm. He is
immortalised by some of his phrases, and in particular for his contribution to
Universal Humanism or in his own words Vishwa maanavataa Vaada. He was
conferred Padma Bhushan by Government of India.

Kuvempu started his literary work in English first, with a collection of

poetry called Beginner's Mus, and later switched to Kannada. He spearheaded
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Kannada as a medium for education, emphasizing the theme of "Education in
Mother tongues". To cater to the needs of Kannada research, he founded the
Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe (The Institute of Kannada Studies) in Mysore
University. As Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University, he pioneered the study of
Basic Sciences and Languages. He also championed the Publishing of knowledge
for laymen, started by G. Hanumanta Rao.

Kuvempu was more than a writer, and the way he lived his life was in itself a
great message. He was against casteism, meaningless practices and rituals.
Kuvempu's writings also reflect his resentment against the caste system according
to which the shudras were unfit to attain knowledge. Kuvempu (from the
Vokkaliga community) also gives a different perspective to the characters in the
Ramayana unlike the portrayal of characters by Valmiki in his Sri Ramayana
Darshanam which won him Jnanpith Award. This work is the complete
Ramayana in Kannada. It underscores his vision of sarvodaya (Upliftment of One
& All). Rama of his Ramayana personifies this when he tests himself along with
his wife Seeta, by jumping into the fire.

O nanna chetana, Agu nee aniketana (ఓ నన ెౕతన, ఆగు ౕ అ ెౕతన )

which can be translated as "Be unhoused o my soul, only the infinite is your goal"
is a very popular note by Kuvempu on Universal Humanism.

His speech during the convocation ceremony of Bangalore University has

been published in the book, vichaarakranthige aahwaana. It calls for a re-
assessment of developmental policies. Though it was delivered in 1974, the
message is still considered relevant.

In the year 1987, a new university was started in Shimoga district,

Karnataka in the name of Kuvempu. It is located in Jnana Sahyadri campus,
28 km from Shimoga.

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We thank all of them who directly and indirectly helped in bringing out this
magazine. People may feel – “what’s the use of this magazine? No one will ever
read it. This work is waste.”

For all those pessimistic human beings, our answer is ready here:

“హుెూౕ ా ె?
ాూౕ ా ె?
ఏాదరు ా ెూౕెూౕ ె!”
- హంస#ెౕఖ

This poem written by Shri Hamsalekha (a great poet and music director)
means: “why are we born? Why do we die? To achieve something and leave” . We
wanted something as a memory before leaving the college, and hence this E
Magazine. Some of our friends used to ask why we do not have a Magazine in our
college. Some people said that it is a very difficult task to bring out a magazine.
Now, by bringing out this magazine, we are showing that this work was not
impossible.

-- Gagan and Chandan

Editors

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 COPYRIGHT AND OTHER NOTICE

All the photos in the whole magazine except a few were photographed by
Gagan K and he reserves the full copyright of all those photos. The logo of SBRR
Mahajana Law College and the photo of management people belong to Mahajana
Education Society, Mysore. All materials found in the magazine except a few
articles were written by the editors. The remaining articles were taken from
Wikipedia, Mysore University Website and other sources.

This E – Magazine is the sole property of the editorial board. This magazine
is released under a pre-condition that this magazine should be circulated within
the students of Class 2009 of Mahajana Law College and selected members of the
Faculty and staff of Mahajana Law College.

Anyone who shares this file with members other than whom it is meant as
defined above, are deemed to commit a breach of privacy of Class 2009. The
editorial board is not responsible for any legal consequences which arise due to the
public circulation of this magazine.

This magazine is meant for private circulation only. If this magazine is

found with you and you do not belong to the category of members as mentioned
above, then you have to immediately destroy (delete) this file. This magazine is
released by encrypting it as a ZIP file with a password which has been
communicated to the members of Class 2009 and selected faculty members only.
Hence, the editorial board who upload this magazine on internet and send it
through email have deemed that this magazine will not be accessible to the general
public. Cracking the zip file is illegal.

If you have any issues with this magazine, feel free to contact the editors at:
Gagan K – gagan555@gmail.com
Chandan Kumar Aswal – ckaswal@gmail.com

This magazine will be uploaded on the internet at this location after encryption:
http://aswal.wordpress.com

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