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Giri may refer to: mountain in Sanskrit . This is the common name given to male in India .

People[link]

• K.Giri, AP,Dept. of ECE, Mahendra Enginering College, Namakkal.
• Ignacio Giri, UI/UX Architech & Graphic designer
• Krishna Giri, CEO, Kasthamandap Clearing House Pvt. Ltd., Nepal
• Anish Giri, chess Grandmaster
• V. V. Giri, former President of India
• Sunan Giri, one of Walisongo in Java, reigning from Giri Kedaton

Place[link]

• Giri (subdistrict), a subdistrict in Banyuwangi Regency, East Java, Indonesia.

Languages[link]

• Giri (Sanskrit) - Sanskrit: गिरि - In an Indian context, "Giri," means "mountain" (e.g. nilgiri, ratnagiri). As a Sanskrit honorific it means "venerable, elevated, worshipful".

Gotra[link]

• Giri (Tank Kshatriya) Gotra of India.

Others[link]

• Giri (film), a 2004 Tamil film written and directed by Sundar C
• Giri River, a tributary of Yamuna River, which begins in Himachal Pradesh, and merges with Yamuna at Ponta Sahib
• Ngiri River, a tributary of the Ubangi River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Genetic Information Research Institute, a private, non-profit research institution based in Mountain View, California
• Cyclone Giri of the 2010 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

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Sunan Giri (also called Raden Paku or Joko Samudra), Muhammad Ainul Yakin (born 1442 CE in Blambangan (now Banyuwangi) is considered to be one of the Wali Sanga of Indonesia.

History[link]

He was the son of Dewi Sekardadu and Maulana Ishak of Melaka (brother of Maulana Malik Ibrahim), but later adopted as a son by Nyai Semboja (a female merchant^[1]). A traditional story says that he was the son of a Hindu princess, who had come to Blambangan as a missionary. The princess was forced to abandon him in a crisis and set him adrift on the ocean in a small boat, from which he was rescued by sailors, a story reminiscent of the Biblical Moses.^[1] (see Sejarah Banten).

His tomb is at Sunan Giri Mosque, near Grisik, 45 km from Surabaya.

Education and contributions[link]

As a young man Sunan Giri studied in the school of Sunan Ampel, whose daughter he eventually married,^[2] and where Raden Patah was his fellow student.

He later established his own school in Desa Sidomukti at Southern Gresik in East Java—a location from which he got his name ("Giri" means "hill").^[3] The Islamic School which he established was not only an institute of religious studies, but also center for various local civic activities and social development.

Political leadership[link]

The king of Majapahit granted Giri the authority to expand his role in political leadership, which later on to lead to the greater development of the school, popularly known as Giri Kedaton. Sunan Giri was also known as Prabu Satmata, due to his remarkable record.

Sunan Giri foretold the rise of Mataram, and spread Islam to Lombok, Sulawesi, and Maluku. He was a proponent of orthodox Islam, and disapproved of innovation (much like "modernist" Islamic scholars of the 1800s and 1900s).

Later history of the Giri Kedaton school[link]

Giri Kedaton, as a center of religious and political authority led by century head Pangeran Singosari was known for his most persistent resistance to the Dutch VOC and to Amangkurat II, who collaborated with the Dutch colonization efforts.^[3]

The creation of popular children's toys and games such as Jelungan, Jamuran, lir-ilir and Cublak Suweng is attributed to Sunan Giri. His name is also associated with Gending Asmaradana and Pucung (Javanese poetry)—although they had been mostly influenced by pre-Islamic Javanese beliefs and traditions, but show signs of eventual Islamization.^{[citation needed]}

See also[link]

• Islam in Indonesia
• The spread of Islam in Indonesia (1200 to 1600)
• Ali al-Uraidhi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq

Indonesia portal

References[link]

External links[link]

• http://www.petra.ac.id/eastjava/walisongo/giri.htm

Anish Giri
Country	Netherlands
Born	(1994-06-28) June 28, 1994 (age 17) Saint Petersburg, Russia
Title	Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2693 (May 2012) (No. 28 in the January 2012 FIDE World Rankings)
Peak rating	2722 (September 2011)

Anish Giri (born June 28, 1994)^[1] is a chess prodigy. He met his final grandmaster norm at the age of 14 years, 7 months and 2 days when he beat Venezuelan GM Eduardo Iturrizaga in the C Group of the 2009 Corus Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands.^[2]

He is the youngest ever Grandmaster in the chess history of Soviet Union/Russia and the Netherlands (when he achieved his third GM norm, he was affiliated with the Russian Chess Federation; currently he is affiliated with the Dutch Chess Federation).

Family[link]

Anish is the son of a Nepalese father (Sanjay Giri), and a Russian mother (Olga Giri). Anish was born in St. Petersburg, Russia on 28 June 1994. In 2002, he moved to Japan with his parents. Since then he had been residing in Japan, and visiting St. Petersburg regularly. Since February 2008, Anish and his family have been living in the Netherlands, in the Dutch city of Rijswijk where his father is working in a research and consulting foundation (Deltares). He has two sisters, Natasha and Ayusha.

Chess activity[link]

Anish's first club was a local youth sport club 'DYUSH-2' in St. Petersburg, Russia. His trainers in this club were Asya Kovalyova and Andrei Praslov. He was a member of the Japan Chess Association and the Sapporo Chess Club during his stay in Japan. He became Russian champion (U12) while he was living in yugoslavia.

Anish has been playing for SK Turm Emsdetten since 2008 in the German Chess Bundesliga (the premier league of team chess in Germany). He is the youngest ever player in the history of this league. Furthermore, he is affiliated with several Dutch chess clubs, including the HSG (Hilversum Chess Society) and the Delftsche SchaakClub (Delft Chess Club). He plays in the French league (TOP-16) for l'Echiquier Châlonnais.

He does not have intensive chess training facilities, mostly working by himself using chess programs and books at his leisure. Now the KNSB (Dutch Chess Federation) is providing him facilities for some training sessions with Federation coach Vladimir Chuchelov.

Major events and achievements

• In September 2009 he won at Haaksbergen the closed Dutch Championship, making him the youngest player to win this championship to date.
• In January 2010, aged 15, he competed in the Corus Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee winning the B-group.^[3]
• In May 2010 it was revealed that Giri had aided Viswanathan Anand in preparation for the World Chess Championship 2010 against challenger Veselin Topalov. Anand won the match 6.5-5.5 to retain the title.^[4][5]
• At the end of May 2010, Giri convincingly won the 18th annual Sigeman & Co. Tournament with a performance rating of 2936.^[6]
• In August 2010, he was one of the best scorers for the Rising Stars team during the NH tournament against the Experienced team, but was unable to qualify for the Amber tournament, losing in tiebreak against Nakamura.^[7]
• In October 2010, Giri won bronze at the 2010 Chess Olympiad at Khanty-Mansiysk, during his first Olympiad appearance. Giri had a performance rating of 2730, playing board 4 for the Dutch team.
• In January 2011, Giri beat world number one Magnus Carlsen (Elo 2814) with Black in 22 moves at the Wijk Aan Zee chess tournament (category 20).
• In January 2012, Giri won the 54th annual Reggio Emilia chess tournament. Despite being the lowest rated player in a category 20 tournament (average rating 2744), Giri scored four wins, two losses and four draws for a clear first place (performance rating of 2823).

Schooling[link]

Giri is currently studying at the Grotius College in Delft. Unlike most other prodigies, he is a regular high school student following classes every day, save for some limited absences allowed by the school during major tournaments and events. Thus, playing chess is still a part-time activity for Giri. His favorite subjects include physics, mathematics, geography and history.

Other interests and skills[link]

Giri speaks Russian, English, Dutch, Japanese and a little bit of Nepalese. In school, he studies German as well. He likes to play football and table tennis.

Recently^[when?] Giri contracted a new interest — writing articles and annotating top games. He annotated a number of top games for the popular chess site ChessBase,^[8] and has written several articles, including analyses of his own games for chess magazines, such as New in Chess, 64 (chess magazine), and Schach Magazin 64. Since May 2011 he is a columnist for the magazine ChessVibes Training, published by the popular chess news website ChessVibes. See also http://schaaksite.nl

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Anish Giri

• Anish Giri player profile at ChessGames.com
• Anish Giri player profile at the Internet Chess Club
• Official website

Articles/Interviews

• http://blip.tv/file/4010660
• http://blip.tv/file/4010601
• http://blip.tv/file/4026453
• http://www.onlinechesslessons.net/2011/07/27/anish-giri-chess-interview/
• http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/a-rising-star/22462961
• http://www.magnuscarlsenchess.com/rating_giri_carlsen_comparison.php
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6TKCAPlPvM
• http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/411292
• http://www.chesspro.ru/_events/2010/amsterdam1.html
• http://weblogs.vpro.nl/hollandsport/2009/09/18/holland-sport-21-september/
• http://chessheroes.blogspot.com/2010/02/anish-giri-and-mikahil-botvinnik.html
• http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/anish-giri-every-opponent-was-strong-and-tough/#more-16457
• http://www.nos.nl/jeugdjournaal/artikelen/2009/9/22/schaakkampioen(15)naarschool.html
• http://www.leeuwardercourant.nl/nieuws/video/article5162386.ece/Schaakwonder+(15)+kan+NK+winnen
• http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=9562
• http://schaaksite.nl/page.php?id=515
• http://guardian.co.tt/sports/other-sports/2009/04/30/flowering-prodigies
• http://www.emsdettenervolkszeitung.de/lokales/emsdetten/sport/Anish-Giri-bleibt-beim-SK-Turm;art956,831405
• http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5665
• http://www.brabantsdagblad.nl/sport/4919200/Anish-Giri-een-logische-denker.ece
• http://www.emsdettenervolkszeitung.de/lokales/lokalsport/evsp/Sport-in-Emsdetten;art956,332132
• http://www.muensterschezeitung.de/lokales/lokalsport/evsp/Sport-in-Emsdetten;art956,445613
• http://www.grevenerzeitung.de/lokales/lokalsport/evsp/Sport-in-Emsdetten;art956,480122
• http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5258
• http://www.wavemag.com.np/issue/article3134.html
• http://www.schuenemann-verlag.de/schach-magazin/Artikel/Titel.htm
• http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5611
• http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5655
• http://asnta.ru/article/432

At First Sight is a 1999 American film starring Val Kilmer and Mira Sorvino, based on the essay To See and Not to See in neurologist Oliver Sacks' book An Anthropologist on Mars and inspired by the true life story of Shirl Jennings.

Plot[link]

Amy Benic (Mira Sorvino) takes a break from working as an architect at a spa in Pinecrest, a small town outside New York City. Virgil Adamson (Val Kilmer) is a masseur at the spa and gives Amy a massage. Amy breaks down and cries, later falling asleep as Virgil leaves the room. When she wakes up, she runs after him to compliment the massage, only to realize that Virgil is blind. Virgil asks her out, and the two eventually fall in love and begin a relationship.

Virgil lives alone, though his over-protective sister, Jennie (Kelly McGillis), who lives next door, takes care of him. During an intimate session with Amy, Virgil reveals that he went blind when he was three and that the last thing he saw was something fluffy. Amy describes the horizon to Virgil as something that you "can see but can never reach."

While researching Virgil's condition, Amy learns of Doctor Charles Aaron, a specialist in eye treatment who suggests to Virgil that, with surgery, he could restore his sight. Virgil refuses. To understand Virgil's reaction, Amy seeks out Jennie, who reveals that their father left the family years ago after putting Virgil through several kinds of treatment in an unsuccessful attempt to restore his sight.

After waking up with Amy one morning, Virgil decides he will give the operation a try. It is a success, but after Virgil regains sight for the first time, he becomes confused and disoriented, unable to perceive light and distance. Dr. Aaron suggests that he should visit Phil Webster (Nathan Lane), a visual physiotherapist. Webster in turn suggests that Virgil needs to learn everything from scratch himself, through experience.

Virgil and Amy begin living in New York City, with Virgil finding his feet with his new-found sight. The pair begin drifting apart, as Virgil finds it hard to decipher the look on Amy's face at times. Amy finds herself constantly having to explain basic things to Virgil. While at a party, Virgil sees Amy kiss her ex-husband for his birthday. While trying to leave the party, Virgil walks into a glass pane due to his poor perception.

Virgil's father sees him on television and arranges a reunion; Virgil goes to his father's workplace, but decides at the last minute that he cannot face him yet.

On one of the regular consultation visits with Webster, he brings Virgil to a strip club. They engage in a deep conversation, where Webster notes that instead of just "seeing," Virgil should instead "look;" there are a lot of things that sight alone cannot solve. Virgil confesses that he and Amy are drifting apart, but insists that Amy is the most important thing in his life.

Upon returning from a work trip to Atlanta, where she and her ex-husband shared a sensual moment, Amy decides to save the relationship. She finds Virgil in a park looking for "the horizon" in the city.

Virgil's sight begins deteriorating. He begins experiencing vision blackouts. After consulting with Dr. Aaron, Virgil realizes that he is losing his sight. He decides to look for his father. Virgil reveals to him that he is going blind again, and asks him why he left. His father tells him that he felt he was a failure when he did not find a way to help his son regain sight. Virgil states that he should not have left because his mother and sister suffered greatly after his father walked away.

Virgil looks for Amy, who tells him about her plans to travel with him to places like Egypt and Europe. Withholding the fact that he is again going blind, Virgil tells her there is one thing he really wants to see, and brings her to a New York Rangers game.

At the game, Virgil realizes that the "fluffy cloud" he last remembers seeing was cotton candy. As he buys some, he suffers a lengthened vision blackout and admits to Amy that he is going blind, which Amy refuses to accept. Back home, Virgil and Amy argue. He asks if she wants to spend her life with him if he is going to be blind forever. Amy hesitates, and Virgil decides to return home.

Virgil is welcomed by Jennie and eases back into his old way of life. While losing his sight, Virgil spends his remaining time with sight to look at as many things as possible, going through magazines and pictorial books in the library. He stays up to watch the sunset, seeing the horizon for the first and last time.

After he has been blind again for some time, Virgil is at a park with a guide dog. He takes a seat, finishes a sandwich, and tosses the wrapping into a bin. Amy has found him and says, "You missed." Virgil takes a moment then realizes it is Amy. She sits down and they reconnect; then she reveals that she finished a significant sculpture that he broke during their argument. Amy apologizes to Virgil for trying to change him and for moving too fast, which led to their problems together. Virgil puts his hands on Amy's face and touches her tenderly. She asks if he wants to take a walk and "see what they see." They leave the park together.

Cast[link]

• Mira Sorvino as Amy Benic
• Val Kilmer as Virgil Adamson
• Kelly McGillis as Jennie Adamson
• Steven Weber as Duncan Allanbrook
• Bruce Davison as Dr. Charles Aaron
• Nathan Lane as Phil Webster
• Drena De Niro as Caroline

Reception[link]

The film currently holds a "rotten" rating on the movie review site Rottentomatoes. However, 47% of people (non-critics) give it a positive review. The film and its plot are mentioned in the Friends episode, "The One with Rachel's Big Kiss," the character of Chandler Bing describes it as "a tutti-frutti love story where he [Val Kilmer] played a blind guy."

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: At First Sight

• At First Sight at the Internet Movie Database
• At First Sight at Rotten Tomatoes