Shivraj Vishwanath Patil
Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh
Incumbent
Assumed office Jan 22, 2010
Preceded by	Sunith Francis Rodrigues
Minister for Home Affairs
In office 22 May 2004 – 30 November 2008[1]
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Lal Krishna Advani
Succeeded by	P. Chidambaram
Speaker of Lok Sabha
In office 10 July 1991 – 22 May 1996
Preceded by	Rabi Ray
Succeeded by	P.A. Sangma
Minister of Defence
In office 15 January 1980 – 2 December 1989
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi
Preceded by	Pranab Mukherjee
Succeeded by	Shankarrao Chavan
Personal details
Born	(1935-10-12) October 12, 1935 (age 76) Latur, Hyderabad State (now Maharashtra, India)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Occupation	Politician

Shivraj Vishwanath Patil (born October 12, 1935) is an Indian politician and current state Punjab governor and the Administrator of Union Territory of Chandigarh.^[2] Previously, he had been the Speaker of the 11th Lok Sabha and served the Manmohan Singh cabinet as the Union Minister of Home Affairs. He also served the Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi cabinets as the defence minister during the 1980s. He resigned from the post of Home-Minister on November 30, 2008, following widespread criticism raised after terrorist attacks on Mumbai. He resigned taking the moral responsibility for the attacks.^[3]

Early life[link]

Patil was born in 1935 in the village of Chakur in the Latur district (Marathwada region) of the then princely state of Hyderabad, now Maharashtra, India. He attended Osmania University, Hyderabad, earning a degree in Science and studied Law at Bombay University. During 1967–69, he was involved in local government (Latur Municipality).

Patil belongs to the Lingayat community.^[4] He married Vijaya Patil in June 1963.^[5]

In state politics[link]

From 1972 to 1980, he was member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for two terms of 1972–1978 and 1978 to 1980 during which time he held various positions such as Chairman of Public Undertakings Committee, Deputy Minister (Law & Judiciary, Irrigation, Protocol), Deputy Speaker of the Assembly and Speaker of the Assembly.

In central politics[link]

In 1980, he was elected to the 7th Lok Sabha. By 1999 (13th Lok Sabha), he had won seven successive Lok Sabha elections in 1980, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998 and 1999

In government[link]

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First inducted in the Indira Gandhi-led government in as Minister of State for Defence (1980–82), he was given independent charge of the Commerce Ministry (1982–83), from where he was shifted to Science and Technology, Atomic Energy, Electronics, Space and Ocean Development (1983–84).

During 1983–86, he was Vice President of CSIR India. He also served on various committees including those on Defence, External Affairs, Finance, Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament.

In the Rajiv Gandhi government, he was Minister for Personnel, Defence production and later held independent charge of Civil Aviation and Tourism.

He has also held a number of important positions in the party ever since Sonia Gandhi took over the presidency of the party. He is largely known for introducing the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award, India in 1995. He was the chairman of the manifesto committee of the party during the 1999 Lok Sabha election.

As speaker of the Lok Sabha, he had begun or contributed in initiatives on information dissemination to members of the Parliament (through computerisation and modernisation), construction of Parliament Library Building and broadcast of Loksabha proceedings, including live broadcast of Question Hour of both houses of the parliament.

Between 1991–1995, he was a member/leader of Indian parliamentary delegations to various international parliamentary conferences.

He became Home Minister in 2004. A former Lok Sabha speaker, Shivraj Patil lost in the 2004 polls from Latur constituency in Maharashtra, but has still landed up the second most important position in the Union Cabinet—that of the Home Minister. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in July 2004. Widely seen as an ineffective minister, his tenure as home minister was marred by one debacle after another and he faced increasing calls for his resignation, which he was eventually forced to due to the mishandling in the events leading up to and after the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

United States Ambassador David Mulford in an embassy cable had described his removal after Mumbai terrorists attack as inevitable and called him "inept" and "asleep on the watch".^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

Patil is accused for not sending the Central Reserve Police Force to Nandigram, even after repeated requests by the West Bengal government, to restore order in the area and the events resulted in police firing.

Patil's name was considered a likely candidate in 2007 presidential election. However, after the Left opposed his candidacy, Sonia Gandhi proposed Pratibha Patil, Governor of Rajasthan, as the presidential candidate. Shivraj Patil was later considered a possible candidate for the post of Vice President of India. His extensive parliamentary experience and his reputation for fairness were said to be the main advantages on his side.

Patil was seen in three different sets of clothes on the night of the 13 September 2008 Delhi bombings in which 30 people were killed. He was accused of paying more attention to his clothes than the blasts.^[11]

On 30 November 2008, just two months after Delhi blasts, Patil resigned from his position of Home Minister in Union Cabinet taking moral responsibility of the security lapse that lead to the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai.

References[link]

v t e Current Governors of Indian states (list)     Andhra Pradesh: E. S. L. Narasimhan Arunachal Pradesh: Joginder Jaswant Singh Assam: Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Bihar: Devanand Konwar Chhattisgarh: Shekhar Dutt Goa: Bharat Vir Wanchoo Gujarat: Kamla Beniwal Haryana: Jagannath Pahadia Himachal Pradesh: Urmila Singh Jammu and Kashmir: Narinder Nath Vohra Jharkhand: Syed Ahmed Karnataka: Hansraj Bhardwaj Kerala: Hansraj Bhardwaj Madhya Pradesh: Ram Naresh Yadav Maharashtra: K. Sankaranarayanan Manipur: Gurbachan Jagat Meghalaya: Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary Mizoram: Vakkom Purushothaman Nagaland: Nikhil Kumar Orissa: Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare Punjab: Shivraj Patil Rajasthan: Margaret Alva Sikkim: Balmiki Prasad Singh Tamil Nadu: Konijeti Rosaiah Tripura: Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil Uttar Pradesh: Banwari Lal Joshi Uttarakhand: Aziz Qureshi West Bengal: M. K. Narayanan ANI: Bhopinder Singh Chandigarh: Shivraj Patil Delhi: Tejendra Khanna Pondicherry: Iqbal Singh

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Pratiksha Apurv (born 26 February 1964) is one of the well known Indian painters. She has exhibited her paintings across the country which was inaugurated by prominent personalities of India. The name includes Brajesh Mishra and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, both of whom praised her work, which is based on her uncle Osho's teachings. Before moving to art arena, Apurv was a successful fashion designer.

Early life[link]

Pratiksha Apurv was born in Gadarwara, a small town in Madhya Pradesh, India. Pratiksha is a niece of Osho. Her father Swami Vijay Bharti is younger brother of Osho. Pratiksha took sannyas at the very tender age of 11 and thus began her spiritual journey at the Osho ashram in Pune. In 1982, she moved to Rajneeshpuram in the United States and stayed with Osho.

Professional life[link]

In 1987 Pratiksha took the fashion world by storm after launching the Oshonik label of apparels. Pratiksha have designed for Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Vinod Khanna, Amjad Ali Khan, Hansraj Hans, Kapil dev, Zakir Hussain^{[disambiguation needed ]} and at least 500 elite families of Delhi. After dressing up many famous personalities for years, she decided to renounce the world of glamour to cross over into the world of art, to give expression to her inner growth.

In the current environment, Pratiksha is the first Indian artist, whose effort seems to present a comprehensive document of experiential spiritual paintings. Moments of meditation and deep experiences of silence can be felt in her body of work, expressed through the depth of colors and a close-knit relationship between creator and creation.

Meditative art[link]

Her paintings are full of religious imagery, spiritual icons, cryptic signage and abstract symbols. she describes her work is an ongoing rendering of her spiritual Odyssey, a journey she has immersed herself in. Pratiksha has also contemporary figures silhouetted in black against a colourful background featuring people engaged in various forms of social interaction like dancing with one another or engrossed in quiet, intimate dialogue. Some of her paintings have strong overtones of Tibetan influences like the one titled Jalpari,which has a colourful mythological type figure rising out of the water against an elaborately detailed sky.

According to her,” It’s important to be in harmony with both the inner and the outer world. Material and Spiritual can be bridged through meditation.”

As she says, “Nature touches all of us with its innocent beauty. We need to open our heart, our inner door of life to see how beautiful a moment of meditation could be.”

A Muslim figure praying behind a finely detailed fretwork screen in the painting titled ‘Devotion’ and a tranquil Buddha head with rays of light radiating around it in the one titled ‘Illuminations’.

Her First Solo Show was Inaugurated by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The moment he entered the hall,he got immersed in its spirituality and the energy of meditation. Shri. Vajpayee congratulated Pratiksha for painting the spiritual journey of the meditator on the canvas. "Pratiksha, I would like to bow to you. I was not aware of your talent and did not know of the quantum of work that you have created.Your creations are thought proviking.Please continue your search (Sadhna)." He said.

In her Second series of Spiritual odyssey exhibition at NCPA mumbai, Pratiksha painted the Osho’s wisdom on Canvas, which were widely accolades by art connoisseurs. Nita Ambani, President, Dhiru Bhai Ambani foundation, who inaugurated the exhibition, was all praise for Pratiksha, who she said is multi-talented. “ I feel honored to be here. All your paintings has spiritual fragrance and you seem to be surrounded by spirituality yourself.” She said to Pratiksha.

In one of her exhibition at lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, Pratiksha launched her Upanishad Collections. Former national Security advisor Shri Brajesh Mishra inaugurated the show. Mishra said,”Pratiksha is depicting the life philosophy on the canvas and challenging the world to understand it.”

In March 2010, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated Spiritual Odyssey. Addressing a huge gathering at the gallery Shri Modi said, "In Pratiksha's painting one can see confluence of Knowledge, Sanskar, Meditation and art. She belongs to a family which has given a new dimension to humanity. After all Osho too asked to transform ourself and welcome madness to create something. We have been waiting for her creations. I really feel thankful."

With her, moments in meditation and deep experience of silence can be felt in the collection expressed through the depth of colors and a close-knit relationship between creator and structure.

She seems to be longing for the waves, to create her own space. In her painting Seeking, she is showing us a door to eternity, on the vast inner universe. This particular painting indicates a perimeter that surprises us with the theme and color combination.

Just one glance at her painting titled “Ultimate Truth”, reveals a life beyond any superficial modeling of colors. It’s wonderful to see a lucid channel to lighting and shadow effect with a clear touch of saturation. This particular creation portrays the artistic relations as combining beauties of form and color that together made up a pictorial effect.

Life has always been portrayed in two forms- spiritual and material. Its up to an individual which path he would like to walk along. Pratiksha believes in middle path, which teaches us importance of balancing in daily lives. he has tried to define the journey of human existence and its ultimate goal through her paintings, where lines do not merely limit a facade but touch the shape and model it by their very direction and comparative energy, which need no analysis of life.

Achievements[link]

It will be worth mentioning that the painting titled “From Sex to Super Consciousness” was selected in India’s most prominent national exhibition organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. It was part of 52nd National exhibition at ICCR Gallery, Kolkata from January 9, to 27, 2010.

Considering her work as a fresh wave on contemporary Indian Art, Eminent Professor & Dean of M.S. University Baroda, Prof Shailendra Kushwaha is conducting research on her paintings. Apart from the research paper, the thesis will be published in a book form.

Pratiksha’s painting titled ‘Whirling’ was recently selected and printed on the cover page of the book ‘Introducing new age Islam’. The book was released during the UN Human rights meeting in Geneva this year.

Pratiksha's Painting titled ‘Cosmic Harmony’ was selected for the Lalit Kala Akademi’s 53rd National Exhibition, to be held in August–September 2011 in Chennai. This is her second successive selection in the prestigious national exhibition.

Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) magazine "Indian Horizons" has featured Images of 34 paintings for their special issue (Oct-Dec,2011) published in March 2012,themed on Vedanta and Swami Vivekananda.The paintings are used as illustrations in the magazine for "Vedanta & Spirituality" subject.It also includes a special edit and features on her work.

Some of her paintings were also featured in author Vikram Chopra’s magnum opus "Shakespeare: The Indian Icon" published by The Readers Paradise in 2011. This book was also released internationally.

Exhibition[link]

1. Solo Show- "Spiritual Odyssey" AIFACS Gallery New Delhi, Feb 2007. The show was Inaugurated by Former Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee

2. Solo Show- "Spiritual Odyssey" NCPA Gallery Mumbai, Sep 2007. The show was Inaugurated by Smt.Nita Ambani

3. Solo Show- "Spiritual Odyssey" Lalit Kala Akademi,March 2008. The show was Inaugurated by Former National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra

4. Solo Show- "Spiritual Odyssey" Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore,Dec 2008. The show was Inaugurated by State law Minister S suresh Kumar

5. Solo Show -"Spiritual Odyssey" Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, Jan 2009. The show was Inaugurated by Chairman of Gem Granite, r Veeramani.

6. Solo show- "Spiritual Odyssey" L&P Hutheesing Visual art centre, Ahmedabad, March 2010. The Show was Inaugurated by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi

7. Solo Show- "Spiritual Odyssey" Allure Art gallery, Vadodara, April 2010. The show was inaugurated by veteran artist Jeram patel

8. Solo Show- "Reflections" Lalit Kala Akademi,New Delhi,Nov-Dec 2010. The Show was inaugurated by Union Steel Minister Sri Virbhadra Singh.

9. Solo Show- "Reflections" ICCR, New Delhi,July 2011.

See also[link]

• Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh)
• Rajneesh movement

References[link]

Sonal Srivastava (24 July 2011). "Cosmos in a Pyramid". The Speaking Tree. http://www.speakingtree.in/public/view-article/Cosmos-in-a-pyramid. 

Madhur Tankha (01 December 2010). "Reflecting the Journey in Solitude". The Hindu. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/article924739.ece. 

Aakriti Sawhney (25 November 2010). "Osho beautiful". Hindustan Times. http://www.oshoworld.com/onlinemag/dec10/htm/media.asp. 

The Hindu (11 April 2008). "Spiritual experience spills over on canvas". The Hindu. http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/11/stories/2008041152860200.htm. 

Times Of India (28 September 2007). "It's a spiritual odyssey". Times Of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2408943.cms. 

Society (22 November 2007). "Spiritual Art". Society Magazine. http://www.magnamags.com/content/view/398/276. 

Sharadha Narayanan (07 January 2009). "Expressing spirituality through art". New Indian Express. http://expressbuzz.com/Cities/Chennai/expressing%20spirituality%20through%20art/32196.html. 

Deepali Dhingra (27 September 2007). "OSHO’s teachings, in a brush stroke". Times Of India. http://www.oshoworld.com/onlinemag/oct07/htm/media.asp#4. 

CSS Latha (09 April 2009). "Interview with Pratiksha Apurv". Savvy Magazine. http://www.magnamags.com/content/view/3922/283/lang,english/. 

TOI (06 April 2010). "Pearls of Meditation on Canvas by Osho's niece". Times Of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/Pearls-of-meditation-on-canvas-by-Oshos-niece-in-city/articleshow/5768150.cms. 

Mohua Das (28 March 2010). "Osho Effect". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100328/jsp/calcutta/story_12270501.jsp. 

Priyadarshini (07 January 2010). "Art as Meditation". The Hindu. http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/01/07/stories/2009010750320500.htm. 

The Pioneer (27 December 2010). "Harmony between the inner and outer world". The Pioneer. http://www.dailypioneer.com/300023/Harmony-between-the-inner-and-outer-world.html. 

Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh (Marathi: अमित विलासराव देशमुख ), popularly known as Amit Bhaiya, is a Member of Legislative Assembly from Maharashtra in the Government of Maharashtra from Latur City. He is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra, he is the eldest son of Vilasrao Deshmukh^[1] Union Minister of Heavy Industries and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

In 2009 Amit Deshmukh contested from Latur City on Congress ticket & defeated Kayyum Khan Mohammad Khan Pathan of Bahujan Samaj Party & Shripad Kulkarni of Shivsena by a margin of 89,480 votes.^[2] A fourth largest victory in Maharashtra.

Early life[link]

He is the vice president of the Maharashtra Pradesh Youth Congress. He is also Chairman of Vikas Co-Operative Sugar Factory, Niwali, Latur which he founded in 2000 & Executive Trustee of Manjara Charitable Trust Latur. Also he is President of Vilasrao Deshmukh Foundation and Latur Taluka Samanvay Samitee.

Amit hails from the city of Latur in the Latur district of Maharashtra.

He is the President of Latur Club. This club arranged Latur Festival for the Laturkars. @festival arranges lots of programme for everyone.

Biography[link]

Amit Deshmukh has completed Chemical Engineering from Thadomal Shahani College Of Engineering in Mumbai. He is married to Aditi Ghorpade.

References[link]

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