Been some time

Belated Birthday wishes to Jyotsna.
I have been quiet for a while now. I normally check the blog from office (luckily that is still not blocked from the satyam network). Every time, I check in a rush with the intention of posting my replies/wishes later. Sometimes, the number of people I am supposed to wish just piles up and I end up missing wishing them at all. So, please excuse me if I have missed anybody's birthdays/anniversaries.
We have just a day more left of the year 2008. So, wishing everybody a very very happy and prosperous New Year.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JYOTHSNA

Best wishes ( sorry, I am late by a day ) to Jyothsna. Wishing her all the best and many happy returns,
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday, Jyotsna!

                       Best wishes to Jyotsna on her birthday, 29 December.  Many happy                                                                              returns!

                                                   Vimala and Jayaraman

FROM RAMU

1. Jayaramanna, that Cabinet Formation is really nice. Where from!
In this also, south is completely ignored like the cricket team! So a reshuffle will come soon after election.
Ramu

Suggestions for Cabinet formation

A 'Punny' Suggestion

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Salman Khan for Prime Minister Yeah, what's the harm in that? MGR was cut-out to rule TN. Jayalalitha loomed large after him. NTR introduced Rama Rajya in AP much before the BJP coined the phrase. Now Chiranjeevi has jumped into the action. Govinda has been MP No. 1. Jaya Prada, Shatrughan Sinha, Dharmendra… The list is endless. So why not go all the way and get Salmaan Khan to rule the country. Here is a speech that he could use while campaigning. Deer Voter, I stand before you with open arms and bare chest to seek your vote. We have heard enough about Rama Rajya. What I promise you is Drama Rajya. You will all get enough Khan-a and peena. And plenty of gaana too. In order to improve the ratings of Lok Sabha TV, I will put together the most attractive council of ministers ever. I, Salman, will personally look after finance. I promise to sternly punish income tax evasion. There will be no black-bucks in this country. My friend Shahrukh will take over the home ministry. He will ensure that there are no riots. No hate. Only love. Love. Regardless of age, caste, religion or er…gender. He will ensure peace. There will be Home-Shanti- Home. Sunjay Dutt will handle the defence portfolio. He is an opinionated fellow, so he'll never sit on de-fence. I will also confer on him the TADAsaheb Phalke award. He will ensure that we are always armed and ready. Dharmendra will take over animal welfare. He has promised to drink the khoon of any kamina who harms a kuttha. And to take good care of all soovar ke baccheys. Aishwarya Rai, will be the minister for environment. No one can doubt her love for trees. She will ban weeding, and encourage wedding. Foreign affairs will be handled by Neena Gupta. She has a Viv-id perspective in this area. Rakhi Sawant will be put in charge of rural development. She has constantly worked for the upliftment of the masses. The health portfolio will be handled by Saif Ali Khan. He has promised to examine potato chips and pronounce them as completely Saif. You might wonder why Amitabh has not been mentioned so far. That is because the Big B will be my nomination for the President of India. To ensure that Raj Thackeray will allow him to return to Mumbai after his term, Amitabhji has requested that be referred to not as Rasthtrapati but as Maharashtrapati. With this star-studded council of ministers, I promise you a lot of action. Every village will get lights and every villager a plot. We will open a dialogue with Pakistan. Our industries will improve their production. And the country will have some direction. Vote for me. Together we Khan. Note: If some of the connections are not readily seen please click the links,- e.g. "Foreign Affairs", "Upliftment of the masses" . If you don't like puns you need not read this.

 

FROM RAMU

1. Very interesting to read both PCRK`s and PCJ`s posts about birth and rebirth. Some points mentioned were running through in my mind when I expressed that next birth as a bird may be better. I have full faith in Dharma . I used to get many doubts about the dos and donts. So, I used to think that best way is to blindly follow what our elders have taught us and what our parents used to do.
I am not able to express anything more eventhough so many points are there in my mind, mainly because I find it difficult to express in words!!
2. Welcome Aishwarya to the blog.
3. PCRKs will be Chennai from tomorrow for a month and I hope we make a couple of visits to Adyar.
Ramu

Birth and rebirth

Ramu's and Ramakrishnan's posts will make us all think about what our role is in this birth.  It is only the rare soul who has some idea of his earlier avatars.  Such people become subjects of study for parapsychologists.  All that we can do is have total faith in dharma and live according to our conscience.  The Gita (as we are learning from Velukkudi Krishnan's talks)  tells us of the different ways by which  one can realise the Supreme Being.  The simplest is karma yoga, provided it is practised without thinking of its fruits.  But religion itself has become a great bone of contention, producing hatred and violence.  How great it would be if all religions would merge into one and every one becomes a citizen of the world! (Ramakrishnan should recall the famous essay on the last phrase, as it was part of his reading in college, if I remember aright.)

Maiden post

Perippa and all others,
Namaskarams. Thanks for such warm way of welcoming me into the blog. I hope to do my bit of contribution to this well-maintained blog gradually. As of now, I’m in the process of associating names with faces :) I know it’d take a good deal time but just hope to be a fast learner. Akila has promised to help me with that. Following the posts in here regularly will, perhaps, help me a bit more.
Aishwarya

Next Birth

My dear Ramu,
You are assuming that in the next birth, you will be born a man or woman. This subject is fascinating and I have got a lot of doubts. Actually, only man is capable of sinning or earning punyam. But they say that the actions of previous seven births will influence your next birth. So, how does one work for redemption. Most of the Mahaans and sages were destined even at birth to become such mahaans, how ? Many of them led unworthy lives early and suddenly God made them great sages. How to explain these things ?
For long, I have felt that what we may be taking with us to the next birth is a part of our knowledge, wisdom, feelings (vasanaas ) and I have thus tried to gain knowledge (which I would like to carry forward) and tried to have good positive thoughts always. I have not gained any knowledge worth mentioning but I have been able to generally have good thoughts and whenever the bad thoughts/emotions surfaced I have consciously tried to overcome them.
One more thing. It seems when a person dies, he is not born immediately. Several years may be spent as Pithrus or something, depending on your earlier Karma.
So, as I said, I have more questions in my mind but we have not reached the level where we can expect to get the answers. Be good and have faith. That is all we can do.
-Ramakrishnan.

Aishwarya's Mail Id

Perippa, Aishwarya's mail id is aishshankar@gmail.com.

Akila

FROM RAMU

Yes Jayaramanna. Even my school admission was quite simple. When I joined P.S.Secondary School in class 6 and also P.S.High School in class 8, I went alone. The Head Master asked father`s name and asked me to pay the fees.
Even when Koushik had to be brought from Hyderabad, for class 11 admission, I approached the Head Master of DAV School, Mogappair only once. After seeing Koushik`s marks he was given a seat.
As usual, this year also I saw a long long que in PSBB,K.K.Nagar, at 05.30 AM , for getting Application for LKG. Our neighbour was mentioning that if a parent is in Hindu, it is easy to get a seat in PSBB .
When I consider myself lucky, the thought that how I am going to face these things in my next birth, really scares me! Sometimes I even feel that it might be better to be a bird!!!!
Ramu

Welcome Aishwarya!

Akila,

Thanks a lot for introducing Aishwarya to the blog.  Please give me her e-mail ID so that I can send her an invitaton to sign up as a member.

When we were kids, joining school was so easy.  I do not remember Appa ever coming to any of the shools to get any of us admitted.  I think it was some one from his office (court) who would take us and just get us admitted.  Of course, times were very different.  The competition was not so severe and the choices were quite few.  Looking at the way school children live these days, I feel sorry that they are msising out on their childhood.

Jayaraman

FROM RAMU

1. Gayathri, your post about Usha manni is brief but very nice.
2. Sumanth wrote an entrance test in PSBB, TNagar on 20th for which Vidya had come. I think she has left this morning. The resuls will be announced on 07th Jan. Vidya will come with Sumanth by end Jan so that Sumanth can attend school till annual exams. Then she will go back and return when the school opens after vacation. Vidya was saying that it is 18 years since she left India! How daysfly!.
Ramu

A new follower

The last few posts have been extremely moving!!! Hmmm...

We now have a new follower to our blog in Aishwarya. I introduced her to our blog a few days back, before she left for Trichy to get back to work. She has been religiously reading all our posts from yesterday during her free time. She can now recognize some of our family members (of course, only by name) :)

Mohan has now moved into an apartment with one of his colleagues. Commute is still a problem though, as he has to take 2 buses to reach office. One of the main disadvantages of going to the US!! That's the update from my end for the day.

Akila

Memories...

..And so the day of memories is almost over. With appa & Charu calling me to tell me that today was her Shraddam, all I had to do was to take a little care not to eat 'pazhayadu'. All of you have memories, I have none. Thankfully I was too young....
But I have never, never felt that a mother was missing, because Saradamma has been just that & more - at every stage in my life.
Gayathri

Usha Manni

       Ramakrishnan's post about Usha Manni brings back to my mind the letter we received in Delhi telling us of her passing.  What a shock it was.  They were days when we depended on the post and telegrams for information.  Most middle class houses had no telephone either.  So we had had no inkling of the happengs in Madras and Appa's letter was a bolt from the blue.  Memories linger.

Jayaraman

FROM RAMU

1. Saw the post from PCRK about Usha manni`s thithi, and that it is 50 years now. I was 11 then. The place where Narayana Rao`s house and office are there now was a open ground then. I think even Madurai Mani Iyer`s house came up only later. We were playing cricket there.Naturally, those days come to my mind!
2. Jayaramanna, Bhairavi was good hearing.
Ramu

USHA

Today (20th Dec 2008) is the annual thithi of the demise of Usha, my first wife and Gayathri's mother (I am mentioning this for those who may have been too young at that time) . Gayathri was less than two years old then. By the English calendar the anniversary will come on 3rd January and it will mark 50 years after her demise.
-Ramakrishnan.

Ustad Barkat Ali Khan, Bhairavi, Rasake bhare tore naine

Barkat Ali was Bade Gulam Ali's brother and a singer of great merit. Here is a sample.

FROM RAMU

1. The first gift for Koushik`s wedding was from Brig.Kumar.He sent a very nice letter (as usual) with a cheque for Rs.501/-, ten days prior to the wedding.
2. Appu anna`s daughter Chithra and her husband Sriram called on us a week before marriage with a small gift.
3. There was a nice letter from Taappu anna.
4. Gopu ( Ramurthy mama`s son) sent a cheque for Rs.501/- with a nice letter.
5. Fortunately there are a very few gifts, probably because the marriage was in Trichy.One interesting gift is a cordless iron.
Aishwarya reported for duty in Trichy yesterday. She will come to Chennai by 28th to join here from 1st Jan.
Ramu

Raghupathi

I am very very sad to hear of Raghupathi's illness. I pray to God to be with him and give him a cure soon.
Ramakrishnan.

Wish for speedy recovery to Raghupathy

Mythili and I send our best wishes to Raghupathy and wish him a very speedy and complete recovery from his illness. Best wishes.
Mythili and Chandru

FROM RAMU

1. It is good that Rajiv`s wedding is in Jan 2009 and there will be a reception on Feb 04. Another occassion to meet all. I too felt very bad that PCRK and manni had to cancel the trip and could not attend the engagement but now it is good to know it was a simple but good function.
2. Sarada and I also join in the prayers for the speedy recovery of Raghupathy.
Ramu

Rajiv's engagement, wedding

I got back from Bombay yesterday. Rajiv's engagement on Nov 30 had to be a simple affair after the terrible bomb blasts - we cancelled the hall, called all the invitees to tell them NOT to come, my biggest sadness being that Appa and Saradamma could not come - and arranged a small affair with only family elders. It was tough getting a caterer to bring food even for 20 people in that situation. For all that, the ceremony was performed in all solemnity and was deeply satisfying.
When Nameeta's grandfather broached the subject of an early wedding, we had the biggest of surprises when the two readily agreed!!! Again it was a difficult decision as Anuj is leaving for the US on Jan 6, & will not be there for the wedding. Ramya has postponed her departure by a few days.
So the wedding is to be on Jan 31, 2009, at Pune. We are planning to have a reception at Madras on Feb 4. I do hope that all our family members will be there in strength to bless the couple (& us).
We enjoyed looking at the photos of Aishwarya-Koushik wedding

A correction - Rajiv's b'day is MARCH 8, not Dec. And it is THREE years since Ramya got married, not two!!!!

Raghupati

      Raghupati is recovering in Malar Hospitals, Adyar after surgery to treat a gangrenous infection.  Two toes had to be removed.  Luckily, he was taken to hospital before the situation became too bad.  This morning, Rukku, Vimala and I visited him in his hospital room. He may have to remain in hospital for a few days.  Vimala and Nalini, as also Mohan, were at the hospital at that time.

Let us all pray for Raghupati's speedy and complete recovery.

Jayaraman

Kaushik Aishwarya Wedding

I am trying to send/attach the file of photoes I took at the wedding. I do not know if I will succeed.
-Ramakrishnan.

RAMESH AND VIDYA

Sarada and me visited Vidya`s fatherinlaw on Sunday. KTA and Papa have gone to Abu Dhabi. Ramesh and Vidya are planning to come back to India from coming academic year. Ramesh was in Chennai recently to try for Sumant`s school seat. It seems PSBB,T.Nagar haa assured a seat but Sumant should be put in class 3 in a month`s time so that he will automatically go to class 4 in June. This is to avoid the heavy ruch in June.So it is possible that Vidya will come with Sumant in a month for this purpose.
Ramu

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUMANTH

Best wishes to Sumanth on his birthday. Many happy returns to him.
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday, Sukmant!

Best wishes to Sumant on his birthday today, 13th December. Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

Happy Anniversary

Wishing Ramya and Anuj a very happy wedding anniversary. Does not feel like they have been married for 2 years now!!!
Akila, Mohan, Vaishnavi

Best wishes, Anuj and Ramya!

Best wishes to Ramya and Anuj on their wedding anniversary. Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

Great Pics

Perippa,
The photos were all great. I sent these to Mohan, as this was the first set of photos that we got. Thanks a lot :)
Akila

Picasa Web Albums - revati - Koushik's wedding

Picasa Web Albums - revati - Koushik's wedding

Thank you, Ramu, for your kind thoughts.
Here are some pictures taken at Koushik's wedding. We all had a great time at the wedding which was celebrated very, very well. Aishnwarya's family people were so friendly and helpful. May the Almighty bless Aishwarya and Koushik with a wonderful wedded life.

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to Srikrishnan on his birthday today, 10th December. Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SRIKRISHNAN

Best wishes to Srikrishnan on his birthday.
Wishing him good health and happiness in the days to come
Ramu Sarada

THANKS AND REGARDS FROM RAMU

Our sincere thanks to Ramki,Saradam manni, PCJ, Vimala manni, Mani, Bhuvana manni, PSR Mythily, KTA Papa, KN Rukku and NGS Lux, for attending the marriage of Koushik at Trichy and providing us full moral support . It is really nice of all of you to have taken all the strain at this age, even though the facilities provided by us were limited.
Thank you very much. Regards.
Ramu Sarada

Best Wishes Rajiv

A very happy birthday to Rajiv. Also, hearty congratulations on his engagement.
Akila

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAJIV

Best wishes to Rajiv on his birthday.Wishing him all the best and many happy returns of the day
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthdy, Rajiv!

Rajiv celebrates his birthday today, 8th December. We wish him all the best and many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

Happy birthday

     Best wishes to Vichu who celebrated his birthday on 30th November.  Many happy returns.  I do not have his photograph in my collection and therefore could not include it in the post.

  The December list of birthdays is very small, compared to other months.  I might have missed some.  If any of you has information on other birthday or anniversaries, do please post it.

 Tomorrow we leave for Tiruchi to attend Koushik's wedding.  Needless to say, we are looking forward to the event and to spending some time with a number of members of the family.

Happy Birthday Vimala

Mythili and I wish Vimala a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY
chandru & mythili

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to Pavitra on her birthday, 29 November. Many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday, Vimala.

Many happy returns.

28 November 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Best wishes to Bhuvana manni ( belated ) on her birthday and wishing her many happy returns of the day.
Best wishes to Vimala manni on her birthday (on 28th). Wishing her good health and happiness always. Many happy returns , Manni.
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday, Bhuvana!

Best wishes to Bhuvana on  her birthday today, 24 November.  Many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

Wishes

A very happy birthday to Prashanth and Bhuvana perimma.

Akila, Mohan, Vaishnavi

THE BLOG

I last opened the blog three days back and today there are new posts.
Ramakrishnan has correctly expressed the views about the progress of this blog and I have nothing to add. And Jayaramanna`s reply also is correct. I was also wondering but guessed why November dates were not posted. It will be really nice if the participation is good from all family members. From my side also, I am not able to see mails daily as Koushik is busy most of the time with the computer . But I will definitely try to participate in a regular basis.
Ramu

Happy Birthdays!

Wish you a Very Happy Birthday, Prasanth - you look great in that pic!

I am leaving for Bombay on 25th morning, so let me wish Bhuvana and Vimala chittis, Pavitra and Vichu a Happy Birthday - in advance.

Gayathri

Happy birthday, Prashanth!

Best wishes to Prashanth on his birthday, 21 November. Many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

The blog

The points Ramakrishnan makes are valid and important. Let us hope the blog will grow in content and viewership. When it was started, invitations had been sent to several family members to join, and some did. But most of them rarely post anything and perhaps do not even open it.

When posting anything, it will be nice to add a label, for which there is a window at the bottom of the page. This will help us link connected posts and to call them up later.

For posting pictures, I generally use Picasa. Choose and hold the picture, click on 'blog' and then wait for the window to give you instructions. You can add any message you want after the picture is 'done'. Another way is to start a post, click on 'add image', browse and choose the image and follow the prompts on the window. In the latter case, you should know in advance the location of the pic you want to post and its address line.

Do others have any suggestions?

The anatomy of a "Cool Dude"

This is simply hilarious
Cool Dude - The most used word in a day.One who can do things which we cannot do - is termed a "cool dude". Be it growing hair, or not growing hair, tattooing, speaking four letter words, smoking ultra milds or menthol, going all the way to Bangalore for a rock band maiden concert, or laughing amidst a group of dozen girls. The word has become the most used word in the group of people (folks - to sound cool) I move with, to such an extent that every other conversation ultimately comes to the same thing "Dude, you are becoming cool". Be it when my office moved to a cool, vibrant IT park (And I became a Parkite), when I applied a temporary tattoo on my forearms, when I got a wireless internet connection, when I browse internet on my mobile, when I insist on wearing socks before putting on the Sandals - All I could hear is "Dude, you are becoming cool!" So I assume, by now the reader has got an idea of what a Cool Dude is, rather what an Item he is!Some random notes:Q. What do Dudes do in Office?A: The do stuff. Not work. Remember "I need to get this stuff done" ?Q: What do dudes have for lunch? A: They grab a Sub. And remember A dude would always "customize his sub". The sub topic reminds me of a very crude (the most closest antonym of cool) incident at the Sub. During one of those initial visits to Sub, I had taken a friend along with me, thinking he would be a moral support to me at the cool shop (cool joint to sound cool). The friend whom I had taken along, had once tasted garlic bread that someone in office had ordered from Pizza Hut. After finishing the bread, seeing the label Pizza Hut written on the sauce packets, he commented - "The Pizza was good". This after being in the IT industry for 7 years! So it was just uncool of me to take him with me for moral support. Since we were two, we had the courage to face the questions shot at us. Yes, too many questions for having a sandwich. Oh not sandwich - It's a Sub. With great difficulty, we were able to get something made though we still do not know what we had answered for questions like 6 inch or foot long? , Type of bread, should i toast it?, with cheese /without cheese? , All vegetables? etc. All we could see is something had been made for both of us. And soon we are going to eat the cool sub. And then a question. "Do you want to make it a meal?" I asked my friend "Acha yahan meals bhi milta hai kya"? I did not see the "Meals Ready" board outside. All eyes on me. My friend did not have an answer.Then came the final question. With the gesture and tone, we could make out that this is the final question and soon we can start eating. But what he asked was too fast and unheard of. He repeated it. Still no change in his reaction. Again the question with a demeaning look at us. Finally we answer - "Yes". And he gives a much demeaning look, in fact something like - These people can never grow up. Then he gave us the bill and the Sub - both the subs in the same plate (Tray to be cool).And then My friend says aloud "Donon sandwich parcel kar do yaar". All faces in the restaurants were on us. All the Sub makers at the counter saw him. My friend was stunned. He was trying to think what he spoke. He was saying to himself "Did I use any abusive language?". Soon the person on the other side of the counter, said in a slightly louder tone, "That's what i asked you. You could have said you wanted Take-Away". So that is what he was asking towards the end of the Sub making process. All this when the person who made the sub also knows the local language or atleast common english - The kind of English that we have been listening to, since our childhood. But if he does that then whats cool about Sub? Or rather what so cool if even in the mid of his sleep a dude can say whats the Sub of the day.

Akila

My own blog now

Hi All,
After great dilemma, I finally decided to have my own blog. This would mostly be dedicated to cross-stitch and maybe some baking, reading. I am yet to make my first post there. The main aim of this blog is to give me some motivation to proceed with my cross-stitch. I started working on a picture of a peacock more than 2 years back and am still working on it :( !!! So, after seeing soooo many other cross stitch blogs where people post their Works-In-Progress, I also decided to do the same. Will give the link once I make my first post.
Akila

The Blog Should Continue

Referring to Jayaram's posting, I will be very sad if this blog is closed or allowed to suffer a slow death. We must each of us try to make it more interesting and participative. As a first step, those of us (we are too few) who have been participating should think of new ways of making it interesting. I want to know how to post a picture in the blog (Jayaram to note).

Secondly, a mojority of the PSC family are not seen or heard from. Whether they are even seeing the blog silently is doubtful and we keep wishing them happy birthday etc. How can we persuade them to come in ? Should Jayaram, as the coordinator, send individual mails to their email addresses ?

I spoke to Venkittu on Kappu's date of birth and learnt that his son Harish is now studying Law and Ram is working in Germany. If Venkittu had been active in the blog we all would have known it much earlier. Otherwise we do not know what our next-generation relatives are doing etc. I think one problem is that we are rather shy people and do not like to beat our own drums. We should shed this feeling and write about the happenings more for the sake of a feeling of belonging and togetherness. I am reminded of Appa's saying "if we do not beat out own drums, who will ? ", though he did not himself follow this dictum.

-Ramakrishnan.

The month ahead

Thanks, Akila for the post on the sociopath next door. Shall comment on it more soon.

Gayathri has a busy month ahead.  Let us all wish her the best.  She will be missing Koushik's wedding, of course but that cannot be helped.

Has anyone heard of a raga called Chakravaka Kanada? NGS says he heard a song in what he thinks was in this raga (to the extent he remembers the announcement).

Hi all!
I must admit that I have not been contributing to the blog, as much as I have been checking the posts regularly. I hadn't even noticed that the November b'days had not been listed! Why, how? I don't know. Lethargy? Indifference? Or the ubiquitous "no time"?
Actually exciting events are in the offing in our family - Koushik's wedding, Rajiv's engagement.... It'd really be nice if we keep getting updates about the happenings!
I met Rukmini manni at Hindu's NovFest yesterday and she was lamenting the fact that no one from Kunjappa's family will be present at Krishnan's son's wedding.
For some updates from my end, Ramya is in Bombay, busy with her mamiyar in the wedding preparations of her br-in-law Jay. Also she took the reins in her hands and has gone about making lists etc for Rajiv's engagement too.
I am scheduled to reach Bombay on Nov 26. The Nischayatartham is on Sunday, Nov 30 in MIG Club, Bandra. Sandadi saakula, let me also ask for your blessings and wishes. :):)
Rajiv's house is still not ready. We are trying to push the builder from many angles & I am still nursing a fond hope that it will be ready for occupation by the time I reach there. Water and electricity connection are yet to come.
I will be staying on in Bombay till Jay's wedding on Dec 14 & plan to be back here on Dec 16. Then it will be a rush of preparing for the concerts - full tension.
Guess I will be out of net circulation in BOmbay. will post my concert details after I return. And hope to see you all there to cheer me too, hehehehe.
Gayathri

THE COVETOUS SOCIOPATH

I read this today. This is from a book called The Sociopath Next Door

THE COVETOUS SOCIOPATH

Sociopaths do not always have a covetous nature, but when they do, a fascinating and frightening picture emerges. Since it is simply not possible to steal and have for oneself the most valuable possessions of another person ie: beauty, intelligence, success,or perhaps a strong character the covetous psychopath settles for besmirching or damaging enviable qualities in others so that they will not have them, either, or at least not be able to enjoy them so much. Here the pleasure lies in taking rather than in having.The covetous sociopath thinks that life has cheated her somehow, has not given her nearly the same bounty as other people, and so she must even the existential score by robbing people, by secretly causing destruction in other lives. She believes she has been slighted by nature, circumstances, and destiny, and that diminishing other people is her only means of being powerful. Retribution, usually against people who have no idea that they have been targeted,is the most important activity in the covetous sociopath's life, her highest priority.Since this clandestine power game is priority number one, all of the covetous sociopath's deceitfulness and tolerance for risk are devoted to it. For the sake of the game, she may devise schemes and perform acts that most of us would consider outrageous and potentially self-destructive, in addition to cruel.And yet when such a person is around us in our lives, even on a daily basis, we are often oblivious to her activities. We do not expect to see a person direct a dangerous, vicious vendetta against someone who in most cases has done nothing to hurt or offend her. We do not expect it, and so we do not see it, even when it happens to someone we know or to us personally. The actions taken by the covetous sociopath are often so outlandish, and so gratuitously mean, that we refuse to believe they were intentional, or even that they happened at all. In this way, her true nature is usually invisible to the group. She can easily hide in plain sight among genuinely intelligent, professional people.When people do not provoke in the sociopath a desire for something they have, or for something they are, then she does not target them. To the contrary, she may be especially charming and courteous when she believes that certain underlings, as she thinks of them, are useful in maintaining her sheep's-clothing disguise, a disguise that includes a presentation of herself as an extraordinarily nice, caring, responsible, and pitiably overworked person. Sound like anyone you know? Beware...

Participation

Yes Perippa,
I have been thinking too how to make our blog more interesting. As I have been closely watching a few cross stitch blogs of late, I was able to see what all people write. They post pictures of their family, any disaster, any happiness, basically anything that interests them. Even a new recipe that somebody tried out, and the picture of the outcome.
Akila

We have moved to November!

     Yes, we remained in October till now.  There was no problem with the site.  Of late, very few people have been posting anything,  perhaps only two or three.  This is certainly not conducive to maintaining any enthusiasm for the blog.  Hence the inaction on my part.  

I have now updated the birthday list for the second half of November, to the extent I have info.  Let us make the blog more active and interesting, instead of confining ourselves to birthday/anniversary greetings.  The life and quality of the blog depend on all the members and their willingness to participate.

Jayaraman

We are still in October

Jayaram,

I have opened the blog several times and I find there are no new posts and "dates to remember" still features October dates ? Is there any problem with the site ?

-Ramakrishnan.

Congrats Kaushik

Congratulations Koushik on your engagement.

Ramesh and myself wish you a Very Happy Life with Aishwarya.

Akila pass on our good wishes to koushik.

Vidya

KAUSHIK AND AISHWARYA

The photoes have come out well. Aishwarya looks a sweet girl and I wish Kaushik and Aishwarya a very happy period of engagement followed by a happy married life.

The photoes are rather small and even when I clicked on them I did not get an enlargement.

-Ramakrishnan.

Thanks for sending the photos, Akila. I feel really bad that I will not be able to attend the wedding.
About tidbits, right when we need it, the mind goes blank!!
Gayathri

Koushik's engagement

Here are some of the pictures that Akila had sent us all, of Koushik's engagement.  Congratulations, Koushik.

(Re. Akila's query, the usual thing would be to say "Koushik is engaged to Aishwarya" but I do not know if Akila's phrase is wrong.  It sounds fine to me.)

Koushik engaged to wed Aishwarya

Dear All,
Koushik's engagement went off very well with the grace of God. The wedding would be on the 4th dec. I have sent few pictures of the engagement from my yahoo id.
By the way, is the title I gave this topic correct grammatically?
Akila

Recycling/Titbits

Akila,

It is a very good suggestion.  I hope some of our members see these posts and share with the family whatever tips they can.

Jayaraman

Ideas & Tidbits

I was reading some blogs on cross stitch today, and read lot of articles about how people use things around the house for cross stitch related accessories. Then I had this brain wave. I am sure our elders (athais/perimmas/akkas) would have done a lot of recycling around the house. I mean, recycle even food. So, why not use our blog to share all those ideas. I am sure we have a treasure chest in our family itself.
Akila

Birthday/Anniversary Wishes

Hi,
Wishing all birthday celebrants a very very happy birthday.
Hope everybody had a great diwali. Our started off a bit dull, as Mohan came down with fever on Diwali morning. But ended well, with bursting lot of crackers in the company of our cousins. Vaishnavi also had a great time. Absolutely no fear of crackers.
Akila

Diwaliiiiii

Dear All,
With Diwali just round the corner (Weekend), wishing everybody a very happy diwali.

Seeking eveybody's blessings on this occasion. When I was small, we all used to leave home around 7am, after the first round of crackers and sweets, to visit people and do namaskaram. Now, seeking e-blessings :)
Akila, Mohan, Vaishnavi

Indian Classical Music Rocks Central Connecticut!!!

Hello

I seem to have missed quite a few birthdays and anniversaries again. Belated wishes to everybody and seeking your blessings on this occasion.
Akila

BEST WISHES TO JAYARAMANNA

Very best wishes to Jayaramanna, on behalf of PSC family, on his birthday today 12 Oct. May God give him ( and Vimala manni ) good health and happiness in the years to come!
Also, we thank Jayaramanna for creating this Blog, giving a good oppartunity for all of us for constant touch with each other.
Many Happy Returns, Jayaramanna.
Ramu Sarada

KAPPU AKKA`S BIRTHDAY

Yes. All of us keep praying to God to reduce Kappu akka`s sufferings.
What an excellent company she was in K Nagar! So many memorable incidences come to my mind and those were excellent days, with VR Kappu akka family in K Nagar.
Ramu Sarada

It is Kappu's birthday

Ramakrishnan told me this morning that today was Kappu's birthday. While she lies in bed in sickness, my mind (and I am sure those of all others in the family) goes back to the sister we have known, a person of charm, good taste and remarkable ability in whatever she put her hand to. It is very, very painful to see her in her present illness, unaware of what is going on around her and unable to convey whatever may be passing through her mind. We pray to the Almighty to reduce Kappu's suffering and to give her peace.
Jayaraman

BEST WISHES

Best wishes to Neeraja on her birthday on 11th, to Lux on her birthday on 12th and to Srikanth Vidya on their wedding day. Wishing them many happy returns of the day,
Ramu Sarada

Best wishes

Best wishes to Srikkanth and Vidya on their wedding anniversary, 12 October.  And birthday greetings to Neeraja - October 11 and Lux -  October 12.  Many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

Happy birthday, Lalitha!

Best wishes to Lalitha on her birthday today, 8 October. Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

Happy birthday!

Our very best wishes to Anupama on her birthday, 2 October (what a great day to be born on!). Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

CONGRATS PRASANTH

Excellent Prasanth. Our hearty congratulations to you. Keep it up.
Ramu Sarada

Great work, Rajiv!

Hi Rajiv,

Vimala and I have just heard the four jingles for which you posted the links.  Truly fine and so melodious.  We had heard these, of course, on TV but did not know who was the singer.  I really think that the musical part of the commercials has contributed more than 50 per cent to the quality of the production.

We are proud to have such an achiever in the family.  

Please send us more links.  Can you make them direct links so that you can access the sites by clicking on them, instead of having to cut and paste, as we had to do this time?

Congratulations.

Jayaraman

Links to my jingles

Hi all,
A few of you have asked me abt. the work I've done recently. Am just sending you a few links to the jingles I've sung. You may have caught it on TV but for those who haven't...here you go :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhQNGLTZ2O4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfbf5mMrF1Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C17EWpDNBc8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyS7KeW-k28

The last one is the latest one. I've also sung it in the regional languages...so do look out for it.

Cheers !!

Wishes wishes wishes

Whooaaaa, I seem to have missed quite a lot (yes, the get-together too).
A very very happy (belated again) birthday to Ramakrishna perippa, Chandru athimber, Shekar and Kumar annas. We seek their blessings during this very special occasion.
Congrats Prashant and keep going
Akila

Get-together

CONGRATS PRASANTH - on doing your school and family proud!! Keep it up!!

We had a get together this evening, thanks to Ravi's initiative. It was a lovely evening with a lot of laughter and cheer - I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did.
The only downside was that quite few members of the family could not make it.

I am sure Jayaram chitappa will put up photos soon :)
Gayathri

Prashanth in school quiz team

From AdyarTimes, Sunday, 28 September 2008

Best Wishes to Jayashankar

Dear Jayashankar,

Saradam and I wish you all the best on your taking up a new job and pray to God that you should grow to great heights in your career. Is your new job also Human Resource Development or, are you branching out to other areas ?

It is good that you could find a flat in Besant Nagar and it will be so convenient to you and Jayaram being near each other.

-Ramakrishnan.

Many happy returns!

PSC Family greets Ramakrishnan, Kumar and Sekar on their birthday today, 28 September. Many happy returns!

BEST WISHES TO RAJU ANNA & VARSHA

Best wishes to Raju anna and Varsha on their birthday.
Very many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to Raju and Varsha on their birthday today, 27 September. Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CHANDRU MAMA (as usual, my wish comes rather late, SORRYYYY)

I was in Kovaipudur the last three days, and enjoyed the relaxing atmosphere, Siddhar's presence and blessings, and importantly - lazing and doing nothing!!!!

And it is now back to run-run, what with Navaratri upon us.
I am going on a ten day tour to China with 8 other friends from Prayas (the L&T wives' group). Will be leaving on 8th and returning on 18th.

And before I close this mail, let me wish in advance:
A VERY VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:
APPA, KUMAR & SEKHAR

Gayathri

BIRTHDAYS

I did not know that it is the 80th birthday for Chandru athimbare.
Our special prayers and wishes to him, for a healthy and happy life in the years to come. Anu also has come to Delhi for the occasion.

For Anu`s birthday, I sent a mail to her and I hope she saw it.
Ramu Sarada

Back to life!

 Hullo all.  I have been off the blog for some days, thanks to the computer breaking down.  It was revived after replacing the SDMS (or SMDS?).  Don't know what that is, but I think it has something to do with the power supply.  In this interregnum, Anu's birthday has come and gone.  But Ramu has noted it in the blog.  I sent her an SMS but don't know if she got it.  And today Chandru turns 80, a landmark in any one's life.  He must be celebrating it in the enjoyable company of Kumar and Mala in Delhi.

Gayathri has gone to Kovaipudur for a brief visit.  Her trip to China will now be after Navaratri, I understand.

Jayaraman

Happy birthday!

PSC Family extends to Chandru the very best wishes on his turning eighty today. This is a landmark occasion and we all pray to the Almighty to bless Chandru with good health, happiness and prosperity. Many happy returns of the day, Chandru!

Jayaraman and Vimala

BIRTHDAY WISHES

Best wishes to Chandru athimbare on his Birthday. Wishing him good health & happiness in the years to come. Many Happy Returns athimbare.
Ramu Sarada

ALL THE BEST TO JAISHANKAR

Jaishankar,
All the best to you on your new job. Is the posting in Chennai?
Ramu

New coordinates

Dear all,

We've moved home...back to Besant Nagar!

The new address is A 1 / 10 / 2, 14th Cross Street, Besant Nagar, Chennai 600090. Telephone 24918797.

This move is because I'm leaving Parry (and hence had to move out of company housing)...am joining an fmcg company with operations largely in West Africa. Will join them mid-October.

Cheeers!

-Jayashankar

Birthday Wishes

Yesterday (19th September) was Anu akka's birthday. Hope Anu akka had a great day and wishing a very happy (belated) birthday.
Love
Akila, Mohan, Vaishnavi

THANKS TO RAMAKRISHNAN

Thank you very much Ramakrishnan, for your blessings and good wishes.
Ramu

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

Ramu,
Saradam and I wish you a happy Birthday (though late) and many happy, healthy returns as you wish. Ram Mony was occupying this computer for long hours firstly to help me and secondly for his own mail etc plus we have five hours power loadshedding every day. So I am late. You want our blessings and I bless you to enjoy good health and happiness in the coming years.
-Ramakrishnan.

THANK YOU

Many thanks for my birthday wishes. I take it seriousely and seek more blessings and good wishes from one and all. Because it is important that the Return of the Day should be a happy one, with reasonably good health. Thanks once again. The significance of the day was visits to temples, paayasam by Sarada, cake by Akila and a small gift from the family.
Ramu.

Just now saw Vaishnavi's Manmohan Singh video clipping - very good costume and bold talking! Wish Singh himself had some of that self confidence!!!!!!

A Very Happy Birthday to Ramu Chittappa.
Gayathri

Happy birthday, Ramu!

Best wishes to Ramu on his birthday, 18th September. Hope you are hving a great day, Ramu. Have fun! Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

Hello

Belated Happy birthday to PGS athimber and Srikanth anna. Am unable to check my yahoo/hotmail and the blog these days as access to all public sites have been strictly restricted in office. And no time during weekdays to check at home. Will do my best to be in touch.

Akila

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Best wishes to PGS and Srikanth on their birthdays. Very many happy returns of the day.

Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to PGS on his birthday, 8th September. Many happy
returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to Srikkanth on his birthday, 7 September.  Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

Thanks

Thanks All of you for your wishes - for our WA as well as for Rajiv's engagement. I seem to have lost kn athimber's id - can appa or J chittappa fwd the pics to him please?
TSS joins me in wishing all the members of our family celebrating WA's and B'days this month.
Gayathri

HAPPY WEDDING DAY

Best wishes to KTA - Papa and PGS - Lalitha on their wedding day. Wishing them many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

Happy wedding anniversary!

Best wishes to Papa, Ramani, Lalitha and PGS who celebrate their wedding anniversaries today, 6 September. Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman