Happy birthday!

Best wishes to Jyotsna on her birthday, 29 December.

Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

Happy birthday!

It is Jairam Krishnan's birthday today. Our very best wishes to him. Many happy returns!

I am posting this in Chennai, using Prashanth's computer and hence unable to post a photo of Jairam.

Jayaraman

Comments

A very happy birthday to Sumanth.
Perippa, this widget seems very useful. Let me try to add one in my blog too

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday Sumant! Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

13 December 2009

Comments on posts

Hi all,

With help from Mala, I have added a widget to the blog, to display the most recent comments posted on the blog. We can now post comments on any post, which will make it simpler for the poster as well as the viewer.

Grateful for any feedback.

Jayaraman

From Ramu

1. Good wishes Srikrishnan on your Birhday. Many happy redurns of dhe day.
2.Ramakrishnan`s by-pass surgery is on Dec 12. We pray God for his speedy recovery.
Ramu Sarada

Some nice movies

When we visited Brindavan, I remember discussing which of the recent movies are worth watching. Just a few that came to my mind are Classmates (Malayalam, if you have not already seen it), A Wednesday (Hindi) or Unnai Pol Oruvan (re-make in Tamil), Achamundu Achamundu. I also heard that Eeram (tamil) is good though we have not seen it ourselves.

Happy birthday!

Srikrishnan's birthday - 10th December

Happy birthday. Many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

The lady behind the General!

Here's Mala Kumar, who has played (and continues to play) a great part in (Maj. Genl.) Kumar's life and career. Congrats, Mala. All the best in your new role.

Jayaraman

PR Kumar, MG!

WOW Kumar, CONGRATS!
This message cannot really convey how my heart swells with pride! (as if I have done anything, hehe)
Kudos, Congrats, Best Wishes, and everything else.
Gayathri & Sundaresan

Good wishes Maj.Gen.Kumar

P.S.: In A,B,C,D..., No. 20 is no working in my PC. So, I now will have -o manage .
So happy, Kumar. Very proud of you. Only few seconds for us in saying -his. How much dedica-ed, hard, sincere work has gone in your becoming a Major General. A Maj.Gen. was my boss for 7 years and a L-.Gen., for one year. How much respec- -hey command!!!!
Yes.You will become a General soon. All good wishes.
Ramu Sarada

A General in the family

As I thought about Kumar becoming a General, I was reminded of what Appa said once when Kumar had just joined the army. He said: "Why do you have to be (a) general? You can be someone special" or words to that effect. I am sure some others also remember this.

Congratulations

Wow Kumar anna, hearty congratulations to you from all of us!!! Wishing you all the best in your new post as Major General.

Major-General Kumar

On promotion as Major-General, Kumar has assumed charge as General Officer Commanding, 23 Divison. All the best Kumar, in your new assignment.
Vimala and Jayaraman

Happy birthday

Birthday greetings to Vichu, 30 November. Many happy returns!

(Ramakrishna, can you post a picture of Vichu on the blog?)

Jayaraman

From Ramu

Birthday special wishes to Vimala manni, Pavithra and Vichu.
Many many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

Birthday Wishes

A very happy birthday to Vimala perimma and Pavithra.

Hope Ramakrishna perippa is better now and back to his routine.

Happy b irthday!

Happy birthday, Pavitra!
29 November

Happy birthday

28 November

Happy birthday, Vimala

Catching up

Belated (as usual) wishes to Prashanth and Bhuvana perimma. My heart felt condolences to Priya manni.

There has not been too much action in our lives. Just the same routine. Today, Vaishnavi took part in a theme talk interschool contest. The topic was "Conservation of Water". She won the 2nd prize. She is extremely delighted about it. Best part is she got a story book as a prize, which she loves.

Here is a video of her talking at the contest.

Happy birthday!

It is Bhuvana's birthday today, 24 November. Happy birthdy. Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

MANY MANY WISHES AND BLESSINGS TO PRASHANTH.
Its been quite some time since I contributed to the blog. TSS & I went to Bombay & then Pune with Rajiv & Nameeta for their Thalai Deepavali. Then I stayed on in Bombay for nearly a month. This was a real break for me! Though I did keep up a few music classes there too.
Back home, Prayas duties & Sruti articles, not to speak of getting the house back in order kept me completely busy. Hopefully the Medical centre work will get less now as the next committee is taking over -I will continue to be a Trustee, which means not too much work :)
Of course, the Dec season is already upon us & that will mean another kind of 'busy'. Though this year I do not have any concerts, I will be singing for Ramya's dance on Jan 5.
Most of you who see this blog will know that Appa has not been keeping well. One week's stay in the hospital and various investigations have revealed nothing. Hopefully he should be undergoing an angiogram this week, so that the Dr will be able to identify the problem and treat him accordingly. I am also keeping myself poised to make a trip to KVP on short notice.
Let us all pray that he recovers soon and is back to his active routine.
Hare Ram
Gayathri

Best wishes to Prashanth

Best wishes to Prashanth ( sorry, we are late in wishing). All the best to you in your studies in Singapore and we pray that you should come out with flying colours. Many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday!

It will be Prashanth's birthday tomorrow, 21st november 2009, when he will be 18. Happy birthday, Prashanth. Many happy returns!


Vimala and Jayaraman

Obituary

Sri K. Ramachandran, father of Priya and father-in-law of Jayashankar, passed away on the 17th November 2009. Our sincere condolences to Priya, Vidya and everyone else in the family. We will all remember Sri Ramachandran for his zest for life, sense of humour and practical common sense as well as his forbearance in his protracted illness. May his soul rest in peace.

From Ramu

Jayaram & Mahalakshmi`s son`s Anduniraivu went off very well with a small crowd.
Me,Sarada,Aishwarya,Mohan,Akila and Vaishnavi attended. There was a heavy downpour in the morning which spoiled the show a little.
Thambi anna was there when we reached and he left a little later.Kalyanam,Viji with Sekhar, Raghu & Shoba, Sundar, Ramnarayan & Gowri, Shivu & Hastha, Viji, Vidyut & wife, Balu with wife & son, Venguttu with wife, daughter, were all there. Lunch was very good and I am told it was by Sri.Radhakrishnan.
Ashok,Indu,Naanaa,Rama,Raji were all busy.
Sri Parvathi is an excellent place for a small function like this and Ashok has done it up well.
It was a good gathering and we enjoyed it ( ofcourse missing all in Coimbatore ).
Ramu

Birthday greetings

Jayaram and Mahalakshmi celebrate the Anduniraivu of their second child tomorrow, 15th November 2009, at Sri Parvati, Eldams Road, Chennai. Our congratulations to them and the family's aseervadams to the baby.

Best wishes, Karthik

Best wishes to Karthik on his birthday. Many happy returns of the day, Karthik.
After seeing Jayaramanna`s post, I checked and found that it is Karthik`s 38th birthday. And the dates in english and tamil will coincide. Also the day of the week also will be same. This will happen every 19 years.
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday, Kartik. It is a double for you today, as it is also your janmanakshatram day. Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

Birthday greetings

Happy birthday, Sashank!

Birthday greetings also to Vinayak who celebrated it on 2nd November. Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

Happy birthday Sashank

Wishing Sashank a very happy birthday and praying for his good health.Many happy returns, Sashank.
Ramu Sarada

Wishes and updates

Wishing Anu akka and Rajan a very very happy (belated) anniversary. Hope you had a great day.

Post diwali, my baking has taken a back seat. Mohan has asked me to let it be for atleast 2 months. But my hands are already itching to do something. I am still getting used to the new micro/convection. So don't I need to bake more to attain perfection ;) Hope to bake some cookies this week and will post e-cookies for everybody.

From Ramu

1. Many happy returns to Rajan Anu. It is an unforgettable wedding at Thirupathy.
2. Nice to see a post from Ramki. Very happy to note that he is alright now.
Ramu Sarada

Greetings

Anu and Rajan -Wedding anniversary today, 1st November.
Best wishes from the family.

Happy Birthday

Dear All,

I was rather unwell for some time and did not see any mail for some time. I am now okay and fine after my doctor said that there is water-retention in the body creating gas and also some gasping and asked me to cut down on salt and also gave a medicine. So I opened the mail-blog today.

I find I have missed so many birthdays. I wish all those many happy returns.

I hope I will be able to participate in the blog from now more actively.

-Ramakrishnan.

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday, Kiran. Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

Birthday wishes

Best wishes to Ramya, Sekhar (Rama), and Kiran on their birthday. Wishing them all the best. Many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

Birthday greetings

Best wishes to Sekhar (Rama) on his birthday today. Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

Birthday greetings

It is Ramya's birthday tomorrow, 27 October. Happy birthday, Ramya. Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

Vaishnavi at Brindavan

We all thoroughly enjoyed the company of Akila, Mohan and Vaishnavi. Here's a collage of some pictures of Vaishnavi snapped during their visit.

From Ramu

1. Happy birthday, Rajan. Best wishes to you and many happy returns of the day.
2. Mohan and Akila said that they also enjoyed their stay at Brindavan very much. From what they shared with us about their stay there, we have become more eager to make a trip. Vaishnavi also has enjoyed very much.
Ramu Sarada

Akila on Brindavan

I had put up a comment on Akila's post on Brindavan. But Jayaraman says comments are hardly looked at because it requires a click! So I repeat what I said.

We should thank Akila, Mohan and Vaishnavi for the company they gave us and Vimala-Jayaraman (Mythili-Chandru are in Singapore). They not only entertained us, but Akila sang devotional songs for 40 minutes before an appreciative gathering of Brindavan residents. Vaishnavi coolly sat on the stage and sang two songs, one by herself!
They were here during two very hot days. And Brindavan offered them a skimpy lunch (post-Deepavali).
Rukku, Narayanan

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday, Rajan (25th October). Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

Happy Birthday Charu

Best wishes to Charu Prasad on her birthday. Happy birthday,Charu. Wish you good health and happiness. Many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday!

Tomorrow, 24th Octonber, will be Charu's birthday. Happy birthday, Charu. Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

Brindavan

We had an amazing holiday at Brindavan. Though it was just 2 days there, it was extremely refreshing. Now, our family has a great weekend get-a-away :) . And the atmosphere there is so positive!!!

I should say Vaishnavi enjoyed the most there. She had a great time, doing nothing but walk about the place, with nothing to fear.

Happy birthdy

Birthday greetings to Sundaresan - a day late but not the less sincere for that. Hope you had a great day. Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

Happy birthday, Sundaresan

Many happy returns to Sundaresan and best wishes for a happy, healthy, peaceful days ahead. Our special prayers for him on his birthday today 19 Oct.
Ramu Sarada

Greetings

Today's the wedding anniversary of Akila and Mohan. And we have the pleasure of their personal presence in our Brindavan. But it was Akila who reminded us about their anniversary!

Let us all wish them many happy returns!

Jayaraman

From Ramu

We have to thank God a lot . Jayaramanna, I used to feel this very often and you have also said that. There is no doubt. I , (and Sarada also,) used to feel very often that I should thank God for making me also a son of Kunjappa and Janga manni. As I grow older and look back the olden days, this feeling becomes stronger day by day. The closeness of the family was proved on many occassions in my life - my children`s education, marriage, my own life from 1986 to 1994 with Ashok - there are so many things I can mention.
For present day children, so many things are available - television with numerous channels, cell phone, computer, so many video games, parents ready to get them anything, scooters, car, etc.......... - which we never had in our childhood. BUT WE WERE MUCH MUCH HAPPIER IN OUR CHILDHOOD.
On Lalitha`s birthday, I also was telling myself that the youngest child of PSC Jangamanni is 60 .
There are so many things in my mind but I am not able to express in the right way.
Ramu

Birthday greetings

Thanks a lot, Ramu, for the birthday good wishes. I also received phone calls from some of the family this morning and all these made me realise once again the closeness that prevails in the PSC family. The youngest of PSC's children is now sixty years old. I remember the old days when, on every birthday, ayshya homam would be performed at home. How times have changed!

We have a lot to thank God for in this life. I now increasingly think about what I have done, within my capabilities, to help others who need help and feel that the performance falls far short of what it should be. But still I am not sure that I will rectify this in the future.

Jayaraman

Best wishes to Jayaramanna

Best wishes to Jayaramanna on his birthday today 14 Oct.
Jayaramanna, wishing you good health, happiness and peace in the days & years to come. Many happy returns of the day,
Ramu Sarada

Best wishes to Srikanth Vidya

Best wishes to Srikanth & Vidya on their wedding day 12th. Many happy returns of the day
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday, Lux. Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

From Ramu

I regret to inform that Mukesh , ( son of Badhru ) passed away a couple of days back at Chennai. He was 52. This was informed by Kalyanam, who resides near our house.
Ramu

Best wishes to Niraja and Lux

Birthday wishes to Niraja and Lux. Vry happy birthday. Many happy returns of the day
Ramu Sarada

Birthday

Birthday greetings to Vishak. I cannot locate his photos which I am sure I had in the computer. When Gayathri sees this, would she please send me some pictures? And tomorrow will be Neeraja's birthday. Our best wishes to her. Vimala and I had a chance to drop in at her home this morning and had the pleasure of greetng her in person.

Today is also the Janmanakshatram (Mrigaseersham, Purattaasi) of Aditya, younger son of Kartik and Sukanya. His date of birth is 24 September 2005. Best wishes to him too.
Jayaraman

Happy birthday Vishak

Vishak,
Very happy birthday to you, a special birthday, you are turning 18.
Wishing you success in all your endeveours and praying for your good health,
Many happy returns of the day,
Ramu Sarada

ALL WISHES TO LALITHA ATHAI ON HER GREAT MILESTONE!

News from my side: I have been deeper than neck deep with Prayas medical centre work! We are planning a HUUUGE Eye Camp with Shankara Nethralaya on 24th. A team of 30 optometrists will be coming and we hope to screen about 200 patients. Those needing surgery will be taken to SN. As it is a camp, surgery will be at subsidised rate, and Prayas will bear the cost - it will all be free for the poor people.
I have been at the helm of preparations along with Malathi Jagannathan, and now I have to delegate everything to the members and step aside - I am not going to be in town on Camp day!
Rajiv and Nameeta are arriving tomorrow for 4 days. I will be going to Bombay with them on 14th. TSS will join us later. We will be celebrating Thalai Deepavali in Pune. I will be returning only around Nov 10 after attending two weddings there.
And before I forget, WISHING A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO VISHAK - He turns 18 this year -Wish you all success in your studies.
Gayathri

Honey, I am home!

Have a good laugh!

Best wishes to Lalitha

Best wishes to Lalitha. Today 08 Oct. is her 60th birthday. Lalitha, wishing you good health, happiness and peace in the days to come. Many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday

Happy birthday, Lalita. Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

Happy birthday

It is Mohan's birthday today. Happy birthday, Mohan! Many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

Wow, so many b'days this month! Wishes to ALL of you!
Ramya's mom-in-law Anupama also shares her b'day with Ramya. Ramya will be returning to the US on 5th after a two week tour of the UK, where she has been singing for Rama Vaidyanathan's dance pgms. She was also able to spend time with many of her in-laws who live there. Hopefully she will visit Ravi tomorrow Sunday. Jawaharji & Anupama are in the US now - it has taken 4 years for Ramya & Anuj to settle down together so that parents could make visit!
Hare Ram
Gayathri

Birthday greetings

Best wishes to Anupama on her birthday. I sent her a message of greetings and she has replied immediately. Nice.

Thank you, Ramu, for pointing out the omission. Since set right. In my book in which I have noted down birthdays, I have not included my own name, understandably.

Back from Delhi

Here I am, back from my Delhi trip. Mohan could not accompany us in the last minute due to work!!! So, it was just Vaishnavi and I who went. Bu we did have fun all the same.

We visited Lalitha athai too. This is the first time I am going to their house. We also happened to meet Mala manni there. I think the last time I met her was when I was a little older than what Vaishnavi is now!!!

I promise to post our photographs very soon.

From Ramu

1. Best wishes and happy birthday to Anu Arvind. Praying for her happiness and prosperity on this occasion.
2. Jayaramanna, your birthday is on 14 October but missed in the list!
Ramu Sarada

From Ramu

Namaskarams to Raju anna and Ramakrishnan . Though we are a little late , blessings are always required.
Best wishes to Kumar and Sekar. Many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

Aha! The twins had to share half-space for their photos!!!
WARM WISHES FOR A WONDERFUL B'DAY & A GREAT YEAR TO BOTH OF YOU
With love,
Gayathri & Sundaresan

Birthday greetings

Many members of the PSC family were born in the month of Purattasi (September-October). Here are four who celebrate their birthdays today and tomorrow. Raju turned 82 today (27 September). Tomorrow will be the birthday of Ramakrishnan, Kumar and
Sekar. The family wishes them all a very happy birthday and many happy returns.

Namaskarams to Chandru Mama on his Birthday!
Belated wishes to Ramu C - how was your trip?
Appa entered his 80th year yesterday (star b'day). TSS & I went to Adyar Padmanabhaswamy temple early in the morning and got the prasadams, and prayed hard that all problems should smoothen out in the family.
I will be singing at Velacheri temple this evening - hope it goes off well.
Tomorrow we'll meet Rajam Sir at his house for Vijaya Dasami. Even at this age and health condition, he makes it a point to teach a song on this day - he gets the notation and photocopies ready beforehand!
Gayathri

Best wishes to Chandru athimbare

Best wishes to Chandru athimbare on his 81st birthday. Wishing him good health and peace and happiness in the days & years to come. Many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

Birthday greetings

It is Chandru's birthday today, 25 September 2009. He completes 81 today. We all wish him a very happy birthday and many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

Best Wishes to Anu

Best wishes to Anu on her birthday today 19 Sep. Wishing her all the best and good health in the years to come. Many happy returns of the day, Anu,
Ramu Sarada

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy birthday, Ramu (18 September). Many happy returns. All the best.

Vimala and Jayaraman

From Ramu

Gayathri, our prayers for the speedy recovery of your nathanar`s husband.

Jayaramanna, our condelences to you and Vimala manni on the demise of Sri.T.V.B at Delhi.
Ramu

Namaskarams AND wishes to Lalitha athai & Athimber. I remember I was in 9th std during your wedding. During nalangu, as usual my voice broke & I couldn't sing while a full term pregnant Seetha Narayanan sang so well - I heard the Swati Tirunal tillana geetha dhuniku taka for the first time sung by her.
No photos this time akila? :):)Hope you have a wonderful holiday in Delhi - how long? Weather should be nice now, I think - am I right ex-delhivasis? Hope you won't miss Taj Mahal - for all the travel I have done these past 5 years, I have still not seen the Taj!
Hare Ram
Gayathri

Best wishes to PGS Mony

Best wishes to PGS Mony on his birthday today Sep 08. Praying for his good health and peace always. Many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

A long pending update

It has been over a month now since my last post in our blog. But then, quite a lot has been happening.

My oven broke down the day before Vaishnavi's birthday. So we went in for a microwave + convection this time. I am still getting used to it. So, now my baking is at a very slow pace. I tried my hand at an almond cake and also microwave theratti paal. The almond cake was crisp on top and very soft underneath!!! I guess I need to understand the heating system better. Any tips/ideas anybody? While baking, should I keep my bakig tray on the rotating glass tray or should I remove that? I am somehow suspicious about that. The manual does not say anything about it.

We are really looking forward to our Delhi trip. This is a 3-year plan. We planned the last 2 years and booked tickets this year, haha. Hope it would be implemented too till the end (keeping fingers and toes crossed).

Happy anniversary!

Best wishes to Papa/Ramani and Lalitha/PGS on their wedding anniversary today: and to Srikkanth on his birthday tomorrow.

Vimala and I plan to go to Delhi tomorrow for a brief visit. (Vimala's sister Lalita's husband Balakrishnan passed away yesterday morning, after a long period of illness.) We expect to be back in Coimbatore on Wednesday (9th September) afternoon.

Thanks for the anniversary wishes.


I came back from my Yatra to Jagannath Puri & Andhra temples on Aug 30th. Since then I have been literally drowned with Prayas work. We are planning a huge eye camp along with Shankara Nethralaya. Two Drs had come to see our med centre yesterday. since that space will not be enough, we are taking the adjacent school premises for the camp. We showed them the place & then we discussed all the arrangements to be made. Now we have to co-ordinate & get so many things done, starting with making the pamphlets & registration of patients.
Tomorrow is Prayas 13th annual day. Thankfully this time I will be only a spectator- not participating!
I will be doing the MS bhajan concert again at Velacheri next Sunday. I will be changing 2-3 songs to suit this set of audience. Hope it goes well.
I met Papa athai-athimber at Vidya's house. I also went & saw Tapu peripa as I could not attend the sathabhishekam.
My 4th nathanar's husband Ranganathan athimber is to be operated for colon cancer at Amrita hospital at Ernakulam on 14th. Please pray for his recovery.
Gayathri

From Ramu

Happy that Jayaramanna has now got internet connection .
Ramani athimbare,Papa,Vidhya and Sumanth are in Chennai.They visited us on 29th.
Ramu

Best wishes to TSS-Gayathri & Prasad-Charu

Best wishes to Sundaresan - Gayathri and Prasad - Charu on their wedding days. Wishing them all the best . Many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

Many happy returns!

Best wishes to Gayathri and Sundaresan on their wedding anniversary today, 31 August.
Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

Wedding anniversary

Best wishes to Prasad and Charu on their wedding anniversary today.

I am back at the blog after a break of more than a month. Thanks to Ramu and others for keeping the blog up to date. I got the phone connection (0422-2617292) a few days ago and opted for a Reliance wireless broadband connection, as the BSNL thing was nowhere in sight.

We have settled down in Brindavan and are enjoying the life here. Good weather (compared to Chennai), friendly people and a good atmosphere. We had Ramakrishnan and Saradam visiting us for about five days some time ago and we hope others of the family will also take time off now and then to come and spend a few relaxing days with us here.

More later.

KUNJAPPA & JANGA MANNI`S BIRTHDAYS

Kunjappa`s birthday was July 13 and Janga manni`s, Aug 12.
I completely missed out the memorial days. Namaskarams to them.
I went back to older posts and read the posts of PCJ and Ramki of last year. Right now, both PCJ & Ramki are not having access to computer.Otherwise, we would have got some nice memories!!
Ramu Sarada

Happy Birthday Rama

Best wishes to Rama Sekar on her birthday today Aug 25. Wishing her all the best and good health. Many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

Best wishes to KN

Best wishes to KN on his birthday today 24 Aug. Praying for his good health on this occasion. Many happy returns of the day.
Ramu

From Ramu

Aug 24 is the birthday of KN and Rama Sekar`s is on 25th.
Ramu

Best wishes to Arvind Anupama

Best wishes to Arvind Anupama on their wedding day Aug 20. Wishing them good health and happiness always. Many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

Best wishes to Kumar Mala

Best wishes to Brig.Kumar and Mala on their wedding day Aug 19.
May God give them good health and happiness in the days to come.
Many happy returns of the day
Ramu Sarada

From Ramu

Aug 19 is the wedding day of Brig.Kumar - Mala & birthday of M.Vaishnavi .
Aug 20 is the wedding day of Arvind - Anupama
Ramu

Birthday wishes to Vivek

Best wishes to Vivek. His birthday was yesterday 15 Aug.
All the best to you and our prayers for your good success in your school and your good health. Many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

Happy Birthday Vidhya

Best wishes to Vidhya on her birthday today 14 Aug. Wishing her good health and peace.Many happy returns of the day
Ramu Sarada

Best wishes to Jayashankar & Arjun

Best wishes to Jaishankar and Arjun on their birthdays today 13 Aug.
Praying for their good health, happiness, peace and prosperity,
Many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

Wishes and updates

Wishing August celebrants a very very happy birthday. Special wishes to Anand anna on his 50th (!!!!) birthday.

About updates, all of us are now getting ready and eagerly waiting for the festivals to begin. So am I . As a warm-up, I tried my hand at making the 7-cup sweet. Well, that's the name it's called by. Probably who-ever invented that sweet could not think of a better name. Here it is, for all e-sweet lovers

Vaishnavi had her first experience of the cinema theater last saturday. We took her to Harry potter. Ok ok, I know it is not a very kiddie movie . Here she is, eager to get into the hall.

She was a little puzzled by the whole hall being dark. When we entered the hall, we had missed the first 5 minutes of the movie. As soon as we were settled in our seats, her first question was (in no hushed tones) "appa, which channel is this running on"!!!! We had a good laugh. Then every 5 minutes she kept asking "when would they switch on the light" or it was "appa is it still day? then why is it so dark"!!!

Hope Perippa and athimbers get their phone/net connections fast. Till my next update...

Birthdays

1. Aug 13 is the birthday of Jaishankar and Arjun.
2. Vidhya`s birthday is on Aug 14.
Ramu

Best wishes to Anand

Best wishes to Anand on his 50th birthday today 10 Aug. Wishing him good health, peace and prosperity in the years to come. Many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

August Dates

1. Since Jayaramanna is yet to get broadband connection, August Dates are not yet posted.
2. Aug. 02 was Niranjan`s birthday.
3. Anand`s birthday is on Aug.10. He completes 50 years.
4. Aug 11 is Padma manni`s birthday.
Ramu

Best wishes to Niranjan

Best wishes to Niranjan on his birthday on 02 August. Wishing him the best and many happy returns of the day.
Ramu

Best Wishes to Ramani athimbare

Best wishes and namaskarams to Ramani athimbare on his 80th birthday.
(30 July). We wish and pray for his good health and happiness in the years to come.Many happy returns.
Ramu Sarada

My next project et al

I just checked the blog to see my peacock mistaken for a parrot!!! APPA!!!! I am contemplating on what my next project (cross sticth of course) should be. But definitely something smaller, which is do-able.

I guess KN athimber and J perippa and co would have settled down to some extent now. But the actual getting used to the place will definitely take some time.

Wishing Shruthi a very happy birthday. Namaskrams to Ramani athimber on his sadabhishekam.

I tried to read "The sea of poppies" by Amitav ghosh recently. It was a very slow read. I was unable to complete the book and had to return it with about 100 pages unread.

I wonder why all our Indian authors have a sad a nd negative tone to their writing. Why do they have to focus only on what is not there in India? Probably their intention is to bring these things out. But then, everybody is trying to do the same thing (bring these points out in the light). Just penning my thoughts on that.

I would like to read "The white tiger" next. Has anybody read that? Any idea how it is?

Best Wishes to Shruti

Best wishes to Shruti on her Birthday ( I missed out on 21st). Wishing her success in all her endeveours and good health. Many happy returns of the day
Ramu Sarada

Namaskarams to Ramani Athimber on his Sathabhishekam.

Ramu C, I am sure you got a hell of a beating from Akila for mistaking her peacock to be a parrot :) I know how tough it is to do embroidery - I love doing it, managed one piece when I was in Muscat. I got it framed only after coming to Madras, and now after this painting I have even found the place to hang it!
I did another one metre x one meter jute cross stitch of a geometric design. I started when I was relaxing at K Gardens before Rajiv's birth. And completed when he was about 15 years old!!!
Akila, I am coming to taste all your bakes - sounds really mouth watering!

The painters are through a contractor who has been serving L&T employees for more than 20 years, so he is very reliable. And I can now vouch for it - the men are very good workers and very well behaved. We did not have to be after them to check each and every thing. They do offer to take out things from the cupboards and put them back, but thing is, except for the big items in the 'parann', we prefer to handle it ourselves.
Furniture polishing is still on.
Gayathri

From Ramu

1. July 30 is the birthday of Ramani athimbare and this is his 80th birthday. Tamil star was on 18th.
2. Gayathri, Didn`t you try Asian Paints offer! They do painting of the house without you doing anything!
3. Akila, the parrot has come out well.
4. It will take sometime before PCJ resumes his regular contributions to the Blog. Ramki also now-a-days is rare since his computer is in the first floor.
Ramu

Settling down

A quick post to say that we are actually moving to Brindavan today. KN and Rukku in the forenoon and Vimala and I in the afternoon. Don't know when I can see the blog again because it may some time for us to get the phone line and broadband. Shall see the last few posts only then!
The weather here is great - so cool and fresh even though it rains now and then. What a change from Chennai.

My updates

A belated happy birthday to Anuj and hearty welcome (back) Ramya .

Perippa, looks like the comments still do not appear below the post always. Let me do some more investigation and try to figure it out.

This weekend I baked some oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, am too lazy right now to post a picture of it. Though it tastes perfect (exactly like pepperidge farm ones), it is not chewy like they are supposed to be . Looks like I need to work some more on it to get that consistency (is that the right word?). The main idea behind so much baking is to give as much home-made stuff to Vaishnavi as possible.

Guess what, I finally managed to finish the cross stitch project I was working on (a peacock).

This one took me a solid 3 years to finish .

Milestone

Anuj 'touches' 30 today!

Trust Brindavan vasis are now settled comfortably.
Painting work in our house is getting near completion - the last part seems to take longer! Wood polish wala has entered the scene today - at the rate he is working, I think he will take another three days at least!
Confined to one room, with saman and dust strewn all over the place, my mind and body has become so lethargic! Yesterday I pulled myself up and attended SundarKumar's discourse on Krishna Charitam at Venus Colony. Hope to be able to attend all 10 days. I tried walking to the place - a short cut thru inside roads - it took me only 15 minutes. Auto fellows demand Rs 40 (or even more)!
Hare Ram
Gayathri

From Ramu

PCJ and KN must be busy in Cbe , unpacking and setting things. It was interesting to read Ramki`s post and my mind started wandering in K.Nagar thoughts.
When I was in Hyderabad, Ashok used to say often how nice it would be if all retired children of Kunjappa and spouses, live jointly in a big house with a common kitchen and a cook!!!!! Like how all were in K.Nagar in younger days!!
Ramu

NEW RATION CARD IN APRIL

Issue of new Ration Card is planned from April 2010.
I came to know only yesterday that all existing Ration Card holders should go to their existing Ration shops with the Ration Card and sign in a Register provided there.
Aishwarya`s father came from Trichy yesterday for this purpose ( their Ration Card is in Chennai address ) and I came to know only then. I have not seen any notification in papers or in TV news!
This has to be done before end July.
Ramu

Milestone

Gayathri,
What is the milestone Anuj will be reaching now!
Ramu

Best wishes to Rajani and Koushik

Best wishes to Rajani and Koushik on their birthday today 15th July. Wishing them good health, happiness and prosperity. Many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

another july baby

Another July baby is Anuj Kapadia, who reaches a milestone this year on 18th. J Chittappa, sorry I haven't informed you earlier - I myself realised only now that his name is missing.
It is now 5 years since we moved into this house, and right now painting of the walls is going on. Last week was a total mess, especially when the kitchen and dining room were being done. We just managed to get that finished before Appa & Prasad arrived. Both the painters & us (we?)have taken a well deserved breather over the weekend. They will be back tomorrow morning and my guess is that there is another 8 to 10 days of work before I can get the house back to normal living condition.
Chittappa and Athai are leaving tomorrow - you will see this only after settling down at Brindavan. Anyway - Goodbye, and Good Luck!
Gayathri

Moving and Fruits.

This is Ramakrishnan Speaking. We shifted house on 20th May at Kovaipudur and it took some time to settle down and get the BSNL Broadband too. Then on 16th June I got a virus fever which ws so virulent straightaway that I could not even sit up and did the rare thing of calling the doctor home. I have still not fully recovered and feel more tired than usual. So I have not visited the blog for quite some time. Today I am in Madras on a visit at Gayathi's house and will be going back in two days.

I have seen all the postings in the blog in this month and find that very interesting things are going on, about fruits, shifting etc. In Kovaipudur, Saradam is very very upset that Chandru and Mythili are going away to Brindavan as they have been very good company to us and gave us a feeling that we have help so near.

I have been close to KN right since his marriage was fixed with Rukku and at that time every Sunday I would go to their house in Egmore in the morning and then we woould both go to the Udipi hotel for breakfast. Later it was he who put the idea into my head of buying a plot in Karpagam Gardens and building a house and if today I am benefitting by that decision enormoously (in fact it is what is sustaining me now), I should thank him for it. I know he was devoted to his work and good at it and able to absorb the culture of the organisation which is very important in a newspaper and I have seen him grow from strangth to strength. Soon after his marriage, he had a very serious spine surgery and had lie down flat face up for six months and I can never think of it without shuddering at how he withstood the ordeal. I wish him and Rukku good health and peace with the change in location.

Jayaram and I have been close right from childhood and we have fought to the extent of holding by the hair and knocking the head on the wall. And as you all know, we t ttused to sing together and it brought us closer I think. It must have been difficult for hom to take the plunge to move to Brindavan, leaving his grandchildren behind. I wish him and Vimala all peace, good health and contentment in Brindavan.Coming to the fruits, Jack fruit is one of my favourites as also chakkai varatti. I do not like Banana varatti so much. Sithaphal is a very tasty fruit though as a boy I thought it was not for us. In Hyderabad we also get a Raam Phal which is more reddish but tastesthe same. Thambi used to make very nice fruit salad, cutting all the fruits into very small pieces and soaking them in sugar syrup. That brings to my mind the PRASADAM we used to make during Avani Avittam, a mixture of many fruits and also . Vadai, Appam and coconut and curd and we, hungry afer the rituals, used to relish it. All of us, including Pattuappa used to participate in preparing it. But the ladies at home for whom we brought the PRASADAM did not like it.

I have spoken too long already. Bye.

-Ramakrishna

Update long overdue

Hello family,
My apologies for being incommunicado for so long. Amma's been urging me to read the blog and I only just got around to doing it.

I loved the "Fruits" chain:) Amma, my banana-hating days are over. Even rather over-ripe ugly bananas don't disgust me anymore! The only fruits I truly dislike are the papaya and jackfruit. Sitaphal, Kiwi and Leechi are fruits I haven't even tried because a) Kiwi is also a bird and I feel like i'm about to eat one, b)Leechi reminds me of a leech and c) Sitaphal is just weird looking. Talk about being picky!

Akhila, did you bake the muffins from scratch? Banana nut muffins are my absolute favorite! I bake pretty often here. The ready-made mixes makes it really easy to bake. I'm going to now try my hand at making jams. We stayed with a French couple in Paris during our tour earlier. The lady of the house makes the most amazing jams. I thoroughly enjoyed spreading a different variety of jam on fresh brioche everyday.

KN athimber, you've been with the Hindu for as long as I can remember. In fact for a long time, I believed that you owned the paper! Here's to a glorious career that we youngsters can only aspire to have.

To all those moving to Coimbatore - enjoy the peace and tranquility of a simple life! I hope I will be able to sneak in a visit to CBE this winter.

Happy Birthday to all the July babies:) July 15 is a very special day!!! Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince releases in the US:) Of course I'm going! I'm trying to decide whether to sport a robe or a witch hat!!!

Love
Ramya

Wishes and Comments

As appa says, Gayathri akka has expressed all our feelings very well!!! Last saturday, while returning from adyar, we all had a big lump in our throat!!! But then, we sincerely do wish and pray that the movers :) get what they expected and much more.

Anyway, you are all just a phone call away and a mail's distant away :)

Perippa, about displaying comments always, if we go to customize and go to the Settings tab, under comments, select "Embedded below post". I think this would always display comments under a post.

Good Luck,Jayaramanna / KN

1. Best wishes to Jayaramanna, Vimala manni, KN,Rukku. Since a month my mind is constantly thinking only about their shifting to Coimbatore and Sarada & I talk about that daily. Gayathri has said very crisply, what is in our mind.
2. We sincerely pray that your stay in Coimbatore should be as you expect and all of you should be comfortable there.
3. Like Gayathri says, eventhough we do not meet regulary, we will be very much missing all of you.
Good luck.
Ramu Sarada

PSC Family HQ

PSC family HQ is now COIMBATORE! Could we have ever foreseen this?! Soon I guess Lalitha athai also will move there. Thambi & Raju peripas, & Ramu C will still be in Chennai. Quite a few of us of the second gen still here, but still....
It is not as if we met very often or anything, but still the thought that so many of you are moving out definitely leaves a gaping void.
Well, that's being selfish, wanting your presence here for our own sense of security. So, here's wishing all the Movers (& Shakers, hahah) a wonderful relocation to Brindavan. That includes Mythili athai-Chandru mama too, of course, though they are making the move a bit later. Praying that you are able to find peace and comfort in the better climes of Coimbatore!
Gayathri

Change of address

Vimala and I will be moving to Coimbatore shortly. Our address from around the 18th July will be:

B-237 Brindavan Palm Grove

Kempanur Road

Muthipalayam

Thondamuthur P.O.

Coimbatore 641109

For the time being, we shall have only the mobile phone - number 9444004330.

KN/Rukku are also moving at the same time. Their address will be as above, with the door number B-238.

Please wish us luck!

Jayaraman

Anniversary of the blog

Our blog steps into its third year today. I was trying to think of something profound to say but did not succeed. But this I should say. I have enjoyed the blog and the inputs of all our participants. Let us keep the ball rolling.

Comment by Aishwarya

Gayathri, please scroll down to my post of 31st May on the occasion of Aishwarya's birthday. Aishwarya had said thank you in a comment.

I know another blog where the comments are visible always on the blog. One of the members had made this possible by doing something to the blog's basics. Akila, do you know how this can be done?

Fruits

Chakka varatti is one my favorites. The kela-varatti sounds yumm, will definitely try that this weekend.
Talking about including fruits in diet, I would like to somehow introduce a fruit with Vaishnavi's breakfast. She now has muesli, with some dry fruits. Are the fruit juices available in stores really as healthy as they are claimed to be? Vaishnavi does enjoy them (as expected), but I am not really sure about the health factor. Also, they are whoppingly expensive!!!

KN Athimber's writing is simply too good. That last Monday article really touched my heart - every time my admiration grows and grows! Pattabhi Chittappa's writing is also a class apart - even now when his articles are reproduced, we can see the difference in quality. A big namaskaram to their caliber - konjamaavadu namakku pass aaguma!
I could not find Aishwarya's comments. Chittappa, can you please bring it out - like you did the first time?
Clock-calendar is a nice addition. But I wondered if it was taking the place of the picture slideshow; Happy to see the slideshow on now :)
Gayathri

Birthday wishes to Adhitya & Ramesh

Bset wishes to Adhitya ( birthday on 1st ) and Ramesh ( today ) on their birthdays. Praying for their good health and prosperity.
Ramu Sarada

The blog

I have added a clock/calendar to theblog. Also a search tool through which we can recall old posts. Comments on changes and improvements are welcome. To remind members, do not add comments through the 'comments' tab under posts. They will go unnoticed. How many of us saw the comment of Aishwarya on of the recent posts?

Jayaraman

KN

Ramu has spoken well about KN. 54 years in one organisation must be a sort of a record for any profession. The great thing is that KN has held the respect of not only his employers but also the respect (and affection and admiration) of all his colleagues and subordinates. All of us wish him piece and good health in his retirement.

I agree with Gayathri on chakkai pazham. It must be crisp and not over-ripe to be edible, for me. And I must try out the vazhaipazha-varatti one of these days, though it seems like a lot of work!

KN`S ARTICLE

Many would have read the excellent article of KN in The Hindu of today 29 June 2009, in the Readers` Editor column, in which he has mentioned that this is his last article in Hindu. ( Probably I am too small to show my appreciation!). 54 long years ! This shows how his dedicated work was liked by everyone in Hindu and the fact that he is coming out on his own shows that the dedication is still there as young as a fresher. As I was reading the article, I started getting a feeling that Hindu will stop coming to my house from tomorrow!!
Sometime back, Sri.Kasthuri, took KN personally for checking KN`s hearing and got him a set of hearing aid. Personally, I consider this equal to getting a Padma Sri.
I have no words to show my praise for KN . May God give him good health and mental peace in the days to come!
Ramu

Hey, that fruit topic has got us going! Thanks Akila!

J chittappa, Vivek hates “even LOOKING at” bananas! One kela with our breakfast is a must every day. I do have a salad of cucumber & carrots every day, but it is special on Ekadasi days with the extra fruits in it!

Palaa pazham – it’s got to be just right – crisp & sweet. Even a slight over-ripeness can spoil the texture and taste. The palaa pazham we had bought for sradham did not keep for even a day, S made chakkai varatti out of it that same evening! Rukka athai-athimber, J chittappa-chitti had the fortune to taste it! Sadly, I hate the taste (or smell) of cooked pazham, so left that joy to others!

S is a great one for buying fruits. But he doesn’t buy as much here as he used to in Bombay. Two reasons – kids not here, attitude of the sellers. S gets a kick out of getting a good bargain, & he does not get that satisfaction in Madras, heheh!

If Akila likes- here’s what I do with over ripe bananas – mash them, cook with vellam. Add elaichi, roasted cashew. It should be cooked till all the water goes. Add a little ghee. This is my version of chakkavaratti! Kela-varatti, if you please!

From Ramu

1. Curd rice with "malai pazham" ( ofcourse curd should be good ) for touching is something I love. This used to be a regular item in the menu in CAS`s house and as a school boy, I used to have it daily in their house along with Balu.
2. Nowadays, we read frequently that most of the fruits are adulterated in one way or other. The vendor from whom I buy banana regularly, refuses to give me a particular variety of "pachai pazham" saying it will cause stomach pain, on regular use.
3. No one will dislike "palaa pazham" and we have never really enjoyed it after K.Nagar days. Kappu akka used to buy regularly during season and used to distribute to everyone.Appa also used to buy or sometimes bring from Baachaa appaa`s house and there used to be big session for cutting the fruit, appa leading it and all of us assisting him.
Ramu

Fruits

To hear that someone hates 'even bananas' made me smile. I do not like them much myself. My preference is for mango, papaya, sapota, grapes etc. etc. Gayathri, why wait for Ekadasi to eat salad? We have some everyday, mostly raw vegetables. But this is part of lunch, which comes after a breakfast of cereal and fruit and is followed by dinner, apart from the odd snack!

Fruits

Akila,
Those muffins sure look yummy! Does Vaishnavi not like fresh fruits? Is that why you are trying to camouflage them? Vivek is another fruit hater. He gets nauseous even looking at bananas! Ramya was ok with fruits separately, but never as fruit salad!
As for me I have quite recently discovered that I love pomegranates, green grapes mixed in my curd rice! I welcome Ekadasi days because I make for myself a "Super Salad" with lots of fruits and dates!

The earrings look good. Sad that I am past the age for all that!

J chittappa,, so perseverance paid off! Good you got the cheque!

Gayathri

Sincere apologies and a promise

I am extremely sorry for not being regular in posting to our family blog. As Gayathri akka said, perippa you have taken soo many pains to keep it going now. So, now I promise to be more regular in making posts to our blogs.

Thanks a lot for your wishes on my birthday Perippa.

Now, on our updates.. I have taken a new hobby in trying my hand at making beaded jewellery. Here's the first result.

It is amazingly easy to make. Another area where I am concentrating now is baking. The main idea is to give home made snacks to Vishnavi for school.

So, I baked these banana muffins (eggless). And guess what, Vaishnavi did not even touch it!!! So much for my trying to make her eat fruits and something home-made. Even my last attempt at making apple cinnamon muffins was a big flop as far as Vaishnavi was concerned. I guess I just have to be patient till she develops a taste for fruits.