Happy birthday!

Best wishes to Aiswarya on her birthday, 31 May. Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

Exhibition of Ujwala's Paintings

Mythili and I send our best wishes to Ujwala for the grand success of the exhibition of her paintings at Dhaka.
Mythili and Chandru

Ujwala's solo expo

Ujwala is holding a solo exhibition of her paintings for a week in Dhaka, starting this evening.  I tried to post a copy of the invitation in the blog but could not.  But there is a link below.  Thought I would at least pass on the information.

We wish her success in the event.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ujwala/3558797521/

Birthday greetings

29th May 2009
Happy birthday Sundar. Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

From Ramu

It was sad to know the demise of Mouli anna. Sarada and I went for the condolence on 27th to Periappa`s house and the old cot, easy chair, etc., brought to my mind, again, those K.Nagar days, long long back. Recently, Papa was saying that she stayed in Periappa`s house for some time/years(?) and had the oppartunity to be closer to Shantha manni.
When I was a small boy, Periappa used to come with Babu,Lalli,Sriram,Uma,Bharath and take me,Lux,Lalitha,Rama,Ashok to Marina beach, every Sunday. He used to sit on a folding chair near the water, to supervise us. How nice were those days!
Ramu

CONGRATS!

Huge Congrats to our family SCHOLARS Jyothsna and Prashanth!
Hats off!!!! And ALL THE BEST FOR YOUR FUTURE STUDIES!
Gayathri & Sundaresan

From Ramu

1. I happened to be in Coimbatore during Prasad`s birthday and we were able to wish him personally.
Ramu

Greetings

May 10 was Prasad's birthday and I missed it.  I feel very bad.  But our good wishes are with him.  May he have a great year.  

Jayaraman

Congrats, Jyotsna!

Congratulations to Jyotsna on topping her school in the 10th standard Board exam.

Jayaraman

Jayanth's birthday

     I missed posting greetings to Jayanth on his birthday.  Forgot.  Papa had spoken to me from Coimbatore on that day about some thing else and even then I did not remember the birthday.  I called Papa the next day. Jayanth was away on a study tour some where.  Funnily enough, Papa said neither she nor anyone alse in her home had remembered the birthday!

From Ramu

Nice posting from Jayaramanna on Kamala manni. Raja athaan introduced me to Mylai Thirupugazh Sabha and used to take me for bhajans regularly on Tuesdays. We used to go to bhajans to various places for about ten years. During that period, I used to go to Kamala manni`s house very often. A great lady,
Ramu

Best Wishes to Jayanth

Best wishes to Jayanth on his birthday. Wishing him the best in his future endeveours.Many happy returns,Jayanth.
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday

Best wishes to Uma on her birthday, 20th May.
Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

Kamala Manni

The demise of Kamala Manni a few days ago will have saddened many of us who have known her for a long, long time. I was reminded of her Lakshmikara presence in 'Akka aam' and later in her home  in Alwarpet. She played a big role in the family. Thinking of her brought back memories of her father G G Krishna Iyer's home on Murrays Gate Road, known to us as 'the Plot', his wife and children - G K Rajagopalan, G K Narayanan, Sakku ...
I am reminded of the lines in Isaac Watts's hymn  "O God our help in ages past:
Time like an ever rolling stream
Bears all its sons away
and we are left with memories.

Wishes

Best wishes to Ram, Shankar anna-Priya manni, Raju Perippa-Padma perimma. A very happy birthday to Mythili athai. I missed wishing her this year :(

Happy birthday, Ram!

It is Ram's birthday today, 14th May.  Best wishes, Ram.  Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

Wedding anniversary

                                Shankar and Priya - Wedding Anniversary, 13th May
                                                             Many happy returns!
                                                           Vimala and Jayaraman

Best Wishes to Shankar Priya

Best wishes to Shankar Priya on their wedding day. Wishing them good health and happiness always. Many happy returns.
Ramu Sarada

Best wishes

Best wishes to Raju and Padma Manni on their wedding anniversary, 11th May.
Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

Happy Wishes to J Chittappa & Chitti (belated again, I am sooo sorry I didn't remember when we met yesterday!)

Happy Birthday to Mythili Athai - for once I am doing it on the very day!!!!

Hare Ram
Gayathri

Celebs of May

  Thank you Akila, for the info on another May celeb.  Have added her in the panel and in the slideshow.  

Jayaraman

Happy birthday, Mythili!

It is Mythili's birthday today, May 8th. Here is wishing her a very happy birthday and many happy returns.

Thanks everyone for the good wishes conveyed on my (and Vimala's) wedding anniversary. Ramakrishnan's post reminded me of the quality of rail travel in the 'fifties, when there was no reservation except for the upper classes. Some times passesgers would get in through the windows as the doorways were blocked by people or baggage. I remember our Puja vadhyar, who was accompanying us to Madras for the wedding (of Thambi, I think), trying to secure a seat from unwilling passengers on the strength of his going for a wedding in the judge's house!

Jayaraman

Another celebrant

Perippa, we have another member in our family now whose birthday also falls in May. Aishwarya celebrates her birthday on the 31st of May. Please do include her in our list too.

Hello and wishes

Wishing Papa athai, Cheenu athimber and Divya a very happy (belated again!!!!) birthday. A very happy wedding anniversary to Vimala perima and J perippa.
Ramki perippa, we had a copy of that tape and then somebody took it, Mani Perippa if I am not mistaken. I think he even converted that to a cd.
Mohan is back this thursday!!! I am not sure whether that is good or bad. Good coz he's back, bad coz he should get a project immediately here. Anyway, ellam nanmaikke, so just taking it by the day.

Vimala Jayaram WA

Saradam and I wish Vimala and Jayaraman a happy Wedding Anniversary and many happy returns. We had made a short movie of the wedding with a 8mm camera in colour and later I got it converted into a video tape. Now the tape seems full of fungus and the VCP does not work. But, I remember seeing the video some time ago and we have in it Mannargudi Paati, Kappu, Thambi, Padmini, Saraswathi and of course Appa and manni. Vimala's father was old and so the functions were performed by Vimala's elder brother Rangu. If I remember right, there were no rail reservations then and on the return journey Jayaram and I travelled sitting at the door of the coach the whole night. Kumbakonam was hot but we enjoyed a session of tiffin at the Venkateswara Hotel (Thambi and a few of us). Usha did not come for the wedding because she was in Peruvemba, having delivered Gayathri in February.
-Ramakrishnan.