S’s eye surgery was quite smooth, only the injection for anesthesia was painful, he said. The wound is healing well. But he is not allowed to get the eye wet for another two weeks! And the regimen of eye drops 6 times a day, ointment has to continue too. He resumed going to office yesterday.
This does seem to be a very rare phenomenon, may be because we do not pay much attention to it. This eyelash pricking the eye started even when we were in Bombay, but the occasions were few & far between. In the last 1-2 years, it became more frequent, the eye got infected badly. Which is when the dr said it would have to be corrected surgically.
Two people have now told me they have the same problem - Jayendra (ex K Nagar)& Anuj's grandfather.
Celebrities slide show is really welcome – our wishes to all the celebrators! 
Peria thatha: I was in Xth std, down with chicken pox. I had a dream figuring Mundagakanniammam temple festival and a buffalo. Jangamma said the latter was a bad omen. Peria thatha died that day. Somehow I remember vaguely some talk about ‘aapat sanyasam’ – I didn’t even know what that meant.
Velukkudi's Bhagavatam is now at a stage which will surely make the listener resolve to strive for no-rebirth. May God take us towards that goal.
Hare Ram
Gayathri