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From Ramu

Best wishes to Hari on his birthday, Many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday

Best wishes to Hari on his birthday today.  Wishing him many happy returns,
Vimala and Jayaraman

How thoughtful

Perippa, thank you so much for the update on Rajan. That was a very moving gesture by Rajan and Anu akka's friends. I have always been following his marathon's thanks to facebook. I am sure in no time he would recover and get back to his active life.
A very happy birthday to Aparna akka. Hope you have a great day.

Happy birthday

Happy birthday, Aparna.  Many happy returns!


Vimala and Jayaraman

Rajan Raju's progress

I reproduce below, for information, a mail just received from Chandru.

"My dear Jayaram All well. Rajan continues to progress. He was made to sit  up on the bed with his legs dangling over the sides day before yesterday. While lying on bed  they remove the neck brace. For caution, the brace is put and he is turned etc., He was given a regular shower bath with shampoo for his hair etc., from day before yesterday. Physiotherapy and occupational therapy continues and he is slowly regaining movements. It is likely he may be shifted to the other rehabilitation hospital for specialised rehab tretment tomorrow. Let us hope and pray his progress will be faster after that.  There was a marathon run yesterday here and the distance to run was  100 kms.Almost  1000 people participatedin this.  I understand Rajan had earlier registered his name to participate for the 100 kms run, He participates in all such  activities here and also outside Singapore. He has done this earlier  occasions also. As he is in hospital now and cannot participate in the current event,  many of his and Anu's friends decided to run on his behalf. The organisers, when informed of Rajan being in hospital, were happy to let them do the run like a relay race. Here groups of 2 persons ran the distance in laps of 10 kms of the route, the last batch running the last lap of 10 kms. They had prepared special T shirts with the wordings 'TEAM RAJAN - Got to keep a good thing going"  Anu and Arjuna ran the first lap of 10 kms.. The team completed the run successfully. Very thoughtful and supportive - this gesture of Rajan and Anu's friends."

From Ramu

1. Best wishes to Aparna on her birthday. Many happy returns of the day.
Anjana is in fourth year of her engineering and Aparna will be staying in Tanjore, for one more year, with Anjana. Aparna's prayers now will be that Anjana should complete her engineering well . Aparna, we join in your prayers, for the good health of you, Srikrishnan and Anjana, on this occassion.
Ramu Sarada

From Ramu

1. I missed to wish all those who celebrated their birthday & wedding day. Very best wishes to all and many happy returns of the day.
2. Thank you, Gayathri, for the brief on Vikram's reception. I also never knew that Nana used to sing well, especially Rafi's songs. During that first, small get-together at Sri Parvathi, after everything was over, Raji said that Nana sings well.
3. We keep praying for speedy recovery of Rajan.
4. H.H.Sakatapuram periaval is coming to Tambaram on 03 July, will be there for a week, then shift camp to Sanskrit College, where He will stay for sometime. We plan to perform Bikshavandanam and appeal to Him for Rajan's fast recovery.
Ramu

Greetings

              Happy birthday, Malvika! Many happy returns!!
                                          FamilyPSC

Greetings

A very happy wedding anniversary to Kumar and Kristine,. And a very happy birthday to Malvika and many happy returns to all of them.

I am glad Gayathri gave a brief account of the Hyatt Reception for Vikram's Upanayanam.We people out of Madras are missing such functions.

Wishes

A very happy anniversary to Kumar anna and Kristine. Hope you had a great day

Happy birthday to Padma manni. Wishes to Mani perippa/Bhuvana perimma and Lux athai/Seenu athimber

Greetings

Best wishes to Padma on her birthday, and to Mani/Bhuvana and NGS/Lux on their wedding anniversary, 22 June. Many happy returns!

Prayed for Rajan this morning. Appa called to tell me his surgery was at 9.30am IST. Hope it is over and that he is recovering. Continuing our prayers.

If Ramu chittappa's laptop was alive, and if he had attended, he would have written about Sridhar's son Vikram Govind's Upanayanam Reception. I suddenly realised I could share that too! :)

It was a very nice evening get-together at the Hyatt. Another chance to meet up with family. Vikram looks a LOT like Sridhar, with a sweet dimple on his cheek like his athai/peripa. At 13, he is almost as tall as Sridhar! We were told he plays the guitar, veena and trumpet - we had a sample of the last one. Karaoke and mike set were arranged and Sekhar (Viji's son), Vijay (Mahi's son), RamNarayan, Raji (Rama's daughter) and others sang. As usual I quickly finished off an abhang (got lost having taken a high pitch).
Padma (Sridhar) looks not a day older than on her wedding day! She said she's staying for 2 months this time, wants to catch up everyone & promised to visit. Looking forward to that!
Prathima in Europe & Shobha in the US did not attend. Lakshmi's (Rama's daughter) husband Jayaram did the compering and added fun to the event. The BIGGEST surprise was Naana athimber singing. He doled out Mohd Rafi songs like a pro - too good!

Hare Ram
Gayathri

Wedding anniversary

19 June 2011

Best wishes to Kristin and Kumar on their wedding anniversary

From Ramu

My laptop is dead now. with problem in the mother board. So, I may not be in touch with all for sometime.

Ramu

A HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Akila and Siddarth and manyhappy returns.

Thanks and wishes

Thank you very much perippa.

Wishing Saradam perimma and Siddharth a very very happy birthday

Happy birthday!

Wishes

A very happy anniversary to Anand anna - Neeraja manni and Ramesh anna - Ujjwala manni.

Thank you very much for your advance blessings and wishes perippa

Rajan Raju

Rajan's surgery has been postponed as he has slight temperature.  The surgery will be rescheduled when the fever subsides.  Meanwhile, Chandru says that Rajan is maintaining progress.

Rajan Raju

     Chandru tells us that Rajan is making progress and is cheerful.  A surgery to stabilise the neck is scheduled for tomorrow Wednesday. This, we learn, will facilitate more aggressive physiotherapy which will speed up the recovery.  Let us all say a special prayer for the success of the surgery.

Jayaraman

BIRTHDAY

A very happy birthday to Akila and Siddharth and many happy returns.

From Ramu

Best wishes to Anand - Neeraja & Ramesh - Ujwala on their wedding day. Many happy returns of the day.

Ramu

Greetings

Belated birthday greetings to Aishwarya!  How did  I miss it?  I kick myself.


Best wishes to Anand/Neeraja and Ramesh/Ujwala on their wedding anniversary today.  


Many happy returns.

Wishes and prayers

Wishing Sekar anna and Rajini manni a very happy anniversary.

Perippa, we missed to wish Aishwarya on her birthday. She celebrated her b'day on the 31st. This year was a special birthday for her with a real bundle of joy in the form of Amrritha :)

All the very best to Prasad anna in his new job.

Koottu prarthanai is definitely a great idea perippa. Sunday 8am?!?! (Ahem) Ok, I'd join in too

From Ramu

A new problem in my lap top after getting it repaired for keyboard problem.

Even if I type my posts in colour, it comes in black only, even though it is colour while typing.

After every visit to the service centre, the laptop has to be set to our requirement. Only Akila has to help me now

Ramu

From Ramu

1. For Rajan, Koottu Prarthanai:

We will have the koottu prarthanai on Sunday 05, June at 08.00 AM, for three minutes. I hope this time will suit all. Even if some people are travelling or something like that, they can just keep praying for Rajan for three minutes at 08.00 AM.

2. Extremely happy to know that Prasad has got the appointment. Me and Sarada will definitely pray that he should like this job and should have a long career. All the best, Prasad.

3.. Best wishes to Sekar - Rajani on their wedding day. Many happy returns of the day. We also attended their wedding at Bangalore and visited MTR also. We returned to Chennai by Brindavan Express and Pattu appa travelled with us.

Ramu

We hope the new work environment will be congenial for Prasad and he will have a long tenure there.

All the best, Prasad, and good luck

Rukku and Narayanan

Pankajam Mami

Though I was a baby at the time in Vellore, I remember Pankajam mami well, for she used to like me a lot. They were such nice people. Once she gave me a miniature veena as a gift. I dont remember what I did with it!

Years later, Mama and mami called on me and KN in Karpagam Gardens. After mami's passing, we visited Mama in Vellore.

KN saw this item in the Chennai paper (he sees the e-paper in Coimbatore) and forwarded it to Jayaraman.

Rukku

Best of Luck to Vivek for his X th Std.

And all our wishes to Prasad in his new job. Praying that it suits him well, & that he does well.
Gayathri & Sundaresan

Koottu Prarthanai is a wonderful idea! We are all sending our prayers for Rajan's complete recovery, of course. But the thought that our clan will all be in the same plane while praying will add that much more focus to our thoughts.
Ramu chittappa - for you to name the time now.

Pankajam mami's article was amazing - all those cups she has won! She must have had other women players to play with, wouldn't she?? That must have been tough to find those days.

And to know that appa, chittappa & others knew/know her! Feels good to read about that!

Hare Ram
Gayathri

Best wishes, Prasad!

Very happy to know that Prasad's job offer has arrived.  Our hearty congratulations and best wishes for a pleasant and lasting career.  All the best, Prasad.
Vimala and Jayaraman

Greetings

Best wishes to Rajani and Sekar on their wedding anniversary, 2nd June.  Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

Prasad

Prasad has got an appointment order as an Executive Office Assistant in an auditing company in Race Course Road, Coimbatore. He has to join on the 15th June. All of you please bless him for a long career in this job.
Vivek is back from a busy and enjoyable holiday with many of his cousins in Trivandrum and his school reopens today. The monsoon seems to have started and it is raining since last night and he has to go by bus and walk some distance. His school van will operate only from 15th when other schools reopen.
Rajiv made a trip to Italy for a week with his music group where they performed.

Saradam and I wish a happy wedding anniversary and many happy returns to Sekhar/Rajani, Anand/Neeraja and Ramesh/Ujwala. Saradam and I had attended the first two weddings. For Ramesh/Ujwala's wedding we were booked to go but heavy rains and the disruption of train services at Vizag forced many of us to cancel the trip.

Rajan Raju

I am praying for Rajan's quick recovery to complete health every morning during my prayers. It is really God's grace that it was not more serious. I think that Ramu should, as he did on a previous occasion, organise a Koottu Prarthanai when all of us will pray for him at the same time, say for three minutes.

-Ramakrishnan.

From Ramu

1. Yes. For Rajan's speedy recovery, Me, Sarada, Akila, Mohan, all of us keep praying that he should fast get back to his golf course.

2. That Mami, I also saw that in the paper and I was wondering whether it was the time when our father was there. It is now confirmed. I can understand how Ramakrishnan & Jayaramanna will relish those memories. I wonder how that Mami managed all that, as she definitely must have faced opposition from family and society!!!

Ramu