PSC/Sahasranama stotram/.

When Appa was transferred to Devakottai, Ramakrishnan and I were left in Madras so that our studies would not suffer. We went to Devakottai for a summar vacation. During those two months, Appa would call me every afternoon, around 300 p.m. I think, and we would together recite the Vishnu Sahasranama stotram, I of course reading from a book. Before the vacation was over, I had learnt the whole stotram by heart and could recite it without referring to the book.

PSC MEMORIES

After evening walk, appa would sit in the dining hall of K,Nagar at 06.15 PM and start his sandyavandhanam. Within 10 minutes, all of us would assemble for the evening slokham and bhajan session. Appa will circulate handwritten copies of a new slokham, ( he himself used to write several copies of the slokham ) and teach us. Then old slokhams , followed by bhajans.
( I try to do it now with only Vaishnavi but fail often ). Rukku, Lux, Lalitha, me, Rama, Ashok, Shobha, Venkat, Chander all used to be there.
Ramu

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NIRANJAN

Best wishes to Niranjan on his birthday.
Wishing him good health and prosperity always,
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday, Niranjan!

Best wishes to Niranjan on his birthday, 2nd August. Many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

PRAYERS TO JANGA MANII

Our namaskarams to Janga manni on her birth anniversary.
She was a wonderful mother and so many things are to be learnt from her .
When ever we happen to meet some old Mylapore people, or some old family friends, or some old school teachers, or even some distant relatives, we feel so happy to hear them talking about appa and amma with full of praise.
When appa`s birth day was posted in the blog, it went in my mind about amma`s..
But did not try to find out and we feel guilty.

Ramu Sarada

Janga Manni's janmanakshatram

This is the month of Adi and today's star is Tiruvadirai. That is, today is Janga Manni's janmanakshatram. Let us all remember her role in our lives and thank God for having given us a wonderful mother.

The following is what I posted in our blog on this occasion last year.

"How many of us ever bothered to find out what mother (Janga Manni)'s birthday was? Recently I asked Ramakrishnan if he knew the date and he rang up today to say it was 12 August 1909 (Month of Adi, Tiruvadirai star). Though we missed out on the date, the month (August) is still current. Let us remember Manni with gratitude for her unfailing love, simplicity and good nature.NAMASKARAMS."

Happy birthday, Ramani!

Best wishes to Ramani on his birthday, 30th July. Many happy returns.
Jayaraman and Vimala

SHRUTI

My dear Shruti,

We are happy you are back home and recovering from your fever. As soon as you are quite well, you should celebrate your Birthday in whatever way you want.

Many Happy returns and good health.

-Saradam and Ramakrishnan.

PSC MEMORIES

Ramakrishnan`s memories ( written on July 13 ) was I think when appa was a District Judge. At the time of appa`s sashtiabdhapoorthi at Suprabha, I was only 9 years and I have seen appa only as a retired person. He was going to court as a Lawyer for some years and then retired from that too.
I have never seen him sitting idle . There was no TV at that time. He used to see the obituary column in The Hindu first after morning coffee, before taking bath. ( many of us do this even now ). After bath he used to do an elaborate puja, in his own room, for which he used to do all preperations himself. Then he will take his own insulin injection, after boiling the needle, again in his own room. He will read Ramayanam or Mahabharatham for about an hour and then complete the days work of Company Law Institute, which sometimes will extend till 4 PM.In between, he will take a breake and write Sri Ramajayam.
His afternoon nap was exactly from 1 PM to 2 PM. After the nap, he used to takeup letter writing to people , for an hour. Then gardening for sometime, before going for a short walk.
( Shall continue. Power cut time now)
Ramu

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHRUTHI!
Glad to know you are back home. Prayers from us for your speedy recovery.
Gayathri & Sundaresan

Best Wishes

Dear Shruthi,
Wish you a very happy birthday and a speedy recovery. Get well soon.
Akila, Mohan, Vaishnavi

Happy birthday

Best wishes to Shruti on her birthday, July 21. Right now she is in Child's Trust Hospital, being treated for possible typhoid. Get well soon, Shruti and we will have a birthday party then!

Vimala and Jayaraman

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SHRUTHI

Very Happy Birthday to Shruthi. May God give her good health and happiness in the days and years to come! Many Many Happy Returns of the Day.
Ramu Sarada

Thanks for the wishes!

Dear PC Periappa(s) and Periamma(s),
Thanks a lot for the wishes. I am sure that with your Blessings, the year would gr888!
I have joined Cognizant....getting settled in the new work place.
Koushik
(I am unable to login with my Gmail acnt. So, using Akila's acnt)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday and Many Happy Returns to Kaushik. Also our best wishes for success and good progress in the new job with Cognizant which he is going to join now.

-Saradam and Ramakrishnan.

Happy birthday

Best wishes to Kaushik on his birthday today, 15 July. Many happy returns!
We should also extend to Kaushik our very best wishes in his new career at Cognizant. May he find happiness and satisfaction in his work and rise to great heights. All the best, Kaushik!

Vimala and Jayaraman

MEMORIAL DAY

It is very nice to read Jayaramanna,s and Ramakrishnan,s writings. I am also moved.
Not a day passes for me without remembering appa ( and amma ). Even though Sarada,s association with appa was only 7 years, she also used to remember him very frequently and used to recall what appa told her on different occasions. In the later days, when only me and family were with appa and amma, appa changed his dinner time to 7.30 PM ( from 8 PM which was his dinner time for many many years ) and insisted that Sarada should go to bed by 9 PM , because I was going for work in shifts.
I wonder whether there is anyone matching him!!
Ramu

Sumanth's upanayanam

Sumanth, son of Ramesh and Vidya, received his Brahmopadesam today. Here is the link to a web album containing a few pictures taken on the occasion.

http://picasaweb.google.com/revati32/SumantSUpanayanam

MEMORIAL DAY

I am moved by reading what Jayaramhas written. To add to what he has said, I just want to say what I often think and say. Nowadays we are all 'tense' always and tension is the most often used word even in TV serials. But, Appa was never tense (or bored). He accomplished so much every day starting with the Ramayanam reading in the morning, then dictating judgements to the stenographer who comes home, bath, lunch and off to court. I have seen him in court a few times and he was majestic there with his tall figure and gown and before taking his seat he would display folded hands - was it a greeting to the advocates or a silent prayer to God tha his judgments should be correct ? In the evening, he would play tennis in the Officers' Club and then off to the other club for some Billiards. Back home and Sandhyavandhanam and reading the case papers till dinner. After Dinner we wuld all sit around briefly for some convesaton. With all this, I am amazed at the number of Homoeo books he readand made copious notes on the medicines. We used to go for a picnic once a month or two months even if we went to the same place again and again. He used to make me Jyaram sing, particularly 'Maye' in Tharangini Ragam and'AiyeMetha Kadinam'from the film Nandanar.

Though e had a large family, he invited two cousins of ours (Kittu and Panju) to stay with us and study in school. He had a large heart. Wherever he went he was treated with much respect.

Anda Naalum Vandhidadho !

-Ramakrishnan.

Memorial Day

Today, 13 July, is PSC's birthday. He was born on this date in 1896. I recall with pleasure and gratitude the times spent with him, the great contribution he made to moulding all our lives, the values he gave us and the affection he had for us all, never demonstrative but always there. If the family is now as close-knit as it is, it is due to the manner in which father steered us. Namaskarams, Appa.

Jayaraman

Wedding anniversary

Best wishes to Sundar and Charu on their wedding anniversary today, 13 July. Many happy returns!

Happy B'Day

A very very happy birthday to Sowmya akka.
Akila

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SOWMYA

A very Happy Birthday, Sowmya. Wishing you a Happy and Peaceful life and Many More Happy Returns of the Day.
We are late in wishing by a day because there was a power shut down here from 9 am to 5 pm on 7 July, for maintenance work. So that EB can cut the power only for 2 hrs., on other days!
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday, Sowmya!

Best wishes to Sowmya on her birthday, 7th July. Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

Birthday

My dear Ramesh,

Wish you a happy birthday and many happy returns. I am late . I did not check the Blog last two days.
Ramakrishnan.

Wishes

Dear Ramesh anna,

Wish you a very very Happy birthday.

Akila

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAMESH

Dear Ramesh
We wish you a very Happy Birthday. And we pray for your Happiness and Goodhealth on this day. Many Happy Returns of the Day.
Ramu Sarada

Birthday greetings

Best wishes to Ramesh on his birthday, July 3. Many happy returns.



Vimala and Jayaraman

ARANGETRAM

Ramya/Gayathri,
Saradam and I are very happy that the function went off well in spite of minor hitches. When you had told me that Ramya's feet were full of blisters due to the strenuous practice sessions, we were much worried.
-Ramakrishnan.

Wishing Aditya a very very happy birthday.

Great to hear that Ramya's arangetram went off well. I guess this is what all of us were expecting to hear :)

Happy birthday

Best wishes to Aditya on his birthday today, July 1. Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

Arangetram

Thank you one & all, for your wishes. The Arangetram yesterday went off well, in that Ramya's dance was good, my voice 'behaved' decently in the 3 items that I sang. There were a few backstage hitches, like- we realised we had not got one piece of Ramya's dance costume & Anuj had to drive all the way back home & fetch it; The special audio system that Ramya had arranged- the main man didn't turn up but sent his assistants instead, & so the final effect was not as good as we wanted. But I think the selected items, the dance & overall standard was good which carried the day.
Sowmya's being here was a great moral & physical support- I don't know what I would have done without her.
We are yet to get the photos & dvd. Will post as soon as we get them.
We are off to Chicago & onward to Durham tomorrow. Clearing up all the stuff at home, returning the many vessels etc that we had borrowed - it is really like the aftermath of a huge wedding! As we had only today for TSS to see Madison, we went around the University Campus, walked down the Monona- Mendota lakes.
Looks like we will be able to relax only after reaching Durham!
Gayathri

Best wishes!

To Hari, who celebrates his birthday today, June 28, best wishes. Many happy returns.
Ramya's rangapravesam will be on June 29. Our very best wishes to her. May Lord Nataraja guide your every step! And our best wishes also to Gayathri, who will be providing the voice at the programme.

Vimala and Jayaraman

Rangapravesam

Best wishes to Ramya and Gayathri on the eve of Ramya's Rangapravesam. They will surely wow the audience!

Vimala and Jayaraman

Birthday wishes

Best wishes to Aparna on her birthday, 26 June. Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

hi

Snatched a few moments off to check in to our family blog. Ramya & I have been working like crazy - most of the time and energy being used for driving up and down to Milwaukee from Madison for the rehearsals.
With just 3 more days to go, we are as set as can be, & now things should just move of their own accord, with God's blessings & everyone's wishes.

Wishing all the B'day & WA celebrators (belated, of course!)
Gayathri

HAPPY BIRTHDAY APARNA

Birthday Wishes to Aparna. May God give her good health , happiness and prosperity.
Wishing her Many More Happy Returns of the Day.
Ramu Sarada

Belated Wishes

Best (belated) wishes to Kumar anna-Kristine, Mani perippa-Bhuvana Perimma, Lux athai-Cheenu athimber and Malavika.
I took a few days off from work to run behind painters and carpenters!!!! So missed the occasions. Our flat is as good as complete minus the kitchen sink and platform. As of now, the plan to move in (finally) is 27th June.
Akila

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to Malvika on her birthday. Many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

Wedding anniversaries

u Lux and Cheenu and Bhuvana and Mani celebrate their wedding anniversary today, 22 June. The family extends its best wishes to them and wishes them many happy returns.
Having said that, it has also to be said that none of these people will see this post in the blog. They do not see the blog, period! Nevertheless, it gives me some satisfaction to note these events and to bring them to the attention of the few who do care to see the blog. More power to them!

Wedding anniversary

To Kumar and Kristine, who celebrate their wedding anniversary on 19 June, the very best wishes of the family. Many happy returns!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY KUMAR

Very Happy Anniversary to Krishnakumar - Kristine . Wishing them Many Happy Returns of the Day

Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday!

Here's yesterday's birthday boy, Siddharth. I did manage to find a photo in my computer! Renewed good wishes.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Very Happy Birthday to Saradam manni and Sidharth.
Wishing them good health and happiness always,
Ramu Sarada

Birthday Wishes

Thank you all for you wishes. Wishing Saradam Perimma and Siddharth a very very happy bithday.
Akila

Happy birthday

Best wishes to Saradam, Akila and Siddharth, who celebrate their birthday on 9th June. PSC Family wishes them a great day and many happy returns. Chandru, can you please post a photo of Siddharth on the blog?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARADAM

Dear Saradam
We send you our best wishes on your birthday. We wish you all the very best and wish you many more happy returns of the day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
chandru and mythili

Dear Akila
Mythili athai and I send you our best wishes on your birthday. We wish you many more happy returns of the Day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Mythili athai and Chandru athimber

Dates to remember

There were a few significant omissions in the side panel item: Dates to remember in June 2008. Ramu was good enough to bring them to my notice and I have added them now. Apologies for the omission and best wishes to those whose birthdays/wedding anniversaries are already past.
Jayaraman

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

Dear Ramesh, Ujwala
Mythili athai and I send you our best wishes on your wedding day. We wish you many many more happy returns of the day.
mythili & chandru

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

Dear Ramesh & Ujwala

Wish you many many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

Best Wishes

Wishing Ramesh anna and Ujjwala manni a very very happy anniversary and many more
Akila, Mohan, Vaishnavi

Best wishes

Best wishes to Ujwala and Ramesh on their wedding anniversary today, 3rd June. Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

KARMA YOGA

The explanation given by Akila in her posting of 27th May appeals to me. The Sanyasi, despite attaining a high level of Sidhis by Yoga etc, was perhaps still full of pride, anger and love for himself.
Regarding Shruti's questions, there is no point in giving her Hindu philosophy at this stage and it may even frighten her. May be we can say that people are born with different Swabhavas, attitudes and tastes due to their genes and after that some are lazy and some hardworking etc. As a result, the group of hardworking persons are able to earn more and give better education for the children etc and over many generations the gap becomes big. Having said this, I am myself not satisfied with this.
Gayathri's comments are not very helpful. I think it puts the cart before the horse. I want a doubt cleared in order to progress towards faith and she says If I have full faith the doubts will vanish. So where do we start ?
Ramakrishnan.

-Ramakrishnan.

Wishes, & Karma!

Wow, so much has been happening while I have been away! In a nutshell - our Europe holiday was wonderful (by God's grace). I have uploaded the pics and am in the process of captioning them.
I am now with Ramya in Madison. We are well into the practise sessions- first I have to get into the groove of singing, my voice should open up. There is a lot I have to learn for the pgm.
It is still quite chilly here. I have really begun to feel how Surya Bhagavan is the life giver - without Him, I feel so lazy! This weather is really suited for a holiday resort only!
As usual, my wishes for those who celebrated their b'days / WA's this month.

Coming to Karma Yoga discussion - I guess we all go thru these questions. I honestly feel that once total faith comes and sits inside you, all the questions just vanish. For me, the turning point was Paramacharya's words in the book The Hindu Dharma.

the book is available online:
http://www.kamakoti.org/newlayout/template/hindudharma.html
Gayathri

KARMA YOGA

After I read Jayaramanna`s comments, I was just sitting in front of the computer, thinking. Koushik asked me why I was sitting like that and I told him whether I will be able to suggest some books for PCJ. Then he said that Sri Baba himself has written many subjects like this and they can be accessed in the following :

http://www.vahini.org/contents.html

The Vahinis

Prasnotthara Vahini

Sandeha Nivarini
Chinna Katha I
Chinna Katha II
From that site, Koushik has suggested the above top two headings where some answers may be there. The bottom two titles are stories for children. I have not read the above yet.
The doubts asked by Shruthi, I am sure, will be in the minds of many many elders also!
I am stopping now for today, with doubts still on the subject!
Ramu

Karma Yoga

I read a small story in one of Baba's books. Baba was staying in a bungalow during one of His visits to Mumbai. Right behind the bungalow, there was a dump yard and a group of people were looking for left over food. One of the devotees was watching this very sadly and asked Baba why there was so much difference in the society. Baba replied that this group of people were extremely rich in their previous birth. They had plenty of food on their dining table and wasted a lot of food. So, now in this birth they are picking up the food they threw.
Baba's advice for us is, do not waste food. If you have left over food, feed it to a cow or a dog.

Karma yoga

I share the questions and doubts raised by Ramakrishnan and Ramu. The karma theory is very difficult to understand. If you do not know what sins you committed in your previous birth, it is not easy to accept the 'rewards' given to you in this birth. Even the fear of punishment under the law in one's own lifetime does not prevent the commission of crimes. Perhaps abject surrender to the Supreme Being and total faith can bring enlightment .

Granddaughter Shruti often asks me who created God. She also asks why there should be such disparities in society, why some people should lack the essentials for life while others have a surfeit of wealth. Can anyone suggest a simple source where I can read about answers to such questions?

.

KARMA YOGA

Dear Ramakrishnan,
When I started reading that story, the same doubt that " how a Sanyasi have His next birth as a pig? " came to my mind also, even before I read your second para.
There is another doubt in my mind for a long time now. It is said that right when the mother concieves, the destiny of the child-to-be born is decided. Then is it not that everything in the child`s life is decided at that time! Then is it not that what life we all had and will be having, are all decided!

Ramu

KarmaYoga

Perippa, this is what I feel could be an explanation. We are born as a human in this birth due to our Karma in our previous birth. How we utilize this birth would be a deciding factor for our next birth.
If we take the example of the story you cited, the sanyasi was obviously still attached to his body. He was definitely not a completely liberated soul. Probably the fact that he would be born as a pig in his next birth, was a test that was put to him. If he had not reacted so adversely to this news, then even that could have been nullified.

KARMAYOGA

Hi all,
The Religion Column in the Hindu a few days back carried a discourse by somebody as usual and the speaker talks of the law of Karma and gives a story to show how the Jeevan takes a love for the Body which it occupies temporarily for one birth. The story is: There is a sanyasi who has already reached a high level of 'realisation' and he sees that his end is near and he is going to be born as a pig in the next birth at such a time in such a place. He hates the idea of occupying a pig's body and tells his sishyas to seek that pig and kill it. Then he dies and is born as a pig. When the sishyas come to kill it, the Sanyasi' jeevan has already starting loving the pig's body and runs and escapes.

The story has brought up a question I have had for many years. How can a soul which has already reached a high level be born as a pig in the next birth. If so, what is the use of all our good deeds in this birth. If I am already born as a man in the evolution of the jeevan by my good deeds and I live a good life now, should it not ensure that in the next birth I will be only be born as a better man, one step forward to reach Moksha ?
Any comments ?
-Ramakrishnan.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

hAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JAYANTH AND UMA. As usual I am late .

To make up for it, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SUNDAR. I see that your birthday is on 29th.

-Ramakrishnan.

Happy birthday

Best wishes to Jayanth on his birthday, May 21. Many happy returns.
PSC Family

Happy birthday

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

Happy Birthday

My Dear Ram,
I see that you had your birthday yesterday 14th May. Wish you a Happy Birthday and many happy returns. Wish you very good health and success in completing your assignment this year.
-Ramakrishnan.

Happy Birthday

Wish you a very happy birthday Ram

Akila, Mohan, Vaishnavi

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to Ram Mony on his birthday today. Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

Mythili's Birthday

My dear Mythili,

In my Birthday Greetings to you, I have mentioned 'it must be nice to be with Ramesh and Ujwala on your Birthday". Of course, it is true that it will be nice to be with them but that is not what I meant to say; age is playing tricks and everybody knows that I keep calling or mentioning the wrong names all the time.
-Ramakrishnan.

Happy Birthday RAM

Mythili periamma and I send you our asirvadams and best wishes on your birthday. We wish you many many more Happy Returns of the day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
Mythili periamma and chandru periappa

Happy Birthday RAM

Mythili periamma and I send you our asirvadams and best wishes on your birthday. We wish you many many more Happy Returns of the day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
Mythili periamma and chandru periappa

Happy Wedding Anniversary Jayashankar Priya

Mythili athai and I send you our best wishes on your wedding anniversary day. We wish you many many more Happy Returns of the Day. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY.
Mythili athai and chandru

Mythili's Birthday

Mythili,

I am late but wishyou many happy returns. It must have been nice to be with Ramesh and Ujwala for the Birthday. How did you spend it ? Lot of Ice Creams, cakes ?

-Ramakrishnan.

Birthday Greetings to Prasad

Happy Birthday to you Prasad. Mythili athai and I send you our best wishes on your birthday. We wish you Many Many More Happy Returns of the Day. With asirvadams
chandru mama and Mythili athai

Wedding Anniversary Greetings for Jayaram & Vimala

Mythili and I send Vimala and Jayaraman our best wishes on their wedding anniversary which fell on 5th May. Though belated, we wish them all the very best and wish many many more Happy Returns of the Day.
mythili and chandru

Birthdays

Yesterday, April 8, was Mythili's birthday. Here's wishing her many happy returns. Tomorrow, April 10, willbe Prasad's birthday. All the best to him and many happy returns.
No chance of posting any photos, sitting here in Dhaka. We are having a totally relaxed holiday, with practicallynothing to do. A week - one-third - of the vacation is over today.
Jayaraman

Thank you!

Thank you all in the PSC Family for your good wishes. Gayathri, I shall see the link you sent and then respond. This computer was hooked up only a couple of hours ago, hence the delay.

Ramakrishna, hope your tummy is better. I too had a spot of bother after coming here, perhaps due to something I ate outside but I am almost normal now. I have sent you (and Chandru) a mail today and am lookinmg forward to your reply.
Jayaraman

Happy Anniversary

Wishing Chitti & Chittappa a Very Happy Wedding Anniversary!
Chittappa, you should add this date too on the blog sideboard.
I thought of you yesterday while reading an article in The Hindu Sunday Literary Review supplement. WORDSPEAK by Anand had this about Mondegreen- I think you will be able to access this on the paper's website. I have emailed the article to your id, please let me know if you got it, then I'll know if I did it right!
I think your version of Sri Matrubhootam and Sri Dharma Sastaram are the best 'Mondegreens' I have ever heard!!!!
Gayathri

J & V WA

Jayaram,

Saradam and I wishyou a very happy wedding anniversary at Dhaka and many happy returns.
It must be nice to be with the children (I mean Ramesh and Ujwala) for the occasion. Hope Vimala's pains are under control.
I am having a very upset tummy last nine days and today is the last day of antibiotics etc. Hope the pain will go tonight. I think the problem started with the Chukku Coffee I took on the last day of a yoga class week followed later by a Rishi's dinner made of entirely uncooked items like beetroot, cabbage, Aval and fruits. God knows what infection was there. The items had been brought by all the participants, each one item. I had taken sweet Aval.
I contacted one of the participants yesterday but nobody else seems to have had this tummy problem. But they all were much younger.
Bye. - Ramakeishnan.

Wishes

A belated happy birthday to cheenu athimbare.

Perippa/Perimma advance wishes for a very happy anniversary. Hope you have a great day in Dhaka. Do convey all our best wishes to Ramesh anna and Ujjwala manni.

'Celebrities' of May

There are several birthdays and two wedding anniversaries in May. I have listed them in the panel alongside and may have missed some. Here's wishing all of the 'celebrants' all the best and many happy returns. From tomorrow afternoon for three weeks I shall be away from my computer and so will not be able to post any pictures. I hope some of the other members will fill in and post some nice pictures.
Vimala and I will celebrate our own wedding anniversary on 5 May in Dhaka, in the company of Ujwala and Ramesh.
Jayaraman

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to NGS on his birthday, 29 April. Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

Hi

Hi all!
I have been checking this site regularly, but did not post any mail for quite a long time. April was hectic with rehearsals. The pgms went off hmmmmmmmmmmmm--ok, could have been better!
So here's our Wishes for the anniversary & Birthday Celebrators:
Rukku athai-Athimber, Mythili athai-Mama, Srikanth-Vidya;
Ramesh, Ketan, Papa athai, Divya, & Cheenu athimber in advance!
I got back from visakhapatnam this morning. After last Monday's pgm my voice had turned hoarse, & I did not recover well enough for this pgm. Still, we managed because I was not singing alone. All the local people praised us for our flawless Telugu diction (so they said!)we also got the blessings of Nedunuri who said we should keep singing every chance we get- that means he approves of our understanding of his music!
No photos this time - we lost our camera after the Monday pgm, boohoo. S is not able to remember if he gave it to someone, or whether it just slipped from his hand & fell somewhere.
Thanks everyone for your wishes!
Gayathri

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to Divya on her birthday, 26 April. Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

Wishes

I seem to have missed quite a few anniversaries. Belated wishes to athais/athimbers, akkas/athimbers.

Akila,Mohan,Vaishnavi

Photos/Wedding anniversary

Today Srikkanth and Vidya celebrate their wedding anniversary. Best wishes to them. No photos with me in digital form.
Re. Ramakrishnan's post. It would be nice if we could build up a good album of photos of the entire family, with quality pictures. I shall start one with a few photos and make a web album open to all members, so that they can add to the collection, for anyone to use at any time.
Any ideas from any one?

Jayaraman

Vichu's Photo

Jayaram,
I suppose I must have the photo (of Vichu) in a digital camera to ba able to post it. Am I right. I do not have such a one now. I shall ask Sowmya/Varshaya to send it to you. I wonder if Varshaya will see this but I will send her a separate mail.
Right now I am listening to a beautiful Shanmugapriya by Nedanuri Krishnamurthy.
-Ramakrishnan.

Happy birthday, Papa!

Best wishes to Papa on her birthdy, 22 April. Many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

Wedding anniversary

Best wishes to Sowmya and Vichu on their wedding anniversary today. Many happy returns!

(Ramakrishna, if you have a good photo of Vichu and Sowmya, can you please post it?)

Jayaraman

New and illeterate?

To answer Ramakrishnan's query. To add a comment on any post, you simply click on 'comment' below the post and proceed from there. But comments made on old posts (and even new ones) could be overlooked, as they open only when clicked on. So the best thing is to make a new post, referring to the item comments on and giving its heading and date for easy tracking. Please see the earlier posts on this topic under the label 'comments vis-a-vis posts',

Jayaraman

I am rather new and illiterate

I have just got the ingternet connection and hope to look into the blog site more regularly now. Will somebody tell me how to add comments to some earlier item.

-Ramakrishnan

Happy wedding anniversary!

Best wishes to Mythili and Chandru on their wedding anniversary today. Many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

Thought for the day

True devotion consists in offering all your thoughts and actions to God and yearning for His grace. Devotion confined to a brief spell in the Pooja room (shrine room) or temple is not true devotion. During that time, devotion seems to swell within you and you feel at peace but, once outside, the peace is lost and anger takes its place. This cannot be called devotion. Bhakti (Devotion) has been described as a state of non-separation from God. Regardless of time, space or circumstance, one should feel closeness to God – that is Bhakti. True devotion transcends the limitations imposed by one’s daily routines and the obligations of life.

- BABA

Wishes

Wishing a very very happy birthday to Ketan and Ramesh athimber

Birthdays

It is Ketan's birthday today. Ramesh (Vidya) celebrated his birthday on 13 April. Best wishes to them both. I have had to keep away from the computer for nearly the whole of two days, as a new AC was being fitted yesterday and today the flat was swarming with painters who were painting the grillwork. All the best to the birthday celebrants!

Fact for the day

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue

Best Wishes to Rukku and Narayanan

Mythili and I send you our best wishes on your Wedding Anniversary (delayed a bit). We wish you both Many Many More Happy Returns of the Day. We wish you Happyness, Health and Long Life.
Mythili, Chandru

Fact for the day

This may be difficult to believe, but Coca Cola was four annas (25 p.) a bottle when I first went to Delhi in 1957. Pepsi Cola was five annas. Today, I bought one podalanga (snake gourd) for a little over 32 rupees.

Fact for the day

This day - 10 April - in 2001, the Netherlands approved a bill legalising euthanasia. Also this day in 1938, the Austrians, in a sham plebiscite, approved the Anschluss (the unification of Austria with Germany).

Best wishes

Best wishes to Rukku and KN on their wedding anniversary, 9 April.

Fact for the day

Hi, I thought something like a "Fact" for the day could help the blog. So here is the first one. Am sure many of us might have read/heard of these.

Coca-Cola was originally green.