Happy birthday!

Happy birthday, Papa. Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

TEDxMumbai - Dhanashree Pandit-Rai - 04/03/10

Indian music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXnV5HzS7nA

Do watch the video clip posted above. Dhanashri Pandit Rai holds you captivated.

Jayaraman

Wedding anniversary

Best wishes to Mythili and Chandru on their wedding anniversary today, 18 April.
Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

From Ramu

1. Birthday wishes and many happy returns to Ramesh and Kiran.
2. Janga manni`s habbit was to talk to the picture of Lord Krishna in the "saappaadu koodam" for atleast ten minutes, as soon as she gets up in the morning. I do not know who is having that Picture now. I saw Papa also doing that . I feel it is a very good habbit and I am sure God will be hearing everything.
3. One of Vaishnavi`s friend ( 5 years old ) asked a lady ( of 29 years ) with a child in her hands:
" Auntie. Is this a boy or girl".
" This is a boy".
" Auntie. This boy looks just like my father. Is it not?..... Is it not auntie........."
The auntie slowly walked off.
Ramu

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to Ketan on his birthday, 15th April. Many happy returns. Kumar, if you ssee this, could you please send me recent snapshots of Kiran, Ketan, Kristin and yourself? As I had told you on an earlier occasion, the pictures sent by your earlier (when your dad and mom were visiting you) do not open any more. And, in any case, they are also dated now!

Talking of speaking to people on the TV screen (as Vaishnavi does) reminds me of what Jangamanni used to do. She would speak to the gods in the pictures hung at home. I am sure God heard her and brought her some peace of mind when she was troubled.

Power shutdowns

Chennai residents are lucky in the matter of power supply. For us in Thondamuthur, 9 to 5 shutdown once a month is a regular event. Daily there is a scheduled shutdown for three hours, and unscheduled for any length of time. In Brindavan we have been advised not to use the AC between 9.30 and 11.30 p.m. to avoid blowouts in the transformer. We have been assured that this will be set right within a week with an additional distribution board. This is tough in the oppressive weather.

2. Ketan's birthday is April 15, not 14.

3. Thanks for all the wedding anniversary good wishes

KN

Kids!!!

Just thought I'd share something very funny that Vaishnavi did recently:

Vaishnavi loves to watch Airtel Supersinger junior that comes in Vijay TV. And one the participants - Srikanth is her favourite. One day, he apparently won Rs. 1 Lakh. In the next episode the regular judges were back (Singers Mano, Chitra and Shuba). They were not the judges when this boy won the amount. So, Vaishnavi was extremely thrilled to see them back. It seems she was happily talking to Mano and saying "Mano uncle, do you know, Srikanth won 1 lakh yesterday"!!!! Mohan was puzzled what she was doing and then realized that she thinks people who come in TV can see us and can hear us!!!

Happy birthday!

Birthday greetings to Ramesh (13 April). Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

From Ramu

1. Best wishes to KN and Rukku on their wedding day. Many happy returns of the day.
2. There was a power cut yesterday 09th April in our area, from 09 AM to 06.30 PM. I was very happy that it was an oppartunity for me to remember our Texts " Be satisfied with what you have. Look at those who do not have even that .........". I was thinking of the people in Coimbatore and Trichy who have 4 hours power cut daily. I was also remembering our Mannargudi thaathaa who used to have a hand-fan always.
Ramu

Happy anniversary!

Best wishes on your wedding anniversary (9th April). Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

FROM RAMU

Gayathri, yes. It is quite a tricky and difficult situation for your Prayas, medical centre now, in view of the( expired and spurious )drugs scam. It is really sad to note how poor people are affected now!! Even the wealthy, what will they do if the medicines are spurious!! I feel the news paper reports are only limited and there are so many things in this issue, not coming to open. Only God can help us!!
Ramu

Yes -its steaming hot here - we are swimming in our own pool (of sweat).
Seems to be cataract time in the family now - today we had an appointment at Shankara Nethralaya for S - both his eyes show beginning signs of cataract!
We mainly went to consult about his in growing eyelashes & recurring eye infection - the lashes have to be corrected surgically. The lash specialist will see him tomorrow & tell us what & when.
The recent expired medicine scam has put our med centre in a spot & we have stopped giving free medicines to the poor. We have been holding a series of meetings as to how we can handle this if an inspection takes place. We are above board, but we never know how the authorities will choose to harass us. In fact we have a meeting of the Trustees tomorrow with the legal dept people at the office.
Our once buzzing med centre looks forlorn as few patients turn up now, as they can't afford to buy medicines that are prescribed. We are hopiong this phase will pass & we are able to get back to srious good work.
Gayathri

From Ramu

Jayaramanna, wish you a speedy recovery.
It is very hot in Chennai . The heat increases year after year. How we are going to manage the April, May , June, July!!!!!!!
Ramu

Cataract

Today Rukku and I went to the Sankara Eye Centre for post-operative review and all was said to be well. The doc asked me when I would like to get the second eye done and I said after some time. But then he said it would not be advisable for me to wear the old lens for the unoperated eye when going out. So I decided to get the surgery for the second eye also done with. It will be tomorrow.

Jayaraman

From Ramu

1. Vaishnavi`s school Annual Day functions ( her convocation etc) were better than last years but need much improvement. To limit the crowd, the function was split to two days and Vaishnavi`s was on the first day.
2. Our K.Nagar house was shown in SUN News, sometime back, in connection with the court case against that doctor of Thiruvangur Vaidyasalai.
Ramu

Cataract/graduation

Akila, from what your father told me earlier, the graduation ceremony must have been quite an experience. Was there a valedictorian as well? It is quite likely that soon we will have freshmen, sophomores etc. in our schools. Schools will be called colleges and vice versa. Vive les Etats Unis!

To extract part of a video. I have no clue but a suggestion. Make a copy and cut out the unwanted part.

Cataract - the surgery was painless and short. But the post-operative restrictions have made life more than a little difficult. Tomorrow Rukku and I will see the surgeon for a review and possibly prescript ions for new glasses.

Cataract also means a succession of steep waterfalls within a river. The word is derived from a Greek word meaning 'waterfall'.

KG Graduate(?)!!

Ever heard of a KG graduate?? Well, now Vaishnavi is a graduate in KG!! She had her "Convocation" yesterday and also her annual day. She also participated in a dance.

Here is the graduate

That's her collecting the certificate, unfortunately she's not facing us. This is her in her costume right after her dance. Will try to upload a video of her dance once I am able to extract just her portion from the bigger one.

Perippa, any idea how to extract a small part from a long video?

Cataract! Hope it was easy & chittappa & athai are both doing fine now. When was it? My orpadi Vasantha manni had hers yesterday & I went & saw her today. She looked "cooool" with the dark glasses!

My concert at Chembur went off well - thank God! Rajiv on the mridangam & Harish on the harmonium, Nachiket on the tabla, & Aishwarya doing the ching-chak & refrains were real darlings, which made me so comfortable, I could sing freely & relaxed. I felt really satisfied after a pgm in a long while!

Will be back in Madras on Friday night.
Hare Ram
Gayathri

From Ramu

1. I also went to see the Project work at Vaishnavi`s school. There were many KG students in that room and many visitors too. That kid in Krishna`s costume beside Vaishnavi, teased her and Vaishnavi shouted, " thatha, paaru thatha, ivan ennai adikkiraan"!
2. Hope Jayaramanna and Rukku are progressing well after their cataract surgery.
Ramu

Am still around

I can't believe that I've not checked the blog this whole month!!! Belated wishes to everybody.

Vaishnavi took part in a school project this month. The overall topic was how education imparts value to our daily life. The sub-topic for KG students was A-M of Life skills.

Vaishnavi's team spoke on alphabet "G" and she spoke about God.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MALA

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mala.

From Ramu

I attended the marriage of Appalai`s second daughter today ( 19 March) in a mandapam near Guindy Race Cource. Mani, Bhuvana manni and Sundar were there. I was happy to see Rukmani manni ( Chuppuni`s wife), Rukku, Jayaraman`s wife, Kalyanam, Gopu, Kannan, Parvathi, etc.
Mani was telling me , after Jayaramanna`s marriage was over in Kumbakonam, Ramakrishnan found a pair of new chappal left behind by someone. So, Ramki brought it to Chennai. When there was a return dinner at Chennai, that someone had come for dinner and said he missed his brand new chappal in the marriage. Then Ramki showed that chappal and the owner was very happy to get it back.
Ramu

From Ramu

1. Best wishes to Arvind ( sorry, I am late) .Many happy returns of the day,Arvind.
2. The get-together at Ashok`s house for Thambi anna`s earlier birthday, was on 12th March 2009. I remember well because we were shifting house at 7 AM on 13th March 2009 and so none of us could attend.
3. We had a good trip to Kumbakonam temples and had good dharshan in many temples.
Ramu

Birthday greetings

Best wishes to Arvind on his birthday on 17th March. Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

Happy birthday!

The Family extends its very best wises to Thambi who had his birthday yesterday and wishes him many happy returns. It is nice to recall now the very pleasant party that Ashok had organised on an earlier birthday of Thambi. Many of us were present, as can be seen from the picture above. Happy birthday, Thambi!

Happy birthday

 

 

Best wishes to Srilakshmi on her birthday, 5th March. And to Rajiv, 8th March.
Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

From Ramu

1. Happy Birthday, Rajiv. Wish you all the best and many happy returns of the day.
2. Sarada and I are going to Kumbakonam tomorrow by Rockfort Express .We will be there on 10th & 11th in ARK Hotel and visit mainly Uppiliappan Koil and some more temples. On 11th night, we will reach Srirangam by RF Express . We will be returning to Chennai on 14th by Vaigai Express.
Ramu

From Ramu

Best wishes to Ashok, Krishnakumar and Srilakshmi on their birthday. Many happy returns to them.
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday

 

Birthday greetings to Ashok (3rd March) and Krishnakumar (4th March). Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

From Ramu

When I was in 2nd or 3rd standard, there was a chapter on road rules.
Rule for crossing the road was = " Look to the right, look to the left, walk across when there is no vehicle".
The same rule in the year 2000 = " Look to the right, look to the left, walk across very fast seeing all around you to escape ".
The rule now = " Stand at the point where you want to cross the road. Close your eyes and run. Thank God after crossing "!!!!
Ramu

Hi!
Thanks for the b'day wishes. I returned from Muscat on Feb 15, & Sowmya too arrived on the same day. We had two days of whirlwind shopping & tailor trips. It was really nice that we could meet many of our family at Koushik's grihapravesam.
Sowmya went to KVP to be with appa mainly. She said she also met Lalitha athai-athimber there. She caught a cold, fever there unfortunately. She returned to Madras yesterday & is leaving tonight. Following up with the tailors was a pain, but due to Akila's foresight, we had given them an earlier date, so we managed to get all the stitched clothes in time!
I am getting back to my Prayas activities, and also preparing for my Bombay concert in March.
Hare Ram
Gayathri

From Ramu

Somehow, my routine of seeing e-mail/blog in the mornings, has not taken place these days.I feel bad that we did not convey our best wishes to birthday babies of this month. I will try and get back to that routine.
Ramu

Birthday Greetings

Greetings to Gayatri on her birthday today, 21 February. Many happy returns! I got her photo from my web albums, which I forgot about yesterday. So I have added pictures of Rukku and Sukanya, birthday babies of yesterday!

Birthday Greetings

Best wishes to Rukku and Sukanya on their birthdaya, 20th February. Vimala and I wish them many happy returns.

I type this in Chennai where I am on a brief visit. So no access to my photographs!

On the 17th February, we were at Koushik's new apartment which had its grahapravesam that morning. It is a nice, well-planned apartment and I hope some day soon Koushik and Aishwarya will be able to live there and enjoy being in their own gruha. There was a nice gathering, including Pratima, Sobha, Gayathri, Sundaresan and - surprise! - Sowmya. Had a pleasant time followed by a good lunch.

Jayaraman

Hello there..

Just dropped in to do a rain check and say Hello. Hope everybody's doing good. I do check the blog at times to get updates.

I am working in European timing again (that's 2pm - 10pm IST) and get back home only by about 11.30pm. By that time Vaishnavi is fast asleep. Before when I was in shift, I could be back home by about 10.30 max, so it was not so bad. Now with all the cost cutting etc, I get the cab only by about 10.30 to pick me up. So, right now am just getting used to this routine all over again.

Greetings

Best wishes to Karthik and Sukanya on their wedding anniversary today, 10th February. Many happy returns!


vimala and Jayaraman

Thanks

Thank you, Jayaramanna, for the birthday wishes. This year, my english & tamil dates were same, which happens every 19 years.
Thank you.
Sarada

Happy birthday!

 

Happy birthday, Ujwala!
Vimala and Jayaraman
7th February

Happy birthday, Sarada

 

Best wishes, Sarada, on your birthday. Many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

From Ramu

I also noted tha passing away of Sri.S.Rajam. My mind went to K.Nagar days. He used to go that way daily in a open model Lambretta scooter.I never new his talents for a long time and when I came to know, I really was surprised, how a simple man he was! I also think about Gayathri, who was in touch with him for a long time. I do not know how she feels.
Ramu

Happy birthday!

 

S. Rajam

Shri Rajam was a great man - simple, unassuming, kind and helpful. I knew him from 1987 when I returned from Delhi and got associated with Sruti. I shall remember the many hours spent with him discussing articles for Sruti etc.

The collage above shows Rajam wirh Ramya at Ramya's wedding and a couple of snaps taken in his ouse when Vimala and I visited him.

The Hindunoted his passing in its issue of the 30th January 2010 (see copy below).

"Musician S. Rajam passes away
Special Correspondent
CHENNAI: Senior musician S. Rajam, who drew the commonly recognised portraits of the Carnatic Trintiy, died here on Friday. He was 91 and is survived by two sons and two daughters.
Rajam was the elder brother of S. Balachandar, renowned veena player. Musician, teacher and an artist, it was Rajam who popularised the compositions of Koteeswara Iyer, who composed a song in each of 72 ‘melakartha ragas.’
He also promoted vivadhi ragas and popularised kshetra keerthanas. He had also acted in three films.
He was closely associated with the Music Academy and was a member of the expert committee. A recipient of Sangeetha Nataka Academy award, he was also conferred the Sangita Kalaacharya award of the Academy."

Jayaraman

Happy Birthday , Priya

All the best to Priya on her birthday today 30 Jan. Happy birthday,Priya.
Many Happy Returns of the day.
Ramu

Happy birthday

 

29 January

Best wishes to Ravi

Best wishes to Ravi who will be celebrating his birthday on 29 Jan. Ravi, all the best and many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

From Ramu

1. Gayathri, all the best to you for the Karpagam Gardens concert. And have a nice trip to Muscat. It will be really nice to visit a place where you have lived for a long time. We could not attend Ramya`s programme and will not be able to attend K.Gardens concert also.
2. I am unable to activate the songs, Jayaramanna. I will ask Koushik and do it tonight. I am sure I will like only Aruna Sairam`s.
Ramu

Bon voyage, Gayatri

Gayatri, you are leading a busy life indeed! Best wishes for you Karpagam Gardens concert. And have a fine trip to Muscat. How long will you be spending there? Look forward to your impressions on rediscovering Oman!

Jayaraman

Hi! Our Yatra to temples in Karnataka was more tiring than our previous trips, but still worth it as we had good darshan at all places. The main problem was the bad roads that took us longer to reach places, and also made our bones take a beating.
My stomach is still in a twirl - I will have to read Akila's recipes after a day or two when my taste buds start working again!
I will be singing in Karpagam Gardens the day after tomorrow. I prepared a new set of MS songs with 'Sruti' Janaki's commentary. But this morning we decided to go back to our original set of bhajans since this new set did not lend itself to any single strand linking them together; somehow the script was not working out meaningful.
I will be leaving for Bombay on 29th morning, S will join us the next day. After seeing off Ramya, we both will visit our sambandhis in Muscat. I am quite excited about seeing the place after two decades!
Hare Ram
Gayathri

Vishamakkara Kannan

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Two versions of "Vishamakkara Kannan" - by Sudha Raghunathan and Aruna Sairam. Which do you like more?

From Ramu

Our Tata Indicom telephone has been giving trouble of late. Some people complain that they do not get our line. We are trying to change our instrument. We also have Airtel landline - 4201 6064.
Ramu

Wishes and some baking news

A very very happy anniversary to perippa and perimma and many many more.

That ad was just too good perippa. lol.

Right now as I am typing out this post, am baking some cookies for the week's snacks. I found this real yumm and simple basic cookies recipe here http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/607380. I made some slight modification to it and tried a few variations. First time, i made them as suggested, then added some mixed fruit jam at the center. Now, instead of adding maida completely, I included some ragi flour too. And it has come out amazingly well. I want to try savoury biscuits next, with omam, pepper etc. Will let you know how they turned out.

Best wishes

 

20th January was Ramakrishnan/Saradam's wedding anniversary. I missed posting our good wishes on time. Here's wishing them all the best and many happy returns!

Jayaraman

The auction

The Auction !
.A Chinese Ming vase is up for auction. The bidding
opens at half a million Euros. Bidding is brisk and
each bidder is clearly identified as each raises the bid by 100,000 Euros.

Within seconds, the bid stalls at one million Euros, and
the gasp from the crowd indicates the excitement that prevails in the
room. The successful bidder is the last one who bid one million, and
the auctioneer counts down the bid,

"Going once, going twice, and sold to the gentleman
sitting in front of me for one million Euros."

Now, you are going to have to see the video
for yourself. The auctioneer
is exuberant. The pace is fast. The conclusion?
WATCH

Kittu

The news of Kittu's passing is very saddening. As Ramakrishnan says, we had his pleasant company in Vellore. Even then he used to get filarial fever now and then but remained cheerful and friendly. A simple soul with a lot of affection for us all. We will all miss him.

Jayaraman

MANNARGUDI KITTU

Kittu has passed away. He was our uncle Ramamurthi Mama's son about Jayaraman's age or slightly younger. When Appa was sub-judge in Vellore Kittu stayed with us and went to school with us for some years. We had a very good time with one more person in the house to play with. He was a lively person and even when I met him many years later when he was suffering from arthritis and filariasis he used to present a smiling face.

-Ramakrishnan.

-

KITTU PASSED AWAY

Kalyanam ( Thambaram ) informed that Kittu passed away in Bangalore on Wednesday 20 Jan.
Our heartfelt condolences to his family.
Ramu

From Ramu

1. Best wishes to Ramakrishnan Saradam manni ( wedding day 20 Jan) and to Mani ( birthday 22 Jan). Wishing them good health and peace. Many happy returns of the day.
2. Quite sometime since I checked my mail. The computer had gone for repair .
3. Nothing special from our side. Sarada and I plan to go to Cbe just for two days on 06 & 07 Jan, to see Ramakrishnan.
Ramu

Happy birthday!

 

Best wishes, Mani. Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

Happy birthday!

Vimala and Jayaraman

Sorry to inform late - Nameeta's birthday falls on Jan 10.
Gayathri

PONGAL PAANAI

Nice to see Brindavan seniors celebrating Koottu-pongal!

On my first Pongal after marriage, Jangamma wrote a letter explaining how I should go about keeping the Pongal paanai. She says: apply arisi maavu on the sides of the vengala paanai (so that it doesn't become black from the fire), apply chandan-kumkum, tie the manjal & inji kothu-s at the neck, pour milk-&-water in the paanai & heat; when the milk boils & rises, she says, my husband and bro-in-law Viswanathan should be there with me, and we should all three cry out in unison "pongal-o-pongal" !
She goes on to give the recipe for sakkarai pongal. And then wonders how I will do all this with my "kunju kai"!!!!

With pressure cooker convenience, we do not even think of the traditional method now. Possibly the next gen uses microwave? As long as the end result is mouth watering, ghee dripping sakkarai pongal, does it matter?!!

The solar eclipse is at its peak as I write this. On Ponnakka's advice, we had some venpongal at about 8.30am & after 3.15, will bathe & have idlis. I have also made my super-salad.
I am leaving on a week's yatra tonight - Karnataka this time, covering TalaKaveri, Udipi, Dharmasthala, Sringeri and many more.
Hare Ram
Gayathri

Pongal

It is nice to see Ramakrishnan's post. Here in Brindavan, Pongal was celebrated with a special lunch (sakkarai pongaal, prasadam of ven pongal, kari, kootu, pachadi, vadai and curd). In the evening there was a patti manram (or paatti manram?) on whether it was the women or the men in Brindavan who were the happier lot. Vimala, Mythili and Rukkau attended but we men abstained.

Earlier, in the morning, the pongal panai was set up on ground in front of the dining hall and many of those present put in a little rice - a custom new to me. (See the two pictures above.)

Rajani is coming tomorrow morning on a brief visit.

HAPPY PONGAL

Hi all,
Wish you all a happy Pongal and also Happy New Year - I am referring to 1st Jan and not theNew Pongal New Year Day created by politicians. I do not think they are competent to decide such things though if I remember right, our High Court said they can. In the TV channels, some channels like Kalignar and Raj referred to the 1st of Thai as Nw Year Day when announcing their special programs for the holiday but most other channels said only Pongal Vizhavai Munnittu.

Here, in this house , Pongal means freedom from the early morning noise that the next-door temple has been making all Maargazhi in the name of Devotional chanting. An old man ws given the mike and every line was repeated by a group including many children and each had his/her own sruti which again changed from line to line. When I was just back from the hospital, this was really torture in the early morning.

Coimbatore is getting warm already, marching towards its early summer.

-Ramakrishnan.

Kumar and Mala

Picture of Kumar and Mala, taken a couple of days ago. Thank you, Mala for this and the other nice photographs.

Jayaraman

2010!

My New Year Wishes come in more belated than Akila's!!
From the time I returned from Coimbatore, it has been a whirlwind here with Ramya and her rehearsals & programs! It was exciting of course, but also quite taxing!
It was great that Rukku athai & Athimber managed to squeeze in Ramya's dance pgm, Indu also came, though I could not meet her after the pgm. Vidya Ramesh came, & she came for our Bhakta Sakha at Krishna Gana Sabha too on 7th. Vijaya perima & Pappi came. TMS family was present in full strength, as a good number of my friends.
Ramya did well, but we always feel that it could have been better - her main weakness being lack of stamina. As for me, as usual I was tense about my voice, which did give up at a few places. If I want to continue performing, I have to seriously work on proper use of my voice. But I have started feeling "Enough, I don't want this tension".
I am sure God will show me the way :)
Once again, With Hearty Wishes for a Wonderful Year
And for this family blog to flourish,
Hare ram
Gayathri

Anwesha - Bhor Bhaye - Star VOI Chhote Ustaad 2008

A fine performance

Continue this blog

I agree with Akila that this blog should continue though active participation is from a few only. We do not know how many others keep seeing it without posting anything. I think Jayaram should now send one more mail to all the PSC family who have email requesting them to join in and participate and as akila says, post at least one item every month. Recently I have not seen any posting from Gayathri, Ramya, Varshaya who used to come in. Also Indu. Ramaa said some time ago that she is going to participate regularly but has not kept her promise. Everyone can just post once a month giving routine news of what is happening in their family just to keep in touch.

I am recovering from my coronary bypass surgery though I am still at times feeling weak. It will be at least a month before I am back to normal.

N.G.Srinivas, Lux and Aparna have gone to Jhansi (where Kartik is) and will also go to Delhi later to Lalitha's house. From there to Hyderabad, Shirdi and back to Kovaipudur.

Well, I shall close by wishing everybody a happy New Year, already nine days old.

-Ramakrishnan.

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to Meghna on her birthday, 8 January. Here she is seen with her sister and grandparents.

Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

As usual, belated

I am as usual late in wishing everybody a very very Happy, peaceful, joyous 2010.

Talking about resolutions, yes perippa, neither have I ever believed in making any. But, this year, should we all collectively, as a family resolve that we will keep in touch?? This blog is such a lovely medium to do so. We all know that there are silent followers to the blog. But why be silent!!! Can't we just make one post per month to say hello!! I am sure we can squeeze that into our schedule!! Please please let us all keep in touch.

The New Year etc.

2010 is five days old now. Years come and go and I think there is not much enthusiasm in celebrating this event nowadays. I wonder if any of us made any resolutions. i did not. In fact, I have hardly ever made any new year resolution - possibly because these are almost meaningless.

Much has happened in the past month. Ramakrishnan had a heart by pass surgery on 12th December and, by God's grace, is recovering normally. Chandru/Mythili returned from Singapore. We had brief visits by Hari and family, Krishnakumar and family and Priya, Prashanth and Shruti. Brindavan celebrated the new year with much fun and some special food.

And our family blog languishes, with hardly any participation. Is it time to pull the plug?

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