Wishes/Updates

Wishing Anu akka/Rajan a very happy anniversary and many more.

Just 3 more days to go for diwali :) I guess preparations would be in full swing at everybody's houses. Hope to post some pics of the sweets we made later on for e-sharing. Let's pray they turn out edible, haha.

Greetings

Best wishes to Anu and Rajan on their wedding anniversary today.  Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

Joke

Joke for the day

(When you are under oath you have to tell the truth) In a trial, a small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, an elderly grandmother to the stand. He approached her and asked; " Mrs.. Jones, do you know me?"

  
She responded, "Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I've known you since you were a young boy, and frankly, you're a big disappointment to me. 
  
You lie, cheat on your wife, manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you're a big shot when you haven't the brains to realize you never will amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. 
  
Yes, I know you." 
  
The lawyer was stunned! Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and asked, " Mrs.. Jones, do you know the defense attorney?" 
  
She again replied, "Why, yes, I do. I've known Mr. Bradley since he was a youngster. He's lazy, bigoted, and has a drinking problem. He can't build a normal relationship with anyone and his law practice is one of the worst in the state. Not to mention he cheated on his wife with three different women. 
  
One of them was your wife. Yes I know him." 
  
The defense attorney almost died. 
  

The judge asked both lawyers to approach the bench and in a quiet voice said: "If either of you rascals asks her if she knows me, I'll send you to the electric chair ."

Labels: Humour

From Ramu

1. Thank you very much, Ramakrishnan. Wishing you all the same. I recall those K.Nagar diwali days. We ( me, Lux, Lalitha, Rama, Ashok) used wait eagerly for the diwali eve, with a basket each. You used to distribute the crackers to us. And you used to crack our "bombs" on diwali day. Appa used to sit in the verandah with iodex & burnol and supervise.
2. The laughing baby is really nice, Jayaramanna.
3. A joke from Times of India:
Teacher : George Washington not only chopped his father's cherry tree but admitted it also.
Now, Louie, do you know why his father did not punish him?"
Louie: Because he still had the axe in his hand".
Ramu

DEEPAVALI

WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY DEEPAVALI.

RAMAKRISHNAN.

Laughter

Do see this.



Jayaraman

From Ramu

1. Happy birthday, Kiran. Wish you all the best and many happy returns of the day.
2. A joke from Times Of India:
Wife: Darling, many years back you used to tell me that I had a figure lika a soft drink bottle.
Husband: It is the same now also, darling. Only change is it was then lika a 250 ml bottle but
now, like 3 ltrs. bottle.
Ramu

Greetings

                     Happy birthday, Kiran!
                     Vimala and Jayaraman

From Ramu

1. Best wishes to Sekhar (Rama) on his birthday . Many happy returns to him.
2. A new free scheme under proposal by our Government:
The marriage age of girls is 21. For those girls who complete 21, bridegrooms will be supplied free of cost ..........................hi hi hi.
Ramu

From Ramu

1. Ramakrishnan, yes, especially for ladies, no worry of cooking, it will be a nice change at Brindhavan.
2. A joke from Times Of India:
Wife: Looking at the mirror," I look old, wrinkled, and I am not pretty."
Husband: " Darling, you should be proud about your perfect eyesight".
Ramu

Ventriloquist

BRINDAVAN

I have read the postings to date and enjoyed Ramu's and Vaishnavi's jokes. Our week's stay in Brindavan is coming to a close. Papa and KT Ramani are coming here today before lunch so that we can all be together for a day. Tomorrow Saradam and i go home. We have enjoyed the week here, with nothing to do. In Kovaipudur we both have some work to do and so coming to Brindavan is a 'holiday' for us with brothers and sisters. Particularly for Saradam who does not have to think about cooking.

-Ramakrishnan.

Greetings

                             Happy birthday, Ramya!

From Ramu

1. Best wishes to Ramya on her birthday. Many happy returns of the day.
2. From the discourse of Tiruchi.Sri.Kalyanaraman, in Sankara TV:
A lady devotee, during her usual dharshan of Ranganathar , Srirangam, one day , prayed
that He should take her to Vaikundam very soon. Lord told her that He will send the "vimanam" the next day. After that the lady stopped going to the temple. Lord, after waiting for a couple of days, went to her house and asked her why she did not come to see Him . She said,
" on that day I was a little dejected and said that I want to go to vaikundam soon. You took it serious . I can not go now. My daughter has to get married, I should get a sweet grand-daughter and she also has to get married. How can I go now!!!!"
Ramu

Greetings

Hope you had a great birthday yesterday, Rajan.  Many happy returns! 

Vimala and Jayaraman

From Ramu

Best wishes to Rajan on his birthday, Chandru athimbare & Mythily must be getting a treat from him today. Many happy returns to him.

Ramu Sarada

From Ramu

Best wishes to Charu on her birthday. Many happy returns of the day.
Ramu Sarada

Greetings

Happy birthday, Charu.  Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

From Ramu

1.. A joke from Times of India:
Husband: I am very happy today, I want to celebrate & enjoy, so I have brought three
tickets for the movie.
Wife: Oh, very nice. But why three tickets?
Husband : For you and your parents.
Ramu

From Ramu

1. Ramakrishnan, very happy that you did abhishegam in Kutir. We never realised it was your 80th birthday this time; we were there just before that and we would have given a gift to you.
2. Have a nice time in Brindavan. We really liked and enjoyed our stay there.
Ramu Sarada

Joke

Thank you very much for your wishes on our anniversary.

I have been trying (mostly in vain) to make something for Vaishnavi's lunch box so that it comes back empty. I have observed that every time I give her rotis it comes back empty!!! How can I make rotis daily in the morning, SHUDDER!! So, I made idli and chutney about 2 days back. As the usual routine is, I called appa in the evening to find out how I had fared.
This was the conversation we had:
Me: Had she finished her lunch today?
Appa: Yes, she was so excited. First thing she told was she finished her lunch!! Tiffin box thodachu saaptaa inikku

Me (to Vaishnavi): Thodachu saaptiya?
Vaishnavi: Illa ma, naan pichu daan saapten. Thathakku onnume theriyala!!!

I was in office, but could not help but burst out laughing!!

BURTHDAYS,

Wishing a Happy Birthday to Skanda, Kiran, Sundaresan and everybody else having Birthday this month.

For my 80th Birthday (star birthday on 13th Oct) we had arranged an Abhishekam in the Sivan Kutil here - but it was postponed as our Siddhar Swami went out of station and was performed on 30th. Though I am unable to sit on the floor long, we attended the abhishekam fully and it was very satisfying. The abhishekam consisted of the usual puja to the kalasam first followed by the abhishekam with water, oil, seeyakkai, two kudams of milk, ghee, honey, curd, sandal paste, fruits, panchamirtham, vibuthi and milk. I wished I had taken my camera with me. The neivedyam was Sambar Saadham and curd rice and we used the prasaadam for our night meal.

The day after my star birthday we went to Pudukode village for the Navarathri celebrations as mentioned by Jayaraman earlier and it was a very enjoyable experience.

Saradam and I are going to spend a week in Brindavan with Jayaram and Narayanan.

-Ramakrishnan.

From Ramu

A former MLA, along with two friends, posed as IT officials and took away gold & cash from an elderly couple from their house ( Hindu 20/10 ). He was arrested and probably is in jail now.
How can he forget that he is no more a MLA and not eligible to do these things!!
Ramu

Greetings

Best wishes to Sundaresan on nis birthday today. Many happy returns!

From Ramu

1. Best wishes to Sundaresan on his 59th birthday today 19 Oct. Many happy returns of the day. Looking forward to his "sashtiabdapoorthi".
2. I got the free colour TV yesterday given by Tamil Nadu Govt. Our flat owners association had taken initiative and arranged this. Since last several days, TVs are distributed at Meenakshi College in Vembuliamman Koil Street, just opposite Vestas RRB factory. It was our turn yesterday and it took 3 1/2 hours in the que.
I first thought of not taking it but if I don`t, someone else will take it in my name. I am unable to understand the eligibility for the free TV!!!! Why we should be given free !!!! How much public money is spent?
Ramu

Greetings

 

 

Akila and Mohan celebrate their wedding anniversary today and Skanda his birthday. Our best wishes to them. Manhy happy returns.

PSC Family

Happy B'day

A very happy birthday to Ramakrishna perippa and Jayaram Perippa.

Sorry am late again. Though I did login to our blog, I left a comment on an older post, but forgot to post my wisehs :(

This year, I did not keep Golu as officially we do not have festivals (M's perimma passed away). Also, with the second shift, I would not do justice to the Golu if I did have. I'd not even be able to light the lamp in the evening.
Nevertheless, the festival spirit has definitely set in. I have to pass doraiswamy subway daily to board my company bus at 12.30. The crowd level has increased considerably (after a brief lull after the aadi sales) the last 3 days or so. So, devicing an alternate route till Diwali. All the same, the sight of the well-lit shops (when we are not in a hurry) definitely do give a "kick" ;)

Thank you

Thanks you all for your greetings and good wishes on my birthday yesterday. The day was special for me and Vimala: along with KN (whose initiative made it come about), Rukku, Ramakrishnan and Saradam, we visited Puthukode yesterday and spent the day there. The place was full of life and activity with the Navaratri celebrations. It was a memorable day.

Jayaraman

From Ramu

1. Best wishes to Jayaramanna on his birthday. Many happy returns of the day.
2. Our special wishes to Ramakrishnan on his 80th birthday. Wishing him many more happy and healthy years .
Ramu Sarada

HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY to Ramakrishnan

Mythili and I and everyone at Singapore send you our best wishes on your 80th birthday. We wish you many many more healthy, happy and peaceful years ahead. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

80th B'day

Today is Appa's 80th B'day -star. I went to Padmanabhaswamy temple and received the prasadam after abhishekam.
WE PRAY FOR HIS LONG, HEALTHY, PEACEFUL AND HAPPY LIFE.

Our "Happy Birthday" wishes to Anupama, Mohan,Lalitha athai, Vishak, Lux Athai, Jayaram Chittappa (sorry - belated).
So to compensate here's wishing in advance:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Skanda, my husband (heehee), Charu, Rajan, Ramya, Sekhar and Kiran.
And Anniversary wishes to Srikant-Vidya, Akila-Mohan. Wish you many more years of happy togetherness.
I will be giving a 1 1/2 hour concert at Velcaheri tomorrow - this is a last minute happening since the original team cancelled.
On Vijaya Dasami day, L&T-ECC is going to perform the Bhoomi Puja for a new medical centre for Prayas-ECC right opposite our present med centre. We are planning to run this on the lines of Andheri med centre and will bring in top specialists for the poor people in the locality free of cost or at very subsidised rates.
This year there is no kolu in our house - due to the passing away of TSS's second cousin brother.
Gayathri

How to link blog?

Thank you very much for your wishes and blessings Perippa.

Wishing Lux athai, Lalitha athai and Vishak a very happy birthday.

J Perippa, how do I link my blog to my facebook account? I've been trying to do it but not much help. Driving me nuts!!

From Ramu

1. Best wishes to Lux on her birthday on 12 Oct. Many happy returns.
2. Also, best wishes to Srikanth - Vidya on their wedding day
Ramu Sarada

From Ramu

1. Best wishes to Vishak on his birthday today, 10 Oct. Many happy returns to him.
We were happy to hear that Vishak is a very nice boy, helps his parents in house work and also cooks well. All the best to him.
2. Ramakrishnan, that place is called Vallikaavu and the last leg of the journey to reach is by boat.
Ramu Sarada

Akila - Mohan

Dear Akila and Mohan,

I find that both your birthdays and also your wedding anniversary come in October. My greetings to you (and Saradam joins me) for your Birthdays and WA and many happy returns. The visit to Vellakadu (Maa Amritamayi) must have been most satisfying to you both.

-Ramakrishnan.

From Ramu

1. Best wishes to Lalitha on her birthday today, 08 Oct. Many happy returns to her. We wish & pray that on this occasion that Ram should recover fast and become fully alright soon.
2. We were also out on a holiday to Coimbatore from 25 Sep till 04 Oct. Our stay in Brindavan was excellent but we missed Jayaramanna - manni and Chandru athimbare - Mythily. It was nice to see all the senior citizens ( both men & women ) very active, right from early morning till night.
Ramu Sarada

Greetings

Best wishes to Lalita on her birthday today. Many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

Thank you

Thank you perippa, for your wishes. I will convey them to Mohan.

Mohan, Vaishnavi and I had been to Vallikkavu for 3 days. We had a lovely, peaceful, energizing time there. I took the remaining week off and just chilled out. Well, it was more of getting some pending things done than chilling out.
V and I went to EA mall (the new mall in Chennai) during that period. We had a great time there too. As we went during a week day, it was empty and we were able to have a good time.
Pray that Thambi perippa gets well soon.

Back from Colombo

Anupama and Mohan had their birthdays on the 2nd and 5th October. Best wishes to them. And to Lalita who celebrates her birthday tomorrow, the 8th October.
Vimala and I had a good holiday in Sri Lanka. The absence from our HQ accounts for the delays in updating the blog etc.
We all hope and pray that Thambi will get better soon.

THAMBI

I had sent a forward to Ramaa and she replied in which she said Thambi knocked himself against something (he does not remember) and has been in pain. I telephoned her. She says that Thambi is walking about but turning in his bed etc is painful and Ashok thought that he could see his ribs moving. On examination, the doctor has said there could be a fracture which cannot be confirmed but anyway there is no treatment and it has to heal by itself and Thambi carries on with pain and painkillers.

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to Ramakrishnan, Kumar and Sekar on their birthday, 28th September. Many happy returns!

Birthday wishes also to Varsha, whose birthday it was yesterday, 27th September. Hope she had a great day!

Vimala and Jayaraman

Greetings

Today it is the birthday of Raju. Our best wishes to him. Hope he has a great day. Many happy returns!

Jayaraman

Greetings and so on

It was Anu's birthday on 19 Sepetember and Chandru's on 25 September. Here is wishing them a happy birthday and many happy returns.

Vimala and I have completed half of our sojourn in Sri Lanka. Having a good time. We went to Bentota and Galle and came back this afternoon. Greeat scenery, less and more disciplined traffic, practically no honking.

I do not have a computer here and use an I-Pad, so it is somewhat tough making posts in the blog. And, of course, no photo is possible till I return to Coimbatore.

Best wishes to all.

Jayaraman

Thanks Ramu for your greetings and best wishes on my birthday. We reached Singapore on the 18th in time to celebrate Anu's birthday on the 19th. We were staying with Anu till friday evening. We came to Hari's place then and will be here till the next week.
chandru

From Ramu

Best wishes to Chandru athimbare on his birthday 25 Sep. Many happy returns of the day.His birthday should be a nice one with Anu and Rajan.
Ramu Sarada

From Ramu

1. Jayaramanna & manni must have reached Colombo. Wishing them a very happy stay there.Best wishes to Ramesh & Ujwala.
2. Sincerely praying for a painless surgery for Ram. I am sure this time it will be smooth and Ram will not have much pain and recover fast.
Ramu

From Ramu

Best wishes to Anu on her birthday. Very many happy returns to her. This year`s birthday gift to her is the presence of PSR & Mythily in Singapore.
While saying this, I remember the excellent time we had in Singapore when Mohan Akila were there. Anu used to see us almost daily and she took us out in her Lexus. Nice time it was.
Ramu

From Ramu

Have a nice trip, Jayaramanna. Convey our best wishes to Ramesh & Ujwala.
Ramu

Rajini's speech

Off to Colombo

Vimala and I will be away in Colombo, visiting Ramesh and Ujwala, from 19 September to 3 OctobeSo I shall most probably be off the blog for the duration. My mobile phone will not be functioning in Sri Lanka. I can be contacted at Ramesh's residence: +94112506612.

Cheerio.

Jayaraman

Update from Kovaipudur

Best Wishes to Anu and Ramu for their Birthday.

Due to the demise of Charu's Kannan Anna, Vinayaka Chathurthi was subdued here though Saradam did make Modhakams and Vadai. Charu has left for Bombay yesterday and will be back on Saturday.

Vivek is going to have a nasal spray by a doctor in his school as a preventive of Swine Flu (approved by our family doctor here), at a concessional charge of Rs.200.

From Ramu

1. After M.Vaishnavi, it is Akila`s turn now to fall sick. She is having fever with body pain from yesterday.
2. I am sorry to know the sad demise of Charu`s Kannan anna.
3. The traffic in Mumbai must be really a nightmare to commute. I can not imagine how people drive two wheelers these days. I use my scooter only around the four roads around our flat. Driving even there needs skill now, with all four roads dug up and with full of slush.
Ramu

Pillaiyar Chaturthi

I don't know who sang the song - it is funny & interesting, and the singing is good with clarity. I will ask Vasanthi where she got the fwd from.

Rajiv, Nameeta & I went to Pune early yesterday for Ganesha Chaturthi. Rajiv performed the puja with Nameeta's thatha's instructions. We came back in the evening itself as Rajiv had to go for a recording this morning.
Performance anxiety has set in for the 16th pgm - more prayers for that!!

Yes, here too we have had some dispiriting news from many sides. Nameeta's mother is suffering pretty badly from sciatica. Undergoing some acupressure treatment. (Jay) Kanchana's mother came down with cold-cough-fever which developed into breathing difficulty. She has been in the ICU on ventilator for a week now, her left lung is badly infected, but all test results show negative. She is being given broad spectrum medicines, and has shown a slight improvement since yesterday, but still not completely out of danger.
Only one thing we can do with all sincerity - pray for their recovery.
On top of this came news of Charu's Kannan anna's demise. After class with Vamanan in Chembur this afternoon, I plan to go to Matunga to see Veni manni & Charu's mother and Subhashree.
Commuting in Bombay was always time consuming and tiring. it has become more of a nightmare now.

Hare Ram
Gayathri

Illness vaaram??

Am very glad to hear that Shankar anna is alright. All round I hear about elders and children falling sick. Now it's Vaishnavi's turn. She decided to fall sick yesterday. The temperature hit upto 103.2 just now. Have been sponging her to bring it down.
Our Ganesh Chaturthi this year was pretty subdued. Firstly, we officially do not have any festivals this year as M's perimma had passed away. And V's illness added to the spirit.

Jayashankar/Ganesh Chaturthi

Shankar recovered fairly quickly and the temperature came back to normal today. We are quite relieved. Priya has come and will go with Shankar to his apartment where she will stay for a week.

Thank you, Ramu, for your message. Hope everyone had a good festival today. Here at Brindavan, we got some modakams and appam this morning. Just now (4 to 6 p.m.) a musical feast is going on - a veena recital by Geetha Krishnamurthy.

Gayathri, sambandhi sappida mattaal is really funny. Who is the singer? Is it a traditional song sung at wedding lunches?

From Ramu

1. Ganesh Chathurthi best wishes. Special namaskarams to all elders on this occassion.
Ramu

From Ramu

1. I feel sad that Jayashankar had to be hospitalised with high fever. Hope he is recovering fast. Wish him speedy recovery.
2. Wishing PGS many happy returns of the day ( his birthday was 08th. I am late in wishing him).
Ramu

Wishes

Wishing a very happy anniversary to Papa athai and Lalitha athai. A very very happy birthday to Kumar anna and Shekhar anna.
I have been thinking a lot of Kumar anna lately. I read a book called "She's a jolly good fellow" by Sajitha Nair. This is about 2 girls who join the Indian army and how they are treated etc. The incidents are truly hilarious. But it set me thinking about Kumar anna and the military life.

Greetings

7th September was Srikkanth's birthday and 8th was PGS's. Greetings to them and we wish them many happy returns. I missed out on posting the greetings on time. Yesterday morning Vimala and I had to go to Jayashankar's home at short notice when we received information that Shankar had been hospitalised with high fever. Brought him home last evening. The fever continues, though at slightly lower temperatures. I am hoping that the antibiotic will take effect soon and the fever will come down by tomorrow. Priya is expected to arrive on Saturday morning.

Sakatapuram Swamigal

Thanks for the WA wishes.
And our wishes to Papa athai , Lalitha athai & athimbers.
I had special reason to remember Lalitha athai. On Sunday I went to Chembur and had darshan of Sakatapuram Swamigal. After the puja we went in a line to receive teertham. Seeing me he said "Lalitha daane?"!!!! This is the umpteenth time, hahha! I said I am her niece, & tried to say that he had come to our house in Madras last time - I don't think I succeeded in getting that across clearly :)
I am now fully in preparations for the pgm on 16th. Vamanan has so many things on his mind, we students are trying to do as much as we can to ease his tension.
Bombay rains makes itself felt even now, playing hide and seek. Pleasant weather, nice if you don't have to go out in the slush.
Rajiv is slowly recovering from his bout of cold, fever, but cough persists, paavam.
Had lunch with Meena perima on Monday. She is coming over with Leela akka & athimber for breakfast on Thursday.
That's news from here for now.
Hare Ram
Gayathri

Greetings

Wedding anniversary, 6th September - Papa/Ramani and Lalita/PGS

Congratulations and wish you many happy returns.

From Ramu

1. Best wishes to KTA - Papa & PGS - Lalitha on their wedding day on Sep. 09. Very many happy returns to them.
I do not remember much of Papa`s wedding.
For Lalitha`s wedding, I came from Faridabad with PCJ & Vimala manni The system of complete contract for marriage was not there at that time and so all of us were very busy arranging everything for the marriage. I was much interested in car driving then and was enjoying driving Thambi anna`s Herald for all marriage work. After the marriage and returning to Faridabad, it took a month for me to come out of the home sickness!
Ramu

Birthday

I missed KN's date of birth but his star birthday is tomorrow 1st Sept. We all wish him a happy birthday and many years of healthy happy life.

Ramakrishnan.

Greetings

Sundaresan and Gayathri

Wedding anniversary, 31 August

Many happy returns!

From Ramu

Our computer at home, has again failed and Koushik is giving it for repair. Do not know how long will it take. I am now typing this from a browsing centre, So I may not be able to check mail regularly for sometime.
Ramu

Greetings

Best wishes to Prasad and Charu on their wedding anniversary, 30th August.

Many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

Greetings

Best wishes to Hari and Uma on their wedding anniversary, 28th August.

Many happy returns.

Greetings

Birthday greetings to Rama Sekhar. I cannot find her photo in my laptop. Can someone send me one?

Greetings to Lakshmi and Jayaram on their wedding anniversary on 26th August.

Many happy returns.

From Ramu

Best wishes to Rama Sekar on her birthday. Many happy returns of the day.
It suddenly struck me. Vidya got the best gift of her birthday on Aug 14 this year, Ramesh arrived in Chennai, after winding up from Abudhabi.
Ramu

Greetings

Happy birthday, KN. Many happy returns!

To KN

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

The cake

Akila, The cake is pretty and the description mouthwatering. Wish you could send a piece through e-mail!

Jayaraman

Wedding

We (Vimala, Mythili, Chandru and I) went To Guruvayur yesterday (22nd August 2010) and attended the wedding of Karthik (grandson of Rukku and great-grandson of Gopala Mama) and Srila. After a fine lunch (with adai prathaman and chakka prathaman) and a short rest, had darshan of Guruvayoorappan before returning to Coimbatore.

Jayaraman

The b'day cake

A very happy anniversary to Arvind anna and Anu manni.

I have to definitely share Vaishnavi's b'day cake experience. We basically wanted a cinderella shaped cake. And this is what we got

That's her barbie in the middle around which the cake was made. The dress is icing too. Cutting the cake required some training and getting used to!! So, that's why the cake was an experience

Greetings

Arvind and Anupama
Wedding anniversary - 20th August

Best wishes from PSC Family

Thank you

Thank you very much for all your blessings and wishes.
Wishing Kumar anna and Mala manni a very very happy anniversary.

From Ramu

1. Best wishes to Arvind & Anu on their wedding day. Many happy returns of the day.
2. Yes, Gaythri. August, there are many wedding days & birthdays.
Janga manni also was born on 12 August and M.Vaishnavi too, 19 August.
Ramu

WA

Arvind and Anu,

Saradam and I wish you a very happy WEDDING ANNIVERSARY and many happy returns.

-Ramakrishnan.

Wishes

Wow! August seems to be teeming with birthdays and anniversaries! Let me also catch up and WISH EVERYONE A GREAT DAY AND A WONDERFUL YEAR!
As Appa said some time ago, I do see the posts and send wishes thru esp, but I guess I must say it too once in a way at least (sheepish grin)!
Gayathri

Greetings

Greetings to Kumar and Mala on their wedding anniversary and to Vaishnavi on her birthday, 19th August. Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

From Ramu

1. Best wishes to Maj.Gen.Kumar & Mala on their wedding day 19 Aug. Many many happy returns to them.
Ramu Sarada

GREETINGS

Mala and Kumar, we wish you a very happy wedding anniversary and many happy returns.

Akila, please convey to Vaishnavi our blessings and best wishes for a happy birthday and many happy returns.

Saradam and Ramakrishnan.

From Ramu

1. Many happy returns to Vidya and Vivek. All the best to them.
2. Very nice comments from Ramakrishnan, Gayathri and Akila on Meditation. I attended a week long course, Sudharshan Kriya, in 2007, conducted by Sri Sri Ravishankar's group. There they concentrate on breathing methods mostly and some meditation also. During Kriya practice and meditation, Sri Sri`s recorded thala (timing) and other messages used to be played. As Ramakrishnan says, He also says not to control any thoughts or feelings during meditation but be concious of it.
I feel I have not put in sincere efforts on this and I feel I should become more serious and practice more sincerely. Thanks.
Ramu

Happy birthday

Birthday greetings to Vidya (14th August) and Vivek (15th August). Many happy returns!

That sounds real nice Akila - Adi Sankara's Siva Manasa Puja does exactly that!
Hare Ram
Gayathri

Birthday

WISHING A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND MANY HAPPY RETURNS TO ARJUNA

-Ramakrishnan.

Wishes and Comments

A very happy birthday to Arjun, Shankar anna and Anand anna.

At Amma's ashram, meditation is taught in a slightly different way. It is called Manasa pooja and is very similar to what Ramakrishna Perippa says he does. Imagine your favourite God(dess) is sitting on a grand throne in front of you and do a Pada pooja, concentrating on each step we perform. Finally dress up our God and perform aarathi. If we are able to do this effortlessly, then slowly practicing meditation without concentrating on a form would become easy.

MIND CONTROL

I agree with Gayathri. I cannot say I do meditation but in the middle of the night when varied thoughts keep me awake, I try to keep some image before my eyes like the Siddhar Swami and repeat some short mantra like Om Namasivaya or Namo Narayanaya or Rama Rama and somehow this helps me to divert the mind away from the other thoughts and I go to sleep.

Long long ago I attended some lectures of Chinmayananda Swami and I did learn many things from him then being new to the subject and one of the things that stuck in my mind is: when you feel angry, jealous or something like that, do not try to fight it, just be conscious of it and gradually you will be able to overcome these tendencies. In my experience I have felt that becoming conscious of our negative thoughts will lead to overcoming them, at least to some extent. He called it CONSCIOUS AWARENESS.

-RAMAKRISHNAN.

Seeing Jangamma's picture......does something to me.........
Ramu C, may be you can try to hold this picture of Amma in your mind for a few moments?! I am not joking. When you try to meditate,to control your thoughts, the mind keeps running away as usual. But they say - don't try to suppress or control these thoughts, but WATCH the thoughts, be aware of it.
I think the easiest way is to just LET GO & put the onus on your God or Guru to show you the way and make you think, speak and do the right thing and ONLY the right thing!
Hare Ram
Gayathri

Mother's birthday

Namaskarams to Janga Manni on her birthday, August 12.

From Ramu

1. Wishing Jayashankar and Arjun , a very happy birthday. Many happy returns of the day.
2. Ramakrishnan, (KARMA) : I agree with you. I also was thinking same as you. But , whenever I try to do meditation or conciousely try to keep my mind only on God, my mind will start wandering faster than other times. Then I read that point in Deivathin Kural,........
3. FROM DEIVATHIN KURAL:
If a person is given a stick and asked to hold it for one hour, he may be able to do it without much effort. If the same person is asked to hold his mind for some minutes on God, he will find it difficult. A mad person is looked in a funny way by everyone. But God looks all of us as mad only until we are able to control our mind.

BIRTHDAY

This is to wish Jayashankar and Arjuna a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY and many happy returns.

-Ramakrishnan.

KALI YUGAM

I am reading a book by William Dalrymple, a travel writer and this book deals with India now. I quote below from his Introduction to the book:

"The seventh-century VISHNU PURANA puts it:
The kings of the Kali Yug will be addicted to corruption and will seize the property of their subjects, but will,for the most part, be of limited power, rising and falling rapidly. Then property and wealth alone will confer rank; falsehood will be the only means of success in litigation. Corruption will be the universal means of subsistence. At the end, unable to support their avaricious kings, the people of the Kali Age will take refuge in the chasms between mountains, they will wear ragged garments, and they will have too many children. Thus in the Kali Age shall strife and decay constantly proceed, until the human race approaches annihilation".

-Ramakrishnan.

Happy birthday

Best wishes to Anand on his birthday, 10th August. Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

KARMA

This has reference to Ramu's posting just before this. If even the working of our mind and our thoughts are the result of past Karma and we have no control over it, then what can we do by our own will to earn Punyam or Papam.

My understanding so far was that our circumstances including our health etc are the result of past Karma and all we can do is train our mind to avoid wrong/bad things and have good thoughts by which we can earn Punyam.

-Ramakrishnan.

From Ramu

1. Best wishes to Niranjan ( sorry, I am late in wishing ) and many happy returns of the day.
2. Paramacharya in Deivathin Kural:
Many people try hard to keep their mind only on God at all times and try to follow the lifestyle prescribed in vedas. But they fail again and again and their mind wanders over all unwanted things. Even this is only the result of karma. One will be able to do this only after suffering the effects of bad karma.
Ramu

Niranjan

My dear Ravi,

I do not know if you visit the Blog once in a while. Saradam and I wish many happy returns to Niranjan on his birthday though I am late.

-Ramakrishnan.

Celebrities of August

As I am away from Coimbatore just now, I am unable to do the slide show for the celebs of August. Shall try and do it in a few days.

For the information of members, Niranjan who celebrated his birthday on the end August is Rau's grandson and son of Ravi/Srilakshmi.

August celebrities

Here's a list of the celebrities of the month, provided by Ramu:

Kumar - Mala..................Aug 19

2. Arvind-Anupama..............Aug 20

3. Hari-Uma........................Aug 28

4. Prasad-Charu.................Aug 30

5. TSS-Gayathri.................Aug 31.

BIRTHDAYS:

1. Niranjan.........................Aug 02.

2. Anand............................Aug 10.

3. Padma manni.................Aug 11.

4. Jaishankar.....................Aug 13.

5. Arjun.............................Aug 13.

6. Vidhya..........................Aug 14.

7. Vivek............................Aug 15.

8. KN................................Aug 24.

9. Rama Sekar..................Aug 25.

JANGA MANNI ------ 12 August.

Here's wishing Niranjan a happy birthday. Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman