Pongal and New Year

I cannot believe that anybody wanted that Pongal day should be the Tamil New Year to say that now, a longstanding desire of many people has been realised. The Govt said that many scholars were consulted before making the change and now the High Court also has said that an elected Govt can make such changes. I do not believe either. The Govt could have started a new era (sakaaptham) like Salivahana Sakaptham and named it after Kalaignar instead of interfering with a traditioanal practice. When a New Year starts we must hae a number or name to identify it. In the Christian calendar, we have the numbers and this is followed world wide and in Hindu calendar we have the names. I suppose it will not be long before a new calendar is started as Kalignar Aandu No.1. What will happen to this when a new Govt is formed ? This is nothing but arragance that whatever the TN Govt says will not be questioned by the Centre or anybody and the judiciary is under the Govt's influence, whatever the method. I am sure that even in the other Southern States (Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada) which are also called Dravidian, the New Year starts with the Sun in Mesham though, the Telugu calendar is based on the Moon's position.and their New Year Yugadi comes about 15 days before the Tamil New Year on Chithirai 1st.

-Ramakrishnan.

Our Pongal

Seeking everybody's blessings on this pongal and , as perippa says, new year. For people who care for some e-pongal, here it is.

My mother-in-law is here to celebrate pongal with us. So, we are having a good time with her.

Talking about the new tamil new year, wonder when the new Panchangam would be released!!! Would that also change to "Thai maasam"!!! Somebody at work told me that pongal used to be celebrated as new year in olden days. Is that really so?

Pongal

Our heartiest good wishes to Aishwarya (and all others of the family) on the occasion of Pongal. We enjoyed the Sunday lunch (co-hosted by KN/Rukku and ourselves) when some of you were with us. Wish you all could have stayed a bit longer, as Ramu says.
I took a few pictures and shall post them very soon. I have to cull out the not-so-good ones and edit a few and I am feeling too lazy righ now!
Pongal also marks the dawn of a new year, as declared by our government. Some TV channels show people speaking about their long-cherished desire having been realised! Funny I never knew about it. When will the government announce the name for the era and the names of various years?

PONGAL WISHES

1. Best wishes to all on the occasion of Pongal.
2. This is the HEAD PONGAL for Koushik Aishwarya. Her aunt and husband came home with a small " seeru" and there was a full "karumbu" also. Like Kunjappa, I cut a portion of the karumbu into small pieces and Koushik enjoyed well.
Ramu

FROM RAMU

1. We had a very nice time on Sunday 11th with PCJs, PCRKs, KNs,TSSs , Shankars and Prasada. Lunch was very good and I had to be careful not to overeat.
After returning home at 1.30PM, we realised that we could have spent some more time with all.
I think Sarada and I should plan another visit - go to Besant Nagar for lunch, stay till evening tea and come back.
2. Ramya`s dance photos are very good.
Ramu

Ramya at Mylapore Fine Arts 4.1.09

Picasa Web Albums - revati - Ramya at Mylapore Fine Arts 4.1.09

Here are some pictures taken at Ramya's performance on 4 January 2009. Sorry about the delay in posting this.

Satyameva jayate!

Vimala and I were also talking about the crisis in Satyam. Let us hope it will not affect the people working there or the prospects of the company in the long run. It is a pity that one of the top Indian IT companies should have earned for itself (and, in the bargain, for India) such a bad name. All the best, Akila and Mohan!

Satyamites in the family

Dear All,

Am sure, after reading/hearing the news about Satyam, everybody would be worried/curious to know what's happening. So far, our clients have responded quite positively and encouragingly. We even have got 2 new projects yesterday. So, only time would give us an answer about the management. Small concern is that both Mohan and I are with Satyam. So far, so good...

All's well that ends well.
Akila.

Happy Birthday

Wishing Meghna a very happy birthday and many many more.

Akila

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEGHNA

Best wishes to Meghna on her birthday. Wishing her all the best and many happy returns.
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to Meghna on her birthdy, 8th January. Many happy returns! You can see the birthday girl in this picture, with her sister and grandparents.

SLIDE SHOW

It is a good idea that Jayaramanna has posted a slide show of people who have either birthday or wedding day in the month.
Ramu

FROM RAMU

Mani had invited us for lunch and all of us were there yesterday . We had a nice time for a couple of hours. Vaishnavi had a very good company with Vinayak and had a jolly time. Aishwarya went to office from there and we returned home by 1.30 PM
Ramu

Akila's blog

Hi Akila,

I visited your blog and found it interesting, though I know nothing about the subjects of cross stitch etc.  But I remember I have done a bit of embroidery on one or two  handkerchiefs when I was very young and was passing through that fancy.  I think Ramakrishnan also did some thing like that.  We also used to remove a few warp (or weft) threads near the borders to make the hankie lookdifferent.

My blog

Finally, I thought it's time to give the link to the blog I started last month.

http://mostly-xstitch-and-somemore.blogspot.com/

I am dedicating it mostly to cross-stitch and my other hobbies and interests to keep me going :d

HAPPY NEW YEAR for all

Mythili and I wish everyone in the PSC family a very Happy and Prosperous New Year. We also wish Aishwarya success in her new assignment at the Hindu, Chennai.
mythili and chandru

HAPPY NEW YEAR for all

Happy 2009

Wishing everybody a very happy, healthy and prosperous 2009.

We welcomed 2009 at our cousin's place with Aishwarya being the special guest :d. Mohan welcomed his new year with some original Tamil dvds, haha.

Aishwarya joins work today. Wishing her all the best and loads of success.

Akila

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Thank you Jayaramanna.
Wishing everyone a very happy and prosperous 2009 .
Ramu Sarada

New Year Greetings

2009 is here.  Best wishes to everyone for the new year.  May it bring peace, joy and good health to all.