 Issue No. 55 published on 31-10-2009 NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2009 |
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Your favourite Family magazine which completes 8 years in December 2009, is back after a gap of two months. I am happy to announce the 55th issue of the family Newsletter. As in the last two issues, there is a Tamil section (தமிழ்ப் பக்கங்கள்).
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MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THESE | |
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This is a photo of Chooda, Amritha, Harish, Aarthi and I with Chitra and Sudarshan at their wedding (reproduced from the 25th Issue) |
| Can you recognise this baby? It is Jagan. (reproduced from the 25th Issue) | 
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| IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE FAMILY
*** In a few hours, Amritha, I, Hema and Rukku will be leaving for Singapore and Sydney. We shall spend three days in Singapore and about 50 days in Sydney and will be back on 16th January 2010. There will be a big family gathering in Sydney as Mukund, Prema, Keshav and Shriya from USA will join us for about 15 days from 28th November to 12th December. Raghu and Chandra have meticulously planned our trips in and outside Sydney. We are eagerly looking forward to the trip.
*** Shubha, Archana and Harish arrived in Chennai on 5th September. Harish joined duty in Bangalore leaving Archana and Shubha in Chennai. He occupied a serviced apartment
The first 3 photos were taken in San Jose in September 2009. The next 7 photos were taken on Deepawali day on 18th October 2009. The next 23 photos were taken during the Ayush Homam on 22nd October 2009 (which also happened to be Archana's birthday). The next 6 photos are of Shubha's tonsure in Tirumala on 14th November 2009.
*** After a few months of free-lancing, Aarthi has joined Flip Design, Bangalore on a regular job. She made an interesting film titled Flicker in her Artists' Residency Programme. This film as well as the projects by the other artists in the programme was covered in an article in Deccan Herald on 12th October. You can read this article City and words by clicking here
*** The wedding of Arun with Ajeeta in Gurgaon was a very grand event. Over 30 relatives from all over India gathered in Gurgaon for the occasion. Barat in North Indian style was on the evening of 8th November was a very grand affair. The traditional South Indian Muhurtham was in the morning of 9th November. Hats off to Ravi and Urmila for the excellent arrangements for the Muhurtham as well as the boarding and lodging of relatives and friends in South Patio, the club house of Unitech which was of 3-star (or more) standard. They had also arranged over a dozen vehicles to pick up /drop back every one from the airport/railway station/homes. Radha has written in detail about the wedding in her article All about Arun's wedding - A photo essay . Amritha and I had gone from Chennai by Tamil Nadu express and returned to Bangalore from there by Rajdhani express. Overall it was a very enjoyable four days outing for us.
*** Vanaja (my sister) is unwell and could not attend her grandson's (Arun).wedding. Naturally she could not attend Shubha's Ayush Homam. So we had taken Shubha to her house to get her blessings. Here are 3 photos taken in her house.
*** Vijaya (my sister-in-law) travelled alone from Bangalore to Delhi and back by flight for Arun's wedding. As I said last time, her achievement is a tribute to her own courage and to the skills of Dr.Jayashankar, ortho-surgeon who replaced her knee-cap two years ago.
*** My brother Raghu had to suddenly undergo a cataract operation in September in one eye. As he had to undergo a check-up for the other eye also, he could not visit Gurgaon for the wedding. He is now fully fit. My sister-in-law, Kalyani (as well as Rukku and Hema) were among the 3000 people who had gone on a religious tour of Pancha Dwaraka, Kurukshetra and Mathura with Velukkudi Krishnan.
*** As I mentioned in the last issue, Prasad and Rupal are spending their time travelling and changing houses. Amritha and I visited them in Mulund, Mumbai in August. I spent a night with them as I was going to Vadodara for a lecture. Amritha spent two nights in their flat. They are both excellent hosts. They will be staying in our flat in Chennai when we are away to Australia. As editor of the Newsletter, I am happy since Prasad has written about his stay in Mumbai. I hope he will write about Chennai for the next issue. I am a regular reader of his excellent blogs, the links to which are given here again.
*** Chooda and Kannan were perhaps the first relatives from our side to visit Santhanam in Hyderabad for a few days. They spent their time on visiting places of pilgrimage in and around Hyderabad.
*** Rukku and Hema were among the 3000 people who had gone on a religious tour of Pancha Dwaraka, Kurukshetra and Mathura with Velukkudi Krishnan. The trip seems to have been enlightening, though tiring. Hema has also undergone Samashanam and Baranyasam which makes her a true Sri Vaishnava.
*** Pushpa's grandson, Sriram talks a lot and is growing up to be a naughty (and cute) boy. Shoba has sent some photos of her golu as well as Deepawali. A few are here.
*Disclaimer *Some of the articles and images
reproduced here have been taken from various sources and I am not
aware of any copyright violations. If there are any such violations,
please write to me and the concerned article will be promptly
removed.
Please send your feedback to spchennai@gmail.com
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