HAPPY BIRTHDAY - MOM (2016)

Saturday 30th July 2016
Higher Tastes Restaurant, ISKCON, BENGALURU

Birthdays, anniversaries are reasons for get-together and spend some good quality times. The core of the matter is the family and being together. At a later date and time, one will only refresh their memories of bygone days and years.

In olden days, get-togethers were organized in the form of organizing pooja, homa and even death anniversaries (Shraddha), which apparently hold the families together.

One such occasion was mom's birthday..... met for dinner at HigherTastes restaurant at ISKCON premises, RajajiNagar, Bengaluru. Photos speak for good times....

It was real happy times..... Thanks everyone....

Random thoughts....

" Kshame" (ಕ್ಷಮೆ) - BOOK RELEASE

Sunday 24th July 2016, 10 am
GandhiBhavan, SheshadriPuram, NammaBengaluru
"Kshame" - by Ms Sahana VijayaKumar

Sahana Vijayakumar is software engineer by profession, but a talented writer and now has become a novelist. With the blessings of senior literary people like Dr S L Byarappa, H S VenkateshMoorthy and Vishweshara Bhat, she has written a novel on the scenerio of ladies mindset of freedom, choice, likes and contemplation.

ಸಹನಾ ವಿಜಯಕುಮಾರ್ 

"ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ, ಸ್ವೇಚ್ಚೆ, ಹಾಗೂ ಸಮರ್ಥನೆ, ಹೆಣ್ಣೊಬ್ಬಳು ಈ ಮೂರನ್ನು ತನ್ನ ಬದುಕಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಮುನ್ನ ಅವುಗಳ ಅರ್ಥವನ್ನು ಮನಗಾಣುವುದು ಅವಶ್ಯ. ಇಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೆ ಅವುಗಳ ನಡುವಿನ ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸ ಅರಿವಾಗದೆ, ಕ್ರಮೇಣ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ ಹಾಗೂ ಸ್ವೇಚ್ಚೆಯ ಮಧ್ಯದ ತೆಳುವಾದ ಗೆರೆ ನಶಿಸ ತೊಡಗಿ, ಆ ಪ್ರಕ್ರಿಯೆಯನ್ನು ಸಮರ್ಥನೆ ಬೆಂಬಲಿಸ ತೊಡಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಅದು
ಬಲವಾ ದಷ್ಟು ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ವಾರ್ಥ ಹೆಡೆಯೆತ್ತಿ ಉಳಿದುದೆಲ್ಲ ಗೌಣವಾಗಿಬಿಡುತ್ತದೆ"
- ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯ ಸಾರಾಂಶ

ಜೋಗಿ ,ಮಾಳವಿಕ,ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ್ವರ ಭಟ್, ಎಚ್.ಎಸ್.ವೆಂಕಟೇಶಮೂರ್ತಿ

Written Monday 25th July 2016

Observations about the book: Not feeling comfortable after reading the book. It is only self, self and ego of a well earning women software engineer. A school days friend not in the picture for many years, appears after her marriage and having a kid of years. She gets obssessed with him, goes to an extent not able to live without him. The idea of having a child from him, all shows too much of self and not bothered about the man whom she married and her own kid.....

It's obssession and self.

Updated, Sunday 31July2016

NALKU DIKKU - KANNADA DRAMA

 Dare : Sunday 17th July 2016
Venue : H N Kalakshestra, JayaNagara, NammaBengaluru

It's 80 minutes Kannada play presented by YuvaChetana Prathibimba, directed by Santosh Ganachari.
The play is a political sattire with almost no story and they say it is the reflection of society and people how they see it.

The "Nalku Dikku", the four directions as it means are the police, politcians, religious leaders and the media, forms part of the story. The common man in the middle falls into the pit of these four pillars and  how he is being used for their personal greed.

SCENES FROM THE PLAY

The play opens with a police officer on duty for a program of people's representative, "JanaNayaka" and a woman carrying a packet, with her son walks into the area and policeman becomes curious about the content of the packet. The politician, the media and a religous leader also enters the scene and want to snatch the packet from the woman.

The suspense was about the packet and evnetually it was represneting the IndianFlag, the lady representing "BharathMata".

The dialogues with satire and sarcasm, indicating present scenerio in the society and the peoples mindset are well brought in the presentation. Though the group is amatures in theatre scene, they have made an honest effort to present the play to the best of their ability. Some places, they were in too much of hurry and lacks clarity in their speeches.

However, it was a better than some of the bad plays we had seen.

Written Monday 18thJuly2016

SNEHA RAO'S ENGAGEMENT

Sunday 10th July 2016

SnehaRao

"Sneha" is the daughter of ManoharRao-Geetha, who is running "DubaiExpress" exchange company in Dubai. They have been close family friends since our Dubai days. They are also active members of UAE Brahmana Samaja, Dubai since its beginning in 2003. They also have a second daughter Preethi.

Sneha's engagement was fixed with Aditya Tatntry some two months ago, ManoharRao invited us on phone and message that we must attend. The date was 10th July at KannarPady Temple in udupi at 3.00 pm. Since we had the program of Upanayana of Akash (UdayKumar's son) in the morning, we travelled to Udupi on 8th night Durgamba Sleeper bus.

Latha,Hema,Nalini,Rekha,Sulatha

KrishnaRaja Tantry with his mother

Engagement was a grand ceremony with lots of people, as ManoharRao has many relations and friends. He has been a popular man from his college (PPC, Udupi)days.  That was a short program of exchanging invitations and confirming the alliance. After the pooja and Mangalarathi at the Temple, there was heavy tiffin served with Kadabu, shavige, bonda, holige and what not.

After a brief fellowship with Dubai friendsm not seen for some years, people dispersed to thheir destination.

Written 13thJuly2016

BRAHMOPADESHA - AKASH

Sunday 10th July 2016

"Akash" is the son of UdayKumar-Savithri, who are working at Dubai and have been close family friends. They have been active supporter and wellwisher of Sugama Bhajana Group at Dubai/Sharjah and managing committee of UAE Brahmana Samaja, Dubai. They also have an elder daughter Anusha, who is pursuing her law degree in Pune.

UdayKumar-Savithri were at BirthiMane here, to invite us for Akash's Brahmopadesha on 10th July at KannarPady Udupi (at Appaji Bhat's residence).

We travelled to Udupi on 8th July Durgamba night sleeper bus and reached Udyavara at 7 am, after breakfast went to Birthi, Salekeri.

Sunday morning after finishing the pooja progra, at 7 am, we reached KannarPady and were present at the venue. Many Dubai friends like Manohar Raos, Sudhakar Raos, Rajeshwar Holla, Subramanya, Ramesh-Shubhashree, Pushpa-Madhu were already present.

After the Upanayana program, there was Mandolin concert by young (13 years) Sadguna Aithal which lasted till 12 noon

There was grand lunch as usual at such occasions.

It was a grand get-together of friends and their families.

written Tuesday 12July2016

GUDDATTU VINAYAKA TEMPLE - VISIT

Saturday, July 9, 2016

Guddattu  in Kunadapura Taluk is about 45 km from Udupi. As per wishes of wife's sisters we visited the temple Saturday morning.

"Jaladhivasa MahaGanapathi Devasthana" attracts lots of devotees as it is very old temple and Lord Ganapathi sits inside a cave in a huge rock, looks like a sleeping elelphant.

The Udbhava (emerged on its own) Ganapathi, Balamuri, trunk twisted to right, sitting with his legs folded. As per legend, Lord Shiva advised Ganapathi to sit in the water to get rid of great burning sesation due to excessive eating of honey.

The unique and special seva perfomed here is called "AYAR KODA"  It starts with draining of water from the cave and abhisheka with water with thousand pots of water lifted from the well, with several people standing in a row, right inside the well and passing the pots of water. The abhisheka is done until the water overflows from the cave.

After the pooja and MahaMangalarathi at 12.30 pm,  the devotees proceed to "BhojanaShale", dining hall, where a sumptous lunch is served on banana leaf.

We enjoyed our visit to the temple and returned after grand lunch.

written Tuesday 12th July 2016