With heavy heart, I remember my beloved brother who passed away exactly nine months ago.
I wish that his soul is on it's way to the Lotus Feet of Lord Shree Krishna and serve at His Lotus Feet of Shree Mahaa Vishnu, alongwith souls of my beloved parents, in Vaikunthaa, eternally.
Today is a very auspicious day in the Hindu Calender. This day is celeberated as Deepavali. As Satyatma Theertharu, our respected Guru mentioned in his recent Deepaavali Sandesha, it is a joyous occassion when devotees light lamp/s in front of Lord Shree Mahaa Vishnu and His wife Shree Mahaa Lakshmi.
It was joy listening to two divine discourses, one each by respected Chinmayanand Bapujee Maharaj on Shreemad Bhagavath Kathaa and by respected Bhpendra Pandyaji Maharaj on Aashtha and Sanskar TV Channels respectively this afternoon.
They explained Sudaamaa's meeting with Lord Shree Krishna and Lord Shree Raam's journey to forests and Mithila on Sage Vishvaamithraa's request to King Dasaratha.
Shree Pandyaji gave an insight into the basic aspect of what led to Lord Raam's accompanying Sage Vishvaamithraa. He said that Sages Vasishtaa and Vishvaamithraa could foresee that if Lord Raam and Lord Lakshman would not travel with sage Vishvaamithraa, demons would continue spoiling numerous sages' Yagnas, and how the demon king Raavana would attack the sages and every thing in Ayodhyaa and Mithila as well as the whole area between them.
It was Shree Mahaa Vishnu's plan that enabled Lord Raam and Lord Lakshman's travel with sage Vishvaamithraa. It was a kind of internship to the brothers. Their plan ended in Lord Shree Raam's killing of Raavana and all the good things that followed.
Jai Shree Lakshmi Naaraayanaa🙏
Today is celeberated as International Day of Rural Women all over the world.
In rural households usually men go to work in their fields etc. whereas women help in housekeeping. They also take care of their family including their inlaws as part of joint families though unfortunately this system has become history in many countries including India, my home country.
It's good that NGOs and Shree Narendra Modi's Government are helping rural women in many ways.
Today is an important day in the Hindu Calender. This day is known as Gangaashtami and is related to the sacred river Gangaa. Devotees worship the sacred river that has been flowing after washing the feet of Lord Shree Mahaa Vishnu. The river has been carried on His head by Lord Rudraa and is worshipped by Lord Brahmaa.
Sarvam Krishna Mayam🙏.
According to a notification by Department of Communications, Government of India, 6 to 10 October is celeberated as National Postal Week. Yesterday was World Postal Day. Yesterday was World Post Day.
Let us remember those golden years with friendly postmen/women and community friendly post offices with simple and effective schemes such as Post Office Savings Bank.
As I write this post, I derive the joy of viewing Shreemad Bhagavath Kathaa by respected Shree Rajendradas Devacharya Ji Maharaj at the revered Ayodhyaa, Uttar Pradesh.
Jai Shree Seethaa Raam🙏.
From my experience of online shopping of food from local vegetarian restaurants, I found Shero Home Food as a good option except when I found human hair in their gravy last week. Yesterday when I tried to order some food item from them via Zamoto, I found that they have begun cooking non-vegetarian dishes also, though it is disabled in my account. Now I have decided to stop any food item from them as there is every possibility that they would be using the same utensils to cook both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food items.
Today I liked to cook a simple side using raw mango. I tried to use it to make something like chutney. It came out well as shown in the following image:
It was not as delicious as I expected it to be, but it was palatable.
Jai Shree Krishnaa🙏.
Yesterday was celebrated by people in many countries as World Noodles Day.
I didn't know about noodles like almost all people of my age, until leaving my home to work abroad.
When I worked in African countries, I had myself experienced cooking noodles and relishing them. Noodles are fast and easy to cook; these are also portable. I remember how I used to cook ready made noodles and keep it in the fridge, reheat it the next morning and take it for lunch during my lunch time at school.
Vegetarian Noodles have always been delicious and user friendly to me. In fact my dinner menu tonight was noodles. Thanks to noodles and my friendly fork.
Jai Shree Krishnaa🙏.
