Koti Deepotsavam's programme of this evening, as I view it, includes the recital of Hanumaan Chaaleesaa  (40 verses of Hanumaanjee in praise of Lord Shree Raam and his consort Seethaa Devi) by a very popular Telugu gentleman who usually sings it in Telugu. His scteenshot as seen on Bhakti TV is as shown below. (I forgot his name).

I fondly remember my beloved mother who used to listen to his renderings. (Many years back when she was healthy and had time, she used to recite Hanumaan Chaaleesaa regularly).

Past week passed on with a good note as far as Indian sports is concerned with laurels won by our hockey team and by Kidambi Srikanth (in badminton).

They deserve praise and encouragement so that their motivation and hard work are sustained.

Koti Dheepotsavam

As I write this post, I have the joy of listening to a brief speech by my favourite spiritual speaker Shree Chaganti Koteshwara Rao at the Koti Deepotsavam Venue, Hyderabad. (I have mentioned about this Fest earlier on a few occasions).

As I experience Divine Joy by viewing Shree Chaganti Koteshwara Rao's speech,  I fondly remember my beloved mother but for whom I wouldn't have known about spiritual people such as Chaganti Koteshwara Rao.

Edible embroidery

As someone used to delicious, non-spicy, hygienic vegetarian eatables since childhood, I tried to order a few snacks online recently.

Although there are excellent manufacturers such as Udupi Ruchi and Sree Krishna Sweets who also supply the items to customers, they accept online payment via debit or credit card but not via net banking in which I am relatively comfortable.

I fondly remember my beloved mother who used to make snacks such as murukku, masterpieces of edible embroidery.

Indian Classical Music: End of one chapter

Demise of the 88 years old legendary Hindustani classical singer Smt. Girija Devi last night marks the end of one chapter in the history of Indian Classical Music.

Although not as knowledgeable in Indian Classical Music as my beloved parents, I do inherit my interest in it, from them.

Bharath TV Channel telecast a wonderful programme known as 'Naad Bhed' (compered by the celebrated actress Shabana Azmi), over the past few years featuring eminent musicians such as Smt. Girija Devi. The programme was a great treat to the eyes, ears and minds of classical music fans.

I fondly remember my beloved mother with whom I used to view this great programme.

3rd language learning in K-12 schools

This morning I viewed a news report that Kannada is going to be made compulsory in all K-12 schools in Karnataka and that private schools are going to respond by taking the matter to court.

I tried to find out as to whether Kannada is going to be mandatory as 1st, 2nd or 3rd language. As the TV report was not clear I tried to Google and get information from the horse's mouth. But my search result for 'Karnataka Board of Secondary Education" listed only websites of Karnataka Board of Secondary Education Examinations.

Instead of aspiring not only for education to make a living, parents should aspire for education for living, which is more important. Precisely put, learning a local language while in school can help children to communicate better and take part in the community in meaningful ways, instead of learning a foreign language, which they can, at any time, outside school.

I think that the Government's move is good unless the language is made compulsory as 1st language.

A few weeks back, an inspector from the crime branch of a police station near my residence called me to say that he was asked to follow up a police complaint that I lodged neary 2 years back against a former employer (for breach of contract and cheating me without paying salary due to me).

Since then I have gone to the Inspector's office a few times only to find that he was not there in spite of the fact that I always make a prior appointment.

Yesterday I received an sms from the police station that my has been "completed" and it is "disposed". The police department took no action at all on my complaint.

I think that I spent (rather than used) a lot of time and my energy in trying to follow up my complaint in vain.

I think that Narendra Modi and his team should consider law and order as priority and set aright the prevailing oddities in State Government Administrations if the latter cannot do it.

These are some situations when I cannot help comparing law and order situations in countries such as Bhutan and Ethiopia where, to my knowledge, crimes were never heard of, when I worked there.

I think that our Government Administrations should learn from other countries leaving aside any biases.

Yesterday one of my neighbours, a midlle aged guy, requested me as to whether I could teach him spoken English in my spare time. (There had been many such instances previously). On such occasions my reply had always been a polite "I'm sorry. I neither have time nor inclination to teach spoken English. I don't think that you can learn spoken English by getting taught as effectively as by viewing good English language movies, serials, documentaries and news telecasts".

But learners should be careful enough to filter out meaningless phrases or sentences such the following one from the BBC WORLD SERVICE telecast of yesterday:

Wealthy businessman turned very humble devotee

It was a nice treat for my eyes, ears and the mind to view a dramatised version of Shree Purandara Daasaa (a wealthy businessman who became one of the greatest devotees of Shree Hari and composed numerous songs on Shree Mahaa Vishnu and His Consort Mahaa Lakshmi).

My beloved mother used to sing Purandara Daasa's songs. I fondly remember her.

The Story of God

All documentary enthusiasts would place a lot of importance to channels such as National Geographic. I think that this channel takes viewers even to remote parts of our planet.

As I am writing this post, I have the pleasure of viewing "The Story of God" featuring the legendary Afro-American actor Morgan Freeman as narrator. Such programs are like oases in today's media desert. 

As someone interested in viewing meaningful documentaries, I am a somewhat regular viewer of NHK TV. As I write this post, I am viewing a program that lets us know as to how volunteers take care of the elderly in their 80s and above in Japan.

We do have increasing number of Agencies that send attendants to take care of the elderly, in cities such as Chennai. One of the main differences between those in Japan and here is that the latter is 100% commercial with no human consideration.

The fact is that many of our elderly are helpless  (as I have experienced in my beloved mother’s case) with daughter in law's attention only on mother in law's money and jewellery but never on her (mother in law's) well being.

Koti Deepotsavam (Divine Light Fest)

As I am writing this post I am viewing the Koti Deepotsavam Festival 2016 on Bhakti TV. I have mentioned about this festival organised by Shree Narendra Chaudary, Chairman, Bhakti TV, in my earlier post/s. I fondly remember my beloved mother from whom I inherit my spiritual interest.

Gandhiji and Lal Bahadur Shastriji Jayanthi

Today is the birth anniversary of Mahaatma Gandhi (Father of our Nation) and Shree Lal Bahadur Shastri (one of our honest, simple and dedicated Prime Ministers. I have mentioned about these two leaders in my earlier posts.