Divine discourse

It was joy viewing Shree Chatur Narayanji's devine discourse on the esteeemed Shree Bhaagavath Katha on Ashthaa TV  Bhajan Chennel this evening.

Fake 'Face lift' and false sense of dignity

Growing number of people move in to reside in apartments in cities such as Chennai where I reside. Although living in apartments has a few benefits, there are a few bottlnecks too.

Recently the Apartments' Association raised the monthly maintenance to Rs 2650. Just two years back it was Rs 2400. One reason given for the rise is the cost of painting the windows/window shades and whitewashing the walls as shown in the image below. While the latter is understandable, the former isn't. I think that the latter spending is not essential though the apartments look lavish. I think that spending is not justified if it is for non-essential aspects. 

Divine discourse

Today is Ekaadashi and is considered to be a very auspicious day in the Hindu Calender. Shree Mahaa Vishnu and His wife Shree Mahaa Lakshmi are offered special worship toay.

It was great joy to view Shree Morari Bapu's Divine discourse on Raam Kathaa, given from Bhadrinaath, one of the most revered abodes of Lord Mahaa Vishnu on our planet, as telecast by Aashthaa TV Channel today. Shree Morari Bapu explained the Devine wedding of Lord Shree Raam with Seethaa Devi. He also explained the weddings of Shree Raam's brothers with daughters of Janak Mahaa Rajaa and his brother.

Thirst of curiosity

In my post dated 18th, I had mentioned about the common belief that there are six people who like alike. This reminds of two interesting incidents.

When I was working in Southern Africa in the late '80s, I used to spend my weekends with friends. One such friend was a Sikh colleague with whom I used to go to a nearby Gurdwara. Once I happened to see a woman who resembled a woman by name K L Sujatha. Out of curiosity, I went near the woman and realised that she was not K L Sujatha.

In 1993, nearly a year after my return from Southern Africa, I was offered a job in a school in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh. During my my first few days, I used to have visitors who simply wanted to see me  with no serious intention. When I asked about this to my PA, he told me that these people heard that the newly recruited principal looked like Mohan Gokhale (a popular Marathi film actor at that time) and hence they simply liked to quench their thirst of curiosity by having a look at me.

Digital discomfort

We all know as to how easy it is to travel by booking via Ola, Uber etc. Like numerous guys, I usually book Ola auto to travel inside the city. But some times it is very difficult to find an auto even after waiting for about half an hour or so. This happened when travelling to the venue of my niece's wedding and back to my residence. As I couldn't get an auto, I booked for an 'omni' (the next most economical mode) and the fares were nearly the same as auto. I think that omni is worth the money spent and it resolves the discomfort.

God and His gadgets

All of us are aware of the immense benefits of post internet technological development. Thanks to Google Apps such as G Pay and Online money transfer modes such Net Banking. Ofcourse there is also a wide range of online utility services such as travel booking and tours.

I think that these facilities are a God given gift to all people in general and senior citizens who live alone, in particular. 

For the past few days, my food caterers havn't been able to deliver my food items on a regular basis due to traffic conjestion caused by metro rail project that is going on in the area where I reside. But, despite this, thank God, food retail outlets such as Swiggy have been of immense help.

I think that though some of us may be living alone with none to provide regular food, there are options to remedy this situation, and we are never left to live alone. God is Great.

My niece's wedding

My niece (my brother's daughter) got married this morning. (She is married to a boy working as Sr Vice President in a privte Company). 

The photo shows the newly wed.

The photo shows my brother Ramesh and his wife.

The photo shows my brother and my niece Reshma (my sister's daughter).

The photo shows me (4th from left) with Mrs Sashidharan (a relative of my brother's wife), her son Vinu, my brother and my sister Jyothi, from left to right. This was taken last night during dinner. It was interesting when Vinu's mother told me that I resembled the famous Malayaam writer Mr O V Vijayan. It is said that when Lord Brahmaa creates human beings, he does it such that there are six human beings who look alike and born through different parents. 

This photo shows my niece Reshma, my sister Jyothi, my maternal uncle (who flew from Hyderabad to attend the wedding), my first cousin Murthi (my late maternal aunt's son) and me. 

These photoes were taken during reception, the night before the wedding day.

Divine Discourse

After many days, I had the previlege of viewing Shree Gopal Mani jee Maharaaj's discourse on the sacred cow on Aashthaa or Sanskaar TV Channel.