Poet's birth centenary

Today is the birth centenary of Ala. Valliappa, one of the most popular poets and writers for children.

When I was a school going kid, my father used to buy a lot of children's books in English and Tamil, and my mother used to explain the contents to me.

I fondly remember the writer's collection of poems published in two volumes; it was entitled 'Malarum Ullam', a Tamil term meaning 'Blossoming heart'. I remember the nicely printed contents with very child friendly font with the books bound using cloth. It had a dark blue colour covering.

I found the news about the writer's birth centenary from Google search, during my browsing. I tried to access info from Polimer News, a Tamil language TV news channel, but couldn't find any mention about it. I think that our news channels don't give due importance to writers etc. as much as they do to political rascals such  Perarivalan (who was involved in Rajiv Gandhi assassination); TV news watchers would know that he was given such a lot of importance as if he was a patriot who fought for our country's independence from the British.

Following is the image of Perarivalan rascal with his mother and his supporters soon after release from Vellore prison:

Following is an image of Mr Ala Valliappa:

As Mary Hopkin sang, "Once upon a time there was a tavern ...those were the days my friend ...".

Digital demons

In a few posts, I had mentioned my unpleasant experiences due to wrong handling of digital technology by banks, online shopping vendors etc.

This morning I heard from BBC World TV Channel news that Twitter will be charging a subscription fee from customers for blue tick verification. This is one of the first decisions taken by Twitter after Elon Musk took over as it's CEO.

Mobile phone consumers know that the manufacturers display details including the minimum distance that should be kept between the user and the device, in theor user manuals. For example, for Nokia X2, (which I had been using for a few years before switching on to smartphone) stipulated it as "one and a half centimeters". 

But my current smartphone, viz. Samsung Galaxy, doesn't have this information. For the past three days I have been communicating with Samsung india Customer Service via all their options, including a communication to it's CEO, but in vain. This is inspite of the fact that there is an auto generated response that they would get in touch "within 24 hours" every time I send my message via their website option, email or WhatsApp. 

I think that rascals use digital technology in a manner that is diametrically opposite to what it is aimed at. It is good that criminals such as Sashikala Natarajan involved in Jayalalitha murder, Apollo Hospital CEO Prathap Reddy involved in Jayalalitha murder case, Congress MP Sashi Tharoor involved in Sunanda murder case, ĎMK MP Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi etc. are not IT entrepreneurs.

There should be strict guidelines to ban such evil practices.

Shree Satchidananda Swamijee

I was trying to find some nice videos for the daughters of my niece Sushma and got this video by respected Shree Ganapathi Satchidaananda Swaamijee.

Holy Basil - Shree Krishna Wedding

Yesterday was a very auspicious day to Hindus in general and Vaishnavites in particular. It marks the anniversary of the devine wedding between Lord Shree Krishna, an incarnation of Shree Mahaa Vishnu, and Thulasi Devi, an incarnation of Shre Mahaa Lakshmi.  Devotees worship the Indian Gooseberry form of Lord Shree Krishna and Holy Basil plant form of Shree Mahaa Lakshmi with utmost devotion on this day. They perform the Thulasi wedding with utmost devotion. A US based devotee has given details about Shree Thulasi Pooja, in Kannada language, in her blog. Divine wedding of Shree Mahaa Vishnu with Shree Thulasi Devi is conducted in all Vaishnavite places of worship,  as shown in this video.

Divine discourse

It is joy viewing and listening to devine discourses on Sanskar TV Channel by Shree Shyam Sunder Parasharji Maharaj.

Shree mahaa Vishnu's Names

Thanks to mobile based internet technology and the people involved, such as those at Google, it is just a click of a button in UTube, to access divine info. It's a great experience listening to divine discourses by learned pundits. Dushyant Sridhar is one such pundit. A young software engineer with a degree from one of the best Institutes of Technology, he left his lucrative career to speak on His Almighty to people in different languages, and thereby educate them. He explains Shree Vishnu Shasranaamam in English in this video.

Korean culture with Hindu origin

As I would have mentioned earlier, cna is one of my favourite channels. As I was browsing through the channels, I saw a  program entitled 'Gangnam's Insider's Picks'. Somehow, the term 'Gangnam' has prevented me from getting interested in the program so far. I had always thought that the program was about gangs and crimes. But when I closely observed this morning, I realised that it was far from what I had thought it to be.

Todays program featured a few Budhist shrines in Korea, including a few in a place known as Maitrey. I think that just like Bhudhism, this name has Hindu origin. In sanskrit, 'Maitreyaa' means friend.

Amazing and interesting.

(I tried to provide a link to the program. But the CNA website mentions "This program is restricted to your region". So, I amunable to give a link).

Baliprada

Today is the third day after Deepaavali (Festival of lights) and is celebrated as Baliprada. It is also known as Baliprathipath.

First British PM of Indian origin

It is a nice moment for Indians as one of their fellow country folks becomes British Prime Minister. Congratulations to Rishi Sunak.

Festival of lights

Today is an important and auspicious day for Hindus. This day is known as 'Deepaavali'. 

Lord Shree Krishna, who killed the demon Narakaasura with the help of Sathyabhaamaa (although He himself was capable of killing the demon himself, He enacted a Devine Drama here according to Sctiptures). It is on the request of Mother Earth, mother of the demon, to Shree Krishna, that this day is celebrated with festive spirit by all Hindus.

On this day, Shree Mahaa Lakshmi, wife of Shree Mahaa Vishnu, is offered special worship.

A learned Pundit explains the significance of Deepaavali in Kannada language, in this UTube video.