Today is a very auspicious day in the Hindu Calender. This day is celebrated as Makara Sankraanthi. Devotees offer special worship to Shree Mahaa Vishnu seated in the Sun for blessing us with Solar Energy and all resources to lead our lives in a righteous manner.
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Today is the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, philosopher and spiritual leader of youth. He was a disciple of Shree Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, a spiritual leader.
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Today is also the birth anniversary of Dr Yellapragada Subbarao, Indian American Biochemist.
Day before yesterday's death of Shree Jayachandran is a loss to our film industry. I nostalgically remember his Malayalam movie songs released in 1980s. He will be remembered for his songs. Let his soul rest in peace.
Legendary British Pop singer Rod Stewart turned 80 yesterday. Best wishes to him for many happy returns of the day.
Today is a very auspicious day in the Hindu Calender. This day is celebrated as Vaikunta Ekaadashee. Vishnu devotees offer special worship to Shree Mahaa Vishnu on this day and observe fasting just like on other Ekaadashee days. Today being Wednesday, of which Shree Mahaa Lakshmi is the presiding deity, Vishnu devotees offer special worship to Shree Mahaa Lakshmi. Besides, this month being Dhanur Maasam, devotees chant Shree Mahaa Lakshmi Stotram this month.
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As far as I know, every country has many local communities with their own dialects. For instance, Hindi, Telugu, etc. in India, Dzonkha, Charshokpa in Bhutan, Amharic, Tigrinyaa etc. in Ethiopia, and Hausa, Yoruba etc. in Nigeria.
Each of these communities strive hard to preserve it's own culture and traditions.
This evening cna TV Channel telecast an interesting on how Ainu community works hard to preserve It's culture and traditions. I tried to provide a link to the documentary but couldn't access it.
As a professuonal who worked in Africa as well as Cambodia (based in Phnom Penh), I found one such documentary featuring Nigerian community in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Let me share the interesting documentary here.
I have been viewing BBC's Travel Show right from the time they began airing the episodes. But unfortunately, quality of the Show seems to have drastically reduced over the years. This afternoon (in India) it was about Antarctic. It was exactly the same that was aired a few months ago. I just don't understand why BBC can't air episodes featuring different destinations? Except on episode on The Bahamas aired last year, there has never been any episode about West Indies. Even the episode on The Bahamas was limited to deep sea diving and related issues and not about people and places in The Bahamas.
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I tried to provide a link to today's episode but found that it doesn't work outside the UK. Another form of discrimination?
In the meantime, my Wi-Fi stopped connecting and I had to use my mobile internet provided by Reliance Industries.
I think that our communication technology systems are abused by incompetent professionals.
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This afternoon NHK World TV Channel telecast an interesting documentary on their Matsuri festival. Balancing of long poles is an integral part in this festival as you can see in this video.
Such documentaries remind me of a few games that I used as teaching aids in my physics lessons to students. One such was letting students balance a one metre long wooden ruler horizontally and vertically on their finger. My students in different countries seemed to love the activity. This was part of my attempt to teach 'Equilibrium' in middle school physics.
It is highly spiritually enriching viewing Poojya Shree Bhai Shree Ramesh Bhai Oza's 'Shreemad Bhagavath Kathaa' particularly at this time when my mind is troubled (as my beloved brother is unwell and undergoing treatment).
I am grateful to Shree Hari for having enabled me to view spiritual TV Channels Aashtaa and Sanskar in my hotel room in Bengaluru in 1997, the night before my interview for Principal's post in Poornaprajna High School in Yelahanka, a suburb of Bengaluru.
I think that owners/organisers of TV Channels such as Aashtha, Sanskrit, Sri Sankara TV, Jagannaath Puri TV etc. are God given gift to humanity.
Jai Shree Krishnaa🙏
News that the 73 years old British actress Olivia Hussey succumbed to cancer and died yesterday means a void in the Film Industry. She will be remembered for her role in 'Romeo and Juliet', a 1968 film. May her soul rest in peace.
