It was nice to see the welcome accorded to our beloved Prime Minister when he arrived in Melbourne recently in today's episode of 'Our World' on ABC TV Channel. It was particularly nice to see him greeted by Brahmin Priests in their traditional attire.
Vasudeva Kutumbakam🙏
Today is an auspicious day in the Maadhwaa Calender. It is the anniversary of the day on which Shree Sathyadheera Theerthaa attained the lotus feet of Lord Shree Krishna.
Today is the birth anniversary of Ringo Starr of The Beatles, the legendary Softrock Band of 1960s.
During the 1960s, when The Beatles were globally popular, it used to be trendy among boys to have long hair in the heads. I was no exception as the following photo taken when I was about 30 years old:
According to the Western Calender, tomorrow is the birth anniversary of my beloved sister; she was born on 7 July 1954. With heavy heart I fondly remember her.
This afternoon during my lunch some thing interesting happened. I politely decline appalam that is served daily in the restaurant. Today there was a side dish known as 'Appalam Saambaar' (a Southern Indian gravy with appalam as one of the main Ingradients) in my lunch menu. It was delicious.
Before shifting to Senior Citizens Home, I used to cook food myself as much as possible; as a cholesterol conscious old man, although I did buy rice appalam, I stopped cooking it as it is usually fried in oil. I gave the appalam packet to my maid servant.
This afternoon's appalam saambaar reminded me of how my beloved mother used to cook it. I had forgotten it for years until an hour ago when I was served appalam saambaar at the restaurant.
Hats off to appalam saambaar.
I don't know about others' experiences. From my experience, I find that we are surrounded by bad people and good people.
In a previous post I have mentioned about the stirling qualities of my landlord of whom I was a tenant. I also mentioned the extraordinary kindness shown by my landlord and his wife when I got suddenly seriously ill (sudden drop in hemoglobin) a few months ago. I stayed in my beloved sister's house in Vellore and got my illness completely cured. In a previous post, I also mentioned her kindness and her daughter's kindness during my stay there.
Just like many senior citizens, I didn't like to be a burden to any one. Hence I shifted to a fee paying Senior Citizens Home recently. The Home staff is very cordial and customer friendly. In any event of emergency, the Home's Administration arranges for ambulance to take the tenant to the hospital.
This afternoon, a gentleman came to my table in the Home's restaurant after his lunch. He mentioned that I look highly qualified, intellectual and good, and said that he felt like conversing with me. (He said that he and his team mates were from Bengaluru and were on a visit to temples and that they liked to have their 100% saathwick lunch at the Home's restaurant on the way). I thanked the gentleman and said that I too felt the same way on seeing him. I told him that I don't know whether I really deserve his compliment.
My mother used to say "If we are good to others, they will be good to us".
Today is an auspicious day in the Maadhwaa Calender. It is the anniversary of the day on which Shree Raghuvarya Theerthaa attained the lotus feet of Lord Shree Krishna.
Krishnam Sarva Mayam🙏
Today is an auspicious day in the Maadhwaa Calender. It is the anniversary of the day on which Shree Sathyapoorna Theertha attained the lotus feet of Lord Shree Krishna.
Today is an auspicious day in the Hindu Calender. Vata Saavithree Pooja is performed on this day every year.
