Blessing in disguise

As I write this post, I am in the inpatient ward of a local hospital canvalescing from a knee fracture a few days back. By God’s Grace, I am considered to be fit for discharge tomorrow.

I will miss the kind hospital staff, fellow patients and their attendants who had always been there to extend their physical help to me though my brother used to visit me once or twice daily and help physically in all possible ways whebever I needed, as usual. Despite her family commitments my sister too helped by being in the hospital for two days.

These few days kept me somewhat occupied, thanks to mobile based Internet and gadgets such as UTube.  I could derive the pleasure of listening to programmes of least importance (eg. Softrock) as well as those of most importance (eg. Devotional songs by Anup Jalota and K J Yesudas).

Vaamana Jayanthi

Past friday was an auspicious day in the Hindu calender. This is the day on which The Almighty Shree Hari descended on the earth billions of years back in His Vaamana Avataar and blessed king Mahaa Bali, the grandson of Prahlaadhaa, the greatest devotee of Lord Narasimhaa.

My beloved father's death anniversary

Today is the death anniversary of my beloved father according to Hindu calender.  As I had to go to Ashram to get the ritual performed, I didn't have time to write this post in the morning. Today is also the his birthday according to the English calendar. I  fondly remember him and my beloved mother who had always been a support to him.

 

Supreme Court's shirking responsibility and Public Administraion's perverted decision

We all know that recently our Supreme Court washed away it's responsibility of conducting trial on the case of Rajiv Gandhi's assassins and passed on the task of deciding as to whether to release them or to keep them in custody, to Tamilnadu Government.  Yesterday the TN Government decided to release them.

Any even minded good person will know that this is a dangerous move. I just don't understand how such things happen. I think that Mr Modi and his team or the President of India should intervene to avert such bad practices.  I think that people should stage rallies against wrong doings such as these. Criminals deserve severe punishment across barriers such that they don't dare to even imagine committing  crimes again.

Softrock revisit

As I am writing this post, I am viewing a melodious Softrock performance by Philipp Poisel, a young German singer and his band on DW TV . Their music has an interesting resemblance to that of Mark Pnofler.

Lord Krishna Fest

Today is a very auspicious day for Hindus. It is on this day nearly 5000 years back that the Almighty Shree Mahaa Vishnu descended on the Earth as Krishna. He was born at night after moonrise. Hindu devotees offer special worship to Him on this day. I fondly remember my beloved parents on this auspicious occasion and pray the Almighty to shower His Blessings on them.

My Krishna Janmaashtami greetings to all my Hindu friends as well as non-Hindu friends such as Jose.

Raghavendra Fest

Today is a very auspicious day for Hindus. This day marks the beginning of three day festivities in worshipping Raghavendra Swamiji, one of the most revered saints in the Maadhwaa sect. I'll write more about this when I get to my notebook. Thanks for reading my posts.

Onam

Today is celebrated as Onam by people across barriers in Kerala. This is the day on which king Mahaa Bali, grandson of Prahlaadhaa, the greatest devotee of Lord Narasimhaa, visits the region every day.

Billions of years back, according to Hindu Scriptures, Shree Hari descended on the earth in the form of a small Brahmin boy (known as Vaamana Avataar) and blessed king Mahaa Bali.

Onam greetings to all my friends from Kerala.

Vara Mahaa Lakshmi Vratham

Today is an auspicious day in the Hindu calender.  This day is celebrated as Vara Lakshmi Vratham. All spiritually inclined Hindus worship Divine Mother Shree Mahaa Lakshmi who is the consort of Shree Mahaa Vishnu, the Almighty.

I fondly remember my beloved mother who used to offer special worship to the Divine Mother on this day.

Mr Kofi Annan who passed away recently was not only a hard worker (like most Ghanaians) but also a good human being. I think that numerous people will remember him for years to come.