Pune,Meri Jaan

The sounds of different birds chirping away,the amazing hues of the skyline from our balcony,the wonderful chilly morning weather,the view of the lake from here,......

The sun thinking about coming out to shine,orange and blue grey visuals of the sky,

I can never tire of this ever!!

The cup of fresh filter coffee in my hand!

If this is not heaven, what is?Good morning Pune!!

Why do we fall?

The fall as it happened today has left me in complete confusion.

Why did I fall?

I was just standing waiting for my footwear and am at complete loss to understand why this happened.

It took me a while to regain my composure and get up.

Oh my God!

The pain was excruciating and I started questioning my ability to withstand any more of this pain.

Escorted home by my distraught son who was constantly blaming himself for my fall , I was again given the diversion in trying to convince him that it was not him but my fate that caused this!

Subsequently I found that the right leg pain was more profound and severe.

Decided to have an x-ray to ensure that nothing major had happened.

Once again my poor kid escorted me to hospital,where my sister and second son were waiting to receive us.

An X Ray revealed a hairline fracture and after all the necessary aid,left for home.

The painkillers did little to the severe pain and the fall from grace again.

This time my ego wasn't bruised.My body pain won over everything.

Every step was a herculean effort.

I think my ability to withstand pain has come down now with age being the main culprit.

Wallowing in self pity and loathing myself,broke into tears.

But even that passed in a while.

Why do we fall?

Only to get up and get going again.

This fall cannot break our spirit.

We are stronger than this.

Whatever had to happen will happen even if we are extremely careful is the lesson I learnt.

Just endure and move on.

Miles to go before I 😴.

Hand of God

There I was sleeping after a long day.

Suddenly awakened by my boy,who never would unless it was really important.

I rushed to the next room to find my husband on the floor.

In coherent or coherent words coming out of his mouth.

My God !

If that wasn't a nightmare I don't know what else is?

The next minutes did not allow us to play pause.

We had to do something, called our helplines for ambulance and physical support and emotional support too.

Rushed him to a hospital which was 20 kms away.

Wheeled him into the ICU.

The paramedical care given by our son worked wonders and yes,we heaved a sigh of relief after five days of evaluation and medical intervention.

Why this happened especially when he was sleeping we know not.

But what I saw was the divine play.

The left part of his body lost itself for a while and when I saw the way it regained itself, that's where I saw God.

His mercy which is limitless bestowed upon us.

I agree that there was an incident but it was His intervention which corrected the blip.

Our humble prostrations to the Mighty One who has decided to let him have everything again.

What else can I offer to the omnipotent one who has been an ocean of Mercy to us!! ❣️

Deivathai Kandavar

An experience cannot be explained 

Sri Bharaneedharan mama s

acquaintance was like that only.

We cannot describe our good luck or whatever we can attribute to his association.

December 25 th is his birthday.

What a man!

Mama was a hero to me.

A walking encyclopaedia.

A rare mixture of everything great.

So glad that he knew me,spoke for hours with us, sharing amazing things which was never published anywhere.

A stalwart in a variety of fields!

Humour which never hurt anyone.

A straight shooter.

Called a spade a spade.

I am blessed mama.

Revelling in your memories.

Will miss you as long as I live.

Dr.Badrinath

Dr S.S.Badrinath the doyen of Shankara nethralaya is no more.

His achievements in the field of opthalmology is running into pages.

He made quality eye care affordable to many throughout India.

We came to know of his demise through social media only and since then I spent quite sometime surfing through all the news channels especially Tamil.

Not a single channel reported anything about this great man.

What a shame!

All the channels should hang their heads in shame.

Had this been a movie actor the channels would fall over one another reporting,filming from thei respective houses to the cremation ground.

Shame on local media!

Come September

Come September!

The first time I heard these words were from the mouth of the philosophy professor who fixed his daughters wedding in September and told us that it was the best month to get married in Chennai.

It is indeed ironical that he chose to leave the world in the same month too.

Appavoda Master is no more.

It is indeed a great loss to me personally.

What a great man !

I am so proud to have known you sir.

A magnificent man,much admired for his strict values,a doting father and an awesome grandfather too.

It will be very hard to find another person like you sir.

My namaskarams to you.

I will always cherish the wonderful time spent with you.

Go in peace Sir.

Au revoir

Saptha Mokshapuris

Kanchipuram.

This is the only Mokshapuri which is situated in the South of our country.

Adi Shankara Bhagawadpada,who propogated the Adwaita philosophy lived here in eighth century.

This city has 108 Shiva temples and 18 Vishnu temples.

Sri Ramanujacharya who propogated Vishitadwaitha lived here too.

There are so many temple tanks in and around Kanchipuram.

It is said that if one takes bath in the Sarvatheertham,he gets the benefit of taking a holy bath in all the holy rivers in our country.

Kamakshi Amman temple presides gloriously here in Kanchipuram.

Adi Shankara has established a shree chakram in front of the deity here.

In Kamakshi Amman temple we cannot find a sanctum for Lord Shiva 

Likewise we cannot see an Amman sannidhi in any of the Shiva temples in Kanchipuram.

Even in a few temples around Kanchipuram the Lord is known by several names but the mother is Kamakshi only.