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Friday, April 16, 2021
An astrologer"s day
Chitra Rajesh Brindha RaghavanThe intuitive wisdom or Divine vision to predict, foresee or forecast future events and prescribe pariharams etc for any sin or papam etc possessed by human beings called astrologers are largely accepted by various people .., may be we have Indian Astrologers ... some Kerala experts ,some Tamians,Maharashtrians,etc and from others too..,
Most of their calculations are found based on planetary positions, Dasa.,Rasi.. Zodiac,stars , etc of individuals at the time of birth and later as one passes through various dasas or peroods in life periodically. Incidentally these appear reasonable apparently and scientific being based on a stream of Mathematics....
Ofcourse , we consult astrologers for comparing stars of a girl and a boy at the time of marriage which is also simple mathematical comparison of stars, yoni,rasi, Gotham,dasasanthu, rajju ,etc of two individuals generally accepted by common people ....
Ofcourse the Astrolgers coming through TV channels,News Media and others mostly commercial professionals are there ... they predict or assume to know everything in the world and predict on many matterd ...Generally some people go to them in times of difficulties and others who believe in this astrology also see them.
Also the computer or digital system allow us consult on any matter or problem through astrology online and get results emanating from skilled softwares satisfying all ... although not having general recognition as true ...
We have to differentiate between the real and fake astrologers as we have similar comparisons in other professions also.,,
P.S.
People go to Doctors, Engineers ,Advocates, Accountants , Politicians , Teachers ,etc for consulting various matters related to each profession for advice or consultation etc ..,,
We see generally ..
Politicians approach astrologers before and after elections,
Parents with boys’ horoscopes approach to get suitable girls and vise-versa,
Some parents go for construction of fake horoscopes for marrying children of wealthy and employed girls,
Some people go to them know fate of litigation or chances of victory before filing suit, before constructing house,
Some persons go to them after trying and faing in all Medicine or treatment for sickness finally approach astrologer for cure ....
Etc
What we observe here is astrologers are the ultimate point for finding panacea for any problem .
Astrologers are visited by all..
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My case .....
., Girl’s horoscope was sent to us and I had my horoscope ...
compared all parameters or poruthams myself as I knew that work
Informed girl’s father .. stating porutham in 8 items ..
Ofcourse I did so since I liked the girl more than the poruthams....
So that is where I didn’t go to an astrologer but functioned as as an astrologer ...
That was an Astrolger’s day for me
I made a mistake in not continuing with such a lucrative profession ...,
Addendum...
Various poruthams seen........or compared...
1. Naadi porutham: Endocrine, Temperaments, hereditary.
2. Kanam porutham: Avoids ego problems and frequent quarrels.
3. Rajju porutham: Felicity and duration of married life.
4. Sthirie theerka porutham: Prosperity of family during the course of time.
5. Yoni porutham: Intimate relationship between couple.
6. Raasi porutham: Possibility of bearing a male child.
7. Raasi athipathi porutham: Relationship between in-laws.
8. Vasiyam (Vashikaran) porutham: Physical attraction between the couple.
9. Thinam porutham: Marital interaction quality.
10. Vethai porutham: Mutual repellence and enmity.
11. Virudcham porutham: Family tree continuation.
12. Aayul porutham: Life expectancy.
13. Mahendram porutham: Promotes attachments, increase in longevity.
Most important poruthangal are Nadi, Kanam and Rajju.
In addition they avoid marriages between persons of same gothrams..
Between female star and male star there should be a difference of aeast 8
Both maynot have same star...
Some doshams like chevvai dosham of female affecting male avoided...
Generally the male should be older than female but now a days the trend has chsnged ....
So that is an astrologer's day
Vijayaraghavan Parameswara Iyer
Thursday, November 12, 2020
THAT WAS CHAIBASA...NOT CHAI...BASA....
Chitra Rajesh Brindha RaghavanChaibasa… and ..not chai…basa…….
The word Chaibasa has nothing to do with Chai that is tea .It may be a Bengali name CHOR Basa which they used to say meaning place where thieves live….but may not be true as we all lived there for some period and enjoyed….
Recently I gave up taking filter coffee and shifted to chai or tea and was reminded of this place Chaibasa where we had a nice period of stay with our little child, Rajesh.Ofcourse we could get only chai there and no coffee like in many other places in Bihar.
It was an opportunity and fortune to work in Bihar for about 6 years in Bihar from 1977 when we were just two. Bihar also is actually VIHAR means house for any .It was during our stay in Bihar we could visit many places including famous temples. We two went to Kasi or Varanasi from Jamshedpur visiting famous Viswanatha temple and also the confluence of three rivers namely Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswathi called Triveni sangam We had taken bath at the holy place and went there in a boat and collected some holy water in metal pots which we preserved for years along with some vishnupadham/sanku etc. Also we visited important places like Allahabad, etc.
In addition we had visit to PURI Jagannath temple, Konark Sun temple and Bhubaneswar while in Bihar. Orissa state was adjacent to Bihar state.
We were two in 1977 and transferred to Tatanagar branches, Bihar r say Jamshedpur Bihar. There were a lot of Tata companies like Tisco. Telco, and others..In particular I had an Ayyappan temple where I used to go..Some Gujarathi Basa,, Marwadi Basa, Marathi Mandir and a Madrasi sammelani were there. Initially we stayed in Madrasi sammelani for about 15 days, There was a restaurant run by a Palghat Mami where we could get good meals, Masal Dosa, curd . filter coffee, etc and enjoy food which we could not get anywhere in Tatanagar or Jamshedpur or even Bihar.
While staying in the Community centre Madrasi sammelani I met Mr Ranganathan an Engineer, one of the office bearers of Sammelani and his wife was Mrs. Saroja Ranganathan my senior in the Bank at Jamshedpur. Their son is the Tamil cinema celebrity Madhavan must be a little older than our son Rajesh.
In Tatanagar REC at Adityapur Ind Estate was there and a Branch of Bank also was there where I worked. There were many temples etc where my wife used to go with their mami gossip groups.
While in Varanasi we two were taken in a boat to the centre of Ganges and the other side where there were dealers for Varanasi silk sari. I had bought one green sari for her which cost Rs 300 and came by post after some days. She had retained it till last year , 2019..
Later it was Majhgaon ..Singhbhum Dist.. Bihar tribal area presently in the Jharkhand area where we three lived of rover three and a half year. It was a tribal place with no electricity, roads, train ,Doctors,and other necessities but still cheap and good. Our son was grown and brought up there as a Bihari .
Next before returning to Madras in 1982 we were in Chaibasa,We had opportunity to join the staff of the Branch in a picnic visiting various places like Nalanda, Rajgirh, Bodhgaya etc,.I remember staff colleague Miss. Shipro (Bengali) had brought her sister a Homeo Doctor in the picnic to take care of our son who was not well but became fine during journey, I had carried some essential medicines with me, We had nice time at many places in Bihar and in particular at Nalanda, Mithila, Bodhgaya, Rajgirh etc
While being in Chaibasa our son would speak only Hindi and thus became called a Bihari in in our hose after we returned home ..
In Chaibasa I went to a Homeo Doctor who cured me of my head ache by giving a few tablets. In Chaibasa we had very few south Indians except the ones from Bank serving nearby Branches. It was difficult to get meals or leave alone south Indian meals or curd or coffee ONLY Chai..Singada or samosa or jalebi and we liked them too.
THAT WAS CHAIBASA….
Saturday, September 05, 2020
I had a dream to be a teacher
Chitra Rajesh Brindha Raghavan
I had a desire ... when I was in Primary schools say 1952 I used to like some teachers like Subhadra , Janaki, Rama Iyer etc and later in Bangalore Teachers like KSM, KVS and later college lecturers like Sundaresan , Srinivasan , Gangadharan etc ... Although not concentrating in subjects , I used to dream of becoming like one of them .In school stage I was feeling to become a teacher carrying chalk piece, duster and cane stick .., Those days teachers could punish children and were of good character ..
At school stage desired becoming a teacher wearing necktie and speaking in English and coming prepared to class with Pythagoras theorem Archimedes principle or some Geometry riders ... imagined questioning students simple things and teaching them well..,
Then later in BSC class .. again desired to become a Maths Teacher like Sundaresan , teach all Calculus, Dynamics etc and make some students brilliant to climb the ladder of higher studies ๐ธ๐ธ
Later in Evening college studying Law , I hardly listened to the lectures and read all guides myself ...
But salil my dreams turned out false as I got employment after BSC in 1967.
Later I was trying for becoming an Instructor in Banks training centers but coukdnot succeed ...
After retirement I got opportunity to teach Debts recovery act to some students who were deputed by some Banks ...and some Foreign Exchange to CAIIB students ...
But here the students were grown up and were just not seriously attentive in the class.. They were not fluent in English and I was not good in Tamil ...
Here I have satisfied having been a teacher although all of them preferred back benches and asked for question papers in advance ...
Now finally during my last visit to San Jose USA In 2019 to 20 I had occasion the teach Sanskrit to children on Sundays.
So my dream of being an eternal teacher remained unfinished ๐ฆ๐ฎ
But I used to teach my wife spoken English and computer directly or through e mail lessons .. but the student teacher relationship was missing and student not obedient..
I taught Physics to my neighbor house girl and my niece at PUC level but they didnot study well.
Ofcourse I have taught Maths and Science to my son and daughter during their school days ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ
So I too join the fold of Teachers although not fully recognized as a Teacher
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Thursday, September 03, 2020
Our Wedding anniversary
Chitra Rajesh Brindha Raghavan
araghavanp1@gmail.com> wrote:
Nether have We seen you all,
Nor have you seen us when small,
Got married decades ago happily ,
Remember the wedding anniversary yearly.
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This happened in 1974
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We got married on 4 th Sept 1974 at Chennai..
I got her photos before marriage as under and our entire family at Madras went and saw the girl in Madras at her uncle’s house in Kodambakkam ,Kamdarnagar , Madras .My younger brother went next day to see her as he had work on previous day ...
The right one of the two was the photo her parents who were in Andippatti Madurai District Tamilnadu sent us initially through my father when we were in Bangalore .
Left one I got sometime later and attached .
Bottom one also I got attached .
There were only black and white photos those days .....
She said these photos were taken at Andippatti Studio in 1974 .She thought it was taken for her College admission .
But later she was told the photo has been approved by an intending bridegroom ...we had conveyed our approval over phone the same day ..in June 1974 when I had come to attend my cousin’s marriage ..
She used to say having missed college studies on account of marriage ..
That is how the life of our marriage started in 1974.
46 years have elapsed thereafter ....
We thank all who sent us good wishes on this occasion
My parents are in the photos who chose us as wife and husband ..and blessed us ..Syamala Lakshmanan my niece and Balan her younger brother are also present
We remember and thank our parents always ...
Her athai Visalam was married to my father’s cousin Dr T V Sundaresan ...
Ofcourse 46 years have passed although we feel having met other just now ..
We could live in various places and get children a son and daughter educated who employed and settled .we have lead a happy and contended life and are settled in Chennai after retirement in 2007.
We wish all the best to everyone and on this occasion advise couple who get married to live happily understanding and adjusting each other ...
With both our parents with us ....
With children And grandchildren
Thanks
Rajesh Vijayaraghavan
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Chitra Rajesh Brindha Raghavan
Nether have We seen you all,
Nor have you seen us when small,
Got married decades ago happily ,
Remember the wedding anniversary yearly.
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This happened in 1974
P vijayaraghavan
Married
V Brindhalakshmi
at Madras on 4.9.1974
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We got married on 4 th Sept 1974 at Chennai..
I got her photos before marriage as under and our entire family at Madras went and saw the girl in Madras at her uncle’s house in Kodambakkam ,Kamdarnagar , Madras .My younger brother went next day to see her as he had work on previous day ...
The right one of the two was the photo her parents who were in Andippatti Madurai District Tamilnadu sent us initially through my father when we were in Bangalore .
Left one I got sometime later and attached .
Bottom one also I got attached .
There were only black and white photos those days .....
She said these photos were taken at Andippatti Studio in 1974 .She thought it was taken for her College admission .
But later she was told the photo has been approved by an intending bridegroom ...we had conveyed our approval over phone the same day ..in June 1974 when I had come to attend my cousin’s marriage ..
She used to say having missed college studies on account of marriage ..
That is how the life of our marriage started in 1974.
46 years have elapsed thereafter ....
We thank all who sent us good wishes on this occasion
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My parents are in the photos who chose us as wife and husband ..and blessed us ..Syamala Lakshmanan my niece and Balan her younger brother are also present
We remember and thank our parents always ...
Her athai Visalam was married to my father’s cousin Dr T V Sundaresan ...
Ofcourse 46 years have passed although we feel having met other just now ..
We could live in various places and get children a son and daughter educated who employed and settled .we have lead a happy and contended life and are settled in Chennai after retirement in 2007.
We wish all the best to everyone and on this occasion advise couple who get married to live happily understanding and adjusting each other ...
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With both our parents with us ....
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With children And grandchildren
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Friday, January 03, 2020
My new year greetings. 2020
Chitra Rajesh Brindha RaghavanHappy New year 2020 .
On the occasion of dawn of the year 2020,I feel happy having lived through the old year 2019.
With no other definite plans or tools on hand and observing the current trends I wish the new year begins with following requests, decisions,prayers and wishes.
May men reduce use of smartphones ,telephones,etc and pay attention to other domestic duties also and request women to monitor and follow suit,
Hope that the stock exchange improves and Sensex crosses 50000 Mark and allow all persons engaged in speculation or any other market activities become billionaires,
Desire that all banks exercising caution in lending and reducing and recovering NPA s and allow Bank make profit to give maximum dividend on the investments .It is also requested rate of interest on deposits be increased and rate of interest on loans etc also reduced ,
Pray that Real Estate prices increase at fantastic rates and capital gain or other taxed get reduced,and prices of property while buying is reduced,
It is desired Gold prices increase and also dollar value decreases thereby increasing value of rupee against dollar, and increasing paying capacity,
Let employers low all persons work from home and increase salary every month along with tax free bonuses,and allow them work for home,
It is also desired all establishments allow more leave to all,including any maternity or paternity leave to all employees,
It is overdue any income is made tax free,and other tax rates reduced,
Along with all these it is desired more and more people go to temples, churches and mosques and become religious,
It is desired women start giving respects to men including husbands and mother in law and vice versa,
Coming to Whatsapp or Facebook or Twitter etc let the activity be reduced so that women can take care of their home including husband,children and others,
Above all wish for more production,,increase in employment,stability of Governments,international peace etc are also desired ,
It is also desired more elections take place regularly,
Those having other prayers may add in the new year wishes and wait to see if anything materialised on the last day of 2020.
On the occasion of dawn of the year 2020,I feel happy having lived through the old year 2019.
With no other definite plans or tools on hand and observing the current trends I wish the new year begins with following requests, decisions,prayers and wishes.
May men reduce use of smartphones ,telephones,etc and pay attention to other domestic duties also and request women to monitor and follow suit,
Hope that the stock exchange improves and Sensex crosses 50000 Mark and allow all persons engaged in speculation or any other market activities become billionaires,
Desire that all banks exercising caution in lending and reducing and recovering NPA s and allow Bank make profit to give maximum dividend on the investments .It is also requested rate of interest on deposits be increased and rate of interest on loans etc also reduced ,
Pray that Real Estate prices increase at fantastic rates and capital gain or other taxed get reduced,and prices of property while buying is reduced,
It is desired Gold prices increase and also dollar value decreases thereby increasing value of rupee against dollar, and increasing paying capacity,
Let employers low all persons work from home and increase salary every month along with tax free bonuses,and allow them work for home,
It is also desired all establishments allow more leave to all,including any maternity or paternity leave to all employees,
It is overdue any income is made tax free,and other tax rates reduced,
Along with all these it is desired more and more people go to temples, churches and mosques and become religious,
It is desired women start giving respects to men including husbands and mother in law and vice versa,
Coming to Whatsapp or Facebook or Twitter etc let the activity be reduced so that women can take care of their home including husband,children and others,
Above all wish for more production,,increase in employment,stability of Governments,international peace etc are also desired ,
It is also desired more elections take place regularly,
Those having other prayers may add in the new year wishes and wait to see if anything materialised on the last day of 2020.
Monday, December 09, 2019
Our visits to Kentucky state USA
Our visits to Kentucky state
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Kentucky is a southeastern state bounded by the Ohio River in the north and the Appalachian Mountains in the east, with Frankfort the state capital. The state's largest city, Louisville, is home to the Kentucky Derby, the renowned horse race held at Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May. The race is preceded by a 2-week festival and celebrated in the Kentucky Derby Museum year-round
We reached Louisville KY on 26 th Non and left Louisville on 7 th Dec spending happy moments with Narayanan and Sundaram along with some of their family members
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It was our fortune that we could be together at Hazard and Louisville for a few days . We remember each and every moments of our stay there . Looking forward to meet again more often .
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We had sumptuous and tasty foods together at Tandoori at Louisville and homemade preparations at Hazard for a week.
In addition Dr Roy Varghese And Dr Kantha and Dr Yalamanchi and others were met by us and had good food at their houses .
We had on earlier occasions gone to Mammoth Caves,Kings Island,Toyota Car Factory and the Capital Frankfort etc
We too had a meet and ate at Pizza Hut Somerset Where Sundaram and family came from Nashville
.Dr Nitya Narayan joined us at Louisville on 6 th Dec and made the reunion full and memorable.
That was our meet together
Saturday, May 11, 2019
WORK FROM HOME OR WORK FOR HOME ???????????????
WORK FROM HOME OR WORK FOR HOME ???????
*WORK FROM HOME OR WORK FOR HOME ??????
WORK FROM HOME OR WORK FOR HOME ?************************************************
*WORK FROM HOME OR WORK FOR HOME ??????
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Life is made easy by being at home resulting from advancement of
science and technology. The concept of work FROM home has made life more
comfortable for men and women as they can very well work FOR home remaining
at home and earn... doing
office work from home and simultaneously attending to personal work.
In the mornings we see lots of delivery boys at the doors from
Swiggy, Zomato, Uber Foods,etc who deliver breakfast at short notice
. Women find it easy as they need not prepare anything and waste
time in preparing breakfast everyday with different menu .All other restaurants
like Saravana Bhavan or Adyar Amanda Bhavan or Thaligai accept
orders online throughput the day and supply at doorsteps .This also provides
employment to many youngsters who have a driving licensee and flair for
selling.
You don’t need a car or a driver etc as Uber,
Ola etc are at door steps at cheaper rates offering regular free drives etc to
any place you need to go.
You don’t need to go to vegetable market or provision stores for
buying monthly needs . You can order online through many of
the shops of Reliance, Spencer, Pazhamudircholai,etc or through Big basket etc
where all goods are delivered at doors. Most of the online trades allow you
hefty discounts , cash back etc including the giants like
Amazon,Flip kart,Snap deal,etc , who sell you anything at discount and deliver at
home.
Now comes Doctors or Physicians or Dentists etc who are
available through app Pratcto health app and we can choose them .Some of
them provide you advice online and may be if you pay a little more they may
visit you at home. I remember some 5 years back my wife had an accident and
surgery at leg..,,she could not move from home for 2
months..,,Doctors,Physiotherapists,and Radiologist or X Ray persons used to
come home and do all the services.
Next regarding medicines . ,,Apps of various suppliers through whom you
can order by uploading prescriptions and getting all medicines at discount
around 20 percent. There is an app showing agents who sell medicines which are
about to reach expiry dates at reduced rates. There is one selling all genetic
drugs.Apps are there for buying allopathic, Ayurvedic, Sidha, Homeopathic or
Acupuncture medicines .
Of course bus, train or rail or airline bookings are
always available online but you need go to the bus station or
airport to travel as they cannot come home .
We used to have associations at Apartments where members pay
monthly maintenance, etc and get all services common to the flats .It has
now been replaced by an app in mobile through which members can initiate and
get reply for all
communications,remittances,complaints,etc. People rarely meet each other or
know anyone staying in same building. Even inside house wife, husband , children
communicate through mobile phone .
Your Smartphone recharging, paying telephone or internet bills
or Electricity charges, Water charges, Property taxes, ,can
be made through internet .
Of course filing of Income tax or payment of advance tax or self
assessment or penalty for any delay etc can always be made online .
Regarding Banking it is not required that you visit any
branch.,,,they come home and open all your accounts and give the Cards
....Credit card or ATM Debit Card. Hope some banks provide ATM
machines at your door steps also. All loans you can apply online through the
bank hub etc . May be they cannot trace you later if you change your location
or user ID .
It is a rare occasion when anybody goes out of house to
witness any cinema or cricket match /IPL/Test /Series etc which can
be viewed through TV sitting at home .
There are various matrimonial sites on web through which you can
advertise your bride or bridegroom needs and view many intending girls
regularly ...all these through internet. If found eligible and
suitable and profitable, you can even
conclude marriage settlements or engagements.
People who are wealthy or others who can spend time by
sitting at home engaging in trading in equities / stocks/Mutual
funds/Futures/Options/Derivatives etc online daily and make or lose all money
through online trading .I don’t know if Bit coin trading are also done online.
Commodities or Foreign Exchange business also allowed online .
May be life is made easy through phones/apps etc
resulting in making people lazy and of sedentary nature leading to health
problems. I have seen in USA except a few people nobody ever walks out of house
but travel in car or aero planes always sadly making them obese and unhealthy,
This is what is happening. I do-not know many more
developments which have been taking place in the use of Smartphone
by youngsters making life luxurious but leading to destruction in many cases .
Smartphone, Whats App, Facebook, Instagram, etc have made life comfortable and
enjoyable ..., may be otherwise in the long run.,,
Only places where your physical presence is required is while
going to temples, doing Pooja at home or chanting verses or buying small items
like flowers,etc or going to a saloon or Barber shops , or sleeping. Even
Barbers may come home and render service if you call them and pay additional
charges.
May be daily washing of cloths or cleaning house or
clearing trash etc needs to be done by men at home and online services are not
easily available. We await them soon.
I n USA I found during last year my daughter was
remaining inside a closed room for half a day and I was taking care of her kids
in the kitchen. She told me she was on online duty and attending patients being
attached to a Hospital in California.
So that is the situation.
Sunday, April 14, 2019
Tamil New Year day and Vishu
t was during morning
walk I met Mr. Krishnan a regular walking mate and wished him happy new year.
It required clarification as for Tamilians new year day was today
and for Palghat People Vishu falls tomorrow. In order to cover both festivals on a single day, we had our
vishukkani today itself and decided celebrating both today.
While he mentioned his
relatives n Palghat like Payyannur, Ayyakkad, Perinkulam, Koduvayur,
Nemmara,etc we came to commonness of Kavuu that is Manappallikkavu. I
told him that I belong to Thondikulam but hardly stayed in Palghat as I lived
in Trichur for 13 years and later in Bangalore,etc.I was recollecting my
colleagues in Bangalore who originally hailed from Thondikulam like
Anantharaman,Dhandayuthapani and Seshadri.Incidentally none of us meet each
other after retirement. Two of them were related to my wife and thus not much
acquainted with me and the third person belonged to Delhi and was a colleague
in Inspection and Audit Dept. During my Bank service of six years in Coimbatore
wife used to go for Nurani/Thondikulam sasthapreethi every year and I
couldn’t go .She used to say many people enquired about me through my mother who
was from Nurani. She used to explain about the various Paayasams tasted ,etc.
It is found we have
many near relatives in Nurani ,Thondikulam,Tharakkad,Thathamangalam,Chittoor,Vadakkancherry,
Kalpathi,etc and many other places in Palghat.
I mention my native place
as Palghat but feel unhappy being away from my native place.
Being a senior
citizen I don’t say an old man many items are restricted to be eaten .In the
morning during course of walk we worship or do sevai at Perumal koil,pray God
Pillayar,another Ganesha and Nagathammal and others. Since she takes bath early
morning she goes inside all the said temples and I worship from outside and I
return home and take bath later, Today in one of the Ganesha temples she got
Kesari and Sweet Bhoondi In dhonnai as prasadam .I had to consume one of them
as she doesn’t take those . Later at home I could get heavier breakfast after
performing Ammavasai tharpanam.While taking lunch took a little
rice,Sakkara Pongal,and a little aviyal and a vadai .She has made aviyal,mango
koottan,Rasam,Some paanagam,vadai, Paayasam, etc I couldn’t take all these as
usual . That is the situation.
Nowadays festivals
need to be celebrated without much eating things since there are not many
persons at home. Of course a portion she distributed to neighbors and they too
reciprocate . In order to reduce intake in quantity of carbohydrate and
fructose and sodium chloride , saturated fat,etc we combined both festivals to
a single day .
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
ABC of Babysitting while visiting children in USA
ABC of Babysitting while
visiting children in USA
Babysitting is temporarily caring for
a child. It emerged as a social role for teenagers in 1920. In suburban America
it became important in 1950s and 1960s when there was abundance of small
children. In India also the concept of Babysitting is not much popular as
working parents find it necessary for someone to take care of their small
children at home . In many families the parents of the male
member or the female member who happened to be senior citizen come and stay
with such working couple and take care of their children at home, Of course the
presence of elder members like parents and others in extended families make the
children feel at home comfortable when both the parents work and are available at
home only during holidays.
Being grandparents of four American
born grandchildren it became necessary to visit them periodically after
retirement from service in 2007.Blessed with tiny kids we feel privileged and
happy to visit our children and grandchildren in America since 2007 till now.
2018….say around 8 times and in a period of twelve years till 2018 had presence
in U S A during the last ten years.
It was an opportunity to experience
and enjoy the pleasure of Babysitting coupled with visiting various places
there along with children, In short out of fifty states of the United states of
America, we had occasion to picnic or stay in more than 13 states namely
Kentucky, New Jersey , Oklahoma ,Texas,
California, Massachusetts, Chicago, Michigan, Cincinnati, Washington DC,
Nebraska, Tennessee, etc, ,Arizona, Florida, etc.
It was after retirement from service
in 2007 we had to be with our daughter at Austin Texas when she was preparing
for her admission in US for Medical residency, preparing for USMLE exams, etc.
Her mother used to sit with her during her
preparations supporting with occasional snacks, tea. Coffee etc and were
stationed at our son’s house at Austin.
In 2007 Austin Texas was the first
place we had to stay where our first granddaughter Dhwani was born, We were taking
care of her since her 3rd month after birth . I was necessary as both our son and daughter
in law were working and we need to k look after the child at home during their
absence .As a routine babysitting we took care to note the timings of feeding
the child with milk every two hours …by noting down the timetable in a white
board hung in the kitchen. We had to change her diapers and sit with the child
showing some new things or actions , Also it was necessary to sit with the
child around the rocker listening to some musical tune adjusted and hear d
while the rocker was rotating and child remaining sleeping , Other daily duty
ended after the father or mother returned home after work by 5 PM. It was a
pleasure living in the sole company of the grandkid realizing the depth of love and
affection we had toward the child by seeing the smiling or crying face of the
infant with different expressions in face. Growth of
teeth and teething trouble, change of food from liquid to semi solid, giving
her bath every two days using tub, towel , soap, etc was part of our routine. It
was all interesting and enjoyable. More interesting were the times she spilt
milk or threw away food not found tasty or palatable by her and the costumes or new dresses worn by her now and then.
Austin being capital of the state Texas had a large of computer related
companies.
It was Boston capital of Massachusetts in 2013 where the granddaughter Poorvi
through our daughter was born, It was her mother’s privilege at Beverley
Hospital M Salem MA from time of birth and all others including me were at home or
say the apartment at Salem for about 5 months taking care of the baby, Boston
is an important place in the state of Massachusetts.
Later in 2017 we were back at California at San Jose to take care of grandson Vaibhav
through daughter , We enjoyed staying there too taking care of the children.
Later in 2017 we were back at
California at San Jose to take care of grandson Vaibhav through daughter , We
enjoyed staying there too taking care of the children and also being with the
children of our son at Fremont who stayed nearby daughter’s house in California
at Santa
Clara.
ABC of Baby sitting or Austin,
Boston, California of Babysitting is being experienced and enjoyed by us being
present at these places during births of grandchildren and also visiting many
other states of USA during the said period and seeing many new places. Among
others some of the places we visited are Marathon caves Kentucky, Pentagon, New
York, Nasdaq Stock Exchange, United States Senate Chamber
at Washington DC,U S Bureau of Engraving and Printing US Currency, New York
Stock Exchange, White house at Washington DC, Universal studios, Florida, Los
Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, Manhattan,
Washington square , Tennessee, Corpus Christie , Nebraska, statue of liberty, Liberty Island, Golden gate San Francisco,
Ghirardelli Chocolate factory California, Toyota Car making
facility at Georgetown ,Kentucky state, Eiffel Towers,
Disney Land etc..Las Vegas, Tulsa Oklahoma, Michigan, Washington DC,.
Gloucester vales watch, Inks Lake, Watkins Glen, Ithaca Boston, ,MIT Cambridge MA, Harvard
university, Binghamton state University
of New York, Niagara falls, California science academy, Louisville, Hazard Kentucky, Poughkeepsie Hudson Valley New York,
Harvard University Cambridge MA,JFK Airport, New York ,Cincinnati, Times
square New York and a few others.
The periods of our Babysitting in USA
reminds us of days when we brought up our kids under our complete
control, supervision and presence
and at that time there was no need to leave children under such
Babysitters as there was no necessity. We have been fortunate to live with our
parents during our childhood with no Babysitting etc.
Out of fifty states in the USA a few
of them not visited by us are as
under..
Alabama,,Alaska,,Arizona,Arkansas,Colarado,Georgia.Hawai,Kansas,Minnesota,Mississippi,Misssouri,Montana,New
Mexico, North Carolina. Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
During our visits to USA we had
opportunity to be present during these festivals
New Years Day also called New Year or
New Year’s is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern
Gregorian calendar.
Martin Luther King Jar day …January 16th Birthday of Martin Luther
King.
Presidents Day ,, 20th Birthday of
George Washington first President of America
Memorial Day….29th May remembering
people who died while on active service.
.usually
the last Monday in the month of May
Independence day…4th July ..commemorating
adoption
of declaration of independence
Labor Day….5th September . .honors . American Labor movements,
Columbus Day…..10th
October…Anniversary of Christopher Columbus and discovery in America,
Veterans Day 11th November..….History of veteran of world war 1
Thanksgiving day…
..24th November….fourth Thursday of November in USA a reunion of family members
Christmas…25th December Birth of Jesus
Christ..
Black Friday….one of the busiest
shopping days in USA in November every
year,
Good Friday and Easter……Good Friday
comes before Easter in November..
While reading the history of America
we come across the names of a few Presidents as under…
George Washington
,
John Adams,
Thomas Jefferson,
James Madison,
Andrew Jackson,
Franklin Pierce
Abraham Lincoln,
Andrew Johnson,
Chester Arthur,
Grover Cleveland,
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt,
Woodrow Wilson,
Franklin D Roosevelt,
John F Kennedy,
Richard Nixon,
Gerald Ford,
Jimmy Carter,
Ronald Regan,
George H W Bush,
Bill Clinton.
Barrack Obama,
Donald Trump…
The main Political parties in USA are
Republicans and the Democrats..
American Flag have fifty stars
representing fifty states of the country, There are 13 stripes in
the flag because there were 13
original colonies. The star -spangled Banner is the national anthem
of America. The capital of United states
is at Washington D C. George Washington was the first President of
America and is called the father of the nation.
We have had experience of various
Time Zones in United states of America. We have no such occasions
of Daylight saving in India. There are more than 10 Time Zones in USA. The
continent USA or North America has 4 standard
Time Zones. In addition Alaska, Hawaii
and 5 US dependencies all have their own Time Zone.
Names of Time
Zones..
Pacific Time
Central Time
Eastern Time and
Mountain Time.
Daylight saving Time Zone Mechanism
are second Sunday in March and 1st Sunday in November every
year.
Arizona has no Daylight saving time
and hence the Time Zone doesn’t set clocks forward anytime during the year.
Capitals of a few States are as
under…
Arizona…..Phoenix
Alabama .. Montgomery
Alaska …
Juneau
Arkansas…Little Rock
California….Sacrament
USA…. Washington DC
Colorado….Denver
Connecticut….Hartford
Florida Tallahassee
Hawaii …Honolulu
Illinois…Springfield
Indiana …Indianapolis
Kansas…Topeka,
Kentucky..Frankfort
Maine . .Augusta
Massachusetts…..Boston
Michigan…. Lansing
Missouri Springfield
New Jersey Trenton
Nebraska Lincoln
New Mexico …Santa Fe
New York Albany
Oklahoma …Oklahoma
Oregon…Salem
Pennsylvania….Harrisburg
Ohio
Columbus
Rhode Island…Providence
Tennessee…. Nashville
Texas…. Austin
Utah … Salt Lake city
Virginia Vermont
Washington …..Olympia
Wisconsin…..Madison
Wyoming … ..Cheyenne
We were in USA during presidential
elections on three occasions.
‘2008….Obama Barrack Democrat got
elected
2012
Barrack Obama got elected
2016….Ronald Trump Democrat
nominee elected..
We have also stayed through the four
seasons in America
Summer…June to August,
Winter…begins on the Winter solstice
Fall ( autumn) ….September to November,
Spring…March to May
There are two equinoxes every
year in September and March when the sun shines directly on the
equator and the length of day and night is nearly equal.
We have travelled through the
following Airports in USA and others like Heathrow Airport London
, Frankfurt ,Singapore ,etc..
Other important Airports in USA are…
Chicago O’Hare
International Airport
San Francisco International Airport
Dallas/Fort worth International
Airport,
John F Kennedy International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport
Newark Liberty International Airport
La Guardia Airport LGA New York City
Boston Logon International Airport
Nashville International Airport
Kansas City International Airport
Top 10 largest companies in USA are
Wal-Mart
Berkshire Hatchway
Apple
Exxon Mobile
United Health Group
CVS Health
General Motors
And other companies like
IBM
Dell
Face book
Google
Microsoft
Amazon
Texas Instruments
San Disk and others.
List of largest daily US newspapers
sin the order of circulation are
The New York Times
Washington Post
USA Today
Houston Chronicle
The Wall street journal
Chicago Tribune
Los
Angeles Times
New York Post
Ten top breaches of America are…
1 - Kapalua Bay Beach, Maui, Hawaii. ...
2 – Ocracoke Lifeguarded Beach, North Carolina. ...
3 – Grayson Beach State Park, Florida. ...
4 – Coopers Beach, Southampton, New York. ...
5 – Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. ...
6 – Lighthouse Beach,
Buxton, North Carolina. ...
7 - Caladesi
Island State Park, Dunedin/Clearwater, Florida.
There are many Hindu temples in USA
and a few among them are
Ganesh Temple New York
Akshadham temple New Jersey
Marlin Hindu Temple California
Sri Siva Vishnu Temple Washington DC
Swaminarayan Mandir Houston
Venkateswara temple Atlanta
Radha Madhav
Dham Texas
Ram temple Greater Chicago
Murugan temple Maryland
Sri Venkateswara temple Illinois
Sree Meenakshi Temple Texas
Sankar Mochan Hanuman temple California
Sri Venkateswara temple Pittsburg
Shiva Vishnu temple South
Florida
Shirdi Sai temple Connecticut
Guruvayurappan temple Marlboro
New Jersey
Top
US Rivers by Length
Missouri
Mississippi:
Yukon
Rio Grande
St. Lawrence
Arkansas:
Colorado:
Atchafalaya:
Ohio Red:
During our visit to USA last year in
2017 we were specifically required to take care of our grandson Vaibhav and a
poem written in this connection is given below…
Neither am a Night Watchman in
Cricket Match,
Nor a Goal keeper in soccer or football watch,
Remain as Daycare father or mother
great,
Enjoy the visit as a Baby sitter or
grandfather right..
Enjoy the dawn of morning see smiling
face of toddler,
Feed him milk, formula ,semi solid and fruit matter,
Get bitten by incisors erupt as six
months old,
Pat and touch at back help him sleep
as told.
Little deeds of kids remind us go,
Acts of love we showered and
felt years ago,
When we too played , learnt and troubled them as kids,
Parents were from of God
who take care of us for all odds.
What is life without love we feel and
remember and remain,
One between the man and woman in love
which rarely remain,
The strong one among siblings and
children of parents so dear,
The strongest being love of father
and mother to children for ever.
Dress him warm with cloth and
shining
Make him sit in high chair standing,
change bib or diaper and do
wiping ,
Clean overflowing mouth
of liquid after eating,
Support him stand amidst crawling ,sitting and climbing,
Cover the sleeping kid in crib with
warm clothing,
Watch him steal and taste particles lying
on ground ,
Pull him back while crawling
behind grandma old ,
Moves around the island in kitchen and rooms around,
He pulls all electric
power cable attached in wall good.
Fever or cold he faces with
infection,
Medicines and care of parents found
for perfection,
He joins us see TV programs when free
in noon,
Dance of Jimikki kamal dance and others seen.
In guarded stroller we take him out,
Go to the Murdock park in and out,
Allow his father work throughout,
Assist us complete our daily workout.
This is the routine life of senior grandparents,
Who live in America as visitors and
parents,
Of children who were kids
sometime thus,
And bestow their children as gifts for us.
About California where we stayed
for maximum period
Orange is a
city located in Orange County, California. California is a state of
fruits and nuts...My granddaughter calls her new house in San Jose as orange
trees' house and she is studying in school Appleseed Montessori at Sunnyvale CA..My daughter works
in Kaiser Permanente Medical Center , Santa
Clara CA which she says is next to I pad, etc maker Apple
Inc.
++++++++++++++++++++++++
Apple is an American multinational technology company that is headquartered
in Cupertino, California, which designs, develops, and
sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services
**********************************
Many cities , counties ,states in
USA are having names related to fruits.
I recollect one place Tiruchirapalli
in Tamilnadu where we have lived for six years from 1988 famous for sugarcane,
paddy, banana fruits, mangoes, etc .It was pleasure for children to climb trees
and pluck mangoes ,gua fruits and eat after sharing with others. I
remember my elder sister Lakshmi who visited us at Tiruchirapalli once asking
in our language Tamil Malayalam ..''Raghavaa ..oru perakkai.. porichu tharaya??..meaning Oh Raghava.. will you pluck and get me one
gua fruit ??? Incidentally I recollect her staying at Mayavaram Lodge ,
Tiruchirapalli and getting me Adai Aviyal,etc there My eldest
sister Parvathi who visited us once during Mahamaham festival of
Kumbakonam on 18 th February,1992 also tasted the mangoes and accompanied us to
Kumbakonam for seeing the festival and Jayalalithaa on her birthday..
Magam star.
Mango pickles like Avakkai,etc were made, distributed to relatives and
stored in ceramic jars for whole year and ripe fruits eaten .. Of course my
spouse took care of selling surplus fruits, coconuts and drumsticks at
very good rates and saving money from the proceeds . In addition there
were many coconut trees in the house at Thillainagar, Tiruchirapalli
..with tender coconuts, the sweet water and the coconuts from a number of
trees providing us cool water, coconuts for making daily dishes like
sambar,koottu,chutney,etc.
Here in Fremont CA at our son's
house, we have the following trees, plants, grapevines growing fruits.
Grapes,
Pomegranate,
Apple,
Kiwi fruit,
Pear,
Avocado ,.
Plum,
Gua ..a variety,
Orange and lemon plants are just
planted and are growing.
There are twenty-four rose plants
surrounding the house with different colors flowering in abundance during
seasons’ pluck and keep one flower in front of lamp near the pictures of
God..Goddess daily...
Bagavad Gita says...
patram pushpam phalam toyam yo me bhaktyaa prayacchati |
tadaham bhaktyupahritamashnaami
prayataatmanaha || 26 ||
One who presents a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water with devotion to me, I will
consume that loving gift from that pure hearted being.
Tomato large size and small size
...... ..
..Cherry tomatoes or grape tomatoes ..as called are grown throughout the
year in large quantities ..
It is in daughter's new house at San
Jose..near Cupertino, A we have trees of orange, lemon and naarthangai
grown in large quantities throughout the year and thus granddaughter calls is
Orange Tree house .
It is tasty and medically healthy to
eat some of these fruits..
We eat apple daily .as we have
heard...An apple a day keeps the Doctor away....
We get all vegetables in USA and we
make our vegetarian dishes making use of them. In this connection a small write
up is given here..
Ammachi cutting vegetables and fruits
in America....
We get all types of vegetables and fruits in USA
and most of them we get and use in India . Also many vegetables are grown
in our houses as we have seen at Hazard KY where my brother
Dr Narayan stays...they grow green chilies, brinjal,ladies finger,
tomato, peerkankai, beans, apple, etc in large quantities. in Fremont CA
where our son Rajesh stays..they have all fruits almond, cashew
nut, apples, plum, grapes, mango,etc large number of flowers of rose variety,
and in Marblehead Salem MA where our daughter Chitra lives they have apples,
brinjal, tomato, greens , and pumpkin white and yellow ... also
grown regularly in their backyards, and in New Jersey where our Sudha
stays and Tulsa where Sridhar stays...they too have all fruits and
lemon.. narthangai, etc in large quantities. Our daughter Chitra during her
Medical Residency at Omaha, Nebraska used to say the state being largely
agriculture based with mechanical
tools for plouging,watering,removing,and corns,beans,sugarcane are main crops
grown there.
Tartaric acid, Citric acid, Oxalic Acid, Malic Acid, Ascorbic Acid,
Picric acid ,salicylic acids, and others
are found in fruits. Many of the fruits contain fructose which may not be good
for diabetics but there are fruits
containing less of sugar and others containing less salt or Sodium
chloride etc.. .which we have to choose as per needs or body restrictions.
Banana fruit contains Potassium but also fructose...so it is to be decided for consumption for
people having blood sugar level, cholesterol problems .. Hypertension etc.
Mango fruit contains maximum sugar content
as also date fruit which diabetics should avoid..Papaya and koyyappazham are
generally preferred for diabetics containing less fructose but with a little energy, proteins etc..
Some vegetables nuts are alkaline like Almond, artichoke,
asparagus, avacadoe,Basil, beetroot, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbages, carrot,
cauliflower celery, cilantro, cocoanut, cumin,eggplant,Garlic, Ginger, green
beans, grapefruit,etc
They may not be acidic also, so
that you can get body pH levels alkaline by taking many above alkaline
foods.
In particular we see in America
vegetables are of huge or
large sizes when compared the size we
see in India..and neatly packed in polythene bags after cutting,peeling,washing,etc..
Mostly vegetables and fruits are
received from neighboring countries...orange, apple, are largely grown in
US also.
Okra,
egg plant, etc..are some names...commonly heard.
It is a good experience to see such
large number of vegetables fruits etc in USA and use
them...Some of the rare vegetables like Avocado, brussels,etc are very good for
health...which we do not get in plenty in India .We see them fresh and neatly
packed and any vegetable spoiled and found unusable is thrown out
and neither sold nor used by any.
In India also we grow and get a large number of vegetables, greens etc
having medicinal properties and we should make use of them as remedy provided
by nature or God for our health problems.
There are many herbal preparations
as oil,lehyam,kashayam etc as medicines in Ayurveda using herbs and roots of
plant used for medical treatment relating to brain or Central nervous system,.
called.... Mental disorder/ illness, psychological disorders, psychiatric
disorders,etc and these herbal medicines are found effective....
So nature is abundant with all human
needs for existence and survival...
Cutting vegetables is an art or talent
generally entrusted to the oldest lady in the house who takes
care of choosing and cutting them so that the sides are neatly peeled,
skin removed, internal seeds thrown out, pieces are made small in geometric
sizes, washed again in water before using etc. and AMMA was given
that work in addition to cooking, supervising and tasting the final
products...
Glossary of Vegetables - Indian Names
English Name
|
Indian / Hindi Name
|
Ash Gourd
|
Petha
|
Aubergines
|
Baingan
|
Banana (raw)
|
Kela
|
Beetroot
|
Chukander
|
Bitter Gourd
|
Karela
|
Bottle Gourd
|
Lauki
|
Brinjal
|
Baingan
|
Broad Beans
|
Papdi / Vaal
|
Cabbage
|
Pattagobi
|
Capsicum
|
Simla Mirch
|
Carrot
|
Gajar
|
Cauliflower
|
Phoolgobi
|
Chilli (green)
|
Harimirch
|
Chilli (dry red)
|
Sukhi Lalmirch
|
Cluster Beans
|
Gavar
|
Coconut
|
Nariyal
|
Colocasia leaves
|
Patrel / Patra
|
Colocasia roots
|
Arbi
|
Coriander leaves
|
Hara Dhania
|
Corn
|
Makai
|
Cucumber
|
Kheera / Kakdi
|
Curry leaves
|
Kadi patta
|
Dill
|
Suva bhaji / Soye
|
Drumstick
|
Shingh phali
|
Eggplant
|
Baingan
|
French Beans
|
Fansi
|
Fenugreek leaves
|
Methi patta
|
Garlic
|
Lahsun
|
Gherkins
|
Thendli
|
Ginger
|
Adrak
|
Gooseberry
|
Amla
|
Green Bell Pepper
|
Simla Mirch
|
Green Mustard
|
Sarson ka saag
|
Green Peas
|
Matar
|
Green Onion
|
Hara Pyaz
|
Jackfruit (raw)
|
Kathal
|
Knolkol
|
Gathgobi
|
Lady Finger
|
Bhindi
|
Lemon
|
Nimbu
|
Lettuce leaves
|
Salad patta
|
Lotus Stem
|
Kamal Kakdi
|
Maize
|
Bhutta
|
Mango (raw)
|
Kaccha Aam / Keri
|
Mint
|
Pudina
|
Mushroom
|
Khumb / Guchhi
|
Okra
|
Bhindi
|
Onion
|
Pyaz
|
Plantain (raw)
|
Kela
|
Plantain flower
|
Kele ka phool
|
Plantain pith
|
Kele ka guda
|
Potato
|
Aloo / Batata
|
Pumpkin
|
Kaddu
|
Purple Yam
|
Surti Kand
|
Radish
|
Mooli
|
Ridge Gourd
|
Tori / Thurai
|
Snake Gourd
|
Chichinda / Padval
|
Spinach
|
Palak
|
Sweet Potato
|
Shakarkand / Ratalu
|
Tomato
|
Tamatar
|
Turnip
|
Shalgam
|
Yam
|
Sooran
|
During our last visit to USA between
2017 and 2018 we had visited a few places of importance in California State and
a few of them are as under..
Los Angeles
Lake Tahoe bordering California and
Nevada Mountains
Palm Springs
Santa Cruz
Yosemite National Park
Santa Barbara
San Diego
San Francisco
Fremont
San Jose
Santa Clara
Palo alto
Solvang Ca
Hearst San Simeon state Park
Hearst castle
California academy of sciences
Morro Bay state park
Paso Robles the wine country
Disney land Park,
Hollywood
And others….
So that was Babysitting this year and
we hope to see more places in USA during next visits
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