My service in Bank for 38 years 10 months and 24 days
During my service in Bank of India for almost 39 years , I had opportunities to work in various places of India As service formed major part of my life I try to recollect the various places where I worked and stayed alone as also with family from 6.8.1968 till 30.6 2007 when I retired from service from Kurichi Industrial Estate Branch Coimbatore.
it was my entry point at Bangalore Main Branch on 6.8.1968 . After calling on the Accountant Sri G Thiagarajan on 6.8.68 with the appointment letter at Bangalore Branch I was given a seat as Despatch Clerk . It was just new to me as I had just finished my previous employment at Richardson Hindustan Ltd as a Sales Representative for one year travelling to various places and selling their products I was able to know the addresses of various Branches and Controlling offices of the Bank as also important customers to whom letters or parcels were despatched daily . I had to sort the mails coming from various departments of the Bank and sort as ones to be sent by Registered post and others by ordinary post and enter in register and send to the Avenue Road Post Offuce after franking the envelopes with required stamps daily There used to be letters marked Urgent to be despatched same day and especially some returns to Reserve Bank of India . Having worked in Despatch Dept for quite some time , I was put in Cash Dept as receiving cashier where I learnt counting note packers , balancing and handing over to Chief Cashier same day .
Thereafter got opportunity to work in Savings Bank , Remittances , Branch Daily statement , Cash Book , General Ledger Balances or Balance sheet etc periodically
I got registered at the Local Branch of Indian Institute of Bankers Bangalore and appeared for part 1 of CAIIB exam in 1969 and passed . It was useful as for promotion to officer grade it was given weightage and additional increments were also given .
In 1974 I appeared for Trade test for promotion and got selected as JM1 Officer effective from 1st February 1975
My colleague MR Dwarakanath had completed his LLB degree after joining Bank and gave me his books advising to stydyvLaw , I jooned Renukacharys Law college as evening batch and completed LLB three year course simultaneously
I was working as cashier in charge at Jayanagar Br then and got transfer to Bangalore Branch as Officer Incidentally I may state I got promotion as Officer from February 1975 after my marriage on 4 Th Sept 1974 with Sow V BRINDHALAKSHMI
About my dear wife ….,,,
From my blog ….,
I hear the following nephew and nieces of my non graduate wife Brindhalakshmi getting graduated in May 2018 in USA.
Harish Babu son of Arunachalam...PhD....Texas university at Dallas in May 2018
Srilakshmi daughter of Balakrishnan ..MS Bimmanghton University of New York in May 2018
Varsha daughter of Ananthanarayanan MS ..Bimmanghton university in May 2018
Saraswathi Hathikal sister in law of Harish getting her MS from Bhimmanghton university.
The other day my granddaughter Poorvi was telling about her Graduation from Kindergarten School ...Appleseed school ...Santa Clara CA..due in May end 2018.I USA they have graduation event at each grade of school from Kindergarten to Post Doctorate.
I was recollecting to my memory how I married my wife BRINDHALAKSHMI in 1974 who was not a graduate.I recall I got promotion as Officer in Bank one month after marrying her ...May be she was lucky to have an Officer husband whom she could manage later.
While I was working in Bank of India Bangalore since 1968 , my father was particular I got married as decided by him and my mother.May be he was suspicious that I would love someone in the Office and marry without their consent Incidentally there were many offers from my seniors in Office for their daughters as they found bright future in me a Graduate in Science .Those days a University Graduate was considered a person with bright future...Engineering,Medical or Computer graduates or Chartered Accountants were less and commanded higher market value.
It was informed to me that one good girl a double graduate with a Law degree working in a Bank was ready in the list as inquired by her father some Saptharishi who was a Criminal Advocate in Bangalore or so .Initially I was attracted at the offer, later I analyzed and foresaw that the matching may not work. It was suggested by the Girl's father I could join his Law firm and me and his daughter could work as juniors.But I thought it might not work as she may get separated or I may leave her being the result of both being argumentative.Of course there would be no love between the lawyers or liars as they are called .
Of course I had desired to marry my neighbor cumulative relative's daughter Bhanu who was a drop out from school but was innocent and used to see my mother in her.It did not materialize. In Bank where I worked I did not make any attempt ...although there were young and responsible girls available.
Of course I had agreed marrying any good girl ..So my father got me the present wife ..not a university graduate but a little more than that.I had once reported about her. She cooks well,talks well and fights with all and generally not obedient ...These qualities I consider enough to treat her as a Graduate and I recognize it.. but am sure these are hidden characters of women we are unable to test and find out before marriage...She was from a village Andipatti...Madurai .Tamilnadu ..had finished her SSLC and become a major reaching the age of eighteen... at the time of marriage ...and perhaps agreed marrying a dark person like me being a graduate and staying in a city like Bangalore.
Of course my opinion about not marrying a Graduate was that being a Graduate she would question me for any action .Again if she were earning she would not respect me or care me .As against this a non graduate would know less but would bring up the family,take care of the family etc. This is a real story.My only specifications were ...she should be lean,fair,good-looking , not wearing glasses,curly haired,homecoming and knowing cooking and obeying elders and me .She satisfied the requirements. Of course we got our horoscopes compared and found matching...That was how I did not marry a Graduate or Double Graduate.
Of course I console myself realizing matches and marriages are held in heaven and so what to do?
This is the black and white photo of my wife Brindhalakshmi her parents sent to my parents to approve. By comparison she appeared of white complexion and I was and am black in color.
On transfer to Bangalore Br in February 1975 I had opportunity to work in various departments like AFD , Remittances , Currency Chest in charge etc at Bangalore Branch
it was my desire that I should work at Trichur my place of birth where I had school education up to 8 Th standard I was fortunate to get transfer to Trichur Br in November 1976. We two me and wife were staying near Kottappuram Trichur till I got transfer to Bihar in May 1977.
while being in Trichur I got opportunity to visit various temples nearby with my wife It was a very nice period for we young couple
About my school Vivekodayam Boys High School Trichur
from my blog
My school Vivekodayam boys high school Trichur
My school
Vivekodayam Boys High School
Trichur
Those days in the year of my birth 1947 there were no official recording of date of birth by parents The parents noted down the date and time of birth along with details such as star required for creating a horoscope
Perhaps in schools at the time of submission of application whatever stated by parents and date of birth was taken into account by the school authorities In my case too same must have happened Also naming or Namakaranam was done at home and I was named Vijayaraghavan
I was told my name was not that of my elders like grandparent, uncle etc but that of deity at Triprayar Ramaswamy temple being Vijayaraghavan
Probably my father would have submitted above details of date of birth and name to school I don’t remember my first day in school however I furnish some particulars of the school
It was in Kunnathu lane at walkable distance from our house at Paruvakkat House Shoranur Road Trichur
Some details about the school students and teachers are as under
E mail sent to my school
Vivekodayam Boys High school
I was a student of Vivekodayam Boys High school from 1952 to 1960,After say 60 years I recollect he names of my classmates....
S Viswanathan
P R Vswanathan
M Muraleedharan
sidharthan
viswambaran
Ramachandran
P N Venkatachalam
S Venkatachalam
Mani Menon
Mohan
Kasthurirangan
K V Sathyanathan
K S Krishnamurthy
N Krishnamurthy
S Krishnamurthy
A Ramamurthy
Subramanian
K Sukumaran
A G Sukumaran
Mani
Ramakumar
Balan
Raman
Rajan
Hariharasubramanian
Venkareeswaran
Mathai Manjooran
Logidakshan,
Vijayakumar '
and a few others
Is any of these in this group ??
Please reply
After so many decades gone through there was no reply
My close friends were
K S Krishnamoorthy
Balan
Rajan
Mohan
A Ramamurthy
Ramkumaran
Venkatachalam
Kasthurirangan
Now I mention my teachers who taught me
Head masters
V G Ramaswami Iyer
G Parameswara Iyer
Others
PS Krishna Iyer
Subbaraman Iyer
Rama Iyer
Pisharodi
Govinda Menon
Govindan kutti Menon
Karunakaran
Peethsmbaran
Unni
Visalam
Janaki
Malathi
Subadra
Radha
Drill master Joseph
and others
We had regular class meetings every Thursday ,anniversary every year , sports, games etc
Also I was in the Scouts for four years I used to go to school for scout training every Sunday
It was a nice time
I was getting high marks in my class exams and used to remain first in rank a few years
It was really wonderful period at the school till I left for Bangalore in October 1960 when I was studying in 8 th Standard
My posting on transfer to Bihar from Trichur was to the Branch Adityapur Industrial Branch near to Jamshedpur or called Tatanagar Singhbhum District
At Tatanagar we were staying near Bistupur in a rented house After a month or so my dear mother passed away at Madras and we went to Madras for her functions connected with death and returned to Jamshedpur after a fortnight
while at Jamshedpur we had opportunity to speak well with all in Hindi There was one Madrasi Sammelani where a canteen was famous providing South Indian food and we used to go there often Also we had temples like that of Ayyappan etc and my wife was busy with all religious activities It was later in June 1978 I took her home at Theni Madurai to her parent’s house for her first delivery of a child Our son Rajesh was born on 7 Th Aug 1978 there
In the meantime I was transferred to a rural Branch Majhgaon in Singhbhum District Bihar as Manager in charge in a newly opened Branch
About Majhgon Branch tenure as Manager till May 1976 when transferred to Chaibasa Branch Head Quarters Singhbhum District
Majhgaon was a Branch opened at rural centre of Jharkhand area in Bihar It is about 5 hours bus journey from Tatanagar It was a place occupied by Tribal Adivasi people The Branch had minimum strength like the Manager , the cashier Mr JC Malua , the subordinate staff Arjun Purty and Karua .It was a wonderful experience there for three and a half years The people spoke either Hindi or Adivasi language New accounts opened for Savings etc and loans given to many including crop loans for Sugarcane There was no electricity ,no regular bus service and no Physician or Medical shop etc I used to get by post English Newspaper the Hindu The Branch was housed in the Block Development office Majhgaon Being Manager initially there was no residence available or provided but later occupied one of the Quarters of Majhgaon Block meant for Medical Officer. Since wife had gone to Theni for delivery I was required to stay alone in Majhgaon till October 1979 when my wife and son came there During that period I used to get food from some eatery of Sharda Kanto swene Chappathi, Singada, jalebi etc and used to make instant coffee myself and drink
After arrival of wife and son we stayed in a quarters and food was no problem as wife cooked well with vegetables Things were very cheap there My wife got acquainted with all local people and learnt speaking Hindi well In 1981,November I was transferred to Chaibasa Branch from where I got transfer to Madras in March 1982
A small brief about Chaibasa and Bihar
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…
During 1979 while on leave at Bangalore my brother’s house I had an attack of meningitis and Doctors/ God saved me
A note from my blog
My experiences about Meningitis,Asthma, Hypertension,etc.. an autobiography .........for guidance,precaution,information of the humanity.....
My Experiences about Meningitis, Asthma, Hypertensions,etc,,,,,
Human body is an abode of all types of sickness and after undergoing the ordeals of such diseases we learn certain things from our experience…It becomes a matter of advice for others to get guidance in taking steps for avoiding occurrence of such ailments….
It was in 1979 I had come home from Bihar on leave I was with my wife and son one year old whom I had seen him after one year of his birth on account Official pre occupation being the Manager of a Branch of Bank of India at Majhgaon Singhbhum Dist Bihar. It was not possible to get leave sanctioned and come home and see the child who was born in Aug 1978...even the news of his birth sent to me by post by my father in law from Theni Tamailnadu reached me after one week. Leave apart the difficulties faced as above I come to know the cause and faced the dreadful disease Meningitis.... on my getting an attack of Pneumococci Pyogenic Meningitis on 24th Aug, 1979. We had gone to various places like Ernakulam, Palghat, Trichur , Pattambi etc with the child and returned to Bangalore where my elder brother was staying with his family. My father was with my eldest brother at Madras…In Bangalore after we reached from Trichur the incident happened. It was raining heavily in Shoranur or Trichur where I had gone to meet my colleague Mr. K.B.Anujan who had earlier met with a scooter accident in Jamshedpur a few months back. Perhaps the heavy rains without much shelter of covering drenching us and me lead to cold , flue, high fever and that particular evening it started with continuous cough, some feeling of lightning coming through eyes, uninterrupted cough and high fever, confusion,with stiff neck, feeling like seizure , mental and physical unrest,etc, I was later told that my little son was sitting on me and playing and I was not aware of it while I was lying almost unconscious .. In the course of facing the agony. .attack...affecting Brain... …the ordeal continued for the whole night. Meantime three of my sisters were in Bangalore the elder Lakshmi who had come home for Ganapathi Pooja at Palace Guttahalli temple or so got me some Crocin tablets etc gave me, telling it will reduce the fever, But it did not work. In the early morning probably I was unconscious unable to get up or know anything taking place,, I was taken to Dr Nichani just next door in groundfloor to our house at Anneyappa Block,Seshadripuram,Bangalore, who advised that I may be taken to Arpitha Clinic…Sedhadripuram as he could not diagnose and treat me based on symptoms… Hence ,my brother Sundaram took me in an autorikshaw immediately to the nearest clinic at Seshadripuram near my school , Arpitha clinic manned by Dr Selvaraj. , Doctors at the clinic suspected it to be meningitis,, possibly…or I do not know what happened..,called their surgeon Dr Renuka Arya by afternoon had the lumbar puncture done etc…assisted by his Assistant Surgeon Dr Kurse ..For a few days such procedures etc were done and I do not remember much except every 10 minutes some intravenous antibiotic injection or so was given for a few days.While at clinic undergoing all treatment I used to get head ache or pain unable to explain. I used to call Dr Selvaraj who used to tell the nurse assistants to give some Duadin tablet or so. don't remember the names exactly..Bottles fluids of Dextrose and Sodium chloride (saline)along with Multivitamin were also found used entering my body through veins in arms using needles attached identified at specific positions, fluid bottles /bags. (Intravenous solution or I V )found hanging and attached to the hospital bed.It used to cause unavoidable pain and was unable to tilt it or move hands and if moved the nurses used to set it right .Dr Kurse the Surgeon checked me,tested my memory loss if any, damage to hearing,other organs,etc..etc and prescribed Librium 20. Tablets for emergency relief from all head related problems along wuth injection of some antibiotics daily for some days.I continued taking Lubrium 20 a prescription drug for a number of months avoiding overdose, etc.which used to give temporary relief to the phenomenon or ache in the head ...at which point unable to know..
This is the beginning… I thought I would recollect from memory certain things which would be useful to the readers…
I shall state on account of timely action taken by my brother in taking me to the clinic and the proper treatment given by the Doctors and the help rendered by many of my relatives in Bangalore I was cured..My father aged 78 who was in Madras came by night mail to Bangalore from Madras along with Anna and Manni…and all these added to accelerate my recovery… I was told they had boarded the train Bsngalore Mail about to leave Madras Central Station.My younger brother Dr Narayan was in UK and younger sister Sobhana was at Madras and all of them prayed for my recovery. Above all the God Almighty came to my rescue and saved my life….I shall write further next day…….
Today 20th October,2015....
I continue.This has occurred 36 years back. My memory is not damaged to recollect and reproduce the events here.....I am ok now.But I must say I had been subjected to medication,care,some heaviness of head,headache,feeling uneasy inside the brain or cerebrum,cerebellum, cranium, medulla oblongata,skull,etc and unable to feel, compare ,explain the feeling within the head or brain. Probably I had medications like Alprozolms, Diazepam,etc,,like Valium 10,Librium 20, etc taken for some months....I was the Manager of the Branch of Bank of India in Bihar which was in front of my residence...I used to get severe headache on forehead/head/skull...my wife used to tie the forehead with a cloth for some time and pacify. the relief used to be there...Perhaps I should not have continued using Diazepam tablets,etc and instead resorted to Pranayama,yoga, etc and got cure earlier. Once or twice I had written a letter to one of my relatives in Madras who sent me some powder which I took..seeing temporary relief...Ofcourse application of pain balms, etc on forehead had no action or result reducing the headache. Possibly it was one of the post meningitis possibilities,of course not a matter to worry. ,These are just narrated for information..for any person who might choose the right course of remedy... Ofcourse as a natural urge and desire I used to meet all types of Doctors,,Homeo, Ayurvedic, Allopathic ...expalin the situation but none of them being familiar with meningitis and post meningitis period with no other symptoms could suggest any medicine.It may have been perhaps due to the swelling or inflammation of the portions in brain and continuous dosage of antibiotics which might have caused the state of headaches or pain on forehead to me..I say now there is no symptom of it....However the said type of headache subsidised after taking some powder or tablets from a Homeopathic Doctor at Chaiabasa. Bihar and I stopped taking Allopathic muscle relaxants, tranquillisers,etc.But I must say the moments of such headache experienced..I am unable to explain...and had no other problems...like loss of memory, eetc .. Ofcourse I had appetite and all other functions of the body working well..except occasional attack of Bronchial asthma during winter season which I was able to mange using Steroid tablets like Betnesol, or other salbutamol,, deriphyllin, tablets,,etc,,etc,,etc,,Ofcourse this asthma had no influence on the meningitis, although the headache existed and I fought it.Of course I would have forgotten the difficulties or headache/pain faced and fought by me.. Now there appears to be vaccination or some immunization medicine available preventing its occurrence. I pray God the computer geniuses or Software persons... speed up and succeed their research and attempts using the intelligence of brain in inventing of programmes with thinking powers of infinite capacity and devise machines which can diagnose, presscribe remedy and monitor any person for all known and unknown diseases in the universe. ..Ofcourse the advanced dvelopment of medicine has incresed the longevity of humans in the world through medical treatments., pre care, etc... Meningitis..it is heard to occur more for children ...Neo Natal Meningits happening within 28 days after the birth... and the percentage of survival minimum if immediate diagnosis,removal of infected cerebrospinal fluid inside the brain or surroundings or spinal cord called inflammation of the meninges of brain and spinal cord...are removed by Lumbar puncture . It involves ...piercing needles inside spinal canal under pressure by qualified Surgeons through the backbone,spine,etc....and injecting medicines like in chemotherapy in some non infectious type cases. The other forms of meningitis caused through viral,bacterial or mosquitoes bites are also equally stated to be dreadful and fatal if antibiotic injections of required dosage are not given followed by Lumbar puncture Again Meningitis is contagious....the bacteria can pass thourgh coughs, sneezes, contact from the affected person also by sharing toothbrushes,etc, as such the required precaution in not meeting in contact with an affecetd person till cured is suggested ...Being a layman my opinions are not to be taken as of a medical man but as the experiences shared by a survivor or one who had an attack of Brain Fever or Infection.... It was informed me a case of meningitis similar to Japanese Encephalatis ..which was caused by bite of mosquitos after eating the waste of pigs ( or excretia, night soil or dung of pigs)infected with a disease biting humans,etc I recollect and analyse there used to be pigs in large numbers in the area Majhgaon Bihar where I was working and residing alone as my wife was with child were born just a year back at Theni Tamilnadu .The female mother pigs with a large were found moving around in dirty stagnant waters,etc and travelling fast to all surroundings... with the family and a number of small ones or micropigs I donot know the technical term... with all mosquitoes around sitting on the stagnant water and the back of pigs,etc,,an unhealthy unbearable sight for any humans..Perhaps the suroundings experienced a bad pungent smell..all indication for us to avoid such routes..In India it is common unavoidable but in countries like USA you may not see such things as the Government takes much care for the health and welfare of its citizen. It may happen India ...as eradication of Malaria and small pox being made,Governments may take steps eradicating such other dreadful diseases..like Meningitis, Dengue Fever,etc,,...Might be it could have caused the disease as some mosquities might have bitten me.and we cannot find out which mosquitoe bit and caused any infection.... The attack happened after my coming from there on leave to Bangalore.So one advice to all is... we should be careful about surroundings especially be away from pigs,dogs,etc ...and stagnant , poluuted dirty water with insects, mosquitoes,germs, worms, etc floating on it or living happily...and breeding too .We donot know the process and cannot see the growth process of the mosquitoes through naked eyes..I think....Again the other causes of Meningitis reported are from relapse of Typhoid,Tuberculosis,etc and mine was not either of these.of course as I wrote early ,we were drenched in heavy rains in Kerala and the next day we reached Bangalore when the incidents followed.on the previous,day we were at our Athan's pathumuri Agraharam ( Manu athan late T S Easwaran .. my father's sister's son who retired as Court Master in Bombay High Court and came back to ancestral house...Pathu muri..ten rooms name ...built by his father... at Ravipuram Road, near Valanjambalam Sivan Koil...Ernakulam) in one of the houses at Ernakulam after returning drenched.In the night I had continuous cough/headache with expectoration and it was unabated despite my taking some expectorants like Vicks Formula 44,or Glycodine or Benadryl, as I remember....with no effect...that is,what is to be noted..All non prescription medicnes will not have any effect of remedy if you have an attack meningitis,..On the day of occurrence of Meningitis , I must have suffered or undergone untold problems,with high temperatures,over 104 degrees Fahrenheit .. ,stiffness of neck, vomiting sensation, feeling of lightning striking inside the brain,etc. it is difficult to recollect and remember...My Physician Doctor Nichani practising just near our house in Bangalore used to call me and enquire all the symptoms, feelings etc faced by me before the attack etc as he was the person who recommended me to the clinic for immediate action and he wanted to know for his professional guidance and knowledge. I thank Dr Nichahni It appears,all these must have been cause of Bronchitis then Pneumonia,leading to so called Brain infection through my body. I read somewhere post meningitis you may lose memory,etc, and get angry at all things.,etc,,..the second portion may be true as I was much short tempered and strict with my juniors in my Office and used to get angry more frequently...the anger part I have slowly controlled and reduced as it was my hereditary asset...and developed by me..but I donot know if the attack has affected me. in any other way...I shall think over and write further after a day as these information should be useful to others,who may face similar situations of a disease considered a life threatening medical emergency... very serious requiring urgent medical attention.My terminology and use of improper words may please be treated unintentional and a few terminological inexactitudes might have crept in. Give me some time to recollect past....
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD......
After fighting the after effects of Meningitis, I used to get some feeling of discomfort inside the head over the skull as well as through forehead...for a number of years and however didnot affect me in my physical, mental and other activities. It was in 2001 or so when I went to my Physician Dr Sivaraman at Mandevalli , Madras and mentioned him about my discomfort he gave a referance slip to some clinic im Luz. Mylapore to take MRI or CT Scan. .I donot remember what it was ... My duaghter Chitra who was studying MBBS at Perundurai Medical College was in Chennai with me at that time who took me to the Scan Centre and told me ""Appa donot worry it is only a diagnosis used by Physicians to to daignose and treat medical conditions. Let us see.There is medicine for any sickness or conditions.""With passage of time I donot remember whether it was MRI or CTscan.. that was taken.She was with me and accompanied me home after the scanning or whatever they call it. ..The scanning done and the report I collected after 2 days showed no reason of any condition affecting the brain. Instead my Family Physician after seeing the the report said ""you are OK.. have no problem."".and thus I continued...and perhaps the said headache etc disappeared slowly later.
It may be noted here....
MRI is Magentic Resonance Imaging which physicians use where the magentic field and pulses of radio active energy are present to make pictures of structures and organs of human body including those of the brain and the central nervous system.MRI gives a different information about structures of body seen through X rays, Ultrasound or Computed Tomography ( CT) Scan. MRI uses a powerful magentic field.
A CT Scan is called X Ray computed tomography (X -RAY CT )...uses computer processed combinations of many X ray images taken from different angles...producing cross sectional images of specific areas of scanned object....
An ultrasound Scan ..known as Sonogram or ultrasonography..... a device which ..uses high frequency sound waves to create some image of parts of inside body such as stomach,heart,liver,muscles, joints of blood vessels etc...
There may be more such advanced dignosing techniques and reporting systems through scanning images....of parts of human body....
28th Oct, 2015,,,,
I continue....as you would have found I might have forgotten many things, episodes that occurred but would try to recollect a few and also add some information gained about the type of Meningitis I had...
It was a case of Pneumococci Pyogenic Meningitis....caused through Bacterial infection...It is also to be noted that meningitis is the infection and inflammation of the meninges. I am unable to show a picture of brain and the spinal cord. However the infection is found to pass on through the body and affect or infect the liquid or cerebrospinal fluid found in the brain and spinal cord.. It is found that Pneumococci Meningitis is a serious disease and can be fatal if proper treatment is not given immediately It is also found if antibiotics donot work the meningits end up fatal.
The meningits is caused by bacteria called streptococcus.pnemoniae,The said bacteria can cause other illness like bacteremia ( a blood infection),ear infections,pnemonia and sinus infection.
The said meningitis is transmitted from person to person through bacteria in tiny droplets from the mouth ,throat or nose.of an infected person.....If someone having disease coughs, sneezes near you , you may contact the disease.Also the disease can be infected from anothr person by sharing a cup, fork, straw , cigarette,etc, So it is advisable to take proper care of all these when we are in crowd of people likely to be affcetd with such contageous disesae.
I donot remember many of the syptoms I had except the ones I have written above...but it is found that most common symptoms are...
Chest Pain,
Chills,
Confusion,
Cough,
Headache,
High fever
Vomiting,
Weakness,
agitation,stiff neck,rapid breathing etc...'
I would have had most of these symptoms....
So these are guidelines for others the relatives or firends who are nearby to guess about possible sickness of an affected person and move the patient to a Clinic or Hospital having a Physician well qualified who can diagnose and start treatment immediately followed by Lumbar Puncture and other procedure, to be done by Surgeons and giving repetitive doses of injections of antibiotics,,,etc...to the patient...
Some of the antibiotics found prescribed for immedaite shots are...
Ampicillin,
Benzylpencillin.
Chloramphenicol and
Penicillin
I donot remember the names of antibiotics which were given to me...but was given for a perios of 3 months or 6 months after the attack.....even after returning to my place of work at Mjhgaon Bihar after completing my leave period of 3 months at Bangalore.....My Doctor Dr Nichani used to admnister the injections regularly ...initially he came home later I used to go to his clinic...
After the attck treatment etc I was instructed not to strain, walk ,etc, for some days..a month... in spite of that on account of the emotional bond between siblings, I went to the house of my eldest sister Parvathi who was staying nearby by walk and climbed their home with difficulty. and felt happy seeeing her ..telling her so any things.....But we should follow what Physicians advise and should not strain immediately..
I shall try to recollect...the othr points and write later.... a picture is pasted here to show the meninges....
The after effects of meningitis may be many....including damage to brain, spread of infection to other areas etc...However for a few percetnge of meningitis victims only these long term disabilities or difficulties in feeling will occur. Most of the cases headache due to irritationof brain meninges will be there ..for a few weeks or months not years...
Severe headache I had during menigitis caused due to irritation of the meninges and possibly due to inflammation of nerves nearby and also due to increased pressure within head.
It is understood the headaches after meningitis go away after sometime although infection is cured ...say for a few months. I had similar headaches etc for a few years. not continuously.....but have not felt them extremely problematic or irritating as I was busy with my work, care of children ,etc and also enagaged in activities.But those who get headaches regularly might feel frightened as if the illness has occurred again, But it does no thappen...
Ofcourse after so nay years of the attack , and cure I donot feel or remember the severeness of headaches or the frequency of their occurrences but feel am away from the effets threof, It can thus be noted headaches or memory loss etc are not permanent factors ,,as I have found...It is informed that you can become allright after a short period of the infection disappearing by using antibiotics and very rare cases of having any after effects,. But apart from any Medical evidence it is possible that the element of anger...or short term temper tantrums, mood swings, minor depression, joint soreness, bad taste feeling in tongue, metallic taste, etc may occur...Some of these when you actually feel and experience another person may not be actually understand it.....Perhaps if you take some food having spicy taste or coffee containing good flavour, it may disappear ....but if you take some paracetamol tablets or other tablets it maynot work... Some of these and others I have experienced...but have not affected me in anyway.... Donot be discouraged if your Physician says he doesnot know what it is.. as it is impossible for anyone to imagine the real nature of headache...etc experienced by a victim after meningitis....but these are minor things as would have after attack of any other illness will subside slowly and allow us survive....may occur to any person who would have been a victim of such illness...which can be rectified by proper food,activities, exercise, belief in God , support from your family members , and friends ,etc.
About Lumbar puncture done at the Clinic...Arpitha Clinic, Seshadripuram, Bangalore 560020
I donot remember the dates..time...procedure..etc. when the lumbar punctures were done...but immediately after admission to the clinic...However I have vague re collection. .I was made to sit or lay down facing the ground...some anaesthetic injections given at the back .....Dr Renuka Arya assisted by Dr Kurse...must have immersed under pressure some needles at the back ..mostly spinal cord to get the liquid ..cerebrospinal fluid ....to get the presence of infection checked for meningitis.......Out of unbearable pain ..I remenber having called AMMA...my late mother who perhaps saw me from heaven and blessed me getting cured....The Doctors were heard pacifying saying...Raghavan..you are very co operative...just one more minute....like that the preocedures were over, Whether another Lumbar puncture was done I donot remember...Now I give you information from Internet as to what is lumbar puncture
++++lumbar pucture....is the procedure for taking fluid from the spine in the lower back through a hollow needle usually done for diagnostic purposes..+++++.
Other medical details as to other purposes, contents of the fluid,test etc I am unable to state as it pertains to the subject of medicine...
The fluid thus taken was sent to National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro sciences, Bangalore ...for analysis and report...I remember my elder brother Sundaram went later to collect the reports from the Institute. while I was in the Clinic for same days...and discharged...My eldest sister in law Manni...Rajalekshmi Stayed in the clinic for two nights as others were not allowed to stay there overnight. My wife and son Rajesh one year old were at home. My brother in law Sri M H Krishnan husband of elder sister Lakshmi had tlephoned to eldest brother Konthai at Madras who came from Madras with Manni and my aged father .Also my mother in law came from Tiruchirapalli. In addition the prayers of my sister Sobhana and Bagavathi from Bangalore were there ..the net effect was culminating in my getting me cured...
..Details of report etc I am unable to know ...However it can be noted the analysis and reporting of such matter are not done at other diagnostic labs....
Sorry if I have erred many a time during my explanation of various things...
I shall continue later,,shall be glad if it is useful to any.....
.After getting transfer to Southern Zone in May 1982 I was posted at Madras Main Branch My elder brother had booked a rented house at Besantnagar Chennai adjacent to our flat M 44 which was owned by one Cofeposa Lawyer Mr Nambiyar It was nice being in Besantnagar adjacent to brother and my spa was staying there Our son Rajesh was a kid got admission in an opposite side school Vidya Vinaya school and later got him admission at St John’s School Besantnagar Madras
There was birth of daughter Chitra in 1983 and our family moved to a flat at Karpagam avenue Mandevalli That apartment was bought by me availing Bank’s housing loan Later Rajesh and Chitra got admission in St John’s School MandevalliI.
I worked in Madras Branch till 1983 when got posted as Manager Madhavaperumalpuram Br till 1986 Also worked in Mylapore and Cathedral Road Branches . In 1988 got transferred to Pullambadi Branch near TiruchirapalliIn 1988
while working in Tiruchirappalli Branch 1993 younger brother Dr Narayanan had come from USA and had asked me to get passport for visiting him at Hazard KY I got passport etc ready and accompanied him to America in 1983,for about month’s stay
Family comprising wife son Rajesh and daughter Chitra were staying bin a rented house at Thillsinagar Tiruchirapalli
A report about my stay in USA
annexure
A brief memory about Tiruchirapalli, mangoes etc from my blog
Mangoes at California....Adai,Aviyal at Tiruchirapalli
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 Perrmanente Medical Center,Santa Clara CA which she says is next to I pad,etc maker Apple Inc.
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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
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Many cities,counties,states in USA are having names related to fruits.
I recollect one place Tiruchirapalli in Tamil nadu 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 .. Ofcourse 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,
Avacado,.
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 colours flowering in abundance during seasons.I 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 suze ...... ..
..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,CA 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...
While being in Tiruchirappalli from 1988 to 1983 got opportunity to visit various temples etc Also I attended Hindi Class and completed Praveshika exam of Dakshina Bharath Prachar Sabha
My father in law Sri Venkataraman, wife and children were staying at Jeeyapuram Village some 5 KMs from Thillsinagar where we were living We used to visit them often Cauvery river bank was behind their house where we used to go for swimming and taking bath etc
During my stay at Tiruchi I got fortune to go to Sabarimalai temple with mother in law, son Rajesh and others
While working in Tiruchirappalli Br I had applied for posting in Inspection and Audit S Zone and I got selected for it in 1994 Thr Head quarters was at Madras covering branches in Madras , Kerala, Pondicherr And Karnataka Branches . Thr family with children were shifted to Madras and reside in the own house at Karpagam Avenue Mandevalli The children got admission in Sankara School, St John’s school , Adarsh vidyslaysa, Santhome High School I used to go on tour and return to Madras every month It was a wonderful period visiting and auditing various branches
Son Rajesh got admission for Engineering in 1996 at Sastra Engg college Tanjore and daughter Chitra was at Madras I was later transferred to Phaltan Branch Pune , Inspection and Audit Head Office Mumbai. While at Phlatan my wife and daughter came there during vacation stayed with me for a month
In 2000 while I was at Tuticorin Br my son Rajesh completed his Bachelor of Engineering degree and left for Austin Txs for his Master’s degree course Meanwhike daughter Chitra got admission for MBBS at Perundurai IRT Medical college and she left for study and stay in hostel
Thus we were two away from children
In the course of time till retirement in 2007 We stayed in places like Dharmapuri, Coimbatore etc and Chitra used to visit us at home during her holidays
Meanwhile son Rajesh got married to Shwetha at Madras in 2006
After retirement from service on 30.6 2007 we returned to Madras and our own house at Mandevalli
We started living a retired life
Chitra was just about to complete her MBBS degree and Rajesh had finished his MS and joined AMD a chipmaker at Austin Texas
Then arose our desire to visit USA
Here is a reporter thereof
Our trip to USA ....from 15th October 2007.....to 2008.......
OUR TRIP TO USA… LEFT India ON 15TH OCTOBER, 2007 BY AIR INDIA +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
FLIGHT....FROM CHENNAI AIRPORT..
PARAMESWARA IYER VIJAYARAGHAVAN AND HIS SPOUSE
BRINDHA LAKSHMI VENKATARAMAN…
I had visited the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN 1993 accompanying my younger brother DR.P.NARAYAN who is a Radiation Oncologist at Hazard, Kentucky
It was a tour for 4 months and over and I got opportunity to visit places like Singapore, Canada, and many places in USA. Some places I have visited are Niagara falls, New York, new Jersey, Florida, Universal studio, Wall Street,Kentucky,Cincinnati,Washington,Lexington,kings island, Louisville, etc. I have prepared a report or database of my previous visit and used to write letters to my children Rajesh Parameswaran and Chitra and their mother Brindha explaining various places and things in America
My son,, Rajesh Parameswaran and daughter chitra where at Tiruchirappalli.Tamil Nadu and were studying in various grades in school…..RSK School,BHEL, and thus couldn’t accompany me. They used to be contacted over telephone once in a week through the telephone of neighbor at Thillainagar where we were staying…
Now my son Rajesh Vijayaraghavan is at Austin…he came to USA 7 years back for his MS at Texas Tech University and daughter Dr.Chitra came to United States of America a month back for appearing for Medical admission for MD…Residency…at various Medical Universisties in USA.. and is at Hyden..Near Hazard...in KENTUCKY STATE..
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It was very nice for me during my last trip as I had visited various places like Singapore …en route and other places like New York, Niagara falls, Florida, Chicago, Cincinnati , Canada etc and mainly staying at Hazard KY. With my brother , sister in law Indira and children Divya, Nithya and Ram... I had stayed in United States of America about 4 months and returned home in November, 1993. Years have elapsed and have come back to United States of America with the spouse to join other family members including the son daughter in law Shwetha and daughter.
I shall try to narrate various episodes starting with expiry of previous passport ,obtention of new passport and visa etc and so on and so forth and feel glad it it shall be felt a matter of interest to those who read it.
Now we have landed at Austin the capital of Texas state one among the fifty states forming the united states of America. 0n 15Th October, 2007
A FLASHBACK ..........DREAM COME TRUE..............VISITING AMERICA.......MORE BY MY WIFE BRINDA LAKSHMI....HER DESIRE TO HAVE OUR FAMILY CONVERGED AT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA....
We were married 3 decades ago on 4the Sept, 1974 at Chennai.. and as it occurs we had marriage at perhaps an early age as she had just become a major and was thus having the characteristics and features of a minor girl from Tamil Nadu ..Incidentally she was staying and studying at Andipatti in Madurai at the time of marriage and we used to welcome her to house as bahu...Andipatti rani....Whether by coincidence or on account of astrological importance Andipatti became and important place in Tamil Nadu...the constituency from where some noted chief ministers got elected like the demagogue MGR and later his successor Ms.Jayalalithaa Jayaraman under the support of the Dravidian party...AIADMK....BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL MAN THERE IS A WOMAN ..IS IT
TRUE....?
It was an eventful year 2007 as I had completed 40 years of service in Bank of India and getting ready to retire from Bank of India where I have been working as a senior manager and also our schedule to leave for USA comprising .three of us....my wife Brindha Lakshmi daughter Chitra and myself. we had our applications for passport submitted in 2005 while I was working at Dharmapuri Branch of Bank of India. Chitra had come to Dharmapuri on a holiday from her medical college internship period and although I had office and was on duty went to the Collector's Office at Dharmapuri and submitted our passport applications with some requirements such as proof of address date of birth etc and pasting photos in correct places in the passport application and enclosing a bank demand draft for Rs.1500 fvg Regional passport Officer, Chennai
I REPEAT SOME REQUIREMENTS / PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED WHILE APPLYING FOR PASSPORT.
HAVE CORRECT PROOF OF ADDRESS......LIKE RATION CARD...WITH YOUR NAME/ADRESS SPELT/INCORPORATED PROPERLY
HAVE AN EVIDENCE OF YOUR DATE OF BIRTH ...RECORD....YOUR SS LC OR +2 MARK SHEET RECORDING YOUR DATE OF BIRTH THEREIN
Obtain Passport APPLICATION FORM.....GO THROUGH THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN IN THE ANNEXURE.... SUBMIT THE APPLICATION ALONG WITH THE DD FOR REQUIRED AMOUNT.....
BE CLEAR AND CERTAIN FILING ’ FIRST NAME , SURNAME, FATHER'S NAME ........ETC........
AFFIX THE PHOTOGRAPHS AS REQUIRED IN THE APPLICATIONS......
GET IN TOUCH WITH POLICE OF LOCAL POLICE STATION FOR ANY POLICE VERIFICATION...
YOU CAN ASCERTAIN THE POSITION OF PASSPORT APPLICATION THROUGH WEBSITE.....HAVE THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SHEET WITH NUMBER OBTAINED AT THE TIME OF SUBMITTING PASSPORT FOR FUTURE REFERENCES/QUERIES.
PASSPORT IS AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT.....ALL DETAILS THEREIN SHOULD BE TRUE....AND YOU SHOULD KEEP SAFE CUSTODY OF THE PASSPORT ALWAYS.
GENERALLY PASSPORTS ARE ISSUED NOW FOR 10 YEARS VALIDITY AND HAVING 16 PAGES/32 PAGES ATTACHED THERETO.
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MAY BE THIS WRITE UP PORTION A REPETITION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION ALREADY INCLUDED.....KINDLY EXCUSE.........
It was one of the cherished desires expressed by Brindha at the time of our marriage that we should lead happy life with a small family and live in a foreign country with our children taking care of us after their getting good education in India. in this it is worth mentioning that Brindha was helpful in all matters right from getting application forms at schools, meeting authorities at Universities in getting the convocation degrees obtained. She had the rare opportunity of meeting the college faculty of her son Rajesh and daughter chitra at Shanmugha Eng college,Tanjore and Perundurai medical college .There were occasions when she approached the Dean of the Medical college enquiring the state of studies of her daughter chitra etc.....She used to visit Chitra at the Women’s Hostel of the Medical College now and then and had taken me also once or twice as men are not allowed inside there. I could not meet Chitra regularly but used to send her Mess expenses, College fees, Examination fees, etc by DD now and then. She used to be contacted through a common telephne of the Medical College Hostel about such remittance etc. Her Medical Books etc as required were brought from some Book shop in Avinasi by her mother and delivered to her at the college including some White Gown or Apron bought from General Hospital Madras. Ofcourse while she was in 3rd or 4th year MBBS I got her a cellphone from RS Puram, Coimbatore so that I could contact here now and then and know about her studies, health,etc,,Once during the last yer of MBBS she was laid up with some measles like contageous disease, her mother rushed to the Hostel , brought her home by Taxi and she after remaining in our house at Vadkovai, Coimbatore for a week under food, care,control, pathyam, etc ( and no medicine )returned.. to Hostel later.
At the fag end of my career in Bank of India I was working at Kurichi Ind estate branch ,Coimbatore of Bank of India .Chitra was in the Medical College since 2000 and Rajesh having come to USA at the same time after his graduation in Engineering Subjects...ECE... in 2000 ....we had planned of our future trips including visiting the united states of America...chitra as a studious girl with determination to master some parts of medicine was interested in pursuing her medical education and incidentally had the inclination and continue her studies at USA after finishing her medical graduation at Perundurai Medical college. With this in mind she had finished her MB BS course followed by internship.. coinciding almost coinciding with the final year of my service at the bank in Coimbatore.
Although I had a passport issued by the Regional passport authority Chennai in 1993 after my visit to USA in July 1993 it was never used again and got expired. Hence during 2005 while I was at Dharmapuri we submitted our applications for passport...all the three of us chitra , amma and self....the initial step in going to USA.
There were some discrepancies needing rectifications in the case of my passport and that of chitra.. Chitra's passport showed father's name as vijayaragavan.....not VIJAYARAGHAVAN and her name in her college/academic documents showed father's name as vijayaraghavan and thus it was case of getting the original passport cancelled and applying and getting a new on with correct spelling as it was required for her appearing for USMLE ( United States Medical Licensing Exam ) tests, TOFEL, and further admission for MD Residency at USA ..etc.. Incidentally her name used to be mentioned as CHITRA in all College records as it appeared in her Birth Certificate which I had obtained at Chennai in 1983 when she was born while we were at Besantnagar, Chennai. similarly in my passport the place of birth had to be correctly mentioned as TRICHUR and not Tiruchirappalli appearing in earlier Passport which ws applied and taken through Passport Ofice, Tiruchirapalli.. Hence in the matter of above rectifications being done we had to go to the passport authorities Chennai more than 4 times and finally got the passports issued properly. Amma's passport was issued during 2005 itself and being resident of Coimbatore in 2006 amma had to go to Dharmapuri Post Office to collect the passport since the address of Dharmapuri was appearing therein and she had applied for it at Dharmapuri. so with some hurdles and official requirements complied with such as swearing in front of a notary public and submitting the sworn affidavit to passport authorities we were able to get the passports in order for all the three of us........this is the beginning of trip to USA.....shall continue after sometime.
Note......
That is part of the story or history...... written in 2008 ..earlier pubished in the same blog...reproduced again...My subsequwnt visits, etc ..some pieces already posted in some blogs..unable to remember...shall recollect, co ordiante, arrange and post again as many of them may be informative containing Geography, Mathematics, Comedy, Science, Accountancy, Poems,Law,etc..and would be useful to me for reading and feeling happy.....Hope the blog is read by some and is useful..... Thanks
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We returned from USA after 25.2.2008
Chitra our daughter also had come with us to USA appearing for USMLE exam for getting admission for Residency MD at Omaha in Nebraska We were at the house of our son Rajesh at Austin TXS and Chitra was preparing for her entrance to MD in USA
After we were back in India at our Mandevalli house in 2008 , we thought of buying another bigger apartment in Chennai So it was in 2009 we got registered the apartment at Thiruvnmiyur Chennai . The apartment is bigger in size and in first floor very near famous Marudheeswarar Siva Temple The house was bought with money received from Bank on retirement in 2007 and also assistance from children
We stayed at this new apartment at Thiruvnmiyur till November 22 when we bought another apartment at Tanjore Road T Nagar
In the meantime in January 2010 our daughter Chitra was married to Dr Srekanth Ramakrishnan on 17 Th Jan at Madras
Being senior citizen couple in Chennai it was thought noting down the daily routines in 2012 as under
My daily routine at Chennai 2012
2018 My daily routines
Just read ...
My food and routine at Chennai daily
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Get up at 5 .45 AM , brush teeth and make coffee for both and wake her up.
6 AM Coffee without sugar with Splenda
8 AM Breakfast 4 slices wheat bread ( self service ) with veg
10 AM ... 2 sun-feast biscuits,
5 almonds.
12 PM lunch 2 cups cooked rice
Sambar, side dish veg for one cup of rice for the next cup with curd
Two elakki banana before coffee
at 3 PM sugarless with Splenda
4 to 5 pm some Sundal like groundnut etc
7 pm 4 0r 3 chapatis with veg
Morning
walk one hour at 6 15 am say 3 km with spouse
Medicines early morning one tablets, one tablet before lunch and one before dinner plus vitamin,calcium,etc in between Avoid taking unnecessary tablets although held in stock.
Morning 10 go for another walk get her daily needs Provision,vegetables etc she buys as she knows to bargain but medicines ,etc I buy.
Pooja etc 11 am onwards
Subramanyabhujangam three verses,Narayaneeyam one chapter,Ayyappa songs, ShrivVishnu sahasranamam,Sundarakandam one chapter,Sandhyavandganam,etc
Evening listen vishnusahasrananam 5 30 PM Sankara TV and others
In between Newspaper morning 7 am onwards smartphone now and then computer occasionally
Bath at 11 am onwards
Cutting vegetables,cleaning trash,washing own cloth,teaching her computer or English
and thinking ....
Go to sleep after 9 PM
In between watch Mega TV MS Viswanathan Tamil film songs 8 am to 9 am
1 pm seeing Tamil old films like Nenjirukkum varai,Thulabaram,,ootti varai uravu,etc etc
Sleep for half an hour after 1.30 PM
See sun news or captain news
See share market fluctuations in computer 9 AM to 3.30 PM
In short interested in Religion,cooking,share market,Real estate seeing values,Computer,Medicine,Helping wife lest may not get good food,Mathematics,Sanskrit,and Banking👩🏻🎓and also local politics, temples,etc and Facebook groups connected with Bank where I happen tobe Admin
In the night after 9 PM or mornings during holidays children ,families and grandchildren from USA come through Skype etc and feel happy seeing them or talking to them.
Night before sleeping utter a few lines of sahasranamam,Bhujangam and say vathalayesa paahi maam
This is my life in Chennai Ofcourse
it is not complete like repairing gadgets,climbing on ladder for taking things , cleaning house ,bed, refrigerator , washing machine , Kitchen chimney, Two wheeler and others are automatically allotted to me.Writing blog, searching medicines , Seeing Twitter, etc through browser also take place now and then .
Being a senior citizen I feel free and have enough time
Thus we became elderly parents with children in USA and used to visit them almost every year
Simultaneously our golden jubilee of marriage after completing 50 years also occurred and had it celebrated at USA near Chitra’s house San Jose CA and Rajesh also stays nearby at Fremont CA
Here is a copy of our invitation to our friends relatives and others sent
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Our 50 th wedding anniversary ++++++++++++++++++++++ Dear friend, We were married on 4 th September 1974 at Chennai ( Madras ) . It was a relationship established by our parents by comparing horoscopes etc attended by many . We recall with pleasure the said marriage event when both our parents and many others from our families and others were present . Fifty long years have elapsed thereafter and we have lived together happily throughout . Our son Rajesh and daughter Chitra are in Fremont / San Jose CA with the families and we are presently on visit to them. We will be completing our golden jubilee or say complete 50 th Anniversary of marriage on 4 th Sept 2024. On this occasion we seek your good wishes to us and we convey our best wishes and blessings to all of you. Thank you Vijayaraghavan Brindhalakshmi
It was a grand function
At this point I thought of writing my autography and here it is as above
We have visited USA more than 10 times and I have visited alone once with my younger brother Dr Narayanan Hazard Ky
During other visits we stayed with children at Austin Txs, Marblehead MA, CNebraska Omaha, San Jose / Fremont CA and also visited many other places like New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Arizona, Hawaii, Tulsa , New Jersey , Las Vegas etc
A list of our visits period wise is given here
21.7.1993 to 8.11.1993 … went alone
15.10,2007 to 25.2.2008
17.11.2010 to 13.5.2011
6.6.2012 to 20.11.2012
19.2.2013 to 16.8.2013
20.6.2014 to 6.12.2014
6.7.2016 to 1.1.2017
26.10.2017 to 20.4.2018
25.7.2019 to 20.1.2020
2.12.2022 to 24.5.2023
11th July 2024 to 4th Jan 2025
In this autobiography two parts of our visits during USA are also included
I conclude my autography and wish that contents are useful to many who read it
Thank your
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