Slideshow of
our recent family photographs:
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
My little grandnephew has a penchant for Key chains!
Vihaan my
grandnephew,
Apple of my eye,
Has a penchant for
Key chains!
To him they mean a
key to outdoors,
And lovely rides!
On Motorcycles and
in Cars,
To enjoy the world
so wide.
See him below in Car
and on Motorbike!
So thrilled!
And so overjoyed!!
If he gets hold of a
Key chain,
Attempts to retain
him indoors will go in vain.
Thursday, January 15, 2015
HAPPY SANKRANTI / Pongal / Makar Sankranti / Uttarayan / Lohri!!!
Attached: Today’s pictures of
Muggulu / Rangoli, at dawn!
Video: A Treasure of Sweet
Sankranti Memories!
Today is Sankranti festival. On this happy occasion wish you
happiness, prosperity, good health, success and peace. Sankranti is celebrated
all over India and even in other South Asian countries, with some regional
variations. It is celebrated as Sankranti, Makara Sankranti or Makar Sankranti
in Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand,
Orissa, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Maharashtra. The
festival is celebrated as Lohri in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, as Pongal in
Tamil Nadu and as Uttarayan in Gujarat and Rajasthan. In Nepal it is celebrated
as Maghi or Maghe Sankranti or Maghe Sakrati. And in Myanmar it is Thingyan, in
Laos it is Pi Ma Lao and in Thailand it is Songkran.
Sankranti festival falls on the day when the Sun begins its
northward journey and enters the sign of Makara (Capricorn) from the Tropic of
Cancer. In local interpretation it means the Sun has commenced to move from
Dakshinayana (South) to Uttarayana (North). Every year this event always falls
on the 14th of January, and rarely on 15th January, as in the case of this
year. Today onwards the harshness of winter would reduce and the days would get
longer. Symbolically, the Sun gradually removes darkness and ushers in the
light of knowledge and wisdom.
Though the reasons for the celebration of this festival are
plenty, the most important is - it is celebrated as a harvest festival. It is
celebrated with a lot of pomp and show with colorful dresses, colorful Muggulu
(Rangoli), colorful Kites, well decorated houses, lots of entertainment and a
variety of food over the three day festival. It is a festival to express
gratitude to God for a good harvest and all the material possessions and it is
also time for communal camaraderie, thanksgiving and exchange of greetings. So
once again wish you all a very Happy Sankranti / Pongal / Makar Sankranti /
Uttarayan / Lohri!!!
Links to my Sankranti
Festival related other blog posts:
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
26th National Road Safety Week.
According to the orders
of the Central and State authorities the 26th National Road Safety Week – 2015
has to be observed from 11th January to 17th January 2015. Three days of this
Safety Week have passed and I see no traces of any safety and educational drive
in our Twin Cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, except for a Walkathon on
Necklace Road on 11th January. Nor do I see any improvement in the rash and
chaotic behavior of drivers, all the more among Auto rickshaw drivers and the
so called well trained drivers of State run buses. Even the helmet rule which
has become mandatory for all bike riders from 12th January is not being
observed by most riders. The general feeling is that most people of Hyderabad
do not take traffic safety rules seriously. I wish the authorities will enforce the helmet
rule very strictly at least this time. And they should also ensure that all
traffic safety rules are followed very strictly. Spend few minutes at any
traffic junction of our city and you will find violators of rules in hundreds. Many
drivers drive in a zigzag manner, park vehicles wherever they please sometimes
almost in the middle of the road causing inconvenience to fellow drivers and
causing traffic jams. They act as if
they are ignorant of the traffic signals and the safety markings on and along the
roads. This arrogance towards road safety should be punished very severely just
as in the case of drunken driving which the police have been viewing very seriously
and punishing the offenders. This strict vigilance and severe punishment of
drunken drivers has transformed, educated and alerted the people of the city.
Attached are some posters
to remind us of Road Safety practices:
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Dealing with Hyderabad’s unusual super cold weather!
Dealing with
Hyderabad’s unusual super cold weather!
After a brief
respite another cold wave is sweeping Hyderabad and Telangana State. Last two
nights the temperature fell below 10 deg. Celsius, which is quite unusual,
lower than the average minimum temperature recorded over last few years.
However daytime is quite warm and bright at 27 deg. Celsius.
Warm clothing and blankets have
all come out after a very long time...and the forecast is that this cold wave
will continue for few more days.
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Terrorism wherever, leaves us sad and helpless.
It
is just 8 days into the New Year and 17 terrorist incidents have already taken
place the world over, the latest being the shocking shootout in Paris yesterday
in which 12 persons have been killed.
Terrorism
wherever, leaves us sad and helpless. Our heart goes out to the victims of the
terror attacks, those who are killed and those maimed and their bereaved
families. The suffering is enormous, many suffer from post- trauma and every
citizen in the affected areas and in sensitive countries feel that they have
lost their freedom and live in fear as it has happened to us after the series
of bomb blasts in Hyderabad. Today I am
reminded of these bomb blasts in our city, Hyderabad and the tragedies it has caused.
Not long ago on 25th August 2007 there were bomb blasts at Lumbini Amusement
Park - Necklace Road and at Gokul Chaat Bhandar – Koti, in which 42 persons
were killed and 54 injured. And on 21st February 2013 there were serial bomb
blasts at Anand Tiffin Center and at Route No. 107- Bus Stand in Dilsuknagar
area, in which 17 persons got killed and 119 injured. These were gruesome mass murders
by terrorists, in our city which have left us insecure even today.
The whole
world reacts very strongly against such dastardly acts but their verbal criticism,
advice and preventive measures are obviously not preventing terrorist
activities. I wish the UNO and the civilized countries of the world will unite and
find ways to end terrorism at the earliest.Saturday, January 3, 2015
Our house has a name so nice!
Home is the nicest
word in the universe!
And our home has a name so nice!
- Sudhiksha & Vihaan.
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