Sunday, September 30, 2012

May Today’s “TELANGANA MARCH” Be A Great Success.

“People who are in high and responsible positions, if they go against righteousness, righteousness itself will get transformed into a destroyer”.
–Dr. Abdul Kalam.
VERY TRUE. May all strategies of the villains to foil our freedom struggle fail.
May today’s TELANGANA MARCH be a great success.
Our history tells us of many evil rulers, demons, rakshasas and persons whose strategies to foil righteous struggles have failed ignominiously. Today, to foil the TELANGANA MARCH several attempts are made in the form of arrests, barricades, restrictions, confusing double-talk, cancellation of trains and cancellation of buses to prevent people from participating in TELANGANA MARCH.  
We hear of many ancient and interesting strategies to foil righteous demands in  battles:
Padma Vyuham - An army formation in the form of a lotus with strategic placement of the cavalry, foot soldiers, swordsmen, charioteers, elephants, etc., in an attempt to deliver maximum damage to the opposing force as well as protecting the principal participants from the enemy. The lotus formation facilitated and worked on the pattern of opening of petals thereby surrounding more of the enemy and then closing of the petals thereby trapping them and rendering them ineffective.
Suchikamukha Vyuham – Army formation shaped like a needle tip.
Baana Vyuham – Army formation like an arrow.
Makara Vyuham – Army formation like a crocodile with powerful jaws and flexible tail to deliver blows.
Garuda Vyuham – Army formation in the form of a hawk.
Ghata Vyuham – Army formation in the form of a pot.
Vyuham means strategy, and all these strategies of evil rulers have failed against the righteous. And similarly the strategies of SA-Papisti Palakulu and Telangana Dhrohulu will eventually fail.

Friday, September 28, 2012

Memorable Pictures with Rhythmic Posts on Facebook! By Lalitha Raghu – Part VI

A niece so tiny;
And lovely!
An uncle so tall;
Sure to enthral!
Relaxing;
At an outing,
With sky for canvas,
And grass for mattress!

 Three lovely babies in our hands;
And three more to appear!
By end of March next year!
To fill our hearts,
With great pleasure!
Thank you Gods, 
Thank you Storks!

Sitting in front of a hut,
Is a very happy face.
In a shack, a hut or palace,
What is important,
Is to be content,
Happy and at peace.

Sudhiksha; my gift wrapping partner,
Turned into a great competitor!
Here is Sudhiksha with a gift,
She wrapped to everyone’s delight!

 Perfect,
B & W!
Creamy,
Dreamy,
Fuzzy,
Hazy,
Snapshot,
Of our habitat,
And...but who is it!?


For more rhythmic blog posts you may click on the following links:

Memorable Pictures with Rhythmic Posts on Facebook! By Lalitha Raghu – Part V

Day long happiness, 
Depends on a delicious, 
Heavy & leisurely breakfast! 
Sudhiksha, hold this advice steadfast!

The table is all set…
And we are just,
Waiting for YOU!
Guests of Mr. Raghu.

As little birds wings get stronger,
Nature makes them fly out of their nests.
As our children’s knowledge and experience gets richer,
The world beckons them out of our homes,
Hurting our lives, thoughts and hearts.
All we can do is bless and convey our best wishes,
And hope that they will please us with frequent visits.
What is true with the birds since creation,
Has now become with us: very common.
GOD, protect and keep our young ones healthy and happy,
And someday see that they return to us, to their homes and nests!

They are siblings for sure,
But not brother and sister for sure!
Are they brothers?
Or are they sisters?
I am sure you can’t proclaim!
Unless you have recognized them!

Sudhiksha loves to assist everyone!
Here is picture to amuse anyone!
She has come forward to volunteer,
To assist, and become wiser.





Memorable Pictures with Rhythmic Posts on Facebook! By Lalitha Raghu – Part IV

May God guard us,
Wherever we go.
May God guide us,
In whatever we do.
May God’s blessings,
And radiance so divine,
Forever on us shine!

“Deepavali Bommala Koluvu”;
An array of attractive dolls,
Arranged to amuse You!
Biggest doll among the dolls,
Is the prettiest of them all!
It is our Sudhiksha after all!

Isn’t this picture nice!
Of an uncle and niece.
Of Sudhiksha and Srinath,
Of endearment!
Painted? Bright and brilliant!

All seven cousins on a tree!
Safe from the danger on ground!
Who taught them to climb a tree?
Or is it a hereditary trend!

Far away from the chaos of city life,
A break at green fields is a great relief!
And seeing children enjoying nature,
Gives us enhanced pleasure!






Monday, September 24, 2012

“Sudigadu” - Movie: An Exemplary Mockery of Tollywood Baloney!


It is exactly a month since the release of “Sudigadu”, a Telugu movie, which has become a great hit not only in AP State but even abroad. After having read a number of reviews appreciating the movie, I saw it a fortnight ago. I am glad I saw it. I thoroughly enjoyed it. This comedy movie begins its long journey of spoofs right from its credits to the end of the film. In the process of narrating the story, a befitting mockery is made of various heroes, their humbug heroics, dialogues, scenes, songs, dances, and fights, from about 100 movies, especially the most popular ones. Even some TV shows are not spared.
Actor Allari Naresh as Shiva and hero of the film makes you smile and laugh throughout the length of the film. The story is the usual of a hero, his love and a villain but with a strange difference. The villain, Thikkal Reddy’s enmity with Shiva starts just a few minutes after Shiva’s birth! The villain’s son slips over the water passed by the baby Shiva! he falls down and dies instantaneously, and the drama of revenge between the villain and Shiva unfolds! A common storyline thereafter but with countless entertaining spoofs that make the movie a great comedy.
If you have not yet seen it, I think you should, you will certainly enjoy it, especially the mockery of our heroes, their humbug heroics, dialogues, fights, and action.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Vinayaka Chavithi Festival – Special & Unique Food!

Like every other festival of ours, Vinayaka Chavithi or Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated with some very special and unique food. I call this food special and unique because they are a very delicious combination and normally prepared only today, on the day of the festival, that is only once in a year. They are Lord Ganesha’s favourite and ours too. The recipes and the tradition of this festive food have come to us from generations of our ancestors. The most important of the special festival food are as shown in the above photographs, Pasham, Chinthakaya Thokku, Thummikura Pappu and Kudumulu.
Pasham: Wheat Flour Spaghetti cooked usually in Jaggery Syrup or sometimes in Sugar syrup, and spiced up with fried Poppy seed paste, Cardamom powder and Cashew nuts. Spaghetti is prepared a day in advance as shown in the fourth and fifth picture.
Chintakaya Thokku: Fresh (Raw) Tamarind Chutney.
Thummikura Pappu: It is a Dal prepared with a seasonally available special green leaf vegetable called Thummikura and Green Gram (Moong Dal).
Kudumulu: Steam cooked - Rice Flour tiny Patties, eaten with Jaggery, Lord Ganesha’s most favourite snack!
I hope you are all enjoying the Festival. May Lord Ganesha bless you richly.

HAPPY VINAYAKA CHAVITHI! May All Your Wishes And Prayers Come True.

HAPPY VINAYAKA CHAVITHI! 
May All Your Wishes And Prayers Come True.

HAPPY VINAYAKA CHAVITHI, 
May All Your Wishes And Prayers Be Fulfilled.

Deepavali Greetings!