Think or sink!

1. Keep the purse string tied in Brahma's knot.

2. Do without whatever you want to buy -

just like you have been doing all along.

3. Make a list of all the facts against that ojbect.

You will feel happy that you never bought it!

These three mantraas save money

and the misery of maintaining the objects.



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Para kaaya pravesam!


The sages of the past had the eight siddhis tucked in their jadai

(since they had no sleeves to serve for this purpose)

They could enter the body of another person - para kaaya pravesam.


Thirumoolar is credited to have performed this feat and lived for 3000 years.

When I visited the activity chart, I found the over active persons of the past

now have % activity next to NOTHING. :(

No one can keep away from the forum once they get hooked.

I know they are operating in other names and genders and

shed that identity also like an old shirt as they move along.

They are the really spiritually enlightened persons

with no attachment toward anything including themselves. :hail:
 
Ek din kaa raajaa! :drama:


The man who was made the king for a day was fondly called as Ek din kaa Raja.

The nearest we recently witnessed is the saath huftom ka raaja in Delhi.


But we have other compensation for this rare event

in the numerous Ek post ki raanis and raajas we find here. :)
 
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One of the many toys included in the exersaucer is a cloth hand-puppet dragon

with wide oped mouth and red split tongue protruding out of it.

Usually children fear it when we try animate and talk as dragons.

But not Varun. He loves the dragon and all the mischief I can do

using it as my hand puppet to talk, touch, kiss, and hold his hands.

The unusual LIKE was unraveled whan I came to know that

he is born in the Dragon year in Chinese calalnder.

An adorable kutty dragon indeed. :thumb:
 
Varun stays with me and my husband for long hours without fussing or missing his parents.

They explain to him what they have to go and why they can't take him along.

Since Life becomes choice-less he accepts it with grace.

But today was a different story

He woke up from his nap and cried inconsolably.

Did he have a bad dream? :noidea:

Did he feel that his parents have busted his trust by leaving him without telling him?

Who knows what goes on in those little (big???) heads.

Trust burst can have far reaching effects.
 
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Varun wanted the seedless red grapes.

I gave him a bowl and told him share it with his thatha.

Imagine my shock when I took a peep from the kitchen and found :peep:

my husband stretched out on the couch like an old Roman emperor :couch2:

and the little chap feeding the grapes one at a time in his mouth! :wacko:
 
Children love four elements out of the pancha bhootaas. :bump2:

Thankfully they keep away from fire for their and our own good.

Allow them to play in the soil, water, run against the breeze and watch the sky.

Nothing can make them happier. :dance:

When their association with these elements outside the home is disturbed

and become impossible, they do these things in doors. :frusty:

The consequences are obvious to everyone :Cry:

and there is no need for me to elaborate on it.
 
Yesterday was one such day for Juju. :tsk:

She went into her pouting tent (Hut?)

and made an assortment of the sounds :fear:

she had picked up from her friends

in the zoo during her regular visits. :panda:

I could not eat at all since never once :(

have I seen / heard/ made my sons cry like that.
 
Juju loves jasmines.

In fact her name is that of a Jasmine specially used for Devi puja.

She would wear as much jasmine as her hair can support!

She has already booked for jasmine flowers

for her daily use during her next visit to India.

Her love for Jasmine is so well known that

the flower seller named Baby (a giant sized baby of course)

would give this kutty baby for free

some length of jasmine string

which she usually sells for astronomical price! :thumb:
 
The Idiyaapam sold here makes wonderful sEvai

even better than the freshly squeezed one.

I prepare with one 500 grams pack and

divide it into Lemon sevi and Coconut sevai.

When I asked Juju which of these she liked better

she gave me the most unexpected answer.

She said, "I like your sari best!"

When Indian girls go chasing the mad and mod dresses and undresses,

this little girl has realized the beauty, grace and dignity of the Indian sari!

Who knows she may launch a revolution in dresses here

by wearing her pre-stitched ready to wear saris with matching blouses!!! :clap2:
 
Whenever I used to go out in India even for half an hour,

I would come back home tired and almost dehydrated.

It would feel as if the Sun had struck a straw through my skull

and drank up all the fluids inside my body. :whoo:

My husband on the other hand would show no such symptoms.

After coming here he is forced to say indoors and :couch2:

can't go riding on his scooter for many hours on daily basis.

He has no energy and feels tired all day - even without doing

any strenuous physical or mental work. :(

THEN We found out that he actually lives on solar energy.

So he is told to sit in the sunlight in the mornings and evenings

and take calcium + vitamin D supplement.
One (wo)man's energy drainer is another man's energy provider!!! :flame:
 
Visalakshi Ramani said:
Ek din kaa raajaa! :drama:


The man who was made the king for a day was fondly called as Ek din kaa Raja.

The nearest we recently witnessed is the saath huftom ka raaja in Delhi.


But we have other compensation for this rare event

in the numerous Ek post ki raanis and raajas we find here. :)
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There is always scope for improvement.

Saath huftom ka sarkaar sounds better!

Meaning 'a government which lasted for seven weeks'
 
For the benefit of those who find the Literature section far far away!


By Devi's divine grace, Devi Bhaagavatam 2 (Skanda 3 & 4 )

will get completed in my WordPress blog with ten more poems

which will be posted during the next few days.


Devi Bhaagavatam 3 ( Skandas 5 & 6 ) has been

already launched by my younger Daughter in law.

Posting of the new poems in it will continue

as fast as I can get them typed. :pray2:


Links for those three blogs:-


Devi Bhaagavatam (Skanda 1 and 2) | A fine WordPress.com site

Devi Bhaagavatam (Skanda 3 and 4)

Devi Bhaagavatam (Skanda 5 and 6)


For the benefit of those who can't read Tamil


The chaste English translation of each poem is given

right blow the poem in every page and in every blog.


Happy reading! :)
 
rishikesan said:
Dear Dr. Renuka,
Thanks a lot for the information & explanation of changes , the Ortodox Lady had .
Rishikesan
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Dear Rishikesan Sir,

No mention..I am always willing to answer questions.

Lets hope Padma Lakshmi has a lasting marriage someday with the man of her dreams.

I dont feel Richard Gere is right for her..since Shashi Tharoor is available now..she and Shashi Tharoor make a better couple...both are glamorous and good looking with a string of scandals.
 
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