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The Year 2009 for Andhra Pradesh

2010-01-08T13:54:00.000-08:00

The year 2009 is good for us(tw) but when we think of our State Andhra Pradesh, the year 2009 was really a bad for it.

In Early 2009 itself Andhraites are recovering from the shock regarding the loss of Satyam company, the only IT source for Andhra pradesh.

In The Elections of 2009, Media made the people frustrated, News papers sounded just like the pamphlets of the parties they love finally leaving the people in a confusion what to believe and what not to!!!!!!!!!!! Of course, Jai Prakash Narayan is an exception his party/speeches does not come under this criteria
Sudden death of Mr. Y.S. Raj Sekhar Reddy really made the Andhra people sad, we lost a leader.
Floods in Andhra made the lives worse causing for the loss in wealth and health of the people.
Flu flu flu....Not only Andhra, this word became the scariest part all around the world.
The State became more instable with the serious issue Andhra-Telangana separatism, still it is continuing, affecting the life of a common Man with the name of Dharnas, Agitations, spoiling various resources etc.. I doubt even do God knows the end for this!!!!!!

with all these stuff finally 2009 ended, 2010 has arrived and 2 days back we got to know a news that YSR's death is not an accident, Its a planned one...no one knows for sure whether it is a rumour or fact, but attacks have already started on the assets of Reliance group of companies.

Finally, where are we going to??? we are not even thinking for the well being of our state, As long as we focus more on attacks rather than ways to develop, we will be the same forever watching others going ahead.

Recently I got this forward mail which made me laugh.
Awards for the year 2009
--Best Actor: KCR
--Best Romantic Actor: ND Tiwari
--Best Silent Side Actor: Chandrababu Naidu
--Best Sensational Action Hero: Lagadapati Rajagopal

--Best Comedian: Chiranjeevi
--Best Dubbing Artist: Chidambaram
--Best Character Actor: Manmohan Singh

--Best Story Writer: Sonia Gandhi
--Best Screenplay: Sonia Gandhi

--Best Direction: Sonia Gandhi

--Best Audience: Rosiah

let us hope this 2010 may bring prosperity, wealth and health for the people and let this year may make Andhra strong.

My Re-entry

2009-12-30T12:33:00.000-08:00

I am back to my blog after long time. Hope my fellow friends in the bloggerville are doing great updating their spaces. I Wanna give my re entry by remembering one of my most Favourite singers, M.S. Subbu Lakshmi.

Though It was been 5 years since she left this world, her sweet voice stays in our minds and souls. The morning that started with her Chanting of 'Kousalya supraja Raama' is definitely a soothing one. Her statue being bulit at Tirupathi is apt.
Recently I fell in love with this song sung by her called as 'Madhurastakam' I keep on playing this whenever I feel to listen to pleasant tunes.

The Intellectual Indian brain

2009-10-03T11:24:00.000-07:00

Hi my dear blog readers, I am backkkk.....chalo dont want to waste your time by describing the word Laziness in my dictionary.

Did u see this video of Aish n Abhi being on Oprah show last week, If not... enjoy it, I really really liked the spontaneous, intellectual answers of Abhi that depicted his fun shade too, on the other hand I didnt like the tone and also the artificial smiles or giggles whatever of Aish....

Busy beee!!!!!!!

2009-08-26T11:46:00.000-07:00

It was almost been a month since I updated my blog, let me tell you, ( hammer pictured in your mind??? dont worry, this is gonna be short) with the fear of the winter ahead, we decided to not to waste these shiny summer weekends. Starting from July 4Th long weekend, we had busy busy weekends we visited Washington DC, Niagara falls, New York, and also covered zoo, parks, water falls that were located in and around our place.

In all I liked Niagara falls, from now I will try to be regular to my blog and hope you are all blogging regularly. You may all get a doubt what happened to this girl on week days ....I have a reason for this too, Now a days my Son is not taking naps during day times and he is getting mischievous day by day.....I could not dare to sit near my lappy when he is around as you already aware of my fear of losing a new keyboard:) next time If at all we are going to buy a lappy, I will force my hubby to take insurance for it.

My review on 'Sach ka samna' show

2009-07-29T13:00:00.000-07:00

Money....Money...Money It rules your world, Dreaming ourselves in a big heap of money, will we be ready to do anything?? are we the one who are giving the top most priority to Money than to some sensible matters in our precious life?? These are the thoughts in my mind after watching a TV show Sach ke samna been telecasted on Star plus daily. This is the is the Indian version of the popular American reality show The Moment of Truth, which itself is adapted from the Colombian reality game show. Firstly I don't believe in this shows they are absolutely not out of reality, they are just a means to mint money.

Of course these type of programs may suit well to other cultures but obviously not to Indian culture. A TV program should entertain where the whole family could sit and enjoy it. Instead of entertaining, these shows may become the root cause for the origin of many negative shades in the younger generations. Because you are offered money, you are tend to expose your whole personal matters in the public, what a shame it is!!!!!! the applause from the audience at every 'true' answer from the participant really sounded disgusting for me.

I gone mad thinking at them how on Earth they could face their family members/ Spouse after this show. These shows may help you in becoming wealthier but you may lose some sensible and precious things in life that cannot be brought back with Money.

Moving Mysteryyyyyyy

2009-07-16T19:49:00.000-07:00

Last Friday we moved in to our new apartment, I was bit busy with all this stuff and couldn't update my blog, exactly the day before, On last Thursday evening when Rithvik's dad tried to take him to Rest room to wash his mouth holding his right arm, my naughty pie escaped from his hands and immediately started crying and didn't move his hand even. we are not sure what to do then and ran for the emergency by 8:45 pm and there we waited for our turn, in the mean while Rithvik started playing as usual unless until none disturbed his hand. Finally by 11pm a doctor walked in( after the visits of other junior doctors) and said it was like bone dislocation at elbow and he set it right with his fingers bending the elbow , that's a 2 minute job. Thank God, In no time Rithvik moved his arm. We reached home by 1:30 am and from the very next day he was quite normal.

Here comes the real mystery, when ever we are ready for a move, we are tend to face some issues like this. When we moved from California to here, Rithvik swallowed a small piece of plastic disposable glass and then we didn't go for emergency but that whole night was terrible for both of us monitoring him for any of the complications(check here).

When I came to US for the first time, I was attacked with a malaria fever just before my travel and need to cancel my tickets, We cancelled my tickets for three times due to my health problems finally I could make it possible by 4th time, after Rithvik was born we three went for vacation to India I got leg sprain just day before to our return journey hmmm.... generally I don't believe this but some incidents are making me to feel tensed.

when we two analysed these situations, my husband said to me, ' you know some thing, when I was a bachelor, my move to every new home brought me some good news, but after marriage it was all upside down' waah waah ....finally he shooted me meee me!!!!!!!!

White House!!!

2009-07-07T12:10:00.000-07:00

For the July 4Th long weekend, we went to DC. On our way we had a night stay at DH's cousin's place and by the next day we went my friend's place in Virginia and on July4Th we went to DC and up til now I had a great sketch of White House in my mind, but at a closer view, to my eyes it just looked like the other buildings. We just had some snaps with the back ground of it, we are not even allowed to go and stay close to it. After visiting Capitol hill and a museum, At night we were there at a Monument to see fireworks and it took almost 1 hr for us to get out of our Parking lot and we reached home late night and the very next day we started back to our Place.

The sad thing is I was never been to our Country's Capital New Delhi, I didn't see the Red fort and Parliament yet in real. Hope I could tour North India in my next vacation.

Talkative lil champ!!!!!!!

2009-06-28T04:57:00.000-07:00

Hi my dear blogger friends, how are you doing?? now a days I became bit lazy, didn't even update my blog.
Look at this video, how talkative this lil girl is, Oh boy!!! this younger generation is too smart, at that age (of course even now :)) I don't know how to respond back to others spontaneously, I really got surprised to the way she is talking.

I guess you already know about our banging neighbour, She created a big mess again and our Apartment manager requested us to vacate our house......hmmm....so by next week we may move to a house in our next block with in the same apartment.

Hurray!!!!!! I got a new one

2009-06-13T14:33:00.000-07:00

Yes yes yes ....I got a new key board for my Lappy.... Am I sounding mad, getting over excited for petty things??? No, If you would have worked with a keyboard like this one, even for a day, you would have known my joy. Imagine how you may feel in having the shoe of your exact size, after running for an hour wearing your lower numbered one.

The thought of this new keyboard striked in my DH's mind when he had a very tough time to understand my messages in Yahoo IM. That night he ordered for a new one and he himself got it fixed. My Son who is the reason for this whole story, when I am busy in the kitchen, he climbed on to the dinning table to reach the laptop and got surprised with the new look and his fingers soon got ready to pluck a key, My sixth sense suddenly said to me to 'look at him, look at him....' I peeped through the kitchen arch and shouted at him and I donno what his lil brain thought of me, he left that place giving a pity look at me that says 'chal mommy, ab tho ham ney chod dhiyaa!!!!!'

What's inside '100% NATURAL'

2009-06-04T05:18:00.000-07:00

How many of us are keen in refferring to the nutrirition labels of the products we buy? well coming to me, I came to know about this concept of Carbs, trans fat etc when I was diagonised with Gestational diabetes during my pregnancy. I was suppossed to opt for the foods that have less carbs and more protein I started to look at the labels but now I rarely look at them.

Though we look at the labels, we may not aware of some hidden facts, May be its a business trick that says as '100% natural' to get their products into our hands or may be some other reason, but finally we will be victims. For example,

Take chicken. The average American eats about 90 pounds of it a year, more than twice as much as in the 1970s, part of the switch to lower-fat, lower-cholesterol meat proteins. But roughly one-third of the fresh chicken sold in the U.S. is "plumped" with water, salt and sometimes a seaweed extract called carrageenan that helps it retain the added water. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says chicken processed this way can still be labeled "all natural" or "100% natural" because those are all natural ingredients, even though they aren't naturally found in chicken.

Producers must mention the added ingredients on the package -- but the lettering can be small: just one-third the size of the largest letter in the product's name. If you're trying to watch your sodium to cut your risk of high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke, it pays to check the Nutrition Facts label. Untreated chicken has about 45 to 60 mgs of sodium per four-ounce serving. So-called enhanced or "plumped" chicken has between 200 and 400 mgs of sodium per serving, almost as much as a serving of fast-food french fries.

Wheat bread." This is a meaningless term, since almost all bread is made with wheat. Some manufacturers add to the illusion by using a brown wrapper or darkening bread with brown sugar or molasses. The more healthful stuff is whole wheat, which includes the outer bran and the wheat germ inside, good sources of nutrients and fiber. Check the ingredients. If the first one listed is "enriched wheat flour," you aren't getting much whole grain.

Super water. The Center for Science in the Public Interest sued Coca-Cola Co. earlier this year over claims on its VitaminWater beverages. The center argued that the drinks -- with names like "defense," "rescue," "energy" and "endurance" -- are mainly sugar water with 125 calories per bottle.

for more products look into this info source.

One more from my pen

2009-05-24T12:38:00.000-07:00

Few days back I wrote this Lyrics depicting the concept 'Frustrated Lover'. If you didnt get the meaning of it tell me, I will translate it to english.

Naa Prayanam
gamyam teliyani payanam

Tholakari chinukulaa nanu thadimi jadivaana kuripinchaavu
Kalavani manasula kathanamai, thipi kala la migilaavu

Kanthi la nannu cheri pralayaagni vy chelaregaavu
Thadisina kannulua saakshi, nanu veedani gathamainaaavu

Premantey kalala rajyam kaadhu kalathala koluvani thelipaavu
chirunavey teliyani manishi gaa nanu marchaavu.

Meaning of the Lyrics

Naa Prayanam
gamyam teliyani payanam
Destination of my Journey is uncertain or not yet known
above line is used to say abt the uncertainity of a life journey

Tholakari chinukulaa nanu thadimi jadivaana kuripinchaavu
You being started as a drizzling (of happines) turned to be a heavy heavy rain

Kalavani manasula kathanamai, thipi kala la migilaavu
Remained as a story of the hearts that never meet, remained as a sweet dream

Kanthi la nannu cheri pralayaagni vy chelaregaavu
You being reached into my life as a ray of light turned out to a wild fire

Thadisina kannulua saakshi , nanu veedani gathamainaaavu
You will be forever as my Past leaving my eyes filled with tears as a proof

Premantey kalala rajyam kaadhu kalathala koluvani thelipaavu
Love is heap of troubles but not world of dreams (as i thought)

chirunavvey teliyani manishi gaa nanu marchaavu
You turned me like the one who doesn't know the smiles.

My Hit list

2009-05-19T22:11:00.000-07:00

I have a very great passion for songs. I love music and every one feels relaxed when they listen to some good songs. I want to share few of my favourite Telugu ones, I am very keen at those lyrics.

The below song, I love to listen and watch it too. AR Rahman at his best, awesome song, close your eyes, listen to it....If you are married, you may go back to sweet memories.If you are not you may be dreaming of that..Am I right???

ahaaa what can I say about this song, Fell in love with Krishna Vamsi movies after this, beautiful picturisation that comes close to our heart and especially Mani Sharma's music, Jikki's voice are perfect to that song and Lyrics, they are ultimate

One more from the same maker, This one is favourite for many girls.

A hit from MM Keeravani from a hit movie. I like this song background music especially, I used to hum this always in my school days.

Funny start for this song but Lyrics and music are great and soothing.

Coming to a bit old piece, I like the lyrics of this song

These days I could not find songs with good lyrics, I feel bad when I concentrate on the lyrics. Where are such writings now? Bommarillu and Happy days songs are in my recent favourites list, Can you believe this??? or Am I the only one thinking like that, If you know any, lemme know some good ones that were released later.

Back to my blog after a celebration

2009-05-17T10:37:00.000-07:00

No, You did not hop to a cooking blog. You are right here on right space, Hope I am still at the corner of your minds, Man!!!!!! dig me back to the center. This was the longest gap I have taken since I started my blog, got busy with my Kid these days.

Coming to the cake, I made this Tres leches(3-milk cake) for my Son's 2nd Birthday. It was a famous Mexican dessert and every one including my Son liked it and thanks for my friend Chaitali for sharing this wonderful recipe.

His Dad bought a car for him as a Birthday present and

I prepared a card with all his favourite characters. He was very much excited as it says his fantasy.

On weekend, we celebrated Kids party at home. These are the cookies I made for the party where Kids as well elders got tempted. Only few left for my photo.

It was a nice feel when Kids achieve their milestones, he was so curious to cut his Birthday cake and been waiting from past one month. He enjoyed the whole day by saying ' appy, appy' clapping his hands and by showing the decoration to every one who visited to wish him.

What a Coincidence

2009-05-04T13:36:00.000-07:00

This post is brought to you by the letter 'R' and by the number 14. My name starts with letter 'R' and DH's name too and so I wanted to name my Son that starts with the same letter. Our elders left that choice to us and I shortlisted some baby names of that kind and finally we both stuck to the name Rithvik.

Both my Mom and my Mom in law have the first letter as 'R' in their names and my elder co sister, Niece, Sister in law joins to the list. ' R' rocks in our family hehehe.....

Coming to the number story, we siblings share same Birthday date but on different months like mine is on March 14th and my Sister's is on September 14th and my younger Sister's(Uncle's daughter )is on January 14th and here comes my Son continuing the path being born on May 14th. A great coincidence, Isn't it!!!!!!

Idea courtesy of this post is Deepa, wife of my Husband's cousin. Lemme count how many R's will be on comments side.

My Bouncy boy

2009-04-22T13:34:00.000-07:00

The night when we ran to the hospital for my delivery is still before my eyes, with in the 2 hrs I joined, my little bundle of joy joined us wondering all the doctors over there. A silent cry with his eyes slightly open and his cute lips will stay forever in my mind. Those tough times in my pregnancy soon turned to be sweet nothings with our first kiss and a hug.Women are blessed to be Mothers who could cherish some beautiful moments that defines the beauty of a life.

I must thank Varunavi for passing this beautiful tag, where I could reveal Mother in me. As this tag says to write five things I love about being a mother.

Being pregnant, I loved the feel of his kicks and moves, Though painful sometimes, they are sweet sweet so sweeeet.

I love to kiss him soon he slips to sleep. My Mom says a big NO to this but I could not resist myself.
He kisses me while munching the food that are a great treat for his taste buds and then I simply stare at him to not to miss his joyful expression.

He comes back to hug me though I shout or I am angry at him that's how they steal our hearts with their innocence filled love.

His cute Lil steps(I should say lil runs, he rarely walks) and eyes search for me saying 'maama, maama' in my absence and cries if he could not see me for a while.

and there are many more, every moment with him is a gifted one and precious. I realised the value of a Mother being a Mother rather than being a daughter. His bubbly words, silly acts, messy arts, quirky habits.....makes our 'life' ride exciting on a happy rail(touch wood). He will be Two by this May. May God give him bright future.

I wish all the best to many of my friends who are to be Moms. You are gonna enjoy a lot. I want to pass this tag to my sister.

Amazing voice....must watch

2009-04-18T13:50:00.000-07:00

Listen to this amazing voice, how wonderful it is, an outstanding performance by Susan Boyle in Britain's got talent 2009 show. Click here to watch the video.

Just observe the difference in the faces of audience and judges before and after her performance. At every click of my replay button, I felt it like new. By the expressions of the people over there we can realise how they got mesmerized with her voice.

No words are enough and I am no way eligible even to appreciate you Ms. Susan Boyle.You proved that the age and appearance are nothing before the gifted talent and hard work. All the best from my blog for your future endeavours.

Answer for my Riddle and Winners.......

2009-04-12T12:26:00.000-07:00

If you are directly landing to here, I suggest you to give a try at my riddle and come back. For those who tried it, here you go.

Stmt 1: X (male)and Y (female) got married and had one daughter 'A' being the eldest and two Sons 'B' and 'C'.
No confusion in the above stmt, for X Y A, B,C are children.

Stmt 2: 'A' is married to X's sister's Son and had three children one Son G, and H,I as their daughters.
you can conclude that A's Son is G and A's daughters are H and I.

Stmt 3:Coming to B, he is married to Y's brother's daughter 'U' and had two daughters V and W.
B is X's son, B and U being a couple, (X is Father in law for U).
V and W are their children.

Stmt 4:Coming to C, he is married to A's daughter 'H'.
C is younger Son of X, and he is married to H, where H is daughter of A, where A is daughter of 'X, that means C married his sister's daughter.

Stmt 5:Coming to V, she is married to'G'and'W' is married to 'S'. from the above, discard W and S they are no way related to story.
now let us try to answer my for first question
How is ' H' related to 'U' other than a co sister.
H -- wife of C
U--wife of B
Since B,C are brothers, H,U became co sisters(refer 3,4 stmts)
to relate them other than co sister, (refer stmt 1)
A is sister in law for U because her husband B is brother to A.

(now refer stmt 2)
H is daughter of A. now if you join, H is U 's SIL's daugter in other way, for H, U is her mom's elder brother's wife(mama's wife).

How is 'V' related to 'H' (in two ways)?
V is daughter of B and U. H and U are co sisters so obviously H is dad's brother's wife (pinni) for V. this is one way (stmt 3).
( V is married to his dad's(B's) sister's(A's) Son.)

V being married to G, brother of H, V also becomes maradhalu for H.(stmt2).

Hope I cleared, If I confused you again, I have one more way just imagine 'X' as your Grandpa (dad's side) and Y as your Grand mother hence goes the family tree. If this is also a bad idea, please delete this riddle from your mind and excuse me but don't delete me from your mind :).

WINNERS: I declare Chandana as first winner. Her both answers are accurate. I guess she would have gone mad trying this. She is the first person to answer this. I asked this question to many in turn they warned me to not to come again with such. I appreciate her for giving such a wonderful trial.

Second winner is Mr.Vamsi, my close friend Devi's husband. I asked her this question instead her husband answered it who is totally not familiar with this kind of stuff. I am surprised to know answers from him. Last but not least, I thank for those who gave a try.

Are you ready for voting????

2009-04-09T18:33:00.000-07:00

Indian Elections are on its way, no matter which News paper you read, they portray egos and personal grudges of our leaders dumping us in a big confusion between fakes n facts. Political system, being the Country's biggest drawback, how can it fight against top issues and gain prosperity. We simply cannot fault our Government, because its all ourselves who shape it by electing leaders.

I welcome a day where an individual vote is unbiased one dominating regional, caste priorities. Consider, Judge, verify before you vote for a leader. Your vote is worth for building peaceful India that may eradicate bugs like corruption, terrorism, resource crisis that dictated our lives since long.

The below video inspired me to come up with this post. Thanks to my Sister, for letting me know about this video.

A Riddle to my readers......

2009-04-07T18:47:00.000-07:00

Caution: Please move away from distractions, otherwise you may shout at them while reading. Donot concentrate on this diagram.
Here is my Riddle
X (male)and Y (female) got married and had one daughter 'A' being the eldest and two Sons 'B' and 'C'.

'A' is married to X's sister's Son and had three children one Son G, and H,I as their daughters.
Coming to B, he is married to Y's brother's daughter 'U' and had two daughters V and W.
Coming to C, he is married to A's daughter 'H'.
Coming to V, she is married to 'G' and 'W' is married to 'S'.

now answer my questions,

----How is ' H' related to 'U' other than a cosister. You didn't get how they become cosisters, then read again.
----How is 'V' related to 'H' (in two ways)?

Wait for this weekend for answer.

Poor me!!!!!!!!!

2009-04-04T12:44:00.000-07:00

Rithvik plays with every item in our house, Though he has lot of toys he always plays with my kitchen stuff, he almost spoiled my nonstick pans. Want to know his recent mischievous jobs, he removed the burner of stove by stepping on to the door of conventional oven that's located under the stove. He dismantled Ikea dining chair, he climbs on the glass dining and stumps on it. He tries hard to reach the shelves of a cupboard.

Did you ever see a keyboard like this??? waah waah.... its my 'Dell' laptop keyboard, almost 'dull' keys like Space bar, Shift, some alphabets are plucked by him. My DH always asks me to type if he wants to browse any thing from this laptop and now he regrets for not taking insurance for it. Its the time for you to appreciate me for managing my blog for the past one year with this gone case.

On a lighter side, I want to share his recent video. It may not be much clear as it is captured from my mobile.

Happy one year of blogging

2009-03-29T13:22:00.000-07:00

I started blogging a year back just to present my poetry but soon it turned out to be a space for my thoughts.First of all I should thank my lovable husband who values my opinions and equally my sweet Son who cooperated me with his naps, and this google's blogger service, responsible for many virtual friends in our life. I am lucky to have people who encourage me by giving their valuable feedback and suggestions like my Dad, Sister and family friends like Aditya, Deepa and Neeraja and many more friends who dropby.

I learnt a lot from this blogging and could feel the joy of sharing. I want to dedicate this post to all my fellow bloggers. To name you all is my privilege .

Swathi, known as owner of an online community and we became friends soon. I am very much impressed with her blog hence I started one. Brilliant girl, could bring changes everyday with her ideas.

Keerthi, also a virtual friend from the same community is a good friend of mine. I bet anybody who is fed up with daily chores soon gets refreshed if once they step into her zone. She is the best in narration and makes us to feel her like a next door girl.

Amu, a queen in baking world, very friendly, hard working, sensitive, loves to do KT. Her delicacies are tempting always.

Sree, I follow her blog to update myself with the best vocabulary. I like her mode of writing, apt words that shoots the target.

Usha, I follow her movie updates as well her recipes, I tried so many recipes of her and they are a huge hit in my kitchen.

Varunavi, my new friend in this blog sphere. I got addicted to her blog in no time. I could not stop myself looking at her daily yummy updates.

Sahaja, also a new friend, I like her photography talent and the way she presents her blog with a great command in language.

KK, by dropping to his blog, my mind soon slips to my college days, young blood rockkss, what say KK??

I also drop at Pratima's for her updates on her little prince, Deepthi's who could elaborate well about cultures and festivals, Allantha duraana of chandu's, Nagrockz for the best unbiased political news and movie reviews, Rakesh's for a hearty laugh, naa autograph of Satish, ramya cooks for culinary. Sorry If I forgot any and please feel free to notify, I would love to update.

Last but not least, I also thank those who are on followers list and those who covered my blog in their hopping and once again thanks to all my readers.

Hope you had a great Ugadi

2009-03-28T11:33:00.000-07:00

Hope you enjoyed Ugadi with all yummy dishes, new attire, going to Temple. Being here that's all we can do on a festival. I wanna share few snaps of dishes I made that day. If you want me to name those, they are Ugadi pachadi, fruits, nuts as nyvedyam and Mango pulihora for lunch, sabhudhaana vada as a Snack, Ravva ladoo as a sweet and we finished our dinner with Drumstick gravy(photo not taken) and some left overs.

The name of this Telugu new year is Virodhi naama(విరొధి నామా) and every year I would love to look at Panchamgam(పంచాంగం) for the four values.

Aadhayam(ఆదాయం), Vyayam(వ్యయం),

Rajapujyam(రాజపుజ్యం), Aavamanam(అవమానం).

For me they are 8,11 3,3 and for my husband they are 2,8,1,7 respectively. So this time it says we both are gonna to be spend thrifts and we should be careful in keeping relationships with others. I just watch them out of my curiosity because I strongly believe that our future is an outcome of our acts, but not because of those written fates. I wish you all great times ahead in your life.

I heard the news that Jr.NTR was met with an accident. I admire his dance and I feel his expressions as his biggest asset that reminds us his Grandpa. Sources say that his speeches on political stage are also a hit but now a days I observe all Telugu newspapers as biased, supporting their own favourite leaders. These fellows are dumping us in confusion where we cant judge the facts and fakes. Finally I wish Jr.NTR, a speedy recovery.

Earth hour 2009

2009-03-26T18:00:00.000-07:00

Past from the decades we are polluting our Earth but now let us do our part to avoid resource crisis in future. I want to remind you all about Earth hour 2009 which is on this Saturday March 28 at 8:30 pm.

To be more clear, Earth Hour is an annual international event created by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund), held on the last Saturday of March, that asks households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change

I not only advise you to join in this Earth hour but also strongly recommend you to

Recycle your goods that we use in daily chores(Recyclable ones).
Use less plastic/disposable items.
Switch off the electronic equipments when not in use.
Plug out the chargers when you are done.
Use energy saving lamps.
Avoid paper napkins as far as possible(especially in kitchen)

many more you can do if you look keen in your routine.

Finally for this Earth hour I have decided to switch of all lights, Laptops, Television etc in my house and its just as simple as Indian power cut style. To think in other way enjoy your Earth hour in the light of a candle with loved ones .

To Pledge your support to Earth Hour,please sign up here...http://www.earthhour.org/signup/default:en and join millions of people in more than 1,400 cities and towns in 80 countries throughout the world by turning off your lights for one hour at 8:30pm on Saturday 28 March. So why not you????

Spread this word and contribute your share and save our precious planet. Thanks for letting me know about this event Amu, I am not aware of this until you discussed.

Golden days

2009-03-20T12:41:00.001-07:00

The feel of living in an own house is very great. Two days back, I dreamt of our own house where we lived together. Next morning, I was so disturbed as it took me to my sweet past. I was brought up in a joint family where we had loads of fun enjoying every bit of my life. After my Marriage, my Dad and Uncle got separated and our house was sold.

If I look back, now I realise the value of own house where we plan, imagine, monitor every brick of it. Thus we give life to our dreams, love it as a living entity. We tend to be bonded with it. Many praised our house as it has its own beauty. Its a big, modern, spacious, well designed, huge garden in front. Its very hard to digest the fact that it is no more ours......In that great house, I enjoyed a lot with my graduation mates. As it is very near to my college, all of us had had a good time. We celebrated so many functions. They are just memories sweet memories. I can't get those days back.

Poor me!!! I even don't have a snap of our beautiful house to share, hmm this time no search engine can help me out....Yes, there is no answer for some sensitive and precious matters in this world.

Sun..... Please Shine on us

2009-03-12T18:50:00.000-07:00

Hurray summer is on its way....no more fluffy jackets, no more gloves, no more heater bills. Last weekend climate is very good here, I could see lots of people enjoying a walk. I kept my door opened for some time and we are surprised at Rithvik's excitement he stood at the door and waved tata tata to passing by cars/people clapped his hands , shouted what not he cried to get inside.

See here the kids' feel very happy when other kid comes to play and they will be eagerly waiting for somebody to take them for outing. They will get bored by seeing same old two faces.

Telugu filmy Directors---Exclusive for Movie lovers

2009-02-27T19:36:00.000-08:00

This time I want to publish a different post about few film directors of telugu movies. Let me start with a director who made good qualitative comedy films.He is none other than

Jandhyala
One could laugh heartfully watching his movies, I simply forgot the world around. who could forgot Bhramanandam's character in the movie 'Aha na pellanta'. He is the one to introduce comedians like Bhramanandam, sutthi velu, Sutthi veerabhadra rao.
The film Ananda Bhairavi won many awards, some films that makes us to laugh even by reminding the titles itself Aha na pellanta, Sri vaariki Premalekha, Vivaha bojanambu, chupulu kalasina subhavela, rendu jella Seetha, nalugu sthamabaalata and many more. He passed away at his 50th year. I wish If he was alive, we would have many films for comedy lovers like me.

K.Vishwanath
A director who gives a lot of importance to music,culture and art. Movies like Sankara Bharanam, Siri vennela, Sagara sangamam, swarna kamalam, swathi kiranam, Swayam krushi( oh I notice now, all starting with 's') are precious pieces.

Bapu
Bapu movies are the essence of naturality of telugu people and he is more in his career as an artist who could simply illustrate the concept by his drawings. I did not see much of his movies unless the master pieces like Muthyala muggu, Pelli pusthakam, Mr.Pellam.

K.Vijaya Bhaskar
I enjoyed almost all movies came out from this maker like Nuvve kavali, Nuvvu naaku nachaav,Manmadhudu, Malleswari. Among these all Manmadhudu and Nuvvu naaku nachaav are my all time favourites, very healthy comedy.

Sekhar Kammula
A director who could depict next door scenes on to the screen and leads the film with naturality. A big NO for violence in his movies.Dollar dreams resulted him with an award as the best debutant director.His later takes like Anand, Godavari( a bit lengthy), Happy days( sure we all loved it), I am eagerly looking forward for his movies.

Trivikram Srinivas
Known for his suceess like Nuvve nuvve, Athadu. He is more as dialogue writer, with unique dialogues that shoots the target, he is the best at it.

Guna Sekhar
A director cum writer, capable of making movies with a wide variety of sets and screen play , proving himself technically the best, Ramayanam( with the kids), Choodalani vundhi, Manoharam, Okkadu, Arjun are great picks.

Ram Gopal Varma Owns a typical way in directing movies. Shiva, Kshana kshanam, Rangeela, Anaganga oka roju are his well known movies in telugu.

Krishna Vamsi One of my favourite directors, I love the way he captures culture, joint families in his films. Murari, Ninne pelladtha are the best examples. His movies are for sure useful to show our next generation how a south Indian marraige would be. On the other, Samudram, Khadgam are also his biggest hits while Anthapuram and Chandamama bagged Nandi awards. I felt bad watching his recent movie Sasi rekha parinayam, as I could not digest the usage of abusive language.

Puri Jagannath
Starting from Badri he bagged many hits like Idiot, Amma naana O Tamil ammayi, Pokiri being his biggest hit, stood as the only film in 75 years of Telugu Industry to be screened for more than 500 days. His films are message oriented but I feel disappointed to observe Woman abuse, violence in most of his films.

K.Raghavendhra rao He made many hits and he is the one responsible for the careers of actress' like Radha, Radhika, Ramya Krishna, Sri devi. Who may not love the picturisation of his film Jagadekaveerudu Atilokasundari. Special in making deviotional films too.Pelli sandhadi won him Nandi award for his best choreography. I personally feel a bit irritating watching his songs. Hope you got my point.

S.V.Krishna reddy
A hit pair Rajendra Prasad and this director made us to enjoy the movies like Rajendhrudu Gajendhrudu, Maaya lodu and some more movies I would love to recollect are Shubalagnam, Yama leela, Yegirey Pavuram, Pellam oorellithe etc. He used to make a good films but after pellam oorelithe movie I didnt find any such qualitative from him.

S.S.Raj Mouli
Director with filmy background introduced by Raghavendhra rao. I liked the films such as Simhadri, Sye,Vikramarkudu.

V.V.Vinayak
had a great power who could give the hits for leading stars. Tagore,Aadi, Dil, Krishna are from his acount.

Teja The only films I liked were Chitram and Nuvvu nenu. Now if I watch again, sure I may not like them, they are just 'hall time' favourites but not 'all time'. Jayam, a dissappointment, Dhairyam( one with Mahesh babu) a disaster, and after Keka movie review itself, he was completely out of my mind.

Also I would love to give a note for the films from the directors such as Mani Ratnam's Geethanjali(I guess thats the only film he directed in telugu, he is more into Tamil), SJ Surya's Kushi, Kodi Ramakrishna's Ammoru, EVV's Appula apparao,Vamsi's April1 vidudhala, Neelakanta's Missamma, Karunakar's Tholi prema, Bhaskar's Bommarillu, Arya from Sukumar, Aithy from Chandrasekhar.

First I started with few directors and now If I scroll up OMG, a huge list
and I am sure that I skipped many.....such a well built is our Telugu film industry....such a brilliant minds it owns.....hats off to the makers who presented us with an ever lasting entertainment.

Note: The hirerachy of listing the directors is just according to my favourite choice.
One more regarding this post is, for every post, before I hit 'publish' button I used to check spellings but this time, my poor spell check is not responding, may be exceeded its mistakes limit :)

Info source: Wikipedia

American Mother Vs Indian Mother

2009-02-18T19:59:00.000-08:00

I already posted in my blog about my banging neighbour (Click on it if you wanna read) she complained again, this time as per my advice, my apartment manager arranged a meeting including our couple, neighbour and herself. The problem is, my American neighbour is having disturbance of peace because of our kid.

My apartment manager being an American supported her, saying
---An American mother puts her kid to bed by 6pm where as an Indian mother doesn't...
---They were too aware of children and grand children but didn't observe this kind of tempo .
---They opine that we do not train the kids properly.

we argued in this way
---As a kid/children, we too used to go to bed early but not as early as 6pm, this generation kids' are different.
---No two kids are of same, they behave entirely different.
--- It will take some time to understand for kids, at least they must be of 2.5 yrs to realise what to do and what not to do.

I agree that my kid is bit active but he is as same as other Indian kids, raising kids varies with different cultures. I never encourage him to disturb others but at the same time I cant destruct his activities, I cant restrict him by keeping no entry zones. May be because they don't have much spice in their food, their kids' stay calm but that doesn't possible for a Indian kid. I love to see my kid playing all the time exploring new. I simply love to see him as an energetic busy beeeeeeee.
Pour your ideas and correct me if I am wrong.

Intellectual Indian ads

2009-02-07T14:10:00.000-08:00

In my child hood days, I used to watch the commercial ads rather than programs that were been telecasted in between. I love to watch Indian ads even now. I appreciate the idea of the makers behind them. I bow to the Indian minds, that could depict the concept in short clips.
Long back, I came across this ad that's touching and delivered a beautiful message. The back ground music and Song are fantastic.

One more ad that moved me.

I ended up shedding tears watching this ad, good one.

On the other hand, I want to you to see these below funny commercials. I am sure you're gonna LAUGHHHHH.........

I didnot get this ad...takes time to come outtttt

Woman abuse

2009-01-28T19:39:00.000-08:00

We see every where in our country the slogans "Respect Woman" but they are limited to display boards just.....recent Mangalore pub happening is a live evil act of sick people in this society. Ram Sena group (few people) attacked a pub in Mangalore last weekend and assaulted women for violating Hindu culture. Women there were physically abused, slapped by men hmmm... being an woman, I feel shy to present this video.

If the Ram Sena gang feel that they are protecting Hindu culture by doing this, does our culture say to abuse girls in such a bad way?? going to a pub,taking drinks is their personal choice, that's the way they wanted to enjoy their life. I donno what bothers them, who gave the right to touch them? Why the women are supposed to bear these tortures, when will this discrimination disappears?? never an end to this insane!!! The people who are involved in this must be punished severely like the one AP government did to the guys who attacked the girls with acid in Warangal.

A survey says "Every hour, 18 women face abuse in India" I cannot imagine the number what it would be if it is surveyed throughout the world. I mean, not only in India, in every country this happens .....no place is safer to woman in this big world.

Its hunting Winter

2009-01-18T22:02:00.000-08:00

Its snowing, Its shivering

yes its boring, no to outing,

sitting idle, shutting my door

getting mad, watching TV

catching cold, its irritating

Is this the East??? its bone chilling, then west is the best.

now tell me how is my Rhyming...... ideal piece for the quote Idle man's brain is devils workshop :)

Satyam-----A Synonym for its Antonym ??????

2009-01-10T11:51:00.000-08:00

My DH being an ex-employee of Satyam, could not digest the facts yet. Mr.Ramalinga Raju, for the eyes of every one, he is the one who took AP on to the chart of IT. Andhraites could feel the Satyam as the biggest asset they have but no more it is, now.....All the dreams shattered with his single letter that shocked every investor, lead the lives' of 53k employees to a big disaster.

Sources say that Mr.R.L.Raju, committed fraud by showing the figures of the profits of Satyam company with a huge difference of 7K Crores and stated that none other than him are responsible for this act. He opted this so as to grab investors and to bag the position as one among top 5 IT companies. I didnt fail to notice many online editions running collage picture of Kasab, Mr.Raju, Mr.Obama covering the most sensational people in the News.

Now, I wonder how leading IT companies could point out the Satyamites as fraud, for the fault of Bosses, why the hell all the other Andhraites are being blamed??? As long as if a person is at higher peaks of fame, no one bothers but when the things goes wrong, every body will raise their voices, that's what human psychology is!!!!!!!!!!!!! At the same time look at the goodness of Andhraites, even though he was the reason for the loss of investments of many, still he was in the hearts of many Telugu people at a softer and sympathetic edge.

Personally, after reading the news for the first time, I started to look back at his hectic life time journey that raised the company from 20 to 50k+ employees and also what all the pressures he may be in now?? Day by day after realising the possible forces of this issue like Political influence, about the funds being diverted to his personal assets like Maytas(yet unknown), the 3% profit story etc.. If these are all true, I mean, if the above factors are the real cause for this big pit, then Mr.Raju, Am sure you are no more in our good books, you live longer in the curses of victims.

I sincerely pray for the well being of Satyam and all its dependents and employees. Hope there will be some way to get out of this big mess. The talent of the employees is the biggest asset it had, that itself may take Satyam back to its shape. BTW, I appreciate the Government for its wise decision, gonna appoint new board members.

Welcoming 5th year

2008-12-29T20:04:00.000-08:00

Its been 4 yrs we were tied with a bond that filled our life with love. Living together is realising one another, sharing glad and sad expecting great times ahead. Married life is a mix of feelings, surprises, sacrifices, emotions.......an endless journey of two hearts.

For the first Anniversary we were in India and that day we didn't celebrate it much as we were tied up with some work but went out for lunch.

For the second year we are in California,USA. We were busy with our house shifting so didn't even had a thought to celebrate. For the third year I went to India with Rithvik for vacation so we missed each other.

Finally this time, we were in Connecticut, USA. Yesterday we got up from bed a bit late and I could not manage to pack his lunch so he came back from office and had lunch together. I prepared Dum biriyani, Bhaingan bartha, stuffed Bendi, and Dal . We did cake cutting and after his work, we had dinner at Olive garden and watched Ghajini hindi movie at home. I made mango flavoured cake and he decorated it. Thanks for every body who wished us.

A warm New year wish to all on behalf of my blog.

Wanna BAN these BANGSSSSSSSSSS

2008-12-18T13:31:00.000-08:00

An Old Lady lives to our next door. She complained against us to our apartment manager that my Son is making lot of noise and I went to her to say sorry she didn't even opened her door completely but nodded her head by saying, its okay.
Later on she used to warn us by banging our wall whenever she gets disturbed. Even if Rithvik drops a toy she bangs, even if he cries or falls she bangs, she will be in that job from 4pm itself. I wonder how can one maintain pin drop silence with kids?? we were fed up with this neighbour like anything, last night even Rithvik replied to her bang with a shout.

I wish.....I wish

2008-12-12T19:29:00.000-08:00

I wish

to become lean like a Chinese girl.
to have silky fluffy and shiny hair.
to have a charm on my face always.

If the first two happen, I can try some lovely attire and lovely hair style then automatically third one happens. When can I see myself like this cute doll.....hmmm...silly me!!!!!!!!!!!

Now here comes my sincere wish list

Let the year 2009 may bring

---Good health and happiness to all.

---Peaceful India.

---An end to insecure lives.

---A nice idea in Obama's Brain :)

Let us Awake INDIA

2008-12-01T20:19:00.000-08:00

As we are on vacation, I couldn't elaborate my views yet regarding terrorists attack in Mumbai. "I am shocked to see the news " hmm I don't want to say these words again and again as India got habituated to these attacks but this time its really a big and a different one. No country could escape from terrorism but all it can do is to be alert with all its possible forces to avoid the next one. If this was not possible, at least they should work hard to save the people from the next second they got to know the news. India needs a proper infrastructure, good leaders who are intellectual for their positions but not inapt. Mr.R.R.Patil is good example for this who could simply state this attack as minor. Finally people are becoming victims for the official or political imbalances.

Some disgusting facts about this attack are

---Even after India got a warning from Russian spy agency of something like this, and also there was a intelligent tip, what were we doing....waiting for it to happen!!!

---How badly our shores are monitored, any body could enter????

---The terrorists were caught first to cams but not to cops. Of course I appreciate that commandos killed 9 members out of 15.

---The Commandos who were ready to fight are lack of Bullet proof jackets, night time goggles etc. Who knows where was the money going except the bank accounts of great leaders.

---Still there is a threat from the escaped 5 terrorists.

This continues and continues as long as we got to forgot this and as long as we don't realise the value of the life and as long as the people are curious to know from Ratan Tata about the loss incurred to Taj hotel rather than the lost lives. Sorry, if I made you to figure me out as an Criticiser, I regret myself to write this post but my outburst dominated my patriotism. I love my Country but it needs a change, change should start from every individual. I am proud because my Country gave birth to brave Jawaans who sacrificed their lives and saved so many lives. They made others inspired.

My deep condolences to the people who lost their lives in this pathetic attack.

yaahs and naah s

2008-11-24T20:41:00.000-08:00

Going to cousin's place for this Thanks giving---ya
Winter is on its way---nah
Caught with little cold----nah
Recession still in our lives---nah

Rithvik not eating well these days---nah
I am Eating food with out a diet watch---nah
After coming to east, DH coming from work early---ya
Only two ya s among these many nahs---NAAAAHHHHHHH

Never leave an art

2008-11-15T11:30:00.000-08:00

In my childhood days I learnt Mandolin for 6yrs. I gave many concerts representing our Institution, had many applause but I was too young then to realise the importance of an art. At one concert I still remember, we were giving it in an open auditorium where all police department and district collector and some other Government officials were there. The Dist. Joint collector came to me and as it was cold, she wrapped her woollen shawl around me and appreciated with a hug for my performance.

When I was in 9 th standard we moved far and due to the busy schedules I could not make it possible to go to the institution and finally I left the practice. I still regret for discontinuing playing Mandolin.

Sweet first words

2008-11-04T18:43:00.000-08:00

My Lil Son blabbers a lot. He is trying to imitate our words and I taught him the word "Naana" and soon to my surprise he pointed out to his Dad's photo and said Naana and later on when ever he couldn't see his Dad at home, he keeps on saying Naana,Naana... Its very nice to hear such cute sweet first words from kids. I could see the happiness in my DH's face when he is called. I want to share this audio clip with you. I will update this post with some more if I get a chance to record.

The Quirky tag

2008-11-02T18:26:00.000-08:00

Got this tag from Swathi and chandu. Here goes my Quirky habits.

1. At the end of my every meal, my plate looks clean and neat. I even don't leave the cumin seeds that were left on my plate. I pick them with my finger tips and enjoy them some times this makes my DH to ask "why don't you have some more " :)

2. During nights I fight with my Hubby and kid for blanket and I will forcibly snatch it from them and I talk a lot in midst of my sleep

3. Before leaving my house I check my stove tops,locks etc twice or thrice and also in the halfway of our journey I again think about them with a doubtful mind.

4. I like my curd rice with plain Dal(muddha pappu). You may all laugh at this but I simply love that combination.

5. I sing at all the times. If at all I dont know the lyrics, I simply sing it or hum with my own words.

6. I read each and every board that I happen to see around and I enjoy playing with all the other toys there whenever we shop a toy for Rithvik.

and there are many more. I want to tag this to Amu and Sree

Waah.....he called me Aunty :(

2008-10-26T20:08:00.000-07:00

To our upstairs lives few bachelors, last night one of them knocked our door and wished me hi Aunty, for the moment I thought he wrongly knocked my door but no I was wrong he again said "Aunty, can I talk to Uncle??? I was speechless. hehehe he called my DH, uncle. My DH came and the guy requested us for a screw driver. After he went, my DH had a big laugh that was waiting behind for out burst. Though I am younger to him he called me aunty, why did these guys pronounce a married woman as Aunt???

There is one more guy in this world who teases me with this name. He is Aditya, we are very close family friends, childhood neighbours. Very friendly,Jovial, fun loving, mingles in no time, looking forward to get married. I am also looking forward to call his wife Aunt in near future.He came to our place last week, we had a great time. If you wanna look at him, he is the extreme person in this photo of my previous post . See how good I am, though he teases me, I am always good at him.

My Lil TIGER

2008-10-26T11:40:00.000-07:00

On Friday evening we went to the Halloween party in my Hubby s office. I bought a tiger dress for Rithvik. He enjoyed wearing it and seemed to be curious to scare us. I was never been to Halloween party. Its very fun to watch the kids in different costumes, every kid had a Polaroid photograph there and they immediately got busy in preparing a greeting by sticking that photo and decorating it with the stuff provided there. I really got surprised to the way the kids presented their imaginations by painting on the pumpkins, greetings, bags etc...they all enjoyed the haunted house and had pizza there. Its very fun to see my Lil Tiger playing there.

The Love tag

2008-10-21T19:02:00.000-07:00

Tagged by Swathi
RULE #1 People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs and replace any question that they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves.

RULE #2 Tag 6 people to do this quiz and those who are tagged cannot refuse. These people must state who they were tagged by and cannot tag the person whom they were tagged by continue this game by sending it to other people.

1. If your lover betrayed you, what will your reaction be?
I will make him to realise what he lost

2. If you can have a dream come true, what would it be?
To have a job to support my parents.

3. Whose butt would you like to kick?
Who ever makes my Parents to feel bad.

4. Why do you blog?
To boost up and express myself.

5. Will you fall in love with your best friend?
yep, we still live as friends

6. Which is more blessed: loving someone or being loved by someone?
Being loved by someone. We are very lucky to get a lovable care taker.

7. How long do you intend to wait for someone you love?
not yet across such scenario but for beloved ones, I will wait for life long

8. If you could root for one social cause, what would it be?
I want to see my Country corruption free.

9. What takes you down the fastest?
Failure

10. What resurrects you the fastest?
When I outburst my tears hugging my Hubby. He is my emotional absorber.

11. What’s your strength?
My frankness.

12. What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is?
Swathi: Yet to meet this wonderful girl. Really to say I was very much impressed with her blog and wanted to start one of course she too don't know this yet. Very supportive, friendly,helpful and could bring changes every day with her brilliant ideas.

13. Would you rather be single and rich or married and poor?
Happily married by saving enough for future.

14. Whats the purpose of such Tags?
Increase the visitors to blogs by letting others know about us:)

15. Would you give all in a relationship?
I believe that life stays cool with relationships.. I try my level best to keep the relationships with the persons I like..

16. Would you forgive and forget someone no matter how horrible a thing he has done?
I can't forget. Though I have to speak to them due to some constraints, I hate them and I couldn't be normal with them such easily. Forgiveness means it depends up on the complexity of the issue.

17. Do you prefer being single or in a relationship?
Life is sweet when you have some one for you.

18. How would you see yourself in ten years time?
With a lovely life , with a job for me and being planned a well career for my Son

19. What’s your fear?
Not to be in troubles of any kind

20. What’s the first thing you do when you wake up?
Appu'day' thellarindhaa!!! Ramya legaali thappadhu :(

Tag 6 people.
I want to change this I want to tag this to Usha, Chandu. I want to tag to some more but I was already late.

The FALL.....

2008-10-21T11:24:00.000-07:00

Last week went very well for me. Cousins and friends visited our house. we are all from the same city back in India. I felt very happy and my house looked like the one in India with lots of fun and josh in festive time. On Saturday we went to Satyanarayana Swamy Temple and after that we went to a location to watch the beauty of the fall here comes the comedy, The leaves had already fallen , we could watch colourful trees if we would have planned it a week early. Anyways we enjoyed a lot with three busy kids playing all the

time.On Sunday noon they returned I couldn't see Rithvik searching for the people by roaming all around the house. Before leaving we took some snaps in our apartment complex where we had the more beauty of the fall than the place we visited :)

Navvu

2008-10-13T19:14:00.000-07:00

chaala rojulaki oo chinna kavitha raasaa.Yela vundhoo chusi chepandi friends....

Oo navvu navvi ninnanu tharimeyyu
chekkili pye chirunavvu cheraganeeyaku

musi musi navvu la velugula lo
chikati ki choutedhi
chiru chiru navvu la kanthula lo
kannilaku koluveydhi

Kalathalani maripinchu anandhanni ahvaaninchu
chinna navvu jodinchu kalakaalam jeevinchu

Let these BLASTS not last, let this be the last

2008-10-01T08:23:00.000-07:00

Blasts.....blasts..blasts....Is the meaning for India is getting changed???India, the land of blasts. No,I cannot see my Country/people becoming victims. No super power can come down and save even because the Government got confused and messed up with bugs like corruption,Political imbalance. Already Indians are fed up with issues like Inflation,resource crisis,agriculturally down, now these blasts are making the people mentally sick. Not countable how many people lost their future, living in the memories of their loved ones.

In 2007, there were 5 major blasts and in 2008, already the count is 6. How can a country be prosperous and wealthy if it has to bear the losses due to these many blasts. The recent blasts in Maharasthra and in Gujarat are quite examples for targeting the festival times both being the Muslim populated areas. Though they are minor blasts, they effect much in propagating religious conflicts. If the persons who are responsible for this blasts could think twice with a heart of humanity before they act, wouldn't be our Country staying in peace??? wouldn't be the Indians happier???

The below is the list of major bomb blasts for the last five years

Present year

September 27: Blast in Delhi's Mehrauli flower market killed1 and injured 23.

September 13: Serial blasts in Delhi killed at least 24 people and injured more than 100.

July 26:Serial blasts in Ahmedabad killing at least 30 people and injuring more than 100.

July 25: Nine explosions in Bangalore create terror killing two people and injuring twelve.

May 2008: Eight serial blasts rock Jaipur in a span of 12 minutes leaving 65 dead and over 150 injured.

January 2008: Terrorist attack on CRPF camp in Rampur kills 8.

In the year 2007

October 2007: 2 killed in a blast inside Ajmer Sharif shrine during Ramadan.

August 2007: 30 dead, 60 hurt in Hyderabad 'terror' strike.

May 2007: A bomb at Mecca mosque in Hyderabad kills 11 people.

February 19: Two bombs explode aboard a train bound from India to Pakistan, burning to death at least 66 passengers, most of them Pakistanis.

In the year 2006

September 2006: 30 dead and 100 hurt in twin blasts at a mosque in Malegaon.

July 2006: Seven bombs on Mumbai's trains kill over 200 and injure 700 others.

March 2006 Twin bombings at a train station and a temple in Varanasi kill 20 people.

In the year 2005

October 2005: Three bombs placed in busy New Delhi markets a day before Diwali kill 62 people and injure hundreds.

In the year 2003

August 2003: Two taxis packed with explosives blow up outside a Mumbai tourist attraction and a busy market, killing 52 and wounding more than 100.

We all need to gain power to fight rather than sympathy.

Happy Birthday Google Guru

2008-09-28T12:02:00.000-07:00

I know that I am a bit late in wishing you but its always better to be late than never. I am sure that Google has become a part of our lives. Yet to watch for a day that passes without googling. No matter what the matter is, Google materialises. Ranging from funniest to emergencies, it is useful.

Few months back I wanted to tie dhoti for my Lil Son, but I don't know how??? Then Google search engine helped me to find an appropriate site.We two usually have bets like when was this movie got released, it helps me to prove my answer :).

here is a video showing more tips for a better search

We approach it before we do anything like....

To buy a new piece, we will Google its reviews and also for the best price.

To visit some place,we will Google for the location,directions.

To get rid of some issues related to work, we will Google for a solution.

To watch the latest news/shows we will Google for a better one.

To refer Encyclopedia's,schedules,contacts,results,vocabulary.

To cook a meal, eat out,what not the list goes on....

In precise, search engines makes our life easier, may save few cents and our valuable time. But the negative effects are we are getting lazy and dependent to these services. At one day we may lose our memory power. These became an extra helping hand for the people who are ready to misuse the Internet.That s why I always refer science&technology as an double edged knife.

Insecure lives

2008-09-23T15:59:00.000-07:00

In these days Job security got diminished. Not known when the company will be declaring its last day, employers lay off. Last week leading financial titan Lehman Brothers decision is like a stroke for entire World fluctuating every sector. Many lost their jobs, AIG direct, Merill lynch too followed the same. Day by day leading companies making lay offs as a cost cutting technique. under these circumstances and with the day to day hiking prices how can an individual bear the life??

On the other hand, In India also the same situation no vegetable is available under 30Rs per kg and no Dal is under the budget of common Man. Its even hard for a middle class family to manage their budget then how about lower middle class families. If this continues, how can the people get nutritious food and how can they work for the next day.

While writing this post, these lines popped up in my mind of Maha kavi Sri sri

"YE DESAA CHARITHRA CHUSINAA YEMUNNADHI GARVA KAARANAM

NARA JAATHI CHARITHRA SAMASTHAM PARA PEEDANA PARAYANATHVAM"

CrackBerry

2008-09-11T18:29:00.000-07:00

As you are all aware of our relocation, I want to jump directly into the matter. We planned to reach Connecticut on 6th Sep(Saturday) so we booked our tickets for the early morning 6:30 am flight. We both were tied and tired up with packing and cleaning stuff since last week. Finally we slept at 2 am Friday night leaving few stuff to dispose for the next morning and DH kept alarm for 4am. Suddenly I woke up and asked him the time and he too raised from the bed and shocked realising that it was the time we planned to be in Airport.It was 5 am....already...we immediately changed our dresses and I dressed Rithvik. Called our friends to drop us. I am very thankful to our family friends Mr.Guru and Mr.Kiran. If they didn't helped, we would have certainly missed our flight.

Rithvik cried a lot as he got confused to the scene why he was been raised from the bed and why we are rushing. We reached the Airport by 5:45 am(15 mins to board) and got our baggage check in and got help from an Airport employee and ran for security check and
finally we were the last to board. The person who came after us was rejected by airport personnel and they asked him to come for next flight. If we would have missed this flight ,all our consequent plans will ruin.After take off Rithvik soon slipped in to his sleep.We enjoyed the chapatis prepared by Kiranmayi.I managed that stuff while security check by saying it as baby food. She gave those the last night so that we can eat them before we start to the Airport. Our flight reached to Minneapolis on time and we were been to our next flight that was to CT.

We landed by 5:30 pm and his friend Ali came to the Airport to receive us and had our dinner at their house that night, very nice family, Though they had their 2nd baby recently, they prepared every thing for us.Their elder Son and Rithvik enjoyed a lot as they were of same age. It was raining heavily (guess NY,NJ were also had the storm attack that day) we came to our apartment by 10pm and took a bath and we did the house warming. Yesterday got our Internet connection.

Did you not get a doubt why we were late that day.Its all due to the alarm that was set by my DH in his NEW Black berry mobile. The alarm is been set to weekdays as the weekend arrived by that time, It simply didn't buzzzz!!!!!!!!!!! as it was a new piece he didn't get a chance to explore it.

Moral 1:BE ware while using intellectual technologies.
Moral 2 : Better to set alarms on different pieces (of course we don't have a chance then as we packed all our stuff) :-)

Settling down to the new, hoping for the best in our life...............

Bye..... Bye .....California

2008-08-31T13:23:00.001-07:00

It was been 2yrs we came to California,USA. Being here is like we are a home away from a home, resembles metropolitan cities in India with lots of friends, lots of Desi restaurants, Temples, gatherings, parties etc... not even missing Indian aroma in our life. For the first very few months we stayed in San Jose where our apartment didn't have much Indian community, even I didn't had the option to browse, felt bored and very lonely that too with the early days of my pregnancy suffering from nausea with no one around me to help. The only entertainment I was left with are the shows in English channels.

slowly, we bought a car, Laptop and planned to shift to new apartment. I met one of my friends Pratima through Orkut and I came to know that they live in the opposite apartment to which we were shifting.I felt so happy as I knew her from my school days. After we came to this Apartment, she invited me to the New year party (2007) organised by our apartment friends. I still thank her for introducing me such good friends in my life. In no time we mingled with all of them. I miss her as they moved to India for good. I want to share about you my dear friends.

Santoshi, she is the first person to talk to me and I used to go to their house when ever I felt bored she cared me a lot that's what a pregnant woman needs...I miss her delicacies now as they moved from this place recently.

Jyotsna, fun loving girl keeps on talking and cracking jokes capable of changing the world around her.she too moved to India.we miss you a lot Jo.

Neeraja, I learnt from her how to be joyful. Her conversation starts,continues, and ends with a hearty laugh. Her words gave me a lot of support when I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes in my pregnancy. Very supportive and friendly too.

Praveena, had a very beautiful art in her hands.I donno whats the magic behind her, kids love her very much. we used to meet at least thrice a week though I knew her a bit late than others, we became friends soon.

Kiranmai jasti, my very close neighbour, always we used to chitchat by standing in front of our houses. The real kiddo in our gang. Our send off party was arranged well in their house.

Kiran, speaks and wishes every buddy with lot of excitement with a smiley face. Though we both are from same city back in India I never know her before.

Sandhya, cool,jovial,mother of a little cute princess, I love the way she dresses her little angel.If I had a daughter I would certainly follow her.

Rani, loves to freak out with friends., forgets the world around her when she is with us.

Suchi, sharp and straight forward, I could never forget the day you arranged my Baby shower party in your house with the help of all other friends.

Sharada garu, your advices really helped me a lot during my pregnancy and post pregnancy and I need to learn from you the tips to raise a kid. Sirisha and Rekha I am very lucky to have you as my friends.

who will not be sad to leave such good friends like you??? but we have to go with the days.... my Dear Hubby got an offer for full time job in Connecticut, so we have to move from this lovely place.Thanks for the fare well party arranged by all of you. I enjoyed yummy yummy dishes prepared by them with lots of love.I miss you all..........

Last but not least sorry if any of my words hurt you. Wishing you all loads of happiness.Bye

One...Two....Three....India is the best

2008-08-25T17:23:00.000-07:00

I forgot to submit this post , though composed it 3 days back.This is really a great achievement, I am talking about the performance of our India in the Olympics. "Olympics lo Okka medal ravatame goppa ani anukuney vallandhariki buddhi chepparu" YES WE ARE VERY VERY HAPPY TO SEE INDIA WINNING 3 MEDALS.

I appreciate the parents of the winners as well the parents of other participants in Olympics. They gave importance to the intrest of their children and encouraged them . The people /coaches who found their talent also share a great role.

Sushil Kumar, who won Bronze for India in wrestling, was a Son of a MTNL bus driver and with minimal funds, poor training facilities for wrestling in India, even for the 2008 Olympic team, Sushil's family made sure he obtained the necessary dietary supplements by sending him tinned milk, ghee and vegetables. Even his Cousin Sandeep who was an inspiration for Sushil had to quit from wrestling as the family is capable to support only one wresler. Really hats off to him and his family for making this a great achievement.Its good that now Government has recognised him with a promotion in the job and also cash awards 1Crore 65lakhs.

Coming to Vijender Kumar,the same story repeats who won bronze for India in boxing was a Son of a bus driver who drove buses overtime to raise funds for Vijender's training and his mother is a homemaker. He was inspired by his younger brother Manoj, a former boxer. He worked overtime to pay for coaching at the Bhiwani Boxing Club. After achieving success at the international level he also did modeling part-time.

So come on guys........ Cricket alone not the world, we have so many other sports that represents our nation. Let us encourage all the other sports too.

I am Sorry My Son

2008-08-19T00:06:00.000-07:00

Last Wednesday I went for shopping with my Lil Rithvik. While I was looking at their collection, Suddenly Rithvik took the plastic disposable glass and bit a piece of it and swallowed. I immediately kept my hand inside his mouth. I could feel it but he slipped out of my hands when I made an attempt to take it out and I failed to do so and then I made him upside down but all in my vain. I called my DH and asked him to come over there( thanks for the Lady who gave her phone to make a call to DH)and we called the Doctor and she advised us to fed him Banana/Rice. She said that even an X-ray could not trace the piece so there is nothing we can do unless running for a emergency if he has any abnormal behaviour.

He rejected Banana and I gave him rice he ate it and played for some time and slept as usual but no one could imagine what we have gone through that night. It was so terrible keeping our fingers crossed, we both did not had a sleep. Next morning even I could not notice it in his potty. But by God's grace, he was fine. A feeling in my Heart is bothering me every second that it was all by my mistake and my inability to take care.

We enquired in India and the doctor there said that it is okay if we didn't face any complication until 2 and half hrs but the doctors here opine that it may take 1 month to get that piece out from his body and may expect complications, which was so shocking for us. Now my mind was fully disturbed making me to react hyper even for his usual behaviour. Only a positive thought could help me now..........Oh God..........

Hurray!!!!!!!!!! I got an Award

2008-08-18T23:27:00.000-07:00

Thanks a lot Sree for the Award. Well I know her by Orkut . First of all I love her DP that sharply reflects her thoughts. As far as I know you dear, you could win the hearts of many.

ohhh Hurray I got this award from Keerthi too, know her by orkut.Thanks for orkut for making our life sweet from friends like her. She simply rockss achha telugu lo cheppalantey thana blog chadivithy thana tho matladu thunnatlu anipisthundhi. O manchi coffee lanti Blog :)

Once again Thanks for the Award, a mere encouraging for the beginners( in blog world )like me.
Brilliant Weblog is a prize given to sites and blogs that are smart and brilliant both in their content and their design. The purpose of the prize is to promote as many blogs as possible in the blogsphere. Here are the rules to follow:* When you recieve the prize you must write a post showing it, together with the name of who has given it to you, and link them back.* Choose a minimum of 7 blogs (or even more) that you find brilliant in their content or design. Show their names and links and leave them a comment informing they were prized with ‘Brilliant Weblog’.* Show a picture of those who awarded you and those you give the prize (optional).

I want to pass this to only few.....

Usha
Madhu
Amu
(Swathi, I want to pass this to you too but I guess you got one.)

A great Independence day gift from Mr.Abhinav Bindra

2008-08-12T23:55:00.000-07:00

Abhinav Bindra, we are very proud of you for winning India’s first individual Olympic gold medal in the Men’s 10m Air Rifle at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. His score was 700.5 points(596 in the qualifier and 104.5 in the final). Apart from this, He is the CEO of Abhinav Futuristics, a PC games peripherals distributor based in Chandigarh. India is lucky to have gems like you.My dear friends, click this link to wish him at his blog

You made us to hear our National Anthem on the eve of Olympics.

[ Note:Data/pic collected from different articles]

On his Birthday....

2008-08-11T17:09:00.000-07:00

This weekend went busy for me. On Saturday I woke up at 6am which was really hard for me(I usually wake up by 8am) curious to know why? I wanted to bake a cake for my DH s Birthday which was on Sunday.Mid night cake cutting is common, but this time I want to arrange it in a different way.As soon as i baked the cake, my kid and hubby woke up and I hid it. After lunch, I forced him to go for shopping alone and I managed to decorate it before he is back.

I gathered all the decoration items aside under our futon.In the night I prepared fruit punch.I fed my son real fast and made him to sleep a bit early by 10:30pm(yes, 10:30 pm is early for my son to go to bed) . My DH also slept with him I cleaned the place and vacated the surroundings as I wanted to have cake table only. I brought the stuff from our store room which I bought for this day nothing but candles and balloons.I made Velvette rug as a curtain for the window and sticked it with a Happy Birthday banner and made a autin shape with flowers. I pumped the balloons.I placed the candles in the room here and there, arranged the cake table with few candles and fruit punch in two glasses on it.

I got refreshed, dressed in the way he loves. Last but not least, I lit all the candles and switched the lights off . By the time I was done, clock struck 12.I wished him and asked him not to open his eyes and took him to the room he was bit confused and said Thank you,Thank you dear and.... and...Shhh..sensor cut. The look was very fantastic with the candles .

He liked the taste of the cake I baked, and just sipped the fruit punch and had few snaps and Rithvik too enjoyed the decoration.The next day on Sunday we went to temple, attended for a Birthday Party and as we are tired, we three slept for about 2 hrs after the party and in the night, we saw Olympics.

My dream country

2008-08-02T12:42:00.000-07:00

Controversial to one of my previous posts, "Dear America, will you agree with this "I got to write this. I am expecting my fellow Indians(including me) to inculcate these to make India more brighter.

1. Being Punctual:
For the very first get together here(USA), other than hosts we were the first couple to attend, we waited for more than an hour for others to join and there on for the next parties we too followed the suit. I felt guilty when our guests got a chance to welcome us on my Son's first Birthday party :(

2.Following rules:
The Government makes/educates the people to follow the rules strictly.Here they levy fines if we are against the law.

3.Corruption:
The primary issue that should be eradicated to make my country progress ahead of others.For every matter, bribe matters.I didn't observe this here.

4.Hygiene:
Almost all the places here are clean.Usage of trash cans,proper drainage system etc keeps tidy.

5.Value of the life:
I learnt how the people care about LIFE they mean that it is precious than anything else in this part of world(US/Western world)

6.The other qualities like the way they wish the people,welcoming new styles and expressing happiness with lot of excitement makes me to raise my eyebrow.

TV Channels

2008-07-28T23:25:00.000-07:00

Dear America, will you agree with this????

2008-07-22T17:01:00.000-07:00

There are so many issues that America needs to learn from us.The wastage of resources they do. If we analyse, from bath time to bed time here it goes....

They usually take shower/ bubble bath with lots of water in their tubs when we compare this act , only a bucket or two will be used by a man in India.

Dish washers consume a lot of electricity and four times more water to the manual dish washing method we follow in India.

The way they maintain the electric equipments (almost every thing) in stand by mode when not in use.The lights in the malls being switched on even when they are closed.

The usage of canned foods,ready to eat packages are not environment safe.These people are more habituated to use and throw materials in their daily house hold chores.

Washers and dryers consume a lot of water and of course they could not avoid dryers because of climatic conditions.Now a days in India also every body got used to washers.

The count of the cars they hold are more than the members of the family hence more need of fuel.They don't have a proper structure of public transport so in near future, they may suffer to maintain a car.

If there comes water scarcity,there is no solution with these guys even they were not yet with power cut:). In another set of few years India and US may look the same and no doubt in it.America is losing its specialties day by day.Being addicted to luxuries they may not be able to digest all these facts.

Movie review

2008-07-20T00:30:00.000-07:00

You know what because of my Little rascal we could not go to a theatre and enjoy a movie so we are limited to the movies that are released in DVD s and that too only what we have in our Indian grocery stores(maa ayyanni okattey vepuku thinesthunna cinema lu,DVD lu thendi ani paapam maa aayana) This week I saw three movies they are very old but want to post my review.

We saw Swagatham movie starring Jagapathi Babu,Anushka and Bhoomika. Yes if its a film being Jagapathi babu as a hero that movie must have two heroines :) first half of the cinema just resembles Kal ho naa ho and second half as usual sentiment like the one on his account. He looked aged in this movie totally its an okay okay kind of movie good to see at home.

Other one Saawariyaa, I was very much impressed with the name but coming to the content, its nothing. I felt like watching an art movie. The total movie runs with the same back ground and a single location nah not a good start for Ranbir kapoor and Sonam kapoor and very unexpected film from Sanjay leela Bansaali very low budget with a few actors.

Another movie One two three starring Sunil shetty,Paresh raawal,Isha deol,Sameera reddy etc..Comedy entertainer that rolls around the confusion caused due to three different persons bearing the same name. Okay chaltha type movie.

This is the story of my week end......movie madness

Try it, it really works...

2008-07-16T15:33:00.001-07:00

I believe in Shri Shiridi Sai Baba and he s there with me at all the times.I like the Principles he taught the devotees and of course so many people had real experiences even now also. I daily try to read a chapter from the book Sai Satcharithra. Its a book that fully describes the stories that were happened in those days. This book was actually written by Hamad panth in Marathi , Telugu translation was done by Shri Pathri Narayana rao, English was done by Shri Gunaji and every chapter has a moral to learn and its good if we try to adopt those in our routine. Coming about Harathis (Aarathulu), I really love the composition of songs, wonder how they were been composed by a devotee called Shri Dasugun ji so lovely though they don't have much musical instruments then. They were written in Marathi by other devotee Shri Bhishma.

Baba temple is very near to our place here. Its like 10 mins drive . We will mostly be there on Thursdays during Sej arathi and my mind stays in peace when ever i sing that arathi.
morning Arathi is known as Kakada arathi
noon one is known as Dhoop arathi
evening one is known as Sandhya arathi and
night arathi is called as Sej arathi.
In Shiridi these harathis will be given daily in Samadhi Mandir(Booty vaada/raathi vaada) which was built by a devotee Booty.

Coming to the main idea of this post, if you have any wish that you are strongly willing to get it fulfilled, I have a suggestion. Perform the daily pooja what ever you are familiar with. Offer Sugar to the God as prasad for 21 days without fail by maintaining the same quantity store it every day ( at the end you can donate this sugar to some poor people if you are in India this is possible and if not you can use it in your kitchen) and avoid the food which you love the most until the wish gets fulfilled. This is only a procedure requesting Baba to be with us in all our trials we are doing and to shower us with a success. It doesn't mean that it will get fulfilled even if you do not try.
It is not compulsory that you have to do this to Baba you can follow the same to the God whom you believe in . But I believe in Shiridi Baba infact one of his principles is "Sab kaa maalik ek hai". I am presently in this process as I want to get a wish to be fulfilled and I'm sure that i will soon update this post with the success. Try it, it really works....
Thanks for my friend Shravanthi for sharing this wonderful picture.

Its Heart touching

2008-07-12T18:24:00.000-07:00

I came across a blog where a father describes the day to day improvement of his Son who is fighting with Leukaemia. It was so heart touching and for the first time i read it, tears rolled out with out my notice and I felt very disturbed and depressed. One could not bear the fact that a little boy of age 3 years (I am not sure of his exact age) hospitalised, undergoing a long run treatment. Its even hard to imagine what the parents will be going through. I used to follow the blog daily and later i felt happy to know that they were back to home but after few days when I tried to open the blog it didn't allowed me to access and I came to know that he discontinued his blog for some personal reasons and the boy is presently going through intensive chemo. What all can we do unless praying the God for the well being of Lil boy and let God give the parents more courage. I am aware of this only case but who knows how many kids are under such pathetic conditions. Oh God!!! whats the wrong with those cute Lil kids why don't you lighten some mercy on them.

Free Heart Surgery

2008-07-11T14:14:00.000-07:00

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Soul-Search Tag!!

2008-07-09T17:00:00.000-07:00

I have been tagged by Sree.

The tag rules: Write about the changes that have happened in your life, at least five, because of your significant other. Then Tag five others. If they don’t have a significant other, then any one person, who has caused the change. Please don’t leave the tag alone in the wild.

Its the time to review my past .It was been 3yrs we got married. Year by year our life turns out to be new with different flavours, realising the real taste. I was tied with a bond as soon as i completed my 20th year. I think that it was a bit early as it was just end of my teenage. But I strongly believe that maturity in thoughts improves with the age may be some one may argue that young blood rocks but that teenage is just incapable for decision making. Luckily I never had to regret for being married at earlier in fact, I learnt many from my better half.

Coming to the point, I learnt how to inculcate patience even this was the principle of many successful men. Being cautious while using words and should be a good listener rather than a criticiser. Many of the situations, made me to outburst my anger but that controlling power made me to not to loose my words. If we add a bit patience to our life, we will be away from anger.

Positive attitude is like a foundation for great thoughts. Unknowingly, I don't have the positive side in my thoughts. I even don't have a mind to realise that I am thinking in a wrong way. I didn't convince on it for the first time he opined but later if i went on analysing, I found myself in a wrong way. Recently i was across through some article from Mr. Abdul Kalam where he says us to take a moment to write down all the phrases you use on a daily basis or any Toxic self-talk that you have noticed so you will begin to catch yourself as they occur and change them.

Caring yes this is the right phrase for love. He loves to care and cares with love in turn made me to realise the happiness we can give to other as a lovable care taker.

Being responsible is the major change in my life. I even don't know before how to be responsible that too with a dedication in every job we do.A person can be treated as the superior when he has this factor

I became totally dependent. I don't know whether this should be counted under minus or plus. Even for silly things i could not stop my self with out seeking an advice from him. Ranging from attire selection to serious issues I would love to approach him. I question myself how did i made these all when he was not there in my life???

Last but not least to stay healthier by listening to your body and be conscious at what it needs and what not.

Thanks for tagging me Sree where I got a chance to reveal my self and I also thank the chain of bloggers who are indirectly responsible for this .....

Sorry for breaking the rule, I just want to tag this to Keerthi and Uma

Inflation

2008-07-05T23:32:00.000-07:00

Inflation...India is struggling with rise in Inflation rate.inflation rate rose to 11.63 percent for the third week of June.This is the highest in the last 13 yrs hitting not only common man but also middle class families. Rise in price of oil,steel ,cement hmmm also common commodities like food .Inflation in India has been at high levels since the first week of June, it rose sharply to 11 percent from 8.75 percent.An year ago it was 4.32%.

May be the reasons for this are like political imbalance,crisis for resources,decrease of food crops as the cultivable lands are being gradually converted to make real estate business.Finally what ever may be the reasons, common man is the victim. we are just striving hard to plan our future even though we don't have much burdens but if we think about the people in India i wonder how are they managing all their family expenses. That too several families back at home are dependent on Single man income how could they be able to fulfill their needs if the goods are not at the reach of a common man.

Children Rhymes

2008-06-23T23:28:00.000-07:00

Thanks for the YouTube as it keeps my kid entertained. I keep a play list of all his favourite rhymes and i play then when ever he wants. Really these rhymes are very helpful if i want to feed him. I also bought few Telugu Cd's from India of this kind. I am not sure what makes them to get attached or addicted to those may be the cool tunes or actions makes them to stick to those. They really enjoy these stuff and every time he gets involved in it as if he was watching them for the first. Recently one of my friends said that it is not a good idea to get them engaged with the laptop as it may affect their eye sight. I really didnot realise this until she said though i was aware of this fact. I decided to not to play them from laptop but some times i could not escape from his thoughts...

Dreams...My Dreams

2008-06-16T23:36:00.000-07:00

Dreams!!!!!!!!!May be its a fairy tale or a strange story or ...no matter what it is, you can see the world without your eyes being wide open.vanishes from your mind before you try to recollect, that's the magic of a dream.I am not sure whether it happens with me or with none.There are many times in my life, they turned out to real.

Few days back,I dreamt of throwing milk into my kitchen sink from the can.That day,When i woke up my husband revealed that he poured the milk into the sink as he observed the milk getting spoiled while preparing tea.

Last year,I had a dream about my parents having some first aid for their wounds.I called them to enquire how they were doing and we were surprised to know that they met with a minor accident a day back.My mom too got surprised when i narrated her my dream.

My Grand mother,She is no more now.I am one of her favourite grand children.I frequently see her in my dreams that too compulsorily at the time of her ceremony.There is no point in thinking that it is my psychological feeling because I am really not aware of the date of the ceremony as it was according to Telugu calendar.

Some times I shout and talk a few words in midst of my sleep. Due to this, my husband really gets disturbed in his sleep .Unfortunately,he needs a very silent environment to sleep he wakes up even for a pin drop.I knew that so many of our dreams will be related to our thoughts that we have in our mind.But some times i feel that my dreams are paranormal.Friends,just wanted to share with you and also curious to know about yours....

I love my Papa

2008-06-14T14:07:00.000-07:00

I don't know with what shall i start with. My Daddy ....I love him very much. He is a repository of qualities like Discipline,Honest,Dedication that adds an essence to life. He is a synonym for Patience,hard work and he s very down to Earth.

In my childhood days, my class mates used to get money from home to buy what ever things they want. one day i asked my Dad to gimme money so that i can also buy something but he said "No dear i will not give you money,tell me what ever you want I will get it for you.You can take that to school and enjoy with your friends"At that particular time, I thought like why doesn't he give money to me??? I am too young then to understand what my papa wants me to teach but when i grew,I realised that My dad made me to know the value of a rupee. Later when i was in 8th or so he used to give me money. I used to tell him the way how i spent single paisa though he s not curious to know and he used to say "No ra,no need to explain me those all, I know how you will do" but i still have the habit of writing expense list.
He is so friendly, if the world allows me to call him as a friend rather than papa i would love to...We(myself and my elder sister) are very close to him and share everything with him even about the road romeos who used to tease us in those days and whenever we(sisters) had a quarrel between us, he used to come in between and tried to solve it in a Humorous way.

Ours is a joint family. My dad and my Uncle(dad's brother) used to manage the business and they worked hard to raise it. There are so many days in my life I saw him without enough sleep because of hectic work. In short... he is workaholic. and Though he had so many worries in his life, he never made us to feel so his face soon turns to smiley looking at us. Though he is busy with all his activities,he made us to wake up early in the morning at around 4 am and taught us English grammar,vocabulary etc. Some times he helped me in solving problems in Mathematics subject.Up to my knowledge he slapped me hard only one time.I still remember that incident when i was in 3rd standard,he helped him in doing my maths home work and he asked me to solve the last problem but in turn I said "Dad, why don't you solve this also..."he got angry and slapped me hard.

He filled our lives with many gifts and with many surprises he bought us every thing what we need before hand. In those days,there was a big variation between a girl and a boy but he never had that feeling. He gave us enough freedom to enjoy our life in a healthy environment.I am proud to be his daugther. He always forgets his glasses,cell phone,keys and seeks for my Mom's help to get them back.That's a funny scene to watch for us over there. Now,being a mother, I realise that raising kids is not a simple thing, its an Art. They always asks me to give them a chance to raise my Son. Yes, I am happy to send him as I am sure that he will be raised with good qualities but i feel that discipline disappears when coming to the case of grand children instead pampering gets substituted.

Finally I thank him for giving me a treasure of happiness,none other than my life partner for me. He always wanted me to get married to a jobholder as he is aware of the lives of business' people.May Baba give him all the happiness my only wish is let him have a cool life even now.I wish to be his daughter always and always.I miss you Dad .....HAPPY FATHERS DAY.

Joy of Motherhood

2008-05-23T16:10:00.000-07:00

In the earlier days of Our Marriage,we decided to plan kids after an year as we want to understand ourselves more as ours is an arranged one.Later it was postponed to few more months still we wanted to not to have a kid as of then But our priorities got changed and my dear hubby wants to have our kid born in USA.So we waited for a chance and finally we are in US by around 2006 mid and in no more time I conceived and it took about 3 to 4 months to announce that happy news that I was pregnant.

My pregnancy days went very well except a bit nausea and severe back ache.You will be treated like a princess yes of course you are going to give a life to other. You may feel the Baby s movements from the mid of 6Th or so it will take some time to realise their movements.Almost every time I made my hubby to run out of his work and asked him to feel them.By the mid of 8th month even one can notice bumps on your belly when they move .A mother is blessed to have that feeling.Thanks for the God for making us to feel so.

My last trimester was pretty bad.I was diagnosed with Diabetes (high levels) and then my challenging days were started. My diet plan was given and its so hard for a pregnant women to maintain with that diet.My morning break fast is just a half cup of sprouts and 6 nuts .You are not wrong in reading its only 6 nuts.As a snack i was supposed to take a slice of bread and my lunch is like one chapati,salad,curry and yogurt a cup each and again as a snack i can take half an apple and some nuts .my dinner is as same as my lunch and at bed time i used to take half cup of milk.The sad thing is I have to go for a walk for at least one hour after my every meal and break fast too and I have to check for the value .

In those days i was just scared of my physical exercise that i have to do to burn my calories and i started thinking that Oh my God do I need to walk after all for eating this single chapati and it will be digested in no more time and again i may feel hungry.

Every night i used cry with hunger and I know how many nights my hubby spent them sleepless.It was so horrible and my dear hubby did made me to follow the dietitian instructions strictly.He used to call every hour from his office to know how i was doing.We followed these all so as to not to see hike in my blood sugar values and they were so I need to take Insulin.Though I did all these,I could not escape from Insulin which i have to inject with a needle on one of my sides of tummy.I used to cry a lot that I don't want to take it, my baby will hurt but the fact is that if i don't take the insulin dose ,then really my baby gets affected and hence complications may rise for both mother and Baby.

My husband,though he s very much afraid of a needle injected the insulin dose and he gave me a lot of courage and i used to ask him Whats the wrong with me why are we having these bad times??? and at the same time i felt like i must have done something good in my past life's to get a husband like him.

For more than 20 days i took Insulin before bed time and i was vexed up with all these stuff and I just wanted to deliver my baby to get rid of all these worries........and on May 13 th night while I am having my milk at around 10:30 pm i got pains that pain is some thing different no one can explain it clearly how it isss but i will try to, i felt like a force pushing up originating from my back to tummy .I got admitted in the hospital on that night at around 2:30 am and to our surprise, my cervix got dilated to 7cm and the nurse too tested it twice to confirm. when it dilates to 10cms then your pushing phase gets started. I delivered my baby by 4:30 am .Its a miracle even for nurses and doctors there.They used to ask us whether its our 2nd Baby as it was a rare to get a baby delivered in such a less time for a first time mom.. we realised that it was an wonderful result of my walking which i did in my last trimester.Finally my pregnancy ended with a happiness .My Baby weight was 6lbs and 2 ounces which was normal and his height was 19.5 inches.

As we don't know the gender before hand I listened to the doctor saying ITS A BABY BOY but i didnot gave much weight age though i wish to have a Baby boy. I just had a thought in my mind that the Baby must be healthy that was my one and only wish.They placed my Baby on my chest and that's a wonderful feeling no one could have it before.I couldn't see my bad times any more .His Dad was very much curious to hug and kiss baby though that Lil one is familiar with his dad's kisses from the past 40 weeks. After his birth all those worries in my past became memories for me. We planned my Mom to be with us a bit ahead,that's a month before the delivery and she did a lot to me and Rithvik. Oops i forgot to mention,we named our Baby Rithvik.She returned to India when he was 5months.

Time just flies with our cute pies and from the birth to 4months we don't feel their activity much its the time to accustom ourselves with new one.When they laugh,play,make some silly sounds its very fun to watch them.Yes Its the time to say Kids are Precious and we are the blessed ones to enjoy those Golden moments.Later on they will get mobility and its time to run with them and need to monitor every second.when ever he plays with his Dad i feel like its my happy family,how we enjoyed our past without this Lil Rascal???

Now Rithvik turned one and day by day he s driving us crazy and blabbers all the day and loves to freak out busy in exploring and imitating every thing. His Dad gets bored after coming from work, if his Lil one is sleeping.

see u soon.....

POETRY 3

2008-03-31T17:40:00.000-07:00

written basing on the theme
Beauty of truth

Prakruthi andhaalu,maanava bandhaalu devudichina varaalu
avi telusukunna varey nijamaina dheerulu
vari chentheney vuntaayi devune deevenalu
aa deevenaley karyasiddhi ki aarambhaalu
aa aarambhaalu alochanalaku dharpanaalu
adhi o chakkani parimanaaniki sopaanalu
jeevana payanapu sumadhura baatalu

POETRY 2

2008-03-31T17:07:00.000-07:00

written basing on a theme
"Describing his/her feelings"

Godari pongula,selayeru neetilaa,
Tolakari chinukula,chitapata vaanala,
nee paina naa premaa pomgenuley......

Paadey koyila la,aade nemali laa,
varshinchey megham la,payaninchey aamani laa,
ninu chusi na madhi paravasinchenuley.....

Kerataala horulaa,gundey savvadi laa,
reppala kitakitalaa,chiru gaali jorulaa,
nee kosame ney parugutisaanu ley........

Vikasinchey padmam la,parimlinchey maliya laa
sugandhaala jallu laa,rangula harivillu laa
naa prema nirmala mainadhi ley.......