On 01/01/2013 11:03 AM, Ravi Chivukula wrote: > On Jan 1, 2013, at 11:29 PM, Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> On 01/01/2013 08:21 AM, Ravi Chivukula wrote: >>> Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing in India with >>> my family - mother, sisters and their families - I have pictures to share >>> here, starting with the picture here. >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0090009/photos/73243621@N07/8332978823/ >>> >>> I spent major part of the evening visiting temples what with my >>> brother-in-law, my older sister's husband being a staunch, traditional >>> Brahmin. I have had lot of fun so far visiting India after 4 and half years. >> And what's the temperature there? (Time to rub it in to snow bound >> Americans). :-D >> >> Oh, it's in the 40s in the SF Bay Area. :-( >> > Uncle Barry2-ji, the weather is pretty cool here - low 60's to low 90's with > cool breezes, but as noisy and polluted as before. In fact some locals think > its cold and even wear sweaters :-).
I spent New Year's Eve 1996 at Ammachi's ashram in Kerela. It was still a warmish that close to the equator and they even had fireworks to bring in the New Year. We left New Year's morning.