Dear Subbu ji, Thanks for the message. Good to hear that there is some other soul residing in Phoenix, and working for the University of Phoenix.
I bet a great majority of the Indian population in US pursuing their MBA through distance education do so through this University. Regards V.V. Sundaram On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 11:22 PM, Vanakkam Subbu <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you very much for your mail. My sisters' daughters' husband Mr. > Karthik Karuppiah is working in University of Phoenix. > > Regards, > > Vanakkam Subbu > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 9:51 AM, sundaram v.v. <[email protected]>wrote: > >> * >> * >> >> * * >> * >> >> After being a member of this one of a kind family for some time, it is >> nice to get acquainted with quite a few members, either through their >> regular contributions or otherwise. >> >> >> >> I met Mr K. Raman, a founding member of the Group, at a party in >> California. Seeing his and his wife’s predicament of holding their >> grandchildren in one hand and the dinner plate on the other, I offered to >> take care of the kids till they finished their dinner. In the chat that >> followed, Mr Raman enrolled me in the Group’s mailing list. I have since >> then been benefiting by a few of his contributions, which are informative >> and educative. >> >> >> >> Two years ago I had the pleasure of speaking to Cheenu-Pune on reading his >> posting that he was in California. But by then he was already in Chicago and >> ready to take off to Pune the next day. But it was nice to talk to him. He >> seems to be a Mr Know All. >> >> >> >> I also phoned up Mr Narendra Gupta on his last visit to California. But >> the total dependence on children for transportation in both our cases >> restricted the acquaintance to telephone conversation. I read with interest >> his postings, and forward some to my family circle. >> >> >> >> I had written to the other Cheenu, of Coimbatore then, and now of >> Hyderabad, that I would be visiting Coimbatore to sell my plot of land, and >> if we could meet. It was all fixed, but with things not falling in place at >> the Registrar’s office, I was left with very little time to have that >> privilege. I like his postings, more so his Badrianath trip coverage, the >> Marutha malai visit, etc. not to speak of his recent useful Good Mornings. >> >> >> >> In response to my introductory mail, a member rang me up from California. >> It transpired that his younger brother and I were classmates in school, as >> were he and my elder brother. >> >> >> Responding to the same letter, Mr Krishnamoorthy, then of California, and >> now of Coimbatore and California, wrote back to ask me if I was the same >> Sundaram married to Lalitha, the daughter of his friend Murthy of Calcutta. >> It was a pleasant surprise to hear from him. For our elder son, he and his >> wife had recommended a girl, who is now our proud daughter in law. >> >> >> >> Responding to my one-line letter to Mr Sivasubramanian Perinkulam on a >> good piece that he had written, he rang me up from Baltimore for a chat. It >> turned out that I lived in Vadakkantharai, and he in Olavakkode – a distance >> of three miles. And by his year of birth and the school he studied, he and >> my elder brother should be classmates, though he could not place him. He >> introduced his daughter in law Meghna over the phone, and during the brief >> chat with her I discovered that my father’s Athai’s sons and her mother are >> cousins. What a small world. >> >> >> >> Another member whom I have not met but know well is P.R. – Mr P >> Ramachandran, a retired senior scientific officer based in Bangalore. He was >> the one to whom I referred, on an average, half a dozen horoscopes a day for >> my second son, for his astrological opinion, when I was stationed in Geneva. >> Promptness was the hallmark of his responses. I like his postings on >> Tharpanam, religious clarifications, and the like. I feel guilty that I have >> still not had the courtesy to visit him during my sojourn in Bangalore. I >> will, sir, one of these days, if you happen to read this. >> >> >> >> It was nice of “Vanakkam’ Subbu to clarify in detail the queries I had >> raised on remittance facilities from and to India. I like his very useful >> contributions, and jokes. >> >> >> >> Then there are members with whom I may not have particularly interacted, >> but whose contributions I like no less. I may not be able to guess how Mr G. >> Viswanathan looks like, but I do know him as the friend of my colleague >> through his posting asking for a suitable girl for my colleague’s widower >> son. I see points in some of GV’s observations. Then we have MGK Nair, >> Partha-devarajan, Lalitha Subramanian, Saibaba SV, Vaidya Lingam, and a host >> of others (forgive me if your name is missing - the list is endless) on each >> of whom we can write volumes. They have been sparing their time to inform, >> educate, enthrall, and entertain us, let alone cause us to ponder, smile or >> laugh aloud. >> >> >> >> And this round-up will be incomplete without a mention of Mr >> Gopalakrishnan, whose painstaking analytical study of items ranging from >> Kachhatti, Aappai, Kodai, Vadi, Thadi, Thengai, Mangai, Chakkai, though may >> not be my cup of tea, has not robbed him of his fan following. My wife never >> misses them. >> >> >> >> By way of gain from the Group if this is less, then what is more? >> >> >> >> V.V. Sundaram >> >> Phoenix, Arizona >> >> 480 988 5705 >> >> 12 October 2011 >> >> * >> >> > > > -- > > > > *"Change" is a Nature of life, > * > > *But "Challenge" is an aim of life > * > > * so always challenge the changes > * > > *not change the challenges!! > * > > **** > **** > > *V a n a k k a m S u b b u* > > * * > *வாழிய செந்தமிழ்! வாழ்க நற்றமிழர்! > **வாழிய பாரதமணித் திருநாடு!* > >
