Dear Shri Soundararajan, Thanks for the excellent feedback.
Yes this is one of the best pastimes we seniors (if you qualify for this yet) can have on the computer, without throwing our weight around ladies and making their life miserable, and let them silently appeal to God why was there at all a retirement age for the menfolk from Office, and none for the ladies from the kitchen. Regards V.V. Sundaram On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 11:37 PM, A Soundararajan <[email protected] > wrote: > my dear sundaram, > Your mail is given me to read back all their mails onceagain. no doubt > all mails r very much educative. i am just learning how the life at > states and other places. i am enjoying with this group. i extend my > sincere thanks to all our members who r all far away places but there > nearer to me in morning of everyday GOOD MORNING. > with love, > a.soundararajan > > On 10/13/11, 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 > > > > * > > >
