Dear bandhus,
It was with nostalgia that I read the letters cited herein.
Of course, in one or two instances, I have offered some claarifications and
suggestions-
for awhich I have received acknowledgements--
they may be individual or to the group--thanks one and all for this
get-together
vaidyanathan
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:02 PM, sundaram v.v. <[email protected]>wrote:
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>
>
> 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
>> >
>> > *
>> >
>>
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