Dear *Virtous Vociferous Sundaram* now no one will ask WHO is this sundaram !!! Mistaken identity brings flowers as well as brick bats, which is well presented in your mail. I am no exception. The comedy of errors are always between me and cheenu cbe. I usually get his accload and he my brick bats. we both share and enjoy. now he has changed his relegion I mean became hyderabadi. but pattai on his forehead !!
In chicago i use daughter land line and in california my son cell. when i come to india i use my cell phone. I am very ldusy man to keep phone no in diary. so i miss the american connection when in india except my e mail. The mystery shrouded behind your name will be solved only if we can see your image. as you are from delhi here is some thing for you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaprwx_ZHrA ** * * <http://sig.graphicsfactory.com/>* நல்லதுசெய் நல்லதே நடக்கும் *जन सेवा ईश्वर सेवा * *cnu.pne* On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 10:03 AM, sundaram v.v. <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > > *Mistaken Identity* > > > Dear MS Srinivasan ji, > > > > Delighted to read your mail and the outpour of gratitude - doesn’t matter > mistaking me for 'Cleveland' Sundaram. I am not Cleveland V.V. Sundaram. In > fact I am yet to visit Cleveland in life. I am just V.V. Sundaram - with no > prefix or suffix. And if you insist I might at best be hailed Vadakkanthara > Sundaram. Even when on phone with bank or airlines, to help them get my > initials correct I avoid the customary prompting, V for Victory, again V > for Victory, lest it mistakenly boosts my ego that it has been victory > all the way. > > > > This is not the first occasion that I have been mistaken for Cleveland > V.V. Sundaram. When I was looking for a bride for my second son, I got a > call during my post-retirement stint in Geneva, and the girl's father spoke > to me somewhat like intimate friends - just short of *vaada, poda.* I > just couldn't figure out. I even wondered if any of my friends were playing > pranks with me. Sensing a lack of enthusiasm in my response, he ultimately > enquired if he was not speaking to Cleveland Sundaram. I told him I was WHO > Sundaram. I hesitated even this prefix, because I ran the risk of being > mistaken for a popular and Geneva-born-and-raised Sundaram in WHO. > > > > On the brighter side, and in strict confidence, naming myself as WHO > Sundaram did pay dividends. When my wife was looking for a job to last my > temporary assignment in Geneva, she got a call from another UN agency. The > Personnel Officer interviewed her along with a host of others, and offered > her the job at a higher grade than advertised. I was very sure he had > mistaken my wife, Lalitha Sundaram, for someone from the *other* Sundaram > family. Yes, life does offer favours occasionally, mistakenly though. > > > > The other occasion when I benefitted by mistaken identify was when I was > constructing my house in Delhi. It was numbered 8/13, in a co-operative > house building society. The Society president's daughter's house was > numbered 13/8 - just the reverse. The President, it would seem, had kept > all the housing department officials in good humour, and in return got all > the favours for his relatives. So when I went to get Certificate for having > completed the job up to the door level, the official saw the house number, > got up from his seat, and ordered tea for me. He asked his assistant to > issue the certificate on the spot telling him that he had already inspected > the site the previous day. And I walked out with the certificate, feeling > on top of the world. > > > > But every dog has it day. He realized his mistake, though it was late. So, > when I went for the Completion Certificate - the final contact with them. > he ripped me off pointing out mistakes after mistakes at every nook and > corner of my house. I was in a fix. Fortunately, one of the resourceful > house owners came to my rescue. He knew of a house with similar deviations > having been given the completion certificate. "You just quote it, and see > how they refuse it." So did I, and got the certificate in a week's time. > > > > Sorry for this divergence, MS ji. Nice hearing from you thanks to > Cleveland Sundaram. Just to refresh your memory, I am the same Sundaram who > spoke to you a couple of years ago when you were in Chicago, all set to > take off for Pune the next day. Rings a bell? > > > > Best regards. > > > > V.V. Sundaram > > http://vvsundaram.blogspot.com > > 03 January 2012 > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 6:57 AM, Srinivasan MS <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> ** >> >> >> [Attachment(s)<#134a6fe912989958_134a6e8032cfc281_134a6ba523496cff_134a58aca83a5373_134a3dcd2fd3220d_TopText>from >> Srinivasan MS included below] >> >> respected vvsundaram ji >> In retrospect ,so near yet so far,so close, as the distance between cup >> and lip, three times I saw you on the stage in cleveland and was a great >> fan but never came to hand shaking distance. A mountain praising a mole >> means i am fortunate.This year again coming to cleveland for my grand kids >> anushka and arjun nageswaran participation there. >> >> >> [image: vv sundaram lighting a lamp.jpg] >> >> >> [image: shri vv sundaram copy.jpg] >> >> my memory in retrspect >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukq3Lin5uE4 >> >> http://nivedita.wordpress.com/tag/cleveland-v-v-sundaram/ >> >> eagerly waiting to have a glimpse from a close, >> >> >> ** >> * >> * <http://sig.graphicsfactory.com/>* >> >> நல்லதுசெய் நல்லதே நடக்கும் >> *जन सेवा ईश्वर सेवा * >> *cnu.pne* >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 11:15 AM, sundaram v.v. <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> ** >>> >>> >>> Stocktaking, evaluation, post-mortem, peep, or looking back - call it by >>> any name - is desirable in any venture. Here is an aerial view of the 2011 >>> activities of this group, as well as a few other allied ones, written in a >>> lighter vein, bearing malice to none. I am clubbing deliberately the events >>> of all groups as I find many of us are members in most of the groups. >>> >>> >>> Many have earned the distinction of being hailed by their abbreviation – >>> MS (or, globe trotter if you insist), GV (G. Viswanath for those who are >>> averse to exerting themselves and want everything on a platter), Siva >>> (don’t ask me to elaborate his name, unless you spare only a cursory glance >>> to the incoming mail), AVMV (sorry, he has recently rechristened himself as >>> VVR), MGK (yes, the one who fires entertaining salvos from Trivandrum >>> launch pad), Gopa (or, Mr Know All if you want to rename him), and not to >>> leave out Hyderabad Cheenu, in whose case the word ‘abbreviation’ doesn’t >>> fit in when compared with his earlier connotation: Cheenu-Cbe. Well the >>> list is endless. >>> >>> >>> MS continued unabated with daily dose of religious messages. Hyderabad >>> Cheenu released sterling thoughts for the day. Raman covered almost >>> everything – 2012 calendar, old-age quotes, Mullaperiyar dam, key to Indian >>> Railways’ grievance redressal, etc. >>> >>> >>> GV waged a single-handed battle for more original contributions. Those >>> opposed felt that beg, borrow, or steal, the name of the game should be >>> infotainment. If I say that a particular member’s forwards took the cake, >>> then a host of others will revolt against me, and justifiably. Simply put, >>> everybody gave something, and nobody everything. Siva was in a world of his >>> own with his Amalu, airhostess, and Hyderabad connection - whenever he was >>> not on his spiritual trip, that is. >>> >>> >>> VVR, aside his unique ability to target generation-next, had an uncanny >>> knack to make inroads into Siva’s observations and give additional >>> dimensions. Cris’s language was worthy of emulation, if at all possible. >>> Gopa had the courage of conviction to cover anything under the sun, but not >>> all of them without attracting comments for amendments. That only showed >>> that he was being read - he could argue, and rightly so. >>> >>> >>> Vanakkam Subbu served best those who were still entangled in tax >>> liabilities, or were looking for benefits accruing to senior citizens. Sai >>> Baba, an ex banker, covered a variety of relevant subjects. Then there were >>> others who had a knack of taking the opposite view of everything written >>> about. That should be construed as the other side of the coin. >>> >>> >>> The subject, ‘Are Brahmin girls less keen to marry Brahmin boys’ >>> attracted maximum hoo-ha. With what findings? I am still groping. Anna >>> Hazare’s uproar on Lokpal, Subramaniam Swamy’s crusade to bring to book the >>> corrupt, were close second and third. >>> >>> >>> Against this backdrop of activities with gay abandon, there remained a >>> solitary septuagenarian writer of a sort who struggled through the year to >>> hammer out a piece of substance. >>> >>> >>> V.V. 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