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SIVARATHRI 2026 at Ajax -825

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               SIVATATHRI -2026 AT AJAX  This year we were at Ajax in Toronto Canada on the Sivarathri Day and had to do away with our usual practice of  visiting 9 Siva Temples in and around Agasthiarpatty when we were back in India .  We made this up by doing the KAALA POOJA at home and visiting the PICKERING ARULJOTHI SIVALAYAM .  Both were very fulfilling in every way and made us to feel at home as if we were back  in India.  (It pains to say this but in many ways they were better than what we experience back at home ) At home the KAALA POOJA WERE PERFORMED WITH DUE CARE AND DEVOTION.  OHM SHIVAYA NAMAHA . HARA HARA MAHADEV 
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Manjolai Post Office -824

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   MANJOLAI POST OFFICE CLOSING DOWN  " MANJOLAI KILITHANO " famous song from the movie KIZHAKAY POGUM RAYIL might have vanished from the memory from almost all barring a very few  cinegoers of  the 70s or 80 s . The place MANJOLAI which finds mention in this song is a Scenic and Picturesque place located in the Western Ghats or Pothigai Malai close to Ambai and Kallidai in Tirunelveli District of Tamilnadu . The British were the first to establish Tea Plantations here way back in 1919 which was subsequently leased out to Bombay Burmah Trading Company for 99 Years . Generations have toiled in these lands and been a part of this land in more ways than one . Being deep inside the mountains , INDIA POST was the only mode of Communication for the people of these parts . Mobile phones came much later . For better or worse these plantations are now closed and have  made way for the Wildlife Sanctuary about which I shall detail later. THIS  POST OFFICE IS NOW...
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Minus 36 at Regina 12 Y Back = 823

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        MINUS 36 D at REGINA 12 Yrs BACK  My posts regarding the severe winters in Canada must surely start to be a bore for many .  Not so for me from the Sub Continent for whom even 20 Degrees on the plus side is severe winter .  As pointed out by my friend RTM , being a regular visitor to these parts for close to 12 years now , we have come to learn to live with it and be a part of this annual feature .  The snow storm at Regina during MY VERY FIRST VISIT  in 2013-2014 to Canada brings back memories of the same . Outside , the feels  like Temperature during the Snow Storm was Minus 36 degrees C on 14 th Feb 2014 .  This of course was a lot better than the day my Grandson Arya was born Dec 20 of 2013 when the Outside Feels like  Temperature was even worse at a Freezingly Cold Minus 57 degrees C .  SOME EXPERIENCE THAT !!!!
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Being a perfect ZOMBIE - 822

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                                 ZOMBIE  JUST THE OTHER DAY I WAS INTO A GAME OF SCRABBLE WITH MY GRANDSON . HE HAD THE LETTERS Z , B, E , B , M  , L  AND I  WITH HIM AS HIS SEVEN LETTERS . THOSE WHO HAVE PLAYED A  GAME OF SCRABBLE , I AM SURE ARE AWARE AS TO HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO MAKE USE OF THE LETTER    " Z " . HOWEVER GOOD ONES VOCABULARY MAY BE ,  MAKING USE OF Z WITH THE OTHER LETTERS IN HAND ON  THE BOARD IS ALWAYS A BIG  PROBLEM . THIS IS MORE SO AS  THERE ARE NOT TOO MANY WORDS WHICH  MAKE USE OF THE LETTER Z . MAKING USE OF THE FREE LETTER " O " ON THE BOARD , MY GRANDSON HAD FORMED THE WORD    --        ZOMBIE . IT IS ONLY FAIR TO ADMIT THAT I WAS RATHER SURPRISED AT MY GRANDSON FORMING THIS WORD  AND WAS NOT EVEN SURE IF THE WORD WAS THERE I N THE OXFORD ENGLISH  LANGUAGE DICTIONARY . A QUICK...
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