Here i am , a Retired Person nearing the three quarters of the Century Mark , musing about the many childhood dreams . There are many things which have caught my fancy as a schoolgoing kid and later on in the teens. It is only fair to say that Some of those Important Dreams , thanks to the lord above have been realized and and sadly there are parts of the same that are never going to see the light of the day . The early part of my teens was at a place called Kharapur in W Bengal .Now, dont get me wrong , it was not at the IIT for which the place is obviously more famous for the World over , but the Railway Colony of which my Father was very much a part. I did my schooling at the Railway Mixed Higher Secondary School there. My fathers previous posting among a lot many other places was at a place called Chakradharpur in Bihar and my early schooling was entirely in the Hindi Medium. The school at Kharagpur though had a sizable Anglo Ind...
SURPRISE PACKAGE VISIT TO NEW VRINDABAN Our plan was to head for our home in Ajax after Breakfast as it was almost an Eight hour drive back home with a number of Pitstops in between . Sathya and Vandana gave us ( Revathy and Myself ) a pleasant Surprise by informing us that we were heading for NEW VRINDABAN instead in the neighboring State of WEST VIRGINIA . New VRINDABAN is the US Headquarters of the Popular HARE KRISHNA OR ISKON Community in the US and the final resting place of their founder or PRABHUPADA . The Krishna Temple ; Palace of Gold ; Rose Garden ; Goshala ; Peacock Mount is very Scenic ; People from all over the World Visit this place in large numbers and stay here for a few days for enchantment and to be with MOTHER NATURE at its very Best . The travel time involved was just 60 Minutes of Extra Time from our place of stay but the last 20 Minutes of travel involved coveri...
NAVARATHRI 2025 -- AJAX We are at my Son and Daughter In Law’s place at Ajax in Canada this year for the Navarathri Festival . It is a festival which has the Ladies garnering all the limelight during the Nine Day Festival with THE GOLU as the highlight . The men in the house have to get down the Cartons from the attic with the neatly packed idols of last year stored there with utmost care . Cleaning and dusting the same takes some doing . Getting the 5 or 7 Deck GOLU PADI is a big task in itself . Haarish , my son is good with his hands which includes the Carpentry work also . He has designed a FIVE DECK WOODEN GOLU PADI which can be assembled and dismantled in a very short time . Masterminding the placement of the Various idols in formations of ASHTALAKSHMI , RAMAYANAM , GAJENDRA MOKSHAM , DASA AVATHAARAMS , CHETTIAR KADAI WITH THEIR GROCERY ITEMS , PAST AND PRESENT LEADERS ASSEMBL...
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