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   ADVANCE HAPPY NEW YEAR                               2023            WELCOME ABOARD  Flight 2023 will depart from Gate 22 of Terminal 02 shortly . All passengers of the Premium , Business or Economy classes are reminded that their Baggages should only  contain the prized Souvenirs of 2022 . It is in your own interest to discard all the trash and accumulated muck of the past in the bins provided . This includes the hardships faced during the Pandemic of the last 3  years . This would save you from a  lot of stringent security checks ahead . The duration of the flight will be exactly 12 Months .  The new Covid wave from China is a concern for all . Those of you not fully Vaccinated or Awaiting the Booster shot are requested to make use of the facilities provided by the Government at various places in the Terminal . This would go a long way in clearing the anxiety of your near and dear ones . So , cheer up , tighten up your Seatbelts . You are about to embark on an ALL NEW INVIGORATING

HOROSCOPE  JAADAGAM OR JANMA KUNDALI  Not many of the New Millennium Born folks I am sure would be in vibe with the words Jaadagam or Janma Kundali . It might surprise many but the first step in almost all ARRANGED  Marriages is the Matching of the Horoscope of the Boy and Girl which is done by a person who comes to be known as the JOSIER South of the Vindhyaas and Panditji or Guruji on the other side  . The pre requisite for this is the all important JAADAGAM OR JANMA KUNDALI . This is Drafted by the Josier/Guruji . The important requirement to keep in mind is the Exact Time , Date of Birth and  The Longitude and Latitude of the place of Birth . It must be mentioned here that the place of Birth refers to the Location of the Hospital in a particular city or Exact Location of the  place. The accuracy of the forecast is dependent on the exact time and location of the place of Birth namely the Hospital or Nursing Home . One can easily get the exact Longitude and Latitude of the place with

Meeting a Friend after almost 50                           Years     Ours was the Fabulous FOURSOME Group at Sasmira during our College Days . Mukulesh , Parashu , Verma  ( Varijendra ) and myself though in two different streams of Textile Technology were always together for the most part during and after the College Hours . The reason I guess was our somewhat self proclaimed pcomfort with the English Language. This , in a college where Gujarathi was the most spoken language among the students set us apart as a group comfortable with English .  The 3 years in SASMIRA were by far the best years spent thus far and had far reaching influence on our career and life which was to come later .  Mukulesh found his  life partner here and Parashu found one because of his Textile Association .  As was only natural , we all went our separate ways in search of a career and stayed distanced because of our location .  Mukulesh , Parashu and myself were in touch with each other on the Social Media Pla

KSHETRADAM IN AND AROUND  AMBASAMUDRAM  We were in the company of Mani and Sundari ( My Brother in Law and his Wife )  for  the last  4 days .  Mani like myself is a keen Travel Bug which is  to take nothing  away from both Sundari and Revathy ( My Better Half ) who too are very keen Temple Goers and who firmly believe in the saying MORE THE MERRIER  . All this , had us visiting the following places and having a splendid  time both  spiritually and otherwise . Day 1  PAPANASAM RIVER BED  PAPANASAM TEMPLE VISIT  ALWARKURICHI SIVASAILANATHER TEMPLE  ALWARKURICHI AGRAHAARA BALAJI TEMPLE  Day  2  PAVOOR VADUKKUVASAL SELVI AMMAN TEMPLE  SCENIC LUNCH SPOT AT NADUVANKURICHY  SANKARANKOVIL VASUDEVANALLUR ARTHANARISWARA TEMPLE  TENKASI KASI VISHWANATHAR TEMPLE  Day 3  NANGUNERI VANAMAMALAI PERUMAL KOVIL TIRIKKURANKUDI NAMBI KOVIL  KANYAKUMARI BAGAVATHY AMMAN TEMPLE  KANYAKUMARI SEA FRONT  BALAJI TEMPLE AT KANYAKUMARI  ADHIVARAHA PERUMAL KOVIL AT KALLIDAIKURICHY  VANDY MARITHUAMMAN KOVIL AT AMBA

 HB , WHAT DO THEY STAND FOR  Just this afternoon  , as I was folding the  washed clothes , I came across an old fashioned towel which had a marking HB  neatly embroidered at one of its edges . This brought back fond memories of old times and a tender feel in the heart and a few drops welling in the eyes which were ready to drop off  at any moment . For those not in the know how , these  towels of the old days came mostly  in their trademark white woven  with a rather low EPI and PPI . It was more of a Gauze than a towel . My Textile Friends may be more acquainted with this feature . Before the advent of the now famous and widely used Turkish Towels , these white towels which came rather cheap  were widely used in all households . In larger households and during travels  it used to often become   an issue to identify a  towel which belonged to you or to  others in your household.  To overcome this it was a practice to embroider ones initials to identify a towel which belonged to you or