- Every child is important
Seemandham is such a nice ceremony actually performed to make sure that the baby to be born comes out healthy, calm and strong minded. unfortunately everyone does it as a formality ….. many of them are irritated doing it…..some of them want to have it as a get-together party…..some of them just do it to show [...] ... - Religious rituals….all blind beliefs?
It is very easy to say that all the religious rituals are superstitious beliefs and that they make no sense…. What is more difficult is to try and find the meaning in them. The religious rituals have been followed through for centuries….are we trying to say that we are the only intelligent people and that everyone [...] ... - Striking off one item …
have been having a huge task list of late….finally got to strike out one item… I wanted to have the Vishnu sahasranammam handwritten in my collection of slokas….this had been pending for almost 4 years now….finally now I had to do it because my original book is in tatters. I finished writing complete Vishnu sahasranamam into my [...] ... - A nice homemade stuff….All by me:))!!
I finally did something I wanted to do for a very long time…..I wanted to design some nice embroidery (nice to my standards of course) on some kind of thing that can be used….and make something that looks nice making me feel good about myself… Whew!! That’s a lot that I wanted… The cute quilt bedding I [...] ...
- Kayena Vacha…
Another sloka that is supposed to be very powerful Kayena vacha manasendriyair va, buddhyatmana va, prakriteh svabhavat Karomi yadyat, sakalam parasmai, narayanayeti samarpayami I dedicate to the Supreme person Narayana all that I do by means of the body, words, mind, the organs of action, the organs of knowledge and by the impulsion of nature. Tweet This Post ... - Sloka for pregnant women
Here are 2 slokas that are supposed to be very powerful and useful to see through a healthy pregnancy and an easy normal delivery. To be repeated everyday by pregnant ladies….. 1. Hey Shankara smarahara pramadhadhi natha mannadha saanmbha sasisooda hara thrisoolin sambho sugaprasavakruth bhavame dhayalo shri mathrubhootha shiva paalayamaam namasthe 2. himavath uthare parsve suradha naama yakshini thasyath smarana maathrene Vaathsalyam garbham bhaveth [...] ... - Hanuman songs on saibhajans.net
All these days I used to not find any Hanuman songs on saibhajans.net…..now I see that this section has been added… there are currently 2 songs…hope they will add some more songs Tweet This Post ... - Ambha mandahasa vadani- Baba bhajan
The newest bhajan that I learnt….a Devi song Amba Mandahasa Vadani Manohari Sai Jagat Janani Mata Mata Mata Jagat Janani Amba Mandahasa Vadani Manohari Sai Jagat Janani Jagat Janani Shubha Karini Sai Jagan Mata Sathya Sai Jagan Mata Tweet This Post ...
- Yani – New music in my life…full of passion27 August 2010, 11:34 am
Today’s project management class taught me something really enjoable….Yani’s music… seems strange!!!…but its true… I love to see these kind of performances where the music is good….everyone is highlighted ….and there is so much of energy and passion filled when they play the music….it is simply amazing… The music played with passion automatically is pleasing and sounds great…..I [...]... - Pavamana suthudu – Mangalam13 August 2010, 9:33 am
A mangalam song that I heard in Vishaka hari’s Sundara Kandam….This is also a Thyagaraja composition You can listen to Priya sisters singing this song at http://www.songlyricsatoz.com/video_UPdWsnMEDjQ.html A short mangalam to end concerts or a bharathnatyam performance Pavamana Suthudu Pattu Pathara Vintha Munakku Nee Nama Rupa Mulaku Nitya Jaya Mangalam Tweet This Post... - Kanden Sithayai13 August 2010, 9:26 am
A tamil song that depicts how hanuman describes to Rama about his seeing Sita…… again my knowledge enhanced by Vishaka Hari’s sundara Kandam …..I know I am being too emphatic about it….sorry…cant help…really feel good about how my knowledge of ramyana and music are getting enhanced by this…. Song: kaNDEn kaNDEn Raagam: mukhAri. Aa: S R2 M1 P [...]... - Sarasa sama dhana bedha danda – Thyagaraja13 August 2010, 9:16 am
Thyagaraja’s description of Sri Rama and how he uses all the 4 neyathis, sama dhana bedha dhanda, with Ravana…. the context is very well set by Vishaka hari in her sundara kandam…. you can listen to it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQqEvJ3HqLk sarasa saamadhaana raagam: kaapi naaraayaNi Aa: S R2 M1 P D2 N2 S Av: S N2 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S Parent Ragam:harikaambhOji (28th [...]...
- Soothing out cough25 August 2010, 10:53 am
Instant cough relief can be attained by this method… take about 7 pepper balls….chew them….swallow only the juice and not the solid part. the juice will send in a hot feeling. After u r done with all the juice swallowing….spit out the solid part. the relief is really there for a very long time. Tweet This Post... - How to make a quilt?15 June 2010, 9:34 am
I recently tried out making of a small bedding and a rug. These can also be termed as quilts. I wanted to put down a few steps of how to do it but somehow it dint turn out to be very explanatory…. so I decided to look through the internet to see if anyone has [...]... - Avoid Constipation7 June 2010, 7:58 am
There are a lot of home remedies for constipation that can help without really having any side effects… 1. Eat raisins before going to bed at night (normal ones or the large ones…both are ok) 2. Eating 2 bananas (big green ones) everyday 3. eating oat meal 4. Drinking a lot of water (really a lot) 5. Eating a cup [...]... - Keep Pigeons Away28 February 2010, 9:47 am
One of my friends was having a tough time cleaning up the balcony every day after all the pigeon dirtying….. I tried finding something that could help her…. The most popular response was…keeping a doll of an owl on the balcony….The pigeons are frightened by the owl …. but the owl must be moved around often (once in [...]...
- TEENZ- I gave up…but daddy dint….10 May 2010, 11:06 am
I had given up on my TEENZ completely. As you would have read in my previous posts… I had no intensions of spending 10K for it…. but my dad took the vehicle with him… He called up dozens of people from various TVS service centers around bangalore….he spoke to the regional heads or something (by finding their [...]... - TEENZ …. I have given up18 January 2010, 9:17 pm
One of the biggest disappointments in my life…..my TEENZ….does not run anymore. When I bought the vehicle in September 2008…they promised me that the battery would come upto 2 years minimum. Good maintenance will make the battery go longer.. It was just one year….1100 Kms covered totally by the vehicle…..and the vehicle stopped running. Got it serviced [...]... - Bio degradable/eco friendly ...9 December 2009, 9:55 pm
I am so happy to know that we now have websites that would let us do e-shopping for environmental friendly items…..and that too in India… We have items from Rs 75 onwards as far as I have seen. I saw an ad to this website in the economic times…. Check it out for urself http://www.ecorus.in/ if large masses of [...]... - Carbon footprint2 December 2009, 9:54 pm
Everyone is talking about reducing carbon footprint….companies are now actively working towards it….what is it all about really? Carbon footprint is how what we do…influences the environment and climate. It is about how much of green houses gases are added to the atmosphere because of our activities . The green house gases are released when we do many [...]...
- Chennai – In May 2010
Chennai….a city where the seasons are hot hotter and hottest….this is the city that I have visited maximum number of times in my life. 90% of the times the visit has been during the hottest season …as was this time. The month of May is the agni nakshatram (meaning the star of fire)….and we somehow [...] ... - Amma in Egypt – Part 9 – Luxor
Valley of the Kings After breakfast we went to the west bank of Luxor. Some details of Luxor at http://www.luxorguide.com/ We had to go deep into the desert to discover the Valley of the Kings. I had a chance to step onto the dessert sand here….it was an amazing feeling. I was actually at the Sahara dessert…..the [...] ... - Amma in Egypt – Part 8 – Edfu
Edfu After finishing our breakfast we visited temple of Edfu. Of all the ancient temples of Egypt the one in Edfu is not only the best preserved but the second largest after the Karnak temple in Luxor. The temple had been submerged under the desert except for the very top of the pylon entrance. A small amount [...] ... - Amma in Egypt – Part 7 – Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel Next day we had to go to Abu Simbel. We were told by our tour manager that we would have to leave very early in the morning. The area was prone to terrorist attacks and so all the tourist buses would go along with a convoy (A convoy is a group of vehicles (of [...] ...
- Ghar Baithe Shopping29 August 2010, 12:38 am
For the non-Hindi ones, that means Shopping whilst sitting at home. And that is exactly what I have been doing since the past few months. I have been shopping from home excessively for every small thing that I wanted. The online shopping destination of choice for me was ebay. eBay is not really an online [...]... - A ‘Horn’y Country28 August 2010, 11:17 pm
Before one starts getting ideas, let me tell you that I am talking about the traffic situation in India and the Horniness is the incessant honking attitude of the people driving their vehicles. For one, more than half the people don’t have patience, and a good part of that group lack any sort of brains. [...]... - Critical Attrition Rate – defining your necessary ...10 August 2010, 4:36 am
Note: This is part 2 of the previous post which talk about why attrition is good for a company. Critical Attrition Rate (or CAR) is a term that I coined up while thinking about attrition and how it badly (or goodly?) affects a company. Most companies are plagued by attrition and most have either given [...]... - Attrition is a Necessary Evil10 August 2010, 3:25 am
The first thing that comes to everyone’s mind when they talk about attrition is how it is bad and how it should be controlled. However, I believe that attrition also bring some good to the company. In fact I believe that companies should look to have attrition and keep it within certain limits which will [...]...
- Fixing Facebook’s NewsFeed31 August 2010, 3:44 am
If you, like me, have had troubles with your Facebook newsfeed, with it showing the items out of order, or sometimes not refreshing the timeline correctly, then you have come to the right place. For example, I know a friend has posted a new item, but it just doesn’t show up in my timeline. What [...]... - Unconventional Earning through Google Android Market30 August 2010, 12:12 pm
If you are a Google Android phone user, you would have noticed that most of the apps available are free apps. The percentage of unpaid apps on the Android Market dwarfs in comparison to the number of paid apps on the iPhone App Store. What this means, simply, is that more developers are making money [...]... - Eco-Urinal Concept30 August 2010, 10:43 am
A very cool idea courtesy YANKO DESIGN. The basic concept is that the wash is fitted right on top of the urinal. Of course you do wash your hand after taking a pee (in case you don’t please let me know the next time you decide to shake hands with me) and this system lets [...]... - From Takeover To Over30 August 2010, 9:13 am
The recession seems to have given a lot of companies the power to takeover other companies, thanks to declining sales and falling stock prices. Most of the larger companies acquire smaller companies that already have some product in the niche that the larger company is thinking of entering. However, saying smaller company might be an [...]...
- Google Goggles – Google Inc.27 June 2010, 12:04 pm
Google Goggles is an interesting app but one that I have not found much use for, or have not got it to work sufficiently well. For one, I have installed and uninstalled this app at least 5 times as I have always heard something nice that it can do, but have never got it to [...]... - Google Translate – Google Inc.27 June 2010, 9:42 am
Google Translate is the translate app that you find on the web, brought to Android. The app can translate to and from a myriad of languages as available on the web. Of course, the app uses its servers to translate the text, so be sure that you have an active data connection to use [...]... - StopWatch – sportstracklive.com27 June 2010, 7:58 am
This is a Stopwatch app for Android. The apps works as both a stopwatch and a countdown timer. The app even supports Laps. The app is very pleasing on the eye and just shows what you need to see without too much of graphics. You can even configure a countdown alarm on this app [...]... - World Cup Virtual Vuvuzela – Aculocity27 June 2010, 7:38 am
In keeping with the FIFA World Cup fever, I was trying out some Vuvuzela apps. This is one such app. The app makes the sound of a Vuvuzela when the ‘play’ button is pressed. The Vuvuzela displayed on the screen is a nice glossy once and the colors are customizable with the colors of your [...]...
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