HIIII One wedding coming up

Where is everyone right now? And what is happening with you?

I've noticed that people post when they are happy and ... a bit jobless..:-))

Right now, with Sindhu's wedding coming up I guess I am in the first category but certainly not in the second. Dachu and I are up and about everyday from morn to eve, without quite knowing what we've accomplished by evening. A wedding is so much about other people that we think about Sindhu and Rakesh a little and about other people a lot.

So here I am to say WELCOME.
Please come and celebrate with us.
Forgive and forget all the faults. They don't have to be really mentioned.
Don't give any suggestions unless you can involve yourself in carrying them out.
And please plan some games and other entertainment for the long train journey to Calicut.

" Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. ~Plato"

pongal-o- pongal

hi everyone,
after so many years ,had a very traditional pongal .we had a community pongal within our complex for about 180 people. of this the main people were about 6 families ,only 4 tamilian families. we drew eloborate kolams, thoranams and sugarcane for decoration. made pongal in brass vessel over wood fire which gave many a heart attack as it refused to burn properly. bajans were sung while pongal was made. breakfast costing 11.000 rs was sponsored for all. followed by rangoli competition. card making and pot decoration for kids.
of course our team won first in rangoli and sanjay won first in card making. a feat of rangoli fixing as everyone said, because we were the organisers. will upload the photos later.
kapu.

Wedding Invitation

The wedding invite that we are sending to our friends & XIMB batch mates......

No no, we did not create this...right from taking the photos to photoshop editing and adding those cheesy lines - all the work has been done by my old roommate (who is infact feeling happy coz he doesn't have to bear the torture anymore)..

Important News about Sindhu's wedding

Sindhu's wedding is taking place in a Siva/Krishna temple.
And since Keralites have different protocol,

Men are expected to come bare chested to the temple. So bring out your waistis, angavastarams and belts.

Sad for us females to see all your out of shape torsos.

but 3 weeks left .. time to hit the gyms.


DAchu won't be allowed into the temple...apparently kings and even gods in Kerala have to stand up and show respect for pregnant women, so they make things easier for God by not allowing pregnant people in.

Pongalo pongal

Hope everyone had lots of good pongal today. We did. Since both the kids are here, was inspired to cook more than previous years. Our 'poojas' had been getting skimpier and skimpier.

Have made some changes in access to the blog since it seemed uninvited people were wandering in. Right now only authors have access. Or we can make it by invite.

Please do tell me if this is okay with you all.

Thank you to everyone

Hi, we are back in UK. I would like to thank everyone who came for the lunch on 26th December, Sorry if I had not given you the time, as a lot have of you had travelled far. I would have liked to spend a lot more time with you all. We had expected 75 guests and the numbers exceeded that.

It was a much nicer send off for Shobha at lunch as the earlier experience at the temple could be described as just dreadful, the religious ceremony and rites were so much better in UK, in an alien country and culture.

Wishing you all a Happy New Year.

Was at Kesavan Chitappa's house and made a copy of this pic it is much older than my earlier pic, hope you like it.

wish u all a wonderful 2011

WE R THE WORLD

HAVE A LOOK EVERY BODY

GOUTHAM