ISHA YOGA

I and Jahna just completed the Inner Engineering Course here in Guntur. It is very good and gives you an insight into yourself. Highly recommended program to one and all. Please click here and enter your isha yoga details 

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

My rating: 5 of 5 stars Read it … You will love it… You will discover some part of yourself again…… yes. yet again I plan to read it again. It is soul-stirring.  The protagonist is in search of redemption. In the process, it has set off so much...

Vinesh is an Andhra Malayalee!

Vinesh  is tall and handsome. His father  a Malayali migrated to Guntur and married a  Telugu woman. So Vinesh’s friends joke that mother tongue is Telugu while father tongue is Malayalam. His paternal place is Palaghat in Kerala. He came to me about 20 days ago...

Kolhapur Goa trip

Kolhapur is a city bustling with life.  We stayed at Hotel Pearl, which is a good and really worthy place. Mahalaxmi Temple is awesome. Visited Panhala Fort, historical and takes you back in time and think about the great son of India, Sivajee Maharaj. There on we...

Sikkim 4/Feb/2010

Day 2 ( Feb 4th) Click here for day 1 Scheduled to visit Nathu-La Pass and Tsomgo Lake. Our travel agent generously provided us with a pair of genuine mountaineer’s jackets, and though we looked a bit like puffed-up marshmallows in those jackets along with our...

Sikkim 3/Feb/2010

My wife, Dr. Jahnavi, and I decided it was time for a holiday. It had been a long time since we took a break, just the two of us—without our son. Surprisingly, our fourteen-year-old son was more than happy to let us go without him, which came as a pleasant surprise!...

3 Idiots

Amir did not have to do all those promo trips round the country. He should have had more confidence in the movie! The movie gave good laughs and you could forgive the length (20 or 21 reels) because of that. And all the while doling out advice. Advice to parents,...

TheSmileTrain

I work for SmileTrain. Unlike many charities that do many different things, The Smile Train is focused on solving a single problem: cleft lip and palate. Clefts are a major problem in developing countries where there are millions of children who are suffering with...

Avatar, the movie!

The day: 25th December, The mood: holiday, The mission: Watch “Avatar” I watched it 2D at Inox, Vijayawada. The movie made a significant impact in me, close to my heart. One of the finest movies  I watched in my life time. Fantastic and thoroughly...

Telangana almost certain?

K.Chandra Sekhar Rao’s interview with Bharka on NDTV was shown again and again.  KCR’s speech makes sense if you think on Telangana peoples side. But does he have peoples mandate? His electoral failures may not reflect Telangana people’s desire if...

Telangana!

When I was young, there was ‘Jai Andhra’ movement around, which was for a separation of Telengana away from Andhra Pradeash. Now the calls I hear are for ‘United Andhra’. The key is “Hyderabad”, like a Kohinoor diamond among Indian...

Alampur Jogulamba Temple

Just before the floods in Kurnool area, I was at Alampur Jogulamba Temple. The temple is in Mahabub nagar district. But easily accessible from Kurnool Town. It is built with red sand stone. Jogulamba is the presiding deity. She is one of the 18 Shakti peethas of...

26/11, remembered

Sad event’s anniversary. The police force and fire staff are the real heroes of this country. Thousands of them die at th border too. I wish our country men wake up to the facts of their sacrifices and offer a thanks to them before you sleep every night, for...

This guy makes India proud.

Pranav Mistry talks about ‘Sixth Sense’ Technology.  Pranav Mistry: MIT grad student Pranav Mistry is the inventor of SixthSense, a wearable device that enables new interactions between the real world and the world of data. Why you should listen to him:...

Paa – The movie…

Paa: What a movie!! Hats off to the makeup man and director and Amithab. I have a feeling that, Abhishek is growing into such a mature actor. I had this feeling after watching Guru. It is fully confirmed now. Vidya balan lost some fat and looks so beautiful. Her...

Radio

I was always curious, when young to find out if there were tiny people residing in a radio and talk, sing etc. I remember once, sneaking into the back yard of our home in a mid summer afternooon, ensuring that no one was watching me and set myself to the task of ...

Swine Flu

Spreading the message against swine flu Ramesh Susarla Doctors launch exercise to spread awareness on measures to be taken against the virus GUNTUR: People in Guntur have stopped shaking hands, instead they have begun saying `Namaste’ to each other — all this...

Indiah!

India is a land of divinity from the beginning. Foreigners mistakenly identified this divinity as ‘religion’ and named it “Hindu”. Indians of other religions, do have the ‘Bharatiya’ in them. Bharatiya is an invisible spirit that...