Happy Raksha Bandan!!!

Raksha Bandhan (the bond of protection in Hindi and Panjabi) is a Hindu festival, which celebrates the relationship between brothers and sisters. It is celebrated on the full moon of the month of Shraavana.
The festival is marked by the tying of a rakhi, or holy thread by the sister on the wrist of her brother. The elder brother in return offers a gift to his sister and vows to look after her same while an elder sister returns offers to her younger brother. The brother and sister traditionally feed each other sweets. It is not necessary that the rakhi can be given only to a brother by birth; any male can be "adopted" as a brother by tying a rakhi on the person, that is "blood brothers and sisters", whether they are cousins or a good friend. Indian history is replete with women asking for protection, through rakhi, from men who were neither their brothers, nor Hindus themselves. In 16th century, Rani Karnavati of Chittor sent a rakhi to the Mughal Emperor Humayun when she was threatened by Bahadur Shah of Gujarat. Humayun abandoned an ongoing military campaign to ride to her rescue.
The rakhi may also be tied on other special occasions to show solidarity and kinship (not necessarily only among brothers and sisters), as was done during the Indian independence movement.

And on a special occassion like i am rememberign my sister who is in her in - laws place enjoying with her kids both ammulu and nagasai.

I love you sister - I i miss you a lot in my life

Laughter the best medicine!

One day I met a sweet gentleman and fell in love. When it became apparent that we would marry, I made the supreme sacrifice and gave up eating beans. Some months later, on my birthday, my car broke down on the way home from work. Since I lived in the countryside I called my husband and told him that I would be late because I had to walk home. On my way, I passed by a small diner and the odor of baked
beans was more than I could stand. With miles to walk, I figured that I would walk off any ill effects by the time I reached home, so I stopped at the dinner and before I knew it, I had consumed three large orders of baked beans. All the way home, I made sure that I released all the gas. upon my arrival, my husband seemed excited to see me and exclaimed delightedly:

'Darling I have a surprise for dinner tonight.' He then blindfolded me and led me to my chair at the dinner table. I took a seat and just as he was about to remove my blindfold, the telephone rang. He made me promise not to touch the blindfold until he returned and went to answer the call. The baked beans I had consumed were still affecting me and the pressure was becoming most unbearable, so while my husband was out of the room I seized the opportunity, shifted my weight to one leg and let one go. It was not only loud, but it smelled like a fertilizer truck running over a skunk in front of a pulpwood mill. I took my napkin from my lap and fanned the air around me vigorously. Then, shifting to the other cheek, I ripped off three more. The stink was worse than stinking cabbage. Keeping my ears carefully tuned to the conversation in the other room, I went on like this for another few minutes. The pleasure was indescribable. When eventually the telephone farewells signaled the end of my freedom, I quickly fanned the air a few more times with my napkin, placed it on my lap and folded my hands back on it feeling very relieved and pleased with myself. My face must have been the picture of innocence when my husband returned, apologizing for taking so long. He asked me if I had peeked through the blindfold, and I assured him I had not. At this point, he removed the blindfold, and twelve dinner guests seated around the table chorused:

'Happy Birthday!'!!

I nearly died!!!

Attitude is Everything...........

An old man lived alone in Minnesota. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, who would have helped him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his situation:

Dear Son,
I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my potato garden this year. I hate to miss doing the garden because your mother always loved planting time. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me, if you weren't in prison.
Love,
Dad

Shortly, the old man received this telegram: "For Heaven's sake, Dad, don't dig up the garden!! That's where I buried the GUNS!!"

At 4 a.m. the next morning, a dozen FBI agents and local police officers showed up and dug up the entire garden without finding any guns.

Confused, the old man wrote another note to his son telling him what happened, and asked him what to do next.

His son's reply was: "Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad. It's the best I could do for you from here."

MORAL: NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD, IF YOU HAVE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING DEEP FROM YOUR HEART YOU CAN DO IT. IT IS THE THOUGHT THAT MATTERS NOT WHERE YOU ARE OR WHERE THE PERSON IS.

Best Regards,
Prayaga

Cannot Resist Laughing!

This time it was my friend Deepak Lanka again who really inspired me to share this piece of joke with you all. I have laughed for atleast 10min and i guarantee you the same feel with you all.

A man boards a flight from Delhi to Mumbai and takes his seat. As he settles in, he glances up and sees a gorgeous woman boarding the plane.

He soon realizes she's heading straight towards his seat. Lo and behold, she takes the seat right next to his.

Eager to strike up a conversation, he asks 'Business trip or vacation?' She turns, smiles, and says, 'Business. I'm going to the annual Sexologists Convention.'

He swallows hard. Here is the most gorgeous woman he has ever seen, sitting next to him, and she's a sexologist! Struggling to contain his excitement and maintain his composure, he calmly asks, 'What's your business role at this convention?'

'Lecturer,' she says, 'I use my experience to debunk some of the popular myths about sexuality.'

'Really?' he says, swallowing hard. 'What m-m-m-myths are those?'

'Well,' she explains, 'one popular myth is that African men are the best endowed when, in fact, it's the Tamilian who is most likely to possess that trait. Another popular myth is that Frenchmen are the best lovers, whereas actually it is the Bengali. However, we have found that the best potential lover in all categories is the Sardar.'

Suddenly, the woman becomes a little uncomfortable and blushes. 'I'm sorry,' she says, 'I shouldn't be discussing this with you. I don't even know your name!'

' Venkatraman !' the man blurts out. ' Venkatraman Mukherjee ! But all my friends call me Joginder Singh

Peanuts!!!

A tour bus driver is driving with a bus load of seniors down a highway when he is tapped on his shoulder by a little old lady.

She offers him a handful of peanuts, which he gratefully munches up.

After about 15 minutes, she taps him on his shoulder again and she hands him another handful of peanuts.

She repeats this gesture about five more times.

When she is about to hand him another batch again he asks the little old lady - "Why don't you eat the peanuts yourself?".

"We can't chew them because we've no teeth", she replied.

The puzzled driver asks - "Why do you buy them then?"

The old lady replied - "We just love the chocolate around them."

Art of Living in My Life!

I would like to share my experience of being with Art of Living. Being practical in nature. I do not accept friend of mine Lanka Deepak who was insisting me to do Art of Living course from one year but I never bothered to think about it. It is only when one of my close friend who is Doctor told me that do not waste your time & do the course immediately. Since I know Doctor as good friend so I taken his advice and registered for YES+ Course.

It is 5 days course - 4 hrs each day. I had wonderful experience in just 1 day which I cannot express here. They teach Sudershan Kriya which is just amazing. This course is not about particular religion but about Perfect Health Solution. Kriya helps you in many ways like keeping your mind calm , Control the emotions, blood Pressure & much more. I told my wife to join the course even our child Krishnasri was 3 months old. I will join my wife for course so that I can take care of child when she is doing Sudershan Kriya [ Breathing Technique which last for 30- 50 min ]. I had heard so many such experience of people who had done the course.

It is very surprising how Jus one day can change your life – if you allow them to. And I wonder what will happen to me after completing the course.

That was the first lesson we learnt there – everything in the world is only a matter of choice. I could either have paid money for the course and fooled around during it or have had fun learning everything that they had to offer. And I felt they offered so much!

It started out very funnily with a number of ridiculous jumping about exercises and the silliest dances anyone could find. And off course the weird way of introducing yourself. I wondered then if the whole thing was a farce. We were then taught the Suryanamaskar. I totally loved this. We practiced it around 20 times(I cursed the teachr like anything for the first day as it was very heavy for me to do, I know I am obese). It is supposed to work wonders on every part of your body if practiced daily for at least 20 times. I took a oath to practice it daily. The best part about it is that you don’t have to be a gymnast or even very nimble to do it, all it requires is a little patience to learn. We were then asked to stop our romping about and to rest. “Close your eyes and feel the movements and the energy flow within your body.”

We were asked to rest in a meditative position to perceive these sensations – with surprising results! It’s not only the feeling that has stopped its rush throughout your body, it is as if your body is whispering secrets to you, asking you to slow down and enjoy it as a part of yourself. How symbolic this is for an observer – the entire course was built on that very skeleton, that very framework, of asking every individual of the society to be able to find their quiet space within themselves, to be able to recognize oneself easier and understand one’s needs better – all of this aiming towards the goal of building a calmer society with peace loving, sane and well-rounded individuals.

We got ready then for a round of meditative breathing- the Pranayama. For this, we assumed the Vajrasana position(I hate this position because it pains my legs). In the same position, we also practiced the Bhastrika. Both the exercises allowed us to dispense with all of our day-to-day tensions and concentrate on what was going on around us. This was the last time that we practiced Vajrasana and I liked it. I was looking around for Lanka Deepak to kick him for bringing me to such a place where I have to undergo lot of physical strain and spoil my dress. (White shirt I liked the most). But at the end of the course I felt like a new person within myself and I thank Deepak for introducing me to such a wonderful act.

After we got into this mood, we were taught the Sudarshan Kriya, a method of meditation evolved by His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. It was a method guaranteed to teach us the art and importance of silence. And how! We did this for more an hour, at the end of which I fell unconscious. I was really scared but when I looked around, I noticed that almost everyone had done that. I felt the vibrations in my mind, body and everywhere.

More importantly, when we got up finally to go home, I felt as if my body was floating above it. Many people had the same feeling. Indeed, some people had difficulty walking. But I should also tell you that I felt very very hungry after this Kriya and could not stop myself from over eating. Deepak took me to Sangeetha restaurant in Adayar. I took a north Indian meals and finished it in no time. I reached home around 11.30pm and I was talking to everyone till 3 in the morning. They said I look like a new person and the confidence in my voice increased. I was loud and clear. I gained lot of energy and I did not know what to do with it. I think I went on talking about various things to my roomies until I felt asleep. And before I was asleep I was dying to take another dose of AOL advanced course. This feelign is more than alchocol and tobaccoo. Believe me life is amazing and my life is smiling at me.. i can feel it..This is the experience with me for last one month and i believe for my life time.


Best regards,
Prayaga Purushotham