THIRUPPAVAI By Sri Vengrai V. Parthasarathy Sri Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore, Chennai – 600 004. 2008. xviii + 78 pages. Rs.20 Andal exemplifies the only instance of a poetess becoming a goddess. We study her Nachiyar Tirumozhi and Tiruppavai as devotional hymns that form a rich portion of Tamil literature. At the same time, we worship her…
Cricket Cookies Vengrai Parthasarathy India is Cricket country. And this is Cricket season. .Just as Baseball and humour are serious business in America, Cricket is a passion here. The World Cup is up for grabs and many countries are sweating it out to win it. A lot of prestige goes with it,…
Extract from BHEL, Tiruchy’s house magazine 1st April 1979 ” It is a matter of pride that in the all India Family Welfare Slogan contest two members of the BHEL family have shared the first prize of Rs.1000. J.Swaminathan, Design Asst.coined the slogan DELAY THE FIRST, SPACE THE SECOND AND STOP THE THIRD. The joint winner…
Sri V.N,Venkatavaradachariar …….Sri V.N.Venkata Varadachariar.. ..A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY…… Sri V.N. VENKATA VARADACHARIAR, Advocate Madras (in whose memory his family members have instituted an endowment in the department of Vaishavism, in the University f of Madras) was born on14 October, 1888 in the Vengrai village of Salem district to Sri V. Narasimhachariar and Smt. Janaki Ammal He belonged to the Tirumalai Nallan Chakravarthy family who devoted…
Reflections Struggle in Life By: Vengrai Parthasarathy Published: January 20, 2008 Updated: January 20, 2008 LES MISERABLES Vengrai Parthasarathy The Matunga Railway station in Bombay, India was seething with people. Shankar hop-scotched his way through the thicket of passengers, visitors, hawkers, gawkers and idlers. As the train was about to leave, a beggar maid with a woebegone…
IDLI-DOSA SHOOTOUT By Vengrai Parthasarathy The Egmore Friends met again, as they usually do on Sunday mornings, at the Udupi Pankaja . They had their cosy corner where they expatiated on their pet themes and peeves. This time the subject was ,” Idli or Dosa? Thimmappa, a Dosa aficionado, spoke first. What he said in praise…
The Iyengars of Cricket Vengrai Parthasarathy Being an Iyengar I am tempted to write about Iyengar Cricketers who have made a mark in this prince of games. No way is this brief article intended to downsize others who have represented Madras and India The first name that comes to mind is of M.J.…
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“The word Pseudo comes to mind again and again when I contemplate my mind on relationships”–anonymous . Why? G.O.K.
TWENTY-TWENTY–BANG-BANG! -by Ven Parthsarthy Wednesday, October 03, 2007 This story has been read 174 times. To an ophthalmologist, twenty-twenty means only one thing— a perfect vision. In today’s Cricketing terms 20-20 stands for the ‘Wham-Bam-Thank-You-Ma’am’ syndrome. What is cricket coming to? The Bradmans and Hammonds, the Huttons, Hazares and Vijay Merchants ,the Vinoo Mankads. C.K. Nayudus—what has happened to their legacy? Where is…