– NOUNTAIN TO MAHOMET by Vengrai Parthasarathy Harikrishna had come up in life the hard way. By the time he was thirty he knew that he had made good only through the goodwill and help of friends. He wanted to give something back to societY. As a volunteer in the Welfare Guild he devoted his time for…
LOST AND FOUND…. Vengrai Parthasarathy The elderly, tufted gentleman next to me in the bus to Triplicane had his eyes closed and seemed to be either snoozing or in deep meditation. After a while, he opened his eyes turned and I was the first person to meet his eye. “Thank you”, he said. I was wondering why this man was thanking me.…
Hello, High-five and Hallelujah! Vengrai Parthasarathy Life is one long saga of meet, greet and eat. The greet part, to show fellow feeling, has undergone a good deal of dramatic changes. In India, we say Namaste or Namaskar and if you are from the south , you add an ‘am’ to it and make it…
Prof.C.H.Alexandrowicz I am proud to call him my Guru. I am now in my Eighties, residing in San Diego. In 1954/55 I was in my Twenties, and had won a Stipendiary scholarship of his in the post=graduate International Law & Constitutional law course of the Madras University. The first words I…
Platonic Love -by Ven Parthsarthy Thursday, December 13, 2007 PLATONIC LOVE? WHY NOT? BY Vengrai Parthasarathy Is it possible for a man and a woman to have friendship, untrammeled by physical senses and considerations of sex? Platonic love, anyone? Here are some loosely connected thoughts. It is said that Platonic love is a kind of spiritual love,…
Bocce Ball.. by Vengrai Parthasarathy A friend, Venky who is an active member of Rotary International invited me to participate in their Annual Tournament for fund raising to support worthy projects.Bocce Ball,I learn, is an Italian game. It is also played in England where they call it Lawn bowling Bocce Ball requires very little sports…
When the Chips are Down… By Vengrai Parthasarathy Even in the bustle and buzz of the airport scene, life has a funny way of imparting new lessons. I learned mine, the other day. The idea that one has to ‘let go’ and not grump about life’s little pin-pricks had got into my system after listening…
LITERARY ODDITIES Vengrai Parthasarathy Proper words in proper places’ was how Jonathan Swift defined style’ in literature. That is something not hard to find. There are countless illustrations if one only looks out for them in classics by master-writers. On the other hand, some hold the opinion that it should suffice, if, depending on the…
STREETCAR NAMED TRAM -by Ven Parthsarthy Tuesday, February 05, 2008 This story has been read 247 times. STREET CAR NAMED TRAM Vengrai Parthasarathy In the thirties and forties the rumblings of trams were heard in all the main arteries of Chennai. Those were leisurely days when no one was in a hurry. People used to have a ‘brunch’…
Sacred Utterances of AndAL NAchiyAr Vengrai Parthasarathy Tradition recognizes two consorts of Sri NarayaNa. viz., Sri Devi (Periya Piratti),Bhumi Devi (Mother earth)., Tamil tradition has it that Nappinnai is an incarnation of Bhumi Devi– cow-maid consort of Lord KrishNa. Andal, one of the twelve Alvars is revered as representing the jivAthma –independent soul– aspiring for union…