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   PLATONIC  LOVE? WHY AND  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, a…

 SEEING GOD IN   WOMAN.               Vengrai Parthasaathy      As someone said God cannot be everywhere; so he created   woman as mother.  Are we giving woman the respect that is due  to her? Let us face it. This is a man’s world  and Manu, the law giver, ( whom we like to quote at the…

Iyengars Of Cricket Tamil Nadu’s Iyengars of Cricket——-                     By      Vengrai Parthasarathy (San Diego) (Author’s Note: As an Iyengar I am proud to write about Iyengar cricketers who have made a mark in this prince of games. This brief article is in no way intended to downsize others who have represented Madras/Tamil Nadu and India…

IT’S A GIRL ! Vengrai Parthasarathy Jagan finished his bath in seven minutes flat; not  his usual half hour,which included sixteen minutes of off-key  yodeling. But he took his own sweet time in choosing his favourite   T-shirt to set off his blue denim trousers.. Once he finished fluffing up his hair  in a carefully careless…

Cup that Cheers….(In a lighter vein) By Vengrai Parthasarathy Tea is not the only drink that cheers. And, the drink that does not inebriate. The wafting aroma of coffee, as you loll in the bed in the wee hours of the morning, is a wake-up call. It sets the blood flowing and prepares even a…

12/01/13 Published by the Indian Express By Vengrai Parthasarathy 07th September 2011 10:53 PM Those were the days which only Chennaites in their seventies will remember. In the Thirties and Forties the rumblings of trams were heard in all the main arteries of Madras. Those were leisurely days when no one was in a hurry. People…

AND NOW TOMORRROW   By Vengrai Parthasarathy   The guide at the San Diego Wild Animal Park was in an expansive mood as all tour guides are.He was introducing the bird EMU,a large, flightless bird of Australian origin.–somewhat like the ostrich. He wanted to say something special about the habits and habitat of this bird…

   VaishNava Janato By Vengrai Parthasarathy (This song in Gujarati language was composed by Narsingh Mehta, a 15th century poet . A favorite of Mahathma Gandhi, it was sung at all his prayer meetings)   An adherent/devotee of Viṣṇu is one: Who feels the pain of others as his own, Who gives a helping hand to those in need…

PONNERI MYSTERY We (my wife and I) were at the suburban bus  terminal  to catch a bus. There was a cluster of people of all ages waiting to catch buses for different destinations One could not help noticing a care-worn lady fussing over a frail girl of about six.. The girl looked emaciated with drawn…

Bocce Ball. (pronounced : bauchi’-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…