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BACK HOME AT LAST Vengrai Parthasarathy On his first visit to USA, Vardhan was naturally excited. His son and daughter-in-law met him and did their best to make him comfortable. Here he was in the land opportunity, the El Dorado, paradise on earth, of which he had heard so much. As he drove from the…

Perfect Crime Vengrai Parthasarathy Hari was what you can call a free-wheeling’ gentleman’.. He liked to go about as ‘Harry’ because the name had a western ring to it. A failed tenth Grader, he was a fairly personable young man – a glib talker who could talk his way into and out of any situation.…

____________________________________________________ SHAKE HANDS WITH VENKY Vengrai Parthasarathy ________________________________ Venky ? There is only one Venky in San Diego, the one and only. He is M.C. Venkatesh. M stands for you know what (see the masthead) and C for Chakravarthy. Venky is a Malleswaram lad, the only son of late M.C.Sampathiyengar, noted Chief Engineer of Karnataka.…

12/20/07 SPRING AWAKENING — Sublime and Sacred Month of MArgazhi — Vengrai Parthasarathy *** The Tamil month MARGAZHI (December-January) , also known as Dhanur Masa, is considered a special, auspicious month. It culminates on January 14, the Pongal Day, which is celebrated with great éclat by Tamils. Home frontages are decorated with Rangoli (Kolam) and…

Vimala versus Vinod Vengrai Parthasarathy “Did you post that letter to my mother?”, asked Vimala of her husband as he returned home after a tiring day at office. “What letter?”, he asked as he unknotted his tie. “I just wanted to know whether you posted the letter to my mother which I gave you”, repeated…

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…

Saga Of Freedom–Gandhiji (BHAVAN’S JOURNAL) Vengrai Parthasarathy My eyes settled on a random page of “Gandhi-Essential Writings” in a friend’s house, and there was this letter by Gandhiji to Rajaji, which he had signed off with the Tamil words Romba anbudan (which translates to ‘With Much Love’). Tamil is a language Gandhiji learned to read…

A NAME, AN EFFECT By Vengrai Parthasarathy There is a romance attached to names, names like Juliet, Cleopatra and Helen They demand attention and conjure up visions of their romantic escapades.There are of course names like Heidi (the madam), and Monica Lewinsky the errant intern of Clinton fame, which straight away put you off. though…

CHEEK TO CHEEK Vengrai Parthasarathy The story I am about to tell opens on a gold-framed mirror in an apartment Arjun stared at the mirror for one full minute, He could not believe what he saw. It was not there the previous day. The pink dot. He got up on his toes for a closer…

RELATIONSHIPS Vengrai Parthasarathy Posted on February 11, 2015 Life may be viewed as a gift or a struggle. Truly speaking it has to be viewed only in terms of a series of relationships..We start with our relationship with our mother who had borne us for nine months and pampered us and looked after every need…