Friends,
This is Diwali week! Happy Deepavali to you and to your family! Enjoy the old memories and remember your friends and family and have "Ganga Snanan" wear new clothes, eat "Mysore Pak" and other sweets and be happy, don't have any grudge against any one and clear your minds with unnecessary thoughts and fill it up with sweet dreams ! This is the best part our tradition! Just like Thanksgiving Holidays Diwali is cherished by one and all!Enjoy it, gather your friends and have a great party and celebrate!Listen to my favorite old (1957) song! We heard it million times when we were young. Me and my sister! Also I have to mention that my dad used to bring two bags full of Crackers and sprinklers on the eve of Deepavali to Kanchipuram from Chennai.Now they are all gone but only memory lingers1I bet you all have similar stories to share!.
What happened in Marlborough past week? you want to know ,right!.After the hurricane Sandy, we revovered and the life came to normal this part of the country.Others are still suffering.Our thoughts and prayers !.Two of us went to Cape cod and enjoyed the stay. The wine and food are beyond description.Yarmouth House in Cape Cod will be our regular visit from now on.
Then we had the pleasure of celebrating Deepavali and Fund raising dinner at CMB on Sunday.It was a treat.We also had the pleasure of meeting well known kannadigas .
Week was saturated with outstanding news! First and foremost is our daughter Sandhya Rao rang the bell at NYSE. It is once in a life time opportunity ,of course!. Second news is our friend Vaishali Hegde of NEKK published her first book in Kannada.It is being released on Deepavali day at Mangalore.Congratulations to Vaishali!Great achievement.To top it off, Sandhya appeared in Wallstreet journal too .Here is the link for your reading pleasure.
After all these celebration came the Presidential election! Now you know the result President OBAMA won the reelection for four more years.Congratulations.Actually Indian Astrology predicted it and also our friend Vani Lingdhal called it correctly.330 Electoral Votes.She gets 12 Chocolates.Vani ,please collect it on Children's day,Dec 1.
Our President for four more years is BARACK OBAMA!
We watched the election results at Guru's house and celebrated with cheers!
Did I forget any thing? Yes, my niece Pooni has arrived at Poenix with her husband Balaji and they will be there at least for a year.I feel very happy this week also I just came back after attending a dance performance by Ramaa Bharadvaj, our daughter's dance teacher ay Chinmaya Mission.I am seeing her after25 years.Just for the record.
I think I have covered the week with words and pictures and once again enjoy the Deepavali and see you next week, until then "Keep Smiling"!.
Love you all!
Rao.
