Welcome to my July Newsletter, which is the 18th issue. June issue was the first Newsletter for which there was no feedback from the ever-reliable Prasad. Raghu was the only one to comment on it. But as long as there is at least one reader (who by definition is one who acknowledges the fact of reading it to me), I shall continue to publish it.

The first feature, as usual, are the old photos.

MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THESE

The first photo is the wedding photo of Pushpa, in which Raghu and Radha are on-lookers. This uses a Spotlight (using Javascript) which can be focussed anywhere in the photo by moving your mouse. ( Raghu , I hope you like your photo !)


THe second photo was in 1974-75 when we lived in Secunderabad. Raghu was with us and we used to play Rummy a lot. The photo also includes my cousin, Sridhar, who was visiting us.

MY DIARY FOR JUNE 2002
After Raghu, Hema and Harish left, it was the turn of Jaya Akka, who left for T.Nagar on 8th. Though cribbing about leaving Mumbai, Aarthi was enjoying her vacation. She and I saw Spiderman, which was good. She also spent a few days in Vellore/Bangalore with her friends and a few days with Neha. The cable operator started relaying TEN SPORTS channel from 7th. So we were able to see the World Cup football matches. Spain-South Africa, Senegal-Sweden, England-Brazil and Brazil-Turkey were some of the good matches. The final was also quite good.
Amritha and I are fully settled in Chennai and find it to be as good as, if not better than, Mumbai. However, Mumbai was much better as far as office-work was concerned. Amritha has the pleasure of plucking fresh jasmines and making garlands. We also got some 'nongu' and mangoes from our garden. And my mother is happy. Once a week or so, we take her around the house in the wheel-chair. We are in constant touch with close relatives. We met all of them in Triplicane on 16th when Athimber's 'Masyam' was performed. On that day, we went to Parthasarathy temple after a very long time. After three months , do I regret my decision to ask for a transfer to Chennai? Definitely not. In fact, we are now certain that we will settle down in Chennai after retirement.
Aarthi and I left for Bangalore on 28th night. I came back on 29th evening after leaving her. Her college reopens on 1st July. She has taken up Communications Design (which I understand is the same as Graphic Design) as her major.
I am happy to announce that one more relative has volunteered to contribute to the Newsletter. This issue has some nice jokes, quotations and quiz compiled by Mr. Sudarshan. Of course, there is a contribution by Prasad. Reading it brought back my own memories and I think I shall write in the next issue about the songs bookmarked in my memory. When he was here last week, Rahul promised to contribute an item- may be for the next issue.
Though I find a lot of time in Chennai, I have not found a good library so far. So my reading is limited to Newspapers and magazines. I hope I can get some good novels soon.
anbudan,

1st July 2002