ttt start cheering for me. am about to resume my practice today ( after 8 days of heavy eating/drinking/no exercise) 😭 – run is on 21st Sept 6am flag-off Dear Sathish Narayanan, Wipro Bengaluru Marathon is back, and we can’t wait to see you on the track! Gear up for Bengaluru’s biggest running celebration with the details below: Your BIB Number is 27757 Run Category – Half Marathon Slot – C——both air-india and indigo have finally resumed flights to tribuvan. AI’s first flight has landed just now i think. indigo will be sometime post midnite probably. praying for quick return, and for an end to this ordeal. i can well imagine the hardships due to lack of proper sleep, tension due to happenings across the country, infrequent access to good quality food and water, lack of communication due to mobile phone without charge. and to also remember that all this hardship comes after a heavy week of trekking and travel. i hope to wake up tomorow morning to some good news ( wud more call it “relief-news”).gud nite to everyone. agasthya is a nice name airport is reopening at 5pm, scheduling is happening now, hopefully airindia shud get priority over indigo, she shud be back by nite after this ordeal thankfully, and to reduce anxiety, i see many positives here ( amidst the gloom) 1. army background, training, resilience 2. as part of a huge isha group where each will give support to the other 3. lone person with no kid burden to look out for am sure it will be a gud story to tell grandkids, but then, who needs the story… kaca,coo,hasina – pl do speak to sundar to keep him cheered up. maybe things are not so bad as coming out in the media group M, samsung, hcl def have representation/offices in katmandu. in case it is feasible for any of u guys to cross-connect across geographies/depts, to activate any kind of help/support possible at this moment… i know its a long shot, but just wanted to pen here. family wud be greatly anxious, but we are all there, atleast in spirit been seeing disturbing nepal news, with flights cancelled etc. jasmini had reached mansarovar on friday afternoon, and she must hv been bk in nick of time by monday nite.anyway, hv asked kaca to confirm and inform all of us. assume all is ok. just now heard about things getting uglier there——You saw my websites : saro22.com and more recently – kvv2.in and es22.info Today, on auspicious occasion of VC, I have started “kvv1.in” – this is dedicated to coopra, as u can see in the homepage I HAVE REGISTERED FOR THE MUMBAI HALF-MARATHON – 18 JAN 2026. 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Best Regards, Tata Mumbai Marathon 2026 Event helpline: +91 8527276694 (Mon to Sat, 10 am to 7 pm) hi rajani/pallavi, 1. i did a sample 10k run today to show how my heart works. it was a very light run (honest), where i ran 10.6k in 83 mins. avg pace was 7.52/min. you can see this garmin link : https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/20143263274 as u know, i had done my vista run of 10k in 69 min, so this run of 80 minutes, was a very leisurely run for me, just to display my heart activity. 2. simple method followed = slow run for 300-400 m, walk for 100 m, then again 300 m, walk for 100m and so on 3. pl see my heart rate for the entire time, ie 850pm to 1015pm or so. It hovered around 145 bmp ( which was the avg). u can see the crests and troughs. when i walk, my heart rate is 130-140 bpm max. When i run (slow run), it is 150-160 bpm. So no extra stress on heart - just an even pace. 4. even assume i do an 85-minute / 10K on avg, if i do 4 such runs continously ( which is v much possible at my end), i will do 40K in (85*4=) 340 minutes ( 5 hrs 40 min). even 6 hours is a very respectable time for full marathon, and i am fully confident that i will be most comfortable doing this (a full-marathon is 42k distance, btw) 5. u can see my heart rate now at 1035pm ( about 20 min after my run). it is around 80. So my heart beautifully comes down to rest quickly. about 30-40 min after the run, it comes to 75-odd itself. 6. of course i will do all kinds of training - strength, cardio, run, protein, right diet and food, medication etc etc. target also to lose 10kg more weight, plus get rid of my diabetes medicine ( if possible). I want to register for this run. From today ( 22 Aug till 18 Jan 26), there are 150 days. and i will gradually / gently train, and gently finish a full marathon once in my life. pl allow hi pallavi - i hv done some 9 halfmarathons so far ( also doing the blr hm on 21 sep). i wish to do the mumbai full marathon ( full for 1st time)(at my age i may not ge another chance) on 16 jan 25. rajani asked me to take ur permission first------fil admittee in hospital in mysore. too much exhaustion at 82. he ok now, leaving from here by noon------Hasina/kaca - if possible, pl take a print and place the home-page printout in front of VC ( Mr Venkat Chalapathy) when u meet him - I assume u will meet him a 2nd time today, before u head bk to blr On Coopra's advice, I have purchased kvv2.in website. On the home-page, I have given glowing tributes to braava ( who bestowed this name to me), and Coopra as well------good morning lakshmi narayanan sir - today is 16th of month. I have NOT RECEIVED the rent payment till now. please see above, sir. I have Rs 1900 in my bank account. I need to buy grocery items and pay my electricity bills etc. please help, Sir 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏. My friend Raman KG ( he is also from Palghat, Sir) is now in Chennai. I have given your clinic address to him. If you give permission, he will visit your clinic to meet your people just for courtesy. He can also help you if any issues or discussion to be done with the association. Thank you, Sir, I WISH YOU AND FAMILY A VERY HAPPY JANMAASHTAMI FESTIVAL. LORD KRISHNA WILL SHOW THE CORRECT PATH TO ALL OF US. Your name also is Naarayana, my name is also Naarayana, my friend name is also Raama ( avatar of Lord Vishnu) good morning lekshmi sir. hope mil health is much better and ok now ? she must be at home and resting. take care sir. lord krishna will guide us sir sorry for (maybe irrelevant) video - sent to my Chennai tenant lekshmi narayanan - but in case anyone has advice on how to handle this tenancy, grateful. For context : Mahadevan and lekshmi were partners in ayurvedic clinic. Maha died in nov 2024, and lekshmi ( who is based in Kottayam) has taken over its running. the clinic is next-door to my flat. he has hired another doc from Kottayam itself, who lives in my flat (unless he also goes to kerala for visiting family)------thank u kaca for helping me imm. I paid the premium yesterday evening. for others info - this policy has been continuing for last 13 years now ( right from 2012, when I had sold murugan arul). it helped me thru her 2 cancer spells. it is from 1-Aug to 31-July. thankfully, they have a 30-day grace period ( I assume it is the same for all health insurance renewals). premium is almost 82K. I know it sounds very very huge, but I dont have a choice since nobody else will cover my mom now. for prema, currently it is 5L cover + 2.5 L cumulative bonus = 7.5 L total coverage. For whatever it is worth, it gives me some comfort, and hence I keeping taking. Infact, I remember that last Aug 2024, I asked u guys whether I shud continue the policy at all ( the situation then was : prema said she will NEVER ever go to hospital again, and wanted to meet her end at home itself). miraculously, she did not undergo 1 single event of hospitalisation for the whole period - Aug 1 2024 to July 31 2025 ( though I paid 72K and took the policy). This time, it has become 81K due to some Zonal classification / some re-calculation at New India Assurance. So, thanks again Kaca. Will re-pay at the earliest. --------- Thanks for paying Rs.81,783.00 from A/c XXXX2231 to RAZPTHENEWINDIAASSUR via HDFC Bank NetBanking. Call 18002586161 if txn not done by you------for everyone info - i had completely forgotten to renew my mom health insurance policy on 31st july ( i called new india, thankfully they have a 30-day grace period). The premium amount is 81K or so. I had only 67K in my account. since i wanted to take action imm, i have requested kaca for imm transfer of 15K. I will pay him back on tuesday ( one rent payment of 15K is due on monday)------nallaa mazhuppara daa. ok, will let it pass, since it is also not ethical to send screenshot of DM to gp. --- only 1 thing i hv to say - naan nimmadi yaa irukardhu unakku pidikkalayaa? usuppethi usuppethi u are trying to trigger me. thankfully, i didnt succumb what is "specific purpose?" - pl elaborate pl give me achar's contact details. I will check with him ( I don't have any "family" achar, like "family doctor") pl see the run stats and comment reg my health parameters https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/20008200072 I bought Garmin 165 last nite, and we did our Vista Run today ( I did 10K and Rajani/Niharika did 5K) 1.since i got such a costly watch, i was motivated to give it more than my best. So, i did 10k in 109.20 or so (it shows 1.09.50; the extra 30 sec is due to my fumbling with the button close option on my watch. I took atleast 30 sec to close the activity) 2. It was a 2.5k lap, done 4 times, inside Vista. u can see it on google map here. 3. This is my personal best. The last time i did a 10K in 1.09 was at TCS-10K in 2015 ( the fact that i have lost 7-8 kg the last 3 months has also helped probably). Last 3-4 years i have max been doing only 1.16-1.19 4. my pace was fairly "even" throughout the race. 5km/min to 8km/min, but mostly on avg 7 km/min. but surprisingly, u can see that i have done quite well in my 3rd and 4th lap. From 6th km to 9th km, my pace is around 6-odd km/min ! 5. my heart rate avg is 134 beats per min. but i have peaked at 143 bpm at one occasion at 6th km, which is Zone 4 ( quite dangerous for heart). coopra will know about zone1-4 etc. 6. Stride length i can understand, dunno what is Run Cadence 7. Many other interesting parameters are here - ground contact time, vertical ratio etc 8. The next graph i love. It gives distinction between "Run" and "Walk". Very surprisingly ( and maybe for 1st time in a 10K), i never "walked" throughout the race. I did not even stop for a cup of water ! 9. 655 cals burned total in a 10k, sweat loss is 1.1 litres, air temp was awesome at 26 degrees. My avg speed was 8.6kmph (unbelievable), my max speed was 13.6 kmph Today 7.20 am, we had our annual run : TVR25. TVR = The Vista Run. This year, Rajani and na1 also took part ( I did 10K and they did 5K) My run stats are in a public url ( Garmin app and browser software is awesome. It gives public url option also, so that I dont need to take screenshots and send) See my Run in full here : https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/20008200072 Last nite at 830pm, I bought a Garmin Watch ( rajani got for me). Forerunner 165, from Garmin Store, 100 ft road Indiranagar. Price = Rs 26900, which is also their MRP. No discount, not even one rupee coopra - i dont agree with u at all about selling a car right after a huge repair spend, more so if the repair is invisible and defacto coopra - since u wanted to know details of duster. will also send invoice pdf in DM to u (it has gone to rajani mailbox but will retrieve and send) -------- renault duster : this is the main gist of the work we did for duster in july 2025 at trident: ----- oil air pollen ac fuel filter lubricant universal seal carburettor clean valve cap wiper blade jet washer brake fluid clutch kit arm wheel balace goemetry gearbox assembly brake drum custid 1-68445200 ----- car is in excellent shape. note we did not do 2-3 cosmetic things like bonnet guard (backside) alignment and refixing the stepney tyre at bottom ------ it costed Rs 82070 ( after negotiation down from 96K). clear instructions from rb: car was bought in may 2015. before may 2027, we will have to sell it and get another car. so, we will NOT service this vehicle again. Nor will we change the 2 tyres ( trident inspected and said they are ok to run another few thousand kms). So, around feb/march/april 2027, we will sell this car.PL NOTE THIS As a corollary, they also have scorpio and innova 7-seaters (if incase we have more no of people) (i wud prefer scorpio). swift is 11.5K total rent, scorpio is 15K, innova is 19K. So we can either have 7 total travelers, or 12 total travelers ( 7 in one car and 5 in the other) have seen the photos of indiahikes base camp at karchi. there do exist a few car park areas, but their website advises that given limited space, we park our car in joshimath (15km away) and then take a jeep and come to their base camp.lets see Mychoize has some 35 vehicles, of which 4 are already sold out for those dates (See the website) So i wud prefer to pay up and firm up the bookings. Also, i am now thinking towards Swift ( it is costlier by only 1.9K, but runs on diesel. plus perhaps more convenient). So rajani pl come back to me quickly. i will make the booking then after grappling with the problem for two days, have identified the best way to do our land travel thru indiahikes will take a self-drive car on hire from delhi airport itself (3rd nite hire), back to delhi airport on 9th nite. its cheaper, more convenient and much more fun ! (for the middle period, we keep the car parked at karchi, thats all. still it works out far cheaper) rajani - pl inform pooja of this final decision. wud be awesome if she cud bring her car. That means that all of us can travel in 2 cars, together, back and forth. nixxa - if there is a car parking bay at karchi base camp with indiahikes, wud be awesome. else we need to find one ourselves. if poss, find this out. We can easily go with Maruti Celerio itself (the 300km/day option). But if u guys want more comfort, we will upgrade to Swift Dzire. https://www.mychoize.com/delhi-airport-car-rental/cars will anyway speak to some of my north-based friends to seek inputs about the drive itself ( concerns and things to look out for)------[11:39 am, 6/8/2025] Sathish: COOPRA - MY DEAR COOPRA - U HAVE CHANGED MY ENTIRE TRAVEL PLANNING OUT OF SHAPE NOW. THANKS FOR READING THRU MY SCRIBBLES, AND THANKS FOR THIS "CAB TIP" ( DELHI ONWARDS). THANKS FOR UR PHONE CALL AS WELL ! V GRATEFUL ! POST THIS, WE HAVE HUDDLED AS A FAMILY, AND WILL BE DOING THIS OPTION NOW !!! [2:50 pm, 6/8/2025] Sathish: ok guys - here's the changed itinerary,post my friend raama's urgent call today morning na2 - esp u need to note this, since u are not aware of the change On 2nd Sept, Tuesday : sats takes a noon flight to delhi. non-refundable ticket booked. he rests in delhi for the night of 2nd sept and morning of 3rd Sept 3rd Sept, Wednesday : rb and na1 leave from home at 12 noon or so, and take the 3pm flight to dehradun. Normal Tickets booked. they reach at 6pm and take a local cab go to Clarks Inn Rishikesh ( 15 km away from dehradun airport), and take rest for the nite. Same day : na2 finishes her class by 4pm. She can refresh, and leave campus by 445pm ( she will book her own cab as usual), reach Chennai airport by 520-545pm na2 flight to delhi is at 730pm. she reaches delhi at 1020pm. fully refundable ticket booked sats will be waiting at the airport arrival with his cab. They will leave straightaway for Clarks Inn Rishikesh. Hotel booked. Driving time is about 4.5 to 5 hrs, so they should reach by early morning 4 am maximum. 4 Sept, Thursday If Pooja is arranging the Tempo traveller : then we leave at leisure after morning breakfast (or) we take Rajiv Shah cab (just the 4 of us) (or) We get ready by 5am. At 530am, the Indiahikes bus leaves from Live Hostel, which is just 1.5 km from Clarks Inn. And it anyway passes thru Clarks Inn on way to Karchi ! So while u guys wait at Clarks, i can walk to live hostel and stop the bus at Clarks where you guys can board 4 Sept to 9 Sept 6pm : With Indiahikes. Package for all 4 booked ( though we have not booked the bus yet) 9 Sept, Tue 6pm or even 7pm : We are back in Rishikesh 7 or even 730pm : na2 and sats take a cab to Delhi airport. Reach delhi airport by midnite 10 Sept, Wed 0230am : Delhi to Chennai flight, reaching Chennai at 510am. Fully refundable ticket booked At Chennai, sats drops na2 safe in campus and carries on. Plan is to take a bus or train and be bk in blr by the nite. Meanwhile, rb and na1 stay at Pooja's place for the nite. Same day : rb and na1 leave by the 635pm flight from Dehradun to Bengaluru. Normal tickets booked. They will take an airport cab and reach home mentioning our itineraries, in case something goes wrong somewhere ( to be on safe side). will also be sharing the Valley of Flowers itinerary, and the contact person details as per discussion with na2 ( and endorsed by na1) - this is how we will route na2 from chennai to dehradun, and back to Chennai. do read this closely ------- 3 sept (wed): indigo 6e6381 : 20.05 hrs from chennai to jaipur. it reaches jaipur airport at 2230 hrs she has to someone sit in a corner at the terminal itself thru the nite, all by herself, and try to grab some sleep. indigo 6e7274 : 0545 hours from jaipur, reaches dehradun at 7am We will pick her up directly from airport and proceed ------- 9 sept ( tue) : na2 is not ready to negotiate for this leg. she wants me to accompany her. So both of us leave together indigo 6e5063 20.05 hours from dehradun to delhi, reaches delhi at 2100 hrs indigo 6e 6061 2310 hrs from delhi to chennai, reaches chennai at 0200 hours (dont worry about short layover time at delhi, since i am there, we will manage) 10 sept (wed) 0300 to 0330 hrs - i will drop her safe in campus then will be back in blr by nite ( bus or some other means) (raaji and na1 arrive at 2130pm that nite to blr) ---------- for sathish : blr to dehradun on 3 sept: same flight as rb/na1 low-cost fare for na2 : chennai to dehradun on 3 sept : fully cancellable fare for na2 and sathish : dehradun to chennai on 9 sept : fully cancellable far i called u suddenly now, bcos i went ahead and booked valley of flowers for u also ! but u know why i did it suddenly ! only last 2 slots were there ! and one more info - i have included myself also into ur trip ! so i will fully take care of ur departure and arrival out of chennai, as per ur convenience and dates. dont worry about that. call me whenever u hv time in the night Cafe rave dance with purpose (fund raise Vibha foundation. Thiruvananthapuram, mama will call me fr 5,000 donation.Samprapti foundation. Singers Matram kanchi matam malleswaram lakshmi narayana shanmugha priya dau VIT Bhopalcuelim goa sinkart Subramanian CA 1300 dinner DST secretary chief guest, justification, HALlook within, friends circle iyer iyengar birla mandir benaulim beach small donation box. MMT cab Rs 1024 drop 10 am BIALwest lounge 080 first time only fruits ate filter coffee silver cup infinia card worked beetroot salad millet small cup yoghurtsat separate did not get snacks hostess missed me. 1:45 pm arrived walk to toll gate left side to car parked 2 pm got itvideo by both. campus drop district 43 road queens petrol welcome drink quick rest betelbatim beach majorda varca taj colva snake spot heavy winds waves Rs 200 raincoat in car rb walk 6 km eating side conversation life guard tower save people restaurants beachside anthony boat village lights three king churchbackside udipi hotel bogmallo dabolim expansive temple pick up na1 friends meetup dropped them campus dinner paneer rest 11 pm na1 returned 1:30 pm beach harbour Rs 350 saree drape 7:30 am just breakfast she forgot coupon so rushed back 120 kmph scolding rboss auditorium seated downstairs, instructions given speeches, phd degrees 50%. Uninterested faculty------145 am sleep, 7.30 am wakeup; Dream about TVR25; tea for all at 7.30 am; Vietnam discussion, pointers given - threaten them, call for meeting of the 20 guys; bath then protein shake with less spoon pumpkin seed, ripe papaya was ok; pledge of taken for day; drop vb clubhouse ganesha painting, na1 got lines crypto futures, PI42, coindcx, coinswitch, MY posts pages, near 5000, aa to m2, ab1, ac1, a21 to ma1, da1, ab1, ac1, savvy sockethub, m21. savvy, foo gallery, module, startup perks, foo gallery. shine.com, WP galleries Claude copy AI, WP feature, Claude fruits, chro annual conclave; banana, shelf life 2 weeks & banana, shelf life, sense; simple keyboard, ray, notes, Scale semicol, markup, weigh, Scale, mini box,2 kg apple, pomegranate, and I, banana. One more kumar with hasina group, buttock rub, half brothers, three elder hall brothers! Clo now also sent dummo!! rubbing hands,Satish, 'glee' Nayak vs, Satish in (Kalnayak inter) Suicide hotels to consider chn-divide only,Palm ecr 3k use skyscanner.co.inBaghavan chairs din 3.4k. Panchamigomore 1200 only. Ambassador Pallav4k approx, X1 Srch Slack gglworkspace - 24vm2.in - who ownsC2cm.com = event mgt vr145MS 365 basic = 1115 pm 30 licencesMS 365 business: sol survivors statesBasic std premium Ascentic A1Aws shellcode data foundatics loglinkSagemaker SEC analytics Shotgunbitdefender Ironsuite. Indicators-kaveri lake trithan valley, SPTihbrijm lake, harpta pass, zostel mapsvi max 451 plan fairmatic app = NY2for parking in OBDKA03MV8726 - ICICI fastagRenault Dustos - or rechargepaytm thru paid 500 KA03NV now vehicle 4640 = innovaparnom fastag deals. IVT stays Australie Lifelong walk pad 17995 now.Cubell chair at 27999 = C10ICICI > 500 Fastag 995 (Lima funds)1dbi each chatgpt shine.com/nipponindia.ininvesto service center, parth plus KYC PTA service center 10or thru Digilocker app / Upload docs,app slp 170 am, whup 735 am owak 730 am chpti 920 am my large print (tea 755 am, Sarathi pavithar gar ins – NA2 app (2751-1967-25) water filling my job/Palms ECR-34 the beach starts there – Neelangarai Drizzle Drop Inn Thuraipakkam mr 1702-dad, EMT best – build Venture Park – 1324 EMT not Vinay mom – Devi died. Fruits cut had – 1030 am done. Papaya, apple (2), banana (2) 1/2 avocado, old pomeg, dry fruits – prema wanted kaaes for mixture – almond pistachio etc also 4 kids made / human frailty braava – chew cut Little episodes of whby relations wrong way 8640 Vedama mom blame as 8640. 1000 – amz pay gaamiy roomie stayd -100 – cashlt at little project. +20 – to kacuusha, lamunath, varshmi +10 – cashlt magraj – no. Paasayam -19 (redemption, no photograph) 691 fr 100 gift to 50 bad kace Siatic mr 350 gaamshada Caterers plate elai – 30 missing (watery sambar mr 200 for breakfast kaca) went to get elai, seeratham baby shama of course daa machan. u can tell me anything. unfortunately i use a v simple keyboard nowadays (called simplekl keyboard in android) which does not even have emoji option how do u assume there is markup ? i hv given exact qty i have bought, and hasina cud be proof of the items actually having arrived ( which u also saw)(though i admit that none of u used a weigh scale). now, we all know the rough fruit rates in the market. do back-calculations and see if my no stands scrutiny. that will prove to u if there is a markup or no of course daa machan. u can tell me anything. unfortunately i use a v simple keyboard nowadays (called simplekl keyboard in android) which does not even have emoji option how do u assume there is markup ? i hv given exact qty i have bought, and hasina cud be proof of the items actually having arrived ( which u also saw)(though i admit that none of u used a weigh scale). now, we all know the rough fruit rates in the market. do back-calculations and see if my no stands scrutiny. that will prove to u if there is a markup or no coopra – if u manage to bring me any more money from kaca( without my recalculations, justifications, further proddings etc), i promise to pay u 50% of that extra money obtained from him. promise the “default” system when friends go for a dinner is “split the bill”. but i will remember that from next time, the default is “coopra pays” “no reason” is a good title for the treat. no problem there. but the problem is lack of awareness about the treat. i always hog extra if someone else is paying, and i am feeling bad about “opportunity missed” sundar – i had apologised ( sincerely), and on DM too, inspite of all ur poison too. the page was turned ( in my mind) last nite itself. one more word from u on this topic, and i shall leave the group so, before i (possibly) quit, quick note on finances. i spent 950, coopra 350 + 700 ( for a2b, just an estimate. dunno exact amt). divided among us three. 2000/3= 667. kaca – pl gpay me 950 – 667 = 283.. kaca can gpay coopra ( 1050-667=383). so the accounts will balance out repeat, kaca – 283 from u, u cant always come kai veesindu all the time i bought 2kg apple 2 kg pomeg, 1 kg banana and 1 box of kiwi. total 950. pl pay me 283 yenna daa Hasina. are u sending me a song, or are u sending me a copyright warning ? ( bcos I have sent three of these snaps to over a 100 people sundaramurthy rd, apt name i forgot. also door no ? ( 2nd floor is it ?). coopra – can we take something for lakshmi/maami/paati ? quite lost here. apple, pomeg ? what do u say? am quite keen to explore the world of srjn’s three elder halfbros. how are they faring with the absence of their hp dad ? sarcasm can come later, but can someone do the honours ( ie describe tidbits of how that fam is coping?). yes, its none ofmy business great daa machan. where is this dance? and who is the dance partner? u guys look like nice homo couple, with one hand on the iduppu etc——unwise of me to bring it up here and I don’t want to…but @coopra if you recall…you issued me a (cowardly) threat via @kaca that if you complain to Unisys, I will be scaked for parivahan vehicle insurance issue…which is actually public data…but in this case you (voluntarily, not me…that’s how HR may see it) shared payslips and form 16 with @kuvevi…but you can see that I am actively imploring/pleading (with) him not to share this with cousin Anusha Vanguri who just so happens to be your AGM HR (recently promoted)….! you see the difference in our intents and approach last word – the nayak and kalnayak think very similarly. at 1030am after ur post on cfo, i was frantically sesrching online to look for a finance dept person name whose name was similar to mine——quick but sincere assertion from me – coopra, even assuming ( repeat – even assuming) that i hv downloaded and kept them safe, they will never ever be used by me. even if assuming i hv seen all of it, i will never ever refer to it. even if i hv read it closely, it will never remain in my mind. i already told that i dont want to talk about it again. i will keep that word henceforth, even if the northern naayak keeps needling it’s very interesting to note ‘why’ @kuvevi decided to share and bring up the issue in this grp. it was a 1:1 between @coopra and him and could have been dealt appropriately. But @kuvevi is saying something when he chose to share it here!! that’s an exciting prospect for all of us…it is also a indirect threat to @coopra, romba vaal aattaa koodaadu, un yogyada enakku theriyum etc… also this happened because @coopra keeps ‘dm’ ing @kuvevi and when he shared the pdfs and chose whatsapp, @kuvevi’s name appeared on top of the list and perhaps CFO’s name too is ‘sat(h)ish who knows…but all in all, i’m rubbing my hands in glee, at the thought that it’s in the hands of @kuvevi who in a nice way is threatening @coopra…!!! yay!! thanks to @kuvevi by deciding to make this whole episode ‘public’coopra – while there can be 1001 moral preachings made to me, i am surprised why there is not ONE message to YOU ! after all, i am not the protagonist here who committed this fiasco ok, just one message on this topic, on a serious note, and i will stop. guys – pl dont hanker behind “privacy” all the time. in today’s world, they are less and less meaningful. just see what has now happened to the ever-secretive coopra. his entire jaadhagam is my hands, and one single click will destroy his ( hitherto carefully built) private matters. so, using a contrarian approach, its better to loosen up. apart from my bank login password, all my affairs, data etc are public. will not continue to taunt coopra any more, but the lesson is – it takes one moment, one faux pas, one slip of finger, to destroy all that carefully built repository. think – just one click by his car driver was enof to send those 2000 videos to whole public, thus earning a life sentence yesterday ( plus many more to follow) for prajwal revanna what crore and what myth u are talking about ?? i hv no idea! u know what wud hv happened if the docs had fallen into wrong hands ? the person wud hv immediately downloaded/forwarded the docs to his whatsapp no ( so that ur deletion will hv no effect). he wud hv then started dissecting every single piece of info in those pdfs, right from the chawl address to the pan number etc. he wud hv ( and will be doing) much much more! thankfully, since it is ethical me at the other end, u hv been saved——i woke up just now. had a very bad sleep. coopra has thankfully deleted the pdfs last nite on seeing the messages. but his faux pas is unpardobable. what if they had fallen into wrong hands? thankfully, given my right ethics, they hv been burried. shudder to imagine consequences had they fallen into wrong hands. so, we all demand an explanation. why did this happen in the first place? coopra, cobra deserves to know something strange happened at 730pm. i got three pdfs from coopra on dm. all his salary slips, his itr calculations etc. really dunno if he had sent it by mistake. if so, will gladly delete them at my end. if not, am really, really puzzled as to why the v secretive coopra wud suddenly want to share something so sensitive, with ME this is really baffling.unable to call coopra now since at a movie with fam. trust all gud at coopra end, since this kind of action from coopra is unprecedented coopra – was this 2 day visit to chennai some company-wide event at TVS SCL ? my cousin “Anusha vanguri” got promoted today as AGM-HR. I assume u wud be getting company-wide emails on promotion list etc TMT ECG wud be in hard copy. Will scan and send on Monday as well. will give entire set of my medical records – but in one full snapshot/page rather than all these pdfs. all of us in this group, are blessed to have someone like u with us. It is not about the knowledge u bring in, but about ur concern and enthu towards this field. all the best for ur strategic dinner meet its on Monday daa. will share all repots with u. 11am is the checkup doc. At 1230pm, am meeting cardiologist Dr Srikanth Shetty at sakra i have already met her. also told her to wait for me to finish my tests. both of us are then going to marriott at bellandur and taking a room. i dont want her to be embarrassed the next time, but rather boldly say – yes, i hv been intimate recently. also, her vagina might feel sore after pap. hence i am helping her out at marriot why coopra wasting company money by staying in 5-star hotel overnite, and then taking the morning flight to come back to blr ? there are 4 flights between 9pm and 1am ( my dau is taking the 1145pm flight). what is his justifaction ? cobra wants to know i was in the counter asking some doubt. a young girl came in – she asked about pap smear. counter girl asked – age? 24. hmm are u married? no. are u in relationship ? no. any intimacy even rarely ? (i cud sideways see the girl turning red). no. ok, no need pap smear coopra – the above are the tests i hv chosen. tmt and not echo bcos i did echo in april 2025 ( it is an either or, as per my package). i hv added crp and lpa (lipoprotein A). rajani has also booked me a cardiologist visit for nxt week ( general cardio check). i asked about lung function test but nobody knew good part is – my weight was 80.8kg on april 27, 2025 ( as per sakra file when i did my prev check). u can see it now – 73.8kg. but they also reduced my height by 1 cm, ie 167 to 166! bp i hv always had around this range 125 to 130. so its ok i guess my darling coopra – thanks for ur health points in the midst of ur travel. am at sakra now, 810am on 1 aug 2025. noted all ur points, will ask. u are my deivam daa coopra. nee irukka enakku enna daa kavalai? pl send ur travel /meeting snaps. where hv u gone to? at goa, i went right into middle of the verna waterfalls. everyone was screaming, asking me to move away from the flow force. i was making merry sats medicine taken from april 27, 2025 : glycomet 500 SR after breakfast for diabetes, atorva 5mg after dinner for cholesterol, mecobrook plus vitamin b12 after dinner ( general medication taken by self and not doctor-precribed) tomorow is my health check at sakra. to help recall, i was diagnosed with diabetes in april 2025, started taking medicine for diab and cholesterol. i was 81kg then. at that point, i vowed to myself that i will reduce 12-13 kg in 3 months and then go for checkup again. 3 months has now passed, but i wavered on my effort after reaching 75kg. i think it now stands around 76kg. meanwhile, rajani insisted that my 3-month sched HAS to be met, and herself booked the checkup. so, i will be going tomorow morning, will keep u guys updated gud morning daa coopra. that’s ur one and only name. I refuse to accept any other. u are my darling coopra and a highly evolved human, who will never be easily provoked. so coopra, relax——I have also invited him, Prof Hrishikesha Krishnan (till recently Director of IIM-B) and Prof Ramesh Venkateshwaran (IIMB Faculty and Chairman Board of Governors IIT-Palakkad) while at BIAL for events and functions small anecdote : discussion at siva’s function sats : congrats to adithi and varun. what does varun do, btw ? ramdas sir (RS) : oh, thanks. and u must hv met my sil varun during the wedding, right ? he is .. blah blah sats : no, sir. i did not come to the wedding RS : what ??? why not ? were u traveling or something ? sats : no sir, i had no knowledge of the wedding RS : what ??? u were not invited ?? but we had clearly told hasina to invite u ? sats ( for sake of politeness) : am sure he tried to reach me.. maybe i was traveling… really happy for them blah blah.. ( and sats changed the topic) hasina – psychologically, as very “saraasari” brahmins, we always look for “precedent” / past experiences and examples by others. for example – my cousin aruna cud right-royally “blame” it on her own parents ( gv and guru married inter-community. gv is iyer and guru is madhwa). so she bravely and boldy chose her life-partner ( an iyengar) Same way, i always keep looking for “justifications” among my friend/family circle, so that i can use their examples to justify what will probably happen in my own family. Therefore, and with quite a good number of both boys and girls lined up among ourselves ( our families and those of our siblings), i am keen, vicariously speaking, of prospective inter-caste and inter-community linkages. hence pl let us know as soon as u hear confirmedly of any such news, so that we will feel less anxious and more relaxed coopra – as I mentioned to u on phone, u are my bro, u are my angel, u are my guru. unakka ella urimayum irukku, to ask me anything and everything ! I closed that particular topic only because I felt I dont have more authority at this point of time. who knows what will happen in 3-4 years time ? trust u understand. so let that remain closed. as regards duster, braava had also asked me yday. so I will collate and send the whole stuff, with learnings for all u car owners. will do by eod since busy with oreo matters, as told to u hv reduced 96k bill to 82771 (after 1 hour of sweet/sour nego). fought and made it 82000 as of 508pm. last massive push has just happened, to try 80k roundoff. lets see, am still hoping. but these guys are not giving me any hope below 82k. lets see coopra – as automobile logistics guy, know anyone in renault? duster bill is around a lakh da machan can u hear the sanskrit jayanti te sukritino song towards the climactic end ?what a song, man. what a song above is one of my most loved ( even today i cry to this song) pieces of raaja. go to 3:18, when she bows to KH with “acharya devo bhava”. goosebumps. hear the concluding sanskrit verse – on death hasina, lakshmi – wonderful of u to hv joined dr vibhuthi in this foundation. will spread the word.will go thru the pgm in detail a little later ( am in car now) and see how i can also contribute. txs, was not aware earlier hasina – are u simply recklessly forwarding, or are u also attending the dance? if only the former, this might be considered a spam ( unless u know the people at vibhor) they are very genuine. they even save money by using the same cake for both birthday and anniversary ( by rubbing off one of the occasions). I am going to donate Rs 100,001 to them now pranav, obviously comes from a v rich family. was told his dad is a CA. the family ( parents, sister, pranav) stayed at a property called “the postcard”. rate is 19K+ taxes per day. pranav hosted dinner ( no occasion. just generally) for 6-7 friends on sat night (including na1). each thali was 1300+taxes during my walk in benaulim beach on Saturday, I saw this live snake ( rb later told me it looked like a viper, but not sure) – it was slowly wriggling right next to me on the beach. I took some snaps bits-goa has constructed a very large Birla mandir adjoining the main campus. very impressive. we both visited on Saturday ( na1 was having her dress rehearsal during that time) guys – our arrival was as per this plan, no changes. So we dropped na1 at her bus place by 3pm, and were in airport by 315pm as stated earlier. the flight took off at 515pm, reached blr at 630pm. we took a quickride cab at 645pm, reached home at 828pm ( 1:43 hrs ride due to evening traffic) inspite of being a father to 2 daus, i still am such a perverted individual. for eg, I took a very “strategic” photo, which u can see above. I need ur comments – is this snap public ? is this shareable My observations from y’day’s convocation: 1. Very well organised – overall 2. Almost flawless execution 3. Excellent infrastructure – hall, seating, lighting, sound system etc 4. Un/under-represented – Almost NO students from North East, that is sad and something needs to be done 5. Just 1% to 2% muslim students of graduating class who recd their convocation – needs improvement soon (for sake of the community) and one other interesting observation, perhaps the only community in the country where one cannot identify the region they come from just based on their names…even christians to some extent can be identified as mallu-christians, tamizh christians etc… 6. 40% North Indians, 25% – Maharashtrians and Gujjus, 15 to 20% – Bongs + Odias and 15% to 20% – South Indians…(that was a BIG surprise for me…) thanks and hearty congrats to Niharika, sister Nisha, grand parents and the proud parents…whose years of support and encouragement is the culmination and highpoint of today’s convocation both me and amma loved the commencement sppeches. each of them werw good – dr rao, dr kundu, dr abhay karandikar esp. we can anyway see the spoeches later in yt. not at all boring. — and entire ceremony hae been done with so much of sobriety and class, list of bits achievements v v impressive. sorry na2 – we shud hv flown u to goa (after the 24th makeup) missed doing it, feeling bad Hearty congratulations and best wishes to dear Niharika on her well earned dual degree!! This is such a proud moment and both the ladies in the car look dazzling…! It’s such a proud moment for her and the parents!! Since it was a Sunday, perhaps Nisha too could have joined, would have been a great family photo!! Why Dr.RRR and Mrs missing Vignesh was born without left lung he had his stomach in the place of left lung large and small intestine in place of stomach child trust chennai doctor did surgery immediately after his birth and said lung will grow in 9 to 10 years time, he battled breathing issue and has now overcome all, proud of his success and achievements a born fighter by way of a more anecdotal note : Niharika headed Shrutilalaya at BITS Goa, where they had invited Ramakrisha Murthy : if u dont believe me, see this clip – with na1’s vote of thanks https://youtu.be/GZWmuSKJYOI?t=12054 The same Murthy gaaru did the 6pm concert today. Her junior Vikramaditya Voleti, had attended. He met Murthy Gaaru who enquired about na1 as well. Now Vikram too has some concerns / suggestions for the organisers. Will pen them down at leisure. https://www.youtube.com/live/VTEzD6YjZps?si=9gXROun8JJCzpZaw samoogam needs better content, sharper marketing, wider audience, a more inclusive approach overall. Its only your second season of “Nadalahari”, so the poor crowd is understandable. But just keep at it, and all the best u guys are not reverting on this, I will directly plan with Hasina ( upon my return from goa) and meet paati ( based on her and their family’s convenience) fwdg my goa itinerary here – if this is considered spam, I will henceforth desist : —— guys – pl note – 1. cab ( good new cab as wanted by rboss) reaching 9am tomorrow, for airport drop 2. at goa airport, we have a self-drive car (swift) which i have booked for my raaji. it will be with us for almost entire time ( i need to drop it back at airport at 930am on monday. thats ok, i will walk back to hotel ( 2km away) after that. we will check out by 2-230pm (if they allow) on monday, and be in airport by 315pm. will figure out how na2 reaches the bus station. 3. reasons i opted for cab is : rb fracture / may be odd to go to bitsg with raaji in scooter / it is raining in goa / got a great rate i suggest sat or sun – 11am meet paati, then proceed for lunch ( whether at fc or lp or hotel). pl revert, guys Religion, rituals, practices – my take…! 24/Jul/2025 I will state my position very clearly…in the form of a rapid fire – yes/no format, (but alternate one-word responses allowed) 1. am I an atheist – NO 2. I am a believer – YES 3. Do i need forms of God like Rama, Krishna, Shiva etc to be a believer – NO 4. Am I more religious or spiritually inclined (from my limited understanding of both) – latter 5. Do I believe in rituals and mumbo-jumbo – NO 6. Do I like rituals because of their visual presentation (like abhishekham, alankaram etc) – YES 7. Do I like the mantras chanted in various rituals – Yes, more because I like languages and the patterns of sound it creates…feels good 8. Do I think that mantras and rituals are the ONLY way to awareness and self-realisation – NO, in fact they are more often than not a hindrance 9. Do I like bhajanai etc (one form of ritual) – love it, for the variety, music, rhythm and energy, though I don’t understand the meaning of most bhajan songs 10. Do you truly like Indian classical music, mainly carnatic but also hindustani – love it, it burns me internally..! 11. Would you rather feed the poor and hungry than feed the not poor but hungry – former, definitely my heart goes to the poor and hungry 12. Are you a confused person when it comes to giving up rituals completely – Yes, I continue to wear my poonal. 13. Are you working towards finding answers that can help you give up rituals completely – Yes, even become poonal-free someday…but may retain it because of my love for parents, who gave it to me. 14. Do you think rituals really add any value to your life – NO 15. Does your family believe in rituals more than you at this point – Yes 16. Have you made your position clear to them about your take on rituals – Yes 17. If you had to choose between being a nice human being vs being someone who follows shastras/rituals what would you choose – former 18. If you had to choose between feeling the pangs of hunger of the poor and feeding them vs feeding already well-fed ‘brahmana-s’, how would you respond? – former 19. Do you enjoy it when 1000s of modaka-s are offered to agni bhagavan in sahasra-modaka homam – hate 20. Do you enjoy when cooked rice (havis) is offered to agni – NO 21. Can you sustain hrs of talks by the HH Sankaracharya-s or talks of Osho/JK etc… – latter 22.Would you like to see a world with active efforts to remove hunger and poverty or with a world with orthodox complex rituals that are meant/intended to alleviate hunger..? – former. 23.Love, compassion, inclusion, empathy vs caste, rituals, exclusivity, orthodoxy – your preference? – former 24.Good values, high-standards, simple living vs complex rituals, showmanship, moral superiority because of birth – any thoughts..? – former 25.Are you saying that if you had a choice today, you will renounce rituals and embrace kindness, love-for-all, food-for-all…? – latter