Hats off to your enthusiasm!!!

Hi Uncle,

Thank you for the wonderful update to the ACA web page and to all the wonderful links and educational resources for Telugu. It's been wonderful to see you take such good interest to give us adults and all the kids a chance to understand our culture. I have to appreciate yours and every one's efforts in this good deed.

Regards,
Sujatha Kamma

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Dear Suja, Thank you for your loving e-mail. Thank you very much.

Your loving uncle, Somayya Kasani

Good Morning to You & Have a Nice Day

Dear Children,

"Shadows of yesterday
have faded away
Sun has reappeared
it's a brand new day

Birds singing their song
loud and clear
Announcing to the world
a new day is here

Sun appears in the east
has begun a new quest
In the middle at noon
and then sets in the west

Wishing you contentment
and peace along the way
Good morning to you
have a nice day"

With Love, Amma-Naana

Life's Journey...

Dear Children,

Do not undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.

Do not set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you.

Do not take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would your life; for without them, life is meaningless.

Do not let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past nor for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live all of the days of your life.

Do not give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.

The quickest way to receive love is to give love. The fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly. In addition, the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

Do not dismiss your dreams. To be without dreams is to be without hope. To be without hope is to be without purpose.

Do not run through life so fast that you forget not only where you have been, but also where you are going. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.

With Love, Amma-Naana

Opposite ...

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.

The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference.

The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference.

And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

Thought For The Day

Dear Children, Good Morning.

~ Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.
~ How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
~ Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through.
Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it.
~ Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived.
~ Three passions have governed my life: The longings for love, the search for knowledge, And unbearable pity for the suffering of humankind.

With Love, Amma-Naana

Life ...

Life is a challenge – meet it.
Life is a gift – accept it.

Life is an adventure – dare it.
Life is a sorrow – overcome it.

Life is a tragedy – face it.
Life is a duty – perform it.

Life is a game – play it.
Life is a mystery – unfold it.

Life is a song – sing it.
Life is an opportunity – take it.

Life is a journey – complete it.
Life is a promise – fulfill it.

Life is a love – embrace it.
Life is a beauty – praise it.

Life is a spirit – release it.
Life is a struggle – fight it.

Life is a puzzle – solve it.
Life is a goal – achieve it.

Greetings...

Dear Mamaiya,

Nice to see your email. Happy to know the good news and also happy to know that you are with Ajay and Rani. Your presence is always good at this moment and give great emotional support and strength to them.

Rest all is fine at our en. Krishna is fine at Basanth nagar and Amma and Nana are doing good. Amma had been busy during last month visiting Domalguda for Vishal's wedding and later to Mahabubnagar for Rajani's (my maternal cousin) wedding.

Anna and Vodina are also doing good. As Vodina has summer vacation, both of them went to Bangalore and Goa trip . May be she would resume back to college from Monday i.e. 3rd June 2007.

Santosh and Shelly are doing good. Spoke to them two days back.

Attama and Mamaiya are also doing good and looking forward for my nephew's (Sampath's) visit to India during July 07.

That's all from my side.

It is quiet obvious and nice to know that you have been active (as always) in cultural organization. You make friends very fast and be in good rapport too.

Though you are mamaiya, we share good wavelength and thus we are good friends too.

Have a nice Sunday and namaste to Attama.

Regards to Rani and Ajay.

RadhikaKrishna

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Dear Radhika Rani & Krishnaji, Good Morning. How are you?

It is nice that you are forwarding good literature to your near and dear people very often. I am happy to receive it, time to time. Your dear atthamma and I came to Seattle in the first week of May from Edmonton, Canada. We shall be in the loving company of Ajay and Ranamma till June 5th.

How are your loving parents? How are Raghu & Sujatha? Please convey our best regards to them.

More in my next e-mail, With Love : Athamma & Mamaiah

మృదంగ బాల చంద్రుడు

మా వూళ్ళో పావని, శ్రీకాంత్ అనే యువ దంపతులున్నారు. ఇద్దరూ గాత్ర సంగీతంలోనూ వయొలిన్ వాద్యంలోనూ ఆరి తేరిన వాళ్ళు. మా వూళ్ళో వీరిద్దరూ విడివిడిగానూ, కలివిడిగానూ కచేరీలివ్వడం మామూలే.

ఈ పుణ్య దంపతులకి సుమారు రెండేళ్ళ క్రితం ఒక బాబు పుట్టాడు. సంగీత త్రిమూర్తులలో ఒకరైన శ్యామశాస్త్రులవారి ఆశీర్వచనంగా “శ్యామకృష్ణ” అని పేరు పెట్టుకున్నారు. భలే ముద్దుగా ఉంటాడు. ఊరికే ముద్దుగా ఉంటే వాడి గురించి ఇంత టపా రాయవలసిన అవసరమేముంది - అక్కడే ఉంది అసలు కథ.
మొన్నామధ్యన పావని గారు ఈ విడియోలు చూడండి అంటూ కొన్ని యూట్యూబు లంకెలు పంపారు. చూసి నిర్ఘాంత పోయాము, నేనూ మా ఆవిడా.

ఈ మృదంగ బాలచంద్రుడి అసాధారణ ప్రతిభ మన బ్లాగస్తులతో పంచుకోవాలని వారి అనుమతితో ఈ పరిచయం రాస్తున్నాను.

వాళ్ళమ్మ పాడుతుంటే ఈయన ఆ చిన్న డోలు మీదనే మృదంగం వాయింపు. భజనలు, కీర్తనలు, వివిధ తాళాలు మారిపోతున్నా ఏ మాత్రం తొణక్కుండా చిరునవ్వులు నవ్వుకుంటూ హాయిగా వాయించుకు పోతున్నాడు. మధ్య మధ్య పెద్ద విద్వాంసుడిలాగా తల పంకించడం, పాటలో తాళం గతి మారగానే దాన్ని సరిగ్గా అనుసరించడం, పాట ముగింపుని గుర్తించి దానికి తగినట్టు ముక్తాయించడం, చివరకి కొసమెరుపు ఝళిపించి ఉవ్వెత్తున చెయ్యి పైకి విసరడం - చూసి ఆనందించాల్సిందే.

ఈ విన్యాసాలకే మేం మురిసిపోతుంటే పావని గారు డోలు తీసి దాచేసి , సన్నగా ఒక రాగం ఆలాపన చేసి “కన్నా, ఇదేంటో చెప్పు” అన్నారు. వెంఠనే “మోజన” అన్నాడు. వాడికింకా మాటలు కూడా సరిగ్గా రాలేదు - చాలా హల్లులు పలకవు, రాగాల పేర్లు చెప్పేస్తున్నాడు! మేము దీనికే హాశ్చర్య పడి కూర్చోగా ఆమె ఒకదాని వెంట ఒకటి చిన్న ఆలాపనలు చెయ్యడం - పది సెకన్లు కూడా పాడి ఉండరు ఒక్కొక్కటీ - చిందోల, తోడి, తుద్ద తావేడి, తాంబోజి .. ఇలా ఒక డజను రాగాల్ని తప్పులేకుండా గుర్తు పట్టాడు. పాతిక దాకా గుర్తు పట్ట గలట్ట! నిండా రెండేళ్ళు లేవు!

అవును మరి .. ఉగ్గుపాలతో నేర్చుకోవడం కాదు, అమ్మ బొజ్జలో ఉన్నప్పుడే రక్తంలో సంగీతాన్ని నింపుకుని పుట్టాడు మా శ్యామ - ఆశ్చర్యమేముంది?

ఈ పిల్ల పిడుగు దినదిన ప్రవర్ధమానంగా ఎదిగి, సంగీతసాగరాన్ని అవుపోసన పట్టి సాక్షాత్తూ ఆ శ్యామశాస్త్రులంత వాడు కావాలని ఆశీర్వదిస్తూ .. ఆ తల్లిదండ్రుల్ని అభినందిస్తూ .. ఇప్పటికి శలవు.

Eating Healthy and Living Better - Congratulations Dr.AparnaKamalesh

Good Morning Dear All: Nana, I have seen the updated www.aca-edmonton.org. Now we have lots of useful links on it. Thank you for all your efforts. Certainly our community will benefit from the website. Here we are all fine. I came to office after my morning workout (40 min/550 cal/3 mi). Feel very fresh now. Yesterday evening Vikram enjoyed Soccer. We went to soccer field by walk (myself by walk and Vikram on bike). It took 50 minutes to go there. Vinod and Kamalesh joined us in car. We all had very good time outdoors on a bright warm day. We weighed in today and I lost 4 pounds this week and this makes a total of 27 pounds. Our 3 months weight loss challenge is over and most of us lost at least 10 pounds. Debbie won and she lost 33 pounds. I am the second one. We all are happy and Debbie plan to take all of us for lunch outside some time next week. We just finished our teleconference with Pfizer and it was a productive one. Have a nice day all of you. With love, yours Akkaiah

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Dear Akkaiah Congratulations on an amazing feat of losing 27 pounds in 3 months in a healthy way. Also, our congratulations to Debbie and all the other participants who made a healthy choice in a fun way with group activity. This will have very good impact on overall health and activities. Of these 3 months, 1 week you could not do exercises for the travel and celebration in Seattle. But we all had a good family time. Please keep up your healthy food and exercise habits. Loving Brother Ajay

To Love, To Educate, To Discipline - By Dr. A. Ranga Rao

Dear All,

To love, to educate, to discipline -
These three are not separate phenomena. They are complimentary, a unitary process. If one is there, the second and third will be there. If educating and disciplining do not follow love, it implies that it is not true love. Giving license to do as the child wishes is called permissiveness, a kind of indulgence. When one loves a child, one tries to educate the child in right thinking and right doing.

Educating the child implies hard struggle on the part of the parent and it comes into being only if there is true love for the child. Discipline, if it is to be real and creative has to be approached voluntarily, happily and healthy; through love, through example, through mutual hearty communication between parent and child.

When the relationship is such, educating child is very easy and a joyful work. To be able to achieve this, the parent has to have continuous good learning for himself/herself and to seek joy in well ordered disciplined daily life.

To love is to learn and teach, to learn and teach is to discipline oneself. Love, education and discipline are integrals, not differentials.

With Love, Amma-Naana

తన భవిష్యత్తును తీర్చిదిద్దుకునే ప్రతివ్యక్తి ఒక వాస్తుశిల్పే

ప్రియమిన పిల్లలకు, ప్రేమతో, ఆమ్మ-నాన్న.....



~తాను శ్రమించిన పనివల్ల అతడికి లభించే ఫలితమే కాకుండా అతడు మారిన విధమే అతిగొప్ప బహుమతి అవుతుంది.

~దృఢనిర్ణయం అన్నది విజయపథంపై మనం మొదటి అడుగు అవుతుంది. ధృడమైన మనస్సును కలిగి ఉన్నవారు అంధకారంలో కూడా కాంతిరేఖను చూడగలరు. నిజంగా విజయాలను సాధించాలనుకొనేవారు తమ వైఫల్యాల నుంచి పాఠాలు నేర్చుకుంటారు.

~నేను జీవించి ఉన్నంతవరకు నేర్చుకుంటూనే ఉంటాను

~చరిత్ర చదవడం కాదు! చరిత్ర సృష్టించాలి.

~చక్కటి ఆలోచన, సరైన ముందుచూపు లేని మనిషి జీవితంలో అడుగడుగునా ఆపదలు చుట్టుముడతాయి.

~చిన్న అవకాశాలే తరచుగా గొప్పసాహస కార్యాలకు ప్రారంభాలు అవుతాయి. చిన్న చిన్న పనులే విశిష్టతను దారి తీస్తాయి. కానీ విశిష్టత చిన్నది కాదు.

~కదలకుండా నిలిచిన వాడే ఎక్కువ అలసిపోతాడు.

~కార్యశూరుడి వలె ఆలోచించు, అలోచనాపరుడిగా వ్యవహరించు.

~కృతజ్ఞత అనేది ఒకరిపట్ల చూపవలసిందే కాని ఒకరి నుండి ఆశించవలసింది కాదు.

~గొప్ప ఆలోచనలను కలిగి ఉన్నవారు ఎప్పుడూ ఒంటరిగా ఉండరు.

~గొప్పపనలు చేయడానికి కావలసింది ముఖ్యంగా శక్తికాదు - ఓపిక. గొప్పవారిలోని గొప్పగుణాలు గుర్తించండి. వాటి గురించి రోజూ కాసేపు మననం చేసుకోండి.

~గౌరవాలు పొందడం కాదు గొప్ప - వాటికి తగిన అర్హత సాధించడం గొప్ప.

~ఙ్ఞానం అమాంతంగా పొంగి పొర్లిపోదు, అది అంచెలంచెలుగ అభివృద్ధి చెందుతుంది.

దేశమును ప్రేమించుమన్నా - గురజాడ అప్పారావు

గురజాడ అప్పారావు

దేశమును ప్రేమించుమన్నా
మంచి అన్నది పెంచుమన్నా
వట్టి మాటలు కట్టిపెట్టోయ్
గట్టి మేల్ తలపెట్టవోయ్ !

పాడిపంటలుపొంగి పొర్లే
దారిలో నువు పాటు పడవోయ్
తిండి కలిగితె కండ కలదోయ్
కండ కలవాడేను మనిషోయ్ !

ఈసురోమని మనుషులుంటే
దేశ మేగతి బాగుపడునోయ్
జల్డుకొని కళలెల్ల నేర్చుకు
దేశి సరుకులు నించవోయ్ !

అన్ని దేశాల్ క్రమ్మవలె నోయ్
దేశి సరుకులు నమ్మవెలె నోయ్
డబ్బు తేలేనట్టి నరులకు
కీర్తి సంపద లబ్బవోయ్ !

వెనుక చూసిన కార్యమేమోయ్
మంచిగతమున కొంచమేనోయ్
మందగించక ముందు అడుగేయ్
వెనుక పడితే వెనుకేనోయ్ !

పూను స్పర్దను విద్యలందే
వైరములు వాణిజ్య మందే
వ్యర్ధ కలహం పెంచబోకోయ్
కత్తి వైరం కాల్చవోయ్ !

దేశాభిమానము నాకు కద్దని
వట్టి గొప్పలు చెప్పకోకోయ్
పూని యేదైనాను, వొక మేల్
కూర్చి జనులకు చూపవోయ్ !

ఓర్వలేమి పిశాచి దేశం
మూలుగులు పీల్చేసె నోయ్
ఒరుల మేలుకు సంతసిస్తూ
ఐకమత్యం నేర్చవోయ్

పరుల కలిమికి పొర్లి యేడ్చే
పాపి కెక్కడ సుఖం కద్దోయ్
ఒకరి మేల్ తన మేలనెంచే
నేర్పరికి మేల్ కొల్ల లోయి !

సొంత లాభం కొంత మానుకు
పొరుగువాడికి తోడు పడవోయ్
దేశమంటే మట్టికాదోయి
దేశమంటే మనుషులోయ్ !

చెట్ట పట్టాల్ పట్టుకుని
దేశస్తు లంతా నడవవలె నోయ్
అన్నదమ్ముల వలెను జాతులు
మతములన్నీ మెలగవలె నోయి !

మతం వేరైతేను యేమోయి
మనసు వొకటై మనుషులుంటే
జాతియన్నది లేచి పెరిగీ
లోకమున రాణించు నోయి !

దేశ మనియెడి దొడ్డ వృక్షం
ప్రేమలను పూలెత్తవలె నోయ్
నరుల చెమటను తడిసి మూలం
ధనం పంటలు పండవలె నోయి !

ఆకులందున అణగి మణగీ
కవిత పలకవలె నోయ్
పలుకులను విని దేశమందభి
మానములు మొలకెత్త వలెనోయి !

ప్రేమతో, ఆమ్మ-నాన్న

ACA - Message from Council of India Societies of Edmonton

Thank you for sending the information. Your website is really well done.
Naresh Sharma
President, The Council of India Societies of Edmonton

Good Morning

Dear Peddakonda, and Chinnakonda, Good Morning, How are you?

Last night we greeted Madhavi Pinni Family and Gopi mamayya Family NZB. All are doing well. Anasuya Peddamma family went to Shiridi taking a Vehicle.

Anjaneyulu Chinnana, Madhavi Pinni, Vishal and Deepika spoke with us. Gopinath Mamaiah, Vijayaathamma, Swaroop spoke with us from NZB.

The days are very hot there. And they are taking good care of Summer.

More in my next e-mail,
With Love - Amma - Naana

Health and Happiness go hand in hand.

Dear Children,

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. This is why primary-care providers spend so much time talking about things like exercising.

On the other hand, prevention is a radical new idea when it comes to our emotional mental health. Road to happiness takes hard work.

Depression and other issues are necessarily the result of poor emotional care. If we are really interested in comprehensive and holistic prevention, it is essential that we pay attention not just to our physical health, but our emotional and mental health as well.

The good news is that medicine is changing...

Every night, write down three good things that happened during the day, and then write why you think they happened. Gratitude is a powerful way to help people move from focusing on the negative to the positive. In some small study, doing this daily for one week helped people feel less depressed up to three months later.

Share good news as often as possible. Encourage others when they tell you good news. Every time we share good news, we reinforce those feelings in ourselves and in others. Our relationships also tend to be stronger and more positive.

Focus on cultivating one of the five following qualities. Love,, Hope, Gratitude, Curiosity or Vitality. Don't go to the best. Go for the satisfactory.

With Love, Amma-Naana

Ajay, now that I am home I visited the blog and it warmed my heart

Ajay, my computer at work blocked my attempt to visit the blog. I forwarded to my home e-mail and just visited it. I can not even begin to tell you how touched I am that your beautiful father gleaned from my site such a wonderful biography. God bless him and his for eternity. You are truly a very special family and I am blessed to now count you as friends. Thank you so much. I also loved the baby shower pictures and tributes. This is ever so exciting. Hazel, Kinnera, David and I are so excited to come up and visit. We certainly will do so this summer. God bless you and your family. I am the one enriched knowing you. Have a wonderful weekend.

John Inman, Ed.M., PHR
There is no where to go and nothing to do except be of service
Dedicated to the development of capacities and capabilities in adults for growth and change

Congratulations Amma-Naana

Good Morning Our Dear Amma and Nana:

Congratulations for the successful completion of one year in north America 2006-2007. We are thankful to you both for accepting the invitation and coming to North America. In one year, you both have contributed so much to our family. You have been great strength to us all. You are expanding our friendship circle and human relations to our family. Especially nana, your vision is unique and we admire you. Please keep up the excellent positive out look that you have. My request on this day is please eat well and take enough rest which is a must for healthy body. We need you both very much for a long time to guide us and our children.

Thank you and have a nice day.

With love, Aparna

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We landed Vancouver, Canada today, from India exactly an year ago on Immigration, to live close to our Sweet people, who are living and working here for a decade or more. Thanks to our Sweet Children for their invitation.

With Love, Amma - Naana

Baby Shower - Post Event Messages

Dear Rani and Ajay:

Congratulations to you, again. It was nice visiting your place, attending the warm occassion, and sharing your feelings over the long week-end. Period was short but memorable indeed.

Return to Edmonton was very comfortable. We are all back to our regular schedule.

Best wishes, and kind regards to you all.
Kamalesh

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It was our pleasure Ajay. It was a great pleasure to meet all of your family members. I really couldn't spend all the time I wanted to for the event planning, hence I was unable to make it as good as I wanted to. Sorry, I too had to work within my own constraints :(
Uncle & Aunty eppati varaku untaaru ikkada? Please let Aunty know that the mirapa pandu patchchadi is very very tasty. Thanks for a nice time during the function, we all enjoyed it.

Please do not hesitate if you need any assistance while you are getting ready for a wonderful parenthood:)

All the best!
Rachna, Swapna, Krishnamohan

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Ajay,

We had a great time at your party. The theme of the party was great and it was organized very well. Expression of love is very important and we often tend to take this for granted. I am sure Rani must have felt very special on this important day.

Regards,
Prasad

Celebrate Togetherness.

Dear Children,

The following is an excerpt from my reading.

Have a Nice Day!
Love, Amma-Naana

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Here are a few quick hints to help you enjoy, rather than suffer, through the holiday get-together:

Relax, and remember - it's about fellowship, connection, and fun, not about perfection.

Look for the positive side in everything. There is always a positive side.

Don't say anything negative to or about anyone or anything. It won't help or change the situation, and will just make things worse.

Don’t bring up politics, religion, or any other controversial topic that can lead to arguments.

When you're in a conversation, listen to what's being said instead of planning what you're going to say next. Focus your attention on the other person.

Ask others about their lives; don't hog the floor. Dust off your curiosity. Ask open-ended questions.

If someone is hogging the attention, or the conversation, start a separate conversation with someone who's looking left out. Work to make them feel better. You'll feel better too.

If you're the host or hostess, plan, plan, plan!

Do as much as you can ahead of time, even to setting the table. Ask your guests to bring a dish, or to help out in the kitchen. Giving people something to do is a great ice breaker and helps them feel included.

If you're a guest, offer to help!

No matter what the host or hostess says, bring a little something: a small flower arrangement, after dinner candy . And don't forget the thank you note, handwritten, later! It may be a pain, but it will make your hosts feel wonderful.

Go around the table and ask everyone to say one thing they are thankful for. You might be surprised what comes up -- and it can start the meal off in a wonderful, positive direction.

Reminisce about the good times. I know there were some. How can you create more?

Consider planning or suggesting activities other than eating and drinking. Play touch football outside or go for a walk. Bring a board game or work on a jigsaw puzzle. It's much more fun to be arguing about landing on Boardwalk than old, un-resolved family issues.

Finally, if you absolutely know it's going to be pure hell, don't go. You don't need the aggravation, and neither does anyone else. Make reservations instead of having them.

Remember, the holidays are about celebrating, not about family therapy, old hurts or resentments. Leave those at home, and you'll have a much better time.

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* అఙ్ఞానం అనేది అభివృద్దికి, మార్పుకు ఎప్పుడూ అడ్డుగోడే.
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