Heartfelt thanks for attending the Baby Shower...

Dear Friends,

Thanks for your best wishes & participation in our ‘Celebration of Love & Friendship and excitement of a little one joining on the occasion of Baby Shower for Ranamma’.

We look forward to your encouragement and continued support.

Best Regards
Ajay & Rani

Baby Shower Celebrations

Family is a circle of strength and love. With every birth and every union, the circle grows. Every joy shared adds more love. Every crisis faced together makes the circle stronger. Celebration of this joy in the midst of family and friends like you is of immense pleasure...

Baby Shower - Program

• Song by Sravani Gorti
• Song by Ritika/Aparna Velchuri
• Welcome by Anupama Kasani
• Introduction of Families by Dr. Aparna Kasani
• Beautiful Babies & their poses – Slide show presentation by Krishna Govindayapalli
• Harathi & Best wishes – Family & Friends
• A special presentation on Rani - From Childhood till now – Anupama Kasani
• Messages for the Parents-to be

• Lavanya Reddy
• Somaiah Kasani
• Dr.Usha
• Dr. Kamalesh Babu
• Rakesh Akula
• Siva Shanmugam

• Cake Cutting with kids
• Dinner
• Games
• Thanks

Baby Shower - More RSVPs & Best Wishes

Respected Annaiah Garu,
Thank you very much for your letter. I am honored----. Ajay is one of the nicest kids I saw for a while---Rani compliments him---.

I never forget the love they bestowed on me when I visited their home. It's my fortune to help please ---treat me as your sister--and help in the event as a family member---I shall look at your web site soon

loving regards
lavanya

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Mr. Somaiah:
Our heart felt congratulations to you and the family. Indeed we are very happy for you, and our very best to the couple.

Sharana Basappa
Edmonton

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Dear Auntie and Uncle, Good Morning.

How are you? Thank you very much for the invitation. Ajay and Rani look very nice and we wish them all the best! I hope they become very good parents too, under your guidance. We wish everything will go smoothly and Rani will have easy delivery!

With regards,
Damayanthi, Praveen and family.

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Dear Kasani,
It is matter of great happiness that you are going to be a grandpa again soon in near future.

My best wishes for you and your family. I am to take immigrants English classes on every Friday and Saturday from 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm. I hope you will excuse my absence from this great occasion.

With best wishes
PD Sharma

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Somaiah Garu:

Please convey our congratulations to Ajay and Aparna on the happy occasion.

We are not able to come there now. Kantha and I are going to San Francisco tomorrow and we could be there for about 3 weeks.

Murthy

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Uncle & Aunt also Ajay and Rani, Andariki Ma Namaskaramulu.
Thank You so much for inviting us for the Baby Shower, We are so glad and at the same time sorry for not joining with you guys. We hope you had a great time on
that occasion.

Hai Ajay, Congratulations! and so Rani. And Take care. Regards to Anupama.
We will talk to you guys soon.

Bye for now. Good Night
Neeraja & Mahipal
Edmonton

Baby Shower for Ranamma - RSVPs & Best Wishes

Sathish Bala
Congratulations... Would love to be part of this occassion. Thanks for inviting us.

krishnamohang (+ 2 guests)
We will be there. Please send me an email if you need a helping hand with arrangements.

michelle.christensen (+ 1 guest)

Vijayalakshmi (+ 2 guests)

sorbee (+ 2 guests)

savita (+ 1 guest)
Thanks for the invite. Yes we will love to be a part of this happy occasion. Savita

Gurmeet (+ 3 guests)

Cathy (+ 1 guest)

Usha
Congragulations

giri (+ 2 guests)
sireesha.mallavarapu (+ 1 guest)

Sonika (+ 2 guests)
Congratulations! We will be there.

sujeevan (+ 2 guests)
Congratulations Rani & Ajay!

sivsha (+ 3 guests)
We will definitely be there. A big congrats.

narayana (+ 2 guests)

pallavikoneru (+ 2 guests)
Congratulation! We will be there.

siddiramesh.bondhi (+ 3 guests)

durgakprasad (+ 1 guest)
Dear Ajay & Rani, We are so much excited to hear the good news...CONGRATULATIONS to the parents-to-be. Its definitely going to be a wonderful journey together with the arrival of your new born. Will definitely take part in the celebrations. Cheers, Medhansh ~ Shanti ~ Durgaprasad

ngoli (+ 2 guests)

rsdasika (+ 2 guests)
We will be there !

vchavali (+ 1 guest)
Congratulations, Ajay & Rani. We will be there, definitely

sudheer (+ 1 guest)
Congratulations! We will be there.

Vikram (+ 1 guest)
We will be there to congratulate and bless the couple..

Prasad (+ 2 guests)
Great news! Congratulations Ajay & Rani. Yes, we will be there for the celebration.

Prasad & Arathi

Mala
Congrats Ajay and aparna. i will be there.

Lavanya
congratulations, I will be there. thank you for your invitation

Jaya
Will surely be there.

v-ksastr (+ 1 guest)
We have a prior commitment at the same time. We will try to come for some time.

Jennifer and Richard (+ 3 guests)
Congratulations! We are so happy and excited for you! What an amazing journey you are about to embark on. We hope we can be there to help celebrate but we have a crazy busy day and are unsure how the kids are going to do. Hopefully one of us can at least stop by.

shah.haroon (+ 1 guest)
CONGRATULATIONS

gned (+ 1 guest)
Congratulations. Hope to make it.

Venkata
Thank you for inviting me. congratulations and good luck. I am unable to attend because of other plans. Sorry about it. Have fun

Ramulu.M
Rani and Ajay: It is wonderful and great news. Congratulations, and heart felt welcome to the parents club. I am sorry that I will be out of town on Saturday but we will come and visit you soon. -Ramulu

Sushma
Hey..that's great occasion. Wish I was a part of this :-( Probably I may come after third member's arrival :-) Miss you all..have fun and please share the pictures..

Theme of Baby Shower For Ranamma - Celebration of Love and Friendship

Baby Shower is a good time with memorable things planned for the party. Since the biggest value during the baby shower is friendship, love, and excitement of a new little one joining the community of friends and family, let us select the theme as "Baby Shower For Ranamma - Celebration of Love and Friendship"

- Amma - Nana

Invitation - Baby Shower for Ranamma (Aparna Ajay)

Host: Annu Sree

Location: Redmond Ridge Community Center
10315 Cedar Park Crescent NE , Redmond , WA
When: Saturday, May 19, 6:00pm
Phone:1 425 830 4430

Dear Friends,

We are all excited and happy for Rani & Ajay, as they will soon be three!

Please join us with family in celebrating the Baby Shower, give your blessings and best wishes to the parents-to-be.

Lets have fun together!

Yours Cordially
Anupama

Directions:
Take WA-520 East, go till end of freeway
WA-520 East becomes Avondale. Go about 1 mile.
Turn right onto NE Novelty Hill Road . Go 2.4 miles
Turn Right onto CEDAR PARK CRES NE. Go 0.3 miles
Turn Right into Community Center.

Mother's Love

Dear Our all sweet People, Good Morning, How are you?

Motherhood is one of the most cherished and valued roles in our society. A mother's work requires extraordinary patience and compassion, and her example influences the formation of young lives.

Mothers make great sacrifices and serve as caregivers and role models to help their children embrace dreams and aspirations.

From these remarkable women, children learn character and values, the importance of giving back to their communities, and the courage to realize their potential.

With Love, Amma-Naana

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Her love is like an island
In life's ocean, vast and wide
A peaceful, quiet shelter
From the wind, the rain, the tide.

'Tis bound on the north by Hope,
By Patience on the West,
By tender Counsel on the South
And on the East by Rest.

Above it like a beacon light
And thro' the changing scenes of life
I find a haven there.

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"M" is for the million things she gave me,
"O" means only that she's growing old,
"T" is for the tears she shed to save me,
"H" is for her heart of purest gold;
"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
"R" means right, and right she'll always be,
Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER,"
A word that means the world to me.

Hope...Sun sets to rise again.

Dear Children,

Here are some interesting quotations on Hope.

~He who does not hope to win has already lost.

~Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles.

~A minute's success pays the failure of years. Man partly is and wholly hopes to be.

~Hope is a waking dream. Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln.

~Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure. My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

~The secret of the true love of work is the hope of success in that work.

~It is not for the money reward, for the time spent, or for the skill exercised,
but for the successful result in the accomplishment of the work itself.

Lead a life with full of Hope!
Amma-Naana

Happy Mother's Day

H A P P Y M O T H E R ' S D A Y

Auto-biography of John Inman & His Message to Ajay

"I was born in Palo Alto, California were I was raised for 19 years. My father was a scientist and my mother was a home maker. I was able to travel a bit when I was young because my older brother was a diplomat.

I moved to Oregon in 1971 to go to college at Oregon State University. And yes that does make me a Beaver! I started to school in Geological Oceanography but switched majors and graduated with duel degrees in Animal Science/Pre-Vet and Business Management. I have lived in the northwest since 1971 in both Oregon and Seattle, Washington.

I have many interests and concerns and I believe in contributing to not only my family but to my community and the world. Life is all about balancing and balancing my interests with work, school, and my family is always an issue. That is one reason I put together this web site so that I can have one place to keep track of all the things I am involved with.

My primary mode of exercise and something I love to do. I walk with my daughter Kinnera. All of my recreation time is invested with my family.

love to read for the challenge of learning new things as well as I love a great story. Reading is also the gateway to knowledge and is one of the prime ways to break out of the world of complacency.

Hazel and I made up our minds to adopt during the Christmas holiday in 1999. We had been exploring adoption for over 7 years but had not made the decision to move ahead. We had taken the state adoption classes and visited adoption agencies. David had been asking for a little sister for that whole 7 years.

A decision like adoption is a big decision both financially and as a change for the family. I also had to be comfortable starting a new family at 48. Once we made the decision, and that decision was amazingly easy to make, we started to explore the culture from which we wanted to adopt.

We decided that we wanted to adopt from India and we were fortunate that Plan has a long history working with India. We chose India for several reasons, one of those reasons was that we had friends who worked with me from India and I felt very comfortable with them and the culture.

We are very fortunate to live in a democratic society. I do not take this lightly. I often think about what democracy means to me. I believe it means far more than most people realize. The bottom line to me is that we have options available to us guaranteed by law. We have options to hold beliefs, to behave within the law, to make lawful choices that will take us where we will in this life. The key is options. I believe any movement that seeks to limit options, seeks to take away our democracy.
The beauty of a democracy is that we can believe what ever we want to as long as we do not impose our beliefs on others.Open political debate is the foundation of our democracy. Politics involves the peaceful resolution of differences."

~ John Inman

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Ajay, I can not even begin to fully express my appreciation for the wonderful evening I had with everyone. Most memorable. Your father was also delightful and your mother gracious.

Your wife and her friends did so much work and the result was so delicious. My wife Hazel is so excited to come up with the family and join in another evening. Maybe during the summer we can come up during the weekend and we can all have a picnic together at Merrymore park.
That would really be fun. By the way, Kinnera loves the book. She is very excited to read it. Hazel went to Portland today and asked her if she could take the book with her, and Kinnera almost would not let her take it. So cute. I have attached a copy of the life book for you to share with everyone. In this way you can copy any of the text that you would like for your families.

Would you do me a favor? If you would provide me with or ask everyone to provide me with all of the family information and contact information, I would appreciate it. If I could have husband and wife, children, address, phone and e-mails then I can have everyone in my address book.

I can then also thank each family personally for the wonderful hospitality. Take care and we will talk soon.

John Inman

Message from Vivek Garu

Dear Somaiah Garu,

Congratulations on the occasion of launching out our website. It is looking great. It would not have been possible without your enthusiasm, and initiation.

Thank you !

Vivek

Launch of Andhra Cultural Association, Edmonton, Canada Site at www.aca-edmonton.org

Our sincere thanks to the following members of Andhra Cultural Association for their inputs to design this website. http://WWW.ACA-EDMONTON.ORG/

Anugula Mahipal Reddy, Anchoori Vidyasagar & Sabitha, Baradi Damayanthi, Basappa Sharana, Bathini Yadagiri, Bathini Lavanya, Chamarthy Kanaka Durga , Damaraju Sambasiva Rao, Kamma Sujatha, Koganty Raghupathi Rao. Kumbam Ashok, Madabathula Rambabu, Mathukumalli Suseela, Pariti Murthy, Peddakotla Ramprakash Reddy, Puligandla Giri, Valupadas Murahari, Vemula Vivekanand Rao, Vishnubhotla Anand & Vishnubhotla Laxmi etc.

And at last but not the least our sincere thanks goes to Anupama Kasani who has designed this site beautifully and promptly, in spite of her busy schedule, voluntarily.

We are also thankful to Hon Bharath Agnihotri M L A for his message.

-ANDHRA CULTURAL ASSOCIATION, E D M O N T O N

The Encyclopedia Of Life - A Link for you, Dear Children

Comprehensive, collaborative, ever-growing, and personalized, the Encyclopedia of Life is an ecosystem of websites that makes all key information about life on Earth accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world. Our goal is to create a constantly evolving encyclopedia that lives on the Internet, with contributions from scientists and amateurs alike. To transform the science of biology, and inspire a new generation of scientists, by aggregating all known data about every living species. And ultimately, to increase our collective understanding of life on Earth, and safeguard the richest possible spectrum of biodiversity.

Species pages in EOL will call upon information that has been created by partners. The information will be dynamically recombined on the web in a form that offers great flexibility, diversity and welcomes input. Novel tools will be added to this ever-evolving content to visualize the immense scope and richness of biodiversity and to aid exploration of the Encyclopedia. These demonstration pages offer a vision of how the species pages will appear.

What about Wikipedia?
Wikipedia inspired us. Wikipedia accumulated about 1.5 million entries in English in its first four years. That gave us confidence that our tasks are manageable with current technology and social behaviour, although the expert community in a lot of the subjects for pages in Encyclopedia of Life may be only a handful of people. Wikipedia has also created some species pages, as have other groups. Encyclopedia of Life will, we hope, unite all such efforts and increase their value. The Wikimedia Foundation is a member of the Encyclopedia’s Institutional Council.

Take Time to Enjoy Little Pleasures in life

"What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?

No time to stand beneath the boughs,
And stare as long as sheep and cows:

No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass:

No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night:

No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance:

No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began?

A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare."

With Love,
Amma-Naana

Thought For The Day

"You are the person who has to decide
Whether you’ll do it or toss it aside;

You are the person who makes up your mind
Whether you’ll lead or will linger behind.

Whether you’ll try for the goal that’s afar
Or just be contented to stay where you are."

Have a Nice Day!
Amma-Naana

A Poem By Sree Sree

పొలాల నన్నీ, హలాల దున్నీ,
ఇలాతలంలో హేమం పిండగ –
జగానికంతా సౌఖ్యం నిండగ –
విరామ మెరుగక పరిశ్రమించే,
బలం ధరిత్రికి బలి కావించే,
కర్షక వీరుల కాయం నిండా
కాలువకట్టే ఘర్మజలానికి,
ఘర్మజలానికి, ధర్మజలానికి,
ఘర్మజలానికి ఖరీదు లేదోయ్ !

నరాల బిగువూ
కరాల సత్తువ
వరాల వర్షం కురిపించాలని
ప్రపంచ భాగ్యం వర్ధిల్లాలని -
గనిలో, పనిలో, కార్ఖానాలో
పరిక్లమిస్తూ - పరిప్లవిస్తూ
ధనిక స్వామికి దాస్యం చేసే,
యంత్ర భూతముల కోరలు తోమే,
కార్మిక వీరుల కన్నుల నిండా
కణ కణ మండే గలగల తొణకే
విలాపాగ్నులకు, విషాదాశ్రులకు
ఖరీదు కట్టే షరాబు లేడోయ్ !

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కమ్మరి కొలిమీ, కుమ్మరి చక్రం,
జాలరి పగ్గం, సాలెల మగ్గం,
శరీరకష్టం స్ఫురింపజేసే
గొడ్డలి, రంపం, కొడవలి, నాగలి,
సహస్ర వృత్తుల సమస్త చిహ్నలు –
నా వినుతించే - నా విరుతించే
నా వినిపించే నవీన గీతికి,
నా విరచించే నవీన రీతికి,
భావ్యం ! భాగ్యం ! ప్రాణం ! ప్రణవం !

- శ్రీ శ్రీ తేదీ: 7 - 5 – 1937

Rainbows - Khalil Gibran

Dear Children, Here is a poem for you by Khalil Gibran. Love, Amma-Naana

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If I could catch a rainbow
I would do it just for you.
And share with you its beauty
On the days you're feeling blue.

If I could build a mountain
you could call your very own.
A place to find serenity
a place to be alone.

If I could take your troubles
I would toss them in the sea.
But all these things I'm finding
are impossible for me,

I cannot build a mountain
Or catch a rainbow fair,
But let me be what I know best

A friend that's always there.

Friends keep an eye on short comings.

Thank You very much madam, for your sincere and prompt feedback. Thank your very much. I always invite your feedback. When the student is ready, I hope the teacher appears.

I am proud of coming in contact with a worthy friend, the worthy teacher.

- Somayya Kasani

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Dear Somaiah garu:

1. Just saw all aspects of ACA website. It looks good. Congratulations for your initiative and creativity for making a move towards restoring ACA to its well deserved position of respectability. After all, it is the very first Indian Cultural Organization in all of North America.

One comment re links: there are more links to US organizations than Canadian ones. None to the one from our sister city Calgary. They seem to have a Telugu group; I am not sure if it is a registered organization but certainly merits a link. There may be organizations in other Canadian cities like London, On or Montreal etc. Too much emphasis on US contacts only breeds branch plant mentality.

2. Re letter to Mr. Agnihotri: I don't know why he was selected to be addressed, but I hope you don't mind if I point out a few breeches of protocol.

a. Bharat Agnihotri is NOT the Leader of the Opposition (which fact he conveniently neglected to point out.). That honor belongs to the Honorable Kevin Taft, Ph. D.

b. In formal communications, all members of the legislature should be addressed as 'Hon.', short for 'Honorable' on the envelope if there is one and as 'Sir' in the body of the letter itself. These are rules of etiquette.

c. In an informal communication where no reference is made to his status in the legislature any form of address is acceptable, even a first name.

Hope you would excuse the liberty I took to make these points. I believe that everybody heaps praise; only friends keep an eye on short comings.

Regards,

Suseela

Message to ACA from Bharat Agnihotri, MLA, Edmonton

Culture, the acquainting ourselves with the best that has been known and said . . . thus with the human spirit.
- Matthew Arnold

As the member of the provincial legislature for Edmonton Ellerslie, I congratulate the association on the creation of your web site. The site will be a valuable tool in your work of preserving and promoting the culture of Andhra. As citizens in a multicultural society, each community has the opportunity to do as Arnold suggests, acquaint themselves and others, with the best that has been known and said in their culture. Whether exploring and encouraging the language, literature, history, arts or customs of Andhra you are helping lift the human spirit. I wish you every success in your work.

Continued success in all your endeavors.
Sincerely,
Bart Agnihotri, MLA
Edmonton Ellerslie

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Bharat Agnihotri was elected to his first term as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the constituency of Edmonton-Ellerslie on November 22, 2004. He is currently a member of the Private Bills Committee.

Mr. Agnihotri has been an Edmonton realtor since 1997, during which time he was recognized as the top five per cent realtor in Edmonton and the top one per cent realtor for Sutton Polaris Realty. As one of the top-selling realtors in Edmonton, Mr. Agnihotri earned a number of distinctions in his career, including the prestigious Medallion Club award, the Chairman’s Club award and the President’s Club award. Born and raised in India, Mr. Agnihotri earned a bachelor of arts degree, majoring in economics and political science, from Guru Nanak University in Amritsar.
Since coming to Edmonton, Mr. Agnihotri has been active in the community both culturally and politically for the past 14 years. Believing it is important to give back to the community, Mr. Agnihotri is a member of a number of charitable organizations. He was previously involved with the Mill Woods Presidents’ Council and a volunteer at the Grey Nuns Hospital.

Mr. Agnihotri is married to Rita. During his free time he enjoys watching cricket matches, playing table tennis and cricket and taking long walks.