Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Efforts on Formation of a Literary Circle

Mr Kasani,

Thanks for the pains you have taken to come to the library on such a windy day. Hope you might be enjoying a happy time with your family. Let us hope for a new program very soon. I enjoyed your company a lot but not sure whether you feel the same.

Yours sincerely,
PDSharma




Dear P D Sharmaji,

Good Evening! Thank You for your e-mail. Yes, I too felt happy with your company. Yes! Both of us reached the library almost at the same time!. We could reach the place on time, as we have decided it earlier.

I told couple of my friends about our thoughts on forming a literary Circle, where the Indians and also Canadians can meet on a common platform for our common social, literary and cultural interests. They appreciated our idea. I hope you could even do it with some. Let us share it with several other people and let us sit and talk on it further in few more sittings. Please convey my best regards to our companion who participated on our trip to the Public Library, downtown.

Yours,
Somayya Kasani



Dear P D Sharmaji, GOOD MORNING! How are you?

I am sending you a short ' Essay ON DIVERSITY ' out of my reading yesterday.... I believe that these differences are merely superficial things, allowing us to be our own individual and unique being.... Please read these few lines and give me your impression too.

Yours,
Somayya Kasani


In the twenty-first century, technology is advancing at the speed of light, innovations are exploding out of every nook and cranny of the Earth and knowledge is continually supplemented by ongoing research. More so now that ever, we have access to all areas of the world: geographic areas, people, and cultures.

Understanding, appreciation, and value of differences and change through exploration in the twenty-first century will lead to enrichment of knowledge and appreciation of all aspects that the Earth has to offer.

Diversity in the 21st century is a significant issue. It is an issue that is frequently brought up in everyday life. I think it's important to understand diversity today because we live in a society where there are many different races and cultures wherever we go. Diversity- the one word that can describe the uniqueness and individuality in each and every one of us.

It is this diversity that keeps our lives interesting and enables us to learn new things from one another. Without diversity, we would all be walking clones of each other.

It is important to respect and appreciate diversity now, in the 21st century, more than ever. We are becoming a technologically advanced society. When utilizing this technology effectively, we can connect to people and places all over the world. We can share in the experiences of their lives and learn from the knowledge they've acquired and possess.We need to explore these differences, with an open-mind, so that we can all be resources for one another's education and growth.



Monday, November 13, 2006

Children's Day - November 14


Jawahar Nehru, First Prime Minister of India's Message to Children


I like being with you and talking to you and, even more, playing with you...

I would like to talk to you about this beautiful world of ours...

The world itself is the greatest fairy tale and story of adventure that was ever written...

Only we must have eyes to see and ears to hear and a mind that opens to the life and beauty of the world...

Sunday, November 12, 2006

Greetings


Dear All, Good Evening!

Today we associated with a few families from our ACA, Edmonton. Akkaiah, Mr. Kamalesh and their loving children are getting ready for their trip to India. Tomorrow, Master Vinod has a holiday. So he will associate with us at our sweet home.

WITH LOVE,

AMMA - NAANA



~ Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
~ The most perfect society is that whose purpose is the universal and supreme happiness. ~ Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who we are or what we have, it depends solely upon what we think.

~ The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.
~ The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate.

Dear Children,

Here is the story of Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate.

With Love, Amma-Naana


Mrs. Pauline Michel, of Montreal, Quebec, is the second poet to hold this office.

Active in a number of fields in the arts, Mrs. Michel will be a valuable Canadian ambassador for the written word.

Her accomplishments are many, including the translation of some of her work into English, Spanish and Chinese.

Once a secondary school, college and university teacher, Mrs. Michel, to our everlasting gratitude, is now teaching us all, through her novels, her poems, her children’s stories and her plays.

She embodies the essence of artistic endeavour and achievement.

Saturday, November 11, 2006

Hope...

What keeps us alive, what allows us to endure?
I think it is the hope of loving, or being loved.

We weep when light does not reach our hearts.
We wither like fields if someone close does not rain their kindness upon us.

Hope is not the closing of our eyes to the Difficulty, the Risk, Or the Failure.
It is a trust that - If I fail now -I shall not fail forever; And If I am hurt, I shall be healed.

It is a trust that Life is good, Love is powerful, and the future is full of Premise.


"May a kind word, a reassuring touch, and a warm smile be yours every day of your life, and may you give these gifts as well as receive them.. "

With Love,
Amma-Naana

Greetings from Edmonton, Canada


Dear Children,
All of you have a good weekend!
With love, amma - naana



~ We can give no greater gift to others than putting them at ease.
~ Successful people make right decisions early and manage these decisions daily.
~ The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.
~ What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.
~ Trust is the foundation of any relationship.
~ We go to higher level when we treat others better than they treat us.
~ All relationships need cultivation. The nature and purpose of a relationship will determine the energy and time needed to cultivate it.

~ The joy shared is the joy doubled.