Trip to Tirumala - the 3 Gundus

This week - we just came back from the pilgrimmage called Tirupathi. At the end of the trip I had several things..

3 Gundus (DH and 2 Sons) and 3 ailments - the Cold and Cough and Throat Infection decided to stay loyal to me. Also they decided to bless my kids as well. As a result I have been working from home this whole week.

As an educated lady I totally understand when people ask me to keep away from crowds since I could be the "Infection Giver". But what I fail to understand is how to stay away from my infant and still take care of him and still ensrue that he doesnt catch a cold. -- Innovation anybody - badly needed here please............

Coming back to the Trip to Tirupathi - this place is belssed - the trip is a testimony to several good qualities in us as human beings.

Patience is a Virtue - long forgotten - that we are reminded of when we yearn to have a darshan, the time taken to reach to the sanctum sanctoriom is a process of purification in itself. We have got used to quick money and easy luxury and have forgotten that patience (for 9 months) is what actually got us into this world...

All Humans are equal - NO MATTER what arrangements we make, how much we plan in advance , who gives letters and where we stay, whether it takes 2 hours or 24 hours to each the darshan point,  in the end - the Darshan is Divine - Enticing and its equal to all - the diety is visible exactly for 1-2 minutes in a normal case.

But hey, how many of us really pray whole-heartedly without any desires to GOD beyond these 2 mins. Check yourself out. If you can stand in a temple for more than 2 minutes and if your mind doesn't start reeling desires - you are an enlightened soul..........

The Darshan in Tirupathi is soo pious because its devoid of desires for many - the sheer appreciation of the diety and the admiration of the Diety that you have soo longed to see is purely spiritual, since we do not get time beyond that.

I have completed a trip with 2 kids - however I have enjoyed this (just like all my earlier trips to Tirumala) and am eager to go again whenever life permits.

To add to it , I am currently feeling pretty nice given I am surrounded by 3 gundus of very different size, shape and color :)

Back with a bang

After more than a year - have resolved to restart this activity.

During this 1.5 years - I have travelled to the US for a trip to meet my sister, have had my second baby - thus completing my family and have done many other good things and not so good things too....

Recently, I was exposed to a training on "Decluttering your Life" and "Spending your time on what YOU choose to". I quite surprisingly realized I wanted to spend time writing this BLOG.

This is not only an opportunity for me to pen my thoughts but a reflection of it for me to come back after sometime and experience these moments again.

So I have decided to start writing again - the posts may be lacking in purpose / a certain theme but there will definitely be something that I enjoyed or something that made my life worth it.

For now - I introduce my family of 3 Men (Niranjan Mantha, Hitesh Mantha and Dravid Mantha). The ernest yearning for a daughter has not frutified so I am busy making up for all this by treating myself to all the shopping and pampering  I can (since I stand sans competition in my family).

This year 2012 - has been quite a beautiful year for several reasons. After probably dilly-dallying for almost 9 to 10 years I have started driving. The sense of freedom is still sinking in - but it is precious.

I started learning swimming - didn't get to the finish - but having experienced the underwater buoyancy - I am sure I will go back and conquer that beast as well.

Family complete - brings home to me a major responsibility - to loose weight - not only the post-partum but also the earlier mess that I have managed to amass with great gusto.

I am still warming up to the idea of doing this seriously but do I MUST - its just round the corner - how far the corner is - is the eternal question :P.

All said and done you will see much more of me this year and going forward as I write to myself about myself for myself........

Thinking and Thunking all over again........