May all those who read this be showered with prosperity, the unmarried be blessed with a happy married life, and those separated from their spouse due to misunderstandings be re-united by the grace of Almighty.

Soon after Sita was found, King Seeradhwaja Janaka was blessed with another daughter by the name of Urmila.Sita and Urmila often played games such as Ammanai ( Juggling) with their paternal cousins Mandavi and Sruthakeerthi. One day while they played, the ball slipped from Sita's...

In Valmiki Ramayanam, King Janaka says that Sita was found in his yagabhoomi when it was being ploughed and she is "ayonijai" ( not born from garbavasam)

Ananada Ramayanam gives an exciting story about the appearance of Sita from the ground.

The demon king Padmakshan, desirous to have Lakshmi as his daughter observed a severe penance. Lakshmi, pleased with his penance appeared before him and Padmakshan asked that his desire be fulfilled.

Lakshmi...

A Book with pages filled with happy and sad lines
Our life filled with happy and bitter events,

A story is understood only by reading all the lines
A life is lived only by living all the days and nights;

Many characters in a story-nice and evil
Many people come and go in our life;

The chapters close some events and start new
We need closure with so many to start a day anew,

All books do not have a happy ending
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A thin sunray in the lights of Dawn
A drop of Rain in the cracked ground
A gentle breeze in the Summer
A new leaf after the Winter
The blossoming of a tiny rose bud
A baby taking the first step

These are some of the Messengers of Hope conveying that tomorrow is going to be better than today.

Every year on the fourth of July, we have been going out to see the fireworks for the Independence celebration ever since we moved to the US. For the one or two years that we may have missed, we still stepped out into our backyard and caught a little bit of the fireworks display. This year we were so rapt watching "Taare Zameen Par" that we missed it. But we got the pleasure of watching a beautiful movie that gives the viewers to see into the world of a dyslexic child. The father of the...