Personal Weblog of Deepak Vasudevan

Are you the one who forget the day-to-day chores and routines when you launch the browser and go online? Then this Chrome Extension ( Timer ) is for you. It can start a stopwatch behind the scenes and when the time is up it would give a gentle toaster message near the system clock 'The time is up'.  At least for me it is very useful in the following aspects: Save my food from being over-cooked whilst I do something important online.  Ensure that any one task item in my Todolist does not take too much of resources and time and I give a fair share to all the items which are driven to completion in perfection. A few things that would be desirable in the tool are: More repeatable alarm Optional high audio MP3 support (so that even when I am away from the computer in a different room I am being gently reminded of the timer. Snooze support  

Very interestingly around an year back my Samsung E1410 was traumatized by water. About few months back my Samsung Alias was swept by water and I had to replace with Samsung Gusto. And during my New York trip  this one suffered a little water damage. Verizon Wireless offered to replace the mobile on a priority basis. In the Dwapar yuga the years and span are more and hence it was Asta Vasu was 'Bheeshma'. And now being Kaliyuga we can consider the fourth one (Samsung) being the Bheeshma. Check out this video by rajshri : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNEQONGB2e4&feature=relmfu  

Currently mesmerized with the 'Govinda Hari Govinda' song of Sri Venkatesam Manasa Smarami album. Sri Srinivasa Govinda Sri Venkatesa Govinda Bhaktavatsala Govinda Bhagavatapriya Govinda Nityanirmala Govinda Neelameghasyama Govinda Puranapurusha Govinda Pundarikaksha Govinda Govinda Hari Govinda Gokulanandana Govinda Nandanandana Govinda Navaneeta chora Govinda Pasupalaka Sri Govinda Papavimochana Govinda Dushtasamhara Govinda Durita nivarana Govinda Sishta paripalaka Govinda Kashta nivarana Govinda Govinda Hari Govinda Gokulanandana Govinda Vajramakutadhara Govinda Varahamurtivi Govinda Gopijanalola Govinda Govardhanoddhara Govinda Dasarathanandana Govinda Dasamukha mardhana Govinda Pakshivahana Govinda Pandavapriya Govinda Govinda Hari Govinda Gokulanandana Govinda Matsya Kurma Govinda Madhusudhana Hari Govinda Varaha Narasimha Govinda Vamana Brughurama Govinda Balaramanuja Govinda Bhouddha Kalkidhara Govinda Venuganapriya Govinda Ven...

The Tamil New Year 2011-12 (Kara) year had been a blissful start with a divine pilgrimage to Western Trichinopoly (the state of New York) culminating in the sanctum sanctorum of Sri Ranganatha at Western Srirangam (Pomona NY) on the banks of Western Cauvery (Hudson River). I wouldn't need to go detail about the same in this blog regarding the pilgrimage because that would come under the scope of " LD Voyage ".  Right from Viswaroopa darshan/Suprabhatam (waking up the Lord) till the most beautiful Sayanothsavam around 8 PM when Ranga is put to sleep had been a blissfully beautiful divine experience. The temple comes under august auspices of Sri Ahobila Mutt . The other significant deities in the temple are: Sri Krishna Sri Srinivasa Sri Sathyanarayana Sri Mahalakshmi The Twelve Azhwars Sri Bhagavat Ramanuja Sri Kodhai (aka) Sri Andal Sri Vedanta Desikan Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan Sri Sita-Rama-Lakshmana-Hanuman I know these posts are coming like two days delayed after my retur...

This is my newest addition to my personal music collection. Melodius sanskrit verses bringing Tirumala right to your desktop with my living room just vibrating with the incessantly invigorating chant of Govinda .  It looks there is a rendition of the same from Dr. S. P. Balasubramaniam too. I would suggest you check the same from your local music store and/or Amazon to sweep in positive spiritual vibes to us and our ambience.  Frankly speaking I did nurture a kind of hatred and/or abeyance of devotion to Tirumala and Ranganathan which might be deduced from a few turbulent tremors a couple of years back. My sincere thanks to my guru (Smt. Uma Mohan ), Sri Ranganatha Temple (Pomona NY)  and LBM  to clear the various hurdles and bring back the devotion to the paramatma which is the true bliss compared to the mundane distractions and diversions. Om Namo Venkatesaya!

The most important of the Tamil New Year celebrations is the Panchanga patanam. Please find the Kara Varusha Panchangam year or you can also view it from here .

The Deepak's Travelog being served at http://deepak.blogdrive.com/ is now being migrated and served from http://ldvoyage.wordpress.com/ I am in the process of importing the posts from Blogdrive to Wordpress.  Why is the move? Better and powerful blogging platform @Wordpress.  Whilst blogdrive is no doubt a very good blogging website Wordpress has still powerful features like spam protection and templating. You may have observed that even Windows Live Spaces blog is being now powered by Wordpress. Whilst this move is happening you may find the older posts appropriately cataloged into the newer blog. Spam comments would be dropped whilst importing. If you suspect a spam comment creeping in inadvertently then drop me a note. And similarly if you find a genuine comment that you have seen in the erstwhile blog but that got dropped in LDVoyage, I sincerely apologise for the same. Please let me know of the same and I would import it.  The import/export is being m...

Being a weekend I was just went to a nearby theater which is basically a non-airconditioned old-styled talkie one to watch a Vijaykanth film 'Vallarasu'. Interestingly in the evening the local cable was telecasting 'Roja'. Both the films have national sentiments of campagning against terrorists. Interestingly the prime villain terrorist in both the names is 'Wasim Khan'. I am not sure if there is any hidden meaning in 'Wasim Khan' and why distinct set of Kollywood directors zero in on this name for their villain. And similarly there is another trend in Indian movies. The contemporary civil villains are normally named behind explosives and/or variants of them. A couple of examples in this perspective are: 'Power' in 'Gandhipuram' 'RDX' in 'Aadhi'. Can these nomenclature be brought under censorship radar?

Here is a beautiful website providing comprehensive information about your so-called representatives: http://myneta.info/ And with the state elections in Tamil Nadu quite near, check out  http://myneta.info/tamilnadu2011/ before walking into the polling booth to ensure that you cast your votes on a more right person. At least these days of politics you don't find a good one. I would say even the callous statement " ராமன் ஆண்டால் என்ன ராவணன் ஆண்டால் என்ன" should now change as " ராவணன் ஆண்டால் என்ன துரியோதனன் ஆண்டால் என்ன ". That is the sad plight of the current administration. Even then it is better that you exercise your franchise so that at least a relatively lesser wicked is chosen and if you overlook your rights of franchise a worst demon might sit atop your arse/head. And a quick bite of info. Here is something about Muthuvel Karunananidhi who is currently occupying the chair of the Chief Minister:    

Who is Anna Hazare? A n ex-army man. Fought 1965 Indo-Pak War  What's so special about him?  He built a village Ralegaon Siddhi in Ahamad Nagar district, Maharashtra  So what? T his village is a self-sustained model village. Energy is produced in the village itself from solar power, biofuel and wind mills.  In 1975, it used to be a poverty clad village. Now it is one of the richest village in India. It has become a model for self-sustained, eco-friendly & harmonic village.  This guy, Anna Hazare was awarded Padma Bhushan and is a known figure for his social activities.  Really, what is he fighting for?  He is supporting a cause, the amendment of a law to curb corruption in India.  H ow that can be possible? H e is advocating for a Bil, The Lok Pal Bill (The Citizen Ombudsman Bill), that will form an autonomous authority who will make politicians (ministers), beurocrats (IAS/IPS) accountable for their deeds.  It's an entirely new thi...

I am glad to share the snaps of Rudrabhishekam conducted on my new Shivalingam  and my new nandhi  today (27th March 2011). Though I could not make all the ingredients for the abhishekam, I feel blissful to have at least the following to be part of the abhishekam:  Oil Milk Curd/Yoghurt Honey Ghee Even after the spring started today early morning that had been a light snow all around, something very rare. Perhaps was it a blissful blessing of Maansaarovar@Virginia for our Rudrabhishekam!!!!

I had a few bucks left in my Amazon Gift Certificate unused from my previous ordering . Besides this I just thought I would make use of the subsequent Symantec gift certificate in November too. This turned into a Shivalingam which you are seeing in this video . Perhaps this is a spring gift from Nature to me for a blooming and rewarding spring.

A few days back I ordered a small Shivalingam and a rudraksha mala for my Pooja room. The same came in today, duly delivered by USPS. After inviting Him with a quick and small aarathi, I have placed the same in my pooja room near the Nandhi . A few snaps of the same has been illustrated in the enclosed video. As the video navigates through the snap you should also  be hearing Goswami Tulsidas' Rudrastakam in the melodius enchanting voice of Uma and her team.

After months of chill weather, hiding in warm enclosures and loaded with layers of protective warm garments, a little pleasant sweet charming spring starts to bloom. "A poet can not but be gay in such a jocund company. (--William Wordsworth in The Daffodils)" Here is a quick little snap of a tiny tree smiling slowly with tender leaves. You can listen to a pleasant MP3 related to this calm and rewarding mind over here .

Today morning when I switched on my computer and logged on to it, the desktop had a very interesting appearance. I normally don't prefer too many icons on the desktop unless the most frequently used ones.  The four icons had got assembled like a staircase.  Todolist was showing up like the first step indicating that you need to plan your activities and execute it systematically.   Once you plan the activities then comes a streamlined navigation.(Nautilus is a file manager in Ubuntu (like Windows Explorer)).  Once you are navigating through your deliverables systematically God would bless you with miracles. With the blessings of the Lord you can connect and progress to great steps with ease and spiritual bliss. Thanks for the bright Sunday morning!!!!

It is said that during election time the law and order reaches the heightened levels of deterioration in the state of Tamil Nadu particularly to a greater extent. The reasons are known to everyone. Here are a few points to recap. The excess workload of the party and/other cadre makes them to crave for petty pleasures like drink and flesh. Since the cops are busy handling the chores of their supervisors and the so-called election duties, they don't have any time and resource for the upkeep of law and order in the state in perfect status. We have already discussed about cops' contribution to this social stigma in much detail over here . Since the cops are in deep slumber the miscreants would feel that extra pinch of over-bubbling enthusiasm and joy I have a recent incident of my friend being victimized by a eve-teaser brushing rudely against her tits leaving her aghast very near the residence and in other ways the so-called peaceful area. We aren't yet sure whether...

I see more films now getting shot at my alma mater. The majestic campus does not fail to attract the major investors towards itself. A few of the latest movies I see epicentered in the campus are: Enthiran Kaavalan Inidhu Inidhu

Being a friday whilst driving through the city had an opportunity to view 'Bhavani IPS' in a neighborhood theater. After a long time a movie with social thought. And thanks to Kicha for bringing out this film exactly on the verge of elections. A few thoughts on the movie and the aptness of it for the current day highlights: Similarity with 'Saami' movie: (Compare And Contrast) Both the films are epicentered in Tinnevelly town Whilst Aarichamy (Vikram) was DCP -- Deputy Commissioner of Police, Bhavani (Sneha) was ACP -- Assistant Commissioner of Police Kota Sreenivasa Rao bags the same villain role in the city. 'Perumalpichai' in Saami and now as 'Sivalingam' Vikram reminded the cops that he had to be a rogue 'porukki' and not a professional cop to take the goons to the tasks which is repeated in this movie by one of the Sneha's collegue cops. Perumalpichai is aided by a MLA and a MP whereas Sivalingam is aided by a criminal lawyer and a...

March 19 2011 assumes paramount significance in more ways than one. It has extreme important and greatest spiritual significance on account of  Pankuni Uthiram . Pankuni Uthiram is considered a very sacred day amongst the hindus worldwide. You can get the basic info about the same from the wiki page  here . It is very significant in Lord Muruga temples Lord Shiva temples observe Pankuni Uthiram with great significance. The  Arupathimoovar  procession at Mylapore is world famous. Lord Vishnu temples have 'Thirukkalyanotsavams' observed with grandeur. You can check out the Medavakkam Sri Srinivasa Perumal temple Pankuni Uthiram Thirukkalyanotsavam announcements over here . It is a very significant celebration in Sabarimala .

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