Weather in Perth now showing different signs. Summer is over and we are in autumn now. Daily temperature has dropped at least by 10 degrees. Last week average day temperature was 25-28 Deg C where it was approximately 10-20 degrees in the night. This has brought a change in my daily routine.

It was five months before I and Jyoti played badminton together with our friends in KL. We were happy to play again at social club here in Perth. Awesome! We both love to play this game and used to play regularly when we were in Kuala Lumpur & Jakarta. We have decided to continue this from now onwards. I and Jyoti always try to do whatever we feel like doing as long as it is good and gives great satisfaction.

Gudi padva/Ugadhi - New year celebration per Hindu calender is celebrated in the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh. For more details on Gudi Padva/Ugadhi celebrations please refer. http://www.festivalsofindia.in/gudipadwa/


Wishing you all a very happy & prosperous Gudi padva festival on 27 th March 2009.

We are still in our rented home and soon will be shifting in our own house. Hopefully in April 09.

Daylight savings in Western Australia will end by 29th March 09. This means our watch will move backwards by one hour. Which is +2.5 hours of India time and +8 hours GMT.

good day

Padmakar(Paddy)

Holi Greetings !

Full moon in Perth

Wishing you all a very colorful HOLI!!!

To know more on HOLI refer link

http://www.holifestival.org/holi-festival.html

Cheers,
Padmakar(Paddy)

Attack on Sri Lankan cricket team was shocking. I never heard such type of incident happened with cricketers in the past. I was bit disturbed after hearing the news as sports personalities are also not spared. Its very difficult to predict as where the things are heading towards.

Buying Gandhiji's personal belongings like watch, spectacles etc. for $ 1.8 million. Its good to have Gandhiji's personal items back in country. As an Indian I am very happy to hear about it but at the same time I was just wondering, If India is having such a huge amount then why we are not spending or diverting this sum on improving health, educational standards. 1.8 million dollar would really brought light and ray of hope in many needy Indian homes. I reckon this would have been a true gift to Gandhiji who always dreamed to uplift the needy and poor people.

Switching back to Hamari Library project. I was very happy to discuss this with one of our friend Raj Jain and good to know that he is keen to help in spreading awareness about this cause. Thanks Raj! You are welcome in Hamari Library Team. Those who are not aware what this Hamari Libray please refer the links below. I remember mentioning about it in one of my blogs.

"Hamari Library" our programme/project for underprivileged children was kicked off in 2008. Thanks to all friends who directly and indirectly helped to make this project successful. Refer links below for more information. Thanks to nanhi kali and naandi organisation for their support to turn this project into reality.
http://www.nanhikali.org/news/archivesdetails.aspx?strid=28
http://www.nanhikali.org/news/archivesdetails.aspx?strid=38

We are planning to take up this further so that maximum number of children will get benefit out of it. To achieve this what we need is help from you all. If you want to be a part of this programme and keen on knowing more details, do drop me a mail or leave your comment on this blog.

Today I and Jyoti met Gurunath Pendse, Parvani Pendse and Abhjit Deshmukh. Happy Sunday evening with new friends. Really meomorable.

good day,

ciao

Padmakar(Paddy)