Anniversary

On May 1st last year (2005), a tired young man got down at Bangalore railway station, disgusted with the 4-hour delay of the Hyderabad-Mysore summer special express, and took an auto to Maharaja Hotel, 80 ft. road, Koramangala. Coincidentally, after exactly one year, he celebrated his 1st anniversary (that is, one May 1st, 2006).

And the following are the Minutes of the anniversary celebration jamboree :

Channel: DD-8 Saptagiri

6 PM: Chitramanjari--
songts from the following movies:
1) Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo (Mohanam)
2) Vivaha Bhojambu
3) Billa Ranga

6:15 PM: Vyavasaayadaarula kaaryakramam--
1) vangalo (brinjal-lo, egg-plant-lo) sasya rakshana:
a)vangalo muvvu, kaaya tholuchu purugu, Dr.V Sasibhushan gave some tips on how to use 'Lingaakarshana buttaas'. Also, Prophenophon and Endosulphon in prescribed doses are good against this pest.
b) vangalo penubanka: Acephate and Dimethoate should go good (of couse in "niyamitha mothadulo").
c) vangalo erranalli nivaraNa

2) Kobbarilo Iriophid nalli: Use Vepa nune, gandhakam mix, also Monochrotophos. (in background, Santoor in raga Bhupali)

3) Jeedimaamidi lo sasya rakshana: discussion on eradicating Kaandam, veru tholiche purugu.

(all in all, very satisfactory, but would have been better if "nathrajani" and "Bhaasvaram" were mentioned atleast for old-timers' sake)

6:30 PM: Vyavasaayadaarula vaarthalu: -- self-made pashu-daNa ("Karrapendalam podi".. intriguing name!)

6:45 PM: Gramadarshini: ( no notes, very sleepy)
Nevertheless, please send your suggestions and feedback to:
Gramadarshini,
c/o Director,
DD Kendram,
Ramantapur,
Hyderabad-500013.

7:00 PM GramiNa Bharatam (slept away)

Around 8:30 PM (??) Vaarthalu: woke up just in time for the "detailed weather report" od DD:

city Max(deg. cel.) Min (deg. cel.)
Hyderabad 41.6 25.4
Vishakapattanam 37.0 30.0
Vijayawada 38.2 27.8
Tirupathi 43.7 29.8

8:30 PM: Byomkesh bakshi (telugu version) -- not bad at all!!!!! (watched while having dinner)

9:15 PM: Maryada Ramanna-- My favorite. Only 15 minutes but ultimate series. Title music-Hamsadhwani.

9:30 PM: Practised Bhagya suktam in rig vedic accent once more. Progress satisfactory. Preparations launched for the next suktam-- Hiranyagarbha suktam.

10:30 PM: selavu.