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BIG BANK THEORY. Govt of India have cleared on Wednesday (that is, yesterday), SBI's acquisition of five subsidiary banks. State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, SB Hyderabad, SB Travancore, SB Mysore, SB Patiala will merge with SBI. After the merger, (the exact date of merger not yet known), SBI will have an asset base of 37 lakh crore rupees, 22,500 branches, 58,000 ATMs and 50 crore customers. I am proud to be one of those 50 cr customers and Vijaya is one more customer of SBI. I joined SBI at Kanchanbagh (Chandrayangutta branch) Hyderabad during 1st week of March 1974. Later, at the Kilpauk branch, Chennai since Oct 2001. I am a customer of SBI for over 43 years and Vijaya for over 28 years. We both are happy and proud of OUR bank SBI. From a 4-digit account number to the present 12-digit number, from Demand drafts to the present UPIs / IMPS / NEFT, from a non-standardised  piece of Cheques and withdrawal slips and serpentine queues to the globally-standardised beautiful che...

ஸ்ரீராம் உபநயனம் - 6-2-2017 திங்கட்கிழமை எங்கள் மகன் அருண் - காயத்ரியின் புத்திரன் சி. ஸ்ரீராமனுக்கு (பிறந்த தேதி 8-4-2008) உபநயனம் செய்விக்கலாம் என காயத்ரி 2016 நவம்பர் 6-ஆம் தேதியன்று தெரிவித்தாள். முதலில் பல்வேறு எண்ணங்கள் உதித்த போதிலும், இறுதியில் மண்டபத்தில் பண்ணுவது என்று முடிவாகியது. ஃபிப்ரவரியில் பண்ணுவது என நிச்சயம் பண்ணி, சாஸ்திரிகள் மாமாவை அழைத்து நாள் குறித்துத் தர சொன்னோம். அவர் சொன்ன 4 நாட்களில் ஃபிப்ரவரி 6-ஆம் தேதியை நிச்சயித்தோம். பல மண்டபங்களை பார்க்க ஆரம்பித்தோம். கடைசியில் அருண் அடையாறில் உள்ள ஸ்ரீகிருஷ்ணா ஹாலை புக் செய்தான். டிசம்பர் 28 அன்று பத்திரிகை அடித்தோம். பட்டு மன்னி தொடங்கி எல்லாருக்கும் ஃபோன் மூலம் செய்தி தெரிவித்தோம் (டிச 28) 29-ஆம் தேதியன்று உபநயனத்திற்கு தான் வர இருப்பதாகவும் அதற்கான டிக்கெட் வாங்கிவிட்டதாயும் மன்னி உடனே பதில் தெரிவித்தார். 2017 ஜனவரி 4-ஆம் தேதி பத்திரிகை அடித்தோம். 6-ஆம் தேதி முதல் பத்திரிகைகள் போஸ்ட் செய்ய ஆரம்பித்தோம். 21-ஆம் தேதி சாஸ்திரிகள் மாமா சாமான்கள் லிஸ்ட் கொடுத்தார். ரமா, சத்யமூர்த்தி, சந்தோஷ் குடும்பம், வாசு,...

MADRAS, namma MADRAS. PURASAIWAKKAM. A small obit advt in today’s (6 th Nov) paper caught my eyes and took me back 15 years, to the time when my wife and I landed in Chennai in December 2001. That obit note was the remembrance of Haji Madharsha the owner and founder of a great cloth store. The name kindled many sweet memories of Purasaiwakkam, a beautiful locality. We lived in Kilpauk first, halfway between Anna Nagar, and Purasaiwakkam. On the third side was the Poonamalee High road, another fabulous road. Also, Vepery was nearby. Having never been to this part of Chennai earlier, I was pleasantly surprised to see many roads named after English gentry. Landons’ Road, Harleys Rd, Ormes Rd, Taylors’ Rd, Halls Rd, Strahans Rd, Waddle’s Rd, Kellys’ Rd, Barnaby Rd, Flowers’ Rd, Millers’ Rd, Balfour Rd, … the list continues. Starting from our house at Aspiran Gardens, we come to Rajaji Vidhyashram, then proceed along Balfour road, come to the Kellys corner; the r...

SAVITHRI Srinivasan. 05-05-1943 --- 11-10-2016 SAVITHRI was born at Salem, Tamilnadu on 5 th May 1943 as the seventh child of our parents’ Sri GR Subramania Iyer and Smt Sampoornam Ammal. சுபானு வருஷம் சித்திரை மாசம் , 22- ஆம் தேதி , 5 May 1943, புதன் கிழமை , சேலத்தில் , பகல் 12:30 க்கு , கிருத்திகை (2) நக்ஷத்திரத்தில் பிறப்பு . After a few years there, our parents shifted to Pudupalayam, Cuddalore, where she started her schooling. She completed SSLC course (11 th standard) from the Government Girls’ High School, Tirupapuliyur, in 1958-59. Then she learnt type writing and tailoring as a hobby. She was married on 24 April 1966 at Tirupapuliyur to Sri SRINIVASAN. He was employed in a private firm at Salem and Savithri went to Salem. Their first son lived for just a few hours. Then her son RAMESH (Balakrishnan) was born on 3-9-1968 at Tirupapuliyur. When she conceived their second son, her husband Srinivasan suddenly died on 10 June 1970 of a heart attack at the ...

Sugavanam (Krishnan SS) 19 OCTOBER 1946 – 27 AUGUST 2016 My younger brother Sugavanam was born on 19-10-1946 at Salem, Tamil Nadu. He was the 8 th child to our parents – GR Subramania Iyer and Sampoornam Ammal. Being the 8 th child, he was named Krishnan. When he was months old, we shifted to Cuddalore. Initially we lived in Pudupalayam locality, but in 1953-54 we relocated to Tirupapuliyur area, behind the temple. 17, Babu Rao Street was the address where our father purchased a house and we shifted to this our own house. Sugavanam, like all of us, had his schooling here St Joseph’s High School. After passing SSLC, he applied for Diploma in Mechanical Engineering at Sri Ramakrishna Mission Polytechnic at Mylapore, Chennai. This was a charitable Institute where education, lodging, and food were free for students. He was fortunate to get a seat here, where apart from the academic curriculum, strict discipline and Vedic Learnings were taught by great Seers. He left for Madr...

OUR BANGALORE VISIT  8-AUG-  to 27 AUG 2016 After our Thiruvananthapuram visit, we returned to Chennai on the morning 0f 1st AUG. Then, we left for Bangalore by Double Decker train on the morning of Monday the 8th Aug. 9-8-2016 Today was my mother's 107th Birthday. 10-8-2016 A Long walk, and purchased battery for Vijaya's watch 13-8-2016 Fri    We all went to RSM house for Varalashmi Poojai 15-8-2016 Mon We two went to SUBRAMANI KUMAR's (my Periyamma Peran) house. Met him for the first time, his wife GEETHA, 2nd son NIKHIL and 1st son's wife VINIDHINI. Nice people. Returned to Ashok's place by 8-30PM. Old B&W photos of periyamma periyappa 16, 17,  Walking in the evening 18-8     YAJUR UPAKARMA at Ashok's place. 19-8     SRI VARALAKSHMI POOJAI, GAYATHRI JAPAM. 20-8    Krishnaraj and family visited us at BTM. 22-8 Monday    We two visited SriVidya house and also TR V...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, 26-7-2016 >> 1-8-2016 We went to Thiruvananthapuram for a brief visit during the last week of July 2016. This trip / visit was overdue. Last time we visited was 9 years ago !! We left Chennai on 26th July by 22207 AC Express (dep: 4.30PM) 3AC coach. The train was almost empty !! With a non-stop run upto Salem, the train reached TVC by 06-45 AM on 27th. Ramani was waiting for us at the station with his car. We reached his home. During this stay, I had severe cold and so I didn't move out of the house for most of the time. One evening, we walked a long distance to a temple and another evening to a supermarket. On another evening, Vijaya went to SRI ANANTHA PADMANABHA SWAMI KOIL with Ramani. We spent a very peaceful time in the company of Ramani and Padma Manni. We left TVC on 31 July by 22208 AC express 3 AC (dep: 9-30PM). No crowd in the train - half empty ! We reached Chennai by 11.45 AM on 1st Aug and came home in OLA taxi. A nice trip. Ra...