How nice to read the real experience' of a localite who enjoyed the Dasara for many years. of course I had the opportunity for continuous four years of my college life. of course as my mothers birth place was musuru, we visited often my grand mother's house to enjoy her hospitality especially during Dasara. we enjoyed old Hindi movies screened in many theaters. Dasara exhibition was a great attraction.we used to visit everyday and enjoy special food and taking photos for a throwaway price. Hope Prasanna will definitely agree with me.There are so many other attractions including the return journey of jumbu Savary etc.Shamanna, Ananthram being mysurites must have many more experience s.OK I will close my commentary on Dasara.Otherwise Prasanna will take me to task.Is it not so my boy!!!
Thanks again for the wonderful edition Pras. The British proverb i belive is very apt for youngsters living in urban cities with sky-high property prices and i personally subscribe to the view as well.
Pras, filter coffee seems to be drifting away from law for the layman to layman for law. Stay focused please. Don’t let the decoction go unfiltered please.
Thoroughly enjoyed your description of the Dassara festivities. Isnt it right that the anthem had such an impact on the great Rabindranath Tagore when he visited Bangalore for a speech (and it was played in his presence), that he set one of his more famous compositions to the same tune? I am of course referring to "Anando Loke".
Lovely easy read as we have come to expect. Wishing you a very Happy Dassara!
The seventeen servings has made me an addict to your brand of virtual Filter Coffee. It goes so well with the exquisite real coffee that my wife makes. It sets the right tone to enjoy the unfolding Sunday. I do not envisage the need for de addiction !
There are so many variations to the need for owning a home. Marriage is not confined to the wisdom of just the boy and girl. There are influencers who induce actions that contravene logic and good economics. This delivers a ‘googly’ into their lives and others close to them.
Felt honoured that my name finds a mention in your recall of the Dussera festivities in our home town Mysore. Prince Srikantadatta Wodeyar was my student during the time I was a teacher at Maharajas College, Mysore. This paved for friendship that lasted until his untimely death on 10th December 2013.
The anthem and your vivid description of childhood memories of Mysore evoked a strong “collective memory” even for those who have no direct lived experience of these spectacular events. Look forward to your reflections on the making of memories.
It’s appropriate indeed that in the very next edition of Filter Coffee- No 16 (where you referred to the matter of being politically correct), you have, in this edition- No 17, chosen to be politically correct to the genders by avoiding the word men in that popular adage. We talk so much about “walking the talk”. I am indeed impressed with your taking up the cudgels to prevent gender bias. Kudos to you. We would have no problems if we had more people in the world like you. As you said in one of your very early editions, “Hakuna Matata”.
The subject of housing is indeed true. Everyone from the poor on the streets to the billionaire, all will try and stretch their backs to the extent possible while building a home for themselves. While one may find it difficult to find the extra thousand or so, the other will do so too to find that extra million/crore required to complete his house that they would like to live in. We may not fathom how Mukesh Ambani could build a 27 story billion dollar house in Mumbai but that’s how it is.
Joint ownership of home and the wishing away of all property by the parent (especially if only one is surviving) to their children is fraught with consequences. True few considers these possibilities. It’s like death. The way we act often makes one wonder if we believe if we are immortal and feel that death is what happens to others. Of course we all know that it will come- to some early in life and to some later. Also agree that no one marries another fearing that they could possibly separate later or that one’s own children could disown their parents.
Such thoughts don’t occur to most. But it would be wise to be prepared. The example that you quoted of the couple with far sighted logic is rare and may be carrying it too far. But, yes it would be wise to be prepared. That’s probably why we see many cases of pre-nuptial agreements in the west, though, thankfully, it’s still alien in India. Thanks for your dispassionate lawyers view on the subject. It’s not that a lawyer only thinks of downsides. The many agreements that are drafted in better times that end in court when the bad times come, and the hair splitting that goes on there - where a comma here or there can make a difference is illustrative of why being cautious is being wiser.
Wow! Shahji, thank you! It reads like a supplement to my newsletter! That i think is the best compliment one can aspire for. Continue to enthuse me Bro.
How nice to read the real experience' of a localite who enjoyed the Dasara for many years. of course I had the opportunity for continuous four years of my college life. of course as my mothers birth place was musuru, we visited often my grand mother's house to enjoy her hospitality especially during Dasara. we enjoyed old Hindi movies screened in many theaters. Dasara exhibition was a great attraction.we used to visit everyday and enjoy special food and taking photos for a throwaway price. Hope Prasanna will definitely agree with me.There are so many other attractions including the return journey of jumbu Savary etc.Shamanna, Ananthram being mysurites must have many more experience s.OK I will close my commentary on Dasara.Otherwise Prasanna will take me to task.Is it not so my boy!!!
Thank you for your kind words of appreciation. Much appreciated.
Thanks again for the wonderful edition Pras. The British proverb i belive is very apt for youngsters living in urban cities with sky-high property prices and i personally subscribe to the view as well.
Thanks Aakash for your comments.
Pras, filter coffee seems to be drifting away from law for the layman to layman for law. Stay focused please. Don’t let the decoction go unfiltered please.
Good observation. Majority of my reader base are non-legal persons. So I shifted gears and made this one a bit socioeconomic .
excellent "off beat" article. well articulated. always a pleasure to read your articles on sundays. keep it going :-)
Thoroughly enjoyed your description of the Dassara festivities. Isnt it right that the anthem had such an impact on the great Rabindranath Tagore when he visited Bangalore for a speech (and it was played in his presence), that he set one of his more famous compositions to the same tune? I am of course referring to "Anando Loke".
Lovely easy read as we have come to expect. Wishing you a very Happy Dassara!
Thanks Sri for the insightful comments. This was composed by Tagore in 1893 and was made part of the daily bhajans at Sabarmati Ashram. Here's the song for you: https://in.video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-pty-pty_extension&hsimp=yhs-pty_extension&hspart=pty&p=anandaloke+mangalaloke#action=view&id=2&vid=783bee68b6572a70be49a872526e8939
The seventeen servings has made me an addict to your brand of virtual Filter Coffee. It goes so well with the exquisite real coffee that my wife makes. It sets the right tone to enjoy the unfolding Sunday. I do not envisage the need for de addiction !
There are so many variations to the need for owning a home. Marriage is not confined to the wisdom of just the boy and girl. There are influencers who induce actions that contravene logic and good economics. This delivers a ‘googly’ into their lives and others close to them.
Felt honoured that my name finds a mention in your recall of the Dussera festivities in our home town Mysore. Prince Srikantadatta Wodeyar was my student during the time I was a teacher at Maharajas College, Mysore. This paved for friendship that lasted until his untimely death on 10th December 2013.
Yes my friend, those were the days !
Thank you very much for giving your perspectives and adding value to the newsletter.
What a nice way to start my Sunday! Joking owning house perspective cum generation perspective quite interesting!
Thank you for your kind words of appreciation.
The anthem and your vivid description of childhood memories of Mysore evoked a strong “collective memory” even for those who have no direct lived experience of these spectacular events. Look forward to your reflections on the making of memories.
Happy Dasara greetings to you and your readers!
Thank you Shrey for sharing my nostalgia.
It’s appropriate indeed that in the very next edition of Filter Coffee- No 16 (where you referred to the matter of being politically correct), you have, in this edition- No 17, chosen to be politically correct to the genders by avoiding the word men in that popular adage. We talk so much about “walking the talk”. I am indeed impressed with your taking up the cudgels to prevent gender bias. Kudos to you. We would have no problems if we had more people in the world like you. As you said in one of your very early editions, “Hakuna Matata”.
The subject of housing is indeed true. Everyone from the poor on the streets to the billionaire, all will try and stretch their backs to the extent possible while building a home for themselves. While one may find it difficult to find the extra thousand or so, the other will do so too to find that extra million/crore required to complete his house that they would like to live in. We may not fathom how Mukesh Ambani could build a 27 story billion dollar house in Mumbai but that’s how it is.
Joint ownership of home and the wishing away of all property by the parent (especially if only one is surviving) to their children is fraught with consequences. True few considers these possibilities. It’s like death. The way we act often makes one wonder if we believe if we are immortal and feel that death is what happens to others. Of course we all know that it will come- to some early in life and to some later. Also agree that no one marries another fearing that they could possibly separate later or that one’s own children could disown their parents.
Such thoughts don’t occur to most. But it would be wise to be prepared. The example that you quoted of the couple with far sighted logic is rare and may be carrying it too far. But, yes it would be wise to be prepared. That’s probably why we see many cases of pre-nuptial agreements in the west, though, thankfully, it’s still alien in India. Thanks for your dispassionate lawyers view on the subject. It’s not that a lawyer only thinks of downsides. The many agreements that are drafted in better times that end in court when the bad times come, and the hair splitting that goes on there - where a comma here or there can make a difference is illustrative of why being cautious is being wiser.
Wow! Shahji, thank you! It reads like a supplement to my newsletter! That i think is the best compliment one can aspire for. Continue to enthuse me Bro.