Sunday, April 7, 2019

28,29,30, 31st,1st ,2nd,3rd,4th.5th.6th and 7th April

28th
Advocate Ajay Srivastava and Shivji came.
29th
Bhavna, Principal of local Institute of otherwise able children, came. Venita is assisting the institute with occasional donations and advice. Advocates Digvijay Singh,Shivji came besides Vinay Srivastava, a  relation.
30th
Advocate Shivji came with wife to condole sister's death. An officer of State rural development department,Shri Pandey came along with family and Sangita w/o Vinay Srivastava. Homeopathic doctor Bhayya came.
1st April
Venita visited Institute of otherwise able children to gift children and staff. Sangita w/o Vinay came followed by Advocate Akhilesh Srivastava.
2nd
Advocate Shivaji came.
3rd
Visited Kalkan and Tambeshwar temples and did Puja. Advocates Shivaji and Ajay came in the evening.
4th
Advocate Ajay came with family to condole sister's death.
Advocate Shivji came.
5th
Along with Venita attended 'Terahvi' ceremonies and feast at Kanpur in connection with elder sister's death on March 24/25th night. Neha and Tarun/Sangita also joined in besides her sister Shanno with son Amrish , daughters, Rekha,Vandana,Gita with son Yash and son Arvind/Sapna/grandson Sidh and granddaughter Ria, a host of others, well-wishers, neighbours and Rekha's friends. Local MLA also came. Rekha runs a school in late sister's house at Kanpur. Some relations from her daughter-in-law Sapna's side also came. About 150 people including 13 prodigal  Brahmins took food.
We left for Delhi by Jai Bharat Express in the evening and reached Delhi about midnight.
6th(Saturday
Attended a book release function at CSOI in the evening. The book of former ambassador to Armenia Achal Malhotra, titled 'India-Armenia : So far So close' was released by Armenian ambassador Armen Martirosyan in India. In his release address the ambassador said that his country was growing 4/5 percent. Its per capita  income was $5000.
In his brief speech Shri Malhotra said that first reference of presence of Hindus in Armenia comes as early 149 BC to 415 A.D. They were mostly trading community. They had no political aspiration.
A number of Armenians married to Indians were seen in the audience.
7th(Sunday)
Venita left for Vikaspuri to join in Navratri celebration and Ramayan recitation.
Quotable Quotes: "Arise! Awake! and stop not until the goal is reached." Swami Vivekananda

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