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About Vengrai Parthasarathy

A profile of Vengrai Parthasarathy (from Sahitya Akademi): Mr.V.V. Parthasarathy (Vengrai) the author is 88+ years old.He graduated from the Madras University and stayed on to complete his Law degree in the same Uiversity. Again in that University, he did a two-year course in International Law and Constitutional Law under late Professor C.H.Alexandrowicz. He had also done a course in Mass Communitations . Mr. Parthasarathy has had his professional career in the Public Relations, all of them in Public sectors like Indian Airlines, State Trading Corporation,Bharat Electronics and lastly in the Bharat Heavy Electricals, Hyderabad from which he retired. Over the years Mr. Parthasarathy has published several rticles in a variety pf Dailies and Periodicals, including The Hindu, The Statesman,The Hindustan Times, the Indian Express and The Indian Year Book Of International Affairs.Over a hundred of them have been embedded in the Vengrai.com Mr. Parthasarathy has published two books One titled THIRUPPAVAI published by the Ramakrishna Mission and a book titled SELECT HYMNS FROM THE DIVYA PRAPANTHAM published by the renowned Sahitya Akademi. He is now a retired Author who has settled down in USA with his two children, son VijayParthasarathy married to Hema, ( a Dentist) and daughter Rohini married to Partha Mandayam, a Computer Scientist, —besides grandchildren.

Thiruppavai–Book Review

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THIRUPPAVAI By Sri Vengrai V. Parthasarathy Sri Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore, Chennai – 600 004. 2008. xviii + 78 pages. Rs.20 Andal exemplifies the only instance of a poetess becoming a goddess. We study her Nachiyar Tirumozhi and Tiruppavai as devotional hymns that form a rich portion of Tamil literature. At the same time, we worship her…

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Cricket Cookies

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  Cricket Cookies                                               Vengrai Parthasarathy                                                                                                 India is Cricket country. And this is Cricket season. .Just as Baseball and humour are serious business in America, Cricket is a passion here. The World Cup is up for grabs and many countries are sweating it out to win it. A lot of prestige goes with it,…

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MY DAD–SRI VNV

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Sri V.N,Venkatavaradachariar …….Sri V.N.Venkata Varadachariar.. ..A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY…… Sri V.N. VENKATA VARADACHARIAR, Advocate Madras (in whose memory his family members have instituted an endowment in the department of Vaishavism, in the University f of Madras) was born on14 October, 1888 in the Vengrai village of Salem district to Sri V. Narasimhachariar and Smt. Janaki Ammal He belonged to the Tirumalai Nallan Chakravarthy family who devoted…

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LES MISERABLES

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  Reflections Struggle in Life By: Vengrai Parthasarathy Published: January 20, 2008 Updated: January 20, 2008 LES MISERABLES Vengrai Parthasarathy The Matunga Railway station in Bombay, India was seething with people. Shankar hop-scotched his way through the thicket of passengers, visitors, hawkers, gawkers and idlers. As the train was about to leave, a beggar maid with a woebegone…

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Idly-Dosa shoot Out

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IDLI-DOSA SHOOTOUT By Vengrai Parthasarathy   The Egmore Friends met again, as they usually do on Sunday mornings, at the Udupi Pankaja . They had their cosy corner where they expatiated on their pet themes and peeves.  This time the subject was ,” Idli or Dosa? Thimmappa, a Dosa aficionado, spoke first. What he said in praise…

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TWENTY-TWENTY–BANG-BANG!

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TWENTY-TWENTY–BANG-BANG! -by Ven Parthsarthy Wednesday, October 03, 2007 This story has been read 174 times.  To an ophthalmologist, twenty-twenty means only one thing— a perfect vision. In today’s Cricketing  terms  20-20 stands for the ‘Wham-Bam-Thank-You-Ma’am’  syndrome.      What is cricket coming to?  The Bradmans  and Hammonds, the Huttons, Hazares and Vijay Merchants ,the Vinoo Mankads. C.K. Nayudus—what has happened to their legacy?  Where is…

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