75 years of GUDDU-All pages

So many more memories are coming flooding in. Later, after Ginny and Dipali’s birth, we enjoyed our swimming club sessions with dinner and not to mention - Kitty and me would be told to leave with the girls and wait outside in the car park, while the two of you would be enjoying your drinks, taking your own sweet time....... Those were the days……….to be marked in yours and our life-stories. Rohit and I have some beautiful Karmic ties with your family. Truly, I am not as close to my own siblings. And I had a di erent relationship with each of one of you: Munni and I studied together, Shivji used to consider me his sister, Ranju was my student and we used to walk back together from college, and Rani was born in front of me. Rohit and you have been brothers in spirit if not in blood, and have always been there for each other through thick and thin. And so, you became a brother to me. May God alleviate you to higher and higher self-realisation. With lots of love and best wishes for healthy and happy decades ahead. Happy Birthday again, dear Guddu, Chandrika and Rohit



Dearest KK, Seems just yesterday when we met Kitty and you. Cherish all these travels and the happy memories we embraced in our journey and life. Age is just a number and you have matured with time just as a French Bordeaux. Bharath sends his warmest wishes from the heavens above and wishes to convey “Till we meet again buddy” Happy 75th birthday and best of health and peace always. Bharat and Vijay



As per the shastras there are seven types of fathers: अ�दाता : Giver of food - it is the father's duty to provide the proverbial bread on the table. भयत्राता : Remover of fear – A father is a protector - one who removes fear or the cause of fear. One who has given you a new birth, another chance to live on. क�ादाता : Giver of daughter - giving of a daughter in wedding is considered the highest दान, for she is the basis of someone else's home. ज�दः : Giver of birth - the biological father, one who gives half his genetic code, and enables this actual life. This is the most important duty of a father. म�-दाता : Giver of mantra - म� is a secret 'weapon', and the giver of such an important aide in life is a guru, and is also considered as a father. �ानदाता : Giver of knowledge - The teacher, preceptor, guru, and guide. One who gives knowledge is also like a father, for knowledge enables all other things. उपनेता : Giver of education - उपनेता is one who does the sacred thread ceremony. The thread ceremony is considered the start of education, scholarship, student life and is one of the important ceremonies of a person. It is considered to be a second birth, a spiritual birth, the first one being a physical birth.



�े�-भ्राता : Elder brother - An elder brother is like a father. And, मनु�ृित adds that an elder brother who performs the duties of a father, should be treated like a father. As the son, elder brother, husband, father, uncle and grandfather to each member of the family you embody and uphold every one of these characteristics. We are honoured to celebrate your 75th birthday and pray for your hand to ever be over our heads. िमलो िकसी से ऐसे िक िज़�गी भर की पहचान बन जाये, पड़े कदम जमीं पर ऐसे िक लोगों के िदलों पर िनशान बन जाये.. जीने को तो िज़�गी यहां हर कोई जी लेता है, लेिकन..... जीयो िज़�गी ऐसे िक औरों के लबों की मु�ान बन जाये ...