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My Parents

31 Friday Jul 2015

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Happy Guru Purnima everyone! There are many people that I look up to as my gurus but first and foremost there are my parents. They are the ones that gave birth to me, raised me, and unconditionally loved me. My dad is so amazing and I am so proud of him. In 1969, my parents got married and within the month my father had left Hyderabad on a student visa to come to America to do his Master’s in Mechanical Engineering. He studied at Auburn University in Alabama and my mother joined him a year later. After dad graduated from Auburn with his Master’s in Mechanical Engineering, he got a job in Chicago, Illinois. They stayed in Illinois for sometime but they didn’t like the hard winters there and when dad got a job offer in Greenville, South Carolina they decided to move there and the rest they say was history. Instead of giving up and being depressed missing her parents and ten siblings; mom took classes in Education and then started working as a Pre-K teacher. Eighteen years after they got married, on a Christmas Eve night their prayers were answered and they became parents to a baby girl named Sirisha Nandini Jala. 15 months later, they had their second child another baby girl who they named Sudhisha Kumari Jala. In 1990, my parents started sponsoring the families of their siblings. Before I knew it, both of my dad’s brothers and his two younger sister’s families had moved to America. They also sponsored the families of mom’s youngest sister and one of the four brothers. I am so thankful to have them in my life and so blessed to be their daughter.
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30 Thursday Jul 2015

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Vasusena, Chotima, and Leaving Hastinapur

28 Tuesday Jul 2015

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Priyamveda was the dasi that was in charge of taking care of me and she was like a mother to me. Priyamveda would take me with her to meet the charioteer families. One day, Priyamveda learned through her best friend Vidya that her cousin Adiratha and his family had moved to Hastinapur. She took me with her so that I could meet her cousin’s son who was two years older than me. The second that I met Vasusena I knew that he was special. From the first moment on, he treated me like I was his younger sister and he was my older brother. We had amazing five years together where we played games. One incident of our childhood was my third birthday when the Gandhar princes came to the party. I received a doll from Shakuni Mama and Arshi Mami. I was totally in love with that beautiful doll and one day the two youngest princes snuck into my room when I was at the Mandir with all the ladies. They ended up breaking that doll. I went to my room before dinner that night and saw my beautiful doll on the floor broken. I started sobbing my eyes off. One minute later, Yuvaraj Arush and Vasu Bhaiya come in the room. Arush sees the destruction and instantly knows it was the terrible twosome that are his younger brothers. Arush picks me up and takes me to my parents. Then he goes to find his brothers and takes them to their parents for their punishment. He leaves to find how he can fix my doll as a surprise for me. Arush and Vasu Bhaiya spend the whole week fixing my doll. They give me the new doll with plenty of rose bouquets while telling me that they will always be my best friends. Even then, I could see the differences between the three Gandhar princes. One was an absolute gentleman but the other two were little hellions. Vasu Bhaiya was an amazing friend and gentleman.
It wasn’t until I was six, that I understood why Priyamveda would cry when she saw us playing together. She would always tell me to promise her that I would never tell my mother about Vasusena. I had already realized the truth because of the huge amount of time that Vasu Bhaiya and I had spent together. I started noticing things like the fact that Bhaiya did not look a thing like Radhe Ma, Adiratha, Gauri Masi or his younger brother Shona. In fact, he looked like my mom and I. We had the same facial structure, the same bone structure, and our feet looked the same.
One day, my mother told me to go and spend some time with Priyamveda because my Parashavi Kaki was in labor. And that was the day when I accidentally learned the truth of Karna’s birth.
I walked through the palace looking for Priyamveda only to run into Gauri and I found out that Priyamveda was praying in the Mandir. So I walked to the Rama and Sita part of the Mandir, and found Priyamveda crying:
“Sita Maiya, please forgive me for making Rajkumari Kunti give up her son, Suryaputra Karna who is also known as Vasusena!” I was so shocked that I cried out. Priyamveda was shocked to see me there but I told her that my mother had told me to find Priyamveda. For the next one hour, I sat speechless listening to the story of the biggest secret and regret that my mother had.
One day about eight years ago, my step grandfather’s kingdom had an memorable visitor. It was Sage Durvasa and he wanted to stay for some time at Raja Kuntibhoja’s palace. Kuntibhoja told my mother to take care of Sage Durvasa and so my mother did. She took such good care of him that he ended up giving her a mantra that would give her children from the Gods. My mother was young and one day she grew curious enough that she decided to test the mantra. She ended up calling Suryadev with the mantra and he came. Sadly, she realized the truth and apologized for calling for him. He apologized to her and said that since she called him she would have to let the mantra take it’s course. You see Suryadev could come when called but he could not leave until he had given what needed to be given. Karna was then born and my mother loved him. Unfortunately, Priyamveda realized that as much as Kunti loved Karna, she could not keep him. People were already wondering where their beautiful princess was since she had been away from the public for quite sometime. She only had one month with her beloved firstborn before Priyamveda took Kunti to the Ganga river to put Karna in the basket that would later float down the river on it’s way to the childless couple Adiratha and Radha. Priyamveda finished the story and told me not to talk about this subject again. A few minutes later, word came that Parashavi Kaki had given birth to twins.
A month later, my father went to war with Shalya Raj and ended up coming home married to Rajkumari Madri. Maharani Madri became my Chotima and she was just as loving to me as my mother was. To this day, I miss my Chotima. She was absolutely a treasure to know. I am blessed to have been treated as her daughter. A few months later, tragedy struck our parivar when my father accidentally shot and killed what he thought were two deers. You see, the two deers were actually Rishi Kindama and his wife having intercourse. Before his death, Rishi Kindama cursed my father that if he had intercourse with his wives again he would be killed instantly. So my parents decided that we would give up the kingdom and go live in the forest. I didn’t want to leave Hastinapur because I had started taking dance lessons and I wanted more time with my only Bhaiya. We left Hastinapur to go the forest. My heart broke into a thousand pieces seeing my beloved Karna Bhaiya waving goodbye and crying his heart out.

One of my new causes

27 Monday Jul 2015

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A Birth of a Princess and a Meeting of Destined Soulmates

25 Saturday Jul 2015

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Once upon a time in a kingdom of AryaVarta called Hastinapur, there was a baby girl born to a royal couple who were getting ready to celebrate their first anniversary. Their names were Pandu and Pritha (Kunti). They happened to be the King and Queen of this wonderful Kuru Vansh! Rani Kunti and Pandu Raj cared about their people but sadly they did not have an heir yet. Then nine months ago, word was sent out that Rani Kunti was pregnant and the people rejoiced. Now, they were patiently waiting for their prince to be born.
Pandu Raj was standing at the window viewing the beautiful sunset on the Ganga River.
“Badhai Ho, Pandu Raj! Badhai Ho!” One dasi named Priyamveda said as she came running into the room.
“Kya Hua, dasi?” King Pandu asked.
“Eka beti ka janam hu’a, Pandu Raj!” Priyamveda exclaimed. “Hastinapur ki rajkumari ka janam hu’a!”
Pandu Raj smiles tearfully then hands the dasi Priyamveda a necklace before she leaves.
Pandu Raj decides to go to the Vishnu mandir and offers prayers and thanks to Lord Vishnu on the birth of his daughter. He then decides to go to see his wife and daughter to make a decision on what name the newest member of their royal family should have.
In the Queen’s Bedchamber the beautiful baby princess was being bathed by her dasis while her grandmother Rajmata Ambalika, great-aunt Rajmata Ambika, and great-grandmother Rajmata Satyavati looked on. The dasi Priyamveda arrived and told Maharani Kunti that Pandu Raj was happy about the princess being born.
A few minutes later, Pandu Raj arrived to see his daughter. He tells his maharani that he is proud of her for making him a father. “Kunti, what should we name our daughter?” Pandu asked. “Maharaj Pandu, our daughter will be named Vasundhara!” Pritha replied. The three older Queens, Rajmata Satyavati, Rajmata Ambika, and Rajamata Ambalika announce that as she is the daughter of Pritha she will also be known as Preethi!
A dasi came inside to announce that Rajkumar Dhritarashtra, Rajkumari Gandhari, Gandhar Raj Shakuni, Gandhar Rani Arshi, Gandhar Yuvaraj Arush, Pitamah Bhishma, Mahamantri Vidura and Parshavi Devi have come to bless the newborn princess. Everyone then comes inside and congratulates the new parents except for the ten year old Yuvaraj Arush. Everyone has a turn holding the beautiful baby doll princess but the princess starts crying so everyone starts making plans for the naamkaran and cradle ceremony. Prince Arush watches as the princess cries and feels like she will be something special to him.
“Kunti Bua, may I hold Rajkumari Vasundhara?” He asks. “Arush beta, just remember to be careful.” Maharani Kunti tells him. A second later, Prince Arush walks up to the cradle where I was lying and gently picks me up. Something very interesting happens and that is I suddenly stopped crying the second Arush picked me up. Everyone starts laughing and says maybe there will be a wedding between us both in the future. Little did we know how true that was!

Baahubali: The Beginning

20 Monday Jul 2015

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Still speechless after watching the Telugu version of Baahubali. It was so amazing. I had a great time. Proud to be a Telugu. Finally people can see the amazing ness that is Telugu movies. There was a lot of violence but the story was unique, Epic, and the songs were amazing. Loved the part when Prabhas (Baahubali) picked up the Shiva Lingam and carried it all the way to the Ganga River. Couldn’t stop laughing when Shivudu was painting Avanthika’s hand when she was asleep by the river and then she plans her ambush only to be surprised when she couldn’t find Shivudu because he tricked her when she was up on the tree. So hilarious when Shivudu has the snake distract her so he could paint her shoulder. Loved the Shivudu and Avanthika relationship. Another funny part was when Baahubali and Bhallaladeva go to various kingdoms trying to find the spies. I loved the part when they go to that place and one of them asks for the alcohol but everytime he gets a drink he throws it away and says he needs a bigger one and then he asks for drinks for all the other guys while his brother hunts down the traitorous spy. I could tell that the director Rajamouli Garu was heavily influenced by Mahabharat for many reasons. The whole theme of good over evil, Politics or Rajneeti, a baby being floated down the river, fights over who has the right to be the next ruler of the kingdom, a prince knowing when to protect its people and when to kill enemies, the older brother being deemed unfit to rule because of infirmity and then wanting his son to be the king even though his son was against dharma, the true ruler dying early and making a regency for the kingdom until the heirs grew up, one person fighting for the kingdom even though he knows that the king is against Kshatriya dharma, one person fighting the caste system, a baby having two mothers: the mother that gave birth to him and the one who raised him, a women being chained for years, and last but not least the fact that someone wants to
ruin the enemies for the attacks on the honor of a stri. In the case of Mahabharat, the stri was the wife of the Pandavas Draupadi but in Baahubali she was the mother/adopted mother of Baahubali and Bhalleladeva. Hats off to the cast and crew of such an amazing movie. Jai Mahismathi! image

Aurora Movie Theater Shooter Found Guilty of 1st Degree Murder

16 Thursday Jul 2015

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Finally, all the victims, survivors, and their families get justice. Thank God that the judge and jury made the right decision. When I first found out about the Aurora, Colorado shooting I was so shocked that someone would take a gun to a movie theater of all places and then start shooting countless people who were just enjoying a night out watching a movie. Rest In Peace Jonathon Blunk, Matt McQuinn, Alexander Teves, Alexander Boik,  Jesse Childress, Gordon Cowden, Jessica Ghawi, John Larimer, Micayla Medek, Veronica Moser-Sullivan, Alex Sullivan, and Rebecca Wingo!

Arranged Show on FYI

14 Tuesday Jul 2015

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Was astonished that I found this wonderful show on On Demand last week. It was so interesting watching all ten episodes of this unique show. Season one of Arranged introduced us to three couples from various religions who follow the tradition of arranged marriages. Couple one was Christian and Maria who were 18 and 17 year old Romany/Gypsy teenagers. They were a unique couple that in the beginning argued many times and it seemed like Christian spent more time playing video games than spending time with his wife. They were the only couple who lived with the extended family because they lived with Christian’s family. Surprisingly Christian and Maria were the couple who won the newly arranged game that was played in the reunion episode when all three couples got together for dinner. The second couple was Josh and Meghan who were 28 and 24 year old Caucasian Southern Baptists. Josh’s mother was very interesting because she was always criticizing Meghan. One example of this was saying on the wedding day that Meghan loved to eat. Because Josh was a momma’s boy he never stood up for his wife and that was one thing that I wish he could have done better. Couple number 3 was Veeral and Ragini who were 34 and 33 Indian Hindus. Ragini was confident but Veeral usually didn’t listen to her like for example after the Sangeet he stays up the whole night partying and dancing. He ends up waking up late and he has to write his vows on his cell phone whereas Ragini had written her vows earlier and had at least slept some the night before her wedding. Veeral freestyles his vows but they prove to be written amazingly well and he pulls it off. Ragini’s vows were very emotional especially her last line when she said a that she would love to have him in every future lifetime of hers.

An Introduction to Vasundhara

13 Monday Jul 2015

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My name has been erased from history and because of that our future generations have no idea of my story. Who am I, you ask. I am Vasundhara, the princess of Hastinapur and the eldest sister to the five Pandavas. My father was King Pandu and my mother was Queen Kunti. I was born to them when my parents were newly married. History doesn’t know about me because daughters left their families when they married whereas sons became warriors, princes, or kings. I married a man for love who believed in Dharma and so he decided to not fight in the war. My husband was the Yuva Raj of Gandhar but he was not like it’s king. Another way that my husband was unique was that I was his only wife. I wish we could go back to the time when all 107 of my baby brothers were innocent and when they all loved each other but sadly the war had to happen for many reasons. I was one of the lucky woman because I didn’t lose my husband or our sons but no instead I lost 100 of my brothers, countless nephews, a father-in-law who just wanted revenge for the fact that his sister had to blindfold her eyes to marry a blind prince and because of that marriage he had lost all his brothers and his father; and my best friend: my oldest brother Angaraj Karna!

Gil-Galad’s Great Granddaughter

13 Monday Jul 2015

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