A Family Fuction

On last Sunday I went to Jaipur to attend a family function. In my last blog dispatch I mentioned about the arrival of new member in our family- daughter of my niece. So on her baptism ceremony a Yagna was held at Jaipur and I was fortunate one to attend it. In the Yagna the word suggested for her name was to begin with the alphabet 'd' or 'kh'. However her parents had already named her Anvi and Sharanya , believed to be synonyms of Goddess Durga. On my return journey I dropped for a few hours at Ajmer to meet my friends and relative. Everything was smooth except for the unfortunate incident in which I lost my wallet containing my several ids like voter card, PAN Card, service card and ATM besides some cash. However this incident did not deter me much as I continued my journey and accomplished the aim of attending the function which was a source of great solace to me.   

Last Week

Last week was quite eventful as a new member was added to my family as my niece gave birth to a girl child on the day the first Dy.Prime Minister and Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel so my instant reaction for naming this new arrival was something to be related to this great architect of modern India. As Patel is popularly known as Iron Man so I named this young infant as Ferrous, keeping in mind that her Nani is post graduate in Chemistry and has taught Chemistry in Schools throughout her life. This arrival of new child went on to make my mother as Super Nani (Great grand mother) coinciding with the release of the film by the same title. Another event was my participation at XI Annual Conference of Rajasthan Association of Studies in English (RASE) at Mahila P.G. College Jodhpur which was attended by academic luminaries like Dr.Amarjit Singh from U.S.A, Prof. S.D. Kapoor from Delhi University and Dr. Rajul Bhargava from Rajasthan University. As the theme of the conference was exploring folklore so there was also a concert by famous folk artistes of Rajasthan Langas. I also presented my paper on Glimpse of Life in Medieval Age as projected in Waris Shah's Heer Ranjha which threw light on the jewels, clothes, food items and cosmetics as described by the author in marriage ceremonies.