http://www.asitlive.com Life Unplugged... Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:46:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was felicitated by Dr Jeppiar ,Chancellor of Sathyabhama University during the SAE India students convention 2010 . I was quite impressed by Dr Jeppiar’s simplicity, humbleness, wisdom and passion to promote education in the state. He appeared to be hugely popular among the students for his sense of ... http://www.asitlive.com/i-was-felicitated-by-dr-jeppiar-at-sae-india-students-convention/ This golden crown weighing 14.5 kg has recently been donated by a Mumbai  based business tycoon  to Lord Venkateswara of Thirumala temple. While the business tycoon prefers to remain anonymous for obvious reason , guess in whose presence the crown was offered ? Sri Jayendra Saraswathi  , Chief Pontiff ... http://www.asitlive.com/lord-venkateswara-becomes-even-richer-with-offerings-from-apollo-hospital-chief-and-a-mumbai-business-tycoon/ Recently received many queries on where to get decent Bengali dishes in Chennai. While Bangalore , Kolkata ,Delhi and Mumbai host several Bengali restaurants of various grades , Chennai unfortunately cann’t claim much on this front. One reason is that Bengali cuisines are usually not commoditised or marketed the way ... http://www.asitlive.com/bengali-food-restaurant-in-chennai/ Maa Durga in T Nagar Bengal Association. Recently my blog got flooded with queries  on the Puja venues . While I know all the locations , I didn’t  have the exact addresses of the venue. You may however just try these venues and I hope you would not have much ... http://www.asitlive.com/maa-durga-puja-in-chennai/ The new look tower park  in Annanagar was inaugurated by the Dy CM a few weeks back. Perhaps the largest park in Chennai city over 35 acres of land ,recently got a major facelift. A huge lake full of  lotus flowers, skating ring, an open air theatre , bird ... http://www.asitlive.com/the-new-look-annanagar-tower-park/   Recently read a poem written by me at the world poetry society intercontinental function at hotel Woodland in Chennai. My mentor Dr Daisaku Ikeda was conferred with the title of World Peace Poet by the WPSI. It was a very veryb proud moment for me ... http://www.asitlive.com/poetry-recital-at-the-world-poetry-society-intercontinental/ Saw today another Karan Johar film  We are family – a Hindi remake of the Chris Columbus’ Hollywood movie Stepmom . It was good to see Kajol  , one of my most favourite Bollywood star rocking  again in her comeback series of performances . I bet Kajol is definitely going ... http://www.asitlive.com/we-are-family/ Rajeev Ranjan, Kazuo Minagawa, P Murari and Asit K Barma Spoke at the FICCI Manufacturing conclave .Joined with me are Japanese Consul General ,Principal Secretary-Industry(TN) and Mr P Murari ,Advisor to FICCI President .Excerpts from one of the news published : The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce ... http://www.asitlive.com/tamil-nadu-the-world-automotive-hub/ We have decided to convert my father’s room into one with all his memorabilia – his pen , spectacles , watches , certificates he received , the books he was regularly reading , his note books , his personally made telephone directory , pictures  and so on. We would ... http://www.asitlive.com/my-fathers-room/ Chanting Geeta is a part of the death  rituals . Here Bapi Acharya , one Sanskrit scholar and  an eminent astrologer from Nabadwip is chanting Geeta in my father’s room. His father was a very close friend of my father. He was so shocked  at my father’s death that ... http://www.asitlive.com/geeta-chanting-part-of-hindu-death-rituals/