November 27, 2009 by Soma.

Azu Lucy Ho’s Restaurant

3220 Apalachee Parkway

Tallahassee, FL 32311

We all three of us went to Azu (fire in Japanese) Lucy Ho’s Restaurant tonight for dinner. Today was opening night for the new restaurant run by Masa Nagashima. We ordered spring roll and Lo-mein, house salad, and iced-tea and sodas.

The food came quick. Since this was long Thanksgiving holiday time, even on a Friday night (6:30 PM) the place was not very crowded. May be there were about 30 people dining.

The waiter was pleasant and Masa was very gracious. We enjoyed the food and drinks. The price was decent.  Good luck to Masa!

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November 14, 2009 by Soma.

Cultural Glimpses of India5 PM at Chiles High School AuditoriumTallahassee, FL 32312Today is the day of the annual premier event of India Association of Tallahassee. We will have about 24 programs. There will be an intermission after about 16 items. Snacks will be sold.See you all there!

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November 13, 2009 by Soma.

2009 Glimpses Preparations

Friday, November 13, 2009; 4:00-7:00 PM

Chiles High School Auditorium

Tallahassee, FL 32312

 Today EC of IATLH was at Chiles High School auditorium preparing for tomorrow’s 12 Annual Glimpses of India Celebration. We had six to eight group rehearsing tonight and four group rehearing early tomorrow morning.The program itself tomorrow afternoon at 5 PM.

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November 1, 2009 by Soma.

Hinduism and personal view

Private Church Speaker

Sunday, November 1, 2009, 6 PM

I was invited to speak about what Hinduism means to me personally to a private church gathering of people who were interested in other religions of the world. We all (about 8 people) met at a private residence and spoke for about an hour.

I started the speech by playing a musical rendition of the Gujarati prayer song (favorite of Mahatma Gandhiji) “Vaishnava Jana Tho“ and spoke about my personal practices and views of Hinduism in general and how does it affects me here in the USA.

Later I concluded the speech with the Aavuyaiyar’s Invocation to God “கடவுள் வாழ்த்து - பாலும் தெளிதேனும்” . Following the song we had Q and A session for about 15 minutes. We ate some cookies and I departed home with a feeling that I was able to listen to people of other faith while telling about what I follow.

Thanks to the person who made this possible.

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