The little man with a long name

The little man with a long name
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Yes he is Ashvyn Samar-Owen Roy, my grandson. To my knowledge he is the first person who had 2 baptisms in a span of one month. He was first baptized to Hinduism and then to Christianity. All these happened in Gold Coast, Australia. The bottom line is not what religion one follows but is whether one is good person who cares about others. Like the song in Hindi..” Tu Hindu banega na Musalman banega, Insan ka aulad hai tu insan banega….roughly translated it means “neither you will become Hindu nor Muslim but you are off spring of human being so you will become human”….We were sad to leave him and his parents in Australia on 2nd October, 07, but we were happy that he took the trouble of coming to the Brisbane Airport to see us off. He kept us busy with his antics before we proceeded for the security check.

When we were in Australia,August-September,07

When we were in Australia, August-September,2007
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This year visit to Australia was very important for us, a new generation was getting added to our family tree.

I had my weekly quota of Golf and Badminton. We had gone there for the biggest event of our life.......the birth of our first grand son Let me think what exactly we did in Australia during our 2 months stay this time.We did not go to those zoos, water worlds, innumerable amusement parks and all those frills of Gold Coast. Yes we went to those shopping centers and as usual sampled the food of KFC, NANDOS......tried the flat coffee of Zarafas. We skipped Starbucks this time. Ok,we located one Indian Curry joint run by a Bangladeshi lady Dolly Rehman. Yes we located a Lebanese restaurant on Tamborine mountain range and had barbecued chicken there.
As I said this visit was more focussed on the birth and watching the growth of the grand son Ashvyn.He was born on 12 th August,07. The grandson kept us busy....it is wonder of the world how an infant grows so fast...one can make out the changes occurring,it is visble every day...
Like last year this year also we had family Badminton at Telebudgera court courtesy our good friend Doctor Tan. We had good friendly games followed by Yam Cha lunch hosted by Doctor Tan. As usual I was lost in ordering Chinese food but with active support of Doctor could sample some delicious Chinese food.He kept us rolling with his nonstop jokes.
The dogs in the house Silly and Azlan kept us occupied and of course I was busy in uploading my blogs as well. This pretty much sums up our activity in Australia.

There is a slight correction in the sum........this year I could manage to shed about 3 kg of weight...cheers

Ashvyn's first encounter with religion,4th September,2007

Ashvyn's Hindu baptism in ISKON temple,Australia
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All religions , arts and science are branches of the same tree.All these aspirations are directed towards ennobling man's life; lifting it from the sphere of men's physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom....Albert Einstein

Religion is what an individual does with his solitariness.
Religions are many and diverse, but reasons and goodness are one....Elbert Hubert