Mamli & Bablu's Birthday Party – March 22, 2009
Mamli & Bablu celebrated their 10th and 5th birthdays respectively with a small party at home. And this is the first time they didn't have home made cakes for their birthday parties. Mamli no longer has girls her age in our apartment complex. All her old friends have moved away, either out of Hyderabad or to other areas in the city. She had a class mate a good friend as her only "friend" in the party. On the other hand Bablu has tons of boys his age. He had a whole horde of squealing boys over. They practically brought the house down 
We also had Anu Das, an old friend from Rourkela, visit us today. Anu arrived before lunch and stayed till the end of the party.
A few photographs (see the full album on Mo Chitra, our family photo gallery):
The Boys, at least some of them...
Mamli's Cake
Mamli cutting her cake
Bablu's Cake
Bablu cutting his cake
Mamli and her friend
The kids enjoying cake and snacks
Padmaja & Anu
New (Old) Photos Uploaded to Mo Chitra
I have uploaded a bunch of old photographs from my father's collection that I scanned during my visit to Bhubaneswar in the first week of May.
- Mo Chitra -> Satpathy -> Family -> 1980s -> The Satpathy Family In The 1980s
- Mo Chitra -> Satpathy -> Family -> 1990s -> 1990
- Mo Chitra -> Satpathy -> Family -> 1990s -> 1991
- Mo Chitra -> Satpathy -> Family -> 1990s -> 1992
- Mo Chitra -> Satpathy -> Family -> 1990s -> 1993
- Mo Chitra -> Satpathy -> Family -> 1990s -> 1994
- Mo Chitra -> Satpathy -> Family -> 1990s -> 1995
- Mo Chitra -> Satpathy -> Family -> 1990s -> 1996
- Mo Chitra -> Satpathy -> Family -> The Dash Family -> The Dash Family
- Mo Chitra -> Satpathy -> Memories -> Vintage (All the really old photos I could find)
My sister and I, 1973 / 74.
Sonu's Marriage – More Photos (Shobhan's Albums)
Some more of Sonu's marriage. These were taken by Shobhan, the eldest son of my 5th maternal uncle.
- Album 1
- Album 2 - Shobhan took these photos using his mobile phone which sports a 3.2 megapixel camera.
- Album 3
Thanks Shobhan.
Sonu's Marriage – The Boy Is Married!
Sonu is married!
I blogged all day from the marriage venue and it was a good experience. I realized some of the limitations of blogging from a Sony Ericsson P1i to a WordPress blog. Do check out the entries tagged with "Sonu's Marriage" to see how they have come out.
I have posted all the photos I took & some of Baba's.
- Mangana Photos (May 7, 2008) at Sutahat, Cuttack
- Marriage Photos (May 8, 2008) at Mayfair Lagoon, Bhubaneswar
The next marriage this year is Swasti's on July 4th at Rourkela. Right after that is Bapi's on July 6th. Also at Rourkela.
I missed Sampat's marriage earlier this year. I do have some of the photo's Baba took though.
Sonu's Marriage – The Ceremony 4
After the Hatha Ganti, Sonu and his new bride sat down for a Homa (prayers to and oaths before Agni, the God of Fire).
The last part of the marriage is of course the Cowrie Khella or playing with cowrie shells. This is conducted by an old lady of the bride's family and the game is baised towards the girl. There is just no way for the poor groom to win.
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Date: 8th, May, 2008
Place: Mayfair Lagoon, Bhubaneswar
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