I had thought our bad times would be over with 2007. But that was not to happen. My brother is still not well! And that's not the end of it. My Tauji (father's elder brother, he lives in Bhilai) has gone through bypass surgery on Wednesday! Some 3 weeks we got to know that he was hospitalized following some pain in his heart. Doctors there told him that nothing was very serious and he could get back to his work after some rest. But father insisted that he gets himself properly checked up (we didn't want to take any risk after what happened to my uncle some four months back). Since my Tauji's daughters are in Bangalore he came down here to be checked in Narayana Hridayalaya, one of the best heart hospitals in India. After angiography 3 arteries were found blocked last week! The only solution was surgery as soon as possible but Tauji was refusing to go through it! But finally he agreed and the operation was done on Wednesday. I went there to be with them. He was taken away for surgery around 8.30am and around 5.30pm we got to know that everything went well and he was shifted to ICU. Everybody is quite relieved now...

Now some facts about Narayana Hridayalaya. It is is one of the world's largest pediatric heart hospitals. It has become quite popular because of the low cost of the surgeries. More information about this can be found at wikipedia. There is a temple of Hanuman in front of the hospital. People go there and pray for their relatives in front of this Hindu God. What was nice to see was that, there were three other 'Gods' on the other three sides of the same place: Christian, Muslim and Sikh!

Anyway, today I am going to Madurai to attend senthil's sister's engagement. I was not feeling well and thought of not going. But now I am feeling better and wouldn't like to miss this chance. Will be back with the experience of famous Meenakhshi Temple and Tamil engagement!!!