The Iyer's Corner

It’s raining here heavily, and the river has started slightly overflowing to the nearby fields... Another 2-3 feet rise in the water level, river may reach the gates of the housing colony... That’s what had happened last year, (remember Mumbai 26/7..?), water reached almost the flooring level of the ground floor of the housing colony; I was operating from Mumbai those days. I was advised not to venture out to Mahad during those days... Heard that in the parking lot in one of the block, the Cars were tied with heavy ropes, so that they don’t get carried away by the floods..!! Water falls in almost all the hills around (Sahyadhari Hills) is a common sight during these days. Few times I had been to Shivtargarh ( a place where Samarth Guru Ramadass and the great Maratha King Shivaji used to meet in those days..) hundreds of water falls can be seen, all through the way. One can hear the continuous hissing of the unseen falls among the dense growth of the green trees and the shrubs, all alo

Was away from mahad for almost 10 days.. On the way back to mahad on Monday, somebody was narrating about one of their company meetings on the reduction of usage of Volatile Organic Compounds in their process. The production manager was elaborating the change in process to all concerned present in the meeting... "As per the earlier process, we have to be dissolved in Chloroform...." where he wanted to mean that the product has to be dissolved in chloroform as per the earlier process .. It is not just funny, but very serious in the global scenario, where an entity is not limiting the VOC emissions as per their commitment to UN, the entity has no way but to close down the operation...

More than 150 Dead, and around 500 wounded... What a Cowardly Act, I really don't understand what one would gain by blasting crowded local trains other than by spreading panic and terror. But, Mumbai is Mumbai, and there is no question of panic and terror ; There was , in fact timely help and support by the locals to those affected and wounded passengers all the way ; Find below an extract of a forwarded mail, titled "A Letter to Terrorist" Dear Terrorist, Even if you are not reading this we don't care. Time and again you tried to disturb us and disrupt our life - killing innocent civilians by planting bombs in trains, buses and cars. You have tried hard to bring death and destruction, cause panic and fear and create communal disharmony but everytime you were disgustingly unsuccessful. Do you know how we pass our life in Mumbai? How much it takes for us to earn that single rupee? If you wanted to give us a shock then, we are sorry to say that you failed miserably in

Was away from mahad for almost a week.. Will be travelling a lot this to mumbai to thane to mahad in the next fifteen days... Good Thing... Its raining heavily and I am enjoying...