AWAKENINGS

Born: 22 September 1869 at Valangaiman, Tanjore district Died: 17 April 1946 (aged 76) at Mylapore, Madras Courtesy: Vathsala sankaran 22nd September is the birth day of Rt. Hon. V. S. Srinivasa Sastri famously called as Silver-Tongued  Srinivasa Sastri. He was born on this Day 22nd September 1869, in an interior village Valangaiman. Born in a poor family he had his education in Kumbakonam. Many would had the ‘story’ of a great scholar studied under the street lights. Yes. It was Srinivas Sastry only. Remembering the hard days of his students life , when he had to depend on street lights to study his lessons he spent a good portion of his earnings to poor students. There was a strange incident during his college days in Kumbakonam. He went to class once without a shirt as he had got drenched heavily in a sudden downpour on the way.   When he was fined eight annas for ‘without shirt’ young Srinivasan with tears in his eyes told Principal Bilderbeck, “If I had eight annas I would hav

  LET ALL BE BLESSED BY GODDESSES OF VALOUR DURGA, OF VAULT LAKSHMI AND OF VIDHYA SARASWATHI WITH HUMILITY, CHARITY AND NOBILITY. ALL NINE DAYS FESTIVALS WILL GIVE US COURAGE, HAPPINESS AND SATISFACTION WHICH ARE THE THREE PILLARS TO LIVE A MEANINGFUL LIVE. E-TOUCH WISHES ALL A HAPPY NAVARATHRI FESTIVALS.