Virat’s first visit to a park and sitting without assistance.. 
May 14, 2012
May 5, 2012
January 15, 2012
Virat Kudithipudi
New year… new addition to the family .
Virat Kudithipudi, was born on 1/9/2012 at 22:22.
We went through a lot at the end of the pregnancy. First Jhanvi got shingles and then I contracted chickenpox from her. At one point, I didn’t even know if I would be able to be at his delivery. But thankfully everything worked out and I was cured by the time, Virat decided to arrive on planet earth. When the pediatrician checked him the day after his birth and announced that he was perfectly ”healthy”, I chocked up. I understand you better now mom ..
BTW.. if you didn’t get chickenpox as a kid.. run to the drugstore and get vaccinated for it. You don’t want to go through what I went
Welcome to the world kiddo..
Collection of pictures of the first few days..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kudithipudi/collections/72157628830321025/
May 14, 2011
Celebrating Ugadhi
Jhanvi and I visited India in April and were lucky to celebrate Ugadhi with our family back home. Ugadhi is the an important festival in South India and is essentially the celebration of the begenning of a new year (yep.. new year in April ). One of the specialities of Ugadhi in Andhra Pradesh is something called “Ugadhi Pachadi”. It is a mixture of 6 ingredients (Neem Flower, Jaggery, Red Pepper, Green Mango, Salt and Tamarind) which designate the different “tastes” of life (bitter, sweet, hot, salty, tangy etc).
I haven’t been able to celebrate Ugadhi with my family for more than 10 years. So it was a special occasion. And mom went all the way to make it even more memorable. Here are some pictures.
Hanging Mango Leaves 
Garelu 
Ugadhi Pachadi : Ingredients
Ugadhi Pachadi : Final 
Thanking the divine ones 
January 26, 2011
January 4, 2010
July 24, 2008
$1550 more to go!!
I raised $250 out of the $1800 I pledged for Asha, without sending a single e-mail or making a single phone call!! By just adding a signature in my e-mail with the link to my 2008 marathon training.
Thx Sis, Hafsa and Sudheer anna.. Thx for supporting the cause of educating poor kids guys.
March 9, 2008
The Few..The Smart.. The Kudithipudi’s
Alright.. I blatantly stole that tag line from the US Marine Corps. But for the folks that know me, you know that I am extremely proud of my family name, even though it is so difficult to spell . Here is a scan of an article from the 26th Feb edition of the “Border Mail“, a Australian local news paper. It is an article about some local high school kids that got a scholarship for their college education based on their overall merit. And right in the middle of them is my niece, Kavya. Congrats kiddo..
January 15, 2008
Sankranthi Subhakankshalu..
Sankranthi is the festival of harvest and is celebrated with much jest in India (esp Southern India). Back in my childhood, when we used to live in a village, this festival denoted the start of harvesting the rice fields and we used to have a lot of fun lighting up “Bhoghi Mantalu”, which were essentially large bonfires of old stuff that needed to be discarded. And being a kid, everything in the house “qualified” to be discarded for me .
Another thing that distinguished this festival was that all the household entrances were decorated with colored rice flour. Here’s a picture of a typical decoration
For the kids, it was also the festival of kites. And boy, some folks were pretty serious about their kites and the competitions. Here’s a nice picture showing the landscape littered with kites..
Wishing everyone a happy Sankranthi .
