Kudithipudi.Org » Family http://kudithipudi.org Too much time on hand!!! Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:19:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Virat Kudithipudi http://kudithipudi.org/2012/01/15/virat-kudithipudi/ http://kudithipudi.org/2012/01/15/virat-kudithipudi/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:01:32 +0000 Vinay http://kudithipudi.org/?p=1153 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..

Virat Kudithipudi

Collection of pictures of the first few days..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kudithipudi/collections/72157628830321025/

]]> http://kudithipudi.org/2012/01/15/virat-kudithipudi/feed/ 3 Celebrating Ugadhi http://kudithipudi.org/2011/05/14/celebrating-ugadhi/ http://kudithipudi.org/2011/05/14/celebrating-ugadhi/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 00:39:44 +0000 Vinay http://kudithipudi.org/?p=967 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

]]> http://kudithipudi.org/2011/05/14/celebrating-ugadhi/feed/ 0 Time does fly :) http://kudithipudi.org/2011/01/26/time-does-fly/ http://kudithipudi.org/2011/01/26/time-does-fly/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:08:05 +0000 Vinay http://kudithipudi.org/?p=886 Two pictures of my nephew one year apart. Now, I feel old :)

]]> http://kudithipudi.org/2011/01/26/time-does-fly/feed/ 0 Isn’t he a cutie? http://kudithipudi.org/2010/01/04/isnt-he-a-cutie/ http://kudithipudi.org/2010/01/04/isnt-he-a-cutie/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:43:35 +0000 Vinay http://kudithipudi.org/?p=759 My nephew.. Anish Paruchuri :)

]]> http://kudithipudi.org/2010/01/04/isnt-he-a-cutie/feed/ 1 $1550 more to go!! http://kudithipudi.org/2008/07/24/1550-more-to-go/ http://kudithipudi.org/2008/07/24/1550-more-to-go/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:53:45 +0000 Vinay http://kudithipudi.org/?p=270 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.

]]> http://kudithipudi.org/2008/07/24/1550-more-to-go/feed/ 0 The Few..The Smart.. The Kudithipudi’s http://kudithipudi.org/2008/03/09/the-fewthe-smart-the-kudithipudis/ http://kudithipudi.org/2008/03/09/the-fewthe-smart-the-kudithipudis/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:05:38 +0000 Vinay http://kudithipudi.org/?p=234 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..

Kavya Kudithipudi

]]> http://kudithipudi.org/2008/03/09/the-fewthe-smart-the-kudithipudis/feed/ 0 Sankranthi Subhakankshalu.. http://kudithipudi.org/2008/01/15/sankranthi-subhakankshalu/ http://kudithipudi.org/2008/01/15/sankranthi-subhakankshalu/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:03:32 +0000 Vinay http://kudithipudi.org/?p=208 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 :) .

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2007 Happy Holidays...

]]> http://kudithipudi.org/2007/12/25/happy-holidays/feed/ 0 Happy New Year – 2007 http://kudithipudi.org/2007/01/01/happy-new-year-2007/ http://kudithipudi.org/2007/01/01/happy-new-year-2007/#comments Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:58:11 +0000 Vinay http://kudithipudi.org/?p=167 Wishing all a happy new year :) . Hope that this new year of pig will bring you love, health and luck.

!!Happy New Year!!
]]> http://kudithipudi.org/2007/01/01/happy-new-year-2007/feed/ 0 Labour day weekend : Good Beer, Good Friends.. Good times :) http://kudithipudi.org/2006/09/04/labour-day-weekend-good-beer-good-friends-good-times/ http://kudithipudi.org/2006/09/04/labour-day-weekend-good-beer-good-friends-good-times/#comments Mon, 04 Sep 2006 19:48:56 +0000 Vinay http://kudithipudi.org/?p=149 It’s amazing how fast holidays zip by :) . Wish, it was the same with work days…. Lakshmi and I didn’t get a chance to travel during this long weekend, but we caught up with some sightseeing in Chicago. We visited the Field museum, using the free family pass you can get at the Chicago Public Library. For those of you who are not aware, you can get free passes to most of the attractions in Chicago. All you need is a membership at the library. Each library has limited quantities of the passes and it is given out on a first come first serve basis. A great way to explore the city without breaking your bank :) . It was great day to visit the museum. I took some snaps from the trip and posted them on Flickr

We also got a chance to catch up with old friends..Sudheer and his charming wife, Neelima flew down to Chicago for the weekend and all of us got together at Ravi’s place for a night of fun, beer and food :) . It was great to catch up on life and fondly remember our days at school. As usual, me and my camera were busy snapping pictures of the night…


[Left to Right: Back Row: Shekar, Achi, Ravi, Byna, Sudheer Front Row: Nirmala, Pallavi, Madhavi, Deepthi, Lakshmi, Neelima]

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