The Power Of True Love

THE POWER OF TRUE LOVE: A THEORY OF LIFE….. front page ---ON OCASSION OF SRINIVASA RAO’S 71ST YEAR, VATSALA ON HER 65TH YEAR AND COMPLETING THEIR 42ND WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ---A TRIBUTE TO THE PARENTS FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE HEART OF A SON WHO NEVER WAS AN IDEAL SON TO HIS PARENTS. HE FELT THAT HIS PARENTS DESERVED MORE AND BETTER ---A CONFESSION OF A SON AND COMPLETELY SURENDERING TO HIS PARENTS ---A LESSON TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION FOR HOLDING TIGHT - THE MOTTO OF OUR CULTURE ---KNWOLEDGE THAT HAS BEEN SHARED IN TRUE INTEREST ---FEAR OF LOSING RICH VALUES THAT HAS BEEN ROOTED DEEP IN OUR LIVES ---SALUTION TO THE PARENTS FOR THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE THEY ARE ---THE FAMILY THANKS THE SOCIETY THEY LIVE-IN FOR WITNESSING AND SHOWCASING THE LIFE LIVED SO FAR BY SRINIVASA RAO AMRUTH first page THE NAME G.SRINIVASA RAO AND VATSALA: BORN ON 07 MAY 1937, WAS BLESSED TO HAVE PARENTS LIKE SMT. PADMAMMA AND SHRI. GUNDAPPA H. R. (ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT), NAMED AFTER THE DIVINE GOD AND WITH THE BLESSINGS OF SHRI SAMPIGE VENKATARAMANA AND PADMAVATHI, EMERGED GUNDAPPA SRINIVASA ALIAS PAPANNA ALIAS G.SRINIVASA RAO ALIAS PAAPU RAO. BEING VERY SHY, SHORT, FAIR, HE WAS ALWAYS COMPARED WITH THE FAMOUS BOLLYWOOD ACTOR PRADEEP KUMAR. HIS CHILDHOOD WAS A GIFT OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE AROUND HIM. ONE WAS HIS UNCLE CHANDRANNA, WHO EARNED ATMOST RESPECT FROM EVERYBODY. SRINIVASA RAO FOLLOWED THE FOOTSTEPS OF HIS UNCLE AND FATHER, WHO BELIEVED IN TRUTH, COURAGE AND SOLIDARITY. HE GRADUATED IN THE FIELD OF COMMERCE AND WAS ABLE TO JOIN PROVIDENT FUND AS A CLERK. HE ACCEPTED THE INVITATION OF GETTING INTO GRIHASTASHRAM WITH A LOVELY YOUNG LADY NAMED VATSALA WHO HAD DONE HER GRADUATION IN ARTS. VATSALA, BORN ON 15TH OCTOBER 1941, DAUGHTER OF SMT. LAKSHMIDEVAMMA AND SHRI. NANJUNDAIAH (POLICE INSPECTOR UNDER THE BRITISH RULE), VATSALA ALWAYS COMPARED HER BROTHERS TO RAMA AND LAKSHMANA WHICH BROTHERS C.N.NAGARAJ AND C.N.KRISHNASWAMY PROVED TO BE FROM TIME TO TIME. INFLUENCED BY THE BROTHERS, FATHER’S DISCIPLINCE, MOTHER’S KARMA YOGA AND MATERNAL UNCLE’S BONDING (THE ARKALGUD FAMILY), SHE FOLLOWED A STRICT RULES OF HER OWN IDEOLOGY OF HAVING AN IDEAL LIFE. BOTH TIED KNOTS ON THE AUSPICIOUS DAY IN INDIAN HISTORY, 15TH AUGUST 1965. NOW BEING HUSBAND AND WIFE, NEVER WANTING TO HURT ANYBODY, WITH THEIR OWN IDEOLOGIES OF DHARMA AND KARMA, IT WAS TOUGH IN THE CHANGING TURBULANCE TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THE SALARY SRINIVASA RAO WAS EARNING. WITH THE HELP OF STRONG WITTY WIFE, WHO CHALLENGED THE ODDS OF LIFE, VATSALA COMPLETED HER B.ED AND BECAME DOUBLE GRADUATE AFTER MARRIAGE. SHE MANAGED TO GET A JOB OF SCHOOL TEACHER IN A PRIVATE SCHOOL SSVM, STARTED HER CAREER WHERE EVERYBODY THOUGHT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR A VILLAGE TYPE GIRL TO WORK AND MAINTAIN HOME IN THE CITY LIKE BANGALORE (NOW BENGALOORU). LATER PAGE 1 OF 8

THE POWER OF TRUE LOVE: A THEORY OF LIFE….. JOINED WOMEN’S PEACE LEAGUE AND SERVED OVER 30 YEARS IN TOTAL – CLASSICAL EXAMPLE OF HATA YOGA (COURAGE). PARENTHOOD AND SON’S CHILDHOOD: NOW CAME AN INTERESTING TURN IN THEIR LIFE, AS USUAL IN EVERYONE’S LIFE, THEY HAD A CHILD, A BOY WHO WAS BORN IN SHIMOGA (NOW SHIVAMOGGA) AND HIS UNCLE’S PLACE. IT WAS A TOUGH TIME FOR NAGARAJ C.N AND HIS WIFE JAYA NAGARAJ TO MAINTAIN VATSALA AND HER NEWLY BORN. BACK IN BANGALORE, G.SRINIVASA RAO CONTINUED TO STRUGGLE FOR THE EXISTENCE AND COULD ONLY MANAGE FOR HIS MEAL. NOW CREEPED HIS THOUGHTS OF LEADING HIS LIFE AS A FAMILY MAN. UNAWARE THAT THE LIFE HAS STARTED PLAYING ITS GAME, BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE DECIDING TO BE WITH EACH OTHER FOR WHATEVER THE LIFE GIVES THEM. AT TIMES, THERE WERE HUGE WAVES THAT HIT THEM WITH HEALTH AND WEALTH; THEY STOOD STRONG AS ONE FIGHTING THE ODDS AND PROTECTING THEIR ONLY SON WHO WAS NOW THE ONLY QUESTION THAT THEY HAD TO ANSWER IN THEIR LIFE. THE SON, NAMED AMRUTH, NICKKED NAMED AMMI (FROM HIS MOTHER) AND JAMMANA (FROM C.N.NAGARAJ), THE LUCKIEST OF ALL, GOT ONLY LOVE AND NOTHING ELSE OTHER THAN LOVE – PURE LOVE. EVEN WHEN THE LIFE WAS TESTING SRINIVASA RAO WITH LOT OF HEALTH PROBLEMS, WHO FOUGHT FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS SUFFERING AND FIGHTING HIS HEALTH, STILL LOVED THE FAMILY AT THE MOST AND DID NOT SAY NO TO ANYTHING THAT HIS SON DEMANDED FROM TIME TO TIME. HIS SON NEVER REALIZING HIS FATHER’S ILLNESS ASKS TO TAKE HIM FOR AN OUTING. HE FORCES HIS FATHER AND MORE THAN A FATHER, BEING A DADDY, GETS UP FROM THE BED LOOKS TO HIS POCKET FOR THE FEW SAVINGS THAT HE HAD MADE AND GETS OUT FOR A MISSION THAT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYBODY TO DO WHEN THEY HAVE LOST THEIR BODY-MIND CO-ORDINATION. HE WALKS WITH HIS SON, FROM GANDHI BAZAAR TO LALBAGH AND RETURNS TO FULFIL HIS SON’S GOAL; A CLASSICAL EXAMPLE OF SOLIDARITY. LIFE DOES NOT STOP GIVING TESTS. SRINIVASA RAO’S FATHER GETS BEDRIDDEN. AMRUTH, IN HIS YOUNG AGE REQUESTS SRINIVASA RAO TO TAKE TO A HOTEL. SRINIVASA RAO CAUGHT IN THE JINX BECOMES SILENT AND GETS AMRUTH WHAT HE WANTS. WHILE RETURNING BACK, AMRUTH QUESTIONS HIS FATHER ABOUT WHY HE DID NOT TAKE ANYTHING TO EAT. SRINIVASA RAO EXPLAINS HIM THAT HIS FATHER GUNDAPPA WAS SUFFERING THERE ON THE BED AND SRINIVASA RAO COULD DO NOTHING TO TAKE HIS FATHER’S SUFFERINGS OUT AND RELIEVE HIM FROM HIS ILLNESS. HE ALSO EXPLAINS TO AMRUTH ABOUT THE POWER OF TRUE LOVE THAT HIS PARENTS HAD TOUGHT HIM. THE POWER OF TRUE LOVE: SRINIVASA RAO HAD SEEN LOTS OF HIGHS AND LOWS OF LIFE. BEING IN A JOINT FAMILY HOW HIS PARENTS NEVER GAVE UP THE FAMILY AND STOOD AS ONE. SRINIVASA RAO SHARES THE SAME TRUTH AND ASKS HOW CAN HE LEAVE HIS PARENTS WHEN THE PARENTS DID NOT LEAVE HIM AT ANY COST. SRINIVASA RAO STRICTLY BELIEVED IN HIS THEORY “THE POWER OF TRUE LOVE”. HE FOLLOWED IT IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER THE SOCIETY LIKED HIM FOR HIS ACTIONS OR NOT. second page

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THE POWER OF TRUE LOVE: A THEORY OF LIFE….. AT TIMES, LOT OF PEOPLE ADVISED THE PARENTS (SRINIVASA RAO AND VATSALA) THAT THE PAMPERED CHILDREN ALWAYS WENT INTO A WRONG PATH OF SOCIAL LIFE. AT THE CRUCIAL STAGE OF THEIR LIFE, THE SON PROMISES HIS PARENTS TO BE A DOCTOR AND CHEATS THEM BY NOT BECOMING A DOCTOR. SRINIVASA RAO AND VATSALA ARE SHATTERED AND SHOCKED. THEIR DREAMS OF MAKING THEIR SON INTO A RESPECTABLE INDIVIDUAL HAD COME TO AN END. THE SON HAD CHEATED HIS PARENTS. THEY STILL DID NOT STOP LOVING THEIR SON. BUT NOW THEY WERE AWARE OF WHERE THE SON’S LIFE WOULD TURN IF THEY DO NOT TAKE CARE. THEY STILL BELIEVED IN THEIR CONCEPT OF LOVE AND STRUCK TO THEIR BASELINES. THERE COMES THE WORST PART OF THEIR LIFE! SRINIVASA RAO SUFFERS WITH HEART ATTACK ON TOP OF ALL HIS OTHER SUFFERINGS. NOW THE FAMILY HAS TO BOND TOGETHER AND FIGHT THE ODDS. SON’S CHARACTER BUILDING: AMRUTH BLESSED BY SWAMI PURUSHOTHAMANANDAJI MAHARAJ AND MENTOR SURESH R HAD GOT EXPOSURE TO PHILOSOPHICAL WORLD EARLY IN HIS CHILDHOOD (AGED 14 YEARS). THE CREDIT GOES TO MY FRIEND NARENDRA’S MOTHER, WHO GOT AMRUTH TO SURESH R (FAMOUSLY KNOW AS MUNNA). AMRUTH HAD JOINED BSC IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND HAD THE FOUNDATION OF SCIENCE BASICS THAT WAS LEARNT WITH HIS SCHOOL TEACHER B.V.NAGARAJA (FAMOUSLY KNOWN AS BVN). MOTHER VATSALA, HERSELF BIENG A SCHOOL TEACHER, AMRUTH WAS BLESSED WITH GURUS. THE SON AS AN ADOLESCENT, STARTS FIGHTING THE BAD SOCIAL ELEMENTS AND GETS INTO LOT OF FRICTION WITH THE GOOD LOT. THE SON STARTS REVOLTING TO HIS PARENTS AND THEIR PRINCIPLES. THE FIGHT WAS ON EVERYDAY (PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL) FOR THE THEORIES THAT THE EACH INDIVIDUAL BELIEVED. AMRUTH DECIDES TO JOIN ASHRAM AND GOES INTO THE PHILOSOPHICAL WORLD AFTER ACCEPTING THE DEFEAT IN THE SOCIAL LIFE. SWAMI PURUSHOTHAMANANDAJI MAHARAJ EXPLAINS AMRUTH THE PATH OF A SAGE AND ITS OWN MERITS AND DE-MERITS. AMRUTH DOES NOT LISTEN, FORCES SWAMIJI TO LET HIM INSIDE PONNAMPET ASHRAM AND DECIDES NEVER TO TURN BACK TO LIFE. SWAMIJI REMAINS SILENT WITH A GRIN AND SUGGESTS AMRUTH TO MEET HIM AFTER 2 YEARS IF HE WAS INTERESTED. IN THE COURSE OF TIME, AMRUTH GETS INTO A GROUP OF FRIENDS KIRAN, SUDHI, DEEPAK AND ULHAS. ULHAS INTRODUCES KIRAN, SUDHI AND DEEPAK TO AMRUTH. ULHAS AND AMRUTH WERE THE STUDENTS OF BVN. AMRUTH ALSO GETS HELP OF SWAMY N R (STUDENT OF BVN) WITH WHOM AMRUTH UNDERSTOOD AND ATTENDED SCIENCE FORUMS, NATURE TRIALS AND THE ESSENCE OF THE FILMS LIKE LION KING, THOUGH LION KING BEING A CARTOON. SOMEHOW AMRUTH GETS CLOSE TO ULHAS, KIRAN, SUDHI AND DEEPAK. HE STARTS LEARNING ABOUT EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING WITH THEM. SLOWLY THE FRIENDS STARTED THEIR CARRIERS AND STARTED EARNING IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS OF SOFTWARE FIELD. AMRUTH ALSO GOT SOME SUPPORT WITH HIS FRIEND BHARGAVI AND ARCHANA. ARCHANA WAS A FRIEND FROM CHILDHOOD. AND THESE PEOPLE MADE AMRUTH TO GET BACK TO HIS PARENTS. NEXT WHEN AMRUTH MET SWAMI PURUSHOTHAMANANDAJI MAHARAJ, SWAMIJI WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE AMRUTH AND AS AND WHEN AMRUTH WENT NEAR TO THE SWAMIJI, SWAMIJI SAID “VERY NICE, JAI RAMKRISHNA”. THE WHOLE WORLD THOUGHT IT WAS A PHRASE PAGE 3 OF 8

THE POWER OF TRUE LOVE: A THEORY OF LIFE….. THAT SWAMIJI USED FOR EVERONE WHO WENT TO TAKE HIS BLESSINGS. BUT AMRUTH ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT SWAMIJI HAD CONNECTED HIMSELF WITH EVERYONE LIKE HOW HE WAS CONNECTED TO AMRUTH AND “VERY NICE” WOULD MEAN A LOT FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL. third page HERE, BACK AT HOME, THE PARENTS (SRINIVASA RAO AND VATSALA) BECOMING OLD, WAITING FOR THEIR SON TO BE SUCCESFUL WITH JOB AND FAMILY STARTS ON A MISSION REQUESTING EVERYBODY IN THE FAMILY TO ADVISE AMRUTH. THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAD LESS TIME AS THERE WAS A LONG GAP WITH THEM AND THEIR SON. THEN LIFE GIVES ONE MORE HIT, PROBABLY A LAST ONE BUT A CRITICAL ONE. THE HOUSE THAT SRINIVASA RAO LIVED AND LEARNT THE LESSONS OF LIFE WAS SOLD. THE REGISTRATION WAS DONE ON 7TH OCTOBER 1999. THE SHIFTING OF HOUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIFE STARTED ON 24TH OCTOBER 1999. THE LAST CAME HANDING THE KEYS. AMRUTH TOOK THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HANDING THE KEYS AT 7.30 P.M. ON 28TH OCTOBER 1999. ALL THE THREE HEARTS SUNK. THE THROATS WERE DRIED. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS VERY HARD TO DIGEST THE FACT THAT THE KING AND THE PRINCE HAS LOST THE KINGDOM, THERE WAS ALWAYS THE THEORY THAT KEPT THEM TOGETHER AND THAT WAS “THE POWER OF TRUE LOVE”. IT IS NOT ONLY THE FEELING OF LOVE THAT IS IMPORTANT; IT IS ALWAYS THE EXPRESSION OF LOVE THAT IS FELT. LESSON OF VALUE: NOW THE FAMILY MOVED TO GAVIPURAM, AN EXTENSION IN BASAVANAGUDI WITH SRINIVASA RAO’S MOTHER SMT.PADMAMMA. THE GRANDMA CHALLENGES AMRUTH FOR AN EMERGENCY LAMP AND ASKS HIM WHETHER HE IS AWARE OF THE EFFORTS BEHIND EARNING AN EMERGENCY LAMP. AMRUTH THEN DECIDES TO EARN ONE EMERGENCY LAMP AND AFTER EARNING AN EMERGENCY LAMP, HE REALIZES THE PAIN THAT IS IN SPENDING TO BUY AN EMERGENCY LAMP THAN EARNING THE MONEY WITH WHATEVER EFFORTS THAT ONE HAS TO PUT. AMRUTH GETS HIS FIRST LESSON OF VALUE FOR THE MONEY SPENT, NOT EARNED. HE ALSO REALIZED NOT ONLY THE VALUE OF MONEY BUT ALSO THE VALUE OF LIFE. DECISION MAKING: AMRUTH ALWAYS FELT HIS MOTHER LARGER THAN HIS FATHER IN WORDS OR ACTION. BUT AFTER MOVING TO GAVIPURAM, SRINIVASA RAO, PROBABLY FREE, AFTER RETIREMENT, SHOWED IMMENSE POWER IN MAKING DECISIONS. SRINIVASA RAO ALWAYS PUSHED HIS SON AND GAVE HIS SON VERY AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULES TO EXECUTE. AMRUTH WAS DISAPPOINTED AND USE TO SPEND MOST OF THE TIME INSIDE THE HOUSE. SINCE AMRUTH HAD PRIOR EXPERIENCE ON AUTOCAD AND WEB DESIGNING (HELPED BY SWAMY N R AND KALASHEKAR P), SRINIVASA RAO REQUESTED RAMASWAMY (PAPANNI) AND BOTH MANAGED TO PUSH AMRUTH TO A SOFTWARE TESTING COMPANY. THERE STARTED AMRUTH’S CAREER. FROM THEN, AMRUTH’S POWER WAS DOUBLED AS HE ALWAYS FELT HIS FATHER WITH HIM WHEN HE USED TO OFFICIALLY INTRODUCE AS AMRUTH SRINIVAS. IT GIVES HIM POWER AND ENERGY AS SOON AS HE THINKS HIS OFFICIAL NAME. AMRUTH JOINS HIS PARENTS’ THEERTHA YATRA AND TRIP TO SINGAPORE (AFTER HIS MARRIAGE). HE VISITS COUNTRIES LIKE UK AND USA. AMRUTH COULD NOT BECOME SUCCESSFUL AS PER HIS PARENTS THOUGHT BUT HE WAS NOT AS WORST AS THE REST OF PAGE 4 OF 8

THE POWER OF TRUE LOVE: A THEORY OF LIFE….. THE WORLD HAD THOUGHT. HE TRIED TO COMPENSATE BY LOT MANY THINGS. BUT THE INNER SOUL ALWAYS MADE HIM REALIZE THAT HE WAS NOT THE SON THAT HIS PARENTS WISHED HIM TO BE. HE LEARNT THAT LIFE LOST OR TIME SPENT CANNOT BE EARNED ANYTIME. ONE SHOULD LIVE LIFE TO ITS THROTTLE EVERYTIME. BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. AS PER THE FAMOUS QUOTE “IT IS BETTER LATE THAN NEVER”. THIS IS NOT AN EXCUSE OR COMPENSATION; JUST CONSOLATION TO HIS INNER SOUL. THEN IT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION OF MARRIAGE OF AMRUTH. AS A FATHER AND DADDY, HE SORTED ALL ISSUES AND RESPECTED EVERY DECISION OF HIS SON AND STOOD AS A REAL FATHER FIGURE. AMRUTH WAS MARRIED TO GAYATHRI A N, YET ANOTHER STRONG WITTY GIRL THAT VATSALA WAS AS A GIRL. EVEN WHEN AMRUTH’S FIRST ABROAD TRIP, NEVER BEEN AWAY FROM PARENTS, AMRUTH USED SPEND MOST OF HIS MONEY CALLING HIS PARENTS AND FRIENDS. FOR AMRUTH, IT WAS ONLY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. PROBABLY THE UNSEEN STRENGTH OF SRINIVASA RAO WAS EXHIBITED TO AMRUTH AFTER HIS RETIREMENT. AMRUTH IS PROUD OF HIS PARENTS BUT NEVER FORGETS THAT HE CHEATED THEM LOT MANY TIMES IN HIS LIFETIME. fourth page LIFE BECOMES A SPHERE: WITH GRAND CHILDREN, LIFE HAS COME FULL CIRCLE FOR SRINIVASA RAO AND VATSALA. THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT THEY SHOULD SIT BACK AND TRAVERSE BACK THE LONG INNINGS OF STRUGGLE THAT HAS TAKEN A NEW LOOK AND TURN OVER THE COUPLE OF YEARS. GOING AHEAD, THEY SHOULD ALSO LEARN THAT LIFE AND ITS STRUGGLE DOES NOT END AT THIS POINT OF TIME. IT IS THE NEW BEGINNING AND THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT THEY HAVE NOW IS TO STAND BY THE FAMILY FOR GUIDANCE AND MORAL SUPPORT. SIRI AND VAIBHAVI ARE THE LUCKIEST OF THIS GENERATION WHO ARE SHARING THEIR GRAND PARENTS FROM BOTH ENDS. THE ROAD AHEAD: GOING FORWARD, AMRUTH WISHES TO GIFT HIS FATHER THE KINGDOM AND PRIDE THAT THEY HAVE LOST. AMRUTH HAS ALREADY PLANNED FOR A WORLD TOUR OR THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD TRIP WITH HIS PARENTS, WIFE AND KIDS. THIS IS JUST A DREAM. IF IT COMES TRUE, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT FEELING. IF IT DOES NOT COME TRUE, THERE WOULD BE NO REGRETS. WHAT IS IMPORTANT AT THIS HOUR IS TO REALIZE THAT WHAT MAY COME OR TO WHOMSOEVER IT MAY CONCERN, LIVE YOUR LIFE TO REALIZE THE POWER OF TRUE LOVE AND LIVE YOUR LIFE EVERY HOUR YOU LIVE FROM NOW ON. CONCLUSION: TODAY, WE AS A FAMILY FEEL PROUD AND RESPONSIBLE TO PROVIDE THIS DOCUMENT TO OUR SOCIETY. WE ALSO HOPE THAT THE YOUNGER GENERATION UNDERSTANDS “THE POWER OF TRUE LOVE” AND URGE THEM TO EXERCISE THE SAME AND ENHANCE THIS DOCUMENT. WITH ALL DUE REPECTS TO OUR ANCESTORS AND THE RESPECTED FAMILIES THAT HAS BEEN WITH US IN ALL TIMES, WE SALUTE ONE AND ALL FOR BEING PART OF OUR JOURNEY IN ONE OR THE OTHER WAY. THANK YOU PAGE 5 OF 8

THE POWER OF TRUE LOVE: A THEORY OF LIFE….. SRINIVASA RAO GUNDAPPA FAMILY TREE HIRIYANNAIAH RAMASWAMY.H / ACHHAKKA

GUNDAPPA.H.R

CHANDRASHEKAR

SUBBARAO

VISHALAKSHAMMA

SHARADHAMMA /

SARASWATHI / SHESHASRI RAO BHEEMANAKATTE

SRINIVASA RAO. G / VATSALA C. N

NAGARAJ.G / TARA

USHA / BHADRESH

RUMPA / NISARG HARSH / DHARA

AMRUTH / GAYATHRI

RAMESH

ASHA / PRAKASH

NITIN NISHANTH

JYOTHI / RAGHURAM

NIKHIL NEERAJ

SHREEDEVI VAIBHAVI

SAVITHA / SRIRAM

TEJAS TVISHA

VATSALA CHIKKANAYANAHALLI NANJUNDAIAH FAMILY TREE HANUMANTHA RAO KAPANIPATHAIAH / NANJAMMA KRISHNAPPA

NANJUNDAIAH /

CHANDRASHEKARAIAH

LAKSHMIDEVAMMA /

RAMASWAMY /

NAGARAJ C.N. / JAYA NAGARAJ

KRISHNASWAMY C.N. / LAXMI K SWAMY

VATSALA C.N. / SRINIVASA RAO G

NANJUNDA PRASAD C / NANDINI PRASAD

SHOBHANA K / RAMESH V

AMRUTH / GAYATHRI

NISHITA

SNEHA SHREYAS

SHREEDEVI VAIBHAVI

SAPNA K / VINEET R

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THE POWER OF TRUE LOVE: A THEORY OF LIFE…..

PARENTS – SHRI GUNDAPPA H.R AND SMT.

SRINIVASA RAO AND VATSALA C N SON – AMRUTH SRINIVAS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW – GAYATHRI AMRUTH

SON – AMRUTH SRINIVAS GRAND-DAUGHTERS – SHREEDEVI (SIRI) AND VAIBHAVI

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THE POWER OF TRUE LOVE: A THEORY OF LIFE…..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GREATEST DAD OF THE WORLD AND your 70th Birthday, entering to your 71st Year, I would like to take this A WONDERFUL PERSON On THAT YOU HAVE BEEN IN MY LIFE LETTER TO MY FATHER DATED 7TH MAY 2007 (ORIGINAL BIRTH DATE)

opportunity to express and let you describe the journey in brief from the day I realized you as my DAD more than a FATHER. As per my conscience, though genetically you are my father, I would like to call you DAD because you have been my friend in need and in deed. There were obstacles in the journey that we have made till here today. You have given me strength, courage and the lessons you made me understand in life. Due to these parameters, today I feel that I am becoming tougher as the days go by. I am really blessed to have a DAD like you who made my life. I still remember at the crossroads, how you stood beside me like an early morning reflection, assuring me to bigger steps to reach greater heights. Today, I am proud that I can stand by you to say that I am your son. Thank you for your efforts in finding a place for people to recognize me as Amruth Srinivas. I have always felt you with me. Probably that is the reason even today I address people not as Amruth but as Amruth Srinivas. Your fight to achieve your own goals with assertive decisions that you have made has brought the family for what it is worth for. On so many occasions, I have felt you are wrong and I have argued very rudely. But as the time has gone by, I have realized the effect and importance of your decisions. Today the results speak louder than anything else. My marriage was the most essential phase; I would say an important milestone where I would have messed up. You gave me direction and today I have sensed the factors that you have considered to make a family. With you, I have no fears of future and can move forward to take bold steps and I feel secured. Daily I go to office and I have no doubts about the rich culture that will be enriched in the little minds of my daughters. My daughters have got the best grand parents in their life. I know with you both (you and Amma) I can be rest assured that their character will be molded in a right way. Today is the day you should feel satisfied and enjoy the full circle of your life. I wish and pray the mighty Lord to bestow all the powers that you need to support and guide this family further to the future. Once again, do have a wonderful birthday and the wonderful years ahead. Live Long and Live Happily. We all need you forever.

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