User talk:NagarajaM

This is a biography of a great, noble lady who lived a purposeful life for 83 years, her mission in life was serving the society, Indian society, without class, creed, barriers and barricades. Indian society ha been one of conservative, conventional and highly orthodox. we admire Indian women for having endured all restrictions imposed by the then society, at the same time with a zeal to preserve culture for future generations. If in India today joint family, particularly in rural parts, still exists it is prominantly due to these adorable women. Let this tribe multiply in the world.

Back in early 18th century shimoga was a small town, near the foothils of western ghats, full of virgin land, flush of greeney, ich with river water, slow life,peaceful and prosperous with agricultural produce from lands and plantations. only selected few would choose Govt. service provided they had attended to some school. There were no private schools those days, Govt. schools were rare and far between. Most of the towns in foothillfaced threat from predators like tigers, wolfs etc which would lift chicken for their food. Every type of serpant including pythons were moving freely among human settlements. Lot of wter bodies in plenty malaria was ramphant, rodents, insects had enough place to breed around. we cannot imagine a situation like this of today except perhaps in a remote place in Africa.

A small lane, now known as BB Street, had conglomeration of brahmin households along the river Tunga, which takes its birth in Holy Sringeri, wherefrom Adishankaracharya commenced his propogation of Advaita philosophy ad established mutts in four corners of India. Even today water in this river, which flows through medicinal plants/roots in ghatts acquires medicinal property, is sweet and very tasty.