Friday, August 2, 2013

Howlers & Bloomers - 2

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'This big robbery? Tell me about it.'

Hugo raised his eyebrows.

'Big?'

'The telegram says "big".'

'These telegraph-operators will try to make sense. You can't stop them editing. The word should be "pig". Lord Emsworth's pig has been stolen.'

'Pig!' cried Percy Pilbeam. 

PGW in Summer Lightning

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Yesterday I was talking about my conjecture...conviction rather...that my Guru SDM died of a broken heart on seeing the messed up version of his printed book on QM. 

Printers can be devils.

This reminds me of my Shakespeare Uncle, Principal of the College where I did my one-year Pre-University program.

He was a scholar in English, Sanskrit, Telugu and Tamil.

And he was a close chela of Ramana Maharshi.

He died within minutes of a massive heart attack.

Here is perhaps why:


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PUBLISHER' NOTE


Sri G. V. Subbaramayya, the Author of this long awaited Sri Ramana Reminiscences does not need any introduction to the devotees of Sri Bhagavan. He was one of the privileged few who moved with Sri Bhagavan with childlike familiarity and had His Grace in full measure. Originally written in Telugu as Sri Ramana Smaranamritam (now out of print) was translated into English by him and printed in 1967 which unfortunately came out very crudely printed full of printing mistakes. This has now been thoroughly revised and presented to our readers in a new garb. We hope the devotees of Sri Bhagavan will welcome this book and take it to their heart.

The author passed away in May, 1970.

T. N. VENKATARAMAN,
President, Board of Trustees,
Sri Ramanasramam
Tiruvannamalai.

20th May, 1979,
Maha Puja Day 



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Please note the dates.

My poor Uncle didn't live to see the revised edition of his heartfelt reminiscences...which is flawless.

So sorry for him!


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