TV Tango

Please try to imagine Whistler 's Mother watching a 1932 vintage TV (Most probably it was soundless at that time).I couldn 't get the two pictures together that is why I am appealing to your imagination.

In the evening 2 fellows from our cable guy showed up with a digital receiver recommending that we use it for an improved and wider TV coverage.Mum and I had a good sales-talk conversation with them.And knocked the drum from all sides to make sure it was not leaking.

I felt we were being coerced (read blackmailed) into buying a receiver in order to get a good reception.But, since the whole world is going digital, we said let 's jump into the well too.

Anyway the guys were in a hurry so they gave me some instructions and an instruction manual. Everything looked very easy. Problems surfaced just when they exited the front gate.

1. All our favorite channels are mixed up. We like to arrange numbers according to our preference...we 've lost that for the moment. I hope the manual will tell me how to re-arrange the channels.

2. Mom cannot work the new remote and showered me with her complaints (I 'm not a serious TV watcher) and when I tried to play it by ear , she kept reading out useless instructions from the book and gave a running commentary on my inept attempts at trying to fix the idiot box ( as we have named the TV in India).I pretended to be completely deaf, the only thing I could do in a situation like this.

3.Mom is reduced to lip reading the TV (that 's why I have posted the top two pictures). Her favorite channel Star One has no sound. All her soaps (which are actually meant for people between the ages of 15 and 35) are soundless and she is watching them anyway.I rang up the cable guy and he tells me there are problems in the control room.This is what I call soundless pleasure.For once the telly has lost its audio-cratic reign.

4. Now I have to read the manual for hours on end and try to figure out how to work the thing smoothly...which will result in brain drain.

Friends I invite you to do a post on how you were miffed by technology while I take my time trying to untangle the TV

Feb 4, 1992

Today is my younger sister Namrita 's 16th wedding anniversary.She was married in the Baptist Church of Tura , Meghalaya (in North East India).her husband 's town. When you marry someone from the Meghalaya state, the bride has to go the the groom 's town to marry.they are ethnically very different from us and it was like visiting a foreign country.Here she is getting ready to step out with her bridesmaid.

Namrita is a very beautiful person both inside amd outside. Her mane means 'Gentleness ' from Galatians 6 the fruit of the Spirit. Really suits her.
To borrow from Andrae Crouch 's song Through it All ...
She 's had many tears and sorrows
She had questions for tomorrow
There were times when she didn 't know right from wrong.
But in every situation
God gave blessed consolation
All her trials
Only came to make her strong
Through it all
She has learnt to trust in Jesus
She has learnt to trust in God
Through it all
She has learnt to depend upon His Word.

I have sung the song 'My Tribute-To God be the Glory ' at three weddings and above you can see me singing. I have a VHS video of the song which I can 't upload on the computer.

Above is our family photo outside the church.L-R Amrita, Sengrak (the groom), Namrita,my BIL Prem, sister Anjali, Mom and Dad and of course Ashish who is 21 years old now and will soon be working as a financial advisor in a bank.

How the years have flown by.Namrita and Senrak have two boys 11 and 7.I must get a recent photo of theirs.I want to post a video of Andrae Crouch singing My Tribute as a way of celebrating this day.

I called up Namrita and we chatted.For supper I made scotch eggs, with mashed potatoes and bread with cheese spread and dressing.

Listen to Andrae sing. Oooh I wish I could sing and play like this. He is one of my favorite singers.I love his song "Through it All " Made a deep impact on me as a new Christian.Hands up all you Andrae Crouch fans.