Last Saturday, the Telugu Association of Greater Delaware Valley celebrated
a hat trick event; its Silver Jubilee, a belated dhAta ugAdi festival,
and its 4th Annual North American Telugu Cultural Competitions (Drama,
Folk-Dance, and Light Music). Those of you within easy driving distance of
this event, and missed it - "mimmalni dEvuDu kUDA kshamincaDu".
Bapu was the special guest on this occasion.
The President of TAGDV, Patri Prasad requested Bapu to come to the stage and
light the ceremonial lamp, inaugurating the proceedings. Then he asked Bapu
to say two words.
That's it. Bapu took advantage of the situation, went to the mike, and
dominated it for the next two-to-three thousand milliseconds. I can't
quote his long speech verbatim here, lest I might not have it right. I'll
give you an exact quote tomorrow.
mitabhAshi doesn't begin to describe his mita-bhAshitwamu. How about
aparimita-mita-bhAshi?
Ramakrishna