Manjula had a great time on her 43rd Birthday. Yes she’s 43!
Travelling out to Srirangaptnam for Puja at the Rangatha Temple to visit Ranga, Laxmi, Garuda, Narsima and Hanuman (so many Gods in one place!) and dinner at hotel Roopa in the evening. Over 43 friends from around the world via facebook and email sent their greetings.. That also helped make her day.
She now is planning her 50th party in the UK!
Farrell Factoid
The Yorkshireman reached deep down into his pocket to pay for the meal for twelve people which cost much less than a recent, probably typical meal in London for three 🙂
As always in India it’s critical to get to the story under the surface. When I first met her, Manjula had three different birthdates. In India when someone doesn’t have a birth certificate (most poor and rural people, above a certain age) they use their TC or Transfer Certificate from school as evidence of their date of birth. As part of the rationalisation of her various inconsistent and conflicting forms of ID she had to sort it out and go for one.
She is a Queen but one birthday is enough!
Me and MYCycle 
I think I’ll find my school leaving date and announce another birthday.
Well one of Manjula’s was Christmas Day. I have the feeling that might have been just grasped from thin air by someone else in the family 😉
Happy Birthday Manjula. Sorry these wishes are late! It seems like you had a great day. Personally I don’t see see why you can’t have more than one birthday.
I go with that thinking Joan, or at least more than one celebration. So when I reach 60 in December we’ll have a couple of events and they’ll continue in the UK In July. Stephen