@ Ajit Ji : Nice blog. Keep going ..... @ venkatesh ji : Apart from upAkarma, shrAvaNa pournami is also celebrated as "SANSKRIT DAY". Pls do inform this to everybody across all the forums that atleast on this day, let them try to speak in sanskrit. samskritaM Eva bhAratasya rAStrabhASA bhavEt bhASA-rUpAyai namaH sa-snEhaM, sriram