A little bit about Sohum...
With all of your blessings Sohum has grown into a wonderful young boy... for that we are really thankful. Through our days of teasing him that Elvis wrote 'Devil in disguise about him' and begging him to join us to visit family OR get groceries OR really just step out of the house and having to agree exactly when we will be back here we are. Like a butterfly Sohum appears ready to come out of a chrysalis. Some of you have been a close part of Sohum's growing up and because of us moving here some of you have been guiding and blessing him and us from a distance. We are so grateful for the support of our family and friends and feel blessed to have you all in our lives.
We are also grateful for the support of our family and friends and feel blessed to have you all in our lives. !
We look forward to sharing this occasion with you !
Drabiyar / Pittsburgh, PA
Our family is from Drabiyar, Habba Kadal in Srinagar. Presently the family is headed By Pt. Sarvanand Handu's second son, Sh. Mohan Lal Handu, elder brother of Jawahar Lal Handu. Sohum is lucky to have Grandparents Shama and Jawahar Lal Handu chanelling the blessings of all our elders on this joyous occasion.
We are forever grateful to have your blessings on this day !
Rajbagh / Faridabad
On Jyotsna's side the family is from Rajbagh, Srinagar , now in Faridabad. Sohum's Nanu Sh. Kul Bushan Koul will be by his side as he starts the period of learning and growth. His Nani Late Smt. Ratna Koul will be blessing him for the heavens.
We are grateful to all of Sohum's Matamal for sending their blessings and love to him.
We are blessed to have your blessings on this day !
May 06: He's here
Sohum was born in Pittsburgh. Like we'd find out later Sohum " wants to do, what he wants to do" and the rest is history...
10 June: Started School
Sohum (Somu) was a very competitive child. From wanting to be the first in any race, that sometimes only he knew that he was competing in :) , to always volunteer to help, Sohum was a natual leader as a child.
Growing Up
It's no wonder to us that Sohum has turned out to be as sociable as he now is. He gave an impression of being a shy kid. Liked to wear oversized clothes and enjoyed, really ENJOYED, his video games. He started developing interest acoss a broad range of subjects, wide enough to be interesting. The tough part was when he started fact-checking Dad. We are told that he's "quite a character" in school ( we hope that they mean this in a good way)
Jan'22
PANDEMIC, AHEAD OR BEHIND US
So Sohum's Dadu & Dadi were finally able to travel back from India 08'22, after having spent the better part of pandemic in India. They'd gone there to travel for 6 months, buthad to stay a while as inernation travel was curtailed.
Nearly as soon as they landed in Pittsburgh, Dadi started planting the seed to getting the Yagnopavit done. "Khabar pagah kya baniy, Panas paeth cha barosa..." ( who knows what will happen tomorrow, life is so uncertain .. ). With Jyotsna (Sohum's mom), the found a willing partner and a cheerleader. They were unstoppable
How "kyah chuk vanan" (what do you say?) became "che kya chuy karun, ye che saen kaam" ( this is not your work, but ours) We do not know but here we are!
Feb 20, 22 July: Dadi put her foot down!
Sohum has been won over to participate in the Yagnopavit ceremony on an agreement that the he gets to keep his hair.
Ahh what a battle, Mom (Jyotsna) can solve international conflicts now :) Till the time we get our videos up take a look at what the ceremony looks like !
