Happy New Hindu Year! Happy Gudhi Padwa!

प्रतिपच्चन्द्रलेखेव वर्धतामखिलं सुखम् ।
संवत्सरे नवीनेऽस्मिन् समेषां भद्रमस्तु न:।।

“Like the growing crescent of the moon, let all happiness grow. In this new year, may we all have a blissful life.”

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]