Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    Hope you are good in health and doing well.

HpS - Health of body is O.K.  Health of soul needs work!

    Introducing - Venkatesh Bhandary.

    Name : S Venkatesh Bhandary
    Date of current birth: 15th January,1994
    Current family: Based at Suratkal, Mangalore(40km from Udupi Dham), Karnataka state, South India

    Languages: English, Hindi, Konkani(Mother tongue), Kannada, Tulu.

    Upbringing at home was in a pious 'brahmin' family environment, Gowd Saraswat sect, a branch of the Madhvacharya lineage. But there weren't
    much spiritual inputs at Home, it was all pious rituals. Real Good fortune arose when he got an ISKCON devotee's association in class in 11th
    &12th Grade(2009-2011). Philosophy was attractive, but couldn't really pick up as he was still doubting if the organization was authentic. The most
    significant touch came when he heard from an ISKCON initiated devotee, HG Haripad prabhu(ACBSP) at a students program(26th January,2013)
    hosted by student devotees at Manipal, Udupi- That was close to his engineering college. Simultaneously, he got in touch with student
   devotees(C/o ISKCON Pune) at National Institute of Technology,their center was 20min walk away from home.

    As you confirmed over call for to share the blog details so I would forward blog details to him for his direct communication with you.

   your fallen servant,
  Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - Jaya! How is your own perspective?  Are you looking to take Sannyasa in a few years? Thank you for introducing us to a new friend!