One and a half years since I've been using my current mobile number, and people are still calling up to speak with a certain Kiran and asking me to pay up!
Grrr...

I missed Durga Puja in Calcutta this time - I've been missing it all these years (four, I think) but this time I really wanted to be there and be part of a festival where the entire city is celebrating. It is a four day long festival and people start preparing for it two weeks in advance. For nearly a week every business is closed to make way for ( Read more... )

Mid-week holidays can be so refreshing!
I think we would get as much done working four days with a break on Wednesdays as with working all five days.

As each of us have life within ourselves, so we all have non-life too, something that is constantly denigrating our present selves. And this creates a shift from one state of mind to another, and we live only in states of the mind and an illusion of some constancy among these which gives the life a more over-bearing role than the non-life. During ( Read more... )

I met someone at tennis today morning and after the initial exchange of names, the first thing I was asked was "What do you do in life ?". I was quite taken aback at that, and after half a moment, I caught myself saying "Nothing Much"! It took some conscious effort to actually get down to telling her what I do ( Read more... )

quite so bad as a bad day of sport.

First there are the weekdays when one is supposed to get up early, make breakfast and then make a dash for the old workplace. Then roll up your sleeves and get down to business as usual, unless it's time to do things other than work, or planning for the weekend! When the weekend comes, there is too much pressure to do all the things you've planned ( Read more... )

Played badminton today. After an age!
It was awesome! Though it's made me painfully aware that round is a BAD shape to be in.
Hopefully I can do this regularly from now.

Every time I get into a daily rut, into a situation where all things are sorted out, I get complacent and that depresses me. A close friend told me that being comfortably ensconced does not suit me ( Read more... )

Amazon India celebrated the completion of its first year and we all went to Nagarhole for two days. Getting away from the hustle of Bangalore can be such a relief! Just the absence of the clamour noise is enough to soothen your nerves. We stayed at King's Sanctuary which was a nice place. Went on a safari and saw some deer and bison and wild boar ( Read more... )