4 August
2013
27 July
2013
Ami ekhon boro hoey gechhi (“Now I have grown up”)
Broke every rule, convention and socially accepted behavior today and went out to run in heavy rains in Kalyani. And dragged my brother with me too!! In fact, we had dressed up for our run and then waited till the rains would start before getting out.
All those years of childhood that our parents would not let us play in the rain…. today was the day we had been waiting for to take our revenge together…. Parents kept complaining (the usual “Thanda legey jaabey” – you will catch a cold) – but now we are grown ups. So we could afford to ignore them!!!
It was just too liberating to be able to feel the heavy rain falling on our skin as we ran 8K in the empty roads. Everybody and sundry was staring at us from the shops, houses etc as we weaved thru every single street possible in the neighborhood. We also stopped at a tea stall where multiple people offered to give us a dry spot to sit in – but we just stayed in the rain and enjoyed our tea.
Finally, came back home and simply sat down in the rain for half an hour. My ever concerned sister got us some steaming tea again!!
Sitting in that rain together with my now grown up brother making idle chit chat we asked ourselves – What good is growing up if we cannot decide not to grow up? 🙂
“Ami tobu chhoto-i hobo, seta-i amar ambition” (“I just want to stay a kid and that is my ambition”)
27 July
2013
Real life puzzle
Here is a real life puzzle… Look at my previous post. It is truly a beautiful snap. The sky color is unbelievably azure and you can see the sun trying to break out if the grey clouds in the horizon.
Now, I do dabble in photography but my caliber is nowhere close to take such a beautiful shot. Also, it was an unsophisticated iPhone and I did not touch up the picture with any filters.
Can you tell me then how did the sky come so beautiful?
A hint – look carefully at my position on the road!
It bothered me enough last night that I had to state at the picture long enough to finally get it….
25 July
2013
The run. The tea. The stretches.
24 July
2013
Royal baby
20 July
2013
Did you know?
I have a friend in office who posts some amazing facts on his white board. I have always marveled at some of the crazy facts he knows. Here is one:
1. A rye plant’s root is around 400 miles (650km) long. That is just unbelievable!!!
Here are a couple that somebody else had told me.
2. A crocodile’s digestive juices are so strong that they can digest a nail !! That is why it does not matter that they cannot chew – or for that matter even move their tongue!!!
3. That thing we call “paper money”? – it is not made of paper. Most currency bills in this world are made from – get this – cotton!!! (sometimes a mix of linen and cotton)
Here is one for you to guess and then perhaps Google.
There is only one mammal in this world that cannot jump. Can you guess which one? (BTW, regardless of what that movie title would have you believe, “white men” is NOT the answer 🙂 )
20 July
2013
Answer to the previous puzzle
18 July
2013
Six coin puzzle
After flying to San Francisco on Monday, flying back to Atlanta on Tuesday and then to DC on Wednesday, I have no doubt that I will sleep off on tomorrow’s (Thursday) early morning flight. So, I figured I might as well post the puzzle tonight and go to sleep.
Pardon the picture – I put it quickly on my iPad app. But here is how it goes.
Six coins are arranged in two rows like in the picture on the left. In three sliding moves, you have to get the circular arrangement on the right. The rules are – (*) you can slide only one coin at a time (*) you cannot “push” other coins away when you move a coin – and of course no lifting the coin off the surface either (*) here is the interesting one – when you move a coin, you have to make sure that when you leave it in its new position, it has to touch two other coins.
14 July
2013
One good run deserves another :-)
Great start to the day accompanying an old friend Mukil in his maiden run. (3K) Here’s wishing him a lot of runs and great health in his future…
Followed by the Bengali run. Today Sharmila joined us too (5K). Amitesh had logistics issues. Also got the royal ditch from Atashi and Malobika 🙂
Starbucks time now!!!!
11 July
2013
“But I have promises to keep…
…and miles to go before I sleep” ( Frost)
Last year Madhumolli (my friend from school days – one of the few that just could not stand me – but that is a story for another day 🙂 ) excitedly told me that her daughter (a year younger than Natasha) had started running. Even more excitedly, I called her daughter up and before thinking much, promised to run with her within one year.
Managed to grab a train after meetings in London today, haul it to Slough, put in a 3K run with her and turned around immediately to haul back to London. We even managed to get her dad to run with us half the distance!!!
Awesome feeling to keep a promise!! Even more awesome feeling was to keep up with somebody one third my age on the running track.
