3 July 2022

Great evening. Even better discussions.

We had originally thought of riding to Woodstock but the sharp showers put paid to all our plans. Instead, we just drove up to Halcyon and settled on the rooftop bar at Hobnob. The evening weather started a bit oppressive but quickly cooled down and turned out to be very pleasant.

Some great discussions with Avi – from politics to factfulness to social media to treasured memories from childhood!

1 May 2022

The best and the strongest

The ride of life is unpredictable. The best laid plans of mice and men are but to humor Fate. Yet, those who bounce back from the vagaries of luck are but the best and the strongest.

It was so great to see two of the best and the strongest today over a quick lunch and then chat under the shade of aa tree in the parking lot – Atashi and her daughter Ira. I do not want to assume for once that pain of any bereavement ever goes away; but I salute those who pick up their broken pieces and move forward with the single minded determination of making the most of what we are given in life.

20 February 2022

The incredible Whitneys

Best house guests ever. Because they will let me pour alcohol at will, allow me to talk about topics varying from glass calligraphic pens to psoriatic arthritis! But best of all because Shauna (and Sharmila) has given Roger and me the permission to go on our next adventure trip!!

As you know, our rule is we go to a country that most of us know nothing about. It was Mongolia last time. Seems like Azerbaijan is the front runner in our ignorance this time!

It is always fun to host the Whitneys!

12 February 2022

The Covid bubble again

I was mentioning in yesterday’s post about the three couples that wasa our Covid bubble and how we missed them a couple of evenings back at our regular Covid tryst. Well, we did get together the next day – this time at Mazzy’s.

As I was mentioning in another post before that – we somehow got started again on whose body parts were hurting and what the doctors were saying and all that. Eventually, we realized that we were doing old people talk.

So, switched to more young people stuff… well, I am not sure how to explain the topic of discussion in this august forum. Why don’t you ask Shrabani, Sharmila, Parijat, Avijit or Dipanjan what was the topic they were discussing about. (Please note, I said “they” ๐Ÿ™‚ ). and while at it, enquire Parijat about Moxy in Tokyo!!

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5 February 2022

Guess who we ran into this evening?

Sharmila and I had settled down in Chiringa in downtown Alpharetta making a list of all the things that we needed to get done in the new house when along came good old Rupak and Jasmine!

You know life has changed a lot when you realize that our entire discussions in the evening were not about movies, sports or even social media – we talked the whole time about cholesterol, cardiac arrests and calcium levels.

God, we have become old!

8 December 2021

An evening to remember

It was a great evening with Sonali and Vikram. Other than the bar hopping, we managed to get in some great debate and discussion around religion and meditation. Religion can be a very divisive topic. But the debate was very healthy and constructive.

Sonali is a great listener and has mastered the art of articulating counter arguments. I found myself again in a familiar spot – having to defend a position that I personally do not believe in. (which sometimes I enjoy more than arguing for the positions I believe in).

Vikram was quiet most of the time. But he has promised to pick on his favorite divisive topic in the next meeting – the Second Amendment. Now, I have to find out which way he is going to argue. So that I can mentally prepare myself for the other view.

Looking forward to it!!