5 April
2023
30 March
2023
Dinner with the old crew
26 March
2023
Evening snacks of the champions!
25 March
2023
Coffee walk with Jay Jay
23 March
2023
Catching up with the Subramaniams from Bangalore
It was six years back that I had visited my MBA class mate from Ahmedabad and my colleague from my first job – as well as my apartment mate from Bombay at his house in Bangalore. The chief goal was meet his dad. Which I did 21 years after I had met him for the first time. But that time, I also met Kavita, Aditya and Saumya for the first time.
Subsequently, Aditya and Saumya moved to the USA for studies. Today, took advantage of Raj and Kavita visiting them and showed up for the evening at the Airbnb they were staying in!!
Unfortunately, missed Saumya who was a good 400 miles away near Philly. Had a good call with her though!!
22 March
2023
Colleagues from the past
As I prepare to bow out of my role, there are a lot of goodbyes to be told. Here is an evening with two of my ex-colleagues – Ken and Alexa. We had a great time reminiscing the formative days of our company. Got to know the personal stories of each one of their lives and once again, made me realize how much personal adversities people often go thru before succeeding in life. While it was hard losing them when they left, it was unequivocally heartening to hear about the professional successes they have had recently!!
18 March
2023
We reached a compromise
Every night before we go to bed, Jay Jay engages me in a veritable battle of wits. I try to get him to sleep in his own bed (on the floor right next to our bed) and he makes mincemeat of all my coaxing and cajoling and jumps on to our bed and settles in comfortably.
After a couple of rounds of to and fro this night, we finally settled for a compromise!
16 March
2023
Perfect day to spend a few hours in the sun
16 March
2023
Sometimes, she surprises me
Last night as I was going to bed, I got this picture from Kallol Nandi who further added that he felt very proud of her. My instinctive reaction was that he meant to send it to somebody else. On second thoughts, I looked closely at the picture.
I was still not sure why I was looking at a magazine. Then I saw the boats in the cover picture. I realized that this might be Sharmila’s painting. The boats looked familiar in style. She paints a lot of boats which always gives me a sinking feeling because she would invariably ask me for suggestions for names. Apparently, “Boat – 1”, “Boat – 2” … is not very artistic.
I forwarded that picture to her asking if it was her painting. She is roaming around in London and Paris with Nikita. I am told that is what self-respecting artists do. (roam in London and Paris – not necessarily with Nikita).
Anyways, this morning I woke up to a confirmation from her. I am glad she did not berate me for missing her signature completely!
Thank you Kallol for pointing me to this.
Does anybody know how can I get a physical copy? (Atlanta Journal Constitution is still showing the Fall copy)
14 March
2023
