24 November 2020

Old i2 friends!!

Parag Chitalia was in town to visit his in laws. I had last seen him somewhere in the early 2000s (about 17-18 years back, I reckon). Karthik was able to get the three of us together for a quick drink. We missed Madhav who unfortunately lost his mother the previous day.

23 November 2020

Good times were had by one and all

Monday evenings are usually with Amitesh. And then once in a while Anusuya joins in. I do not know why – whenever it is the three of us, there is way too much mirth and laughter that goes around. Add any one more person or subtract any one person – and it is never the same.

Drinking sambuca might have something to do with it đŸ™‚

20 November 2020

Early afternoon sun

Took half a day off from work to enjoy the gorgeous sun this afternoon. Was on the terrace of Rootstock with Sharmila. Met our old friend Abby there too. The topics of discussions varied widely from Ghenghis Khan to “Is time a real or imaginary concept?”

16 November 2020

Missed this year’s “bhaiphonta”

Today the “bhaiphonta” ceremony was celebrated at my dad’s place. Three years back, I had surprised everybody at his place by showing up on this day. That was 34 years after the last time I had “bhaiphonta“.

Then last year, I tried surprising everybody again. Except my sister and her family and my brother and his family were elsewhere. (They had no idea I was going to show up). I had spent the whole day with my parents.

This year, thanks to Covid, I have to reconcile myself to seeing the pictures on Whatsapp.