7 November 2025

First things first!

We got down in Ontario, California, retired our suitcases, grabbed a rental car. It was past nearly midnight by our time zone. Instead of going to the hotel, we decided to go straight to Rishu’s dorm and pick him up from there. We brought him to the hotel and had a dinner with him. This was his reaction to the banana split!

1 November 2025

The inimitable Pauls

Pratyush and I go back a long way. He must be the person with whom I have lived in the same city the most number of times… Durgapur, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, and Dallas! The last time I visited them, which was another wedding-related trip to Dallas, this time for their own son, we obviously didn’t get a chance to have a good “adda”. This time, we made up for that!