Folks

My folks were here last week and tried to do my best at being Raju guide... taking them all over Mumbai from Hyper City Malad to NCPA Nariman Point. Took them out to eat at Pouche, a Kashmiri restaurant and also the Pav bhaji. However I soon realized how woefully inadequate a few days are to see this mayanagri or for that matter any of the great cities of the world. So when I say I ve been to Chicago, New York, Rome, Paris etc. thats exactly what I ve done... been there. To live and to experience is another city. What I need is a rich patron to pay for my expenses as I travel around the world. Anybody out there?

Uncertainty

Well this is one position where I am definitely not at my best... options in front of me and I have to make a choice... I teach decision making models to clients but in my life I am a big "I want it all". The consequence of this is that I am all the time having post purchase dissonance of some kind and options acquire differing priorities based on my mood swings.
Any practical help around? No, please avoid theoretical frameworks... I make those for a living

A Sunday well spent

Finally it was a Sunday well spent. I managed to push myself and go for a meeting of the Bombay Quiz Club. Needless to say got walloped by the other quizzards there but it felt so nice to be among people who believe there is a world beyond their jobs. It felt nice to be among people who were so well read and generally knowledgable about so many things including needless trivia. To be a good quizzard you need to be not just well read but also observant, have a good memory and most important of all be intelligent enough to work out the correct answers from whatever he knows.
After dropping off a friend at the airport went to Bandra fort to listen to Shubha Mudgal sing patriotic songs, composed by tawaeifs etc. that have got lost in the course of time. Two of her renditions were brilliant to say the least. The first was "Khub ladi mardani jhansi wali rani thi" and the other was the timeless classic "vaishnava jana ko". I had driven two hours through painful traffic but her voice made everything worth it.
After a quiet dinner at a friend's place where her mother had made Bengali delicacies I retired tired satisfied and well fed after a Sunday well spent.

Haitus

Most of my haitus is that which shouldn't have been and ends when I find some free time with no more avenues for wasteful indulgences of time left.
So here I am once again with a promise to myself and the very few readers of my blog that I ll be regular.
A few changes have happened in the last few months. I have grown old, turned 26, developed a bad back, lost a little hair, developed something called "Dry Eyes" and even have a bit of wisdom tooth problem. In addition I have been promoted, making a little more money, and have bought a car. So you can see there s nothing great about the last few month. Most of this happens to most people in natural progression with nothing to write home about.