Where was I?

Here and there, doing this and that; and sadly, still doing the same....but a few updates nonetheless.

Spent a week in Karnataka; first traveling through the North Western par through Hubli, Sirsi, Banvasi, Soraba, Sagara, Joga, and finally ending up in Shimoga before making my way to Bangalore. It was mostly about friends this time; Suman's wedding made it possible to meet GD & Pushpa, Sumanth, Kumar, and of course, the man, Sudeep himself, all together. And as it happens usually in large friends-get-togethers, never really got to know what they are doing fully, and will just have to manage with changed looks, and the same old jokes. Both of which are great :)

Saw the best of rains in Bangalore this time, missed a tree falling over our car by a whisker on Lavelle road, navigated the worst of traffic jams in Bangalore, and for the first time in my life, experienced "road rage." It was an interesting experience - driving in Bangalore this time.

Caught up with Ashok after ages. And thinking of that gang, I wonder whether Nair is still alive. Dude, if you ever end up reading this, drop me a message; we need to visit SLV for our usual.

Chili, Akshai, Dhimant, and all the other NPS folks seem to be doing good. But of course, "good" is what I gather by first impressions. Never got to talk to any of them at length; so, well, I hope they are doing good.

In what seems to be the coup of the year, Kannambadi is marrying Lakshmi (Dhruva's sister), and the engagement party was great fun. There, Suri, the first real entrepreneur of our gang (he has actually quit his job), gave me a quick walk through of what exactly his new company is doing, and it sounds great.

After years, took a walk through Bugle Rock (Mount Joy), took a ride down the good ol' jaaro bande with Harsha. Made customary visits to BCB, Suprabhata, UD, and of course, Vidyarthi Bhavan.

Made it a point to have Nishant (friend from IIT) drink great coffee at Suprabhata, eat real Masale Dose in Vidyarthi - all to show him why I keep cribbing about the coffee and south Indian food in Bombay. I could see that the point was well taken. The adage that one should never have south Indian tea and north Indian coffee seems to hold true even now.

The trip back to Bombay was incredible!! Nishant and I were accompanied in Kurla Express by the great Yakshi. Hale Sanyasi stole the show in the train, and we were in no shape to complain. Hic [sic], it was worth it!

Back in Bombay, and as Yakshi was here, another week just went by with no work getting done. Time to get back to it at least now. Adios amigos.