(Feb 24, 11:58pm)

Asked Boss for leave today..
will be going home for Holi!

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Already bought a Fab India kurta.. which I'd wear in the evening on 8th.. Will ask the maids to prepare all that, that was usually done upon Holi.. in grandma's time.. and later by muma, albeit less religiously!

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Glad that Im reaching on 5th night.. I'd be having two days to get the house done up and all!

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Bharati ji wants a special silk sari.. :)

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(Feb 21, 1:54pm)

Sorry, hadn't been writing for sometime now! I feel hassled.. I'm trying a 'change-over' in work area, which ain't happening..or may be I'm too impatient to wait even reasonably..

And then, February's got to be over, and I do not have the schedules to start my novel.. Im really keen on finishing the first one by year end.. and since it shouldn't be a hurried exercise, I better begin now!

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Feb is the best time to write... the weather is pleasant and with spring and Holi upon us, there's a "song in every heart!"

But I wouldn't be doing my novel in this Del one-room stay.. I don't have the space here.. space is important.. you can't let yourself shrink.. ideas too is related to space, although I do not contend ideas are irrepressible and can happen in even confinement..

But I do not wish it that way.. Because mine is a story of long and powerful attachment, worthy of space.. worthy of sprawling, uninhibited environment.. like my Patna house, with the placid water of holy Ganga uniting me with that mood..

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At least I have the backdrop and the two characters planned.. only I need to grow the plot, and fill in other persons!

Naz** is helping me handsomely!

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(Feb 12, 12:35am)

Thank God, the DP is restored.
But what about mom's pics?

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(Feb 11, 6:37pm)

What is this now?

First mom's pics disappeared, and now the display is gone!!!

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How do I retrieve them??

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I just dont have clues.. When its technology, I admittedly lack brain cells!

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Pls helppppp somebody..

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(Feb 10, 12:23am)

Hey did you know all ministers are not exactly the "mean, foul, offensive" types.. like the press would have us believe.. I realised only today..

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Like this Health Minister, who I went interviewing for my Cover Story.. You know there was this very old and frail man, who had come asking for trash.. it so happened that after getting his grandson or somebody treated in a Delhi hospital, he had no money to return..

The minister promptly gave away 2200, the exact fare amount for three persons..

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And I cant even say this was showcase generosity, since few journalists were watching.. If the minister weren't concerned, he wouldn't allow such men entry at the first place..

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(Feb 08, 8:56pm)

Okay.. Sorry, sorry, sorry.. I know I made it a long wait... and I am really regretful about it.. But then, it also helps me realise your love for me.. in the form of the unreceding pageviews, that keep coming even when im not blogging..

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Fine, I will start where I left..
Jan 28th midnight, eh?

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Ok, 29 was great fun.. and it really has to be genuinely great, since I wrote to Naz** later, that I for one moment didnt have to feign smiles.. And you know, I looked good too..

I mean I got lot many compliments.. even from unexpected quarters, like this Madam in St Xaviers.. and this other guy, who otherwise never appreciates me..

Plus, the playful activities there, and endless banter... so many from batch 2002 had come.. making it pure madness.. I danced too..

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I guess now you'd probably get a clue how it feels to be back to Delhi.. specially, when I am running out of time for the Cover Story.. and there's Media Watch production going on too..

Just didnt feel like writing..

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But oh, yes.. that Kashmir article.. I know you ppl ought to have been the first ones to know.. so Big, Big apologies for not keeping you in the loop.. especially when it's a defining moment in life..

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It got published in international press!

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How?

Hmmm.. It so happened that N**ir's editor was not in town, which is why he wasnt able to get it published.. and in the meantime, Ramzy Baroaud (celebrated author, journalist) liked it so much that he took it out in The Palestine Chronicle!!!

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Great na?

I owe a lot to you.. It's your incessant love that so often helps me recoup.. and bounce back.. and write!

Thanks :)

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Oh, by the way.. yesterday I met Kareena Kapoor.. she had come at Satyam Cineplex to promote her next release.. I thought she looks fab.. but then, who doesn't, in those overdose makeup?

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And yeah.. after a long time, mum befriended me in dreams.. last night.. or should I say today's wee hours.. since i slept only at 2am..

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You know it was very interesting.. in fact funny.. Actually, I have this habit of delaying these essential "must-buy" things.. like your tooth paste, facewash.. soap.. sometimes shoe polish.. little but important things..

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And i don't know why I would just not buy them.. sometimes I'd keep pressing the toothpaste by the edge.. but not go out and buy a new one!

So here was mom, taking me through the shops.. and getting me the things.. and chiding me lovingly each time, and asking me to be more prompt in future..

Sweet na?

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