Undying Love….

I had been away from home for a good one week, traveling to places that are supposed to be home – my place of birth, hometown, land of my forefathers etc.   I travel to Patna at least once a year, but rarely for the whole seven days. Traveling to Patna is rather easy with…

Late Evenings at Work

I have many times sat late at work.   While I was in Bombay, there were so many times to merely avoid the traffic on the way back home. The latest I have done is being in office upto almost 0130 hours, trying to give the final okay to a film created for the annual…

Back from the states

It had been a year since I was in Patna last, taking advantage of the long weekend around Gandhi Jayanti I was once again there.   This visit, I was pleasantly surprised to see smooth and widened roads almost everywhere in the city. They are laying a drainage network for some of the local streets too – Patna was,…

Becoming Musical

This is not about Rock Hudson, but only about music. At an interview at the start of my career, I was once asked, “Do you like music?” “Sir, movies and music, I do not understand.” “What barbaric tastes you have, you do not like movies or music but are interested in politics.” Earlier in the…

Asking her out…..circa 2008

This is about my close friend; – dude my chance to publicly laugh at you. He is a rather innocent chap, naive to tell me about how he made an ass of himself during this evening out with this pretty girl he knows.   Dude, I promise not to give away your name.   Let…