Canoeing at Kolad & Kashid Beach

12-02-2017

Boys day out. 
Armaan had been wanting to spend time with just the two of us, and so e ditched the ladies and headed out early morning to Kolad.

My GPS [ Here Drive ] as usual took me off course through some terrible inland roads where I ended up with our first bad scratch on the LHS of the car. Miserable.

But anyway, we cheered up after a nice morning Canoeing up and down the river, and we then wanted to venture out into some exploring of new territory. I hoped to make it to Korlai fort about 40 km westward and then onto the beach.

As it turned out, we did the hinterland stretch through Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary [ beautiful drive in a deserted Ghat section ], missed the fort as the drive took longer than anticipated, and then made our way to Kashid beach. Has lunch of some roast lamb and lettuce sandwiches at the beach. 
Altogether a great day with Armaan :-)

La Boheme

11-02-2017

As a run up to Valentines Day, Deepa and I went to watch the Opera - La Boheme on Saturday held at the charming Jamshed Bhaba Theatre in NCPA.

It was a beautifully re-created production of the 1896 Classic by Giacomo Puccini, with very clever front-lit screens and live strings section. It was amazing !

  

Excerpt from Georgie Porgie

I had seen men who were perfect shrimps in comparison with me displaying an astonishing aplomb in their dealings with the fairer sex. And oh, how I envied them! How I longed to do likewise –to be able to share in a few of those pleasant little rituals of contact that I observed continually taking place between men and women –the touching of hands, the peck on the cheek, the linking of arms, the pressure of knee against knee or foot against foot under the dining-table, and most of all, the full-blown violent embrace that comes when two of them join together on the floor –for a dance. 


From the Book LUST - A Collection of Shorts by Roald Dahl

ASSORTED SNIPPETS