The Times...

Yesterday as we were coming back from school, Armaan and Alisha were in the back seat; Bob Dylan playing on the Stereo, the track was The Times They are A-changin'.


......."Come mothers and fathersThroughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand...."

And that EXACT moment Armaan pipes up saying “Papa change this. I don’t like this song.”

And Alisha says “ Yeah me too”.

And the song continued…. “Your sons and your daughters Are beyond your command”….


Rating 6/10

Sankranti 2008

Sanjeevaiah park on Sunday 14th Jan morning for SANKRANTI, had us flying a [ Chinese ] kite, quite a good one, but too many others wanted to ladau page. So we brought it back down. This was Armaan’s first kite flying experience, and he seemed to like it.

A day earlier and the school had put out the list of new admissions. So Armaan will be joining Nursery in the same school as Alisha. Term starts on 6th June 2007. And he’s been looking forward to going to “big school”. Infact sometimes when I go to pick up Alisha I’ve been taking him along, and he’s quite familiar with the place and her classmates now.

My creative urge seems to have taken a back seat, and I haven’t shot anything for over a month now. The last batch was some still-life studio work which I shall put up hopefully later today.

We watched the Hindi movie GURU last night at the IMAX, and I would recommend it to anyone who hasn’t seen it yet.

Meanwhile L’OREAL Paris has been trying to sell me some shampoo with : “LIGHT REFLECTIING BOOSTER TECHNOLOGY” which they assure me will reflect light upto 85% more and have a “Cashmere Touch”.

They tell me I’m worth it, so I guess its alright and I’ll go buy some today.

The Week that was. 1st to 7th Jan 2007

... And a Happy New Year to you too !!

As I mentioned earlier, the Bidanis from the plains of Delhi and the Bedouin Anands from Dubai came to Hyderabad to find new meaning and purpose for the New Year 2007.

The long and short of it is - Rishi and Alisha are now more of a deadly combination than ever. Shiv and Seerat are preparing for their teenage years ahead. Sachit and his babies are still inseparable [ stuffed pillows he’s had since an infant ] and Armaan is friend of all the world and is game for just about anything.

During this time we have stretched the little flat at No 3 Methodist Colony, as well as the Wagon-R. We now know what both are capable of [ or not ]. Which by the way, reminds me that I should be phoning the Limca book of records or something for this :

RM Dhawan 80Kg, Sanjay 85 Kg, Dilip 75 Kg, Seema 65 Kg, Anju 65 Kg, Deepa 60 Kg, Seerat 50 Kg, Shiv 40 Kg, Sachit 20 Kg, Rishi 20 Kg, Alisha 15 Kg, Armaan 10 Kg, and yours truly 75 Kgs at the wheel.

7 adults 2 teenagers and 4 kids = 13 people [ 661 Kgs ] in the Wagon R !!

We kicked off the evening with PINACOLADAS for all at home, followed by some Moet & Chandon Champagne.

Then off to the Taj, where we rocked the pants off the place and what would otherwise have been a prim and proper sit-down buffet, had us playing Goan Mandos [ Seema carried CDs from Goa ], and who else should be on the keyboards than Sebastian !

The week flashed by in a blur of Biryanis, Rose wine, BIBINCA, laughter, crying, nose-bleeds, Macchar Fry, late nights and even later mornings. And as the Mob Bosses in Chicago would say, we “hit the mattresses”.

Oh yes, I also saw a lot of Salar Jung’s stuff he collected round the house [ 3 floors each with 2 wings of amazing stuff ]. His jewels we couldn’t see, and when they go back to Delhi in Feb, looks like that’s where we’ll have to go to see them.
[ ha ha…….. very funny… I can see you laughing when I said “his jewels” ]

Alisha turned 5 years old yesterday 6th Jan, but we’d already celebrated on the 2nd, with Princess cake, balloons, bungee jump and all.

Looks like we’re going to have a Great Year ahead !!…….. see you next week.

KG WISDOM 02

It doesn’t matter how much or what you have in life. What matters is what you do with it.

– Kevin Green Hyd. Thursday, November 16, 2006

KG WISDOM 01

"When push comes to shove, you're on your own"

- Kevin Green 25th Oct 2006