Its Called Reputation, My Friend!

Many moons ago, Dad was posted in Pune. It was a quaint Army establishment, about 20 km away from the main city, near the famous Khadakwasla lake and under the veritable shadow of NDA. The place was called Institute of Armament Technology, now called the Defense Institute of Advanced Technology. Dad was posted as the Chief [...]

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Yeh Leh – Part III

(….Contd from Part-II)   Day11: Monday July11, 2011: Prabul reached us at 9 AM. He started early despite fever & we owe him for that. We packed and departed Leh around 11 AM. Kashmir, here we come! Or so we thought. End of day, we could only reach Kargil! Ate delicious Kashmiri Wazwan and a shopkeeper narrated [...]

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Yeh Leh – Part II

(….Contd from Part-I) Day6: Wednesday July6, 2011: We were already on the road for 5 days & still more than 250 kms from Leh. Mind you, in those terrains, each km feels like a long long road . Determined to reach Leh that evening, we started from Sarchu at 6 AM. I rode despite severe AMS, but like someone [...]

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Yeh Leh – Part I

The Bro is back from his bike trip to the Upper echelons of the Himalayas. In short, he’s back from his bike trip to Leh-Ladakh. It took him a while to get back to routine and work, but somehow, he managed to take out time and compile his travelouge and send it across to his [...]

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The Airport Saga

I had a two-week vacation in Bangalore from which I returned on 22nd May. The bookings were done way back in Feb (when the tickets were cheaper) I traveled to B’lore with the twins. Sans the Hubby. By air. How wise was that?? Luckily, mother dear and elder sister were there to give me company, not [...]

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Old is Gold. Period.

There’s something about old monuments. They speak in a way no modern architectural wonder can. The silent dignity of holding themselves together at the helm even as their edges threaten to fall off, carries far more grace than the marvel of technology used for today’s structures. This snap was taken by the BF on his [...]

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The FIAT Family

I guess we qualify as one, now that Dad, Bro and Bags, all three of them bought FIAT cars Bro has a Palio (the silver one) , Bags has a Punto (in red) and Dad has a Stile (in Blue). All of them are now trying their best to convince the BF to switch to [...]

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Some more pics from B’lore…

….as I’m not too keen on typing today

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Missing Bangalore already :(

Now that I’m back (to fond welcomes and hugs and kisses ) I can’t help but feel that the last week went by just too fast!! We had loads of plans to meet people, roam around, visit Mysore and many more. But we didn’t do anything. ANYTHING!!  Thanks to the super brats and of course, [...]

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The Impromptu Vacation

 (Alert : Longish post ahead )   Trrrring.Trrrring.  “Hello.”  ”Hi.Busy?”  ”Not really. What happened”??  ”How about a short weekend trip”.  ”Hunh?!…Out of the blue? What happened? You feeling okay?? Where do you plan to go? What about the kids?”  ”Yes or No?”  ”Umm..Yes, I guess”.  Click.  ”Hello…? Err…Thanks for asking. Nice talking to you too”.  ————————————————————————– That was the [...]

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