Sensational season

That Diwali is the best among all Indian festivals is beyond doubt, atleast as far as I am concerned. No other festival can match the zeal, enthusiasm, vigor and glee of the festival of lights.
This Diwali was a bit different from others for me, for a handful of reasons...
It was a bigger vacation this time, due to lot many holidays round the year falling on weekends.
Having a 5 day vacation was definitely a delight !

It was a privilege this year to be first of sorts in many respects....
It was the first time I started filing Invention disclosures this year and it has been a fairy tale since...
It was in 2004 that I was asked to set the Question Paper set for the new Autonomous PIET.
It was also the first time that I was called upon to assess the papers..
Doing this has been an enriching experience, and I have had the chance to reform the education society by playing my wee bit .
Doing paper correction in the midst of Diwali sweet-meats and firecrackers didn't sound encouraging at first thought, but that was a golden chance to undo those wrongs which have come to stay with the Engineering Exams in Pune University....
It was good to see that most of the students had fared pretty well, and had taken the new exam format in their stride....

After almost a decade of getting to know 'Abhiruchi' it was the Deepavali Padwa , the first day of the month of Kartik, which finally marked our visit to Bhide Baug.
Now, while i thought we should have gone there much earlier, since I sounded like a misfit among those young toddlers and infants, having a gala time there, it was nevertheless a nice refreshing experience.
The food was delicious and the atmosphere was perfect; the guava gardens added to the scenic beauty of the place. Taking a nice nap under one of those trees and resting on the zhula were truely divine moments....................

Why do I blog ?

If you think that the bug of regular blogging has bitten me, then it is indeed not the case.
For me, it just comes out of the blue and then I have to conjure up something for the heck of writing, every time a background thread telling me that I have all it takes to be a an authoritarian literary figure...
I don't know if this is mind-games or true, but I always have a feeling that I deserve better than I get and I have the potential to do better than what usually manifests itself.
Probably its a shade of ego, or who knows it might be the truth, but the bottom line is that this feeling keeps coming....
Just to cite an example, I have shown strides of improvement in playing TT, and many friends appreciate it. But it has been a tough task crossing that level and getting even better.
Just like electrons need some push, some kinetic energy to move to the higher orbit, I am always on the lookout for the ever-eluding catalyst which will propel me further. I guess, its all in the mind and what is really needed is better application and loads of practice.

Last week was Kojagari Pournima, and it was a treat as usual having the sweet milk interspersed with the gentle, yet enigmatic and seductive rays of the moon....
Also gives us an opportunity to get onto the terrace and take a look at the surroundings...
The season is perfect for outings, parties and travel !
I also had an opportunity to wear some ethnic outfits; the chance provided on the occasion of VxDhoom. Wearing the traditional Gujju/Rajasthani pheta added to the glee of the evening.
The nice delicacies and the ambience added to the rising spirits....A nice evening............