Kanika's first day in High School..

I cannot believe it that my darling daughter has completed primary school and starts High School today. It is an emotional day for me as she starts a new chapter in her life and I change my equation with her from being a kid to a young girl. She is an amazingly wonderful child with fine virtues. We wish her good luck as she starts this new chapter and builds the foundations towards becoming a fine person!

Santosh Goes Ozzie!

The Manager of my IT operations in India has been here for the past 10 days and is training with me. He's living at The Wentworth Hotel in the heart of Sydney. It has been a hectic time and he's had a wonderful opportunity to see how we work in a developed country and how precise & efficient we have to be. I am proud to be able to contribute towards the development of Santosh who's worked with me for almost a decade and hope he does well as we don the red shirts when we amalgamate to form Nerds On Site!

Happy Birthday Dad!

Here's wishing you many happy returns of the day! Together we put our thoughts together to the almighty to thank us for giving us a great Dad and wished you good health, prosperity & happiness all through the year!

Nostalgic Moments with Nerds On Site

Its been a lovely journey with Nerds On Site from being a Nerd to Heading their Operations in Australia and now being a core member of India its a great feeling. This was my first interview with a Sydney newspaper and it's been great guns thereafter. I trust it is the blessings from my parents, my dear brother and my forefathers that got me here as when I thought of a career which was not the mainstream professional... doctor or engineer, people wondered how I'd go but it was my conviction and the faith my parents had in me that got me here.

Thank you Mum & Dad, thank you Sanawar, thank you Sanjay... as without you all I would never have been here!

What is on in Delhi?

Delhi is all set for celebrating Republic day. The chief guest is the President of France. The British Prime Minister is in Delhi. Incidentally he is keen to Knight  Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Four Days In Ghanari

Severe winter in North India and the right place to enjoy is to be in Himachal Pradesh., not

necessarily Down under or Birmingham.

Well I was in Ghanari with temperatures plummeting below zero. What a time, I had! Chicken from Sood's Dhaba, trying cooking some vegetarian dishes in my kitchen and enjoying whisky sitting around the fireplace.

I spent a day getting some repairs done in the house and returned on Lohri, which heralds the end of winter in India.

Swimming In The Rain...

Had a wonderful weeekend. Friday evening was a boys night out at The Mean Fiddler. I was the designated driver but Yujita was kind enough to drop us boys over so we all had fun. It was four pints of Pure Blonde off the tap and shook a leg & a bit. Shuchi was kind enough to drop us all back but not before offering us some lovely Chicken Tikka Masala & Mutton Roganjosh with Naans from 'Jewel Of India'.

I worked at Drummoyne in the morning on the waterfront whilst Yujita prepared some good Indian food - Bhindi, Daal, Pulao, Kadu & Puris. We had Manu & Anu's Parent's over for cocktails and dinner. Neeraj, Jacci, Sanjee, Shuchi, Shuchi's Mum & Kids were over too. Jacci made some lovely Rosewater Shortbread. The kids were in the pool. The food had to be vegetarian as Manu & Anu's parents were strict veggies! We had beer though as its was cleared as fermented barley water along with saboo dana tikkies & veg cocktail samosas! I freaked out on Yujita's Apple pie which was delicious as usual with vanilla ice cream.

Sunday was a nice day. Yujita needed her passport pictures for Overseas Citizen Of India Visa so we were off to Castle Towers. Watched Sabse Favourite Kaun Star Awards on Indian TV. And then it suddenly began to rain...


I decided to dive into the pool.. And Yujita & Kanika followed.... Noodles for dinner and a glass of wine to end the day.. Yet another Weekend gone by!