If someone had told me six months ago that Nagpur can look like Ooty, I would have laughed them off. But now, I would not. It is actually so green and lovely, that it could rival a hill-station! It has rained since June 15th, pretty regularly. And the arid landscape is suddenly transformed. Of course, it's a bit warmer than Ooty, but everything else looks similar. I wouldn't want to be anyplace else, right now.
The IMT campus also sports a clean, mean and green look. I use mean in the positive sense here. We played golf on a wet course last weekend, and shots that normally would go 100 yards went for half that distance. The game is a great ego-buster, and knows how to get you. I read about Louis something-or-the-other, a new winner at the British Open, played at Golf's birthplace, St Andrew's golf course in Scotland this year.
Saw a nice movie about Kashmir, Lamha. Also finally saw A Wednesday on the telly. Liked both. Lamha is a serious attempt to look at the Kashmir issue, without taking sides. If the Berlin Wall can fall, the LOC should be no exception. Maybe in another 50 years? Naseeruddin Shah is great in A WEdnesday, again a well-made, unusual movie about the common man's predicament when faced with terror.
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Hi Raja,
Got Nagpur in my sights soon. The weather also looks inviting.
Welcome. There is probably no better time than now, even if the oranges are yet to grow.
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