People Who Did Unexpected Things

 Some People Who Did Unexpected Things-

Well, students first. Jogeswari took me through her company, Golftripz, to my first international Golf tournament. No, I didn't win, but it was a fantastic experience.

Padmapriya Janakiraman became a full-fledged heroine. Still is, for me.. she continues to act, actually.

Abhinav Kamal started a digital agency, when most people couldn't spell the D - I wrote a case on that company, and made the most of it. He now directs films..

Surbhi Mehta Chadha and her hubby brought me a bottle of wine in our first meeting in Delhi.. she found out from Vrinda Khanna that I liked red!

Siri Adi picked me up and showed me a Golf course near where she lived, and then we had some coffee brewed by her Dad!

Shraddha Nigdikar cooked for me. So did Pallavi Bajpai, so cool.

Kedar Muley persisted until I met him and a band of IMTans at Thane ..

Pratima Gaikwad treated me to a biryani in my backyard- Hyderabad!

Not entirely unexpected, but Venugopal Reddy (engg. classmate) took me out to Golf in Delhi and Hyderabad!

Smita Dabholkar Singh organised two well-attended book launches of my autobiography at Nagpur and Pune, and Jaya Jha gave us a surprise by attending at Pune- her company published it for me.

Neha Adiga and Anusha Soni dropped in at our place in Pune.

Kiran Kenjale did a lot of things, way back in USA, including showing us Disneyland, and NBC studios..

Shatakshi T. sent me a goodies pack, just like that..

Aditi Gupta and Gary S played Golf with us at IMT.

Rajni Verma got me a moustache for my Dev Anand impersonation at a music group meet we had in Bangalore.

End of First Episode... to be continued.

Hurried Versus Languid

 Why is everybody in a hurry? Where are they going? And, if they are actually going somewhere in life, can't it wait a few minutes?

These questions always arise between 9 am and 10 am in the morning, and between 4.30 and 5.30 pm each working day, in my mind. After that, they vanish, to come back again at the same time, to bother me.

Research is needed, maybe, to figure out if we would achieve anything more if we were 5 minutes ahead of normal/usual. Will that stop global warming, floods, war, general nastiness and dictators clinging to power in more countries than one?

Will it lead to us smiling instead of throwing a tantrum at home or workplace? 

Partly, it depends on your mode of transport too. If you have a comfortable seat on a bus or a commuter train, you may not care about traffic conditions, or delays of some kind. They would be minor distractions for you. But in the driver's seat, it may feel different. 

So, maybe learning to relax and take a deep breath, and not rush in where angels fear to tread would be a good approach. What do you think?