Birthday Greens

It is definitely not the blues. Could be greens, or new green shoots that seem to appear from somewhere to brighten up the day, or many days. Had a great time meeting many classmates at a wedding of a friend's daughter, and then met a few old students, and another old friend, and went golfing- all in the space of a few days. Also a week or two earlier, met some grand-kids at Grandmama's Cafe where we had a rehearsal of cutting my birthday cake. I got the royal treatment from Shatakshi and Varun (literally, Shahi Tukda) at their place a day before D Day! That's the first pic-

 Another first was getting some Make-up on , with my own special artist- the bride's friend- before the wedding! After all, we had to keep pace with the lovely young lady!

Above- a first batch student of Kirloskar, Savitha, and I.

 Above- Wedding guests with the well-dressed host at the centre.

 Gatherings at the wedding.

 Earlier meetups.. Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Gurgaon, Ahmedabad, etc.

There was a lot of banter, reminiscing, gossip, and some enlightening (for me, at least) conversation thrown in. I tried acknowledging all the facebook birthday wishes, and gave up after a while- there were just too many to handle. So I just went into a group mode to thank all those who took the pains. It was a few hundred, ranging from Lithuania and the U.S., to Kolkata (in spite of Durga Puja) and the rest of India.

What I do enjoy the most is catching up with people in person, so I was happy to do a bit of that in the last couple of months. The old ad of Thums Up- Food, Friends and Thums Up, can cure any blues. Adrak wali chai bhi ho sakti hai, instead of Thums Up (Shatakshi, are you listening?).