Reuniting with KIAMS Alumni

I have actually met a few in the last months, some for the first time, and others after a long/very long time. I also met a few abroad, like Smita Mohan in Dubai, and Swapna and Vidya in Singapore some years ago. It was always a warm and fuzzy feeling. So it was when I again met a few alums in Mumbai recently. This time it was Nishka and Vikram Rathi, and Ashustosh. After 14-15 years!

We discussed everything under the Sun, from Ghostwriting, to organisational culture, to NBFCs, to Tata International (they had a Dewas factory), Davangere eateries, and good speakers, road trips, and dogs on campuses. And teenage tantrums, though Nishka and Vikram don't look old enough to have a teenaged kid!

 Savitha from Batch 1above, and Sharmistha and Sunil Kataria from B4 below.

Anushka Mishra (above) from a recent batch and Dheeraj Mohan from a batch I taught (B3/B4?)

Ruled Out?

There was this curious phrase on the news today. There was a suspicious-looking package that turned out to be a bomb in Germany. The police defused it, but they also said that more such packages in town CANNOT BE RULED OUT. That got me thinking about what else we can't rule out.

Aliens coming to earth day after tomorrow.

RaGa as the P.M.

My learning how to dance.

Kapil Sharma coming out of coming out of a depression induced by too much comedy.

Santa really turning up with a gift for all of us.

North Korea's great leader getting a proper haircut.

Trump making sense.

America banning ownership of guns.

Teenagers giving up social media and reading books.

Startups without a Bansal or Agarwal at the helm, in India.

Padmavati releasing.

All of us losing weight in exactly the (kilo)grammage we want.

My blog going viral.