Winters and Summers

 There are winter people and there are summer people. I like the Monsoons.. just kidding. 

Generally, I hate cold weather. Maybe because I spent my early life in Hot Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana), with hardly any winter.

But I now see the bright side of winters (!), having survived horrible weather- humidity in Kolkata and a mix of many things in Delhi. Winter brings solace to tortured souls from those horrible times.. even if some extreme lows test your soul.

The U.S. of course had snowy winters too, but indoors, the heaters took care of it. Only the bills rocketed.

The only road accidents I had in the U.S. were because of ice on the road. One was bad, but we survived! And the car was rented, so it was OK..

Sweating through the Summer is now fairly OK, if it's a dry season.

Shikaar- Film Review

 Stars Dharmendra Asha Parekh, Sanjeev Kumar and Helen. All have strong roles, and an interesting Whodunit with some twists. Rehman as the heroine's Dad also has some meaty scenes. Johnny Walker is good in a supporting role too.

Starts with a killing, and a disappearance within the first few minutes. Then there are good songs like Parde mein rehne do, parda na uthao.. a big rage at the time. Another good song is Main albeli pyar jata kar leleti hoon dil..

Shankar Jaikishan have scored the music, and Atma Ram, Guru Dutt's brother, is the producer/director.

Interesting.. watched it as a tribute to Dharmendra, who died recently.

FICCI Conference in Hyderabad

 Pics from the event about AI in Education- held at Park Hotel, Hyderabad. Education in the AI world was the theme. Some interesting perspectives were presented among others, by MUralidharan, founder of TMI, an IIMA alum. (not in pics)

Who I Met in 2025- July to December

 Again, pics are the best way to look at this..

Ananya above, Anjali below in Delhi

Gang of MSMT, a music group, at a farmhouse

Mehendi, at Prarthana's Engagement, Pune. Her ma-in-law and co sis-in-law Louise at right.

Prarthana and her fiance, in laws

Samarendra Aayushi at JISU

Interfaith Dialogue launch at Austin Tower

Class at Austin tower, above

Cousins meet, below

Bhavna Oza in Pune, and family in Mumbai

Karanjyot and Shrabani, on my birthday, Kolkata

Anupama, IIMB alum and marketing team of IIMB, Kenilworth hotel

OU gang and wives, Hyderabad. 

Repeat of Ananya's pic. 

Who I Met in 2025 - Jan to June

 Pics say it best-

At Delhi, Somewhere.

IMT Nagpur

Kolkata

Goa- above. Indore, below

Mumbai with Swati, and Pune with Venugopal Reddy

Yes We Can

 Cannes Jokes

Agar koi kaan pakadke CANNES le jaye, to kya karna chahiye?

Can-can. It's a dance.

And if you can't?

Leave Cannes and go home.

Are cans banned in Cannes?

Difference between Connaught Place and Cannes?

One can, the other can't.

Malaysian MoU

 We had a visitor from APU Malaysia.. the Dy. Vice Chancellor. Dr. Murali Raman is of Indian origin too, with roots in Kerala and Tamilnadu. It was great listening to him on possible collaborations for research, and exchange of faculty, students etc.

We signed an MoU, between JIS University and APU.