Friday 5 September 2008

Resurfaced.

Back after a very, very long hibernation, three months to be precise [my last post was on June 6]. A lot of things happened during this period to keep me away from posting new pieces. First, I fell ill towards the end of June. This was followed by my wife's illness & subsequent hospitalisation [thanks to a bout of malaria that was not detected on time by our local house physician]. This period of combined ill-health lasted 23 days!!! In short, one thing after another kept cropping up, each being more pressing than the previous one, to keep me away from blogging.
A couple of major events that took place during these three months:
[1] After a long time, I was able to watch an Amitabh Bachchan movie – God Tussi Great Ho – 1st day 1st show. I was surprised to find that the wave of enthusiasm that I used to feel a decade ago for this event has remained undiminished, despite the fact that the experience of watching a movie in a multiplex comes nowhere close to the euphoric feeling I get from watching a movie in a crowded single-screen theatre, especially one of those that I used to frequent in Kolkata.
[2] I bought my wife a new Nokia 7310 Classic Supernova. Considering its features, the phone is a steal at only 8 grand!! Last year, she had bought me a Motorola MotoRazr for 8K & a Nokia N76 for 16K. Unfortunately for me, I wasn't able to retain either. Hopefully, the Supernova will last my wife for quite some time.
[3] The Big One. This has to be, undoubtedly, One Of The Most Important Days Of My Life. My sister had come to Mumbai during the 3-day weekend beginning 15th August. An all-night session between the 2 of us [much on the lines of Chetan Bhagat's 'One Night At The Call Center'] revealed a lot of things about my family & my relatives [I'm disgusted with myself for having such 'relatives'!!!] that I was hitherto oblivious about. I hope & pray that before long, my family & I reach such a stage where we shall no longer have to associate ourselves with these people. Readers of this post, do pray for us.

Have a nice weekend. God be with you.