Its not exactly my cup of tea still am going through it! give it a try, man!!!

1. LAST MOVIE YOU SAW IN A THEATER??

Will have to ask my partner as it was quite a while ago

2. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING?

Book of my life. as I read more pages more are left unread

3. FAVOURITE BOARD GAME?

Latin to me

4. FAVOURITE MAGAZINE?

None since the time internet has been there

5. FAVOURITE SMELLS?

From Yardley petunia talc

6. FAVOURITE SOUND?

Chirping of birds just before dawn

7. WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?

Oh..God..sunday evening again, full working week to go through

8. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING THAT YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP?

Is it a holiday or a working day ?

9. FAVOURITE FAST FOOD PLACE?

Home.for any type of food.

10. FUTURE CHILD'S NAME?

Will have to decide after meeting future partner(s)

11. IF I HAD A LOT OF MONEY, I WOULD.

Open schools, colleges and hospitals in villages

12. DO YOU DRIVE FAST?

Mostly

13. DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?

Grown up long ago. even in childhood such things were not in vogue with us

14. STORMS: COOL OR SCARY?

I accept these as mysterious ways of nature

15. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?

Maruti Esteem

16. FAVOURITE DRINK?

Tea in winters. Beer through out the year

17. FINISH THIS STATEMENT: `IF I HAD THE TIME, I WOULD.

Try to improve the lot of children from lower strata of society

18. DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI??

No

19. IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOR, WHAT WOULD BE YOURCHOICE?

Stopped many years ago

20. FAVOURITE SPORTS TO WATCH?

Golf/One day or T20 Cricket/Tennis/Soccer only during world cup

21. WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED?

Some friend hiding at times ; )

22. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE BORN AS AGAIN?

A more humane person

23. MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL

Morning person

24. FAVORITE PLACE TO RELAX?

Under the open sky in good weather conditions

25. OVER-EASY OR SUNNY-SIDE UP?

Sunny side up

26. FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOUR?

Chocolate.

27. WHO WOULD YOUR DREAM DATE BE??

A reasonably attractive lady with good sense of humor

28. ARE YOU A VEGETARIAN?

When non veg food is not there or prohibitively costly

29. DO YOU SLEEP IN THE BUFF?

Yes

30.? HOW MUCH DID U SPEND ON ANSWERING THESE?

Did not time it, may be 10-12 minutes

31. DID HAVE FUN DOING ALL THIS?

Not really. Interesting, at times

32. DO YOU THINK THIS IS THE LAST QUESTION?

I think it is meant that way

I am passing the baton to.Naina, Shivaja, Lata, Vidhi, bina dd, ambrosia, best friend, ramanath rajaram, and whoever else from my friend circle wishes to

The job has been taken to its logical conclusion

I am indebted to one and all for support

BIG THANKS my fellow Islanders

God Bless !!

Hi friends

This one may be the most controversial topic

Men had always been more prone and vulnerable to the temptations of amorous adventures of all kinds. Be it long time parellel affairs, not so long time flings, short hook ups or even the one night, slam bang thank you Maa' m types

Ladies had their set of reasons why they could not muster courage,find opportunities,or got the right connections or link up

In comes mobile telephony and all problems are now things of past

All those who had craved or had secret desire to have all types of links and hook ups have come out with vengeance, as if to catch up with the lost decades, if not centuries

So it is now possible to steal seconds, minutes, hours and in few cases days(nights) ala Mallika Sherawat of, (forgot the name of movie) fame, in the arms or wherever it suits or is convenient of the 'partner'

Obviously men looking for such flings are not complaining. They are laughing all the way (to intimacy of all kinds and )in most cases to the beds !

Is there any casualty

Yes of course !!

Peace at home in families, future of so many children in such families and in a larger perspective, yes , Marriage as an institution

I would love to be proved wrong on this !!

PS :

The comments by friends are the source of valuable learning for me

Thanks, all of you !!

Bringing up a daughter is more tough or that of a son ?

Or it is different at different age as the child grows

Few may say that it is a pleasure to bring up your child, son or daughter, so there is no answer to this

May I hear your take on this

wish you all nicer times ahead

I seek divine help as well as blessings and best wishes from all of you. A very important task is getting roadblocks for quite a while.And time is running out !

Would it be successful??

Only time will tell !!

It reminds me of a 'doha' from Sant Kabir-

Dukh mein sumiran sab karein, sukh mein karey na koey

Jo sukh mein sumiran karein to dukh kahe ko hoey

8:40 PM Tue 19th Aug

PS:

Things seem to be moving in the right direction.next week or so is critical

Thanks for all the wishes showered by my friends on the Iland

10 Sep 2008

9.09 PM

My wish is for an honest purpose

PS

Today & next 3-4days are crucial

Please Please !!!! wish me all the best !!

PS : 18th Sep 2008

Thanks for your best wishes

The task is finally near completion

An idea has been in mind for quite some time

I can not say it is possible ?

We all know that most countries in west have increasingly ageing population. These have started draining the social system for providing support and services to the aged persons. With less and less people in working age group, the cost of providing various type of services is becoming unsustainable.

On the other hand in India there is large % of population which is unemployed.

Is it possible that some old age people relocate from west to a place in India?

Now few considerations have to be thought of.

Firstly the place should have similar climatic conditions as their original place of living.

Secondly law and order situation should be reasonably good.

Thirdly support services like medical care should be good and essentials like electricity should be almost 24 X 7.

Lastly easy availability of people who can work as attendants, cooks, gardeners, security guards, laundrymen etc.

I feel hilly regions of Uttarakhand, Himachal, Maharashtra and may be few other states should qualify on all counts.

This idea was rekindled in my mind after reading about an old westerner somehwere in Goa who was refused extension of his stay there as he could not be granted this beyond a total period of eight years. why should we do that?

recently there was a news about honourable chief minister of Uttarakhand inaugurating a multispeciality hospital in Srinagar in that state. This may be a step in the right direction to achieve something I have been fantasising about.

Like always, your comments are solicited and welcome !

Thanks

PS.

Amount of foreign exchange it will generate can be anybody's guess !!

There are couple of Utopian ideas that keep taking twists and turns in my mind so very often

I must admit these may sound totally outlandish or plain silly, specially to those of you with special bent of mind towards all things Scientific

First of these is :-

Is it possible for man to develop some sort of wings, of course mechanically assembled/ assorted, so that whoever gets these, can simply fly at will, like all those birds flying in the open sky. Some dream like this only must have lead Wright brothers to develop ' Those Magnificent Flying Machines'

The second one, still crazier, is :-

We all see all types of vehicles tearing away speedily on roads

Is it possible to somehow make some portions of roads, in the manner like conveyor belt we see at the airport. So, rather than the vehicles moving, it is the section of road which moves and carries the mass of vehicles to whichever place the end of such stretch leads to. And this may be of many lanes, those of increasing speed, say from left to right, and the vehicles just slide from one lane to the other. Can such model be made economically viable, specially in places with perpetual traffic jams

Friends, most of you may laugh it over

Still some may give it a thought

Comments of all types are welcome !

Wish you all good times ahead