Dry-cleaning chat

My neighbourhood dry cleaner is definitely chatty. I went to him a few months back to get my jacket cleaned. The 10 odd minutes I spent at his shop, he gave an overview of his career up until his latest job as owner of the dry cleaning shop. He told me that he was into catering - worked for a five star hotel and then started his own business. He was doing well but unfortunately met with an accident which forced him to start his current venture.

Yesterday I had get one of my trousers dry cleaned. The first question he asked me was
"Is the IAEA aggrement good for India ?"

I was a bit taken aback. I replied that it was good for the country in the long term. That was my honest personal opinion.

"Everthing is good in the long term - nuclear agreement, stock markets ..." was his reponse.

Quite a profound observation, I thought.

What do you think about the nuclear agreement ?

A new beginning - in July

More than six months since my last post ... long time indeed. Had been a tad busy - posts were happening on the internal blogs though.
Since January, I got myself an iPhone (2G), Vidush turned one, I got promoted and I was (finally) part of team that won a quiz competition !

Sat through a different kind of lecture yesterday at work. It was talk-cum-dance performance by Dr. Sharada Srinivasan. She talked about the musical pillars of Hampi and then did a Bharatnatyam performance inspired by the musical pillars at the Vithala temple. It was quite a fascinating experience.

It was also sad to hear that the nearby area of Kupgal that is also a neolithic site and full of sonorus stones, is been ruthlessly exploited by the local mine owners for quarrying purposes.

We had been planning a trip to Hampi for quite some time - now I really want to visit the temples there on my next vacation.