I took off from Perth airport on 12/12/09 and reached Mumbai in the early hours of 13/12/09. My journey was quite tiring as usual. My last India visit was almost 18 months back. Though I was tired but was very happy to be in India.
I did not spend much of time in Mumbai and I rushed to Bhopal. Train journey from Kurla Terminus to Bhopal was good. This was my second visit to Bhopal and was more for 7avenues www.7avenues.com This visit really helped me to understand some of the hard facts of agricultural sector in India. One to One discussions with experts like Mukesh Gaur, Sanjay Saxena was really fruitful. A night at Machhan with all friends was a thriller. I can't forget the taste of wood fired chicken ( barbecue) had there.
My EMBA exams were scheduled in between 3/01/2010 ~ 09/01/2010 and exam centre was Abudhabi. I landed in Abudhabi on 25/12/2010. 2 weeks in Abudhabi were very busy as I have spent much of time in study. 18 years back in April 1992, I finished my engineering and since then never went for any written exams. I was bit nervous on my first exam day. My main concern was writing speed, fortunately I could manage to complete my exams and now hoping for good results which will be declared soon.
Watching 3idiots in Abudhabi with Sheetal and Amit and then with Jyoti in Perth was a great experience. Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan are my all time favourites from Bollywood cinema. Truly inspirational personalities. Congratulations to Aamir Khan for his Padma Bhushan award.
Returning to Perth from Mumbai on 15/01/2010 was more emotional, the reason was I could spend only 1-2 weeks with my mother.
Work on Hamari Library is moving at slow pace. Saurabh Nair has joined our team and we all welcome him to be a part of Hamari Library group.
Our Hamari Library blog is now available and its URL is http://hamarilibrary.wordpress.com/ Thanks to Sauarbh for creating this blog.
lastly ending with a good poem. click on the link below;
http://www.esnips.com/doc/bf7a2979-4d37-4505-bfd3-eecbc89628e1/Maine-Jeevan-Dekha-Jeevan-ka-gaan-kiya
ciao
Padmakar(Paddy)
