Life in June 4 - July 14

A lot of things happened in the last 40 days. Small, small things but when counted in all, it is a big sum.

~ Theater :
Tumhari Amrita featuring Shabana Azmi and Farooq Sheikh. Very simple play but very good. All the strength lies in the writing, the script and how they voiced out. I could have watched the play with my eyes closed and would have enjoyed it all the same. I loved listening to such good pure hindi after so long.  At its 20th year, it surely was way ahead of its time when first produced. I can not see any difference in Farooq sahab after all these years, but i wonder how Shabanaji would have portrayed Amrita so many years ago.
Vinay Pathak is not King Lear featuring Vinay Pathak. This one i went just to see Vinay sahab. Good acting, but didnt quite like the play a lot. Or rather didn't got the play completely, i think mainly because i have not read King Lear. Knowing King Lear would have made the play more appreciable. But still some jokes were good,  and watching Vinay is always a charm!

~ Travel:
 One day trip to Nagpur on my birthday to meet parents . Liked the fact that Nagpur has almost no traffic compared to Bangalore.
One morning trip to Nandi hills with Parul.  The idea was to see the sunrise so we left bangalore at 4 am. We reached there at 5:30 only to find that it opens at 6. Nandi hills point was covered in clouds, very breezy, it was a typical hill station. Fun! Should plan more and take food and books next time. Dosa at vidyarthi bhavan was indeed great!
Hyderabad with Gurshi: It has been blogged before.


~ Runs:
Getting more regular now. Ran 14k today morning. training for 21k. HM.
Runners High  is a great group too!

~Books:
Drift: Finished audiobook - Drift. Well, its not finished yet, about an hr is still remaining but i am tired of it now. Its a decent book, Rachel Maddow definitely is raising a worthy point - How can a country go to war and still (a) citizens are not involved (b) there are tax breaks and (c) Privatization of the army. Good research but after 5 hrs of listening, it gets quite repetitive. Also, since i am not in US anymore, it again feels distant to listen to this book.
Reread Song of ice and fire - book III while in Hyderabad. That HBO season had a addictive effect on me.
The spy who came from cold - Blogged before.

~Movies -
 Shanghai was good, GOW1 was simply brilliant.
As a build up to the Dark knight rises, i saw Memento and Batman begins. I am now full in Nolan mood now :)



~Played poker in three meetup events. Need to slow it down.
~Went to see aparmtnents in Bangalore. It was a disaster, i dont know how people can afford such expensive places.
~Volunteered for a day with Mentor Together. Liked the group and organizers.
~My Nephew  stayed with me for 20 days. Didn't go as planned. People need to be independent when they turn 18 :)
~Work is going decent.
~Food:
The Bflat restaurant had good Thai food and not that expensive.
The rice Bowl had good Chinese but it is not close to the chinese places in Mountain view.
Will review the dosa places in bangalore
Zuri had great Chinese food but it was crazily expensive.
Madural idli is an awesome place!!