Life in Aug 22 - Dec 21

Four months and one update post. The list is long one, again in no chronological order. Some of the individual tasks have been blogged -


~Travel -
:- Trip to Cochin to meet Ekta, Nani , Mamaji and everybody. Did a cruise tour to Fort Kochi and had lots of food as usual. Gappe with Naniji was the best part of this trip.
:- Trip to Ranchi for a weekend to meet parents, Aarti and see the banquet hall.
:- One day trip to Mumbai for work.
:- A weekend trip to Delhi to attend Manmeet's wedding and meet Gursharan.


~Work -
:- Lot of stuff :)
:- Hackathons - Wah.io, Thack
:-Conferences - Mobile Sparks, Weekend ventures, TechHub Demo.


~ Books -
:- Jaya by Devdutt Pattanaik
:- Y: The last man. Unmanned vol 1. Okayish.
:- And then one day: A memoir by Naseeruddin Shah


~ Food
:- Puchka at Puchka are good especially the shell. Chats are good as well.
:- Finally went to Samarkand, excellent food.
:- Luo Han in HSR has an interesting decor, reminds of Chinese joints in US. Food is okayish.
:- Revisited Ants cafe after a long time. Loved it again :)
:- French toast at Smoke House Deli is delicious.
:- Marriott's rooftop food joint was decent.
:- Malgudi with Justin and Neeraj. Very spicy food.
:- Maduvaram never disappoints. Have shared the love with many folks.
:- Oh Calcutta delighted in first visit, turned out to be catastrophic in subsequent ones.
:- Annapurani at Indirangar has a good Thali.


~Events
:- Stories in a song
:- Ruhaniyat
:- Diwali at home.


~Downers -
:- Cough, cold, mild fever has plagued me for the last 45 days.
:- Running has gone for a toss. Disappointed.

~ Misc -
:- Attended Sarika's birthday party.
:- Met Santosh after a very long time.
:- Reconnected with Justin and Neeraj after a long time.
:- Passport renewal procedure done. Phew!