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Jan 4, 2023 Wednesday 

Deadly Week

September 1, 2022. Can never ever forget this date. Had a narrow escape is what my doc said. Got into the ICU because of hypertension, my reading at that time was 260/140. I don't know how many could relate to this as an alarming number. 

My wife is always a solid pillar of strength and keeps proving that repeatedly. She has always stood by me for the craziness I have done in the past. She was like one person running around the entire hospital from the pharmacy to the registration desk with her back pain and fatigue. Imagine the mental trauma she would have been through, in spite of that she was rock solid. Every 1 hour she would peek into the ICU to check on me. The whole night and followed through she didn't sleep or eat. As I said she's a solid Rock. After all, this craziness finally got discharged (the hospital management planned to extend it by another 3-4 days, the monetary game) and back home.  

Thanks to my friends and family for being with me during this tough time. I am back home. #peace #home #happiness 

R O C K I S M

6 golden years with ROCK. What a journey it's been so far with my ROCK. We have munched close to 37k kms to date and we have more and more to go. I would like to thank my technician Mr. Shiva who takes ultimate care of my ROCK. Thanks, Shiva.......

Happy happy birthday ROCK - 12.12.20

Education – What????

I am not starting a debate here….no way. But I have thought several times, what's the best medium of education? Schools – No, Colleges/Universities – No, certainly NOT.

I would always say TRAVEL (henceforth expressed as T) is the best medium of education. As I said earlier, am not here to debate, this is my perception. The minute one hears the word TRAVEL, it kind of sends in a positive vibration, sets a mood, and calms the mind (well trust me – it does). Having said that T has its style and forms. Irrespective of your mode of T, or destination, or duration, there is always something to learn from every travel, mostly defined as experiences, I call it education.

New people we meet, new cultures we encounter, and different types of food we taste, and when I say food, there is always a custom and style related to food.  Talking and staying with strangers, enjoying a drink and meal with them, living like them for a day, exploring their place as they do………the list goes on, all of them are different experiences we enrich (oops sorry – education)

Personally, every time I am done with a trip – I always feel a change, there is a kind of change in the way I approach scenarios, the way I communicate and perceive things, a kind of self-realization?? I don’t know if “matured” is a heavy word, but the change is good, most welcomed, and positive.

One gets a sense of independence and responsibility during the T. The traveler takes bold decisions, calculated risks, and achieves benchmarks during the course. So can I mention here that TRAVEL is directly connected to MANAGEMENT (top or bottom of the pyramid, well don’t ask me). Guess this is why our predecessors have mentioned that practical knowledge is always a step ahead of theoretical know-how. But the saddest part is – it's short-lived. Which means there is always a trigger to plan the next T.

I suddenly feel low at the level of my education…….. it's time, maybe 

H I G H T I M E ………….. I have planned my next TRAVEL ………….see you all!!

Keep riding  |  Keep traveling  |  Ride hard  |  Ride Safe

V I R U S - 2020

Until March 2020, the word "CORONA" always gave a smile to a lot of people, thinking of the beer with a dash of lemon. But....things changed post the news from Wuhan about this deadly virus, it became pandemic and the scariest one till date. (to the best of my knowledge) 

Millions of people affected, lots of lives lost in spite of medical advancements and research. Lots and lots homeless. This scenario just left everyone blank and there was absolutely no reaction time. At this toughest phase, great efforts have been taken by the countries across the globe to stop this spread and cure the affected ones. I thank the DOCTORS, NURSES, PARAMEDICAL for their impeccable service and gesture, these people haven't visited their homes for days together, they stick to their job to save and protect us. A big SALUTE fellow citizens. OUR biggest return gift to them is by staying at our respective homes and not stepping out. Lets together fight this corona out of this world.

Prayers for a speedy recovery for the infected people. RIP for the departed souls. . . .  

28.12.2019

Miss you Mommy - 69 years young you are. As always

Elections

Guess even comets would not be that regular in hitting us, but once in 5 years (or even lesser) we have a bunch of men with different colours, symbols and women with party coloured sarees, pleading to us with raised (but folded) hands, literally begging for our valuable VOTES. . .  and of course we do not remember their respective faces..... 

well how can we? it is practically inhuman for anyone to remember a face which we see once in 5 or more years, but if you have missed the posters, fancy hoardings, flex boards, then am sorry you have a terrible vision problem and please consult an ophthalmologist immediately. . . 

On what grounds these politicos hit on us? on what belief? what confidence they have that they can fool us easily! a very powerful collateral is their "MANIFESTO", I sincerely doubt if the respective politicos go through their own manifestos??? Issuing freebies, wherever and whatever possible? right from phones to grinders? free food & drink? everything and everything is free. . . making us a bunch of lazy goons, no care about productivity ratio, individual contribution to the development, growth of the State, a direct impact on nation's growth as well. All they need is their respective chairs, their discretionary powers, authority and first citizen status. 5 years is the deadline to swindle as much as possible, topping the corrupted people chart, and parking their funds at Panama or Switzerland (the list would never be exposed by any government). 

Assuming a state has 8 crores of population deciding their leaders, say for example 230 leaders. Now, who is powerful? 

......out of these 8 crores we have the best of people put together, we have scientists, farmers, engineers, pilots, government staffs, spiritual people, atheists, artists, sports people and the list goes on. . . every individual from these verticals have their best capability of independent thinking, analysing and decision making. So if the 230 leaders turn out to be a bad choice, who is to be blamed? obvious, it is the 8 crores

We may have a lot of priorities and choices in life, but please my fellow statesmen, let's go and VOTE, and let's not get swayed away by inappropriate promises. . . 

Let's choose WELL and let's VOTE