Archive for July, 2009

Mess in Gorakhpur

We reached here on Sunday the 26th of July 2009. The guy opened up the room for us and we were pleasantly surprised to see that the room had an AC. Just dumped our bags in the room and headed to the dining room for lunch. After lunch we came back and I decided to [...]

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Moving Experience for Rehaan

With our posting to Gorakhpur, Rehaan was brought face to face with the reality of being a fauji family. All familiar things were packed into boxes. We were going to unpack them when we reached our new home. Then we shifted from our home to Vardhan Uncle’s room. There was no more school for him, [...]

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An extended summer vacation

We are now in Gorakhpur. I am sitting in the room and waiting for Jamshed to come with some news about our new home. Rehaan is playing with his little Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. This little guy sure has had an extended summer vacation. It went on for three months plus. Hard to [...]

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Vintage Stuff By Tom Sharpe

Book Review: Vintage Stuff By Tom Sharpe I must confess that when I picked up this book I had no clue who the author was. The picture of a man with a monocle and a lad with a revolver in typical British dress is what caught my attention. Being a big fan of PG Wodehouse [...]

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False Impressions by Jeffrey Archer

Book Review: False Impressions By Jeffrey Archer It was after a rather long time that I picked up a Jeffery Archer and was thoroughly amused when I read the author details page. “The author has served 5 years in the House of Commons, 14 years in the House of Lords and 2 in Her Majesty’s [...]

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