I have been getting positive feedback about my previous post, and thanks for all the encouragement. Am having some problem with the blog...everyone except me, can open and read it, while I have to go to a cached copy to read and post something new! Guess only I am capable of such goof ups, but in time I will find out what went wrong and how to set it right.
Was quite surprised no one raised 3 questions after reading the blog. Who is this Batra...didn't you want to know? Well, he put me back on trail and asked me why I had stopped my postings, and the very fact that someone out there in Calcutta should remember and enquire, despite his own busy schedule, encouraged me no little bit. We had shred a carefree and funfilled fortnight long back in 1994, in Hyderabad, at the Bank's Training Center. 6 of us, Batra, Sridhar ( both from Bombay), Suman from Lucknow, Shashi from Baroda and Geetha from Ahmedabad! What fun we had! The rest of the participants, from all over India and with all sorts of hang ups, soon fell in line with us and a boring "Merchant Banking" Training Session became a lively one. We lost touch later and found each other again and have been communicating off and on( more off than on, I admit) . So when he asked me to keep writing, I was really thrilled, and sat down immediately to post that piece. It had been on my mind for quite some time.
The second question no one asked was about Marja of 79, Park Avenue. I confess I had to look up her name, but I don't think I am mistaken in the name of the book or the incident I referred to. Marja is a prostitute in the novel by Harold Robbins, and while waiting for a prospective customer, has to make sure it is not a cop who is approaching her. For some reason, even cops in plainclothes apparently wear a distinctive style of footwear, so her eyes automatically dart to the feet of any male approaching her, to check out the shoes. For some reason, this has stayed on in my mind, though I do not remember anything more about the novel, except that I cried over it.
Now for the other person mentioned...Basu. A friend of my daughter, and a PhD student at IISC, Bangalore, he has been very helpful and patient with me after she left for Germany. If you have read my other pieces, you will be knowing that she left behind a little mouse called Trans. Whenever we had to leave town, it was to Basu or my other daughter whom we would request, to take care of Trans, in our absence. Besides this, I would call him up every now and then to find out what to do about something or the other...from Trans not eating to when baby pigeons would start flying, etc!
Vaishnavi, who got time to read the blog just some time back, has asked me the questions to the firts two answers. She knew who Basu was, of course!
Was quite surprised no one raised 3 questions after reading the blog. Who is this Batra...didn't you want to know? Well, he put me back on trail and asked me why I had stopped my postings, and the very fact that someone out there in Calcutta should remember and enquire, despite his own busy schedule, encouraged me no little bit. We had shred a carefree and funfilled fortnight long back in 1994, in Hyderabad, at the Bank's Training Center. 6 of us, Batra, Sridhar ( both from Bombay), Suman from Lucknow, Shashi from Baroda and Geetha from Ahmedabad! What fun we had! The rest of the participants, from all over India and with all sorts of hang ups, soon fell in line with us and a boring "Merchant Banking" Training Session became a lively one. We lost touch later and found each other again and have been communicating off and on( more off than on, I admit) . So when he asked me to keep writing, I was really thrilled, and sat down immediately to post that piece. It had been on my mind for quite some time.
The second question no one asked was about Marja of 79, Park Avenue. I confess I had to look up her name, but I don't think I am mistaken in the name of the book or the incident I referred to. Marja is a prostitute in the novel by Harold Robbins, and while waiting for a prospective customer, has to make sure it is not a cop who is approaching her. For some reason, even cops in plainclothes apparently wear a distinctive style of footwear, so her eyes automatically dart to the feet of any male approaching her, to check out the shoes. For some reason, this has stayed on in my mind, though I do not remember anything more about the novel, except that I cried over it.
Now for the other person mentioned...Basu. A friend of my daughter, and a PhD student at IISC, Bangalore, he has been very helpful and patient with me after she left for Germany. If you have read my other pieces, you will be knowing that she left behind a little mouse called Trans. Whenever we had to leave town, it was to Basu or my other daughter whom we would request, to take care of Trans, in our absence. Besides this, I would call him up every now and then to find out what to do about something or the other...from Trans not eating to when baby pigeons would start flying, etc!
Vaishnavi, who got time to read the blog just some time back, has asked me the questions to the firts two answers. She knew who Basu was, of course!
Usha, Thanks for saying so many encouraging things about me. I am humbled to know that I inspired you again to take up blogging. Not nitpicking but it was last week of January 1995 when we went for that training, I remember vividly since my wife and child reached Hyderabad on 25th and we enjoyed the gracious company of Sridhar who chaperoned us around Hyderabad for two days. All of us also watched "Hum Aapke Hai Kaun" at Vimal Theatre with Mr. Queer (Q R) Agarwal butting in amongst our Group and pestering Shashi. That was one of the most memorable trainings I have ever attended. Do keep writing, the flow is great and memories keep flooding back. regards, Batra
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