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Yesterday was a little farewell meeting for two of my friends who are always on wheels, this time they are on their way to Africa and south of France ; it is quite an event when we three get together and talk about their trips, politics etc.etc. I always get to know something new during our meetings and discussion..Well yesterday I got to know about this very impressive Pneumatic mail system, an ancient underground system for the postal service, hope we can one day clear up the roads by putting all the goods transfer underground!

Back to my friends, we three are very different and very rarely our opinions and tastes matches but we believe in Voltaire’ saying,” I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”! Yesterday surprisingly we three agreed on something, we three found this song by Fiest wonderful!

In(out) the shadows of siva !

May 7th a very important day in my life! A mother will always cherish the moment when her child learns to walk, few weak yet courageous steps. I took such steps on this day, without having fear of falling in spite of repeated falling; thanks to that courage now I am running towards a healthy life! And such a day happen to fall on the beginning of a long weekend; felt like a Friday evening… hanging out with friends....Hmm!! maybe it’s the first time I am hanging around with my friends in my quarter. Our friend Vas took us to this unique Indian style bar called Coffee India, with real good food and some crazy cocktails! Sitting below the of dancing Siva, we shared some sweet and bitter memories among the friends. As Aldous Huxley says “Every man's memory is his private literature.” And I love to read it out to my friends!

Mercury Rising!

Finally! It is time to take off the jackets and sweaters in Paris! It was an unexpected warm day! Nice to see people out of their grey and black over coats and in their colorful outfits! Nice three hours of badminton, and fun filled evening, a nice dinner and an ice cream at midnight, just not to miss the usual cold weather of Paris! I can again say…What a Saturday!

Breaking the ice!

Last week I met a new person called Swati , a friend of a friend! Someone who talks like me, giving a topic is like switching on a switch and we can talk for hours together on it, especially about our own life! I feel more intimate with friends when they know more about me and vice versa! And I just discovered that even she has a blog, ok...I added 'Swati's Masala' in the blogs I read menu! Oh! God! My blog inspired her to be regular in her blog, now let me be regular in my blog! Wait! After talking about the similarities now it’s time for differences….She is such a great dancer! I always wanted to dance but never had courage to even touch the dance floor! Last Thursday Swati and our friend DJ VASuHAN gave me courage to put few steps in the dance floor! She broke the ice! Oops! Getting late for my Badminton! Successfully continuing for the third week!

30 ans d’emotions!

Last few days I was boiling over small unexpected problems I was facing! The more I suffer over the problem and the way I am reacting to it, more I am able to see the size of my ego and pride! “How can someone cheat me like that?” As Goenka says in the vipassana discourse, (if you have 9 mins to spare! please do listen to his story)! it was just a big blow to the image of me that I created by myself that … I am good in judging people; I am too smart to find out a fake smile etc! It’s time to thank the incident for revealing my ego and pride and to get over it and keep going in life! Today after having the usual thought provoking chats with my friends was strolling back home and was caught by a very beautiful photo exhibition titled “30 ans d’emotions” in the walls of one of Paris’s famous garden, Luxembourg . These photographs made me realize how insignificant I am, my ideas and my pains! May be I have never experienced emotions as intense as conveyed by these photographs! This was one of my favorite one by a French photographer “Jean Guichard” - La Jument!