12/01/10

Completed my morning program partially as I had to go to office early. There was a scheduled meeting with Sh.K.K Saxena, IAS(retired), father- in- law of my eldest son. He had come with his family and is staying with my youngest son to whom his daughter is married. We had a nice get together in Ashoka Sagar Ratan. The rates of various items in the menu of the restaurant have skyrocketed. A cup of coffee with tax now costs you Rs.100. We just had 2 cups of coffee, 2 cups of tea, 1 lemon soda and 3 numbers of bondas(a salty preparation of South India)& 1 vanilla ice-cream. And the bill was Rs.809.It was half of it about 6 months back.I will have now to think twice before I come to this restaurant anymore.I would rather like to go to a five star hotel than come here as the rates are more or less same.
My wife bought some presents to our daughter- in -law and grandson from Khan market.We parted thereafter. Sh.Saxena & others went back to Gurgaon and we returned Vikas puri.
Retired to sleep at 11pm