9th to 11th July

On 9th I was to appear in a case in CAT. When the case came up for hearing, the advocate of the defendants informed through his junior that he was preoccupied in another case and that he had not prepared for the case in hand. He had taken the same ground for non appearance/non arguing of the case on 3 previous dates over a period of 3 months. This is the 3rd bench of the CAT where the case came up for hearing. The bench accepted the submission of the junior of the advocate of the defendants and adjourned the case to 29th July. I have been noticing this phenomenon of moving the courts for adjournments in all most all the courts, lower & higher. No wonder the disposal of cases is inordinately delayed. In the present case I noticed that the adjournments are being taken with a view to delay the outcome of the case. It is to the detriment of my client who has been denied promotion and he has a good case against the establishment.I hope the bench of the CAT will hear the case on 29th & dispose it off.
Made a surfing of the internet to locate yoga centers in east Delhi as desired by Rashmi. I have sent her a list of the yoga centers located in east Delhi to pursue and find out a suitable instructor for her husband and son who are noticed to be much stressed in business. I am also trying to find out one good yoga instructor for them.
One e-mail received from my friend Shyam Suri, showed the pictures of Hollywood celebrities as they were 50/60 years back and how they are now. It is a touching story of life where everything is changing towards ultimate destruction and again creation.
On 10th attended the AGM of the association of retired senior IPS officers along with Venita. It was a formal meeting to hear the reports of secretary and treasurer besides election of new office bearers. It was my first meeting with retired senior IPS officers. There was a high tea, after which we didn't have to take dinner. Got a message from Neha that she was going to Jaipur with Babua. It appears she did not take kindly the conduct of Bablu in not coming back home to take her to the hospital as she was sick. Instead he went to drop his Finis colleague at her house & in the process became late. On my request Neha stayed back. We talked to her as soon as we were free from the AGM. Venita visited her on 11th July. Of course Neha didn't discuss the episode and everything appears to have cooled down. She was especially critical of Bablu for allowing Babua to go away from him to play well zone without being aware of it. It has happened quite a few times. Once it happened in Dubai when Babua quietly entered the lift of the multi-storey hotel where they were staying. Later he was brought to the reception by an Arab gentleman from the basement of the hotel where he had reached. It was quite an agonizing moment for both of them. He was chided by Venita.
Appreciated the following lines of David Brooks in New York Times, as reproduced in the Indian Express, page 15, dated 10-07-10, "The internet helps you become well informed. But the literary world is still better at helping you become cultivated, mastering significant things of lasting import" . Read the article of Sh. Shombit Sen Gupta in the Indian Express dated 11th. He says that the present day society has 3 kinds of generations: 1. The Retro (above 45 years), 2. Compromise (between 30-45 years) & 3. Zap 86 (below 30 years). The compromise generation tries to balance the Retro and Zap 86. According to him unless we understand the mindset of Zap 86 we will not be able to sell our goods and they will keep on running to foreign brands. Zap 86 is the generation which has grown after the 1991 reforms and is progressive and future looking. It is difficult to convince them by the mindset of Retro and Compromise generation. We have to understand their concerns, their perspectives and plan our strategies for renovation to sell the Indian products as is being done by the foreign brands. I liked the approach and am in full agreement with him. He further says that 19th century was a century of growth of machines, 20th century, a century of electronics and the present century, a century of digital technology. We have to understand it to appreciate the mindset of Zap 86 generation. It is a good analysis and I propose to give thought to it to work out the pattern of my life suitably.