20th January

Completed morning program with walk in the afternoon. Visited Ayurvedic CGHS at north avenue.Thereafter visited CGHS Pandara road.In the chambers from 12.30-3.15pm.Gurkamal has appreciated the legal opinion given to him in his case.DM Sharma has won the case for revision of the date of promotion.Bablu went to Helisenki on Tuesday the 18th January.He will be back on 22nd early morning. He has sent a couple of revealing smss from there.The one sent on 17th January is as follows:
"Everything is white here, except the trees. And cold, ofcourse. Zero degrees. But it is not dry as the snow is beginning to melt and mix with the soil to create a muddy slush on the roads. Finnish people prefer dry snow(or when it is really cold, -15C). Very few people on the streets. All roof tops are covered with snow. It snowed last night. I am busy with meetings and ....."
I replied to him, "I am certain, you have carried enough woolens. Keep in touch, communicating your impressions of place and people. What is the time difference between Delhi and Helisenki?"
He sent another sms on 19th January,"I have just boarded a cruise ship. It has a mall inside and it's huge,may be one of the biggest ships. We will be sailing to Stockholm and will stay in the ship till Friday morning when we come back. We leave back Helisenki for now which is snowing and where the lakes are frozen and white.The ship will cut through the ice when it sails.We will however be busy in meetings."
I replied," I went to Stockholm in 1987 and also had an hour long cruise in the Gulf of Bothnia, adjoining North Atlantic ocean, which gave a bird's eyeview of some Baltic states.Do pen down your impressions."
Bablu sent me another sms on 21st January,"Seeing outside the ship window, one does not see water,but ice; the surface is white with sheets of broken ice. The ship has slowly cruised back to Helsinki and now have a full day meeting. Stockholm was much richer and older, but less snow.Sweden has never been ruled while Finland was ruled by Russia and Sweden.But otherwise,Stockholm was like any other European city, with more historical buildings,may be.Finland is three and half hours behind India."
I replied,"During our stay in Stockholm for a week,as stated above, we visited its famous restaurants in lanes,bought a crystal (Stockholm is famous for it),saw Sun shining at 8pm(It is known as land of midnight Sun) and so on so forth.Amma does not remember where she has kept the precious crystal I bought for her in Stockholm.I would further like to add that we were lucky to have an Indian, settled in Sweden,a relation of a colleague in CBI, with his Finnish wife as our guide, who took us round in Stockholm during our stay there."
Retired to sleep at 10.45pm.