28th April

Completed morning program except some excercises.Visited CGHS Pandara road & Ayurvedic CGHS at North Avenue.In chamber from 1 pm to 5 pm.Venita came & we went to Sagar Ratan to attend a get-together in connection with wedding anniversary of Babloo & Neha. Neha's parents and sister also joined in.
I have been having recurring nightmare/anxiety related dreams regarding facing difficulty in negotiating narrow passages,not getting outstanding ACRs and not being able to do well in examinations. Whenever I wake up after having seen these in the dreams I say to myself that there is no question of my appearing in any examinations or someone writing my ACRs or my getting lost in blind alleys, then why I should get such dreams. There is no rational justification. May be I was having fears relating to the matters earlier and they had taken deep roots in my unconscious mind which come up now. I have to delete these sanskars in course of my Vipassana meditations.
Retired to sleep at 11pm.

27th April

Completed morning program except some exercises. Pilku accompanied. After leaving me in the chamber he went to Gita's place and thereafter to his in-laws. On way back he joined me and both of us went to Babloo's office, and had coffee in Cafe Coffee day nearby. Pilku left for London with his family by British Airways flight at 0230 hours on 28th. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

25th and 26th April

On 25th visited CGHS.As the internet was slow, the indents could not be made for supply of medicines. In chamber from 12.45-3.30pm. On 26th visited Safdarjung hospital and met Dr.Kothari for consultation in regard to Venita's spondelysis. In chamber from 1-2pm. Visited domestic Airport and received Pilku, Ruchi and grand children, who had gone to Goa for holidays. Ruchi and grand children are going back to London on 28th by British Airways flight early in the morning.We wanted to meet the family as it would be quite late in the night to see them off. Pilku will go on Friday the 29th. Had a long chat with Pilku to post him of the family happenings. He watched football matches in ESPN late night. I retired to sleep at 11.15pm.

19th to 24th April

On 19th visited Safdarjang hospital and consulted Dr.Vasu,dental surgeon.Visited CGHS & thereafter SBI. In chamber from 12.45-2.45pm.Pilku arrived by Air India flight no.442 from Kabul. He went to Patpatganj, where his family is staying with her parents. On 21st did not get sleep from 0145 hours. Read Ramayana for one hour & also did Vipassana for over one hour.Visited Sai temple to handover spare medicines to the hospital. In chamber from 12.30-4pm. Pradeep came and took away the file of Yash. No improvement in Yash's condition. Briefed him about discussion with Dr.MB Agarwal of Mumbai, a hematologist.It was holiday on 22nd as it was Good Friday. It is said that Jesus was crucified on the day.Venita went for x-ray to remove her doubt about half a cm long very thin needle of the syringe,used in injecting insulin,which broke and could have remained inside the muscles of the stomach. The x-ray however did not show it in the area where injection was taken. Search was also made for it but it could not be found. On 23rd Vodafone offered 3G spectrum. I will decide about it after discussing with those who already have it. On 24th the Christians celebrated Easter, the resurrection of Christ. The holidays from 22nd to 24th gave a good break of rest. Pilku had bought tickets and made hotel reservation for us in Goa. But we convinced him that it would be better for us to rest. Venita was having a very bad kind of spondylosis. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

15th to 18th April

On 15th completed morning program. Had to abandon walking due to drizzle. Could however do 3 kms. Visited SBI. In chamber 12.45-4pm. On 16th Omesh Sehgal, a batch-mate,rang up and requested for drafting of FIR in a case. I told him that we could examine it on Monday. Venita went to Greater Noida to participate in Misti's birthday celebration. I could not go. On 17th could not go for walk due to intermittent rains. On 18th had a walk but could not do exercises etc. Visited CGHS. In chamber from 12.45-3.45pm. It was Hanuman Jayanti today. Visited Hanuman temple in Chanakya Puri. Venita made a day long program for the temple in the society. She chanted Hanuman Chalisa 108 times. Retired to sleep at 10pm.

5th to 14th April

On 5th visited Center for Sight.Could not meet Dr.Dinesh Talwar. Visited SBI & collected fixed deposit receipts as also a banker's cheque for payment towards bill of Citi bank credit card. Steps taken to restore cell banking. Visited chamber from 2.00-3.45pm. On 6th again visited Center for Sight and met Dr. Talwar. He suggested OCT for Venita's eyes after 6 weeks. In SBI discussed refund of driver's SBI life policy. Ruchi and Venita went to West End market. On 7th could not complete 4 kms walk & did only 2 kms as I had to go to RML to meet Dr.AK Agarwal at 10.15am. Dr.Agarwal said that Venita's diabetes was under control.HBAC is high as it is 9%. It should not be more than 6%. It showed the average of blood sugar level during last 3 months. Venita was advised to take care and walk regularly.Venita admitted she could not be regular in her walks during last 3 months. In chamber from 11am-3.55pm. On 8th completed morning program without meditation, asans and exercises. Only did full pranayam and walk.Visited CGHS. In chamber from 12.30-2.30 pm.Accompanied grand children to the society parks.They were happy to meet a cat which is taken care of by the guards of the society. In the evening they went along with Ruchi to railway station to join others in journey to Lucknow where Dr. Prasad is to do Graha pravesh in the new flat taken by him.On 9th could not go to Bhagwati jagaran as I did not feel like going there.Venita was in the temple reading Ramayana. She has to finish complete reading of it during navaratris. On 10th went through the old personal files and destroyed quite a few not required now. Information about the death of the son of a maternal aunt of Venita was received. I had met him when he was at Gwalior. At the time of death he was at Bhopal where he had shifted from Gwalior quite sometime back. On 11th visited CGHS as also SBI. In chamber from 1.15-4.15pm. Visited Pradeep and Gita and collected medical papers of Yash. On 12th left for Mumbai by flight no. IA 865 at 10.15am and reached there at 12.15pm. Had steam bath. Sambhariya came. We had discussions. Thereafter we had a 40 mins walk at Worli sea face. Had dinner with him in Police officers mess along with his friend and families. On 13th Sambhariya and a DIG came on invitation for lunch. They left at about 3.30pm. Thereafter i went to Dadar to show the papers of Yash to Dr.MB Agarwal, a hematologist. Returned at about 9pm. Waited for over 3 hours in the clinic of Dr.MB Agarwal and thereafter only could meet him. The Mumbai Indians of the IPL have been accommodated in the rooms of the floor where I am also living. Quite often when I go out or come to the floor on way to my room I meet them. I have seen quite a few of them on the TV. But cant recognize. They are young boys full of life.
Dr. Agarwal advised to be patient in the treatment of Yash. The return of bone marrow is slow. the line of treatment being given is along the right lines. He suggested that we should give platelets to Yash only when they go down below 10,000. Other parameters of blood reports showed his condition as stable. On 14th had a steam bath. on way to the airport Sambhariya gave my diaries which I had left at his house on 12th. At the airport Anand and his newly married wife Shivali met me. She is a pleasent girl. I wish them good luck and Godspeed. The flight IA 888 took off over 1 hour late and reached Delhi at about 10.15pm where as It should have reached at 9pm. The aircraft was in horrible condition, food was below standard. Most of the occupants of a nine seater business class were free pass holders except a couple of us.Of the two of us only I had bought the ticket and the other was an air force officers travelling at Govt. cost. Retired to sleep at midnight.

1st to 4th April

On 1st completed morning program. Sent the following message to KTS, Pravesh, Agnihotri and Vikas:
"Sri Lankan president dies of a massive heart attack...final will be postponed now...watch the news!!!"
Only Agnihotri & Pravesh responded and said that I could not make them an April fool. I don't know how KTS and Vikas reacted.Visited Alopathic & Ayurvedic CGHS for collection of medicines. Visited SBI, it was closed for the financial year ending 31st March 2011. Visited chamber from 2-3.45pm. On 2nd had to go to International airport Terminal 3 to receive Ruchi and grand children starting from Vikaspuri at quarter to 6. Hence could not do the morning program. Ruchi's British Airways flight landed at 6.08 am, but she could come out at about 7.10 am.It took over an hour to collect the luggage & complete other formalities. Watched the India- Sri Lanka match. India won. MS Dhoni played excellently. Amolikaa likes to talk. I don't know why I felt inordinately tired and slept from 10.30 am to 1pm,taking leave from her to sleep for 5mins. She came after sometime and asked me if I would wake up then so that she could talk to me. Retired to sleep at 1am on 3rd April. On 3rd got up quite late . Deepu and his family came. Visited district center mall. Ruchi bought some shoes for children and herself. On 4th completed morning program. Visited Center for sight to meet Dr.Dinesh Talwar.He was busy in OT.Visited SBI to check on status of withdrawals & deposits in my accounts.In chamber from 1.30 pm-2.45 pm. Visited Army riding school. Amolikaa rode the horse named Shakti. Abhishree did not. Amolikaa is 6. Has picked up riding quite well.Her movements on the horse back showed that she had been coached well in UK where she attended a 3 day coaching in horse riding. Ruchi paid a sum of Rs.25000/-(pounds 365) for this coaching. But she has picked up well. In UK she was trained up in comparatively smaller horses. She said that she had been given level 1 training in horse riding. Here she had been given a level 2 coaching. At less than her age Bablu was an excellent rider. He used to gallop along with me in cross country rides. Retired to sleep at 10.30pm.

31st March

Went for a walk but could not do the exercises/asans/pranayam. After return from Sohna, I feel quite composed. The Vipassana break has given me a lot of peace & stability of mind. In chambers from 1.15-2.30pm. On way back visited Biaknerwala in Yashwant Place & bought some Kaju ki Barfi for the grand children who are reaching Delhi tomorrow early morning to spend their easter holidays in India. They like barfi very much. Last time when they came a year back I bought some for them. In one year the rate of barfi per kg has shot up from Rs.250 to Rs.710. It has become out of reach for a common man. I am reminded of a story which I narrate below.
"A poor man went to buy pure ghee for Rs.1.The shopkeeper took a look at him. He also took away a rupee from the hand of the poor man. He pulled him to a tin of pure ghee & told him you put your nose near the hole of the tin and smell ghee. The poor man did the same. After that the porr man said to give him ghee for one rupee. The shopkeeper told him that he could get only smell of ghee for one rupee and not ghee."
I think the Kaju ki barfi is also likely to acquire the status of ghee. In fact it has already acquired it.
Retired to sleep at 10.30pm.