Fatehpur Visit (25th to 29th November)

On 25th:

Completed morning program. Attended a conference on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Royal New Plaza hotel from 11.15-3pm. Various aspects of IPR were discussed. Patent, trademark and IPR are inter related concepts. In chamber for a short time. Sh.BR Lall, a former Joint Director CBI and DGP Haryana, died of massive heart attack, yesterday at Chandigarh. He wrote a book on working of CBI. He was quite critical of functioning of CBI in the book.

Reached New Delhi Railway Station at about 8.40 pm to board the train to Fatehpur. It left on time at 9.25pm. Retired to sleep at the train at 10pm.

On 26th:

Arrived Fatehpur at about 6.30am. The train was about 2 hours late. Could not complete morning program. Krishna Anand came.He is a neighbour, and a contemporary . He is about 4 years senior to me. He cannot see well and leads a retired life. Met the family of late Naresh Bhaisaheb and spent 2 hours with them. In fact the purpose of this visit to Fatehpur was to visit the family of Naresh Bhaisaheb to give condolences. I could not come on the day of his funeral and later on the day of final rites. I have already written my blog dated 7th November on him.

Ajju came. We discussed further repairs to the house. Digvijay Singh Advocate, Pravesh & Venita rang up. Visited the house of late Shyam Kishore Tiwari to attend the ceremonies of the marriage of his two sons. Today was their Tilak ceremony. Somehow I missed it. I did not feel like going on 29th, the day of marriage though I was there and left Fatehpur late in the night. I told Sheomohan to go to his wife Gita and give an envelope with some money and blessings to the newly weds after my departure. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

On 27th:

Went for a walk to Kalkan Temple and on way back met Dr.Chetan and had a cup of tea with him. Havan was done in my house in memory of Naresh Bhaisaheb and flowers offered to him, 2 minutes silence. His family also was present. We had prasad and a cup of tea together. I gave a copy of my blog dated 7th November pertaining to "Reminiscences: Naresh Bhaisaheb" to the family. I will also send a copy of it to his 2nd son at Bangalore as also to his daughter at Barabanki. Digvijay Singh, Ajju & Ratan came. Retired to sleep at 10.15pm.

On 28th:

Went for a walk. As usual Buddha park in the Collectorate was closed at 7am. It is not known as to when it is to close and open. The sign board is without any write-up. Will write to the District collector about this on reaching Delhi. Went to HDFC ATM as both the SBI ATMs were non functional. My ATM card got stuck in as I pushed it in the wrong hole. I had to go to branch manager HDFC to get it back. Digvijay Singh Advocate , Bhaiya and Guddu came. Could not go to Delhi today as I had wrongly booked my journey for 28th December. Had to cancel the ticket and bought another for journey on 29th November. Tunu rang up and informed about a burglary in the flat of his father in Rail Vihar. Talked to Commissioner of Police and SHO, Sector-56 Police Station. Sent one sms also to the Commissioner of Police as also to Deputy Commissioner Police east. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

On 29th:

Went for a walk. Even today both the ATMs of SBI were non functional. Had to take out money from a nearby ATM of IDBI. Digvijay Singh came. Reservation is confirmed at about 7.30 pm. Thanked JD CBI Lucknow and SP GRPS Allahabad for it. Spoke to SP Fatehpur also. Sashi Dubey rang up. Venita, who had fever on 28th is better today. She took medicine prescribed by Dr. Neha. There is Akhand Ramayan in the temple of the society. Venita joined it despite her illness. Left for Fatehpur station at 10pm. The youngest son of late Naresh Bhaisaheb and his wife came to see me off. Dr. Chetan and Advocate Moinuddin also came. They left after I left my residence on way to Fatehpur railway station. Left for New Delhi Railway station at 11pm. Retired to sleep in the train at 11.30pm.