31st Oct

Completed morning program.
Subhash/Sunita arranged a Diwali get together at a Gurgaon restaurant. Each one ordered his Choice food. Subhash took the orders. In the end gifts were exchanged. A couple of photographs taken by Babloo on the occasion are given below :

Quotable Quotes : "Let us never underestimate the power of a well-written letter.” 
― Jane Austen, Persuasion

Retired to sleep at about 11.30 pm.

30th Oct

Completed morning program.
Visited DD Motors at Mayapuri. Venita accompanied to South Delhi and went to Dilli hat for Diwali shopping. In the Supreme court from from 2.15 to 3b.45 pm. Karvachouth is observed today.
Quotable Quotes :" My idea of good company...is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.' 
'You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company, that is the best.” Jane Austen, Persuasion

Retired to sleep at about 10.30 pm.

29th Oct

Completed morning program.
Visited IIPA and SBI. In the Supreme court from about 2 to 4.30 pm.

I visited CSOI yesterday. I was amazed to see a row of vehicles, parked on both sides of the narrow road when you enter it from Chanakyapuri colony side upto CSOI entry and exit gates. You have to slow down and drive through to avoid touching/crashing against them These appear to be vehicles of Delhi Police Security branch. The vehicles could safely be parked in the parking space nearby. Apart from making the road narrower, these vehicles give the area a congested look of a slum and dent over-all good appearance of the club. I suggested to the GM CSOI to approach the DOPT to consider writing to the Commissioner of  Police Delhi to prevent such parkings.

I also suggested to the GM CSOI to request the manufacturers of elevators in use in the club building to lighten the digits to easily decipher them inside the elevators for the benefit of senior citizen members above 70.

Quotable Quotes : "There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves." Jane Austen
Retired to sleep at about 11 pm.

28th Oct

Completed morning program.

We visited Sri Lanka for a week during Christmas last year. On 29th we traveled from Habrana to Kandy. On way we visited Matale Spice garden and bought two bottles of Syrup (Honey mixed with herbs ) STOFFWECHSEL ANREGEND along with other items. We wish to buy some more. It has proved good for Venita's type 2 diabetes. Went to Sri Lanka High Commission. They told me to write to their Minister (Commercial). Accordingly, I sent an e-mail to Sri Lanka High Commission to give the e-mail id of Matale Spice garden shop or their postal address so that we could place order for the purchase or guide us as to how to go about the matter.

Visited CSOI. In the Supreme court from about 2 to 4.30 pm.

Quotable Quotes : "Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance."

Jane Austen.

Retired to sleep at about 10.30 pm.

27th Oct

Completed morning program.
Naive outburst of Arun Shourie yesterday during launch of a book against Modi government calls for introspection by both Shourie and the government. Is it because he is not given importance by Modi govt as alleged by a Union Minister or some other reason ? Some one has to find out the truth.
In the Supreme court from 1.30 to 4 pm. Visited CGHS and SBI too.
Quotable qUOTES : "The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." Jane Austen
Retired to sleep at about 10.30 pm.

26th Oct.

Completed morning program. Venita accompanied me to South Delhi. She visited Dilli hat for Diwali shopping.
In the Supreme court from 2 to 4 pm.
Met Mrs Ramesh Chandra in CSOI and discussed her case now pending in the High court. She had come there with two other ladies, wives of retired IAS officers of Assam-Meghalaya cadre and her unmarried daughter, Ranju for lunch. They invited me join them over lunch. I regretted.
Quotable Quotes : "A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."  Jane Austen
Retired to sleep at about 10.30 pm.

25th Oct

Completed morning program. Spent the day reading magazines and newspapers. Witnessed one act play, a comedy , at CSOI auditorium in the evening.
Quotable Quotes : "There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort." Jane Austen
Retired to sleep at about 11 pm.

24th Oct.

Completed morning program. Spent the day reading magazines and newspapers.
Munna sent me a write-up on current Punjab chaotic law and order situation. It gave me an idea of problem in Punjab. It is good it is subsiding. Some sheets of Quran are found in some places in the country. The developments appear to be part of conspiracy to cause communal problem. We should guard against any such eventuality and help the state, in whatever way we can, for up-keeping public order.
Quotable Quotes : "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of." Jane Austen
Retired to sleep at about 11.15 pm.

23rd Oct

Completed morning program. Abhay had minor surgery in his eyes. Venita visited him in Shroff eye hospital. The operation done without hassles.
Babloo/Neha/Akshat went on a holiday to Agra.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             At breakfast in the hotel

        Akshat in swimming pool.

Quotable Quotes :" To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often." Winston Churchill

Retired to sleep at about 10.30 pm.

22nd Oct

Completed morning program.
Dashehra is celebrated today. It is believed that Ram came to Ayodhya, his birth place and kingdom, today after winning Lankan war. Venita celebrates it with great fervor. She got big flower-garlands for the idols in the temple and sweets for distribution to all. In fact she herself was born on Dashehra day according to Hindu panchang. Her brothers, sisters while together in the family, used to tease her that Ravan had taken birth in her. But instead of Ravan raj she has enforced Ram raj in the family. I wished her in the morning for good health and long life.
                         Akshat at Agra hotel on 22nd Oct

Quotable Quotes : "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." Winston Churchill
Retired to sleep at about 10.45 pm.

21st Oct

Completed morning program. Visited CGHS and SBI. Went to the Supreme court.
                            Akshat at Agra hotel on 22nd Oct

Quotes : "If you're going through hell, keep going."  Winston Churchill
Retired to sleep at about 10.15 pm.

20th Oct

Completed morning program : The High court and Supreme court were closed w.e.f. 17th and will open on 26th Oct. We have planned to go to Fatehpur on 7th and return on 17th Nov. During Diwali we will be at our ancestral house. On way back we are travelling by road upto Kanpur. We could not get  confirmed tickets to New Delhi from Fatehpur. We got them from Kanpur in relatively unknown Jharkhand express leaving  Kanpur at about 2 pm reaching New Delhi about 8 pm. It will give us an opportunity to look up our ailing elder sister at Kanpur. She has been calling us for a long time.
Met Shri SP Jain, owner of flat no. A7/2 at Vasant Vihar. In the Supreme court  from about 2.30 to 4 pm.
Quotable Quotes : "How much easier it is to join bad companions than to shake them off!"  Winston Churchill
Retired to sleep at about 11 pm.

19th Oct

Completed morning program. Met Pravesh and discussed miscellaneous matters. In the Supreme court from about 1.30 to 3.30 pm.
Quotable Quotes : " Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven." John Milton
Retired to sleep at about 10.30 pm.

18th Oct

Attended a discourse by Gurumaa at Sirifort from 11 am to 1 pm. The talk was on 'Karma and Destiny'. Our destiny is nothing but the result of our past 'Sanchit Karmas', according to her.
Attended a presentation by Dr. Neera Verma of Utkarsh Foundation on pledging of Organ-Tissue for donation at CSOI. It was quite informative. I have already pledged to donate all my organs/tissues and attached relevant papers with my Will. After hearing the presentation, i will always keep the Organ Donor Card, duly signed by me and witnessed by another, along with other cards in a wallet for ready reference and action.
Quotable Quotes : " I never 'worry' about action, but only about inaction." Winston Churchill
Retired to sleep at about 10.30 pm

17th Oct

Completed morning program. Ruchi shifted to her brother's house. Will leave for London next day in the afternoon. Spent the day reading newspapers and magazines.
Quotable Quotes : "Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself." Swami Sivananda
Retired to sleep at about 9.45 pm.

16th Oct

Completed morning program. Received Ruchi at airport . Went to Vasant Vihar along with Venita. Had lunch together at CSOI.
                     A get-together with Ruchi at Cafe Coffee Day, Shantiniketan

Quotable Quotes : " Tis not too late to seek a newer world." Alfred Lord Tennyson

Retired to sleep at about 11 pm.

15th Oct

Completed morning program. Visited IIPA. In the Supreme court from about 1.30 to 4 pm.
Quotable Quotes : " Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness." William Wordsworth
Retired to sleep at about 10.30 pm.

14th Oct

Completed morning program. Visited Magic Auto on way to Dwarka  to select a car to replace one with me at present which is now over 6 year old. Went to SBI. In the Supreme court from about 1.30 to 3.30 pm.
Quotable Quotes : " 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know." John Keats
Retired to sleep at about 10.15 pm.

13th Oct

Completed morning program. 

Visited Safdarjung hospital and showed diagnostic reports of Venita to Head of Surgery dept on the advice of Head of Medicine, CGHS, RML hospital. He said that surgery was not necessary. Instead he referred her to the Director, Central Institute of Orthopedics,(CIO), Safdarjung hospital for examination to ascertain cause of lingering pain on the right side of abdomen. 

Went to Vasant Vihar and later met Oppals, at their office on Lodhi road along with Viky. Ruchi is expected on Friday, the 16th instant.

Quotable Quotes : " A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness." John Keats

Retired to sleep at about 11 PM.

12th Oct

Completed morning program. Visited RML hospital. In the Supreme court from about 12.30 to 3.30 pm. First phase of elections in 49 constituencies of Bihar is over. The results may be out on 9th Nov. All the seats are keenly contested. Difficult to predict which party will win how many seats. It appears NDA has slight edge over JD(U), Congress and Lalu's party combine.
Quotable Quotes ; "Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought."

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Retired to sleep at 10.30 pm.

11th Oct

Completed morning program.
Venita is 67 today. She was born on Navmi of Aswin, Suklapaksha , Samvat 2005 , at about 2.30 to 3 am according to Hindi Panchang on Monday corresponding to 11th October, 1948 at Allahabad, UP,India.. A number of family members and friends wished her happy birthday. We have decided to celebrate it on Dashehra day, that is, 22nd Oct.
Quotable Quotes : " O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind ?"  Percy Bysshe Shelley
Retired to sleep at about 11.30 pm.

10th Oct

Completed morning program.
Khyati, our eldest granddaughter, was born today. She is 14. She was born on Ashtami of Aswin's Adhik Mas (Dwatiya), Krishnapaksh, Wednesday, Vkram Samvat 2058/Shak Samvat 1923 of the Hindi Panchang corresponding to 10th October, 2001 of Gregorian calender at 12.10 pm in a Vasant Vihar hospital, New Delhi..We bless her for happy and bright life.
Venita did Puja early morning and distributed sweets to all.
Attended her birthday celebration at Gurgaon followed by lunch.
                   Khyati on her 14th birthday

Quotable Quotes : " My life is simple and rough."  Munshi Premchand
Retired to sleep at about 11 pm.

9th Oct

.Completed morning program. Attended 6th AK Dave Memorial Lecture on "Good governance and a secure environment-- essential for economic development" at IIC by Shri Vinod Rai, ex- CAG. His analysis of governance was enlightening, mostly along the lines, delineated in his book 'Not just an Accountant '. In the Supreme court from about 2 to 3.30 pm.
Quotable Quotes : " Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not ; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad."  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Retired to sleep at about 11 pm.

8th Oct.

Completed morning program. Visited RML hospital and SBI. In the Supreme court from about 1.30 to 3.30 pm.
Quotable Quotes : " Grow old with me! The best is yet to be."  Robert Browning
Retired to sleep at about 10.45 pm.

7th Oct.

Completed morning program.  Visited Focus Imaging and Research Center for Venita's Triple Phase Abdomen+pelvis with contrast CT Scan report and CGHS. In the Supreme court from 2 to 4.30 pm.
                  Akshat leaves for a school trip to Sariska

Quotable Quotes : "I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair."Alfred Lord Tennyson
Retired to sleep at about 10.45 pm.

6th Oct

Completed morning program. Visited Focus Imaging and Research Center for Venita's Triple Phase Abdomen+pelvis with contrast CT Scan early morning. In the Supreme court from 12.30 to 3.30 pm
Quotable Quotes : "I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen."  Ernest Hemingway
Retired to sleep at about 10.30 pm.

5th Oct

Completed morning program. Venita had routine periodic check-up of her eyes at Center for sight. In the Supreme court from about 12.30 to 3.30 pm.
" While exercise is good for everyone, people with increased risk of type 2 diabetes need to workout more than others to achieve the same results, according to new research. "

Quotable Quotes : “ It is necessary to pray to Him, with a longing Heart.” ― Ramakrishna Paramhansa
Retired to sleep at about 10.45 pm

4th Oct

Completed morning program. Attended a session of review by Umesh Chauhan, an IAS officer of 1987 batch, presently a joint secretary to Govt of India, on his book of Hindi poems 'Chuni hui kavitayein' at CSOI. I liked recitation of his poem 'Alha' in Avadhi in the context of present political scenario. Avadhi is a dialect ( a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group ) of a part of UP where i was born and brought up.
Quotable Quotes : "There is no friend as loyal as a book." Ernest Hemingway
Retired to sleep at about 10.30 pm.

3rd Oct.

Completed morning program. Visited Vasant Vihar area along with Venita. Babloo and Neha also joined along with Akshat. Akshat is going out on a two day trip with a School group. He is excited about it. It is his first outing without parents. We had planned lunch together which could not materialize due to delay and hurry of Neha/Babloo to go back to Gurgaon for Akshat's Maths tutorials.
Quotable Quotes : "If you want to go east, don't go west." Ramakrishna Paramhansa.
Retired to sleep at about 10 pm.

2nd Oct.

Completed morning program. Due to birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the courts were closed today.. Spent the day reading magazines and newspapers.
Quotable Quotes : " When the flower blooms, the bees  come uninvited." Ramakrishna Paramhansa
Retired to sleep at about 11 pm.

1st Oct.

Completed morning program. Visited  CGHS and Focus Imaging and Research Center for Venita's Triple Phase Abdomen+pelvis with contrast CT Scan. In the Supreme court from about 1 to 3.30 pm. Met Advocate KN Agnihotri from Fatehpur. He discussed some of his problems.
Quotable Quotes : "......rise above desires, and they are fulfilled."  Swami Ram Tirth.
Retired to sleep at about 11 pm.