26th Feb

Spent  the day reading and preparing for journey on 27 and 28th to Kurukshetra and Chandigarh.
Quotable quotes :"There's no one thing that is true. They're all true." Ernest Hemingway

25th Feb

Drove to VV. We have to go to Chandigarh  from VV  to attend the wedding of Pravesh' son. We will stay overnight  in Police guesthouse on 27 and 28th. As desired by Venita we will do Mahabhishek in a an old Shiva temple at  Kurukshetra on 27th as part of 14th March celebration.
Quotable Quotes :" You can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself." Ernest Hemingway

24th Feb

Mahashivaratri is celebrated all over the country. "Maha Shivaratri is a Hindu festival celebrated annually in honour of the god Shiva. There is a Shivaratri in every luni-solar month of the Hindu calendar, on the month's 13th night /14th day, but once a year in late winter (February/March, or Phalguna) and before the arrival of spring, marks Maha Shivaratri which means "the Great Night of Shiva"  Wikipedia. It is said that Shiva-Parvati were married tonight.
Visited Dr B. Prasad. He is not quite well. He is to meet and consult a doctor in Appolo hospital on 1st March.
Quotable Quotes :"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them."

Ernest Hemingway

23rd Feb

Afternoon, in the Supreme court.
Drove to Vikaspuri. Venita is already there.Till the end of 4th phase of current  elections in UP, BJP is reported to have slight edge  over other parties.
Quotable Quotes :"As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary." Ernest Hemingway

22nd Feb

Afternoon, in the Supreme court.
In an election speech at Fatehpur in UP yesterday, PM Modi said that if land was provided in a village for 'kabristan',it should also be given for 'smashan"; if electricity was provided during 'ramjan' it should also be provided during holi/diwali/durgapuja..There should not be any discrimination on grounds of religion, region or  caste. It infuriated Akhilesh Yadav,UP CM,who, in turn,appealed to Amitabh Bachchan to stop advertising for the donkeys of Gujerat.
Quotable Quotes :"When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen." Ernest Hemingway

21st Feb

In the Supreme court in the afternoon.
Quotable Quotes :"The world breaks everyone, and afterwards, some are strong at the broken places." Ernest Hemingway

20th Feb

In the Supreme court in the afternoon.
Venita went to Vikaspuri. I stayed back at VV. It is convenient to travel to courts and other places from here. These are  quite at a distance from Vikaspuri. Venita has to organize Shivaratri celebration at Vikaspuri temple on 24th Feb. She has also to plan and organize a session of devotional music on 12th March followed by lunch for selected few of the society as part of 50th anniversary celebration ending on 14th March at VV.
Quotable Quotes :"A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation." Mark Twain

19th Feb

Attended a talk by Enver Masud on his book '9/11-Unveiled, an alternative interpretationof the attack on twin towers, N.Y.' at CSOI in the evening. He said that 9/11 could be the work of Mossad and rogues in USA. He was not convincing.
Quotable Quotes :"Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it." Mark Twain

18th Feb

Spent the day reading. Venita went to Gurugram to buy some gifts for the guests on  ensuing 14th March. Could not meet grandkids for fear of infecting them wih her cold/cough.
Quotable Quotes :"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." Mark Twain

16 and 17th Feb

16th
Spent the day reading, Venita visited ISCON temple in East of Kailash, New Delhi to discuss details of Puja on 14th March on our 50th Anniversary, followed by family lunch in their restaurant.
Quotable Quotes :"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." Mark Twain
17th
Along with Venita attended annual lunch of the Association of  Retired Senior IPS officers (Arsipso) at BSF mess, Nizamuddin. In the evening attended a programe of devotional songs  in neighbour's house, followed by dinner.
Quotable Quotes :"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear." Mark Twain

15th Feb

In the Supreme court in the afternoon.
Tamilnadu politics is in fluid state. It is not clear as to who the Chief minister will be . Sami, choice of Shasikala, is likely to be the Chief Minister.
Quotable Quotes :"Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."  Mark Twain

14th Feb

In the Supreme court in the afternoon.
I wrote on 'Valentine day'in my blog, dated 24th Feb 2009 as follows : 
'It was Valentine day & the restaurant was full of young girls and boys in their best outfits. As we did not order hard drinks, the waiter did not like it and exhibited a grim face. Over the years, St. Valentine has incorrectly been associated with finding love.' According to the Roman Catholic Church, "St. Valentine is the patron saint for those who have already found their love. In fact St. Raphael is the patron saint for happy encounters and it is to him young lovers should direct their prayers for love and not to St. Valentine. St. Valentine is said to have been martyred in ROME in 269AD."

Quotable Quotes:"you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."Mark Twain

13th Feb

In the Supreme court in the afternoon.
Quotable Quotes :"My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it." Mark Twain

11 and 12th Feb

11th
Spent the day reading.
Quotable Quotes :"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure." Mark Twain
12th
Attended a talk by Dr. Shrivastava , Prof. TERI university at CSOI in the evening on Climate Change, Paris convention and Trump effect on it. It was quite informative.

Quotable Quotes :"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." Mark Twain

1oth Feb.

Attended batch lunch at CSOI. 15 officers of different services joined in.
In the Supreme court in the afternoon.
Quotable Quotes :"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln

9th Feb

In the Supreme court in the afternoon. Intense last day convassing is going on in  western UP for 11th Feb elections.
Quotable Quotes :"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother." Abraham Lincoln

8th Feb

Attended 'Think legal series' lecture on 'Law and Literature' by Justice AK Sikri of the Supreme court at SCBA lounge. About one hundred Advocates and others attended. Justice Sikri divided the subject in three parts : 1. Law and Literature 2. Law in Literature aand 3. Literature in Law. Alluding to a number of Hindi films (Pink,Jolly LL.B., Pyasa and others) and foreign and Indian courts' judgements, he dealt with the subject in details. He quoted from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice and Oscar Wild too. It was quite informative and interesting lecture.
Quotable Quotes :"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today." Abraham

7th Feb.

In the Supreme court in the afternoon.
Quotable Quotes :"No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar." Abraham Lincoln

6th Feb

In the Supreme court in the afternoopn.
Intensive campaigning is going on in the states of Uttarakhand and UP for Assembly elections.
 Quotable Quotes:"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." Abraham Lincoln

4 and 5th Feb.

4th
Spent the day reading.
Quotable Quotes :"Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care." Theodore Roosevelt
5th
Along with Venita attended lunch at the Statesman house, New Delhi on the occasion of engagement and ring ceremony of Pravesh and Rashmi's son, Sarthak from 11 am to 2 pm.

                                    Sarthak-Manisha

3rd Feb

Drove to VV. Searched for a good venue to celebrate our 50th anniversary as asked by Pilku. As it is season of examinations of children and there could be no celebration without their participation, it is decided to defer it to August. Venita proposes to do some puja on the day for the present.
Quotable Quotes :"If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month." Theodore Roosevelt

2nd Feb

In the Supreme court in the afternoon. Jaitly's budget is videly acclaimed as growth oriented .
Quotable Quotes ;"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."Theodore Roosevelt

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1st Feb

In the Supreme court in the afternoon.
Had visited Anand and Shivali on 28th Jan at  Mumbai. The following 2 expressive photographs of their children were taken there. The first one was by me and the other by Shivali.

The elder one was having slight fever. Very affectionate child.
Quotable Quotes :"The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything." Theodore Roosevelt