24, 25, and 26th Sept

24th (Sunday)
As the driver went on leave on the day, could not move out much. Walked over to 'Coasta Coffee outlet', about a km away. Returned home to watch India-Australia 3rd ODI which India won with 5 wickets.
25th
The Supreme court,High court closed from today. The Supreme court will now open on 3rd and High court on 9th Oct.
26th
Attended a get-together of former and now defunct Dons' club members of the Diamond Jubilee hostel of Allahabad University at IIC in the afternoon. Virendra, Prabhat, Ramesh and me could join in. Other 5 are not in Delhi. Saw our life in retrospect. Two of the club retired as senior IPS Officers, one IAS, one Central service, one Judicial service, one Professor of Indian Insttute of Publc Administration, one Professor of a Degree college, one private firm and one legal profession. One died due to drowning, in all 10 of us. The group covered almost all major spheres of activities in their life span except Technology,Science and Arts. Most of us are in early/late seventies. A refreshing get-together after long long time. Last meeting of the club took place in 1961. We decided to meet more times as far as possible.
                                     Members of the Dons'club

Quotable Quotes :"Silence is one of the great arts of conversation." Marcus Tullius Cicero

21,22 and 23rd Sept.

21st
In the Supreme court in the afternoon.
Quotable Quotes :"People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude." John C. Maxwell
22nd
In the Supreme court in the afternon.
23rd
My driving licence was to expire on 30th Sept. Went for renewal to Transport office today. It was renewed without hastles. Was it due to good governance ? If you know the procedure, it is easier to get it done. One should understand the procedure, then go for anything in government.
I saw about 10/12 people in queu and going one by one in their turn for the licence.
'Women Are 'Quarter Brained', Shouldn't Drive, Said a Saudi Cleric.' Google news dt 23rd Sept)
Quotable Quotes :"Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it." Winston Churchill

19 20th Sept

19th
In the Supreme court in the afternoon.
20th
In the Supreme court of India in the afternoon.
Quotable Quotes :"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." Winston Churchill

16, 17, 18th Sept

16th
Attended a get-together at Gurgaon today to celebrate Akshat's birthday yesterday. Some photographs, taken on the occasion are given below :
                            Cutting cake

            Cake being smeared on the face of Akshat by his about 12 friends

   

Kaushal with his family

Akshat's friends

                                                 Neha /Babloo

Silku/Babloo

                       Venita along with Kaushal/Gauri/DNS

17th
We invited Kaushal Saxena and family for lunch. After lunch we watched 1st ODI between Australia and India. India won the toss and decided to play first. They scored 281 mainly with the contribution of MS Dhoni and Hardik Pandya. Australia lost  by over 30 runs.
18th
Inthe Supreme court in the afternoon.
Venita left for Vikaspuri to participate in Durga Puja celebration.
Quotable Quotes :"Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong." Winston Churchill

15th Sept.

Today is Akshat's birthday. He is 11. According to Indian calendar, he was born on Friday, Navmi, at 9.57 am of Aswin's Krishnapaksh, Vikram Samvat 2063 in Moolchand hospital, New Delhi, India. It was also Shradha paksh during the period. It corresponded to Gregorian calender's 15th September 2006. It is a Hindu belief that ancestors take births during the Shradha paksh in families. We prayed for his long healthy life. We rang up at 7.30 am to wish and bless him but he had already left for the School at 7. Neha promised to connect him to us when he returned. He has a test tomorrow too. Let us not distract him. Venita distributed sweets to all helps and guards.

Venita's visit to E&T early morning, Election office for VV voter id card and repair to her specks(snatched and damaged by monkey during Vrindavan visit a couple of days back) kept us preoccupied until 2.30 pm. I heard the news of explosion in an underground station in SW London on a route frequented by Pilku/Ruchi and grandchildren. I felt all of them were safe. Hence made no queries. Later we got a mail from Pilku in reply to Silku's confirming my intution about him and family's safety and well being. He is kind to all of us.

Quotable Quotes :"Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose." Lyndon B. Johnson

14 Sept

In the Supreme court in the afternoon.
North Korea threatened to sink Japan. Japan Prime Minister is visiting India these days.
Quotable Quote :"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." Winston Churchill

13th Sept

Venita was impressed with cleanliness, landscaping of Mathura-Vrindaban. She returned quite happy after 2 day trip to the two places . In the Supreme court in the afternoon.
Quotable Quotes :"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." Winston Churchill

12th Sept

Venita returned from Vrindavan in the evening. She along with other ladies attended Mangla arti very early morning at ISCON temple. She  visited Varsana, Radha's place and Gopeswar temple. At Gopeswar temple her specks were taken away by a monkey. She was advised to give it a fruity pack. It dropped the specks after getting the pack. There were other monkeys too who adopted this methodology to get fruity packs from other speck users. They won't be satisfied with buscuits or any other eatables.
She took parikrama of Giriraj hill. Krishna had raised it on his little finger to give refuge to people hit by deluge, caused by Indra's anger. They took parikrama of Vrindavan too.
In the Supreme court in the afternoon.
Quotable Quotes :"Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential." Winston Churchillby

10 and 11 Sept

10th
Below is my photograph taken by Alaynah while she was watching NDTV program tonight. I featured in it as one of the panelists. The discussion related to right to dissent in the context of  recent murder of  journalist Lankesh at Bangluru and authors of some books. Only she and Akshat of our grandchildren watched the program in full. Khyati watched it for a couple of minutes.       

11th
Venita went to Vrindavan in the morning along with 3 ladies who came from Vikaspuri. She will return tomorrow in the evening. We had reserved two rooms with 4 beds in ISCON guest house for all of them . But she took only one. As the room has only 3 beds, one of them will sleep on the floor. Perhaps they decided to sleep  in one room and renounced the other so that some more devotees could be accomodated.
They visited birthplace of Krishna at Mathura and Gokul where He spent early life till he became about 12 years. It was at that age he went to Mathura , liberated his parents and killed Kansa, king of Mathura.They also visited old Bankey Bihari temple besides some other places at Vrindavan before retiring for the day. Quite hectic schedule. It was possible perhaps due to their relgious fervour and devotion to Krishna.They took a guide to take them round and tell legends of each place.
In the Supreme court in the afternoon.
Quotable Quotes :"We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty." Winston Churchill

8 and 9th Sept

8th
In the Supreme court in the afternoon.
9th
Appeared in a program of NDTV on request. It related to recent murders of a journalist and authors  to be telecast tonight at 8 pm.
Quotable Quotes :"I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals." Winston Churchill

6 and 7th Sept.

6th
In the Supreme court in the afternoon.  India won T20 match against Sri Lanka. Thus India won all the matches (Test,ODI and T20) against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka during the current season.
7th
In tbe Supreme court in the afternoon.
Quotable Quotes :"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." Winston Churchill 

4 and 5th Sept

4th
In the Supreme court in the afternoon. The new central cabinet ministers selected on the basis of performance. Non performers were dropped.
5th
In the Supreme cort in the afternoon.
Quotable Quotes :"If you're going through hell, keep going." Winston Churchill

2nd and 3rd Sept.

2nd
Attended a poetry reading session at CSOI ,organized by Lippi Parida. She observed blue lotuses in a pond at her official bunglow, Puduchery.and wrote book 'If the Blue lotus Sings'. It is the story of Lord Jagannath of Puri. He appears once in 12 or 19 years.
'If the blue lotus sings' is a tale of forbidden love' says the author.
3rd
9 new Ministers of of State have been appointed apart from upgrading the existing four. Ms Sitharaman is the new Defence Minister and Piyush Goel, Railway Minister.
Quotable Quotes :"History is written by the victors." Winston Churchill.

1st Sept

In the Supreme court in the afternoon.
RBI's report card on facts and figures relating to Nov 8 demoneytisation have evoked mixed reactions here. While opposition parties have been critical of PM and BJP, Rajiv Kumar who took over as the Deputy Chairman,Niti Ayog, today has defended it and countered all criticism and convincingly replied to all points of objections.
India won 4th ODI against Sri Lank by 168 runs.
Quotable Quotes :"My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me." Winston Churchill