30th October to 18th November

On 31st visited Chandigarh in connection with Frigoglass case on 1st November. The case was not taken up. And the next date of hearing was fixed on 19th November. On 3rd November left for Fatehpur by Puri express. The coolie and the conductor did not behave well. Will write to the Chairman Railway Board shortly about them. The train reached Fatehpur half an hour late at 2pm. Digvijay Singh, Adv. came. I gave him a sum of Rs.2000/- as his fees for appearance with me in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.On 4th after the morning exercises I had a good massage in the Sun. In the evening went to market along with Venita who did shopping. Visited Naresh Bhai saab. Ajju and Shivji came to see us. In the morning late Shyam Kishore's wife also said hello to Venita and promised to come later as she was then going to the school where she was teaching. Her late husband was my class fellow in the eighth standard. She is the 3rd wife. When she was married to Shyam Kishore, she was 18/19 and Shyam Kishore was 50. They had three sons. Now she should be in late 30s. On 5th Shivji, Gopal and Pappu came along with their families in the evening after the Diwali lamps were lit. On the day we celebrated Diwali. Their another brother got a job in ICICI recently. He is unmarried and could not come along with Shivji and others. I told Shivji to send him to meet me before he leaves for Mathura, where he is posted in the ICICI branch. Sheomohan and his children helped Venita in lighting lamps in the big ancestral house.Had also isited Tameshwar temple in the morning. On 6th visited Dr. Chetan to wish him happy Diwali on way back from Kalkan temple in the morning. Took a round of main market which, as a friend says, is the Cannaught Place of Fatehpur. Met a class fellow of ninth standard. It was in early 50's. He cannot walk well and was walking inside his stationary shop on his knees like a child of 2 and half years. He is only 73 years and counting his days to leave the world. Krishna followed by son of Vidya babu (I don't know his name), an Ex BRTF Civilian officer came. Krishna is a retired Treasury officer of the Collectorate. Krishna was 2 year senior to me in the school and college. We talked of the ways of Zappers, their materialistic approach to life. Vidya Babu's son's son, let us call him A, as I don't know his name,a B-tech, fell in love with a married lady 15 years his senior in age with 2 grown up kids and disappeared with her. Nothing is known of them for the last 15 years. The discussion ended on a note of concern over commercialization of religious rituals and practices, need for meditation and looking inwards. Krishna talked of Ram Chandra mission and its head quarters in Chennai and meditation. We dispersed at about 10pm. On 7th Muzzan came along with his son Rustam and informed about admission of his 2nd son in the London School of Economics for the MBA course. Naresh Bhaisaab's 2 daughters in law came and met Venita along with his daughter's daughter. I did Chitragupt puja as desired by Venita. Visited Naresh Bhaisaab and spent one and half hour with him. On 8th. Visited Krishna and met his family. They talked of Ram Chandra mission. Venita talked of Sanatan Dharma. If the discussion would have continued, I am sure the entire family of Krishna would have become her follower. A retired group captain and his family visited. We visited Shivji also on his request. On 9th Venita left for Allahabad by train. On intervention of SHO, GRPS , she could get a seat in the train which the conductor gave reluctantly. Watching his face I felt as if he was being pick pocketed. They give a seat/berth on payment of bribe. The level of corruption has gone up very high. Even if you report hardly any action is taken. Wanted to inform Tarun about the coach in which Venita was traveling for convenience of receiving her. After quite a few calls he responded. Curiously he did not show any interest in knowing the coach number. Rather he said," Will she be able to get down of her own ?". I was wonder struck by the stupid question. I replied,"You should know better. She is your sister."I am sure Tarun said it because he has not been keeping well and much depressed due to the death of his mother recently. I informed Venita's younger sister also when she happened to ring me from Pondicherry for talking to Venita. Visited HDFC ATM and took out some money. All the other ATMs of Fatehpur were not functional for at least a week. Later SBI ATM started working. Sh. Amit Srivastava is the branch manager of the HDFC. He belongs to Fatehpur and a smart person. On 10th I told Sheomohan that we would bear the cost of treatment of his mentally sick wife. It will be around Rs.1,322 per month. Besides I have also given a sum of Rs.2000 for Citi scan of his wife's head. I have given advance for November, December and January to Ajju to release the amount part by part every fortnight as required. If I give it to Sheomohan he would spend otherwise. The Doctor says it will take about six months for her to cure. She is showing signs of improvement. Read the review of " Mahabharat in polyester", Which updates the earlier book namely "Polyester Prince" of 1998 by Hamisr Mcdonald. Visited Chetan who gave me a pen by which I have written the diary today. The approach to the toilet is low. I got it foam padded so that there is no injury to the head. Chetan is not well. He is operating from his residence. His legs are swollen. On 11th briefed the mason for slabbing the ceiling of a part of the house. He suggested we should give labor contract so that demolition part of the old roof is done expeditiously. After all the ceilings of the house are slabbed we can plan out the size of each room as per requirement and use of the house for a charitable purpose. Sheomohan's wife is much better. Ajju came and gave a sagacious advice. He said as to why we were investing so much amount in the repairs of the house. He further said that as we grew older it would be difficult for us to come to Fatehpur often and take care of the house. I would discuss this with Venita. On 12th we spent a total of Rs.1225 on the electrical repairs. On 13th Chetan and Ajju came. Raghunandan, our earlier share cropper, also came. Later his grand son brought 10Kgs of rice from the fields which earlier belonged to us and now were sold out to him. Raghunandan said that the fields were still belonged to us and he would continue to give a part of the produce every season. I appreciated his sentiment and accepted the rice. But I told him to bring not more than 5 Kgs whenever he brought it. Met SP Fatehpur and had high tea with him. I requested him to get a BPL card to Sheomohan if possible. He said he would help and told me send him to meet him.The Super Express train which was scheduled to come at 10.15 pm at Fatehpur, came next day at 3.30 am, late by over 5 hours. SHO,GRPS stayed with me at the Fatehpur railway station and saw me off. I proposed to send an email to chairman Railway board about the poor maintenance and attendance services which are now privatised. We reached New Delhi station at 2pm. The train was late by about 7 hours. On 15th met Bablu in his office and collected BSES bill which he had inadvertantly taken home. Visited Ajit opticians and gave Venita's specs for change of glasses. The power of glass used in left eye for reading is increased. Chistya came. Could not hold meeting with Kuber about his case as he was preoccupied. Met AP. On 16th visited Dental Wing of CGHS of Safdarjang hospital. Again met AP. On 17th attended the cremation of Sonu, eldest son of Sh.Mahesh Sharma at Ghazipur crematorium. Sonu died on 16th at 11 o'clock in the night due to sudden heart attack.He assisted me in my work. I have yet to pay him balance of Rs. 1500/- which he did not collect though I informed him through Sh.Mahesh Sharma. He left working with me after joining law in a Law College at Noida. He was sincere and a lovable boy, who was always and exclusively available to me to assist in my work. May his soul rest in peace and his family get fortitude to bear his loss. Mr. Tulsi who attended the cremation, canceled all his engagements for the day including one with me to brief him about Frigoglass case. I was to leave for Chandigarh on 18th , but had to cancel it as he said that he would meet us only at 6pm on 18th. Today was also ekadashi and I kept fast. On 18th met KTS in his chamber at 6.15pm and briefed him in detail about Frigoglass case, which is coming up for hearing on 19th November. Met Pravesh also. Retired to sleep at 10.30 pm.

28th & 29th October

On 28th visited Swami Ramdeo shop near INA.Bought a few things including Atta of seven grains and later Dr. S. P. Aggarwall dental clinic for showing tooth which had been root-canaled & filled up.I have to get it capped after sanction by CGHS. Visited SBI. Japna is blessed with a daughter yesterday.KTS sent a touching sms to all of us.Visited Escorts hospital to consult Dr.Ashok Seth, the Chief cardiologist,about dental transplants.He said that i could.Retired to sleep at 10.45 P.M..

27th October

Completed morning program. Got up at 3 am. Could not sleep after that. Generally I get up at 4am. I had taken Swami Ramdev's Aluvera. Was it due to taking the Aluvera in the evening today ? Venita also had similar experience and advised to take it in the morning. It is energizing, digestive and good for joints. The CGHS permitted me to undertake operation of cataract in my left eye at Center for Sight.I will undertake the operation after return from visit to Fatehpur. It does not need hospitalization. The center will release me after 2-3 hours of the operation.Sh. Chistya informed that he could not obtain letter from the then ADM, Lucknow as required for hearing in his suit for recovery. Now we will have to work out alternate pleas to reply to the counter of the respondents. Discussed with Kuber earlier and now will give him clearance for drafting of reply.
Retired to sleep at 10.30 pm.

26th October

Completed morning program. Collected medicines from CGHS. Talked to the interns in the chamber. Today is Karva Chauth. It is also called husband's day. In this occasion the wives keep fast and after seeing the moon put tilak on the foreheads of their husbands. They garland them and touch their feet. The husbands bless them with eternal marital bond and bliss. It is a fast in which the ladies don't even take water during the day and like the Muslims during Ramjan they take enough water, sweets etc. before the sunrise. Even some unmarried girls keep fast for the long life of their prospective unknown would be husbands. Even some husbands keep fast for the long life of their wives. I have never kept one so far. Among the Hindus there is a belief that the marriages are pre-ordained and each one has his her partner somewhere who will meet one day for marriage. In a skit telecast by BBC today I saw how Chinese goods, particularly textiles, have flooded Italian markets. I thought it was happening in India only. It is happening all over the world. They are cheap, though not sturdy and lasting.
Retired to sleep at 11pm.

25th October

Completed morning program. Visited CGHS, collected medicines and approval for tests. Giya Ram Gupta had come earlier for his case by me in Delhi High Court. He informed today that he would stick to his earlier lawyer, that his lawyer was insisting for his continuance. It appears Giya Ram could not afford our fees. He was recruited as a DYSP in Delhi Police and had training with us. I quoted minimum. It was going to be the fees for juniors only. I don't take fee from Police officers. Giya Ram is a batch mate and question of taking fee from him does not arrive.
Retired to sleep at 11pm.

22nd to 24th October

On 22nd visited CGHS and collected medicines. It rained quite heavily with stormy wind. Venita went to the temple in the afternoon leaving some windows open. Luckily the glasses did not break. The roads are blocked due to fallen trees. We had to take alternate roads to reach home. On 23rd visited Safdarjang hospital and met first Dr. Lalwani, a consultant on eyes. He suggested cataract operation in the left eye. Second I met Dr. Kothari. He desired to inject into the bottom of my ring finger of my left hand as I have been having pain in it. I did not agree with him. I told him that I would come back to him after about a week. Then he wanted to give 3 injections into left knee. I said I had no problem in it. He said " Don't you have pain in it?". I told him that I did not have pain. I don't know how he guessed that I had pain in the left knee. Visited Dilli Hat, where Venita had already gone. In the coffee house at Cannaught Place I saw a worker dipping used cups and glasses in one bucket of water and keeping them back for use. I had taken a cup of filter coffee. I left it as I did not feel like taking it after having seen as to how they were cleaned in a bucket with dirty water. I advise all not to take coffee in the cup/glass of coffee house. I complained to the Coffee house people about the unclean manner in which the cups and glasses were being cleaned. Instead I would recommend to take coffee/tea in paper glasses. On 24th read the following about Zappers " There is surge in demand for fantasy, magic, supernatural story based books. Along comes diary of Wimpy Kid which documents a teen age boy's adventures in school. Indian teens are hooked to Artemis, Fowl, Harry Potter and Twilight series by Stephenie Mayer, where a young girl falls in love with a Vampire. While many grow up in fairy tales and epics they quickly graduate to popular fiction : from Sherlock Homes and Huckleberry Finn to Chetan Bhagat's One Night @ the Call Center and 2 States."
Unless we understand this mindset of Zappers we can't tune with them so that they listen Compromise and Retro generations.
Retired to sleep at 10.45pm.

20th and 21st October

On 20th visited SBI and CGHS. At Yashwant's place met Sh. DM Sharma and discussed his case in the CAT. On 21st visited Pravesh Jain and discussed miscellaneous matters with him. Sh. KBL Srivastava, Chief manager SBI, branch Chandauli, UP, visited and discussed his personal matters. By mistake he took away my bag and on reaching his nephew's place he realized that he had taken it away. He came back again from Laxmi Nagar and returned the bag. Sh. RTPS Tulsi, Adv. Chandigarh, came and discussed Frigoglass case coming up for hearing on 1st November in the High court of Punjab and haryana. Retied to sleep at 10.30 pm.

19th October

On 19th attended CAT. DM Sharma's case was taken up at 2pm. The tribunal asked Sh. Sumit Bharadwaj, Adv. Supreme Court,to start the case. He could not do it well as he expected to commence from the point at which he left on the previous date. The advocate of the respondent volunteered to do it.Sh. Bharadwaj could not even clarify the points raised by the 2 members of the tribunal. It was a poor show. The pagination of his file did not match to the file in the tribunal. So the members were finding it difficult to take out references to various documents, necessary to understand the case. But the members said that on the grounds of parity and equity and a case law of the tribunal the applicant had a case for consideration. They directed the advocate of the respondent to consider seniority to the applicant either from the date of the deputation or absorption in CBI. The members also desired to know if CBI had appealed against ruling of the tribunal quoted by the advocate of Sh. DM Sharma.The advocate of the respondent said he would need a week time to find it out.The case was adjourned to 10th November. Outside the tribunal I suggested to Sh. Bharadwaj to page the case file after inspection of the case file maintained in the tribunal.I informed him that I would be out of station on 10th November.I'll request Sh.Atiar Singh Dey to be present in the hearing of the case on 10th. He has assisted me and knows all the relevant points of the case quite well.
Retired to sleep at 11pm.

16th to 18th October

On 16th visited SBI and updated the passbook. Now I am getting a total of 45% of my pay as DA. Barun is suffering from SEPTICEMIA.In common language it is known as blood poisoning, bacterial invasion, weakening of immune mechanism. He has recovered from the worst phase of Septicemia & is on way to recovery. Venita is staying at Gurgaon and regularly visiting the hospital to take stock of progress of his recovery since Tuesday the 12th October. She is so much concerned about Barun that she has forgotten her plants and even Ladoo Gopal. She presumes that I will take care of them and she does not have to worry. She thinks her presence in the hospital is necessary to give moral support to Barun's family. On 17th,Dashehra Day,lit Ravana in the Society premises and had a cup of coffee in Mc Donald's, Vikaspuri. On 18th visited Safdarjang hospital and showed my prostrate reports to Dr. AK Arora (Urologist). He suggested some more tests. I have to see Dr. Lalwani also for showing my eyes to him for removal of cataract. He had advised that it was not necessary and that he would review the matter after 6 months.Venita returned home after 5 days stay at Gurgaon. Retired to sleep at 10pm.

15th October

On 15th could nod do the exercises/Asans/pranayams due to Pujas at home.But went for walk.Panditji came.He did Puja on the Ashtmi day at the place where Venita has put up a picture of Goddess Durga. a Kalash,and an Akhand Jyoti for 9 days. Woke up Laddu Gopal,followed by some rituals such as His bathing, dressing, Arti and bhog.None of SBI Atms are working.There is some problem in Atm control at Mumbai.As a result could not take out money from Atms of other banks.Atiar sent the Frigoglass case files. I have to study them.Atiar could not receive G.R. Gupta to draft his case. His maternal grandmother is unwell. He said he would do it on Monday. Informed GR Gupta.Barun is feeling better. Retired to sleep at 11 PM.