18th Oct.

Completed morning program. Visited PNB. I forgot to write the amount in words on the cheque. As it was a cheque for transfer of an amount of Rs.20,000/- from my F.D. Interest Account in SBI to PNB Account, PNB said that i should have mentioned my full name in the cheque. I wrote down as suggested. The lady at the desk was assertive and did not mince words. Venita got a ring from PNB to inform me to go to the bank for corrective action.

Visited Hauz Khas diagnostic center for Maxilla ct. scan. It is an exercise to know if my upper gums can take plants.

In chamber from 1.20 to 4.30pm. Took out Venita's and her friend, Mrs. Manorama's e-tickets to Dharmshala and back. They plan to go to Dharmshala for pilgrimage and sightseeing on 11th and return on 15th Nov.

On way back from chamber, visited Hanuman temple in Chanakyapuri.

Pravesh rang up and desired to meet. I told that we could meet next day. He is going to Mumbbai tomorrow. We will meet on his return.

Retired to sleep at 11pm.

17th October

Completed morning program.

Visited PNB and transferred Rs. 40,000/- to Ajju for repairs to the ancestral house at Fatehpur. In fact i have opened a separate account wherein get deposited all interests, received from fixed deposits. These F. Ds. have been made from the sale proceeds of ancestral immovable property. I have given details thereof in my blog dated 9th Dec. 2009. All expenses for the upkeep of the house including salary of the care-taker are met from this account. On 11 & 16th ,i had transferred Rs.10,000/-each to Ajju for the purpose. In addition i had given Rs.10,000/- to Sheomohan during my visit to Fatehpur from 1rst to 7th Oct. from my personal account. In all a sum of Rs. 70.000/- is given. Visited CGHS .

In chamber from 12am to 4pm. Prageet rang up. I informed him that it would take some time to answer his questions .Atiar rang up and said that he needed sometime to prepare the draft reply. The question involved a study of provisions of Company Law. I told him to prepare it by the weekend. He agreed to it.

"The latest charges against the Man Booker Prize is that it now values readability over literary merit. The debate suggests , speciously, that the two cannot go together."Uma Mahadevan inI.E. dated 16th Oct.

Retired to sleep at about 10.45pm

16th October

Completed morning program. Spent the day at home, it being Sunday.

Global demonstrations for occupation of Wall Street accuse the bankers and the politicians for wrecking economies. Demonstration turned violent in Rome. It is the news of the day.

Today is the birthday of Ritsy as well as of Anita and Rajiv Mohan. Wished them all. Due to an echo, the voice of Ritsy was not clear.

Anita is at Hyderabad with her son who is employed there. She has to stay there to help Pinku, her son, to take care of his son who may be about 7 year old. Situation arose due to the divorce. By mutual agreement,Pinku is given the custody of the son. His former wife, Hritika, has married again to an owner of a restraunt in USA and has a son with him. She had filed a suit for the custody of the son with Pinku before the birth of a son from the second marriage. The suit is pending in a Gurgaon court and she is pursuing the case. She has visitation right to her son with Pinku. I feel she may not pursue the case now in view of the birth of a son with her second husband.

Anita and Pramod are going through hard times. We pray to God this day to give them fortitude to face the situation and carry on. Our good wishes are with them.

Retired to sleep at 11pm.

14th & 15th October

On 14th
Completed morning program.Visited Safdurjung hospital and met Dr.Vohra. Took endorsement on the prescription. In chamber from 1.20 to 3.3o pm. Prageet rang up and checked if i had got his mail reg. legal opinion on whether Frigoglass could open another branch outside Haryana. He has posed the question in the context of pending case in Punjab & Haryana High Court. I told him that we would send our opinion by Monday possibly.

India won One Day International Cricket match against England at Hyderabad today.

Retired to sleep at 10.40 pm

On 15th

Completed morning program. Spent the day at home, a Saturday. Venita went to South Delhi for haircut.She also met her paternal aunt (Bua). She is staying with her daughter at Motibagh New Delhi. She lost her only son some months back at Bhopal where she is living at present all alone. Her other daughter lives in Mumbai. Ruchi rang up. She wanted to wish Venita on Karwa Chauth. I told her that she was not at home. She may speak to her on cell. Today is Karwa Chauth. Venita is not well. She was not sure if she could keep fast. I offered to keep fast on her behalf. But then she said that she would keep the fast.

Had a cup of coffee at Mcdonald's. Retired to sleep at 11 pm.

13th October

Completed morning program. Visited CGHS for collection of medicines, Khan market for provisions. In chamber from 1.20-3.15pm. Had a cup of Darjeeling tea in Cafe for Coffee day, served stylishly with a heating flame below the teapot. Pravesh rang up, but could not talk to him due to pre-occupation. Told him that I would call him later Spoke to Ajju and advised him about repairs of the house at Fatehpur. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

12th October

Completed morning program. Visited PNB for transfer of Rs.10,000/- to Ajju's account at Fatehpur in connection with repairs to our ancestral house, going on at present. In chamber from 12 to 3.15pm. Had organic Darjeeling tea with Sh.SS Sharma. Had coffee at Rajouri garden Cafe for coffee day. Talked to Ajju about progress of repairs. We decided not to have beams over the walls for slabs as advised by Sh.Daksh Bharadwaj, of M/s Bharadwaj and Bharadwaj, the architects. The chief mason had prepared framework for the beams. It had to be dismantled. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

Naresh Bhaisaheb and My Father

On 11th October completed morning program. In chamber from 12.30 to 3.30 pm. The parents of Lt. Col. Jain came and discussed their son's case.Lt.Col.is at a place which is about 200 kms.away and up from Leh.BSNL lines are difficult to connect.You get a line sometime.We faced it when we were there for a holiday sometime back.We got Delhi occasionally.The father tried to connect so that Lt. Col. could talk to me,but could not.
Today is Venita's birthday.Wished her many happy returns of the day. Blessed her too.She said that she would like to go to Devi temples in Himachal Pradesh, namely Jwalaji,Chintpurni & Chamundaji. The journey to these temples is via Chandigarh by road. It is a long journey from Chandigarh. I suggested that she could go to Dharmashala by air and from there by road to the temples which could be covered in one day and not much of journey by road was involved. She said that her friend, Mrs. Manorama Gupta, wife of a retired Superintendenting engineer could not afford the cost of air journey.I told that taxi expenses from Chandigarh and back plus train expenses from Delhi to Chandigarh would be more or less equal to expenses by air. But she insisted that she would like to go by road and that the distance was not much from Chandigarh to the temples. I said that her health would not permit long journey. She has spondalitis as also back pain. She still insisted that she would like to go by road. The heated arguments continued for sometime. I left for the chamber. I could not convince her of my viewpoint.
At Fatehpur I noticed that Naresh Bhaisaheb was still very keen to walk & prayed to God for power to walk . He had tears in his eyes when he talked to me about his inability to walk.He also told that he could not move his right hand properly. I told him to take these inabilities as blessings of God. As he is 85, there is no place left for him to visit. He still toys with the idea of going to Haradwar and staying in an Ashram. But he cannot move. This is in contrast to the attitude of my father who never complained of his inability to walk, as he used to walk earlier before the age of 80. He wanted to live in his house at Fatehpur and din't want to leave it even for a day.I wish Naresh Bhaisaheb also has the same attitude and should now give up craving for walk and going to any Ashram. I told him so when I met him last on 6th instant.
Craving for something is the main cause of suffering, so said Buddha. I am reminded of a story narrated by Gurumaa in course of her discourses. She told that she visited a saint. She was completely bedridden. Seeing Guruma, she welcomed her. She looked quite happy. Gurumaa saw her being cleaned by the disciples. She said to Guruma "Look He has crippled me. But He has provided me tools to take care also." She said this with laughter. I wish Naresh Bhaisaheb also develops the same attitude. Although he cannot move, but he has attendants to take care of him.
Retired to sleep at 7.30pm.

10th October

Completed morning program. After 30th September, I could do it today. During my stay at Fatehpur, I could not do exercises/asans/pranayams. But I did go for long walks. Visited CGHS. In chamber from 12.30 to 4.30 pm. Lt. Col. Jain's father rang up from Meerut and desired to meet me. I advised him to meet Sh.Atiar. Retired to sleep at 10.50 pm.

8th & 9th October

On 8th :
Arrived Delhi at about 8am. The train was late for over one hour. Browsed through the old newspapers. Retired to sleep at 11.30pm.

On 9th :
Went for a walk, but could not do the exercises,pranayam and asans. Visited Bablu/Neha in their newly rented house in Vatika city. Attended Khyati's birthday celebration. Met Ritsy's sister,parents and others. There were a number of children to join Khyati in the celebration. Khyati moved excitedly all over in the basement. The wall of the basement had her paintings. I suggested Silku to plan/arrange an exhibition of Khyati's paintings after they were a little over 150 or so. Furthermore each painting should have her autograph. The little Alanah was sick with fever. We had photographs with children. I preponed my visit to Delhi from Fatehpur so that I could attend the birthday celebration. Retired to sleep at 9.45pm.

Fatehpur Visit (1st to 7th October)

On 1st :
Arrived Fatehpur at about 6am. The train was late by over one hour. Ajju came and we discussed repairs to the ancestral house along with the chief mason Baijnath. Called on Naresh Bhaisaheb. The age is telling on his mental and physical capability. Retired to sleep at 10.15pm.

On 2nd :
Had a walk for over 40 mins. Could not do the exercises/pranayam/asans. Met Dr. Chetan on way back from Kalkan temple. Incourse of discussion with Baijnath, Ajju suggested to check on (1) Whether the existing wall of the house can take the load of slabs and (2) whether other load bearing walls would require support of pillars. He also suggested preparation of estimates of expenditure for the repairs to the house. Retired to sleep at 10.50 pm.

On 3rd :
Went for a walk for over an hour to Tameshwar temple. Work started with 2 laborers. Spent over an hour in the cyber cafe attending to emails. Retired to sleep at 10pm.

On 4th :
Went for a walk for over an hour. Got lost in the lanes and by-lanes of my own town in search of an old temple. So much of construction has taken place. Visited Durga Pujas of the town. The celebration of Durga Puja is new phenomenon in the town. Earlier Ram lilas were performed in different places. Now we do not hear of them. Caves have been made for people to get in to see the goddess, copying the Vaishnav Devi gufa. Big rows of people are seen at these improvised gufas. A class fellow whose shop I used to visit whenever I came to Fatehpur, expired in August last year. I met his wife and son in the shop and conveyed my condolences. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

On 5th :
Went for a long walk. Visited the old Shiva temple near our ancestral house. A number of people visited. The co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, died today. I have saved one speech of his which I found quite inspiring, made in 2006. I have also circulated it to the children. Retired to sleep at 10.30pm.

On 6th :
Had a long walk. A number of persons visited. Went to Jwalaganj to have a view of Savaris which come out on the Dashera day. Could not see them. They made a round of the town and crossed the main market at about 2am on 7th. Received a number of messages for Dashera and replied them back. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

On 7th :
Went for a long walk. Advoctes Digvijay and Agnihotri came beside others. Visited Naresh Bhaisaheb and spent over an hour with him. Decided to have beams over the walls before slabs are fabricated over them. No SBI ATMs had money for about 3 days. Took out money from IDBI and HDFC ATMs instead. Ruchi told to bring the aluminium box of Pilku. Pilku had taken it to St. Edmunds school, Shillong, when he went there to study at the age of 8 years. Silku also joined him next year. His box is perhaps lying in Delhi. Left Delhi by Prayagraj Express at 10.50pm.