20th Sept.

Completed morning program without full 4 km.walk I could do only about 1 km. Due to some telephone calls, i lost much time and it became 10 O'clock One caller went on talking for quite sometime. I had to tell him to excuse when he wanted to know if i believed in the existence of God. I told that we would discuss it later.Venita's few calls also came from the temple for arranging and sending certain things, required for Rishi Panchmi Puja. She desired those things immediately as the Puja was about to start. I had to get a garland of flowers from the market, send her money and a couple of apples. Yesterday i had brought some more things on way back from the chamber.Sometimes i feel that she has taken over from my mother who must be living happily without Puja worries in heaven after handing over to her.
Retired to sleep at 11 pm.

19th Sept.

Completed morning program. Visited SBI. In chamber from 12.15 to 3.15  pm. Venita along with the help of some devotees organized celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi in the temple today.
When i came to know of a suicide bomb attack  killing 10 foreign workers travelling to Kabul airport yesterday, i was so much shocked that i was scared of even contacting  Pilku/Ruchi to check about his safety. I used to shudder whenever a telephone call would come. After i regained myself i rang up Pilku in Kabul. His cell was on voice mail. I left the message to call as soon as possible He called me after about an hour and informed that he was on way to the airport for his flight to Dubai on way to London. Then only i informed Venita. He rang me up from London today at about 5 pm and said that it was quite safe for Indians in Kabul. I told him to travel to Kabul when it was absolutely necessary.
Retired to sleep at 9.30 pm.

18th Sept.

Completed morning program. Visited SBI. In chamber fro 12.30 to 4 pm. Withdrawal of support by Trinmool Congress has reduced the Congress-led-coalition in the Center into a minority. It now survives with the outside support of Samajwadi  and BSP. Political fall-out in the scenario is difficult to guess. We will have to wait and watch for a couple of days..
News of the day : "Record-breaking Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams has taken over the command of the International Space Station, becoming only the second woman in history to do so." Indian Express, dt. 18th Sept. 2012, on line.
Retired to sleep at 10 pm.

17th Sept.

Completed morning program. Visited CGHS and SBI..In chamber from 1 to 3.30 pm.

The News of the day :The following news item of the Washington Post gives a convincing explanation of the current global  outbursts , pursuant to the allegedly anti-Islamic video Image in the web : "It’s  political: The uncompromising ethos of extremism clawing for any gains against more moderate voices. It’s social: Fed by an explosive blend of economic stagnation, anger over U.S.-led wars and — in some places — frustrations as the soaring hopes of the Arab Spring hit the grinding realities of rebuilding.

And it cuts deeply into questions that have added resonance in a hyper-connected world that moves at the quicksilver pace of the web: How to coexist with the free-speech openness of the West and whether violence is ever a valid response.

“Our manner of protesting should reflect sense and reason,” urged Egyptian-born cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi in his Friday sermon in Qatar’s capital Doha, where he has found a worldwide audience through the web and a show on the pan-Arab network Al-Jazeera." The Washington Post, dt., 17th Sept. 2012, on line.
Retired to sleep at 10.30 pm. 

16th Sept.

Completed morning program partially with a brisk 45 minute walk. Sheomohan went back to Fatehpur yesterday after a stay of about 45 days. He helped Venita in management of the house.
According to a write-up in the Sunday times today at page 11,the new millennium's teens are technology savvy.They spend a good deal of time in social networking.They chat, cut jokes and discuss everything. They, however, discuss their problems only with their parents. They love their parents. But the mother has a slight edge over the father. All our grandchildren were born in the new millennium.They are so different from what we were at their age. Their awareness is much more than what was ours.
The news of the day :The opposition to recently announced economic reforms is dwindling..
Retired to sleep at 10.30 pm

15th Sept.

Completed morning program. Today is Akshat's birthday. We talked to him in the morning. It was a lively celebration of the day from 4 to 7 pm. A number of families and children chanted 'Happy Birthday' to him. We had a piece of cake, cut by him.  He is now six and understanding. According to Chanakya, the force behind Chandragupta Maurya's coronation as Emperor of India ,a child needs very strict control from the age of six to twelve to keep him on the right path.  The Law presumes that he understands things now and liable for his actions unless otherwise proved  About 60 people including families and children had delicious snacks and food. Akshat received a number of gifts.The venue was Vatika city club, a beautiful well equipped  building. We distributed sweets and kheer at Vikaspuri.Venita organised  Puja in the temple and gave dry rations to the priest. We prayed for his long life, brilliance and success. 

The News of the day : It is a fact that the bureaucrats try for post-retirement jobs and in the process compromise to  give favors to the powers-that-be. It is good that the S.C.has reserved 50% posts in the Information Commissions and that the judicial members in these posts will be appointed with the approval of the Chief Justice of India.
As there has been allegedly arbitrary allotment of coal blocks, it will be fair to allot them on auction basis
Reportedly an anti-Islam video has caused much furor and violence.We have to be careful about others' religious sensitivities.
Some measures have been announced to invite FDI in certain sectors and decrease subsidy . Let us hope that these will boost production, open-up new avenues for employment and increase rate of growth.
Retired to sleep at 11.15 pm.

14th Sept.

Completed morning program. Visited CGHS & SBI PBB. In chamber from 1 to 4 pm.
News of the day :" The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is a state-owned entity rare in the country for meaning business and actually delivering. Last week, the agency marked its 100th mission by successfully deploying into orbit a French Earth observation satellite and a Japanese micro-satellite, using its workhorse single-entry Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). 
"As ISRO's 100th space mission, today's launch is a milestone in our nation's space capabilities,'' said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who watched the launch live at ISRO's space center at Sriharikota, north of Chennai." by Siddhartha Shrivastava, Asia Times, dt.14th Sept.2012 on line .
Retired to sleep at 10.30 pm

13th Sept.

Completed morning program. Visited Safdurjung hospital and met Dr,.Lalwani for Venita's eye tests in the  Center for Sight. In chamber from 1 to 4.15 pm.
News of the day :" The Mars rover Curiosity was due to wrap up an exhaustive, weeks-long instrument check on Thursday, clearing the way for its first lengthy drive to determine whether the Red Planet has ever been hospitable to life, NASA officials said.
The six-wheeled, nuclear-powered rover landed five weeks ago inside a giant impact basin called Gale Crater, near the Martian equator, to conduct NASA's first astrobiology mission since the 1970s-era Viking probes."TOI, dt 13th Sept. 2012 on line.
Retired to sleep at 10 pm.

12th Sept.

Completed morning program. In chamber from 12.30 to 4.30pm
News of the day :Travel time -- launch to landing  -- on the Moon was about 3 days.  The flight to Mars  took 7 months just to get there.
Retired to sleep at 10.3.0 pm

11th Sept..

Completed morning program. Visited CGHS. Shri SPS Rathore is convalescing in The Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences Vasant Kunj New Delhi (a Govt. of Delhi hospital ). I saw him and met his family. Liver cirrhosis is the ailment.The doctors say that it is incurable. I went through the internet and found that China is using stem cell therapy to cure it.I suggested him to go for it after verification. SPS keeps the same old spirit of cheerfulness. I felt that he would be cured of his sickness soon. He is a batch mate.
In the chamber from 2.45 to 4.45 pm.
Retired to sleep at 10.30 pm