4th and 5th Nov.

5th
Arun/Sunanda will arrive for Abhay's marriage tonight. They will stay with us and later shift to another accommodation.
Big demonstration by retired policemen and families of injured was held today.
4th
Accompanied Venita to the South extension and Khan Market to measure the shirt /Kurta to my size, stumbled and fell on the uneven pavement to miner injuries.
India rejected mega pact with Cinna and Asean members. It apprehended surge of cheap imports from China.
Quotable Quotes :"There is an orderliness in the universe, there is an unalterable law governing everything and every being that exists or lives. It is no blind law; for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings." Mahatma Gandhi

1,2 and 3rd Nov

3rd
There is no lazing about here these days. In fact holidays are busier than working days. Venita went to saloon; thereafter shopped.
2nd
Venita returned from Vikaspuri.
Lawyers and police clashed as row over parking in Teeshazari District courts at New Delhi turned violent.
1st
Controversy over snooping by WhatsApp though Israeli Pegasus is much in discussion in political quarters these days.
Quotable Quotes :"If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide." Mahatma Gandhi

31rst oct

31srt
Venita left for Vikaspuri for Kartik puja.
2 Union territories (UTS), namely, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh came into existence today.
Quotable Quotes :"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

Mahatma Gandhi

30th Oct

30th
Neha came. She guided Venita in selecting clothes/saris for four day marriage ceremonies during Abhay's wedding on November 7,8 and 9th of the year.
A private European delegation is visiting Kashmir  these days. Opposition leaders of India have criticized/objected to its visit.
Quotable Quotes :"Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart."

Mahatma Gandhi

29th Oct

29th
Bhai Dwij celebrated. We also did puja of Chitragupta. "Chitragupta (Sanskrit: चित्रगुप्त, 'rich in secrets' or 'hidden picture') is a Hindu god assigned with the task of keeping complete records of actions of human beings on the earth. ... Upon their death, Chitragupta has the task of deciding heaven or the hell for the humans, depending on their actions on the earth." Wikipedia (From Google)
After the puja, I wrote entire Hindi alphabet in Devanagari script.  
Quotable Quotes :"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment."Mahatma Gandhi

21,22,24,25,26,27, and 28th Oct

28th
Gobardhan Puja done
27th
Divali  celebrated.
26th
Dhanteras and Chhoti Diwali celebrated. Attended a get-together of  Barun at Gymkhana club Greater Noida.
25th
Attended a Diwali get-together at Saurabh's place.
24th
Venita returned from Vikaspuri.
22nd
Was completely preoccupied with work with Assistant Hemant.
21rst
Venita went to Vikaspuri in the evening for Puja during the month of Kartik.
Quotable Quotes :"A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble."Mahatma Gandhi

20th Oct

20th
Barun'son is coming with family from USA on a short trip to look-up his ailing father-in-law. We will meet them on 25th at Noida.
After recent award of Nobel prize for Economics to some persons, a writer observed : "the cheerleaders aren't noble at all" in the context of their comments/(TOI p. 23 of date). Worth reading.
Quotable Quotes :"Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. "Swami Vivekananda

19th Oct

19th
Attended ECM and AGM of Arsipspo.In all 20 officers attended. Accounts of the Arisipospo were approved. Programs for year were discussed/finalized.
Exit polls by a couple agencies show BJP wining Sates of Maharashtra and Haryana again.
Quotable Quotes : "Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."Mahatma Gandhi

17 and 18th Oct

17th and 18th
Left London for Delhi at about 10 PM on 17th after a stay with our son and family for 18 days. Reached in the forenoon on the18 Oct.
Brexit is about be afateacmpli in UK.
Quotable Quotes :"External nature is only internal nature writ large."

Swami Vivekananda

16th Oct

16th
It drizzled in the morning. It was cold too. Venita  went Southside for shopping.
A news item in the Daily Telegraph dated 16th Oct says 'Racist  Gandhi' statue must go. The statue was donated by a spiritual mission based in Gandhi' ancestral land. The said gesture was widely publicized and there were no objections then.
Quotable Quotes :"Truth can be was stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true."Swami Vivekananda