Note to myself: When dealing with the Child persona in someone, it is important to take on the Adult persona oneself (cf. Eric Berne ) and not let one’s patience or good humour lapse. To lose one’s cool is stupid. If there are two children, what can be achieved? When one person is childish, the other person must take extra care.

I went to see the opening play of the 2008 Theatre Festival at Ranga Shankara , and did not expect to be transported back to my childhood days….but nostalgia took hold of me as I revisited the days when I used to watch various Bengali plays at the famous Star Theatre ….

Though you’re halfway around the world, Where your life and love unfurled… Though I think of you each day, Today’s a day to specially say….

One of my favourite spots is the Valley School area.This morning, , Jaimon, Mahesh ,KM and I went there for a very enjoyable morning of birding....we met up with Garima Bhatia , Gayathri Naik and Madhavi.....more about the birds and animals we saw, later, but here are two photographs of what the morning sunlight looked like through the foliage...

With regard to the tree-felling and road-widening that is happening now…..we are against indiscriminate use of this facility, that’s all. The point is, that cutting down trees is irreversible, so what we are saying is, involve the citizens in this decision-making process, and let us cut down trees ONLY when there is no other solution.