Some people like being wished on their birthdays. Some people don’t really mind one way or the other; KM, for example, says every day is as good (or bad) as any other day; he doesn’t wait to indulge himself, get together with friends, or do something he wants to do.

It was raining heavily in the morning; the afternoon was filled with bright, hot sunshine; the evening had both sunshine and rain, and so this resulted:

This is the pooja that I did at home:

How does Elizabeth (either I or II) pack when she comes to India?

Who knows if just talking will help? But it was a useful forum to interact with several people I would never have met otherwise…