1. Booking on SpiceJet is so easy on the Net..and the cost is just about half that of Jet Airways. I am impressed with the clean aircraft (esp toilets!) and the on-time record. Long live healthy competition, without which we would be paying for overpriced bad service on unfriendly Indian Airlines!

That’s me….I wanted to send the URL of a middle of mine (about ribbons, see my earlier posts) published in the Deccan Herald to family members. So I clicked on the URL, which is

We decided to call a few friends out for a party in Pune tomorrow. My eternally optimistic (in this case, optimistic about the way airline staff handle baggage) is just packing two wine bottles and trying to put them in his check-in baggage.

Ill-equipped, ill-paid and still chasing poachers

Was trying to feel equable about the fact that my spouse would be in Pune for his birthday…(he doesn’t really celebrate birthdays, he says all days when we are alive and healthy should be celebrated equally)…then the generous guy asked me if I would like to come along…I just finished booking my tickets on Spicejet (it’s generally half the price of Jet Airways. I don’t see the point of paying around 2.5K extra to get upma and button idlis and a small bottle of water!) We are going to invite a few friends for dinner and bask in the warmth of old friendships.