Received a wide selection of cheeses from through .....getting the other things organized. Crackers, boards on which the cheeses can be displayed, cheese knives, other short eats, flowers to brighten up the home....hope to be surrounded by friends tomorrow night. Tonight is the building party which I hope to enjoy thoroughly!

We drove down from Pune to Mumbai…two hours on a superb road, and we were in Chembur at 1830 hours. It then took us two and a half hours to reach my husband’s cousin’s home at Goregaon West…we literally INCHED there, and reached by 2100hrs.

One thing I find very funny is the fact that all buses in Maharashtra (and in Pune, even autos) have their licence numbers written on the back in sides in numbers more than a foor tall. I can understand the route numbers being written so large in order to ensure that passengers can clearly see which route it is…but why the number plates? Do Maharashtra buses get into so many accidents that it must be easy for the other party to get their licence numbers?

What can I do when I get compliments which I don’t feel I deserve?

Am going in the evening to this initiative…hoping for some headway against the besetting evil of our country!