• Moved into new house on May 31st(or was it 30th). Having own house is a nice feeling indeed, now you can purchase anything in the name of house decoration
• Attended Uttams marriage at Peelibanga. Saw the house I used stayed for 5 years in Suratgarh, it was a different feeling
• Visited Kota for ACs wedding. I have stayed in Kota for three years and visited the known places again. Went to the mandir where I wished, many of the wishes are already granted, sat in the temple for long, cried.
• Celebrated 1st birthday of Jahnvi at Holi, organizing birthday party is like handling another project
• Just came back from a trip to Bikaner, it was Gauravs marriage and it was fun. 
• Travelled a 40 hour train journey with Jahnvi for first time. She enjoyed it rolling all over in coach
• Moved to iPhone project, have 5 different phones at my desk right now

Wishing you all a very very happy, eventful and healthy new year!

This post is for you – Jahnvi – my daughter. Its been a couple of days u landed on earth and its been a tough time deciding your name. Jahnvi, Jenita, Jinal, Janya and Jayna were shortlisted but Jahnvi finally won for reasons I will share with you in person. Jahnvi is your moms choice which everyone(your dadu, badi maa, buas, maasi, and me) happily agreed upon.

You have been smiling in your sleep(that’s when the photo is taken) and crying when awake – but you look pretty in both emotions .

Its been a boring time for me to be away from you and your mother, but – photos are making up for me.

It was a beautiful moment when I saw it for myself that you look like me and I am waiting to see you more.

-Dad

Till Saturday afternoon Namrata was fine and in the evening the baby was out! I wanted to reach to her but couldn’t . Caught the 6 am flight and reached Faridabad at about 10 and took the first look – and it was awesome J

Nammy and the kiddo both were equally mesmerizing

I have come back on Tuesday and haven’t felt frustrated with the loneliness off late. Will be going back next to next weekend for the “naamkaran”, waiting for it..

By: Andy Weir(source:
http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html)

You were on your way home when you died.

It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried their best to save you, but to no avail. Your body was so utterly shattered you were better off, trust me.

And that’s when you met me.

“What… what happened?” You asked. “Where am I?”

“You died,” I said, matter-of-factly. No point in mincing words.

“There was a… a truck and it was skidding…”

“Yup,” I said.

“I… I died?”

“Yup. But don’t feel bad about it. Everyone dies,” I said.

You looked around. There was nothingness. Just you and me. “What is this place?” You asked. “Is this the afterlife?”

“More or less,” I said.

“Are you god?” You asked.

“Yup,” I replied. “I’m God.”

“My kids… my wife,” you said.

“What about them?”

“Will they be all right?”

“That’s what I like to see,” I said. “You just died and your main concern is for your family. That’s good stuff right there.”

You looked at me with fascination. To you, I didn’t look like God. I just looked like some man. Or possibly a woman. Some vague authority figure, maybe. More of a grammar school teacher than the almighty.

“Don’t worry,” I said. “They’ll be fine. Your kids will remember you as perfect in every way. They didn’t have time to grow contempt for you. You wife will cry on the outside, but will be secretly relieved. To be fair, your marriage was falling apart. If it’s any consolation, she’ll feel very guilty for feeling relieved.”

“Oh,” you said. “So what happens now? Do I go to heaven or hell or something?”

“Neither,” I said. “You’ll be reincarnated.”

“Ah,” you said. “So the Hindus were right,”

“All religions are right in their own way,” I said. “Walk with me.”

You followed along as we strode through the void. “Where are we going?”

“Nowhere in particular,” I said. “It’s just nice to walk while we talk.”

“So what’s the point, then?” You asked. “When I get reborn, I’ll just be a blank slate, right? A baby. So all my experiences and everything I did in this life won’t matter.”

“Not so!” I said. “You have within you all the knowledge and experiences of all your past lives. You just don’t remember them right now.”

I stopped walking and took you by the shoulders. “Your soul is more magnificent, beautiful, and gigantic than you can possibly imagine. A human mind can only contain a tiny fraction of what you are. It’s like sticking your finger in a glass of water to see if it’s hot or cold. You put a tiny part of yourself into the vessel, and when you bring it back out, you’ve gained all the experiences it had.

“You’ve been in a human for the last 48 years, so you haven’t stretched out yet and felt the rest of your immense consciousness. If we hung out here for long enough, you’d start remembering everything. But there’s no point to doing that between each life.”

“How many times have I been reincarnated, then?”

“Oh lots. Lots and lots. An in to lots of different lives.” I said. “This time around, you’ll be a Chinese peasant girl in 540 AD.”

“Wait, what?” You stammered. “You’re sending me back in time?”

“Well, I guess technically. Time, as you know it, only exists in your universe. Things are different where I come from.”

“Where you come from?” You said.

“Oh sure,” I explained “I come from somewhere. Somewhere else. And there are others like me. I know you’ll want to know what it’s like there, but honestly you wouldn’t understand.”

“Oh,” you said, a little let down. “But wait. If I get reincarnated to other places in time, I could have interacted with myself at some point.”

“Sure. Happens all the time. And with both lives only aware of their own lifespan you don’t even know it’s happening.”

“So what’s the point of it all?”

“Seriously?” I asked. “Seriously? You’re asking me for the meaning of life? Isn’t that a little stereotypical?”

“Well it’s a reasonable question,” you persisted.

I looked you in the eye. “The meaning of life, the reason I made this whole universe, is for you to mature.”

“You mean mankind? You want us to mature?”

“No, just you. I made this whole universe for you. With each new life you grow and mature and become a larger and greater intellect.”

“Just me? What about everyone else?”

“There is no one else,” I said. “In this universe, there’s just you and me.”

You stared blankly at me. “But all the people on earth…”

“All you. Different incarnations of you.”

“Wait. I’m everyone!?”

“Now you’re getting it,” I said, with a congratulatory slap on the back.

“I’m every human being who ever lived?”

“Or who will ever live, yes.”

“I’m Abraham Lincoln?”

“And you’re John Wilkes Booth, too,” I added.

“I’m Hitler?” You said, appalled.

“And you’re the millions he killed.”

“I’m Jesus?”

“And you’re everyone who followed him.”

You fell silent.

“Every time you victimized someone,” I said, “you were victimizing yourself. Every act of kindness you’ve done, you’ve done to yourself. Every happy and sad moment ever experienced by any human was, or will be, experienced by you.”

You thought for a long time.

“Why?” You asked me. “Why do all this?”

“Because someday, you will become like me. Because that’s what you are. You’re one of my kind. You’re my child.”

“Whoa,” you said, incredulous. “You mean I’m a god?”

“No. Not yet. You’re a fetus. You’re still growing. Once you’ve lived every human life throughout all time, you will have grown enough to be born.”

“So the whole universe,” you said, “it’s just…”

“An egg.” I answered. “Now it’s time for you to move on to your next life.”

And I sent you on your way.

I resolve to get this corrected in coming financial year(july to june 2011)

I did screw up and finished the work 2 weeks late. But those 3 weeks(starting 1 week prior to original deal line ) were like hell. I didnt shave, didnt cut my nails, grew messy, lived on office junk, had burning eyes most of the time. Exhausting yourself is good but cannot continue endlessly, for me it was like tomorrow is the last day but that day came in 3 weeks.

It got over 2 days back and since then it kinda feels weird “feeling free”.

Went to anantgiri hills today(which was like – wth) came back to mast kalandar for lunch, skipped it and then went to Indijoes for a good italian lunch. Over all the day was hectic – with no output or achievement but still it was good!

Back on work side – It feels good to have the app running now. .. 3 weeks were hell of a experience. Would like to get into more of this mode, without the delay ofcourse Coming out with a beautiful app out of no where is awesome and does increase the confidence.

As the Shifoo in Kungfu panda said – “There is no secret ingredient….”

Got some bricks of icecream at home too – choco chips is awesome and having 6scoops in a single go is good J