Sharanya

It has been more than a year since I posted my last journal. The need for discipline in such things along with motivation is very much relevant!The biggest event in the meantime has been the birth of Sharanya on September 8, 2006. She is 7 months now and is very much the center of life for Pavithra and me. The way Pavithra has handled the run up to the birth and the last six months has been wonderful. Sharanya keeps her mom on the toes for the entire 24 hours and I am simply amazed by the way Pavithra is able to keep up with the daughter's energy!

I also completed 6 years in Mumbai in March and have developed an affinity for this amazing place. The problems do remain but the energy in this place is wonderful. In the last one year, I have been able to travel quite a bit to places like Japan, China, Belgium and Italy along with other places which I have already gone to. They want Mumbai to be transformed into Shanghai. Having visited Shanghai, it looks difficult to me in the next 4-5 year time frame. Meanwhile I have hope since we are in the process of re-locating to Shanghai in May! I seem to follow the adage " If you can't beat them, join them!"

China is interesting and we look forward to the experiences there...