The Brothers

I got The Brothers Karamazov and read it till 3 Saturday night. Of course I only finished it after skipping some pages and now will read it again. It's Ivan I can relate to and feel for and he's the hero as far as I'm concerned. Wish Dostoyevsky had written the next part/s too.

What am I doing otherwise? I watch "Mind Your Language" an episode a week, read "Despite the Gods" a page a week and launched an unsuccessful bid to watch "Dances with Wolves". Anu's school is taking most of my time and still makes me uneasy about the whole thing. She's not used to her new school yet and unlike her brother, does not get distracted easily by petty bribes. It's such a relief that tomorrow is a holiday and I think I should stop thinking about myself. May be Aayi is right; one should forget about books and movies till the kids grow up.

Sometimes when I see how such conflicting thoughts I have - going crazy about Karamazov(in an inspirational moment, I went to amazon and ordered 3 books, all of which I'm dying to read) and wanting to spend more time with the kids which in itself is no less exciting - I end up wishing I wasn't working. But I've yet again postponed it to next August. I'm a selfish creature, no doubt.

Yesterday we saw a full-arch rainbow. A beautiful one and at 6:30 in the evening!

Sizing the Impressions

Many people who I thought looked pretty robust last year seem pretty much thinned down these days. Anything to do with the fact that I've gained quite a bit of weight in that period?

Lull Before the Storm

Disappointment hangs heavily in the air. I'm not talking about Brazil but our new salary numbers which got announced yesterday. Unlike last year, somehow rumors were highly optimistic but what has come out is highly disappointing to majority, though people like me have no reasons to complain. Today at 10:30 in the morning it feels as if I'm working on a Saturday; you can count the people with 10 fingers on my side of the floor. As if even when people are not there, you can somehow feel their anguish and mute rebellion around. I doubt if anything will come out of it though. 

Hurrying Past

Days are going by quickly but I don't seem to have moved an inch...

Joy of Small Big Things

I sent an email to Wimbledon Social Media today and they published it in their live blog! I'm feeling like a big writer though I know they must be putting everything they get. :-)