Presently lazing around in the sweltering Madras heat…So much so that it really takes a huge effort in forcing myself to go to the nearest grocery !! The other day, had to spend an entire night at the international airport…Came across what I thought was a representative sample of the face of the new India. Guys with jeans/t-shirts with a cap worn in the reverse and a vibhuti bottu (the tilak on the forehead), yapping away in what was a very, imho, an ungraceful mix of chennai tamil/american english…Talking into the mobile phones with their fingers right at the disconnect key…Their parents proudly standing by and feeling satisfied at what their offspring has achieved …Girls wearing “western” dresses replete with bottu and jasmine flowers in an oiled hair setup…..Talking in chaste tamil with their grandparents and effortlessly switching over to anglicised tamil with their friends to chennai tamil with airport staff !! The face of the New India or the New face of India ??

Past few days have seen me enacting one real survival act!! Staying alone at home, i never imagined, could be so inspiring !! Inspiring it surely is, but definitely in the wrong directions. My sleep levels are shooting thro’ the roof (or whatever existed of it)..And my culinary skills are improving faster than I learnt(?) the BCG Matrix ;)(Courtesy: Panda)..Same goes for my internet usage meter…The folks @ BSNL must be cursing why they are offering unlimited b/w currently ;)