.....Male': Maldives Islands Update : the Indian Ocean Diary...!!!

.....the Bali:(Disease in local parlance) mth, so far, has not swept us off our feet,as compared to year last.....thnks to incessant rain for the better part of the mth....with the sea rough nd travel risky...frm far flung Islands....!!!...pre monsoon showers nd local disturbance in the Bay of Bengal kept the temp. very cool....as compared to reports frm Homeland 1 @ Gurgaon : a stark contrast....it has been now 5yrs :  we have escaped the Northern Plains Summerly heat....though with all the heated Newsy action unfolding in India rt frm Bansal to Srini...nd Chattisgarh Kand(episode) have kept me glued to Arnab Goswami.....his panelist...nd the diaspora....!!!...we can't be untouched by all these...could we...??....the sudden demise of RituParno Ghosh a superb Dir. in Kolkata this morning was a shocker...!!!....the Canne festivity as far as India is concerned is a dampener and Centenary Celebration of Bollywood is pedestrian...upto now..expected more of celebration nd media coverage....!!!....the border dispute with China nd a research into its chronology of genesis as back  as late 19th -early 20th Century made good reading & understanding of the complex problem...of the huge undemarcated border with China.....skirmishes will be on with greater frequency take my word for it.....under the garb of ..Hindi-Chini Bhai Bhai....!!!

.......11th May........!!!!

.....Archana,Nanu,Panu took a speedboat ride with me on 11th instant for a candle light dinner@Hulhule Island Hotel voted the best in the AsiaPacific region......10th anniversary had to be spl....the sunset deck was the perfect place nd could see the mainstreet of Male':BoduThakuruFanu Magu,named after a Bodu:Big, Thakurufan :Sultan, Magu: Marg/Street thru the terrestrial Telescope across the sea...the children were happy & their company heightened our enthusiasm,  called for, on such an occasion...we returned home late evening with gusty winds blowing ,& little Nanu taking the boat ride back to Male' cocooned ;with Doel incessantly chattering with Ma: extremely satiated aft the outing....needless to say the Eve.Clinic was a casualty but the occasion demanded....patients were amused to note tht I was in Dinner in another Island & Quizzed me about the Occasion...for the old faithful set rang incessantly in the interim period....!!!!