....frm 9th instant to the 20th a jet setting pace evolved as had to hurry to native city Gurugram....leaving Archana & Children behind in the Isles...Sprucing up the sector 15 abode , a strong sense of satisfaction envelopes....as the house donned a fresh coat of paint with furnitures nd fixtures refurbished ....holding on to the rails of the balcony , the city wore a familiar milieu , just as we had left its precincts 14 yrs back , castaway in an Isle of the Maldivian archipelago near the Equator ...as I trudged nd traversed the Old city , re identifying & re bonding with frnds nd fmlys alike, meeting older Society people nd ever smiling staffers ... This is the city we saw coming up fiercely in the nineties , this the city we left at its Zenith, this the City still clinging to us holding us tight as ever ....as the D Day of a further possession of an upscale unit in an 100 acre township in sec 65 drew close , my heart skipped a beat ...the new home had to be taken charge as dates were fixed for formalities of a handover ....as I sipped Tea in my old refurbished home with strong smell of paint all around , a sense of rootedness engulfs , severing ties frm here was a tough decision , a bold step towards the unknown ....hence the solitude of home nd back to its cosy environs comforts me ...the new home in plush environs with ample breathing space in the gated township fortified my thoughts of strong entrenchment to this soil , wherever nd whtever I am ...!!!....as in between these formalities , I shuttled frm two premier medical institutions of the City , Fortis nd Medanta , for routine consultations nd investigations ....waiting in the Q's as a patient with medical documents , visiting the hospital cafeterias , waiting area lounges , labs , nd facing huge Q's in the Lifts ....the city bursting onto its seams ....marvellous job we Indians r doing in catering to indigenous nd foreign patients ...the pressure of the populace is evident everywhr....nd a generation of smile in service rendering I found it to be fantastic ....India is different .....an undercurrent of a feel gud factor always felt....!!!....happy to hv met few illustrious sr colleagues which augmented the feel gud factor further ...!!!...as I landed back to the Isles, resuming nd traversing the patient area , a deep sense of humbleness nd gratitude engulfed, for all my people waiting here patiently...fortified as I am now after the Sabbatical ...!!!
