Ah Delhi!

I am feeling very nostalgic today so I decided to visit this forgotten blog. I think I was in India for too long (yes, 3 weeks is long for investment banking holiday) this time and am missing all the things which I had forgotten existed. It was really hard to come back as there is not one good reason left to not work in India but NYC. And this is not only because my batchmates are getting paid more in bombay than I am here (ok, this is may be a big reason), but also because working in India means being closer to family and friends, some of whom I haven't met in years, simply because there is never enough time to go to bombay in my short India trips.

ah, Delhi, I loved the winter sun and the comfort that Nirulas still serves the exact same hot chocolate fudge! I love the shakarkandi chat on the sidewalk and that I ate fresh made to order jalebis. That people are still wearing the bling sarees at weddings/functions. That Dilli Haat is still a hot dating spot though cannibalized a bit by the thousand and one malls that have sprung up. That the gol gappas and the papri chaat still taste the same and that a family of four people can still be squeezed on a two wheeler. I just love Delhi and was missed not having a home there when my parents got transferred and going home meant going to Hyderabad, which is a great city, but is not Delhi. So I am thrilled that I again have a home in Delhi (in-laws)

Lazy...

Am flying to India on Friday and have left all the packing to the last day so it is a night out tomorrow. Am feeling extremely lazy, sat in front of the TV for 4 hours today - got extremely frustrated with Republican debate, what is it with this country and guns? Anyhoo, India trip is still not sinking in. Have to attend AS's wedding on Monday and hope to go for N's engagment on sunday (given in-laws don't put senti) so I will get to dress up which I should be looking forward too, however right now I can only think of the effort!

Snowed Under

Crazy busy at work right now and it seems like I may have to cancel the three week vacation in India in Dec, so not the best phase. I am living each day as it comes and right now am excited to go for Durga Puja festivities in Queens tomorrow. Looking forward to dressing up in traditional Indian. Unfortunately my friends are dressing up in sarees and I left all my lovely trousseau in India thinking I'll never need it so will have to be content with a salwar suit.

Sing Sing

Believe it or not, that was the name of the place where we did karaoke for 4 hours today! can barely speak.... :))

High n happy

Feeling all nostalgic today. Two glasses of wine generally does that to me! Thinking of all the great times I have shared with my friends first at the institute and then working in London. All the long chatty sessions, attempts at dunking, waking up all night to have tea at 6am and fall asleep and miss all the classes, the crazy parties, the "farewell" week when my friends came over every single day before I left the city, how concerned they always were about me going home alone at night always, my birthday when we drank till 3 am, all the fights I had with T. I have been lucky to have wonderful friends who have looked out for me always, who were the only reason I settled so well in a strange city without my family and who I was heartbroken to leave behind....heres raising a toast of thanks to all your guys....missing you today...*hugs* :)

Hello!

This blog is meant to be a archive of my life, a place to record some memories which I want to preserve for life. There are some times I have shared with family or friends which I have really enjoyed and have started feeling that what if I forget about them as years go by. Will it be like those moments never happened? So this blog is a diary which I can look back on and remember and cherish those moments.

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