I have been busy…

Not even a single post in more than a month is clear indication that I have been busy. I have been busy in traveling, doing shopping, reading, writing papers, making presentations, doing financial planning, shifting house, gaining weight.. and what not.

The long pending visit to Bihar happened during this period and it was really an experience. The bus journey from Patna to Muzaffarpur taught me many lessons and I want to sue Vodafone and kick their the ’son of b***’ which helps people in everything, right from finding forgotten ties to pasting ticket on envelopes, does not ensure connectivity on roaming even in big towns like Patna (I had the similar experience when I visited Pondicherry, Vodafone network not available there, though the town was painted red with Vodafone ads.). Bus drivers and conductors (probably the owners too) need some serious lessons on how to be more considerate and customer friendly, but I think this would never happen. First, the owners (the musclemen/politicians) do not give a damn about this and second, the victims are mostly the simple villagers who do not know whom to complain (most of them even do not know that they can complain against the ill treatment meted out by the bus conductors and staff) and there is no other options available. These bus conductors and their aides give a very differential treatment to passengers, the simple villagers and poor passengers are the constant victims of their aggression and bad language.

I have been on reading spree this year and have managed to read almost four books a month so far. Though last couple of weeks I have not been able to read much (but bought some good books so my anti-library is growing). Started this year with some non-fiction books and then went on to read four-five suspense thrillers and then again settled to some non-fiction/productive reading.

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