Tag: Journeys Series
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Learning to Ski: Well trying to
True to form, I fell. I fell several times. I fell facing towards the front, I fell facing backwards, I fell sideways, I even somersaulted!
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Driving Across Europe to Slovakia
What was amazing was the way people looked at me. This was probably the very first time they had laid eyes on an Indian, or for that matter someone colored like me. I exaggerate not, when I say that whole villages came out just to get a look! I could now understand what white skinned…
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Don’t Loose Your Passport – Its a Nightmare
Loosing A Passport Isn’t Fun Since the appointment was about fifteen days away, I was off again on yet another jaunt to meet and greet my fans, the customers. Turned out to be quite an eventful trip. The main event and attraction being that I’ve now lost my passport and did I forget to mention before that…
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Moving to Chicago – The Genesis
Therefore, a decision was taken to parachute one of HSBC’s top generals (moi) into the heart of the action and take the battle to the HQ of Kanbay, Chicago.
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The Joy and Pain of Parenting
I believe that unwittingly we have set them up to deal with a whole lot of things that we haven’t equipped them to deal with. We expected that our values, our beliefs, our culture would somehow be passed on to them without actually taking the trouble to impart any of it.
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Cycling to Work
Benighted I’m called the Marquis de Chandivali. The office is in Chandivali and it’s not pretty getting there from anywhere. Cost cutting dictated that we move from the prestigious Prism at Mindspace, Malad to Chandivali. There is this really special friend of mine, who would call me and whenever he called, through some strange coincidences, I…
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Moving Back to India – Amchi “Mumbai”: Circa 2010.
However, once I knew that I was going back, I was a mix of emotions, apprehensions ….. would I re-adjust, would I like it, would I get used to the heat, dirt, etc, all associated with Bombay and India.
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Sunday Ride: Marine Drive – Camp Evergreen.
It is another Sunday and its that day and time. The day and time to let loose and get onto the saddle and head out of the confines of the City of Bombay.
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Chicago to London – Compelled to Compare: Circa 2008/9.
International Mobility is a fantastic experience. You see the good, the bad, the ugly across boundaries. The apartment hunting, the packing & moving, the hooking up of services, setting up shop, getting to know your way around, getting lost quite a bit….I’m quite the veteran at this, having moved from India to Singapore (my very…
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Shipping A Car Across The Pond
See I was supposed to be in the US of A for about three years, and one day as I’m driving to work in my car, the Mercedes GL 450, I get a call from the boss of my boss. He’s a man named Carr.
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