Geetu's Birth- The Best Incident of My Life

Today is Ganesh Chaturthi the first day of ten days long festival celebrated in our country,in my personal life this day brought about the best incidence in my life that is birth of my daughter Rahmi known by her nick name Geetu in our family. The year was 1980, we were living in Nashik those days , i was working with MICO [BOSCH] we came to know about Sunanda's  pregnancy some where in April  May that year and as any educated couple would do we contacted the most famous gynecologist of the city Vimal Khanapurkar [Bagaitkar] the progress was to the satisfaction of the doctor and in the first week of September it self she had predicted the child -birth within fort night there was an unexplained excitement within me about my first child , i canot tell about wife Sunanda as off now as it is long back story today. My employer were one of very few multinational companies working in the country and provided all supports to their officers,my boss Mr S.k Maitra had instructed to the HR department for immediate deployment of ambulance as we lived far away from the city, the episode started at  around mid -night of 12th September Sunanda started having problems

My Favorited Indoor Games

My brothers and college-mats know that i become chess champion of the Government College of Engineering and Technology, Raipur in the first year it self and continued the championship for two years till. I lost to Pramod Kalwal in the third year, suddenly this memory surfaced after reading the news of Vishwanath Ananda becoming the world, champion.
   Apart from chess carrom was my favorited indoor game and in that also, i won for championship in the hostel and college in singles and runners up in doubles. After joining MICO  also arranged competition of both these indoor games and there i became chess champion of MICO, Nasik in 1977 and carrom champion.

33rd anniversary snap's

33rd Marriage Anniverssry

Yesterday we celebrated our 33rd marriage anniversary Rahul had arranged for a cake to be sent to our residence by instructing the staff and they did it promptly but poor fellows could not understand that the it was mine and Sunanda's 33rd marriage anniversary so the cake tag was having names of Rahul and Pragya, any way we could understand that there was nobody to take a snap of we cutting the cake so Sunanda's called Prachi   to do so from the neighborhood  that time i really felt the real loneliness, yesterday, it was so strange that not a single of my in laws in the city called up  for greetings reasons best known to them.

Hemant’s Marriage And The Theft In The House

Hemant known as pappu in the whole family was married on this date 18^th May Twenty Five years back. After seeing their wall photo on the FB,  number of sweet and sour memories surfaced the sweetest is that the family got proper match in the form of Rashmi, daughter of renowned cricket lover and writer Suryaprakashjee , the sourness started two weeks before the marriage. Those were summer days as it happens in the month of May the whole family, me, my wife both children and my mother were sleeping on the terrace of our flat in the housing society of Jalgaon. As usual mother got up early in the morning and went to our  flat at the first floor,  she saw the front door wide open she shouted and raced to the terrace and said “Dilip Chori Hogai Dikhta Hai”. We were shocked all of us rust back to the flat. We could things spread all over me and my wife went to the bedroom the cupboard was wide open some clothes empty jewelry box were spread in the room, here and there, wife checked the locker of the cupboard the thieves did not leave even a pin of the gold out of approximately 400 grams we had they did not even leave the Toy Coin Bank of my son Rahul.  My wife started checking about the valuable and addicting to the shock Gold approximately 400 grams and cash of twenty five thousand had gone. Silver lining to the story in, after the police formalities when willingly I came to the gas agency office within an hour I started receiving my friends from Lions Club friends in the business community friends from all talks of life who came to know the theft there was immunity on thing as they were all aware of my brothers forth coming marriage “Dilip Kisi Baat Ki Chinta Nahi Karna, Kisi Bhi Cheej Ki Jarurat Ho To Chinta Nahi Karna” Though I could manage the funds required for the marriage in the next 10 days but the love expressed by the friends on that day cannot be expressed today that is why it is said there is tremendous strength in the love and friendship.

                      Another silver lining, why silver lining attached to the incidence is that as we had no gold left for the marriage and no cash to buy the gold, I approached to local jwellers M/s Rajmal Lakhichand, the owner of that Mr. Ishwarlaljee Lalwani is known to me,he  regards me as younger brother, I met him in his  cabin in the showroom hesitantly asked him whether he could help me by a Mangalsutra on loan basis for a month time for payment and the generosity was so heart touching that he said “ Dilip Babu Kya Chhoti Baat Karte Ho Apko jo Chahiye Le Jaiye Paisa Ata Rahega” and then he asked the general manager by giving similar instructions later on with the help of the friends marriage ceremony manage case money went of very well, but the incidence is  remembered because of friends love and support.

Hemant’s Marriage And The Theft In The House

Hemant known as pappu in the whole family was married on this date 18^th May Twenty Five years back. After seeing their wall photo on the FB,  number of sweet and sour memories surfaced the sweetest is that the family got proper match in the form of Rashmi, daughter of renowned cricket lover and writer Suryaprakashjee , the sourness started two weeks before the marriage. Those were summer days as it happens in the month of May the whole family, me, my wife both children and my mother were sleeping on the terrace of our flat in the housing society of Jalgaon. As usual mother got up early in the morning and went to our  flat at the first floor,  she saw the front door wide open she shouted and raced to the terrace and said “Dilip Chori Hogai Dikhta Hai”. We were shocked all of us rust back to the flat. We could things spread all over me and my wife went to the bedroom the cupboard was wide open some clothes empty jewelry box were spread in the room, here and there, wife checked the locker of the cupboard the thieves did not leave even a pin of the gold out of approximately 400 grams we had they did not even leave the Toy Coin Bank of my son Rahul.  My wife started checking about the valuable and addicting to the shock Gold approximately 400 grams and cash of twenty five thousand had gone. Silver lining to the story in, after the police formalities when willingly I came to the gas agency office within an hour I started receiving my friends from Lions Club friends in the business community friends from all talks of life who came to know the theft there was immunity on thing as they were all aware of my brothers forth coming marriage “Dilip Kisi Baat Ki Chinta Nahi Karna, Kisi Bhi Cheej Ki Jarurat Ho To Chinta Nahi Karna” Though I could manage the funds required for the marriage in the next 10 days but the love expressed by the friends on that day cannot be expressed today that is why it is said there is tremendous strength in the love and friendship.

                                                                       Another silver lining, why silver lining attached to the incidence is that as we had no gold left for the marriage and no cash to buy the gold, I approached to local jwellers M/s Rajmal Lakhichand, the owner of that Mr. Ishwarlaljee Lalwani is known to me,he  regards me as younger brother, I met him in his  cabin in the showroom hesitantly asked him whether he could help me by a Mangalsutra on loan basis for a month time for payment and the generosity was so heart touching that he said “ Dilip Babu Kya Chhoti Baat Karte Ho Apko jo Chahiye Le Jaiye Paisa Ata Rahega” and then he asked the general manager by giving similar instructions later on with the help of the friends marriage ceremony manage case money went of very well, but the incidence is  remembered because of friends love and support.

My First Air Travel

It sounds amazing to remember the first travel by air, like your school days when your ask to write an essay on your first Rail Journey. It was year 1977 – 1978, I was just confirmed as Asst. Engineer in the company after completion of the training as Graduate Trainee Engineer, I became member of the group responsible for Nozzle Holder Planning termed as FVB2 in the German abbreviation of planning adopted by BOSCH. Our company head office and main factory was at Banglore and during the training period I could see the seniors visiting frequently to Banglore for various reasons, I also used to think of visiting Banglore for knowing about the head office and detailed operations being carried out there, once I was called by my boss the head of the planning department Mr. S.K. Maitra called me and declared, Dilip you are supposed to go to Banglore for some urgent work and have orientation programmed there for a week. It was almost two O’clock and then he started telling you just catch a taxi to Bombay, you have got a roomed booked at the Centour Hotel, Juhu your flight is at 7:15 tomorrow morning I was literally shocked with pleasure by this sudden advice of attending what I dreamed for a long time. I was bachelor that time, excusing myself from the boss I rushed to my work table, told my colleagues about the programme, and left for my residence, prepared my bag for a week, came to the Shalimar Bus Stand from where taxis ply from Nasik to Mumbai. I hired full taxi for Bombay, which I was entitled as asst. engineer and when I reached to Bombay at the hotel it was almost 7:30 in the evening. That was my first stay at a five star hotels, admitting in this blog frankly I was not at all a costumed  for such lavish hotel stay at all, so enjoyed the nice stay in that cosy  atmosphere. I was instructed by our PRO that to catch the flight you have to report one hour in advance for checking I had requested the hotel management for a wake - up call of 5 AM which they did, I was so eager to board the plane, in the plane not realizing that the flight would not take off before its scheduled time of 7:15 AM, getting ready I reached by quarter to six to the airport.

It was my first entrance to any air port terminal, my flight was an Air Bus so, it took me some time to locate the check in counter I was remembering that if you really want to enjoy the travel ask for a window seat which promptly did while checking in a got the seat immediately them, I sat down to relax with a cup of coffee as it was enough time for the flight and the security check had not started after a few minutes there was announcement for the security check once again with the eagerness I was the first to go for the security check then the lounge.

Enquiry revealed  that the aircraft would be arriving from Banglore in a few minutes and it does happen, by the time the lounge was full of the passengers we all were observing the passengers getting down from the air craft it might have taken another half are hour before we were asked to go ahead to board the aircraft and then came the moment as the craft was not far away we all walked down to it the ladder was already attached as here again I was first to reach the ladder top, found smiling beautiful air hostess, welcoming with folded hand, first entry to an operative aircraft   ( I am using word operative as I had a training of six weeks at HAL Kanpur where I had seen air craft assembly and an aircraft too).

I occupied the seat it was window seat in the fifth row, within 15 minutes time the aircraft was full of passengers and exactly at 7:14 AM the air hostess locked the door of the aircraft make the usual announcement to advice for fastening of seat belts, demonstrated how to take care when the pressure inside the aircraft is law and finally introducing the captain of the aircraft the flight take off was announced and the thrilling moment came, as the aircraft was running I did not feel anything but as it took off there was something I felt in the churn in the stomach but it was temporary and as the craft attained certain height the feeling of stomach went away.

I looked outside the window it was all water  of the Arabian Sea of Bombay harbor  and after a while the clouds I looked down from the window and the beautiful landscape, rivers, houses looking like toys the experience was so thrilling that it could not be put on papers today, meanwhile the air hostess brought some chocolates half an hour passed, the some hostess came helping open the tray attached to the front seat then the breakfast tray with some fruit-salad a piece of bakery item and small cup of juice by the time I finished the breakfast it was already forty five minutes past aboard, I was continuously watching the scenery art side and came the announcement that the harts that we will be reaching the Banglore airport in twenty minutes time and advice of fastening of our seatbelt, which I did The aircraft I could see the city of Banglore from the window and the aircraft started landing while landing again there was a little churn in the stomach bind some jock at touch down but finally the pleasure of our hour fifteen minutes journey  first journey by air I cannot forget even today, thrilling and sweet memory.