Wake Up Call

I had just finished meditating when the first flashes of lightning lit up the room. For a surreal moment, I was confused. Where was I? Mumbai or Bangalore? Maybe I had teleported myself? Gee! I must be powerful >:) When the familiar shapes of my room stared at me dimly, I was at peace.

Today morning, I got sms from colleagues and friends - blaming me for bringing tthe rains from Bangalore to Mumbai. Five months ago, people in Bangalore blamed me for bringing the floods there. Life has come full circle, I guess :) Wonder which tangent I shall follow now.

Riding in the rickshaw, I watched the riot of colours on the trees and I wrote this.

My post on detachment seems to have created some unrest among certain sections of my readers. Someones thought that I was alluding to a person(s) stabbing me in the back. Unfortunately, I was alluding to fate and not people. As usual, my ambiguous style of communication has caused some room for discontent. Fun.

There's a major problem with the Hutch network. If you are a Hutch customer in Mumbai, your sms to a Hutch number in Bangalore won't be recieved by the recipient (who else? duh!) However, vice versa works. All other networks in the country and internationally are able to message Hutch Bangalore. This problem has been happening since yesterday afternoon and still not resolved. The best part is, both parties are blaming each other and tell me to contact the other - claiming it's not their fault. Now, that's what you call a 'Short Service Message'!

Their IPO will be interesting to watch, now that ORASCOM has been declared a security risk. I am sure that the smart back office boffins will come up with a workaround for this. India will have to tread carefully lest it is accused of taking a cue from the Dubai Ports brouhaha in USA.

And life goes on!