I and my maid share a peculiar relationship. I don't understand what she says, and she does'nt understand what I say, and yet, we are amicable, dependent. 

One day I asked her, where she came from, and somehow she understood the question. 

Bangladesh, she said. Her daughters live here and they got her to Mumbai, so that she could work as domestic help and earn money to save her ailing husband, who, along with their son, is still in Bangladesh. "Woh dono ricsaw chalata hai"."Aurat log ko wahan kaam nahi karne dete". "Isliye hum yahan ayee". I was already thanking God for all the freedom I enjoy.

Yesterday, she bunked. Today morning, she came, looked dizzy, did some work and requested my room mate to allow her to go. Her husband died yesterday. "Main kal aaon, aapko dikkat tho nahi?". None of us replied.

Throughout the day , I was thinking of her. Tomorrow, I will open the door for her, with a different attitude.

Went to dapoli beach for 2 days and just came back with a wonderful fresh feeling, and a golden brown tan, some good memories and a lingering thought of bunking office on monday.

Thanks to Sharada, Narsimha, Dayanand and company.

Beach was awesome, dolphins, sunset, box cricket and all, along with a funny dumb charades game.I will never forget the scene where Saji asked all girls to leave when Narasimha gave him the film "Itte-faq" to act upon. And then Sharada tried so hard, translated it into coin + dent, hinting at coincindence, Labesh came up with a brilliant "condom".

What was he thinking, a film by that title? And the walk in the middle of night,only by moonlight, when Deven showed his bhoot avatar!  All the Kishore Kumar and Rafi songs we screamed during on our way back...

All you guys rock, absolutely!

In the middle of all this, I listened to a beautiful Bryan Adams unplugged - in concert song.This song has always been my fav, but the violin in the concert version, takes me to a different level.

Listen to this song.."18 till I die..", my prayer!!

The original:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl7E2MXSXlY&feature=channel_page

Unplugged:

http://www.4shared.com/dir/5485907/43af52ed/sharing.html