Schooling These Days

When I was a kid, public schools were supposed to be the top of the pile. If you went to one, it meant a lot to the child and to his/her parents. Having studied in one for virtually my entire childhood, I can vouch that it gives you a terrific grounding to prepare you to face the challenges of life ahead.

 

Memoirs or what?

As you can see I have been fairly lazy in updating this blog! It started off as a blog for me to express views and thoughts about life in general as it passed by me. With time, like a river finding it’s own course, this blog took on an autobiographical air and became something of a memoir. Another thing that happened was that it became somewhat centered around the school I went to, The Lawrence School at Lovedale.

 

New Initiative of the OLA

This blog has gone into a slumber for various reasons. I was totally engrossed in writing my debut novel It Can’t Be You which was published in November 2010. I started a writing blog called Writing to Be read and I was busy with many other things including attending a few OL get togethers in Bangalore where I live.

 

Book Launch

Can’t believe that I haven’t posted here since September. How time flies! Must explain the reasons for the gap of two months or more.  I have been busy with my debut novel It Can’t Be You. This was published recently by Cedar Books, imprint of Pustak Mahal. The book was launched on November 29 by an old colleague and dear friend, Subroto Bagchi, Vice Chairman and Gardener of MindTree Ltd.

 

Facebook

Many of you use Facebook very often. Let’s connect there. It’s amazing how easily one can connect with friends, old and new, irrespective of which part of the world they are in. I would also invite you to follow my soon to be published debut novel- It Can’t Be You on Facebook. As always, your comments and suggestions are welcome.

 

Publishing Contract with Cedar Books

Writers dream of having their work published. Bingo!! The book deal has been struck.  I am delighted to say that It Can’t Be You will be published by Cedar Books, imprint of Pustak Mahal, New Delhi, one of India’s largest publishers. 

 

It Can’t Be You

Let me invite you to my new blog dedicated to my first novel called IT CAN”T BE YOU.

I am thrilled that my first novel is complete. It’s roots go back to November 2009 when I wrote the first 50,000 words for theNational Novel Writing Month popularly called NaNoWriMo.

It’s a psychological thriller and I hope you will enjoy reading it- in due course of time- just as much as I enjoyed writing it!

 

Playing for India

I am glad my post on oldest athletic records unleashed a flurry of mails from
OLs across many decades in our OLs Yahoo Group. It brought back many memories of those days at School
and stars like the legendary Jairam,

 

Recovering after CABG Surgery

The reason I have been off air for the last few months is because I am recovering from a CABG or Coronary Artery Bypass Graft surgery. This was expertly carried out by Dr. Vivek Jawali and his team at Bangalore’s Fortis Hospital on Bannerghatta Road on July 1, 2010. Dr. Jawali is a renowned expert in the field who has done more than 18,000 such operations.

I am glad to say that the medical and nursing facilities at Fortis were excellent.

 

Great work, Nick!

Delighted to hear from Nicholas Horsburgh about his new website. Nicky is a very old friend- we were together in the good old Nilagiri House of the Lawrence School, Lovedale and he passed out a year after I did. If nothing else, this has clarified how he spells his name! In the old days, spellings of his name- not by him I admit but by others- ranged from”Horseborough”, through “Horsbugg” to ” Horsbra”. This puts one mystery to rest!