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hi all,
its been a long time i came to this forum. There were couple of things worth blogging but I could hardly find time. Vibhu, my 1.5yrs nephew is here. He has a magic wand which makes time run in fast foward mode :) Every available minute spent in his company, it is natural not to log. Ok. ok..let me write the bunch of things that I wanted to write.

Vibhu :) He is such a cutie pie. He is in the mocking bird phase right now. repeats after everything you say. for a 16months old his vocabulary is roughly around 200-250 words. you can imagine how much fun it is to spend time with him. He is a hyper-active busy bee and does n't like eating and sleeping much :) Here is a pic from my collection.



Books : I read two interesting books in the past one month. "Unaccustomed Earth" by Jhumpa Lahiri. She is the queen of melancholy and ofcourse queen of ABCD lifes. If you are looking for some happy read this is not for you. If you dont mind realistic and often depressive narrations, go get your copy. btw, in India, I bought a hard-cover edition for 300/- :-p
Another one I read is "Above Average" by Amitabha Bagchi. This is a debut novel from an IIT prof. At the outset, I thought this is just another IIT book like "five point some one" but this has a story and characters are real. Good time pass book and this is a very easy read.

Movie : Finally, I got to watch "There will be blood". Daniel Day-Louis. Boy, what an actor he is. I was hoping he would get an oscar for "gangs of new york". "der aayi durust aayi" :). This movie is an art flick. So, I wont recommend it to typical Indian movie lover. But, I loved the movie. Notably, the back ground music and cast of the movie. Amaaaaaaaaazing.

There is so much to write, I will wait for another post.

You have fun and take care of near and dears.