Holiday Time

Diwali Holidays are going on (OK, coming to a close, but I don't really want to admit that). Holidays are always good, but this time they are turning out to be remarkable (for purely personal reasons of course). For one thing, I am reading at least as much as to please myself. The list of completed projects now includes Rosalind Franklin: The dark lady of DNA by Veena Gawankar, Antimatter by Frank Close, Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges and Not even wrong by Peter Woit [let me add that each one is good enough to deserve a review of its own, something which I haven't gotten around to yet]. A couple of empty rooms, devoid of any furniture except the bare minimum, but which allow complete isolation are proving to be my reading haven. I am also spending a lot of time observing a) beautiful cloud patterns and b) the biodiveristy around here (which frequent rains exponentiate). And every time my (untrained) eye finds something new. Another important thing is that after a long time the holidays of me and sis have coincided, so another big chunk of my time goes into pretending to be ten years younger. Distractions are to a minimum, I hardly watch TV and rarely access Internet. Calls and messages are down to a minimum. I can almost pretend these things haven't been invented yet. Today was the first day I left town, but in return it allowed some precious time with bhaanje-bhaanji to their now rather old mamu. I don't care much about food, but that front is well covered too (Gulab Jamuns are waiting as I write this :). All this , together, makes this time so remarkable. And dear reader, thanks for reading so far, but this post could've waited. Holidays won't last forever, make the most while they last. I am getting back to the same thing..

Enjoy!! [And a belated Happy Diwali]