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Back on the blog

It has been a while since I noted down my frank thoughts here…459 days to be precise! That is a long time I know…what I don’t know is, why it took me so long to get back to writing this. Well what matters is that I am back…and I hope it is for good!

A lot has happened while I was away…relating to me as well as in the world around me. It is perhaps these that have egged me on to pen it all down. The senseless terror attacks in Mumbai…the Indian cricket team beating the Australian team hollow in their tour of India…my recent holiday to north-east India…the birth of my niece…the election of Obama as the future president of the United States…the completion of my studies in Australia…and my return to Mumbai are just a few of the things I need to express my frank thoughts on.

I could start off with any topic…but I think I need a little more time to ponder on where to start. I must confess that I don’t write regularly and hence getting back in to the flow might take a while. So patience is the key when reading my blog!

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