Gitesh had his hose warming ceremony two weeks before and thats why we went to Rajasthan. Bikaner to be specific. Man, was it hot there. Atleast 45-46 degree Celsius . We went on a sleeper bus and reached there after 8 hours of journey. The house was great and the ceremonies were very different from what I have seen. We tried giving a minor present, but they refused saying that they don't accept presents from younger people. The rituals lasted for about 4 hours and then the party started. There was music and lots of food. The food was excellent to tell the least. Gulab jamuns and roti curry. Mouth watering stuff. It was great to see those old houses / buildings on both the sides of the market we went. Kids were flying kites over the now bright blue skies. It was also wonderful to see the old fort where all those antiques were stacked for public viewing. I consider myself to be very fortunate that I get to see these places. Thanks Gitesh.
The previous week I took off. Went home and had a great time. The major thing I achieved is that I got to meet a lot of people. Contacted a lot of them. Prasanth, my Uncle's son, with whom I spent a lot of my childhood, was in town from Dubai. I got to spend a ot of time with him. I also went for Joy's wedding on a bike, riding from my place to Chalakudi which is like 40+ kilometers. I also got to meet Ettan and got to apologize for not being able to come for his forth coming wedding on the 22nd.
This time I managed to mature from a mere stubble to a full functional beard. It was a ong time ambition of mine to have a good beard and finally I managed to have one. I also managed to get those transition looks, beard -> spanish mustache -> mustache with raised ends -> clean shave with major whiskers. Pics are attached.
