Soaring nostalgia As I fly back from Singapore, I reminisce about the homey dinner hosted by my husband's school friends in this vibrant city-state. Few things are as special as reconnecting with school friends, with whom you share so much knowing you are not judged- thanks to magical shared experiences growing-up and knowing each other shorn of grown-up trappings. Despite my usual reluctance to create a social whorl during hiatuses abroad, I found myself embracing this gathering.
When I’m on a hiatus abroad- plugging out of Mumbai and India’s social roller coaster in a world of constant social activity and media, I spend time with myself. You do realise that with calendars full of activity we forget the need for solitude? In my opinion an individual must find some alone time to truly know oneself, introspect and become self-assured, confident and truly whole. Rajput royalty Earlier in the week, we celebrated the election win of Kalikesh Singh Deo as a minister in Orissa.
Young and dynamic, he has been part of the Biju Janata Dal political party and is a cousin we're proud of. His celebratory party hosted by Abhimanyu Singh in Mumbai and his lovely wife Roopali Singh at their beautiful Lokhandwala home was brimming with Rajput cousins twice and thrice removed. Actor Rocky Singh, aka Chandrachud Singh, known for Maachis and more recently the television series Aarya, who is also Abhimanyu's brother and my college friend, was missed.
I was especially enthralled by the design.