1. The Sunday bike ride was anything but a leisurely rambling. I didn't start early as I had planned to - but when I did finally start I didn't come back early either. On the route I encountered my usual canine neighbours of all sizes, energy levels and colour variations. It was amusing watching a little black speckled pup decide to take on a foraging crow that was a bit bigger than himself. The ride through the tree covered back roads of my neighbourhood gives you a feel (or a decent slice) of some serious off-roading. Imagine it is Tanzania or foothills of the Himalays and you are there - complete with local flora and fauna - which mostly comprises of canine companions and birds of all sorts. Actually there is one bird call that you could easily mistake for a squek in your wheels. Needless to say, the MTB is a good choice for Indian roads (or the lack thereof).
2. The evening weekend badminton is becoming a bit of a welcome habit (and a useful antidote ot the big fat Sunday Indian lunches). Esha reckons we are playing after a decade - my memory is anyway a bit hazy beyond 2004 so I can't tell. But we did well - staying on course for 35 mins and managing to engage in some decent exchanges via fiery racquet shakes and attempted backhand strokes.
3. The Sunday Times had dug up this story: Banana Attacks Gorilla, Then Splits - and to my utter surprise they had reproduced it in verbatim from wptv.com without a shred of credit!
I wonder if readers wondered wether it was worth a column space in a Sunday newspaper (and uncredited at that) or even noticed this. But I for one am sure that it had its place amongst pages and pages of words written over corrupt politicians and a nation threatening to go down the drain! A story of a fruit that went a bit bad - worth a minutes' read...
