25th October - a blessed day! Umeed pe duniya kayam hai!

This day couldnt have been better!

A beautiful start it has been!

Hope no. 1

Got a text from Laju first thing in the morning that she can re-apply for leave. She asked me for the final dates of travel.

Hope no. 2

I got a message from Ashish on facebook to call Varun Rattan Singh today evening at 6.30 and that he has figured out some contacts for me! 

Wowwwwed totally :) Waiting for 6.30 pm.

Hope no. 3

Met Sahil online and told him about my Himachal trip. He is interested and said he would join us :):)

Wowww..! Things have started to fall in place :)

Dengue it is! Get well soon Hiten

Its Dengue... Until Dengue was confirmed we were thinking of travelling a little later by around 30th October so that Hiten could recover properly and get some rest.

But now, I dont think Hiten will be able to travel. 

Craft Doc is now a question mark?????

Assistance from Lakshya, Ashish Sood & Varun Rattan SIngh

Lakshya, as a true friend, has made my life easy. Thankyou Lakshya :)

Since I was not able to get in touch with TIPA and other institutes in  Dharamshala, he put me in touch with one of his friends who lives in Himachal (Shimla to be precise) - Ashish Sood. Ashish is the Marketing Lead at MTB Himalaya (Mountain Biking Himalaya). 

Ashish inturn got me in touch with his friend Varun Rattan Singh who is the founder and COO at Srijan Dhauladhar Technologies,  an IT services company in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. He is also founder and CEO of Himvani - Voice of Himachal . Himvani, an NGO, is a widely read news portal about Himachal. He also respresents Kangra Arts Promotion Society (KAPS), a not for profit organization, as its Secretary.

Here are the links to the organizations mentioned above that he is associated with :

 http://www.srijan.in/

http://www.himvani.com/

http://www.kangraarts.org/

Varun knows a lot of people in Dharamshala and he told me he would be able to get me in touch with TIPA, Norbulingka and even Tibetans in the region. 

Yooohhooo :)

Travel plans!

Hiten has fallen sick! Our initial plan of travelling was around the 21st of October. Looks like we will have to wait for a couple of days :(

Jury over, Jury over... :):)

Nothing much that I would like to say! The title of this post is enough to reflect how I feel :)

Some pictures from my jury display!

Buddhist chants...

I have been listening to Buddhist chants for hours and hours together past 10 days. Soothing and soulful they are! 

Pari is unsure whether I could come back to NID if I go to Himachal:)

Here is the one I love most:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8mWj-qfCW8

It is the Om Mani Padme Hum change by Imee Ooi.

Tensed

My 3rd Semester jury is on the 15th, ie. the coming Monday at 10.15am. Lot of work to do and I am super tensed!