Soldier and Professional

08 Sep was quite a day. a rare occasion, when I seemed have hypertension. The sequence that needed attention are as under: - IGNOU threatened to cancel the session for Jan 2010. The material is not yet in the form of SLP, as required by IGNOU. Gandhis thought that we were ignoring our mother. The Material in English is as bad, the subjects were under wrong heads. Suman still has a problem with her boutique functioning. Mr. Pratap of RDAT was offended, as I spoke loudly with him. Surprisingly, I had a headache today.

I commenced playing squash in the year 1970, then 21. In 1985, Col Sundar Lalawani was my squash partner in Kalu Chak, a hamlet on the outskirts of the Jammu. He was a tough competitor in the squash court. Abruptly he stopped coming for squash. It was appropriate, that we call on Lalwanis, and we did. It so transpired that Mrs Lalwani, happened to have read an article by a doctor, who advised, that squash should not be played beyond 35, by some other accounts after 40. Well, that was rather unpalatable to me and made me uncomfortable, for it has been squash, which I had been able to play consistently. Here, I was beneficiary of the un-utilized squash racquet of Col Lalwani It was a foregone conclusion that well defined difference of opinion and animated discussion was on cards. I have a knack of survival. Now 60 and still playing, any time I am confronted with wisdom on "when to stop playing squash" I get away by stating, that I am a limited player, and that ha...