Happy New Year 2016!

Hey there, I've been away for a while (again).
I realize I must make these disappearances scarce.
A lot of things have transpired in the recent past and I've not written about any of these things.
I call this my literary abode and I've not done what I do best - relate my experiences.

So, here's a snapshot of what I've been up to in the past year that I haven't written about:
- A few trips to:
  • Chennai (my first experience of a big, fat, Bong wedding)
  • Goa 
  • Yercaud 
  • Hampi (a family reunion)
- I visited several new watering holes around town
- Finished a beautiful book called 'Lean In' by Sheryl Sandberg and downloaded many more on my Kindle
- Watched some wonderful movies:
  • Spectre
  • Bajirao Mastani
  • The Hateful Eight
  • Sicario
  • The Theory of Everything
  • I Am Ali
Ugh! the list is exhausting as you can see and I'm sure I've still missed out on a few other things.
It's too late for me to start writing about each one of these now. So what I'm going to do is start over - with a promise.

A promise to record all (or at least, most of) my experiences this year, no matter how long or short. Call that a resolution, if you will. 

What I'm also going to do is a review of Bajirao Mastani as my next post - because well, there are some things I feel strongly about and they haven't found a release yet.
That said.

Here's wishing everyone a very happy new year!
And like always, we're going to keep things fresh and original here, so stick around.


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