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Thursday, June 02, 2005

Posted 6:52 PM by Anurag

June 1st: A Baby and A Business Born.

Yesterday I had a great time. Met up with Reem for lunch. There were two reasons for the lunch appointment: 1) As her law studies are over in Bangalore, she was leaving Bangalore today for Dubai for good. 2) It was my birthday. Even though Reem's a hard-core non-veggie, we decided to goto Gramin restaurant, voted as the best veg restaurant in Bangalore by Times Food Guide. Gramin is located at Raheja Arcade, Koramangala, near The Forum mall.

I had always wanted to gift Reem one of my favourite books NUTS!. Hence, before meeting her, I went to the Landmark at The Forum, but no damn edition of book was in stock! Tried for Moments of Truth by Jan Carlzon of Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS). Even that was outta stock. Anyhow, had a nice lunch at Gramin. We talked about anything and everything, most importantly the topic of 'Bangalore without her'. While talking about common friends Prathish and Reema who are expecting a baby, she said that their due date was June 10th. Anyways, in the end, as usual Reem had her way and my birthday treat turned into her treat to me!

Here comes the most interesting part: After the lunch, she said if I knew Woody's at JP Nagar. I said I did. She said lets go. I said, Let's! On the way she picked up loads of sweets, and flowers. When we reached Woody's, she said 'Hmm.. so that's the hospital' referring to the Malathi hospital opposite Woody's. And instead of going to Woody's, we headed to the hospital. When I asked a few questions, I was told not to ask so many questions. So there we go inside the hospital. And she inquired at the reception, not by name but by room number only. Total Secrecy! So finally, we goto this room and lo behold, who do I meet: Prathish and Reema! They just had a baby yesterday morning! So that was the surprise, Reem wanted me to meet this newborn baby who was born on the same day as my birthday! Oh Reem, you're never out of pleasant surprises. Old habits die hard! The baby, named June for the time being, is so cute! Spent sometime with Prathish, Reema, and the baby and then we left. Said final bye to Reem at The Forum, after which I had to goto the inauguration of the Indus Aviation Complex.

Indus Aviation have opened world's first aircraft showroom in Bangalore (News items: Business Standard, Financial Express, Mid-Day, Hindu, Deccan Herald and more. Good PR job, Divya [Hanmer and Partners]!). Its located at 80 ft road, Koramangala. (Landmarks: Opposite IBP petrol pump; Near National Games Villages; Near Feast of Asia restaurant, and also adjacent to Chandni Chowk restaurant). I had earlier written about my visit to the aircraft manufacturing facility where the aircraft in showroom was manufactured. Indus are selling aviation to the people, and not aircraft, a philosophy which is great considering that general aviation (GA) in India is not all that happening and aviation awareness is still quite low. The merchandise, all related to aviation, on offer was pretty neat: there were mugs, t-shirts, books, DVDs, pilot gear, instruments, aeromodels (by my very good friend Adarsh N). The best though was aircraft-embedded crystal cubes (sorta like this). I am definitely going back to buy that stuff. Met a lot of people there. Also met Dr Ram Pattisapu for the first time even though we had talked earlier on phone. Met quite a few others with whom I've interacted online over the time but never had met them. Notable amongst them was Kartikey, who had come down from Gujarat. A CPL holder from USA, he's currently based at Valsad/Surat, and thinking of setting up a hobby flying school/Charter operations. Nita also had come down to experience the store. Overall, the General Aviation store is a brilliant concept which in my opinion will defnitely fly. Yesterday was invite-only inauguration of the showroom. It opens to public on June 10. Do check the goodies out then.

So, in addition to my birthday, June 01, 2005 saw a baby born to a friend couple and a new business being born! Its nice when you can associate events with key dates in your life.

11 comments

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Hey belated Happy Bday!!

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Anonymous : June 03, 2005 2:30 PM

Dude,
Whats the baby's name ??
Sudheendra

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The Buck Stops Here : June 03, 2005 3:12 PM

Nancy: Thanks! :)
Sudhee: Baby's name is June!

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