Nuances

In this episode I would like to share my experience of visiting the local bank. It all started on Saturday, the day we had planned to visit London. En route we decided to visit the bank in which Adarsh holds an account to notify the change of address. Though the banking system is almost similar to the one back in India, the procedures are slightly different. As soon as you enter the premises, bank employees give you one-on-one attention no matter what the issue is. Luckily we found an elderly woman named Davina Salisby. She was very sweet to us and finished the intended job in a jiffy. She just did not send us away with that. Realising the fact that we had recently moved into the new apartment, she proceeded to advertise some of the banking products which actually was on our minds too. Back in Indian nationalised bank branches, only the manager has a cabin. But here, there are multiple cabins each equipped with a computer and the required stationary. So, she took us into one of the...

Boom began the morn of the second of October just as unexpectedly as the month of September. Is it only me or is time really flying at escape velocity? I should definitely check with the saner group! Jokes apart, time is not waiting for itself, leave alone for the tide. The impending wedding which now is a memory of the past, the intended departure of Adarsh which is also a thing of the past now and my expected travel; all of these events have just zoomed by. And lo behold, I am on the flight typing this travelogue. The penultimate day of my travel was very busy with visit to Grandparent’s place, getting my luggage weighed and bidding quasi farewells to all kinds of people. The cherry on top of the cake was of course the tasty gobi Manchuria by Ash, Dahi vada by Amma and the Dutch Truffle cake from Aparna and Rajesh. Imagine celebrating and chatting till 11 in the night just before the day of flight – this is my kind of preferred life! In a wink of the eye, dawned the morning of ...