Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Oxford of the East


The city of Pune was called the "Oxford of the East" by the late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, due to its popularity with students from all over the world. Why am I talking about Pune ? Because we will be moving there soon. I have decided to accept a job offer from a US based company that has an office in Pune.


I am very excited to move to Pune, we will be close to Mumbai and to Singapore as well. But this is Anushka's blog, so I am going to write about what her thoughts might be on the subject. I wonder if Anushka will feel the difference, I'm sure she will think that we are on another trip and that soon she will be back in her own home, her play area in the loft, the bathtub, the backyard.. wonder if she will miss it ? She will see so many new faces, grand parents, great grand parents, uncles, aunts, cousins, oh she is going to get a lot of attention in the first few months. I wonder if she will be overwhelmed by all the activity around her and how much time will it take for her to get accustomed to it. Will she miss the big, bright and colorful aisles of the grocery stores here and wonder why vegetables are being delivered at the door now ?

Sunday, February 17, 2008

My first entry


Green Lake


She is always very excited when we get her car seat out because she knows we are going out for a ride, but most of the times its the routine trip to the grocery store. But I think today even she knew that this was going to be much more fun, the sun was out, Mom was wearing a cool outfit, Papa was getting his camera bag ready, oh this was going to be a fun little outing.

We met Helena (Leena) at Green Lake park today. Anushka and Leena started checking each other out the minute they settled down. After a while they were tugging on each other's caps and sweaters. It feels great to see Anushka's progress, a few weeks ago she would be nervous and even start to cry if another baby got very close to her and started to touch her. Now she is not afraid to get close to them , touch and even pull things out of their hands.