Travelling

Yours truly is travelling to his beloved country early morning today for three weeks (real early, am sleepless in amersham). Expect a short break at this blog for the next few days. I'll make the odd post from Namakkal and provide you with a glimpse of the southern country with my newly minted Sony camera. If you are hanging about in Chennai, you can spot me at Shaastra. I'll be there on Saturday night and Sunday morning.

I am quite thrilled to have Mark Twain in my bag. A couple of books of his to enliven the trip. So long.

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