The blue sky

Being in Europe and not seeing Rome is a sin, according to me. Capital of Italy left me amused, tired and happy. All emotions and same emotions experienced, which I would have, back in my home country. Setting off on a trip to Rome and Florence for 5 days was not easy, especially with a two year old kid, who tags along with you day and night, not understanding much of what is going on. The hotel, we chose was very close to the Metro station and the moment I came out from the airport of Rome, I felt like I was very much in some Indian city, the only difference being, the majority of the people were bright skinned. 

My colleague and good friend, Bala, sent me a mail about the Indian Film Festival in Stuttgart which was going to happen from 18th-20th July. I was delighted and excited at the same time. I immediately glanced at the programme and was happy to see many good and regional films that were going to be screened in this festival. They were going to be presented with sub-titles of course! It was going to be an interesting thing to watch the German people's reaction to Indian films as there is a enormous difference between the two countries, cultures and cinema.

Technology has once again come to my rescue. Yeah! After 20 years, the gang of girls from my school is re-united, re-connected. Thanks to the wonderful and magical App called Whtsapp. Early this year, I got in touch with many of my old batch mates and realized that the boys were connected to each other all this time. Then why the girls shouldn’t also give it a try, I thought. Suddenly, it dawned on me to start such a group of girls and I immediately posted it on our FB group page. The responses started pouring in and within no time, we 4 gals took off.