Back in a new avatar
The JLF and the election results Dear Reader: You will probably feel a whiff of déjà vu as you read this. For, once upon a time – during the good, not-so-old, pre-corona days – I had been a weekly presence at your Saturday/Sunday breakfast as a footloose blogger. Having been bitten by the bug once again, here I am, albeit in a different avatar (with more grey hair and less wisdom) for my weekend rendezvous with you, hoping that you will forgive me if you find it an unwarranted, ill-mannered intrusion into your busy world of WhatsApp- ing , Twitter- ing , Facebook- ing and so on… The last week (10 March-17 March) was all travel for me. While the Assembly election results were trickling in, accompanied by Saroj, my better- (and younger) half, I had already landed at Jaipur for the famous literature festival (JLF). Wow! The josh, the gaiety and the excitement particularly amongst the you...