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 youth attendees had to be seen to be believed. It felt wonderful to see