R & R Recollections and Reminiscences

Contents: I. Dedication: 1. Mother. 2. Father. 3. The Ayodhya Imbroglio. 4. Laughing Buddha. 5. Sunrise. II. Passion: 6. Footsteps in the rain. 7. Birthday wishes. 8. Friend. 9. Rhapsody. 10. Questions. 11. Rejoinder. 12. Eternal love. III. Exhilaration: 13. Music. 14. Looking ahead. 15. A bundle of joy. 16. Morns and nights. 17. Diwali Austerity. 18. In quest of X\'mas. 19. Wishful thinking. IV. Despondency: 20. Distraught. 21. Broken ties. 22. New year resolution. 23. Disgrace. 24. Global warming. 25. Success and failure. V. Perpetuity: 26. The soul and me. 27. Tell me why. 28. Inner voice. 29. The days of yore. 30. The apparition. VI. Milieu: 31. The girl. 2. Dowry. 33. On the Ghat of the Ganga. 34. Of Goddesses and girls. 35. Millionaries and slumdogs. 36. Mute servitude. 37. Reservation. 38. Political Pot-Pourri. 39. Terrorism. 40, Celestial bodies. VII. Peregrination: 41. A tribute to hometown. 42. Setting off tot he hills. 43. Sand and sea. 44. Rendezvous oat the Eiffel tower. 45. Lure of the Swiss alps. 47. Roman holiday. 48. Tulips. 49. London blues. 50. Uniquely Singapore."