Friday, February 27, 2009

Rediscovering Delhi – Part 1: Connaught Place

I had been away from Delhi a long long time, and a lot has changed in the past five years. With all the roads, flyovers and Delhi Metro construction activity, routes no longer look familiar.

I had a chance to visit Connaught Place yesterday, and it was awesome. I have never browsed so many books in a single day before! And I happened to carry a camera along as well, and there are a couple of photographs worth showing.


Plaza Panorama

A hand-held panorama – PVR Plaza road

Pigeons

Hundreds of pigeons feeding on the sidewalk

I took another panoramic shot but I messed it up (overexposed with bad focus). CP is a heaven for shopping on a limited budget, specially for books. I got myself an Orhan Pamuk (he’s become popular even with footpath sellers) for the time being, since I was short on cash, but I’ll surely be making another visit soon enough (with lots of cash!). :)

Well, while the weather remains as good as it is, I’ll be doing a bit more Dilli Darshan (hence the “Part 1” in the title). So long!

Monday, February 16, 2009

Two Weeks Later: Status check

Lots of people are asking me what's up. Life has changed completely since I relocated two weeks ago, here's a quick summary of what has happened:
  • Orientation week at home (I'd been away a long long time)
  • Met some entrepreneurs
  • Almost discarded the idea
  • Then got working at it feverishly
  • Company name, website and logo done: CampusConsole
  • Survived chilly winter days
  • Celebrated first birthday at home in seven years
  • Less than 6k in bank
  • And lastly, gained a lot of weight (and probably still gaining)
Agenda for coming weeks? Get customers and deliver. Simple!