Back to my own country, the first day back to work. I missed my car, my safari. Its still not back, some parts still missing. The workshop says it may take a week more :( . This gave me an opportunity to drive a A-Star. The car is good. Has a smooth engine, pick up good, and of course the interiors are excellent. The car is on loan, and yes it makes me drive it more carefully and also praying no one damages this one. You need a real luck to be able to safely get back home in this mad rush of traffic.
Sometimes when i sit back and do "manthan" rocking on the chair, alone (the modern way of manthan - the Himalayas are so polluted, that a AC in a room looks a better place for manthan), I ponder why are we all a part of the mad race.
As i got comfortable with the car, i soon realized i too was a part of the race. All my manthan gone to naughts :-)). The race against the clock starts. The general is back to his domain, his lair, the familiar place, the familiar faces, his karm bhoomi.