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Love for travel and catching up with old pals is something that took me to Oman this time. Other appealing factors included Oman’s proximity to Dubai (~215 km from where I am stationed currently), long weekend due to Prophet’s bday and cherry on the top, cheap quicker visa processing (50 AED, 2 days). Hence, with all factors favorable, Ms. Shukla was all set for her Oman travel from 29.11.18 to 03.12.18!!! Below is my travel itinerary and experience of the Omani vacation, with pieces of advice here and there for travelers, in case interested. Logistically the visa can be processed through  ( https://evisa.rop.gov.om/ ) Royal Oman Police website, though there are other private agencies too like www.ievisa.com and www.omanvisagov.com . My personal take will be to opt for the official govt website. It will be good to know the visa type required based on your travel duration, nationality, and other countries’ visa status. I applied for category 26N as I had a valid UK...

Fun with books...  2018 started with few good reads like “Mind is your business” by Sadhguru, “One Indian Girl” &  “2 States” by Chetan Bhagat and “Krishna’s Secrets” by Devdutt Pattanaik. However the one that deserved a special mention and pen down is the one by Gurucharan Das titled “ Difficulty of Being Good ” The piece of writing is the author’s superb exposition of the dilemmas inherent in one of the greatest epics of the world, ‘ The Mahabharata ’. The story of Mahabharata known to all of us and taught in our households since childhood, has so varied perspectives and connotations. The reading served its designed purpose of revitalizing the questioning spirit and raised more questions than had answers for. I will strongly recommend the book to readers who would like to engage with some serious piece of work and seek intellectual insights. As I recapitulate from my reading …. War of Mahabharata, greatest of the heroic wars in history, also r...

God could not have been everywhere, so he made parents. And God could not have heaven on earth so he made heaven like paradise places on the earth.  And so being one of the most fortunate one, I was able to experience both God and Godliness and heaven-ness in this year’s wonderful trip to Nepal with extended family.  Family Album link Mom-Dad, Chacha- Chachi, Dadi and Bhua with all the younger ones Appu, Banshi, Manu and Soumya, we were total of 11 people from age group of 12(Sowmya-Bhua’s daughter) to Dadi (82+). Habitual of reaching airport just an hour early for domestic travel, I assumed that reaching 2:5 hours in advance of departure, we were well ahead of time. And so all of us were almost in a holiday relaxing mode already taking pictures and having snacks at the airport. While we reached the Indigo counter at around 10:00 AM for the flight of 11:45 AM, it was a long line already and little did I realize that not everybody had a passport so checking docume...