15/May/2007. I am in Udaipur. For some reason, I am sneaking up a car to ascertain whether it is the same car in which I had made some previous trip. The car is parked only a little distance away from Vaibhav's house. But the area, nor the house looks like Vaibhav's house at all. I move away from the area and keep walking towards a marketplace. This place is a no traffic zone. There is a very beautiful palace here, which is unfortunately in ruins. I think that someone should buy and convert the palace into a hotel. Right next to this palace, there is a second palace which is in an equally bad shape. And then a third palace which is actually being converted to a hotel. But the renovation is progressing in total distaste. There is a lot of fine detailing on the walls and pillars of the palace, all of which is being covered with uniform plain marble slabs. Further on, I find a Shiv temple. The priest of the temple is saying that someone gave a hundred rupees donation, obviously indicating that I should offer some money too. So I hurry away from the temple. This temple is in a big air conditioned hall. A little distance away is a library where I find a beautifully compiled index of books. I think I would just be able to browse in the library, so I am pleasantly surprised when the librarian tells me that I can get books issued as well. Just as I am thinking about books, Vaibhav calls up. She is working in Bhopal and asks me to come over. She tells me it takes two hours by bus to Bhopal. I am thinking that if it takes just two hours, I still have a lot of time before I board the bus.

... and then it was day break

29/Apr/2007. There are two people in a mall in Russia - a guy and a girl. The guy feels a sharp sting in his back - he looks and finds a dart stuck in his back. He realizes he is in trouble. Suddenly, there is a volley of darts flying towards him, all propelled by Russian soldiers in uniform. But the couple escapes by getting into a narrow corridor of the mall. They now know that they are being chased, but also know that they are safe for the time being. They get into a corner shop of the mall. The girl leaves to use the rest-room in the shop, while the guy moves around the rather smallish shop with the owner of the shop looking on. The shop has two exit gates. Before the girl can come back, someone closes one of the exit door and the guy knows that he is in trouble. He grabs the girl and they start to run, avoiding the second exit which they know will be closed soon. They are many other people in the mall, and the couple knows that all of these people will die. Their only aim is to get out of the mall before all openings are sealed by the soldiers. I catch up with them in their run. We three run really hard, performing amazing stunts by climbing on rooftops, jumping large gaps and making impossible moves with ease. After a long run, we finally have to jump from the roof and into a shallow swimming pool. I jump in and almost touch the bottom of the pool. Once out of the pool, we see an exit gate and step out of this gate. Just then, a guard emerges from a nearby subway and closes the final exit gate. We are ecstatic that we made it, but cannot digest the fact that once all gates are sealed, all people inside will die. I continue to walk alone on the streets of Russia. There, an aunt from Doongarpur (mostly) meets me and asks me to fill her visa form for U.K. I start to fill up the form, but the first field of the form asks for a Wipro Employee Code, which she obviously does not have.

... and then it was day break