21 years ago, 329 people were murdered by brutal terrorists in the bombing of Air India flight# 182 off the coast of Ireland. Flight# 182 was bound to New Delhi from Toronto & Montreal. After 21 years the Canadian authorites have re-opened a public enquiry to find out the 'real' culprits and punish them. One would wonder why such a delay took place in a developed nation such as Canada. However, its better late than never.

My heart goes out to the family of the victims and crew of MV Laurentian Forest, a commercial ship which was the first at scene for rescue operations. The crew members were also victims of terrorism as they are still haunted by the happenings of that fateful day.

This post comes very late...almost a month later than it was supposed to be, but here it is. I visited my alma mater when I was back in Dehradun a month ago in August. Some of the pics are here. Just one of the few things that makes me super-nostalgic and makes me want to go back home at that instant !

The new junior block


The temperature in hell is 32F today ! Yes, the horse shoe is gone !!!


Good old SJA !


The good old carefree days of innocene and fun !!!

The first week at work finally got over and being in a new city, I had absolutely no plans for the weekend. On saturday I got invited to one of my family friend's for supper. Good, better than spending the evening at home ! Today (Sunday) a bucnh of us (actually only 4 of us) decided to go visit downtown Ottawa. It was a small trip, but i must say that downtown Ottawa is absolutely so beautiful ! My phone camera does not do any justice to it !

The Canadian Parliament !

Made a small trip to my workplace. Will be starting at Cognos from 5th September. Looking forward to it !

I havent blogged for about a month now. I can blame that partly on heavy school work and partly on my whirldwind, 2 week India trip. Lots of things have happened since then and life has taken a huge turn, I dont know for the good or for the bad.

More about the India trip. Was in India from 7th August till 23rd August. Met my family, loved ones and a few friends. By the time it sunk in that I was in motherland, I was already sitting in Air Canada flight# 879, heading back to Canada. Short trip, and as much as i want, maybe my last trip to motherland for a very very long time now.

Coming back to Canada, I had to pack all my stuff and move to Ottawa for a 4 month internship with Cognos Inc. Today was my first day in Ottawa. A totally new city with not a single friend or family member...whoa ! New experience !! Now I know how it feels to be totally alone...yes, it feels very lonely ! I must say that I am fortunate to have a very friendly landlord and he is an awesome guy.

I am looking forward to starting work on 5th September with Cognos. For my friends who read my blog, my email still stays the same so you can always drop me a line and my phone number has changed, which can be found as my MSN nick.

Update: Some pictures from my India trip.

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We drive on the good side !

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The Dehradun valley...so beautiful !

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Himalayas from the terrace of my house

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The Sivalik range...also known as the lesser Himalayas