Happy New Year

A vacation without internet access and a somewhat hectic visit to Italy just before has meant that this blog has been neglected for almost half a month now. However, before infusing life into this blog again, let me wish all my readers a very happy and successful New Year 2009. Perhaps we can hope for a little more peace and less bloodshed in this all too violent world. Even though this blog is not exactly suffering from a surfeit of comments, I have frequently encountered people (in meetings, through email) who tell me they are 'avid' (their words, not mine!) readers of my blog. This is, of course, deeply satisfying though I do wish some of them would leave some comments at least, as footprint of their visit. I do not aim for the stratospheric comments level of Amitabh Bachchan's blog, where every vacuous remark, every word exchanged with Abhishek and dutifully reported in the blog is met with 646 equally vacuous comments -- however a little less use of the Invisibility Cloak would be nice :) . So here's to peace in the world -- from the Jacquie Lawson card site.