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There you go. Finally a few words on a day made memorable by Shakespeare in Julius Caesar. Of course, there are other important things to remember but this one, every year makes me contemplate. Why not ides of April or June? It can be after all, it is the first new moon of the month which the internet tells me falls between 13 and 15th. That is doubtful. Then again, it should fall in every month. But then every month is not a new year. Before you doubt; did you know this was the first month of the year: when we had only 10 months. Or so I think. January and February came later. Either way, the ides of March was always a bad men. For Caesar it was. There was a Hollywood movie too by the same name and it dealt with politics too. For me, it means nothing. Just 15th of March. A memorable day just because it is called the ides of March.  I wanted to write something about it. I did. There!

 Yesterday I attended another wedding, a friend's sister's son got married. The point of interest was that I had attended the mother's wedding some 30 years back and it was a full circle. I met her daughter too. who incidentally had married a couple of years back. So here I was, at another wedding. The mother had been a young girl then but now she was all grown up and proud as could be. Life does go around in circles. But the circles are different...   

 All off 5 months since I wrote anything here. Today is special as a friend of mine celebrates his birthday and also a house warming ceremony of his second house. He is a good man and deserves the best in his life. Wishes to him. Today is also tinged with sadness for we lost the inimitable Lata Mangeshkar. Here is a short note I wrote to my friends. "A short note which I feel like sharing. Today Lata Mangeshkar passed away. A legend like her deserves accolades and a tinge of sadness. On the other side, yesterday I saw a movie called "Cry Macho" (On Amazon Prime) and Clint Eastwood, all of 90 (now 92) when he directed and acted in the movie. He was old true, but but the legend that he is, he could pull it off.  The movie itself is not a western or good but stands out only because it has Eastwood.  At 90 if you can do that, you must be really fantastic and have the passion to do something worthwhile. So here's a message to you all. Live a full life and never think of y...