Answering questions from the last post

Photo above: Library/Conference/lunch room circa 2000. L to R Siddharth Wahi, Abhishek Saxena, Hardip Wirk, self, Saket Shukla.

There's been an overwhelming, heartwarming response to yesterday's post. Many thanks.

There have also been a lot of follow up questions. Here are a few answers:

No, I'm not going to disclose the name of the client. A bit of clever googling might reveal the answer.

The item on top of the monitor (in the previous post) is a miniature charpai or charpoy. Please don't ask why it's there.

The item in the little pouch on the desk is a Palm Pilot. For those under the age of 35, this was the grandaddy of the smartphone.

My watch is a Swatch.

The dark green Ikon was sold many years ago, replaced with a Toyota Corolla. I think Anand also replaced his Ikon with a Corolla.

Yes, my desk is curved, it isn't an optical illusion. It was given to me by the late great architect Pradeep Sachdeva, who built Dilli Haat and was a close family friend. Lucky it was curved - my room was so small that the door would not have opened if it hadn't been.

The client is still a friend, though he ceased to be a client a long time ago.

The restaurant we were going to was TK's, in the Hyatt Regency on the Ring Road.

The miniature bottles at the top of the photo are a bottle of Glenturret from the year of my birth, a disgusting gentian liquor from Auvergne called Salers and a bottle of vintage Vat 69.

I haven't gone bald, not yet.

There are many more stories from the early years, I will unravel them little by little.

Thanks again for the interest!