After some hiding, I am back with lots of energy (not as much as I want to as I think I am getting sick).

Last weekend, I flew to Boston for my sister's wedding. It was great to meet my sister Pushpa, brother-in-law Yogya, my parents, cousins, bhaujoo (sister-in-law), niece and Yogya's parents and relatives. It was also great to meet my friends from Boston who I had missed a lot. I don't have their pictures yet. This was the first time I was there after I left Boston in Oct 2003.

(from left to right, top row) My cousin Ananda, Yogya's brother-in-law, dad, sister Pushpa, brother-in-law Yogya, myself, mom, Yogya's dad, Yogya's mom and Yogya's sister
(from left to right, bottom row) My niece Niti, sister-in-law Sarmila, and cousin Deepak
(photo credit: Expert Arnico Panday, a genius PhD from MIT)

Today, we went to SEAT car assembly plant located near Barcelona. The factory visit was part of our Operations Management class. It was amazing to see a new car being produced every five minutes or so. I saw advanced robots in actions for the first time in my life. We couldn't take pictures inside. But here is the one I took inside the bus we took.


Coincidentally, today's Financial Times carried an exclusive coverage on the car industry. It mentioned about SEAT as well. I was enjoying reading FT this afternoon after the visit as the weather was gorgeous.

In the evening, my wife had a dance practice in Komal's place for the multicultural night thats taking place tomorrow. She is dancing on 2 songs. I was kicked out from Bhangra dance because I didn't practise as I was in the US during the weekend. Pobre me!!