The Chamber

Just finished reading “The Chamber” by John Grisham, a searing portrayal of an aging Ku Klux Klan convict on the death row, his agonies, his cleansing, his relationship with his family, in a slow and deliberate manner that wrenches your guts away. While there is sufficient legalese in the book, it is the morbidity that hits you as a reader. Undoubtedly, one of Grisham’s best.

Rendezvouz with Rama

Just finished reading "Rendezvouz with Rama", the first book of the Rama mea series by Arthur Clarke. No wonder Arthur has been named as the grand master of science fiction. He wins hands down with his deep, near perfect description of Rama, an interstellar spacecraft. Clarke weaves his magic here. Waiting to read the other books in the series and his other series also.

speed intervals - Juhu Beach - friday, 2nd april 2010

Did speed intervals today at Juhu beach, first time that speed work was done at the beach. Did 7 rounds of 400 metres followed by easy jog of 400 metres. Before that did rigorous stretching and followed it up with post run stretching.There were 8 of us in the group.

Public Provident Fund Scheme

RBI has clarified on Public Provident Fund Scheme that


1) in case of deposit of cheques in the PPF a/c, the date of realization of the cheque will be henceforth treated as date of deposit, as against date of tender which was hitherto considered as date of deposit;

2) PPF account can be opened in the name of minor children by either father or mother (but not both);

copy of RBI circular can be found here

tempo run - tuesday, 30th march 2010

Did a 27 minutes tempo today, good pace throughout, good rhythm.

easy run - friday, 26th march 2010

did an easy run of 67.13 minutes, good rhythm, easy pace and controlled running, experimented with high style of running for a while, looks good.

Tempo - Wednesday, 24th march 2010

Did a tempo  run of 22 minutes today, experimented with better running style, good results. Overall workout for 56.01 minutes, Completed 50 hours of running today for 2010.