Up early to take the flight to Ahmedabad. Conducted meetings with team AB Corp on board. Picked up on the tarmac and off to Kensville Golf Living an hour and a half away - a golf facility with housing coming up rapidly and the venue of an International Golf Tournament, perhaps the first for Gujarat. Crowds people autographs a million pictures, driving a golf ball for the electronic, more press, more pictures, non stop visitors and finally the award presentation to winners in the opener today, music by Rekha Bharadwaj and her melodious mellow voice, back to airport and take off into a waiting period of over an hour, and then Mumbai touch down !

A lot packed into one day, but worth every bit of it. It is always wonderful to see young blood showing initiative and drive in achieving a dream. And today was an example of what drive can do. Kensville is an entire city by itself around a beautiful golf course, indigenously designed and the accomplishment of a few that worked ceaselessly to achieve it. May they grow and proper in the future too.

Back home with the grandchildren and the other bachchas lounging around the ‘box’ and watching some basketball greats in their moment of incredible glory. Michael Jordan, Shaq, Magic … unbelievable feats on the courts !! Had bumped into Magic Johnson once in LA in the lobby of a hotel. Bumped into would be the exact metaphor to use. I had sailed into his midrif by accident. Even at 6′2″ its the midrif that I would reach in any case standing next to a basketball giant. A polite and gentle seeming Magic had smiled and helloed when I greeted him. Then later saw him live at the Forum in LA at a game. Seen many other greats too in action at the Madison Square Garden, during many of the Knicks game … such extraordinary talent and agility … true sportsman quality !!

I leave for Europe day after on production work for upcoming film and shall be back just in time to join the crew and cast of ‘Aarakshan’ in Bhopal for Prakash Jha. Life is getting busy and committed and soon many of the questions being raised by the likes of Fatima in SoAfrica on my non-working anxiety, shall be quelled. Silence works best with the loudest noise, when allowed to remain silent !

And I am silent of the fact that it is time for me to lay my head .. may I ? Thank you ..

Love you all and more … and sorry for the Zenee W. mishap. Of course it is Rene Z… thank you the correction !!

Amitabh Bachchan