Happy birthday, V

Met Murali, my MA classmate, in the corridor today. He is an Assistant Editor and now acts as assistant to the Reader's Editor. Said we will apply for our MPhil convocation - it is over 10 years since we cleared Mphil but we are still walking around with the provisional certificate; need to get the real certificate from Madras uni. He has put on a lil weight. But otherwise he still looks like R.K. Laxman's Common Man. http://members.rediff.com/anoop_pant/commonman.html
It was V's b'day yesterday. Ate out at a Chettinadu restaurant called Anjappar. Had mutton biriyani and nettili fry.
Mom said that maid has been awed by Ash's mischief - said she will reconsider coming to Madras if he is coming too. She can look after Mira alone, she says. Must find a way out.