last Phase in Bidar

Now that we are already out of Bidar and I am trying to sum up five months of events, i dont even recall many things to write here. Most important of all was that I finally took out a vacation and myself and Deepu went to the Andamans in mid November.

It was a great memorable trip but for the duration. We hardly spent about four days there and surely that place deserves atleast 10 days to get a feel of it. We also celebrated Deepu's Birthday there on the 17th with a nice private dinner at the lighthouse restaurant and with great seafood of the Andamans. The most memorable part of the trip offcourse was the snorkling experience among the corals.

We also made it to the Jarawa tribal reserve to see the jarawas. On the whole a good vacation.

December was mostly uneventful as much as I can recall now. January was to be the month of Bidar Utsav. A real big event for Bidar city. It was slated for 27, 28 and 29th of january and all preparations were made, guests called, a massive police deployment already put in place to manage the lakhs of crowds and finally when it came to the inauguration on the 27th, at 3.30 pm in the afternoon we got the sad news of the demise of our former President Shri Venkatraman. So much at stake ! The inauguration begun at 5 pm and just as the inauguration was over at 6.30 we received a message from the government that no functions will be held for the next one week. It was such a shock to not only the organisers but also the crowds that had gathered there. After a day the organisers recovered from the shock and again took a decision to have the Utsav on the 7th, 8th and 9th of Feb. It was held as planned again and the event went on well. Some memorable artists that we watched and met were, Sonu Nigam and Sunidhi chauhan. On the whole these events kept me busy with my job and also brought some appreciation from the general public for the way it was handled.

On 27 th of February I had to attend court at Arakkonam near Chennai, some left over work related to my previous CISF association. So myself and Deepu both decided to go to Chennai and spend some time together. So we left Bidar to Hyderabad on the morning of 26th and Deepu got to meet some of her Medical college classmates there that evening. Had a good dinner and took the next early-morning flight to Chennai. On reaching Chennai, I was told that the court was cancelled due to some advocates strike and we both decided to spend the rest of the day in chennai going around the city. We met some friends and went around the city. As we were doing this I got a call from my Bidar office that I had been transfered to Mangalore as SP Dakshina Kannada. I didnt know how to take it. In normal circumstances a posting to Mangalore is something an officer will die for. But here myself and Deepu were just about settling down in Bidar and had no problems with the place. We had settled down with a nice routine and had started to enjoy the place. Moreover Mangalore had developed into a notorious place with all the events like the Church attacks, Pub attacks and murders. I was sure in Mangalore I will have no time for Deepu. As we moved around the city of Chennai that evening, we were confused, but finally decided to take things as they come, go by the posting order and i'll take charge of Mangalore on the 3rd of March.

We returned back to Bidar the next day by the morning flight and got along with finishing the formalities of leaving Bidar. Most important of all was the packing of the whole house. It was a real tiresome job this time. We finally packed the house and Deepu & me left for hyderabad after handing over charge of Bidar on the morning of 2nd March. I left Deepu there and left for Mangalore on the morning of 3rd by flight.