Surviving Empty Nest

Prologue:  I have written a few times that I did not want to write about SSR anymore and that his soul needs to rest in peace but the revelations after revelations that have been happening since the discovery of his body on 14th June 2020 are slowly untangling a web that would otherwise not be visible to the naked eye. The latest revelations, though seemed mind boggling, are nothing new. They seem very new because it involves a presumably nice character of a person called Sushant Singh Rajput. Otherwise, drug linkages are old news. Now, some of you may question me why I wrote `presumably'. If the adage `a man is judged by the company he keeps' is true, then the word presumably fits very well. Even his family had at one time had concerns with the company that he kept that they alerted the Mumbai police, who of course did nothing. Padmavyuham CBI and ED investigations have revealed that almost everyone around him who lived in that Mont Blanc flat were both drug users and dealers....

Really folks! Publishing a book was like in the 13th out of the 15 things that I wanted to do before I die and a few weeks ago I had successfully published my book over Amazon. Why 13th in the list of 15? Because I had always thought that while I can write a book, publishing one wasn't my cup of tea. Watched late dad publish his book in prints while growing up. I thought it takes a lot of competence to be able to do that so I still could not believe I actually published one in the form of Kindle book and  paperback. Visited the page again and again, pinched myself a few times and finally realised that I have actually published a book over Amazon which has commercial value.  A bit of history - in 2010 I wrote a book for my employer, a government agency. It was a guide for entrepreneurs in managing their employees, mainly the knowledge employees - the ones who do the research and stuff. The book was never published but was circulated among clients of the company, then. In 2017 I...

  Dear Rhea (For those who have been following my blogs, if the way I address her is surprising, this is what I want to say - all said and done, she is still someone's daughter. May be abandoned - she was born Rhea Sharma, then became Chakraborthy. I know a number of abandoned kids from Bangalore who had a turn in life where they became millionaires, thanks to their adopted families. I believe Rhea is also in that league. So, she was someone's dear daughter, to begin with. Now, let's continue with the letter). You had messed up your life big time. Nothing that you had done all your life looks decent to anyone at this point in time, what more the labels gold digger and murderer. To add to the pain, digital media had labelled you `Lady of the Night' who charges between Rs 3 - 5 lakhs, per night. Why am I writing to you? I am writing this open letter to you with the hope that sanity will prevail and you would have the sense to spill all to the police, about everything and ...

I couldn't help myself but keep abreast of the SSR case, largely on YouTube. Lots and loads of information have been surfacing over the last one week, especially since the Patna police team arrived in Mumbai. Some of the information that I have come across: 1. Rhea Chakraborthy spent SSR's money lavishly including for black magic on him (!). There were transactions in SSR's KMBL (Kotak Mahindra Bank) statement that she had used the money for pooja purposes. SSR's family claimed that pooja was never performed anywhere, anytime. Black magic pooja? 2. Rhea Chakraborthy had received Rs10 crores or was it Rs100 crores, to kill SSR or at least to push him into depression and the rest will be take care of. Who paid her, I wonder. Was she one of those who killed SSR that wee hours in the morning of 14 June? 3. A video surfaced where she bragged that she is the real don and she just carries out collection of protection money as directed. A donnette? 😲 and directed by whom? Now,...