Gautam Kulkarni

Aviation

[Gautam Kulkarni @arctticflier]

@LiveFromALounge Brother 525 been using it for the last 4 years absolutely no issues. Still works just as new.

[Gautam Kulkarni @arctticflier]

@amarbarwe Yes, and the dialogue of 30 years ka experience hai ! From Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi.

[Vikram Chandrashekar @Vikrchan]

A new phase of life : Empty nesters

When children leave home, they call it an “empty nest.” It sounds poetic, but the reality is less poetry and more practical: the food lasts longer, and the wet towel on the bed suddenly becomes a matter of national security. A house that once ran like Majestic Bus Stand at rush hour is now as quiet as Cubbon Park on a weekday afternoon.

For years, life revolved around their timetables. Their hunger schedule, sleep and school schedules , you planned family trips around exams, projects, and internships. Even your weekend vegetable shopping had to factor in “what they will eat”, as if the whole of Jayanagar market and Simply Namdaris was designed only for their taste buds. And now, suddenly, all that stops. The house feels empty, the fridge too , and your weekend evenings too free.

Of course, there are perks. You can eat dinner at 7 p.m. like a civilised person, instead of waiting when someone finishes “just one last game.” You can even travel without syncing calendars and WhatsApp groups. Some couples rediscover each other in this new phase. Your spouse, who until now was just a fellow project manager in the family startup, suddenly starts paying you more attention. Is this a good thing? Sometimes yes. Other times, no. When there are no teenagers around to distract, those books all over the house is suddenly drawing too much attention.

Do you miss the children? Naturally. Sometimes achingly. You’ll see their favourite chips in Nilgiris and feel a lump in your throat. You’ll enter their room and feel it’s unnervingly https://t.co/BS5nYI6ehm socks under the table, no water bottles under the bed. Other times, you don’t miss them at all. The freedom of not being tied to their schedules is delicious. You can rediscover hobbies, eat at places you like, go for long walks, or just sit with a book without someone asking, “What’s for dinner?” Just after finishing lunch.

The real heartbreaker and sometimes comedy show is the boomerang phase. They come home for the holidays, and suddenly the house is not yours anymore. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are dictated by their cravings. “Why not biryani today?” “Can you make pasta tomorrow?” “How come there’s no Nutella and protein powder in the house ?” The family diet bends instantly back to their whims, and you find yourself cooking like it’s exam season again. Plans are made to eat at their favourite places. Their rooms are transformed overnight into disaster zones. Suitcases spill open, clothes occupy three chairs, and chargers dangle from every plug point like temple garlands. They treat the house like a hostel except the hostel is run by parents who provide free food and Wi-Fi. You are delighted they are home, of course, but you also remember exactly why you celebrated just a little when they first left.

And then, just as suddenly, they leave again. The fridge is full once more, the beds are neatly made, the silence is back, sharper this time, because it follows a burst of chaos.

How do parents cope? By keeping themselves very busy. By not making the absence into a headline. By slowly rediscovering that life can be full in other ways : through work, travel, friends, or just the quiet comfort of routine.

And how often do you think of them? Every day. Sometimes in a wave of nostalgia, sometimes just in passing ,like a dose joint you always went to or the smell of fresh laundry. Children leave, yes. But they live rent-free in your head and like most tenants in Bangalore, they’re never really leaving.

All in jest folks !

[Gautam Kulkarni @arctticflier]

@chiragbarjatya Most of the river front is already encroached by private for profit entities like scrap yards car washing centres etc. ain’t it better to have a clearly demarcated public space for general public to use ??

[Gautam Kulkarni @arctticflier]

@Iyervval @hvgoenka Yes and 2nd part from Rammstein concert

[Gautam Kulkarni @arctticflier]

@SirishChandran Hi, did you travel via Karad/Malkapur /Anuskura /Oni today? Was intending to do the same route on Saturday? Any advice regarding road conditions/ diversions / rains ? Thanks.

[Gautam Kulkarni @arctticflier]

@kprasad15 @TheINIofficial @Dev_Fadnavis @AjitPawarSpeaks @aparanjape @nitin_gadkari @narendramodi @PMCPune @mohol_murlidhar @SwarajyaMag @lokmattimeseng @NHAI_Official Seeing this in Apple Maps. Most proposed infrastructure projects are showing up in Apple Maps. Not sure how correct this is.

[Gautam Kulkarni @arctticflier]

@LiveFromALounge Unbelievable ! !

[Gautam Kulkarni @arctticflier]

@GabbbarSingh Any resort at Le Morne Brabant, its just very beautiful though cutoff from regular sight seeing. Had a great time at the St Regis there its JW now.

[Gautam Kulkarni @arctticflier]

@aviationbrk @BLRAviation Something happened near the APU right before the veer off.

[Gautam Kulkarni @arctticflier]

@Airtel_Presence @airtelnews complete broadband shutdown since 5 days with no replies and updates from @airtelindia at Baner Pune. Very shoddy service and lack of updates makes this situation worse !! Avoid #airtel

[Gautam Kulkarni @arctticflier]

@anandmahindra That reminds me of the suspension of a Mahindra while off-roading.

[Gautam Kulkarni @arctticflier]

@TanyaKhanijow Sossusvlei?

[Gautam Kulkarni @arctticflier]

@netshrink Got an exactly same speed 96/90 challan at exactly the same location in December. Got the challan in February

[Gautam Kulkarni @arctticflier]

@VishalBhargava5 Yellowstone, it’s about real estate.

[Gautam Kulkarni @arctticflier]

@ThePuneMirror 90% commercial traffic is without rear illumination. Reflectors covered in dirt do not always help in collision avoidance.

[Gautam Kulkarni @arctticflier]

@TruptiMore9 Northern lights Pune Ver part 2

[Gautam Kulkarni @arctticflier]

@GabbbarSingh Congratulations to you & your team !

[Gautam Kulkarni @arctticflier]

#AzadiKaAmritMahotsav #Pune #HarGharTiranga 🇮🇳

[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 @dfat]

Australia & India are collaborating on ground-breaking research to combat mosquito-borne diseases.

Dr Prasad Paradkar is a @CSIRO scientist working on research to genetically engineer mosquitoes, preventing them transmitting diseases like dengue or Zika.

#IndiaAt75 @AusHCIndia