went for that MCC party. i had the most wonderful conversation with Larry Pinkham, the good ol' dean of ACJ. N. Ram the host was visibly uncomfortable at having so many people to play host to. Mariam Ram said, "there are a lot of kids these days smoking, and we don't even seem to notice. Smoking is so passe." Ravichadran wanted me to haev an opinion on that. Sadanand Menon was pissed with me coz i dared to call Akhila "nice". that word according to him shows lack of a vocabulary. Hence, Akhila is "gorgeous". Krishna Ananth was the most happening guy at the party. Call it bias or whatever else. Patnaik made sure that she was in every snap at the party. ample muscle power in display in the process.