Neera,

Firstly, thank you for 'following me'.

I have just read your 'About me' story and it's very interesting in that there are a few parallel aspects (some not quite exactly so) ... for instance, though I am not Indian, my wife is, and thus I know India (from visits to relatives there) and of course from my wife.

Her name is Khatija (one of my published stories is about her (A Love Song for My Princess).

I have also worked and lived in Canberra (briefly, as an Assistant Director in the National Education Dept.) and, like you I devised a way of presenting all my stories in a neat list - though mine is not called an Index. I call it 'A quick-pick list to all Fred's stories'.

It has brief summaries and reading times to help quick selection and I put a link to it at the end of all my stories in a Navigation Panel.

Anyway, enough about me, this message is essentially to congratulate you on your achievements in life, and especially your dogged determination to succeed in your chosen post work-life, 'profession'.

I am now following you.

Fred