Met Thejesh

I sent an email to Thejesh when I realised that both of us would be in Kerala at the same time, though in different nearby districts.

We decided to meet at the Palakkad Fort and have breakfast at the restaurant of the Indraprastha Hotel thereafter. He said he would come with family. I only got my wife along.

I think I first read Thejesh’s blog when he was writing his many Open Source projects and writings. My Weekly Notes were inspired by his Weekly Notes.

I thought our conversation would be around this. But, our conversation centered around family, travel, work, micro-grants, and history.

He spoke of how the Weekly Notes helped in conversations with family and friends. They got updates from his Weekly Notes. But, his wife was frustrated because when she would give an update, their family and friends would have read about it already on the blog.

We could not go inside the Fort as it was a little too early. We walked to the circular coffee shop outside Hotel Indraprastha and had breakfast.

Both my wife and I enjoyed the company and the conversation. We also got a mention in one of the aforementioned Weekly Notes.