good grief! we've just got to be grateful

very very special thanks to:

taufiq qureshi for his brilliance and for the invaluable and unconditional support.

dharmesh vohra for a great pair of ears, dedication to the cause and a dabba to die for (wah, al vidah!).

mark, zubin, mahesh, mm and adrian for 14 years of having fun, getting crapped on, rising above the shit, enjoying the headlines, hiding the dog, floating above the firewater and just being really good friends-it was a fucking blast while it lasted.

kaizad bhabha, stuart and denise and julian d'rozario, rahul verma, shantanu mohan, roma phillips and marion stewart for food, shelter, great company and unqualified love and support in a strange, fantastic town (wow it is our new home?)

extra special thanks for the tremendous support to hisham al rifai of kuwait airways

divya (the bareback rider) thakur-them fortunes are yours baybee!, farrokh chothia-naked babes and rock stars, what a life! albino d'souza-thanks for all the help, niyam mayekar, shaneen dastur, tejasvi rao, farhad wadia, rajesh joshi jyoti kapur, rakesh chaurasia, dhruba ghosh, sridar parthasarathy, cap'n kamal "mooshy" mohan for driving the bus, the warm bed and the melatonin, nilay soneji, vijay benegal, sodan selvaretnam, kunal dasgupta-for the b&b in nyc and all the support, ashley d'souza, randolph...

oh, those people in the biz-the good ones and the bad. there's a yin to every yang and we wouldn't know the manna if we didn't get the manure, too.

bombay city for bearing and nurturing us, for allowing us to be ourselves and to grow up so goddamned confused but still happy to have had the privilege, for helping us grow to fit anywhere and still nowhere really, and finally giving us the incentive to get the hell out.

and of course but of course, that motley shebang of family and friends who continue to tolerate, encourage, even love us despite ourselves. you're all amazing, please don't ever lose your patience - or get wise.