Hmmm, why not? After all much of my life is largely public in nature, and seeing that so many visitors hit this site (looking for God knows what , I might as well give them something new every now and then.

Plus, of course, a way for friends and family to know what I am doing (so that they know why I am not replying to mail, ignoring IM messages, not answering the phone…. .

So ladies (hopefully!) and gentlemen – here it is: the official first entry of the official Atul Chitnis diary on the web!