Last week I made a new friend called Harriet and we met up for Coffee at Pizzetta..a cafe in the University...

I had expected for the chat to be brief...since what could a Swede and Indian talk about...
Harriet is a very interesting person........Outspoken, direct and full of fun.

We met at 3 pm and were still chatting after 3.5 hours...given a chance we would have gone on....

All my pre conceived notions about our cultural differences vanished...
Inspite of being brought up in such different backgrounds....it became evident that these differences is what makes people so interesting....

Our converstion moved freely from topics wide and varied....from Tolkiens “Lord of the Rings” to Free Masonry...in which Harriet plans to do her Ph D to families and husbands...

It felt so great cause we connected so well... religious and cultural differences were forgotten in this journey towards friendship..