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| School Time |
On this auspicious occasion of
Friendship day, I am writing a note to remember all the friends that have made
my life serendipitous. We can quote more than a dozen messages today, but I
would like to quote incidents that I remember, incidents that have left a
footprint on our lives. I am writing about every friend that has touched me
somewhere in my life, you may find yourself, just try to look yourself with my
eyes.
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| School Friends Party |
I remember days from school time,
when we used to have fun with our neighbors, silly fights over cricket boll.
When we used to wait for the bus to ILVA school and whenever we got ready on
time, bus was late and if we are late in waking up, sleeping for those 5 more
minutes, bus usually came in time. Then in school, counting no. of wickets that
used to fall in 30 minutes prayer in Sunlight. It was fun even in standing in
the school lobby for every short break, playing football with bottle in the
ground. Playing cricket and pen fight in classes, eating lunch before recess. Leg
fight below benches. I still remember teachers scolding us all the time,
getting promoted with us, salute to all those teachers.
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| Dear Friend |
There were all sorts of
friends, there were some who were well verse in English and some who were after
girls, there were some who were always in sports, there were some who
experimented on themselves, others experimented with Zinc, pen and HCL in
chemistry labs. Since childhood we have a group of 3 Musketeers. School time
was a real thing especially on first days of July.
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| Workshop |
With Gods grace, I had friends in
every locality I have gone, some are still in touch, some are still in heart.
There were friends from my street, from malwa apartment, from
coaching s/tut ions, school, college, company, random strangers becoming friends
and more.
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| BME Lab (College) |
Remembering about dozens of
coaching s I have been to. I remember the friends that I made there, right from
Mona mam, Simran classes, ASAP, Leicesters Lizzy, Blue Chip, Chaitanya to summer
classes. There are hell lot of circles of friends and each one has their inputs
in shaping me who I am. I can start writing their names, but then it would be a
very big list.
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| Stranger Friends @ Mussorie |
Then I moved to a different
street, different institute, different locality. I thought I was grownup by
then. I had new friends, new circles, new activities. At this time, I used to
play footboll on streets, I became self confident, whole world was changing
from streets to computers, from wires to internet, from phone cables to wifi,
from friends to crush, from school to college.
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| IBM Friends |
Now I had college friends,
Samanvaya, I.B.M.. Friends who used to bunk classes with me, who used to have
lunch with me in college breaks, who used to break their heads in mechanical
labs, who used to copy assignments, files. Then came a different type of group
in my life, they were arty, educated types people, they had different thinking
and made me a different man. Respect for them. There had been times, when I had
to become neta of the group whether it was Leicesters lizzy way back in school
or in IBM college times, thanks for my friends who gave me that confidence.
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| Office CT Friends |
Things have been rocky also, but I have learnt a lot and still learning. There
was a time, when I had to teach, it was home tut-ions or Green Fields. I must
say, I have learnt even from my students cum friends from that time period.
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| College Bus Friends |
When I joined TCS, it was another
time when my world was turned upside down, leadership call was again made in
Techno-turf. 3 months in Coimbatore was a scene changing time, now I was nowhere
near home. I was getting paid, I had to take all my decisions myself, I had to
manage my accounts, but with friends you can do anything in life. We were a
group of 60 friends. There were divisions in this group, some were in CIP04
batch while others in CIP05, some stayed in Sabri while others in Geetha, some
were in the same flat, others in different, some were in same room, others in
other. I remember all 60 besides the divisions. I remember all the weekends
that we used to go to Kerala and had fun like anything on the way.
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| When I was a teacher (Teachers Day celebration) |
Today I am in a PG, with a whole
new set of friends, new roommates, pg mates etc. I have learned whats sharing,
looking after each other. Then there are office friends, the confusing ones,
unpredictable ones. They help me to understand how to survive, how to lead, how
to keep movin no matter what happens. Addition to them, I have online friends
with whom I keep in regular touch via whatsapp, FB, I learn diff. languages
from them, I make fun of them, but whatever happens, I am in contact with them.
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| Cousin Friends |
Last but not the least, actually
the first friends also known as cousins. I would wrap it in few setences, as
cousins are one complete story to write. Cousins are the first friends with
whom we can share all our secrets, because anyways they will know. I remember
cousin cum friends with whom I used to go Phulwari, and throwing stones on roof
by singing song “mere yar ki shadi hai phodo bam phatake”, with whom I have
faught, played cards at Agar, with whom I have done the craziest things such as
jumping naked in river (I was very young), with whom I have played cards all
night in summer, with whom I have been on Chilly terrace all night, with whom I
have shared ghost stories, my blogs etc.
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| Samanvaya Friends |
Salute to all of u, thank you for
being a friend.
