Every other post on Facebook is a Friendship day wish. Don't we celebrate friendship every other day. Aren't they part of our daily lives...standing right beside you / over call/ over chat / in your thoughts. To me they are gods best gifts and blessed am i to have quite a few. All times spent in their company are magical and nostalgic. But there are few that come flowing into my mind when i think of each of them. To my closest buddies...
Anjana, Harsha and Nithin (Nath) - my oldest friends. From 1st standard to 12th, my partners in crime.
Anju - i hope you still remember the number of dusters we made overnight to compensate for playing with them as punishment. Thanks to traitor Nithin :D oh mine..it makes me laugh.
Harsha - we defenitely were not gay when bombay craze swallowed us. The shekhar and shaila acts. he he.
Adding to this list my first girls gang 007 -
Merlin ( naam gum jayega.- the song u sang in cca. each time i listen to it i think of you)
Sreeja (tuntun who wouldnt share her water bottle. i think i was the first person she met in the new school and i very carelessly forgot to befriend her on the first day :P)
Renju - 8th std photo, where are you looking girl?
Nithin - The honest boy who got us punishment, but stealing chocolates we got from JP Sir!
Bala - innumerable fights we have had for the bulletin board competitions. Thanks to his participation in extempore and debate , the guy can still speak 5 minutes about anything under the world.
Ganesh - the best man always and forever. there are just too many beautiful moments to write down here. Walking down the lane to walking around in IIT we have walked together a long way. the guy with the red and black check shirt riding the grey chetak. :D The unforgettable Pondi trip.
Rakhal and Mithun- i have lost touch with both of them. Both were the funniest guys i ever knew back then.
Strawberries - (Byns, Manjari, Shalu, Lekshmi and Sparu :D ), Arathi , Sindhu , Manju - I guess i will have write a separate blog for them.
Byns - The night before the first year civil exam. the result of our failed combined study!
Manjari - asha n kishore collections all night. Byns me and u enjoying parotta chicken curry from local store in hostel. :D whats in the background :P
Shalu - my first eyebrow threading experience! dee u still do that? :D
Lekshmi- our very very silly fight over nothing and a waste of four years on that :)
Arathi - more than you, i need to write about aunty :) :P
Sindhu - it has to be thaleepeeth episode. And, the girl walks all the way from chinnakada to college on saturday and then sleeps the entire Sunday with cramps!
Manju - Please open the door. The amazingly lazy bum.
arathi n sindhu - i need to mention our project which i don't remember ABCD about. But what i remember is the red salwar we 3 bought, the amazing biryanis we had and the juice we were not able to drink. err...i mean only sindhu was able to drink!
Nish, Saju, Chittaps, Rep, Suppu, Jiyas, Jaz, Reshmi- Though not very much in touch with any of them now , they were once my thickest friends in college and do need a mention here. We walk different ways now, but i guess when we meet we still might pick up from where we left.
The industrial visit to NTPC kayamkulam with all of the above. Man what a ride and what a day that was.
Malik - The craziest arts club secretary TKM ever had in my view. Singing Kaho na pyar hein a 100 times and making a whole bunch of people do that in the auditorium. But i have also got to learn a lot of good lessons in life from this amazing senior. Always smiling. Always.
Nipun - though there are many episodes in college what strikingly comes to my mind is the chappathis n peas curry meal at your place in chennai. The long walk beside besant nagar beach.
Anju, Mal, Rakesh, Sandy and Gov - at loss of words here. When i think of them, i think of the toughest three months in my life till now. When i literally i had no one to turn to or support, they stood by me like rock.
Mal - the sambar and avial we cooked on a sudden holiday declaration.
Anju - Do you still have the mail i sent you when u went to Philippines? I think around new year? That is the first time i realised i had a soul mate. The pondi trip with you and ganesh is my most cherished trip ever. We three watching sun rise together. What a beautiful moment it was.
Rakesh - sitting outside 44 and wondering why it should be an arranged marriage.
Sandy - how many hens did we kill eating biryani at feast of asia? And yeah how can i forget "Paida Karo" :D
Govi - ho the excitement and relief and joy in finding one familiar face at abu palace. Kismet connection!
Amit Kapoor, HSB,Ramya - my first cubicle mates. it was fun at work and Amit who always had a tip to do everything the correct way.
Rajiv - the guy was certainly not my type when i heard him comment " the world is so round". try and remember when (wink). The everyday fight i had over lunch with him. When did it all become right and perfect and this way...i don't know.
Nibu, Akshay- all three of us playing football inside the cubicle and being fired "This is not college-act professionally" :D
swami - guide at work and guru for learning tamil :P. Always calling "enna nair"
Nitin - without an H. Though my schoolmate i got to know him better only much later. the "roof top" ride on that rickety bus at Mekadatu. Star gazing by the lake with lotsa mosquitoes for company in the Army college campus at Pune.
Sowmya - i literally threw her out of the house. and there she was sitting on the wall of 44 , not having anything to do on a very important day in my life. in fact life changing day i should say.
Deepti, Kishan- Sushens party, the ride back and the yedukumari trek. The only trek i have done till now , what an amazing experience with a wonderful friend.
Vishwa , Sujith, Ila, Poorna, Shankar ,Vidya, Alan, avishek - my moscow gang. If only i could post the videos of 168 it would be self explanatory as to how crazy the three months were. :)
Oh, the more i write the more they flow in -memories. The more they make my life beautiful with their little nothings. Wonder where to begin, where it ends :) As i sit here in this room and type this, i wonder if you get the vibes. Wonder if you know how special you are...to me :)
