Hi, I met some beautiful folks over the last one month! It began with Tulip (Sushmita's daughter) in Pune, Venu in Hyderabad, Ms.Shamim in Bangalore and finally Arun and Stanley in Mumbai. It was great meeting each one of them.TULIP: I was in Pune when Sushmita called and she insisted that i meet her daughter. I had a hectic schedule out there but fortunately one evening i got free a bit early and Tulip's office happened to be close by. Talkative, friendly, very polite and as beautiful as her mom… Thatz what Tulip is. Unfortunately, I could not catch up with Ashu and Udaya.
VENU: Prior to this, our meeting was probably some time in 1982 or so, at the basketball court – Khallikote College Ground. “Venu, what does beats me! Mean”? I queried at that time. And he patiently explained the term. I reminded him about the same this time. “I used to read a lot of comics those days and probably could explain” was his modest reply. (Venu, thanks a ton for that fabulous Chinese dinner! The place was great too!). Got Venu to catch up with Sancheta and others. Thro him I got in touch with Nanda Nandan Das.
MISS SHAMIM: I got in touch with her the day I landed but was not sure of meeting coz the days ahead were to be hectic. Fortunately I got free early one evening and landed at her place. Had a wonderful time... She enquired about each one of us. Got her to talk to Ms.Brenda and Mrs.Bhatt.
ARUN & STANLEY: We had fun!! You read about it on the blog already…
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hi vims,
it was really nice that we could catch up. you are:
the prose of our present,
the poetry of our past,
the hyphen that joins,
the bracket that binds
the comma that allows us to take a deep breath,
the semi-colon that makes us pause to re-charge our thoughts,
the exclamation of our happiness,
the click that makes us freeze,
the eternal question unanswered is when shall the re-union be,
no full stops here....
just keep trying.
Great to see Miss. Shamim after all these years. She hasn't changed one bit. I bet I'll look like her elder sister if I stand next to her!
That is a colourful medley, Vim.
Hey Vimal,
It was nice catching up with you and dining at Ming Court@Ohris.
BTW, we met last in 1980, not 1982.I left for DU in 1980 July and joined SAIL-VSP in July 1981.
The thing about Vimal and Arun and Aashu and Udaya and all our friends, whom we have met courtesy the blog, is that we are so relaxed in the company of each other --and it is as if Time has just quietly stepped aside and let the Present and the Past mingle seamlessly, as if it was only the other day .....
Hi Arun, that's a nice write-up... Thanx a ton pal...
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