TUM HO TOH, GAATA HAI DIL...

Hi,

I am not much of a blogger(writer). I have left that part of me long behind. Today was the day when I finally became an MBA, since the final trimester results were out. Even though there was euphoria all around, I could only feel one emotion, loneliness.

Words are never enough to express whatever I feel. However, whenever there is an occasion which commands the attention of the batch, I cannot but remember the person who was my closest friend in the college. I know that life would have taken, a more beautiful, turn had you been around, but nonetheless, there is not a single day when you are not remembered.

The trials and tribulations that we have faced would have vanished in an instant had you been around with your comforting presence. I know that there were many things left unsaid(which I would take with me to my grave), but dear friend, you can rest assured that your name has become immortal in the annals of IIFT.

The batch is incomplete without the mention of the person who gave it the humane touch, YOU.

This is just a small token of appreciation from a friend, a brother who can only hope that he can make you proud that you were ever associated with me....

Do wait for me....

Respecting Womankind

I suppose in the present day and age, while it is not very uncommon to find guys who respect women, it is still uncommon to find guys who would just unconditionally stand up for a woman whenever she needs it.

Gullu was one such guy. The fun-loving guy that he was, he would often say that everything is acceptable to him but he just cannot stand anyone disrespecting women. He spoke of at least a couple of times when he'd been involved in a brawl because he was standing up for a woman against another man who misbehaved or something. Such was his "passion" for the cause that he didn't care that women are an independent species, responsible for their own welfare.

I didn't realise how rare this characteristic is until I saw a situation that needed a guy like Gullu. Just someone who would stand up and beat someone up, if needed. And how it would have just come naturally to him, how one would not have needed to ask him to take a side. It would have been unquestionably the woman who was bearing the brunt of an abusive guy.

I suppose even someone like me does not care for mature and reasonable behavior in some situations, or perhaps sometimes the only reasonable thing is to slap someone.

Well, Gullu I wish you were here to do just what needed to be done in the situation. Just missed you so!