Reasons....

Abhishek- the name that you find one in every ten Indians; the name by which I had friends in all my classes even if the schools were different. Time changed and I came to college; there also I found friends by the same name. Joined CTS and found a friend; Oh my God! Again the same name. Shifted to Patni, Mumbai and found a friend…no not again; as if someone by this name has to be there in my life. But this time I found one of my best friends. I bet it’s not that easy to find good friends in a new city. But may be “A” is the friendship letter for me. Three of my friends out of five have their names starting with A- Aarti, Anup, Abhishek; Madan & Chitra are exceptions.

But life is not that easy; looks like its time to say goodbye to two of them Abhishek flew to UK and Aarti is getting married. It definitely calls for a toast but at the same time the Gang is broken. In this wireless world where distance doesn’t matter, we believe that a telecom between five of us is not as a big fun as it is when all of us are sitting together at one place.

My last weekend was absolutely dedicated to Abhishek. What to do...after all friends are forever. So have to look after all his shopping, all his packing. Not that he could not do it alone but by default girls are good at shopping, packing etc. In the last nine months, I bet I have thorwn the maximum attitude at him. I kept consoling Abhishek last-night when he was getting senti. I was sure that I would not feel low at Abhishek’s shifting to London. But I was so wrong; the moment he checked in, I could feel someone's really going away. Then there was no control over the wet eyes. Even if just one friend is missing from the group, it matters a lot when he adds a lot yo your life in a unknown city. Shall miss him in all parties, picnics, dinners and movies; and I am definitely gonna miss his morning wake up calls along-with “go home ...its getting late” calls in the evnings. Hereafter I’ll have to set my alarm everyday, shall have to look at my watch while I am working late in the evenings. Now nobody would stay awake the whole night just to search a song online, just because I love it and finally gets it downloaded from some paid site. Not just these few things, many things which I do not remember right at this moment will remind me of him ; rather a lot of things that I have to do alone in Mumbai going forward will ensure that I miss him. I am finding it weird to have lunch at home in a Sunday afternoon, I am home and not in any mall or theatre- these are enough evidences that Abhishek is not around.

Today morning, I was finding it difficult when went to see him off. It’s a part of life, people come and go; but not everyone makes such a big difference.

Thanks Abhishek…thanks so much for being such a nice friend :-)