So whats the -1 for ??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This little bit in the last blog caught attention of quite a few when it wasn’t intended to.
Raunak was a great great buddy. We were friends right since our intermediate days and had become friends because the Bio professor has caught us when we were trying to paste a sticker saying ” I am your football. Kick Me” behind the fattest guy in the class. That was the first real interaction that we had…. getting thrown out of the class together.
The second one was when both of us had somehow ended up as partners in the Chemistry lab and ended up wrecking half the lab. All test tubes all beakers and all the jars had to be thrown out…so also we two. Thrown out of the lab, we had started investing our time on more serious issues like cricket and motorcycles.
Many matches / many class bunks / many explorations later, we were buddies who were there for each other. Each of us knew the other one too well. We also knew that if there was nobody out there who will come with us on our mad explorations , then it does not matter. We two were like an army in the jungle. Many of my recent passions like exploring / biking / reading were all shared by this great buddy. Someone who always believed in me more that i ever can.
Graduation time , we went our ways. He dropped out of biomedical engineering to join engineering and i dropped out of engineering to join genetic biosciences.
Seven years later the guy was the same. First reunion resulted in a Pondy bike trip being planned out.
3 days later the dude was no more. He died in an auto accident.
The worst part was telling his father and girlfriend. His mother was not here. Cant imagine his mother’s plight. Had it not been for Shweta i don’t think that i could have told them at all.
IIFM has changed me …some for the good and some for bad….. on the flip side I became lazy /stopped working hard/ stopped exploring/stopped playing my two fav games (Basketball for the lack of a place to play and cricket for reasons even unknown to me) . Donno how all that happenned. But Raunak was someone who would have been shocked to see me like this….. would have commented in his typical way ” Shaadi kar aur so jaa !!!!! Bachoon ko bhej dena mere saath khelne ke liye !!!!! “
Its a fight now but will respect his memory and do my best to get back to some of my good old ways. The way i think he would have remembered me.
WILL MISS YOU FOREVER BUDDY.
I remmber you two and the cycle incident. You two had somehow managed to lock all the bicles in the campus using chain locks. So we had a ruckus after the classes. Ultimate sources of fun you both were.
Missed you two so much. Have missed one forever.
I know how tough can it be. May hos soul rest in peace
I was there too. The regular Jai and Veeru in intermediate. You were nicknamed as Jai and veeru as well. Looked like them as well One Tall and handsome the other short stout and handsome.
Will miss you Raunak.
A fitting tribute to a great friend. Will miss you dear.