Four hours of meeting & getting to chat with her filled up the gaps of not in being touch with vibrant colors of conversation. I'm so happy to be in touch with her again.

 

Another meeting with an old school friend Sarita after 32 years, on this fruitful Saturday, let me to believe & ponder certain facts. Foremost being  that though distances and time might be instrumental in making people forget each other but memories of yester years, if strong enough, never let a person forget anyone. One just starts from where they let off.

 

These past few weeks have been such a heady trip down the memory lane & I've enjoyed every bit of the time spent with old friends from my Rosary School. Met Atul Kochhar, Sandeep Chanana, Vikram Vats, Parwani, Rajesh & Ravindar, Chand Bedi, Daga, Partha. Got in touch with Sarita, Gurpreet, Sameena, Suman, Samita it was like being in school again; only if we actually were back in school.

 

Kids did not understand why dad's spending way too much time on Facebook all of a sudden, Seema, my wife, on the other hand was bemused with all the information I was sharing with her.

 

This brings few things in forefront, that is all of us guys are in our mid forties, kids have grownup or growing up to leave the nest and move on. All of us are happily settled in and comfortable with what's around us & our achievements. All of us had our own circle of friends that we made when we moved out of school and lost contact with each other. But with all these facts, one thing bonds us together is the time we shared while in school; that fact is the umbilical cord still binding us.

 

I earnestly hope this new found togetherness does not fizzle out after some dinners or get together meets and we  continue with this friendship as we would have had the school not been over.

 

--Atul