Good Times...

Life has been moving pretty fast of late, to be precise so fast that things were nothing more than a blur. I was on the fast track and I had some very good company which made the ride all the more enthralling. But the Joy ride is in jeopardy as the man behind the steering (Nirav) is going for the greener pastures. So I guess now is the time to lay back, introspect and contemplate (things which I rarely do otherwise).

There comes a point in life where you want to go back in time and relive some moments. If given a chance, I would relive and cherish each moment in the last 2 years of my life and honestly I wouldn’t like to change anything at all. I presume so would be the case with all my friends (yes, all you bastards [male :P] reading this). We did things which we always loved to do, but somehow dint in the past. Its’ like the Play Boy magazine – You always admired the cover, but never really bought it for obvious reasons. Time just flew by and now we are only left with the reminiscences.

The waves of memories are hitting me unlike never before and pulling me in to a sea of nostalgia. Reason being, Nirav is ending his stint with TCS (TCS here needs a special mention!). If not for TCS all of us would have been doing much better professionally, but the personal void which TCS has filled by providing a wonderful group is invaluable. Ironically it’s like a Charles Dickens novel with happiness sandwiched between Tragedy!

I still vividly remember those training days (with Nirav beside me), those hysterical laughs at anything even remotely funny, those cynical and sarcastic comments we shared on almost everything, the “Give a damn” attitude of his (which he has even today), the palpable excitement we had regarding possible “V-ID’s” we might end up with, the aimless discussions in the breakout and the urge to get inside the ODC (and the urge to get out there after). These things happened not long ago, but when I close my eyes I can feel the mystical aura surrounding them.

Now that Nirav would be leaving we would be missing those pings at 11:30 for coffee, his sarcastic and cynical observations, his plans of hitting the gym, the Jain food, the humour, the warmth, breakout conversations, office gossip, Friday night humour (not many but memorable), reasons for partying and more than anything Nirav Himself...

As Bryan Adams says “Sometimes words are hard to come by and I am looking for the perfect line”. But I am no Bryan Adams or Shakespeare, so I could only come up with this, hope this makes you feel good.

So my dost, with a heavy heart here it is bidding you a farewell (written at 2:00 in the night) and wishing you luck for the greener pastures ahead.

PS:-
Nirav’s Blog Corner hasn’t seen an entry of late and I guess now you found a topic to write on.