Re-union season

In the past 50 days or so, I met many people from my previous incarnations.

It probably started off with meeting Anand Rajan - a guy who was my classmate from KG to class V. In the international "Reserve Bank Staff Quarters Preparatory School". The meeting was actually in my office and I met him around the 2nd week of Dec or so. And I bet it was at least 10-15 years since we'd seen each other. But somehow, both of us recognised each other.

Then it was College buddies. My gang of Arvind, Ashwin, Badri, Karthik and Shankar. First, Arvind came home in mid/late-Dec with his wife, kid and mother. One of the few brainiacs who are willing to retain my acquaintance. Actually, we are pretty good friends and have not really lost contact. Of course, he being married and staying in USA has definitely reduced our interactions. But we haven't really lost touch.

During the same period, I also contacted Shankar to try after a long time, to see if Arvind, Shankar and I could meet up. But due to family commitments of the two married blokes, it didn't really materialise.

Then, a couple of weeks or so after Arvind dropped in, Badri spoke to me. We are probably talking to each other after 2-3 years!!!

2 weekends back, Ashwin came over to Chennai. He was actually in India on a vacation and was with his parents at B'lore. But he made it a point to visit Chennai, albeit for one day and that too alone. Nevertheless, this time, Shankar and I did manage to catch up with Ashwin and we went around to Coffee Day and Drive-In. At Drive-In, we saw another classmate from college and had a 10 minute chat with him too. Once the conversation ended and the 3 of us moved from that place, each of us asked the other "What was that guy's name we were talking to just now?". :)

In the meantime, around the 1st/2nd week of Jan, Ravi - one of my earliest friends when I joined Vidya Mandir in class VI - invited Nilu and myself, to a small dinner at his place. I was meeting Ravi after more than 12 years.

That very weekend, I caught up with a couple of friends from my previous company, at City Center. I was meeting Karthick after nearly 8 months and Arun after some 3-4 months.

Then, last evening was another meeting of school friends. Nilu somehow had this urge to arrange one and so I was able to meet Vinayak and Gangadhar. Again after nearly 10 years at the minimum.

All-in-all, I've been kinda re-living my past in the last 2 months.