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**This piece was written for DHANVANTARI-2013,the annual magazine of AFMC,Pune** so if any of you would prefer to read it there,please logout & wait for your copy.... A warm April evening in 2009,the faccha batch had finally had finally been given its copies of DHANVANTARI..Eagerly sifting through the magazine,a story named  ‘Spit & Polish’ written by Surgeon Capt (mrs.) Sheila Samanta Mathai,R Batch caught my eye… As I progressed through the story,an initial expression of shock slowly gave way to a smile and as the truth dawned on me,I ran over to Byom’s room..I had to tell him  what had happened...Afterall,he had been my partner in crime… Byom’s reaction wasn’t much different to mine..A shocked expression & the choicest of swear words later,we had laughed off the matter… The above story was still revolving in my mind when the Boy spoke,yet again in chaste English “Its okay if you don’t believe me,most people don’t.”… It was Sept,2012 & ...

As I pen these lines,my facebook &  twitter timelines are flooded with updates about how ‘The Dark Knight rises’ has finally given a fitting finale to the World’s most loved superhero… However,for someone who’s waited so eagerly for the final movie in Nolan’s Batman trilogy,my mind’s been strangely pre-occupied.. At 10 in the morning,surfing through news to bide my time through attendance,the headline of Rajesh khanna’s demise had little effect on me..I had never been a Rajesh Khanna fan,my tryst with his movies restricted to some of his lesser known movies & only a few of his classics.. In hindsight,I’d say my sensibilities at that age just weren’t good enough to appreciate ‘Classic Bollywood’… How could I??...My parents were still in college when ‘KAKA’ was at the height of his unparalleled career…Having witnessed the hysteria & frenzy he generated in those days ,(something which led to the epithet ‘superstar’ being coined & used first time for a Bollywood st...

I'm back home & blogging seems to be a natural recourse from boredom & an utter lack of things to do....not the only reasons though... I need peace & calm,which expressing myself in writing provides me in good measure.. Sometime in April,2012 this blog turned two ...In case you are wondering how it feels,it feels as good as seeing a sapling you planted all grown up while you were away...dumb comparison,I know...but it kinda suits the occasion no??... The last post on this blog was a  confused,mushy piece way back in August,2011...Long time...ain't it??.. No matter how hard I tried to finish the posts lying in the drafts folder,things just didn't work out... Just one of those things about scribbling- If the flow ain't smooth,then probably you are trying too hard... So I let it be,incomplete posts piling up the drafts folder... Thanks to the people who visited the blog even during this rather uncharacteristic absence...Here's hoping I can make for this abs...

He seemed troubled... Having ordered his favourite drink,I finally asked  "something wrong??" no reply... I was with an old friend...having shared the good,bad and the ugly of life through school,we are the types people term  ' chuddy-buddies'  With him finally making the move to pune...I finally had a schoolmate in my adopted city... A smile played on my lips as I remembered the pledge we had taken on the last day of school  "till spouses and careers do us part"... # the irony had made me smile.... Our busy schedules not permitting an earlier meeting,it was a relief when we both finally found time for a meeting one friday evening... However,his rather strange mood was threatening to ruin the whole evening... I knew I had to ask him...doing it the right way seemed the immediate challenge... the drinks arrived and I knew that was the moment... "whats troubling you??"... no reply still "come on...you can tell me"... ...