The end of an era....

A few weeks back Manyu said to me " We'll be lucky if ever two of us meet up in the coming years...three is a possibilty.All of us ....never going to happen. " It's only now, as I prepare to say goodbye to XII C ...after I've spent another evening with the people who've become family, that the true import of these words is beginning to hit me .And the sadness that it brings with it is surprising....sentimentality is afterall not my forte.The thought that we're never going to crash at Mihir;s place again...is a little incomprehensible to be honest

For 6 years XII C has been an integral part of my life in one way of another....we've endured past the shifting loyalties that college life brings on.We've all had our own groups and friends in college but I can say with absolute certainty that we're as much a part of XII C today as we were on the day of that photo session and on the day Makhija cried.

Sahil and Jimno went to Tolani, might as well have been in another city for all the freedom they got from there .And yet Mihir's place is the place to be on weekends. Manyu pushed off to another part of the country altogether and yet when he's back here it's as if t'was just yesterday that he was getting suspended coz of Vera. Ajit disappears from everyones radar for months on end , and yet when he's back among us , people still call him 'handle' and mock his porn collection

For the past couple of weeks, not a day has gone by that these memories and so many many more....Mihir's place and Gad's place, everyone sloshed and everyone sober.... they've made me smile .

We're always going to remain friends , these past years have ensured that.But all 6-8 of us sitting around with glasses in our hands , talking senti nonsense....that's over.

I'm sure my time in Cal is going to bring me a whole new set of friends and experiences and I'm excited about that . But I'm gonna hold onto those memories for a while longer. My next few blogs are gonna center around the people and places that made XII C . it's going to revolve around Manyu , MIhir ,Sahil , Lambu and all us other jokers.....

And for once , I'm actually looking forward to typing out my next blog .