Farewell.

May 04, 2015

My Dear Friends,

It is the end of a beautiful journey.

These four years have passed by in a flash, with each year bringing us closer than ever before, strengthening the bonds of our friendship. Now that it has come to an end, I just want to thank you all for the memories. I would cherish them for life.

I already miss the lot of you- miss the times we spent together.

I'll miss the classroom- miss being in a place in which whatever direction I turn, there is a friend, a companion.

I'll miss the secretive chatter during all the boring lectures- miss cracking silly jokes and trying our hardest to stifle the laughter- miss playing hangman with Vishal- miss sitting next to Suhail and see him text his girlfriends the whole time.

I'll miss eating together- miss having at least four varieties of meals every single day- miss Varadha bhai and his three spoons.

I'll miss the frantic preparations for the Assessments and the Semesters- miss seeing Lokesh give a straight faced lie about how under-prepared he is for the test- miss seeing Ragavendar postpone every question to the last half hour.

I'll miss classroom Cricket- miss hitting the paper ball as hard as we could, not minding who or what stood in the way- miss getting out to Vineeth's deceptive slow balls- miss seeing Nanda constantly losing hold of the bat and sending it flying across the room- miss Srini's one handed sixes- miss playing under captain cool Lokesh's leadership- miss being on the opposing team as Vishal and tirelessly quarrelling with him at every given opportunity.

I'll miss playing cards together- miss seeing Nanda and Grooming become full holes- miss seeing Varadha blame the universe every time he loses- miss seeing Lokesh make stupid mistakes.

I'll miss the lab sessions- miss sitting alongside either Srini or Ragavendar and merrily spending my time in pointless chatter and gossip.

I'll miss Varadha's infamous void mode- miss being ignored by him for those few moments.

I'll miss making fun of Ramesh's voice- miss laughing my heart out at all the jokes that he unintentionally makes.

I'll miss picking on Lokesh- miss getting hit by him in return.

I'll miss Kid breaking up with me.

I'll miss the slow walks we did together down the Campus road- miss going out of breath climbing the steep slopes of Pachamalai. 

Ill miss all this and a lot more. It pains to have to leave all this behind, it pains to have to grow up. It'll take a lot of time and effort to fill the void that has now come up with the end of college. But we are lucky, we can still stay in touch. We can still spend time in pointless chatter and maybe meet up every once in a while.

As a finishing note, I would like to say just one thing- I love you, all of you and I'm grateful to you for all the beautiful memories you've given me.

Yours lovingly,

Sanjay Khan.