Friends have always been an inspiring force in my life.Right from childhood,I've had many many
friends without whom i would not have been what I am today.
I take here the oppurtunity to name few of them(as many as I can),starting right from my good ol'
school days.
I would list a few of my Best school friends,and what they are doing now.
1) Arvind M. (B.E.(Mech),TELCO)
2) Milind D. (B.E.(Electrical),SIEMENS)
3) Prashant S. (Electronics & Telecom Engg.)
4) Savita Nayak (Architect)
5) Prasad V. (Computer Engg.)
6) Bhooma R. (B.Pharm,Pursuing Phd. at Minnesota)
7) Sameer S. (Mechanical Engg.)
8) Girish N. (Mechanical Engg.)
9) Rahul B. (M.B.B.S.)
10) Vasudevan I. (B.Sc.)
11) Vivek K. (B.Com.)
12) Rashmi (B.Com.)
13) Meghana U. (B.Com.)
14) Aruna M. (B.Com.)
15) Anupama S. (B.com.)
16) Narayan L. (B.Com.)
17) Sunil K. (Instrumentation Engg.)
18) Anand S. (Ayurvedic Med.)
19) Vaibhav F. (Metallurgical Engg.)
20) Mirav C. K. (Instrumentation Engg.)
.....
and many many more whose names i have not included.
Oh,Those days in school were really great,especially that Std.X.I think we had too much fun
together as a group.Whenever i think of all that,I'm swept over by Nostalgiac thoughts and i go into
a trance.If only we could revive those school days once again.We had organised a picnic in June'96,which
was a hit.We plan to organise atleast one picnic every year.Really,those school days were golden.Every moment
was a memorable one.
Wish we were all together once again.....
Here a few of my Best friends in my junior college,Kelkar.Situated at Mulund(East) it is one of the
most reputed colleges in Bombay.
1) Rucha Chavan (M.B.B.S.)
2) Avinash B. (Electrical Engg.)
3) Abhishek Y. (Chemical Engg.)
4) Priti Rao (B.A.,Interior Designing)
5) Vinod S. (Electronics Engg.)
6) Shikha V. (Architect)
7) Arvind M. (Mechanical Engg.)
8) Sameer S. (Mechanical Engg.)
9) Bhooma R. (Pharmacy)
10) Anand Shende (Mechanical Engg.)
11) Narahari R. (Electronics & Telecom Engg.)
These Junior college years,though very short have been very memorable for me.Everybody was very busy
studying for the board exams,and we had a sense of togetherness working with each other.
Rucha was one of my friends whom I shall never forget.Though we were
together for only 2 years,we have that knack of understanding like we've known each other for years.I miss you Rucha.....
Here's it.The greatest list of them all.Many great new friends for a lifetime......
Though i would limit to only the electrical class,I would like to add that there were great many friends from
the other departments also.
1)Avinash B.
2)Karthik S.
3)Ramkrishnan G.
4)Milind D.
5)Shagun S.
6)Nilakanthan S.(Neel)
7)Sandeep Prabhudesai
8)Shirisha K.
9)Sachin Joshi
10)Jayesh E.
11)Sanyukta G.
12)Janhavi S.
13)Dhiraj P.
14)Deepali L.
15)Prithi R.
16)Parvathy
17)Amit Dahanukar(Ml)
18)Sandeep Sonpatki
19)Nikhil G.
20)Devang S.
21)Amit Desai
22)Kedar K.
23)Sandeep Nellore
24)Girish V.
25)Amit Gupta
26)Mayuresh D.
27)Suswar G.
....and many more.
Wow!! I must tell you that these indeed have been the best years of my life.We've had too much fun,too fundoo.Every moment
spared with these people was just phenomenal.Whether it was sitting for those all so ever interesting lectures or
hanging about in the college canteen,anything.We've spent many nightouts together discussing everything from Politics
to Philosophy.We've always worked together for everybody during submissions,in the true team-spirit,helping others out
whenever required.And I must tell you,We have people of all kinds here.Genuises,Sports-minded,Technical oriented,Business
oriented or simply Fun loving etc.It is a great group,simply superb!
We had a kinda Mini-Reunion at College Station,Texas.
Prithi,Karthik,Shirisha,Deepali,Amit Desai and myself could make it.Those 15 days were the high point of my stay at Texas A&M.We freaked out like anything.I'm including a pic at the Galveston Beach here...
Here are Two Pics of this great group.The first one is of Traditional Day,F.E. and the second one is of EESA Inaugural,T.E.
Coming to the US for further education is certainly an experience for anybody.I was sceptical about this from the very beginning but at the same time very eager.Though I don't have many friends as yet,some of them are very close to me....
I list some of them....
1)
2)Kaustubh Pradhan
3)Neeraj Upasani
4)Kartik Gandhi
5)Sumit Mishra
6)Ami Baxi
7)Reshma R.
8)Abha Biyani
9)Rajiv K.
10)Nisha Verma
11)Krishna D.
12)Ajay T.
13)Vijay K.
14)Charu R.
15)Barani R.
16)Bhargavi S.
17)Anu R.
18)Umang T.
19)Ganesh R.
20)Sheetal R.
We've had some wonderful times together.We've been to many places around College Station and was really great to hang around these friends.....
To describe these friends would be very difficult.I know some of them from many years and some of them were introduced to me only very recently.Nevertheless,they have been very important for me.
They are Sangeeta,Ashwin,Bunty,Ninad,Ketan,Anjan,Debu and last but not the least Miranda.
I don't know what it is,But they will always remain in my heart,these special friends.........
agandhi@tamu.edu
