Current location:	Home Sweet Home
Current mood:	nostalgic
Current music:	Woh Pilaaye To Lehraake Peena Chahiye .. Dosti ke Naam pe Chalkake Peena Chahiye
Entry tags:	nostalgia, reunion, school

School Reunion
This is a special weekend -

My old school classmates are meeting back in Baroda tomorrow for a reunion - 19 years after leaving high school in 1989. I have studied in the same school with these friends for 14 years, right from the Kindergarten years to graduating from the 12th grade - so even in literal terms, many are my "langotia yaars" I guess. For many years, only around 7 or 8 or us were in regular touch with each other and so to imagine that we are going to have an attendance of around 30-35 of our old classmates tomorrow is an amazing accomplishment.

Talking to old friends and just thinking about old school days have brought to the forefront so many memories - i have been reveling in nostalgia for a couple of weeks now. Yesterday as were watching "Tare Zameen Par" I recalled our art teacher - a Mr. Hajranis - who used to throw chalk pieces to hit us just like the art teacher (not Amir Khan - the one he replaced) !! I recalled my friend Rajesh telling me that he wanted to grow up an find a cure for Cancer (or was it Heart Attack?) as we walked to school one morning (BTW, Considering that he is the COO of Gujarat Life Sciences, I guess he has alteast not strayed too far away from where he wanted to go !! )  As I write this listening to a Hariharan ghazal, I cannot but recall that it was my friend Ganapathy (Gania) who introduced me to Hariharan's Ghazals, 20 years ago. I could go on and on since I am on a roll, but I am going to save it for another post ..

I will be in NJ this weekend physically but my mind will wander with my friends as they go to school tomorrow morning to attend the morning assembly...

Yes, time fies, but nostalgia prevails ....