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It was the voice which haunted me first. After that last conversation with Ramesh, it was the memories which haunted me. Repentance for all the lost opportunities of foregone years. I was restless. A lost case so to speak. It was difficult to get her out of my mind. It was strange how the mind was able up to conjure up an image of her even after so many years. And then immediately, her marriage would come flashing to mind. It was tormenting.
Then after some days, like every time, sense prevailed. It all looked silly now, thinking so much about a girl that I was barely acquainted with, some 8 years back. After all, she was just a classmate of mine. Just another friend.
I decided to speak to her once. No matter how many friends you make in life, school mates are always special. I think no matter how hard you try, you will never make so close or innocent friends again. Probably because your school mates would have seen you at your best and at your worst. Probably they carry an image of yours which has you sneezing uncontrollably with a running nose, the shirt sleeve sufficing for a hanky.
I waited for the next Sunday to call her up. Didn
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9 Mar 2006, 12:49pm
he he he... good job. typical bollywood stuff?
9 Mar 2006, 2:14pm
Now i believe u r making up the story
9 Mar 2006, 4:51pm
@s: bollywood? :-( hmm...lets accept it. it did seem straight out of bollywood in retrospect.
@anony: why anonymous? who are you? And yes, thanx for your doubts. If not for it, i wouldn't have penned the second part. I owe this post to you.
9 Mar 2006, 5:10pm
Im anonymous to everyone...but u know me
9 Mar 2006, 5:13pm
I am here to make u blog! u were going thru writer's block right?
9 Mar 2006, 5:18pm
U have got a secret admirer eh?? :D
Nice post raghu...u get better with each post... :)
N yeah...u could try ur hand at bollywood scripts...
9 Mar 2006, 5:59pm
@anony: I know you? wish i were arthur clarke instead of being museman. :-) thanks bundles.
@shrink: :-) thanx, coming from you, i feel thrilled abt wht u said.
9 Mar 2006, 6:00pm
faux paus. I meant arthur canon doyle. not arthur clarke. :-(
9 Mar 2006, 10:40pm
good one...well..good news is gayatri doesnt have twins too.. so i guess..i have some stiff competition :P
9 Mar 2006, 11:40pm
@june:The dynamics of relation between raghav and gayatri is still a speculation. right now though, you have stiff competition. :-(
10 Mar 2006, 1:52am
you shouldn't have let out the fiction part last time man! i'm sorry, maybe its just me....but RK Narayan again...can't miss that! :P
10 Mar 2006, 9:33am
Sometimes i wonder...is the competition for Raghav or Raghu??? :D
10 Mar 2006, 11:23am
@partha: Partha!! great to hear from you! I think you are right. shouldn't have given out that it was fiction. As far as the RKN part,it is not deliberate.I have read so much by him that i can't seem to help it:-(
@shrink: :D
10 Mar 2006, 12:13pm
pretty old stuff. stuff which is revolving in indian cinema for ages.
my def of fiction is u tell ppl somethng they didnt even imagine in their wildest dreams on tht note u should change the title atleast to make this post more meaningful. remember the god taking on raghu - fiction.
10 Mar 2006, 2:17pm
@brettlee: Completely agree. Old and battered story line i agree.:-) the intention was not to create anything new.
10 Mar 2006, 5:36pm
Can some1 plz tell me who puts up the tags for the Hot Blog section...
Raghu is featured on it n the tag reads..."The Gayathri Saga"...how lame... :-/
10 Mar 2006, 10:57pm
mast fiction, a little on the expected side, but well put.
ps: lolz - gayathri saga :D