The Bypassians & AEC ians Meet on Murthys House Warming Ceremony

Dear Bypassians,

Its been quite some time had written to you all,

Recently during the Housewarming ceremony of Narasimha Murthy, we ad another occassion to meet,

Here are a few pics from that day,

Hope you all will be able to stir your AEC memories,

Let me know your feedback on re-starting the Bypassians blog,

I know all of us including me have reasons to be busy with our own lives BUT I think we should plan for a meet every now & then,

After the function & as predicted all were ready for a party & we did have a party till evening,

We also planned for a new trip to Madikere .... with overwhelming majority & consistant persual by Gopal,

Hence a trip to madikere is planned on September 2nd 2012 ..... Uday Shetty shall be the contact person regarding the logistics & Organizing committe,

Contact Uday for booking your seat on udaykumarshetty_2000@yahoo.com Mobile: 9886304606,

Apart from Uday you can also contact me somu.sk@gmail.com Mobile: 9448039562, Gopal - gopalganiyar@gmail.com Mobile: 9448082307.

Chandru will have some special entertainment items for the trip & you can reach him 9241706581 for details,

Below are few pictures taken from my cell phone, dont be surprised by seeing the unrecognisable faces compaired to our AEC times .... afterall these years away from the AEC Mess Dal & Masala with the great chappati & rice ..... most of the guys including me have put on quite a bit of fat.

So Imagine the earlier faces + add 20 KG of Fat  = You will see the current faces of all of us today....

Some new faces are not that unrelated .... they are brothers of Ashwin (Sachin) & also Ashwin's cousin from Bhatkal, Brother of Uday (Praveen), Ranjith Shetty & Prabhakar Shetty (Uday's friends).......

There is one face which you will be wondering of any of our relatives .... Nooooooo .... thats Vedamurthy Aliyas Mailari ...... who has become the construction / Builder seth .....

Apart from him the people who have not changed in shape & weight are ..... Murthy, Vishweshwarayya & Sameera Simha.

Let me know what you have to say .......

Cheers !!!!

Somu

2 years without Dost ....

Friend, Dost, yaar, pal, bro, dude, guru .. maga …. There are infinite names for them …. If you add chaddi or langoti to it … becomes much closer to you … chaddi-dost, langoti-yaar ….

How much ever older you get …. Whatever position / money we earn …. I bet we would have earned not more than one or two of these chaddi dost’s….  they touch your life more than anyone else in this world.

If you close your eyes, dig some of the very best moments of your life ….. you can see that dost always there with you, now even ever saddest … you see him sharing your pain. The affection & love of this dost is un-conditional … guiding you helping you, talking to you …. He is right there for you & you can always count on him.

He may be next door, next city next country …. Or thousands of miles away …… BUT in that moment when you are tensed, you are shattered, your mind not working ….. you take out your mobile type dost …call…. He is there ….. 5 minutes of talk … you are back to normal …. Abbe saale , kameny , kutte …. The call is over & so your stress.

I too had … I am sorry still have that number in my phone …. VIJAY KIRAN (508-740-9811) …..  I had pressed that call button to him so many times during the struggle of life ….. Spent countless hours talking to him, shared so many happy moments …. Starting with clearing that last hurdle of engineering called a back log , when got  married, when my son was born. Shared the tensed times when dad was no-more, when jobless, when had that first fight with wife …… he was always there …. Heard me patiently, gave his logic of life, solutions to my problems ……. Agreed on tons of things & disagreed on millions of times …… he was there.

25^th April 2010 @ 8.30 AM….. My birth day ….. Vijay called …. We had a great conversion ….. I put him on speaker phone …. He spoke with everyone ….. He was Happy & I was double happy ….. Theek hai be ….. saale 45 minutes baat kiya …… abhi USA me bahut late hai …. Saale baad me phursat se baat karange ……. Click….. That were the last words I spoke with Vijay

14^th May 2010 …..  he was no more …… gone …. ….. Saala kameena …… kutta ….  Dosti nibhaana bhool gaya …. Ya fir mai bhool gaya …. Saala could have called me once …… once …..  felt like calling that number , a million times …..

I felt half of my body, my soul, my confidence, my happiness , and my life was cut off from Me forcibly , Cruelly by a chain saw with blunt teeth ….. Pain then was unbearable … so it is now & will be there till my last breath.