Remembering Abhishek

Before I begin sharing my thoughts I would like to pay my respect to my dear friend Abhishek who passed away last month due to renal failure.

Abhishek and I were so similar and yet different. He was very simple and mistakenly assumed as ordinary which he was not. He was exceptionally talented – an excellent writer, an eloquent speaker and academically brilliant. He was a friend you would treasure.
I met him at Career Launcher in Allahabad two years ago. We were preparing for CAT together at that time. I took him to be any ordinary guy and as very rarely likes attract each other we started sharing a bond which was strengthened by the similarities we had. I learnt a lot from him. His determination to struggle and fight it out taught me not to give up till it is over. He taught me how to do ‘multitasking’, how to take time out for everything and most importantly, how to reach out to others.

He is no more with us but his memories will always be with us. I am glad he died fighting and though I couldn’t see him during his last rites I am sure he must have had a smile on his face. I won’t shed a tear for him because he is a winner and in the short period of time he was here in this world he proved that success and humility could go together.

Knowing Me...

I know the very few people who would read this know me very well and would therefore not be interested in reading it further and the others, who if by accident read this would lose interest after the first few lines. That is why I’ll begin telling about myself only after this line so that I could address my most devoted readers.

If you could remember a guy who never comes first in the sack race nor last but somewhere in the middle then that is me. Also, if you could remember a school boy who always does his homework on time but never gets the best grade then that’s me and if you could also recall a guy who is always hailed as a ‘nice fellow’ but not great then, yes you guessed it right - that’s me. Yes, ordinary and mediocre which some people fashionably refer as “the boy next door”. However, let me assure that you wouldn’t find me next door, thankfully! Well, some people also know me by my name –Nitish, which again is pretty ordinary (Thanks to my parents!).

By now you would have guessed the kind of blogs I will write…yes…ordinary. So, expect monotony and mundane here…hope you won’t get pissed off very soon…

Note: If some of you could identify with me then do let me know because I desperately want to disprove the theory that there are only seven people in the world who are alike.