KRISHA- RAJ
Year – 1972, Place – Jamnagar
My Dad was relocated from Tambaram to AF
Jam, where I continued my IX std. I was a shy Dumbo those days, who took time
to make friends. Well, there was this small little boy,Krishna popularly called
KK, shortest in our class, but God had compensated him with superior cerebrum.
He was a shade better in studies. We became friends and our bonding grew. We
were living in close vicinity in the accommodation quarters, 300 yds from the
KV. Most of our interaction used to center around our science syllabi. Evening
walks inside the base, on roads rarely tread, were testimony of our walks, as
the graffiti on the roads in chalk, displayed complex chemical equations, aka the reaction
of Gold with Aqua-regia.
Although I had scored better in Bio
compared to Maths, I opted for Maths in X, purely due to my hate for frog dissection.
Krishna and the beauties of our class allied into Biology. Once our Maths
master was away and we rowdies obtained Bio Ma’am’s permission to observe the
dissection by our contemporaries. I stood next to KK, and the fingeritis that
Iam endowed with, I pulled out a few pins and out popped the half dead frog
from the tray. ‘Shattack’ was heard by the entire class, as KK’s right palm
landed on my left cheek. You could have heard a pin drop for about 30 secs….I
did not react, even as classmates wanted
me to retaliate…. We did not speak for two days, reflecting on our individual
follies…the third day, as we stepped out of our homes for the School, we
uttered ‘Sorry’ in unision. The entire class was stunned at our making up. Our
friendship intensified, until his Dad’s transfer to AF Delhi. We kept in touch
through post cards. He joined IIT Delhi post XI-th boards, an irony indeed for a boy of Bio mains, cracking the IIT, while I proceeded to
Baroda for my BSc, before joining the Indian Navy. During my training days I
lost touch with him.
Fifteen years ago, through another
contact I relocated him living in Hauz Khas. I happened to proceed to NHQ from
Kolkata for an official meeting. I called him up from Varuna Naval offrs’ Mess
and invited him on a Sunday afternoon. As he drove inside the gate and parked
his car, I was flabbergasted to see a huge 6’2” frame emerging out….The
shortest boy of our class had outgrown all of us….We rediscovered each others elapsed life years over Beer and
Biryani Lunch….He invited me next day to his palatial Hauz Khas home, where he
had invited a few of his professional colleagues too. KK after his IIT excelled
in MBA from Bangalore before joining a renowned software company, lat he didn’t
relish, so he went for his own start-up. It was a pleasure to meet his wife and kids…Now, Kishna and his family
had been melodious singers since the good ol’ days….So a Karoke session was in
order that went past midnight, with everyone chipping in, until all of us were
high…Next morning he dropped me off to
the Airport,. We departed with a bear hug, after having drowned ourselves in
Beer the previous evening.
Present
Status of Krishna- CEO, Vidyatech Software company, Bellevue, Washington
A Few friendship quips that have some relevance here.
Nabz meri dekhi aur beemar likh diya
rog
mera usne 'dosto ka pyar' likh diya
karzdaar
rahenge hum to us hakeem ke
jisne
dawa me 'dosto ka sath' likh diya...!
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Koun
kisi se chah kar dur hota hai,
har koi
apne halato se majbur hota hai,
hum to
bas itna jante hai ,
har
rishta MOTI aur har dost KOHINOOR hota hai..
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Dosti .......
Na
kabhi imtihan leti hai,
Na
kabhi imtihan deti hai,
Dosti
...... to wo hai jo,
barish
me bhigte chehre pe bhi,
Aansuo
ko pehchan leti hai .
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Har
karz dosti ka ada kaun karega,
jub hum
hi na rahe toh dosti kaun karega,
Aye
khuda, mere yaron ko rakhna salaamat,
varna
mere jeene ki dua, kaun karega!
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koi
aarzo hamari adhuri nahi hoti,
doston
me kabhi doori nhi hoti
jinke
dil me rhte ho Dost aap jaise,
unhe
dhadkan ki bhi jaroorat nahi hoti.
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Zindagi dosto me mila karti hai...
Aur ye dost bhi ajeeb hote hai...
Dene pe aaye to jaan dede, Lene pe aaye to hasi tak chhin
le... Kehne pe aaye to dil ke tamam raaz tak keh de, Chhupane pe aaye toh yeh
tak na bataye k khafa kyu hai...
Naraaz hone pe aaye to sans tak na lene de, Manane pe
aaye to apni sanso ko vaar de...
Dosto, dost zindgi me nahi mila karte, balki zindagi
"dosto" me mila karti hai...
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Krishna Bhardwaj, Lets enjoy your Karoke song that you
crooned so well flawlessly.
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