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Farewells And Cherished Memories

Discussion in 'Snippets of Life (Non-Fiction)' started by GeetaKashyap, Apr 11, 2019.

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kkrish said: ↑

Thank you @shravs3
This beats all other gifts, and is the highest honor for me!

Yesterday I was in a black hole (a.k.a. meeting) all day long discussing if we should have meetings! Bleh!
I was mentally exhausted and driving home with mouthwatering thoughts of that hot cup of tea and some quick kuzhipaniyaram, when my friend called and gave me the news.
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I too was thinking about you that now we will read about this in detail in your next snippet.

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Agatha83 said: ↑

Lord Krishna and Poor Kuchela might have been great friends irrespective of their financial status, but in reality status plays a great role in defining or sustaining friendship, at present times.
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Thanks a lot for your words of wisdom, Agatha mam.
Whatever you have said is almost 100% true.

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I am friendly by nature and had a lot of friends, both during school and college. All of them were patient listeners to my outpourings of traumatic incidents in my family life and always were there to lend a shoulder to cry on. For my marriage an entire group of 50 girls descended to the marriage avenue and enjoyed the event thoroughly.
Now most of them having turned into grand moms and some even great grand moms, even if they walk along with me on the same road I might not be able to recognize them. Those wonderful times we had with our friends had no photos that could be stored eternally in our 3D memory card, but were etched permanently in our minds, and what a joy it is to retrieve once in a while and smile about those happy days!
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Sad that sometimes we can't recognise our bosom pals. A friend was relating to her experience. Years ago while working in Delhi one day while passing through the Connaught Place, she suddenly spotted her primary school friend amongst a group of tourists at the traffic junction! They hadn't seen each other in nearly 30 odd years. Somehow my friend recognised her, introduced herself and had an unscheduled meet too. What a fond memory!

As you rightly said, most of those beautiful memories are permanently etched in our minds.

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Again a very thoughtful topic. This snippet recalled me many stories that if I start writing then it can become a complete novel. My first best friend who was in my class and used to live nearby too. When she shifted to another place I get depressed and cried too. Then we started writing letters to each other. But dont know what happened she suddenly stopped writing back and then when she came to my place she did not even informed me. I got to know when she was about to leave. I ran to meet her and she was giving lame excuses of not informing me. After many years I met her on FB but then also she added me but not had much interest in talking to me. After that met many friends some are still there and many always stay same no matter after how much time I call them. Many were like her too. But life goes on.
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Dear M,
Such experiences leave a sad mark on us but that's life. It goes on waiting for none.

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kkrish said: ↑

Ah! So it was planned, eh?
I concede that I loved your analogy, and immediately understood.
Looking back I did give a feedback on that piece alone, didn't I?
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Looks like I have got hold of the technique of bringing our space madam to meet us at ground level!

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Thyagarajan said: ↑

That’s the case with all I believe!
2. You have chosen the very nice moment to reminisce here as schoolmates or college mates or personnel transfers to match academic years closing must be rueing.
3. It is another CHANDAMAMA or and AMBULIMAMA “feel good” time for IL’ites. Happy reading deep nostalgia.
THANKS AND REGARDS.
GOD CREATED PEDAGOGUE IN TURN CREATES AMIS
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Men are better at honouring old friendships than women is my firm belief but variations will always be there.
Nothing escapes your keen eye, Sir. Yes, it is farewell time for students!
Thanks for your observations and comments.

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Cheeniya said: ↑

Here is an old Tamil song from Sivaji Ganesan and Savithri for the Tamil knowing:

This is a Farewell song.
These are the lyrics:
பசுமை நிறைந்த நினைவுகளே
பாடித்திரிந்த பறவைகளே
பழகிக் கழித்த தோழர்களே
பறந்து செல்கின்றோம்

பசுமை நிறைந்த ....

குரங்குகள் போலே மரங்களின் மேலே தாவித்திரிந்தோமே (2)
குயில்களைப் போலே இரவும் பகலும் கூவித் திரிந்தோமே (2)
வரவில்லாமல் செலவுகள் செய்து மகிழ்ந்திருந்தோமே (2)
வாழ்க்கைத் துன்பம் அறிந்திடாமல் வாழ்ந்து வந்தோமே
நாமே வாழ்ந்து வந்தோமே

பசுமை நிறைந்த ....

எந்த ஊரில் எந்த நாட்டில் என்று காண்போமோ (2)
எந்த அழகை எந்த விழியில் கொண்டு செல்வோமோ (2)
இந்த நாளை வந்த நாளில் மறந்து போவோமோ (2)
இல்லம் கண்டு பள்ளி கொண்டு மயங்கி நிற்போமோ
என்றும் மயங்கி நிற்போமோ

பசுமை நிறைந்த நினைவுகளே
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Thanks, Cheenia Sir.

I understood in parts only! Anyway, I will take the help of Google Guru.

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Thyagarajan said: ↑

Sir thank you sir. RATTHA THILAGAM SIR. This is the song that made me to bunk classes to see the movie at least half a dozen times in Shanthi theatre mount road chennai.
2. Friend in need is a friend indeed. I have and still have few friends like that. Group photos framed and hung for few decades . My Engineering class mates still in photo in drawing hall. Friend of mine present unannounced was thrilled that he could remember names all of his class mates 26 to be precise in the photo and delighted that I I preserve for so long!
3. Hats off to OP & you & all others who had responded thoughtfully of their spring time.

Thanks and Regards.

God grants Godspeed in acquiring longlast congenial true pals.
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Very nice recollections, Sir.
I loved the apt image you have posted with a Kannada quote. Thanks.

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@satchitananda and @Amulet, thanks for the 'like'. I would love to have your comments too.

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Will do tomorrow Geeta. Got back after a mega long day (by my standards) at work. Sitting 6 hours on a chair with my feet down was far from funny. Am too exhausted to think.

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@satchitananda and @Amulet, thanks for the 'like'. I would love to have your comments too.
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Haha... .. I read a few of the posts of this thread, and chuckled to myself thinking that some girls have good, peaceful lives, without any unusual worries. That is what makes you able to go back and recall M, K, C and other alphabets.... and wonder if their lives too had turned out as peaceful. Best wishes to keep on with a good life.

Elsewhere on the forum, I was wondering why we have recalls of specific memories, and placed the reason on the right context which pings them out of our brains.
People who had meant something unique, special, memorable, significant, the good, the bad, and the ugly, are the only ones we tend to remember. Just like anything else we can remember and recall. These are the memories that continue to "spark a joy" in our minds. If they hadn't sparked that joy, we might have jettisoned that memory and gone on with our lives.

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