Reunion Of The Batch of 99 – III (12th March 2006)

Yeh daulat bhi lelo, yeh shoharat bhi lelo
Bhale cheen lo, mujhse meri jawani
Magar mujhko lautado bachpan ka saawan
Woh kagaz ki kashti, woh baarish ka paani

Jagjit Singh rocks!

Its been more than two weeks since the reunion, and its now that I get down to writing about it. So after planning the event for about 6 months it finally happened. We had talked about this in our yahoo group a lot and good to see it finally materialize. So after calling up people and also personally visiting them, the evening actually happened. The turnout was not as high as the previous reunions, but that is to be expected with each passing year and people settling in different parts of the world.

Last time we met was in December 2003. So it felt great to catch up with everyone after so many years. Its been 7 years since we left school, but after talking about all the good and not so good experiences in school, it just felt like yesterday that we would be sitting on those benches, with plans to take on the world. The place where I have spent more than half of my life suddenly seemed to come alive once again.

The 12 years at my school were the best time I ever had in my life. And what made those days beautiful were the people that were around me. And meeting all these people again made the evening a memorable one. The people that you have grown up with. People that know you better than the most. People who will not judge you on the basis of your CAT percentile or the current salary that you are drawing. The people that you can be without having any pretensions.

All in all a wonderful evening. Its true that time flies when you need it the most. All of us were left wanting for more. And promises were made to be in touch and meet over the weekends. But everyone knows that it might actually be years until we meet again….

So till then memories of those rocking 12 years is all we have to cherish….. The 12 years spent at Vidya niketan School (Tata Motors)....... Those were the best days of my life.....