lost friends and x-processing
Posted by sandip | Under off home, on road, with friends Monday Jun 1, 2009this time i wanted to meet some of my lost friend with whom i shared a 10X10 space in kolkata for three years … 1997-2000 … since then i do not know their whereabouts …
i was a student that time … used to get 1500 bucks per month from my home to spend over a month which include food and rent expenditure … we used to share all our expanses and maintain a very low life… we knew that, we are here to finish our study … that’s all… some of them were there to get coaching on competitive exams.. some of us were students … means, we did not have enough money in our hand … it was just ok to have …
there was a concept of half tea from a local tea shop… we used to have a sip for 75 paisa … we used to take our lunch early in the morning , so that we can skip breakfast and save some money … we used to travel through local train, so that sometime we can travel without tickets… many students do that even now …
after i joined IT industry, i was put out of kolkata, i was in southern india since i joined the industry.. i could not go back, i could not catch them up with the latest happenings on their side… i was kind of pretty ashamed about it and somewhere in my mind i was feeling sorry for not able to connecting them… in this era of internet, they still do not practice internet at a large…i did not know their mobile phone number, i lost my old phone book as i don’t use any of them now… everything i manage electronically … so i missed them … it has been years even they could not contact me for whatever reason… i don’t blame them, i blame myself …
and this time i really wanted to meet them… i met one of my room mate who stays near my home town and on a winter evening we decided to see them… and next morning we started on a bike ride … they stay 80 km away from my house , however, i have never gone to their home … i was not even sure, whether i would see them at home …
i only knew the place name but did not know how to reach there … asked many people en route and finally i stooped myself at a local bazzar to find one of them… surprising i found him, but i was so sorry to see him… he changed himself totally different… once he was all our boss and now i saw him working on some video editing stuffs … don’t know what he does actually .. his attire was not right … i wanted to reach other friends through him… he was totally absorbed with local politics, i found eventually …
he took me to another friend and then from him to another to another … the whole day we spent was awesome … we could go back to those days, saw old albums, shared those chit-chats, cracked jokes about people we did not like those day blah blah blah …
it was an eventful day altogether …we were so happy to see each other, so happy to meet once again …
i took loads of photos … i did not want to miss this day in my life… i was coming back to my home with loads of memory this time … i was little carried away that day … it was a national highway i was coming through … i saw the sun is setting in … the day was just going to be finished … suddenly i stooped in the middle of the road and parked my bike side by … i looked back at the road from where i came … it was an awesome experience for me just before it became darker …
[ first photo was taken in 1999, just 10 years back, guy with a black color high-neck T shirt is actually me !! ]
Back to old school days..unwinding the memories.. nicely written
Hey,
Nice story man.. I’m sure every one has lost friends over time. Sometimes we me them by chance, and sometimes by effort like yours. Love the 10yr old pic.
X processing looks good.. tried Alien Skin for cs?
Also, I feel the bike shot should have been the last one.. and the old pic the first one
done @adi.
ore, eto sei belur rkm er changra sandip er moto dekhte!!! je amaar sathe belur bajar e chaumin khete jeto bikele, tarpor belur mothe protima dekhte jeto…tarpor classroom 5a te table-tobla bajiye ‘badlon mein chup raha hai chand kuon’ gaito…kumarsanu konthi amar je sei baccha debu je re e!!!
haha.. Dipesh, i do remember those days … ami eksamay sesab niyeo likhbo…
A nice article.. this actually reminds me of my college days when we used to spend time in the small 2 rupees tee(that’s how the shopkeeper spells the word “tea”) shop to drink that hot cup of tee…errr…tea… and our never ending stories…. Thanks for posting such a nice article Sandip… A good one, to cherish the old days atleast for a moment…
The last pic, caught my imagination.
Whoever has taken it(as you said, the guy standing in the pic is yourself), its a masterpiece. I hope it is an untouched image.
- Adi
My Mistake!!!
Sorry Sandip, I was carried away by the photo tag.
Still, the last pic is simply awesome!!!
- ADi
Hallo, Sandip do you remember me. I am Murali from NIRD, Hyderabad. I still cherish those days of your visit ot my office at at Rajendranagar. I was so happy to see your comments and your excellent images. Ur pictures are truely fantastic. Keep in touch. I will be visiting your blog regularly. Keep posting your comments.
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Perhaps it is one of best post by sandip. This post has re-called my student life and I personally thank sandip for this post. I can remember I was one of five students who travelled 600KM from North Bengal to study at BIT Kolkata.
I appreciate his effort for being there and meeting old friends.