A Tribute to Friends

This post is like long overdue, and I really hope that it brings out how much my friends mean to me. In times of darkness, they were my candles... In times of despair, they were my support. When I felt like I just couldnt go on, they always stood beside me. And for this, I dedicate this post to my friends, and in person. Friendship day's gone by, but like what Maruti told me, everyday is a friendship day. I decided not to celebrate because of the absence of a dear friend, who had in fact, registered a post of an oxidized silver ring, with my lunar symbol on it, a day before he was hospitalized...

Not to anyones surprise, the first person I must mention here is Ish. My friend, my brother, my soulmate, another half of myself, a completing piece of an unending jigsaw puzzle, u name it, he is... To say that he knows me better than myself, no matter how cliche' it sounds, would be the understatement of the century. He is one of the very few people who knows, that I am upset, even under a mask of happiness. He has been a pillar for me, ever since the first day I became friends with him. A post is not enough to elaborate on the memories we share. Though he is a thousand miles away, he is always there by me. There for me! - And to this Ish, I pay you tribute...

Akshat - This name actually arises mixed feelings in me. Just yesterday, I can boastfully and happily say, that I woke my best friend out of his coma. He's an enachanting person by himself, who boldly came and told me that he liked me. Even if it was on the last day of school. And he gave me yet another shock yesterday, when he called me up. But thats beyond here. Though not as close to me as Ish, Akshat still stands second, along with Udit. A place in my heart, and memories, always stay open for them. He is one person, who can really console me, before I even tell him whats bothering me...

Akshat and Ish, have been closer to me than anyone else, ( excluding Udit ) and maybe this is the reason why I say I cannot live without them

Udit, one of the most special people in my life. My favourite friend, my kid brother who was shorter than me by a foot. But a guy who still stood up for me, against everyone who bothered to defy.. The only friend with whom I've never fought with, the only friend, who accepted who he was, and knew what he was.If I start about Udit, I'd probably never stop.

Janani, my first friend. I've been friends with this idiotic girl for about 13 years, this July 4th marking the beginning of the 14th year of friendship. I met her on my first day at school, in Chettinad. Like my mom likes to say often, we have gone crying to school together, taken part in fancy dress competitions together, stayed in each other's houses more than we stayed at our own houses, watched more than a hundred movies together, and the list goes on. She has remained a friend for every step in my way. And indirectly she has been a reason for many more people who have become my friends. I came to PS because Janani had come here....

Jayasharadha, one of my closest friends yet. It is not fibbing if I say that we know each other inside out. One of the few people who can tell me if I am going wrong somewhere.. We share most interests, that people used to and still call us sisters, but we know that we are too different yet so alike, to be sisters.

Vignesh, my twin brother. :D ... As he rightly said, we have 6.023 * 10 ^ 23 similarities. Yet I've known him for only about 6 months.. A person truly after my own heart, when it comes to Harry Potter, or a computer freakiness, or allergies, or music, or addictions, or obsessions or bad immunity, you name it, he's got it. Gave me quite a bit of a scare about two weeks back, but he's more than back to normal now... His arrogance, and ego preceeds the name, but wheres vikku without that?

Swetha, Pavithra, Vaaruni and Lakshmi new friends in a new class this year, who have become so close, that its almost unbelievable that its just been about 2 months since we've really known each other! Swe's almost like a replica of me, in most issues, extremely emotional, and cares for friends too much too. But over all a real fun loving person.. PaVi, truly one of a kind. Weird sense of humour, but can brighten you up even when bio class is going on. Runi, trruullllyyy crazy, almost as insane as me, and deathly afraid of birds, but a real fun person to be with. Lakshmi, do I even need to talk about her? G Lakshmi or THE Lakshmi, it says it all!!!

They have cried for me, and cried with me, even though they werent really all that close to me. They did not know who Udit was, yet they shed tears for him, and for this I appreciate them, I couldnt have gotten here without them...

Sandeep, goofy, it all says the same. Greatest goofball of the century, who is one of the few people other than Aksh, who can realllly cheer me up, no matter how sad or pissed Iam. Extremely sweet, and fun loving, he livens up the conferences we have online. Humor at its best, and a football fanatic, he makes a reallly nice friend.

And last but not the least, Shreyas... Known him since my kindergarten days... Though we arent really all that close of friends now, I can remember the times in Chettinad, when he was the only competition I had, in almost everything. Studies, extra curriculars, u name it he was there. I can remember when he used to bite his tie off, for an extra mark I scored, or the time when borrowed a comic book from me only to return it two years later. A really nice guy, and a techno geek at heart, who still remains a child... With his love for pokemon.. Honestly...

Sahridaya and Vedhikha, they were pretty close to me till my tenth standard, through the fights and the quarells we had. We still remain really good friends, even though they have changed schools....

So, that about sums up what I wanted to say. I have many more friends like Shruthi and Smruthi - Twins, so unlike each other, yet who have become so close to me over the past few months, Anu, who has been like a sister to me, Abhishek, who has livened me up so many times, Divya., with whom I've oor suthified, like with no one else.... The list goes on, but I dont have the time to continue this. So I end it here... And Adios!