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About me? Thinking about it, describing yourself is such a difficult task and I am puzzled how some guys out there do it so seamlessly. I am what you can call a “Yours Ordinary Programmer” and come from an already overwhelming group of people calling themselves the “IT Guys". So here goes my space mostly with things I don't know why I wrote in the first place. For those who feel it is non-sense thanks for your patience and for those who feel its quite good thanks for sticking your neck out  "Be the change you want to see" Cya, Sri

Saturday, 19 December 2009

Here goes the last string, Bye Chetz !

I would be lying if I say I am not feeling low at the moment and I would by lying if I tell I am not feeling vulnerable. Its Saturday night and finally got some time to write about Praveen Muralidharan aka Cheta aka Chetz. Reason: It's Cheta's time to say farewell.

Cheta was a senior in my previous company but I haven't worked with him once, Cheta and me did not have the common set of friends, at least not initially and I have very rarely spoken to him while I was working in India. In spite of this he is the very very very few people who I admire and respect and it is my staunch belief that the admiration and respect is for life. I can visualise Cheta contradicting everything when he reads this post and getting embrassed to the core, but again that is Cheta for you !

Hmm..the experience to be shared are many, the chicken and mutton night outs, London trip with Cheta's unusual requests for the "tap to stop", "Indian Chinese", "Polish ......" etc etc, our tryouts of various delicacies that most human population would not even think of and obviously the Germany trip was the icing on the cake.


Some wise guy told that "the only constant thing is change" and many stupid guys like us follow it religiously. The best of friends in India will be hi-bye pals here and a dork who didn't know any idea would re-incarnate as a genius at onsite. But again that is the beauty of IT it is full of dorks to dukes story. Cheta is one person who hasn't changed a bit professionally as well as personally and remains as honest and frank all these years.

There would be some who are more than friends, they become your soul mates. People you just want to speak to though you might not have one thing to say, people you just want to be with all the time, it's the wonderful spark you have in between, just like
the set of strings of a musical instrument. I have lost most of my precious strings and with Chetz goes my final string :-(

I don't want to say a farewell, coz hope remains.
I can't tell you don't change, coz I know you can't.

So some lines, just for you...

How much of a friend you were to me,
Word of words, can say never.
All I wish is, for us to be,
The way we are, for now and ever.
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3 comments:

  1. syed junaith20 December 2009 at 16:40

    Nice one dude...True reflection of your heart..moved by it..
    and happy that cheta is here!!- now that's a bit selfish ain't it?? ;)

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  2. Sridhar Ramakrishnan21 December 2009 at 13:40

    I think you should not try to irritate me for the next couple of days, my dear friend. I am yet to get over losing the final string you see :-(

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  3. Naina30 December 2009 at 13:13

    Nice one ..a poem for each one...... man each one have some favorite quotes if i may call them. Dont worry people who left a footprint in your heart never move away from you and besides whats life other than collection of memories from past and selection of hopes for future. Hey would like to hear more ......keep writing :)

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