fragility of existence

Yesterday i lost a friend.

Some incidents are so beyond words. Incidents that make you reconsider how you are living your own life, and are you really doing the things that you should be doing.

The news of the accident came from another friend over gtalk.

Life. We think we are in control, but there is so much beyond control. How else can someone die, falling from the top of Nandi Hills that too not riding, but probably while taking photographs!

So much for the fragility of our existence.

Vimal was one of thee most jovial guys in our batch. I have never seen him sad. Always cracking jokes and having fun. Always ready for an adventure or two. Always there to help. Back in the old times, I remember he was so happy when he led our batch to winning the Manthan trophy. And he was always great with girls. I still remember his friend from NERIST, back in our second or third year in college, or all the stories that i heard about his exploits from 'pappa' or 'loco' while the three lived together in Indira Nagar.

I'll always remember him for his characteristic, 'aur bhaeei godddddh'. We had been to the ISB interviews together, shared a lot of input with each other while writing our applications. And we both got rejected for some weird reasons, so we got to spend quite a while bitching about MBA applications in general.

It pains, to having to write in this way about someone who was just about to blossom. The wings were almost grown, the real flight was about to happen. But seems the universe had some other plans for him and his family.

Last night I could not sleep. I can't even imagine what his family must be going through. I can only wish that his family and close friends gets the strength to get over this huge tragedy and may his soul rest in the most heavenly of abodes in peace.