In Memory of Viru …. A Tribute
Lost very dear friend Virendra Bhardwaj last year on 9th August. Visited his home, family after one year and lot of old memories flashed in the mind space. His quick wit one liners, his playing of guitar, our sojourn to hill stations, long chats, his full of life attitude…..
Flashback to 1990–93….We five fukre – Ashish Jain, Anish Kalucha, me, R K Gupta, Ashish Jain… Those days were different – just out of college, decent salary after frugal student life, bachelor parties, no defined responsibilities, bikes, long drives, cinema, club and lot of fun in BHEL Hatidwar…combined mess in my home… Lot more secrets among us … Surly not for public consumption…
One by one… We started parting.. RK transferred to Delhi… I joined Telecom Deptt .. Ashish joined back greener pastures of Kuwaiti petro dollars (despite horrible experience in Kumait during Iraq war in 1992)… Virendra and Anish stayed put for one more year and had more fun of life (hahah..) Then Virendra joined MBA in XLRI and Anish started her own company …. those 3–4 years were golden period of our life.. Right at top… Bindaas so to say…
Whenever Ashish visited from Kuwait…. We used to relive those past moments but YAARI was intact.. Family interaction far and few, in between but whenever we meet/met picked thread from where we left in last meet..
Last year Virendra left.. A big loss loss but Nagasaki bomb exploded on same unfortunate day (9th Aug) for his family… Again met Namita, kids and Jitendra (his brother) yesterday. Namita Bhabhi is women of steel. She is weathering this storm courageously and filling the void of father for her kids..
Few lines/thought came to my mind for my dear friend…
Viru – you live in our memories…
श्रद्धांजली (A Tribute)
एक टीस, एक आह
आई हलक तलक, दफ़्न हो गई
कोशिश के बावजूद
आँखे आज फिर नम हो गई
उसे इंतज़ार है पर उम्मीद नहीं
तेरी याद रोज़ देती है दस्तक
ये सिर तो है पर वो सीना नहीं
शिकवे भी सिमट गए है अब सपनों तक
तेरे लफ़्ज़ – तेरा अहसास
ज़हन मे है, पर ज़माने से गुम
तेरी बातें, वो उन्मुक्त मुस्कान
कुछ है याद, कुछ गये है भूल
ख़ूब बिखेरी हँसी ख़ुशी
भरपूर जी तूने ज़िंदगी
छोड़, दिल तो है ख़ुदगर्ज़
माँगे तेरी सी ज़िंदादिली
कल की है बात
दूर ही सही, था तो साथ
क्यूँ तू रूठ गया
तेरा साथ छूट गया