Good things do come to an end

About 3-4 months ago ... I wouldn't have imagined that Ajit Datar who's doing his Master's in the US of A would come to India and do an internship at Microsoft IDC for 2 month. He just asked me if it was possible, I followed up with the HR and it happened. Ajit came here 2 months ago ... and we have had a great time here. Unfortunately my landlord did not permit him to stay in my house for this long so he had to be put up elsewhere with some other friends.

It was change, in general, for me from the same ol' routine that I had been living for the last so many weeks. I suddenly found that I had someone to help me in cooking (though he used half a bowl of oil for one omlet on a non-stick pan ). I had regular company while travelling to Pune every weekend (though something almost always went wrong when he was travelling with me). I found a friend, whose leg I could pull regularly. Unfortunately ... one such prank resulted in a wide-spread forest-fire of rumors for Ajit and probably he'll never forgive me for that! ) Ajit joined the R-RAS team here and that gave us another "data point" to pick on him with ... (try to say R-RAS fast and see what it sounds like ... so Ajit was working on R-RAS[say it fast])

I somehow feel that he is a confused individual. Because for most of my questions he had a standard answer - I don't know. He kept complaining about not getting diced tomatoes in India but also enjoyed the awesome Guntur Idli at Chutney's. He keeps talking about "Duluth मध्ये असं असतं ..." but also likes Avdoot Gupte's गरजा महाराष्ट्र माझा. He kept asking me "Alok, how's life" everyday at lunch and expected that my answer today should be more positive than yesterday. and verrrrry rarely when I was late for something I was rendered incredibile (AND THAT DOES NOT MEAN LACK OF CREDIBILITY ... OK? )

He completes his training today and will go back home and then to Duluth to complete his MS. On one front as I envy him that he is going to stay at home in Pune now on for a some time, I somehow also feel sad that a new-found good friend is going to go away. Never mind ... I do accept the fact that all good thing come to an end!